Document:

Exhibit 4.3

Exhibit 4.3

EXECUTION VERSION

HORIZON LINES, LLC

AND

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee and Collateral Agent

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 5, 2011

Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2016

 

 

 

Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 1. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATIONS
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.01 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02 Rules of Construction
	 	 	41	 
	Section 1.03 References to Interest
	 	 	42	 
	Section 1.04 References to Subordination
	 	 	42	 
	Section 1.05 Payments, Instructions, Notices, Opinions and
Certifications by the Issuer
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 2. ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
	 	 	42	 
	Section 2.01 Form and Dating
	 	 	42	 
	Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication
	 	 	43	 
	Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent
	 	 	44	 
	Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
	 	 	45	 
	Section 2.05 Holder Lists
	 	 	45	 
	Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	45	 
	Section 2.07 Replacement Notes
	 	 	61	 
	Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes
	 	 	61	 
	Section 2.09 [Intentionally Omitted]
	 	 	61	 
	Section 2.10 Temporary Notes
	 	 	62	 
	Section 2.11 Cancellation
	 	 	62	 
	Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest
	 	 	62	 
	Section 2.13 Additional Notes; Purchases
	 	 	62	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 3. REDEMPTION
	 	 	63	 
	Section 3.01 Optional Redemption
	 	 	63	 
	Section 3.02 Mandatory Redemption
	 	 	63	 
	Section 3.03 Notices to Trustee
	 	 	63	 
	Section 3.04 Selection of Notes to be Redeemed
	 	 	64	 
	Section 3.05 Notice of Redemption
	 	 	64	 
	Section 3.06 Effect of Notice of Redemption
	 	 	65	 
	Section 3.07 Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	65	 
	Section 3.08 Notes Redeemed In Part
	 	 	65	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 4. COVENANTS
	 	 	66	 
	Section 4.01 Payment of Principal and Interest
	 	 	66	 
	Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	66	 
	Section 4.03 Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
	 	 	66	 
	Section 4.04 Provisions as to Paying Agent
	 	 	67	 
	Section 4.05 Existence
	 	 	68	 

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	Section 4.06 Reports
	 	 	68	 
	Section 4.07 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
	 	 	69	 
	Section 4.08 Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults
	 	 	69	 
	Section 4.09 Restricted Payments
	 	 	70	 
	Section 4.10 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Restricted Subsidiaries
	 	 	76	 
	Section 4.11 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
	 	 	78	 
	Section 4.12 Asset Sales
	 	 	84	 
	Section 4.13 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	88	 
	Section 4.14 Liens
	 	 	91	 
	Section 4.15 Business Activities
	 	 	91	 
	Section 4.16 Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control
	 	 	91	 
	Section 4.17 Payments for Consent
	 	 	93	 
	Section 4.18 Additional Note Guarantees
	 	 	93	 
	Section 4.19 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
	 	 	94	 
	Section 4.20 Anti-Layering
	 	 	95	 
	Section 4.21 Restrictions on Purchases of Existing Convertible Notes
	 	 	95	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 5. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS
	 	 	96	 
	Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
	 	 	96	 
	Section 5.02 Successor Company Substituted
	 	 	98	 
	Section 5.03 Opinion Of Counsel To Be Given Trustee
	 	 	98	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 6. LISTS OF NOTEHOLDERS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	99	 
	Section 6.01 Lists of Noteholders
	 	 	99	 
	Section 6.02 Preservation and Disclosure of Lists
	 	 	99	 
	Section 6.03 Reports by Trustee
	 	 	99	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 7. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	 	 	100	 
	Section 7.01 Events of Default
	 	 	100	 
	Section 7.02 Acceleration
	 	 	103	 
	Section 7.03 Other Remedies
	 	 	103	 
	Section 7.04 Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	104	 
	Section 7.05 Control by Majority
	 	 	104	 
	Section 7.06 Limitation on Suits
	 	 	104	 
	Section 7.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
	 	 	105	 
	Section 7.08 Collection Suit by Trustee
	 	 	105	 
	Section 7.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	105	 
	Section 7.10 Priorities
	 	 	106	 
	Section 7.11 Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	106	 

 

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	Article 8. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	107	 
	Section 8.01 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
	 	 	107	 
	Section 8.02 Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc.
	 	 	108	 
	Section 8.03 No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc.
	 	 	110	 
	Section 8.04 Trustee, Paying Agents or Registrar May Own Notes
	 	 	110	 
	Section 8.05 Monies to Be Held in Trust
	 	 	110	 
	Section 8.06 Compensation and Expenses of Trustee
	 	 	111	 
	Section 8.07 Officer’s Certificate as Evidence
	 	 	111	 
	Section 8.08 Conflicting Interests of Trustee
	 	 	112	 
	Section 8.09 Eligibility of Trustee
	 	 	112	 
	Section 8.10 Resignation or Removal of Trustee
	 	 	112	 
	Section 8.11 Acceptance by Successor Trustee
	 	 	113	 
	Section 8.12 Succession by Merger, Etc.
	 	 	114	 
	Section 8.13 Limitation on Rights of Trustee as Creditor
	 	 	115	 
	Section 8.14 Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Issuer
	 	 	115	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 9. CONCERNING THE NOTEHOLDERS
	 	 	115	 
	Section 9.01 Action by Noteholders
	 	 	115	 
	Section 9.02 Proof of Execution by Noteholders
	 	 	115	 
	Section 9.03 Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners
	 	 	115	 
	Section 9.04 Issuer-Owned Notes Disregarded
	 	 	116	 
	Section 9.05 Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound
	 	 	116	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 10. NOTE GUARANTEES
	 	 	117	 
	Section 10.01 Guarantee
	 	 	117	 
	Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability
	 	 	119	 
	Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee
	 	 	119	 
	Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
	 	 	119	 
	Section 10.05 Releases
	 	 	120	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 11. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	 	 	121	 
	Section 11.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	121	 
	Section 11.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	122	 
	Section 11.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	124	 
	Section 11.04 Notation on Notes
	 	 	124	 
	Section 11.05 Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to
Be Furnished Trustee
	 	 	125	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 12. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	 	 	125	 
	Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge
	 	 	125	 
	Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money
	 	 	126	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 13. IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
	 	 	126	 
	Section 13.01 Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations
	 	 	126	 

 

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	Article 14. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
	 	 	127	 
	Section 14.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	127	 
	Section 14.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge
	 	 	127	 
	Section 14.03 Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	128	 
	Section 14.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	128	 
	Section 14.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be
Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
	 	 	129	 
	Section 14.06 Repayment to Issuer
	 	 	130	 
	Section 14.07 Reinstatement
	 	 	130	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 15. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
	 	 	131	 
	 
	Article 16. COLLATERAL
	 	 	131	 
	Section 16.01 Security Documents
	 	 	131	 
	Section 16.02 Collateral Agent
	 	 	131	 
	Section 16.03 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken
	 	 	132	 
	Section 16.04 Release of Collateral
	 	 	133	 
	Section 16.05 Use of Collateral; Compliance with Section 314(d) of
the Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	135	 
	Section 16.06 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee
	 	 	135	 
	Section 16.07 Voting
	 	 	136	 
	Section 16.08 Collateral Proceeds Account
	 	 	136	 
	Section 16.09 Appointment and Authorization of U.S. Bank National
Association as Collateral Agent
	 	 	138	 
	Section 16.10 Recordings and Opinions
	 	 	139	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article 17. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	 	 	139	 
	Section 17.01 Provisions Binding on Issuer’s Successors
	 	 	139	 
	Section 17.02 Official Acts by Successor
	 	 	139	 
	Section 17.03 Addresses for Notices, Etc.
	 	 	139	 
	Section 17.04 Governing Law
	 	 	140	 
	Section 17.05 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent;
Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee
	 	 	140	 
	Section 17.06 Legal Holidays
	 	 	141	 
	Section 17.07 Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	141	 
	Section 17.08 Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	141	 
	Section 17.09 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
	 	 	141	 
	Section 17.10 Authenticating Agent
	 	 	141	 
	Section 17.11 Execution in Counterparts
	 	 	143	 
	Section 17.12 Severability
	 	 	143	 
	Section 17.13 Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	143	 
	Section 17.14 Consent to Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
	 	 	143	 
	Section 17.15 Force Majeure
	 	 	143	 
	Section 17.16 Currency Indemnity
	 	 	144	 
	Section 17.17 U.S.A. Patriot Act
	 	 	144	 
	Section 17.18 Conflict with Other Documents
	 	 	144	 
	Section 17.19 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders
of Notes
	 	 	144	 
	Section 17.20 Rules by Trustee and Agents
	 	 	144	 
	Section 17.21 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
	 	 	145	 

 

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EXHIBITS:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A Form of Note
	 	 	A-1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B  Form of Change of Control Purchase Notice
	 	 	B-1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit C Form of Certificate of Transfer
	 	 	C-1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit D Form of Notation of Guarantee
	 	 	D-1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit E Form of Supplemental Indenture
	 	 	E-1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit F Form of Certificate of Exchange
	 	 	F-1	 

 

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INDENTURE dated as of October 5, 2011 between Horizon Lines, LLC, a Delaware corporation, as
issuer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent (hereinafter sometimes
called the “Trustee,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01).

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Issuer has duly authorized the issuance of its
Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”), initially in an aggregate principal amount
of $100,000,000, and in order to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are to be
authenticated, issued and delivered, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Form of the Notes, the certificate of authentication to be borne by each Note,
the Form of Change of Control Purchase Notice, the Form of Certificate of Transfer, the Form of
Notation of Guarantee and the Form of Supplemental Indenture to be borne by the Notes are to be
substantially in the forms hereinafter provided; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent, as in this
Indenture provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Issuer, and to constitute these
presents a valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution
of this Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Notes have in all respects been duly authorized.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are, and are to be,
authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and
acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Issuer covenants and agrees with the Trustee
for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes
(except as otherwise provided below), as follows:

Article 1.

DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and
of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section
1.01. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or that
are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act (except as herein otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of
this Indenture. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The
terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as the singular. Unless otherwise noted,
references to “U.S. dollars” or “$” shall mean the currency of the United States.

 

 

 

“144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing
the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and
registered in the name of, the Depository or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination
equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

“A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement” means the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement,”
as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.

“A/B Exchange Offer” means an offer to issue Exchange Notes, whose issuance is registered
under the Securities Act, for Notes that were issued initially in a transaction exempt from
registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S.

“ABL Facility” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Issuer,
Parent and the other Subsidiaries of Parent party thereto, the various lenders and agents party
thereto and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Administrative Agent, together with any
amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof
and any indentures or credit facilities, receivables securitization facilities or commercial paper
facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that replace, refund or refinance
any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such
replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture, or amendment, supplement,
modification, renewal, or restatement, that increases the amount borrowable thereunder, alters the
maturity thereof or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder
and whether by the same or any other agent, lender, group of lenders or investors. Any agreement or
instrument other than the ABL Facility in effect on the Issue Date must be designated in an
Officer’s Certificate as an “ABL Facility” for purposes of this Indenture in order to be an ABL
Facility.

“ABL Facility Collateral Agent” means Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as collateral agent
under the ABL Facility, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.

“ABL Liens” means all Liens in favor of the ABL Facility Collateral Agent on Collateral
securing the ABL Obligations.

“ABL Obligations” means (x) the Indebtedness and other obligations under the ABL Facility and
(y) certain hedge obligations, cash management and other bank product obligations owed to a lender
or an Affiliate of a lender under the ABL Facility and more particularly described in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

“ABL Priority Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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“Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged
with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such
Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person
merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified
Person.

“Additional Interest” has the meaning assigned to that term pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement.

“Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the initial Notes) issued under this
Indenture in accordance with Section 2.13.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies
of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For
purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control
with” have correlative meanings.

“Affiliate Transaction” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.13

“Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.

“Applicable Accounting Standards” means, as of the Issue Date, U.S. GAAP; provided, however,
that Parent may, upon not less than 60 days’ prior written notice to the Trustee, change to IFRS;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if Parent changes to IFRS, it may elect, in
its sole discretion, to continue to utilize U.S. GAAP for the purposes of making all calculations
under this Indenture that are subject to Applicable Accounting Standards and the notice to the
Trustee required upon the change to IFRS shall set forth whether or not Parent intends to continue
to use U.S. GAAP for purposes of making all calculations under this Indenture. In the event Parent
elects to change to IFRS for purposes of making calculations under this Indenture, references in
this Indenture to a standard or rule under U.S. GAAP shall be deemed to refer to the most nearly
comparable standard or rule under IFRS.

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial
interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depository, Euroclear and Clearstream
that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

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“Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights; provided
that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Issuer or Parent and its respective Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole
will be governed by Article 5 and not by Section 4.12; and

(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the
sale of Equity Interests in any of Parent’s Subsidiaries (other than directors’ qualifying
Equity Interests or Equity Interests required by applicable law to be held by a Person
other than Parent or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries).

Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:

(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets
having a Fair Market Value of less than $5.0 million;

(2) a transfer of assets constituting Notes Priority Collateral between or among the
Issuer and the Guarantors;

(3) a transfer of assets that are not Notes Priority Collateral between or among
Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(4) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent to Parent or
to a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent;

(5) the sale or lease of products, services or accounts receivable in the ordinary
course of business (which shall include factoring, securitization and similar transactions)
and any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets or assets
otherwise unsuitable or no longer required for use in the ordinary course of the business
of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(6) the sale or other disposition of Cash Equivalents not constituting Collateral;

(7) a Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 4.09 or a Permitted Investment;

(8) the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general
intangibles on customary terms in the ordinary course of business and the abandonment of
intellectual property which is no longer used or useful in or material to the businesses of
Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(9) the sale, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, consignment, conveyance or other
disposition of inventory and other assets in the ordinary
course of business, including leases with respect to facilities that are temporarily
not in use or pending their disposition, or accounts receivable in connection with the
compromise, settlement or collection thereof;

(10) a disposition of leasehold improvements or leased assets in connection with the
termination of any operating lease;

(11) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or
collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar
proceedings and exclusive factoring or similar arrangements or the unwinding of any Hedging
Obligations;

(12) any sale of Equity Interests in, or other ownership interests in or assets or
property, including Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(13) (a) any exchange of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash
Equivalents) for assets related to a Permitted Business of comparable or greater market
value or usefulness to the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole,
as determined in good faith by Parent and (b) in the ordinary course of business, any swap
of assets, or lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property, in exchange
for services (including in connection with any outsourcing arrangements) of comparable or
greater value or usefulness to the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a
whole, as determined in good faith by Parent; provided that if the assets transferred
pursuant to this clause (13) are Notes Priority Collateral the assets received in exchange
therefor shall be Notes Priority Collateral;

(14) any sale, conveyance or other disposition of assets of any Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent that the proceeds
thereof are distributed in cash or Cash Equivalents to Parent or a Wholly-Owned Restricted
Subsidiary;

(15) any foreclosure or any similar action with respect to the property or other
assets of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(16) the sublease or assignment to third parties of leased facilities;

(17) a Casualty or Condemnation Event whose proceeds are subject to Section 4.12;

(18) the sale of interests in a joint venture pursuant to customary put-call or
buy-sell arrangements; and

(19) the creation of or realization on a Lien to the extent that the granting of such
Lien was not in violation of Section 4.14.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent may voluntarily treat any transaction otherwise exempt
from the definition of “Asset Sale” pursuant to clauses (1) through (19) above as an “Asset Sale”
by designating such transaction as an Asset Sale for purposes of this Indenture in an Officer’s
Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

“Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of
determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period
for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such
present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in
such transaction, determined in accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards; provided, however,
that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of
Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital
Lease Obligation.”

“Authentication Order” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.02.

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief
or bankruptcy of debtors.

“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under
the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person”
(as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to
have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by
conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is
exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned”
have a corresponding meaning.

“Board of Directors” means:

(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any
committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of
the partnership;

(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any
controlling committee of managing members thereof; and

(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a
similar function.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of Parent to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, and to be in full force
and effect on the date of such certification.

 

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“Broker-Dealer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Business Day” means, with respect to any Note, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive
order to close or be closed.

“Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of
the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized
on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards, and the Stated
Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such
lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of
a penalty.

“Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or American Depository Shares (or
receipts issued in evidence thereof) representing interests in such corporate stock;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests
(whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive
a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person,
but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock,
whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

“Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) any evidence of Indebtedness issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof;

(2) deposits, certificates of deposit or acceptances of any financial institution that
is a member of the Federal Reserve System and whose senior unsecured debt is rated at least
“A-2” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
(“S&P”), or at least “P-2” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or any respective
successor agency;

(3) commercial paper with a maturity of 365 days or less issued by a corporation
(other than an Affiliate of the Issuer) organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia
and rated at least “A-1” by S&P and at least “P-1” by Moody’s or any respective
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(4) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable
direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or issued by
any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States maturing
within 365 days from the date of acquisition;

(5) demand and time deposits with a domestic commercial bank that is a member of the
Federal Reserve System that are FDIC insured;

(6) money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in securities
described in the preceding clauses (1) through (5); and

(7) in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, substantially similar investments, of
comparable credit quality, denominated in local currency held by such Foreign Subsidiary
from time to time in the ordinary course of business.

“Cash Interest” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

“Casualty or Condemnation Event” means any taking under power of eminent domain or similar
proceeding and any insured loss, in each case, relating to property or other assets that
constituted Collateral owned by Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
(other than by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation), in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Parent or the
Issuer and its respective Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that
term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);

(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer
(other than a plan of liquidation of Parent or the Issuer that is a liquidation for tax
purposes only);

(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation), the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in clause (1) above)
becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock
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(4) Parent or the Issuer consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any
Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, Parent or the Issuer, in any such event
pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of Parent or the
Issuer or such other Person is converted into or
exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction
where the Voting Stock of Parent or the Issuer outstanding immediately prior to such
transaction constitutes or is converted into or exchanged for a majority of the outstanding
 shares of the Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving
effect to such transaction);

(5) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of
Parent or the Issuer, are not Continuing Directors; or

(6) a “Change of Control” occurs under the First-Lien Notes Indenture or the
Convertible Notes Indenture.

Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) any holding company whose only significant asset is Equity
Interests of Parent or the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies shall not
itself be considered a “person” or “group” for purposes of clause (2) above; (B) the transfer of
assets between or among the Restricted Subsidiaries and Parent shall not itself constitute a Change
of Control; (C) the term “Change of Control” shall not include a merger or consolidation of Parent
or the Issuer with or the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all
or substantially all of Parent’s or the Issuer’s assets to, an Affiliate incorporated or organized
solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing Parent or the Issuer in another
jurisdiction and/or for the sole purpose of forming or collapsing a holding company structure; (D)
a “person” or “group” shall not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of securities subject to a
stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option agreement
related thereto) until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement; (E) a
transaction in which Parent or the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of Parent becomes a
Subsidiary of another Person (other than a Person that is an individual, such Person that is not an
individual, the “Other Transaction Party”) shall not constitute a Change of Control if (a) the
shareholders of Parent or the Issuer or such direct or indirect parent of Parent or the Issuer as
of immediately prior to such transaction Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of
Parent or the Issuer or such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, immediately following the
consummation of such transaction or (b) immediately following the consummation of such transaction,
no “person” (as such term is defined above), other than the Other Transaction Party (but including
any of the Beneficial Owners of the Equity Interests of the Other Transaction Party), Beneficially
Owns, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, more than 50% of the voting power
of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer or the Other Transaction Party; and (F) the
Transactions shall not constitute a Change of Control.

“Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.16(a).

“Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.16(a).

 

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“Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.16(a).

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.

“close of business” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).

“Collateral” has the meaning given to such term by the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Collateral Agent” means the Trustee under this Indenture, in its capacity as collateral agent
for itself, the Holders of Notes and the holders of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations,
together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.

“Collateral Proceeds Account” means a deposit account or securities account established with
the Collateral Agent for purposes of holding the Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale, or Casualty or
Condemnation Event, of Notes Priority Collateral pending release in accordance with Section 16.08.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Common Stock” means common stock of Parent, par value $0.01 per share, at the date of this
Indenture.

“Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:

(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries and all franchise taxes for such period, to the extent that such amounts were
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(2) the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; plus

(3) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles, deferred
financing fees, debt incurrence costs, commissions, fees and expenses, but excluding
amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), depletion and
other non-cash expenses or charges (including any write-offs of debt issuance or deferred
financing costs or fees and impairment charges and the impact on depreciation and
amortization of purchase accounting), but excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent
that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or
amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation,
amortization and
other non-cash expenses or charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
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(4) the amount of net loss resulting from the payment of any premiums, fees or similar
amounts that are required to be paid under the terms of the instrument(s) governing any
Indebtedness upon the repayment, prepayment or other extinguishment of such Indebtedness in
accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness; plus

(5) business optimization expenses, streamlining costs, exit or disposal costs,
facilities closure costs and other restructuring charges, reserves or expenses (which, for
the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory
optimization programs, facility consolidations, retention, headcount reductions, systems
establishment costs, payroll, relocation and contract termination charges), provided that
the amount of cash charges added back under this clause (5) with respect to any actions
initiated following the Issue Date, shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 10% of Consolidated
Cash Flow (prior to giving effect to the addition of such amount) for such period; plus

(6) (i) unusual or nonrecurring charges, expenses or other items, (ii) charges,
expenses or other items in connection with any restructuring, acquisition, disposition,
equity issuance or debt incurrence, and (iii) non-recurring out-of-pocket charges, expenses
or other items related to and consisting of legal settlements and/or judgments, in all
cases whether or not consummated and to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated
Net Income (for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this clause (6), charges, expenses
or other items with respect to multiple proceedings shall be deemed to be “non-recurring”
if the underlying facts giving rise to the proceedings are themselves unrelated and not
reasonably likely to recur within any of the next two fiscal years); plus

(7) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to Applicable
Accounting Standards, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to Applicable
Accounting Standards; minus

(8) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than
the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a consolidated
basis and determined in accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the
aggregate of the net income (loss) from continuing operations of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with Applicable
Accounting Standards and without any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends; provided
that:

(1) all extraordinary gains and losses and all gains and losses realized in connection
with any asset disposition or the disposition of securities or the
early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations, together with any related
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(2) the net income (or loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that
is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of
the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;

(3) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments
under Section 4.09(a), the net income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other
than the Issuer, so long as it is a primary obligor under the Notes, or any Guarantor)
shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its net income is not at the date of
determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been
obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any
agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with
respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived;
provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount
of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted
into cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already
included therein;

(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

(5) notwithstanding clause (2) above, the net income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary
will be excluded except to the extent received by the specified Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;

(6) any (a) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (b) non-cash costs or expenses
resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans, compensation charges or
post-employment benefit plans, or grants or awards of stock, stock appreciation or similar
rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights and (c) write-offs
or write-downs of goodwill will be excluded;

(7) any gain or loss for such period from currency translation gains or losses or net
gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss
or gain resolution from Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk entered in relation
with Indebtedness) will be excluded;

(8) any unrealized net after-tax income (loss) from Hedging Obligations or cash
management Obligations and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815
“Derivatives and Hedging” or from other derivative instruments in the ordinary course shall
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(9) non-cash interest expense resulting from the application of Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 470-20 “Debt—Debt with Conversion Options—Recognition” shall be
excluded;

(10) any charges resulting from the application of (i) Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 805 “Business Combinations,” (ii) Accounting Standards Codification
Topic 350 “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other,” Accounting Standards Codification Topic
360-10-35-15 “Impairment or Disposal of Long- Lived Assets,” (iii) Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 480-10-25-4 “Distinguishing Liabilities from
Equity—Overall—Recognition,” (iv) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820 “Fair Value
Measurements and Disclosures” or (v) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 835-30
“Interest-Imputation of Interest—Interest on Receivables and Payables,” with respect to
deferred payments in respect of settlements of litigations or investigations, in each case,
shall be excluded;

(11) all charges, costs and expenses relating to the Transactions or relating to the
closure of the FSX Service; and

(12) all net after-tax charges or expenses with respect to curtailments,
discontinuations or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans
will be excluded.

“Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of
Directors of Parent or the Issuer (as applicable) who:

(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date; or

(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval
of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at
the time of such nomination or election.

“Convertible Note Documents” means the Convertible Notes and the guarantees thereof, the
Convertible Notes Indenture and the security documents relating to the Convertible Notes Indenture.

“Convertible Note Liens” means all Liens in favor of the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent on
Collateral securing the Convertible Note Obligations.

“Convertible Note Obligations” means the obligations of Parent and any other obligor under the
Convertible Note Documents to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest
accruing after the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings) when due and payable, and
all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the Convertible Notes Indenture,
the Convertible Notes and the performance of all other obligations (including, without limitation,
payment of fees and expenses of the trustee and collateral agent, including fees and expenses of
their agents, attorneys and professional advisors) to the trustee and the holders under the
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“Convertible Notes” means the 6.0% convertible secured notes due 2017 of Parent.

“Convertible Notes Collateral Agent” means the trustee under the Convertible Notes Indenture,
in its capacity as collateral agent for the holders of the Convertible Notes, together with its
successors in such capacity.

“Convertible Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of the Issue Date, among Parent,
the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, governing the
Convertible Notes.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, currently at U.S. Bank National Association, 100
Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, NY 10005, Corporate Trust Services or such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer).

“Covenant Defeasance” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03.

“Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities or commercial paper facilities
(including without limitation the credit facilities provided under ABL Facility), in each case,
with banks or other lenders or credit providers or a trustee providing for revolving credit loans,
term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to
special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables), bankers
acceptances, capital leases, letters of credit or issuances of senior secured notes, including any
related notes, guarantees, indentures, collateral documents, instruments, documents and agreements
executed in connection therewith and in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed,
extended, supplemented, restructured, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after
termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including, in each case, by means of sales of debt
securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time, in one or more
instances and including any amendment increasing the amount of Indebtedness incurred or available
to be borrowed thereunder, extending the maturity of any Indebtedness incurred thereunder or
contemplated thereby or deleting, adding or substituting one or more parties thereto (whether or
not such added or substituted parties are banks or other institutional lenders), including into one
or more separate instruments or facilities, in each case, whether any such amendment, restatement,
modification, renewal, extension, supplement, restructuring, refunding, replacement or refinancing
occurs simultaneously or not with the termination or repayment of a prior Credit Facility. Any
agreement or instrument other than the ABL Facility in effect on the Issue Date must be designated
in an Officer’s Certificate as a “Credit Facility” for purposes of this Indenture in order to be a
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“Custodian” means U.S. Bank National Association, as custodian for The Depository Trust
Company, with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.

“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both
would be, an Event of Default; provided that any Default that results solely from the taking of an
action that would have been permitted but for the continuation of a previous Default will be deemed
to be cured if such previous Default is cured prior to becoming an Event of Default.

“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and
issued in accordance with Section 2.06, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that
such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

“Depository” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global
form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Depository with respect to the Notes, and any and
all successors thereto appointed as depository hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.

“Designated Noncash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration
received by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is
so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to
the Trustee, setting forth the basis of such valuation.

“Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option
of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the
holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the earlier of (x) the date that
is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature and (y) the date that is 91 days after the date
no Notes remain outstanding. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would
constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to
require Parent to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an
Asset Sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that
Parent may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such
repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.09. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be
outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that Parent or
any and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant
to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.

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“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire
Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock).

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.01.

“Excess Proceeds” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.12(e).

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

“Exchange Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Exchange Offer” means the offer by Parent to the holders of $330.0 million aggregate
principal amount of its Existing Convertible Notes to exchange the Existing Convertible Notes for
(x) $280.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, and (y) 50.0 million shares of
Parent’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

“Exchange Offer Document” means the Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-176520,
dated as of August 26, 2011, relating to the Exchange Offer, including the prospectus that forms a
part thereof, as amended prior to the Issue Date.

“Excluded Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.

“Exempted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer) that is not an
obligor or guarantor with respect to any Indebtedness of Parent or any Guarantor in which an
Investment is made (or is deemed made) by Parent or a Guarantor pursuant to (i) Section 4.09(a),
(ii) Section 4.09(b)(xv) or (iii) clause (19) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”

“Existing Convertible Notes” means the 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 of Parent.

“Existing Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than
Indebtedness under the ABL Facility) in existence on the Issue Date, until such amounts are repaid
including, without limitation, (i) the $225.0 million aggregate principal amount of First-Lien
Notes (and the Guarantees by the Guarantors in respect thereof) issued on the Issue Date, (ii) the
$280.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes (and the Guarantees by the
Guarantors in respect thereof) issued in the Exchange Offer on the Issue Date (less the aggregate
principal amount of any Convertible Notes that have been converted in a “Mandatory Conversion”
pursuant to the terms thereof) and (iii) any Existing Convertible Notes outstanding following
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“Fair Market Value” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated
willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in
good faith by (unless otherwise provided in this Indenture) (i) if such Fair Market Value is less
than $20.0 million, the Chief Financial Officer of Parent and (ii) if such Fair Market Value is
$20.0 million or greater, the Board of Directors of Parent.

“First-Lien Note Documents” means the First-Lien Notes Indenture, the First-Lien Notes, the
First-Lien Note Guarantees and the related security documents.

“First-Lien Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each relevant guarantor of the Issuer’s
obligations under the First-Lien Notes Indenture and the First-Lien Notes, executed pursuant to the
provisions of the First-Lien Notes Indenture.

“First-Lien Note Liens” means all Liens in favor of the First-Lien Notes Collateral Agent on
Collateral securing the First-Lien Note Obligations.

“First-Lien Note Obligations” means the Obligations of the Issuer and any other obligor under
the First-Lien Notes Indenture or any of the other First-Lien Note Documents, including any
Guarantor, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing after
the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings) when due and payable, and all other
amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the First-Lien Notes Indenture, the
First-Lien Notes (and the First-Lien Note Guarantee) and the performance of all other Obligations
to the trustee and the holders under the First-Lien Notes Indenture and the First-Lien Notes (and
the First-Lien Note Guarantee), according to the respective terms thereof.

“First-Lien Notes” means $225.0 million aggregate principal amount of 11.00% First Lien Senior
Secured Notes due 2016 of the Issuer and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred (from time
to time and in one or more successive refinancings) in respect thereof in accordance with the terms
of the First-Lien Notes Indenture.

“First-Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the trustee under the First-Lien Notes Indenture, in
its capacity as collateral agent for the holders of First-Lien Notes, together with its successors
in such capacity.

“First-Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of the Issue Date, among the
Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, governing the
First-Lien Notes and any other instrument governing the First-Lien Notes, as amended, modified,
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“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the
ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such
Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise
discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working
capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the
commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or
prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving
pro forma effect, in the good-faith judgment of the Chief Financial Officer of Parent, to such
incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge
of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the
proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
reference period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

(1) acquisitions, dispositions, discontinued operations or other operational changes
(including of Vessels and equipment and assets related thereto) that have been made by the
specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through Investments,
mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by
the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including all related
financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries,
during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or
prior to the Calculation Date, or that are to be made on the Calculation Date, will be
given pro forma effect, in the good-faith judgment of the Chief Financial Officer of
Parent, as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period, and
such pro forma calculations may reflect operating expense reductions and other operating
improvements or synergies expected to result from the applicable event based on actions to
be taken within 12 months after the relevant event (to the extent set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate in reasonable detail, including the cost and timing of such expense reductions
or other operating improvements or synergies), in each case, net of all costs required to
achieve such expense reduction or other operating improvement or synergy;

(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations (including of
Vessels and equipment and assets related thereto), as determined in accordance with
Applicable Accounting Standards, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests
therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;

(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in
accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards, and operations or businesses (and
ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded,
but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be
obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the
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(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed
to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period;

(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be
deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter
period; and

(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on
such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had
been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation
applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the
Calculation Date in excess of 12 months).

For the purpose of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition
or construction of a Vessel or the Capital Stock of a vessel-owning company or the financing
thereof, such Person may (i) if the relevant Vessel is to be subject to a time charter with a
remaining term longer than six months, apply pro forma earnings (losses) for such period Vessel
based upon such charter, or (ii) if such Vessel is not subject to a time charter, is under time
charter that is due to expire within six months or less, or is to be subject to charter of a voyage
charter basis (whether or not any such charter is in place for such Vessel), then in each case,
apply earnings (losses) for such period for such Vessel based upon the average of the historical
earnings of comparable Vessels in such Person’s fleet (as determined in good faith by such Person’s
Board of Directors) during such period or if there is not such comparable Vessel, then based upon
industry average earning for comparable Vessels (as determined in good faith by such Person’s Board
of Directors).

“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without
duplication, of:

(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of
original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred
payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease
Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts,
yield and other fees and charges (including interest), but excluding the amortization or
write-off of debt issuance costs; plus

(2) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in
cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock of Parent or preferred stock any Restricted
Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests
of Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) or to Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, times
(b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the
then current combined
federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in
each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Applicable Accounting
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any charges arising from the application of (i) Accounting
Standards Codification Topic 480-10-25-4 “Distinguishing Liabilities from
Equity—Overall—Recognition” to any series of preferred stock other than Disqualified Stock, (ii)
Accounting Standards Codification Topic 835-30 “Interest-Imputation of Interest—Interest on
Receivables and Payables,” with respect to deferred payments in respect of settlements of
litigations or investigations or (iii) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470-20 “Debt—Debt
with Conversion Options—Recognition,” in each case, shall be disregarded in the calculation of
Fixed Charges.

“Foreign Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.09(b).

“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that is
not a U.S. Subsidiary and any Subsidiary of such a Subsidiary, whether or not a U.S. Subsidiary.

“Form of Certificate of Transfer” means the “Form of Certificate of Transfer” attached hereto
as Exhibit C.

“Form of Change of Control Purchase Notice” means the “Form of Change of Control Purchase
Notice” attached hereto as Exhibit B.

“Form of Notation of Guarantee” means the “Form of Notation of Guarantee” attached hereto as
Exhibit D.

“FSX Service” means the “Five-Star Express” service provided on the Issue Date by Parent and
its Restricted Subsidiaries using vessels not qualified under the Jones Act.

“Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii), which is required to
be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

“Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and
the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the
Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global
Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached
thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.06(b)(iii), 2.06(b)(iv), 2.06(d)(ii) or 2.06(f).

“Government Obligations” means securities that are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which
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(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit Obligation by the United States of
America, which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S.
government obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S.
government obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such
depository receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is
not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
government obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S.
government obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.

“Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without
limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements
in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or
services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).

“Guarantors” means Parent and any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent that executes a Note
Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and their respective successors and
assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture.

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such
Person under:

(1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to
fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest
rate risk; and

(3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against
fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

“IAI Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing
the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal
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“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards, as promulgated by the
International Accounting Standards Board (or any successor board or agency), as in effect on the
date of the election, if any, by Parent to change Applicable Accounting Standards to IFRS; provided
that IFRS shall not include any provisions of such standards that would require a lease that would
be classified as an operating lease under U.S. GAAP to be classified as indebtedness or a finance
or capital lease.

“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary (other
than the Issuer) that is designated as such in an Officer’s Certificate that, as of such date of
determination, (i) has less than $0.5 million of total assets and (ii) conducts no material
business or operations.

“incur” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.11(a).

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person
(excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:

(1) in respect of borrowed money;

(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit
(or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

(3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;

(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt in respect of sale and
leaseback transactions;

(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property
or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are
completed but excluding other accrued liabilities being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted; or

(6) representing any Hedging Obligations;

if and to the extent any of the preceding items would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet
(excluding the footnotes) of the specified Person prepared in accordance with Applicable Accounting
Standards; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any Guarantee by Parent or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations of another Person that do not constitute Indebtedness of
such Person shall, in each case, not constitute Indebtedness of Parent or such Restricted
Subsidiary. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a
Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the
specified Person), except for any pledge of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as
permitted by clause (20) of the definition of Permitted Liens, and, to the extent not otherwise
included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person as shall
equal the lesser of (x) the Fair Market Value of such asset as of the date of
determination or (y) the amount of such Indebtedness and, to the extent not otherwise included, the
Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Indebtedness” will not include (a) in connection with
the purchase by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any business, post-closing payment
adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a
final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the
closing unless such payments are required under Applicable Accounting Standards to appear as a
liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes); provided, however, that at the time of
closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment
thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 30 days thereafter; (b)
contingent obligations; incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed
money; (c) deferred or prepaid revenues; (d) any Capital Stock other than Disqualified Stock; or
(e) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy
warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as
herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.

“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through
a Participant.

“Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor”
pursuant to Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act that is also not a QIB.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain intercreditor agreement, to be dated the Issue
Date, among the Issuer, the Guarantors, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, the Convertible Notes
Collateral Agent, the First-Lien Notes Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent, as amended,
supplemented, restated, modified, renewed or replaced (whether upon or after termination or
otherwise), in whole or in part from time to time, or any other successor agreement and whether
among the same or any other parties.

“Interest Payment Date” means each April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on April
15, 2012; provided, however, that if any Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a
Business Day, such payment of interest will be postponed until the next succeeding Business Day,
and no interest or other amount will be paid during the period of such postponement.

“Interest Record Date,” with respect to any Interest Payment Date, means the April 1 or
October 1 (whether or not such day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable April 15
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“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such
Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans
(including Guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations), advances or capital contributions
(excluding (i) commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the
ordinary course of business and (ii) extensions of credit to customers or advances, deposits or
payment to or with suppliers, lessors or utilities or for workers’ compensation, in each case, that
are incurred in the ordinary course of business and recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid
expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Applicable
Accounting Standards), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity
Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as
investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards. The
acquisition by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent of a Person that holds an Investment
in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary in
such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the
acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.09(c). Except
as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time
the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value but giving effect
(without duplication) to all subsequent reductions in the amount of such Investment as a result of
(x) the repayment or disposition thereof for cash or (y) the redesignation of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (valued proportionately to the equity interest in such
Unrestricted Subsidiary of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary owning such Unrestricted Subsidiary
at the time of such redesignation) at the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, in the case of clauses (x) and (y), not to exceed the
original amount, or Fair Market Value, of such Investment.

“Issue Date” means the date the Notes are initially issued under this Indenture.

“Issuer” means Horizon Lines, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and subject to the
provisions of Article 5, shall include its successors and assigns.

“Jones Act” means the Merchant Marine Act of 1920.

“Jones Act Restricted Payments” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.09(b).

“Legal Defeasance” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02.

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, hypothecation, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed,
recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give
a security interest in; provided that in no event shall an operating lease, rights of set-off or
netting arrangements in the ordinary course of business be deemed to constitute a Lien.

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“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds and Cash Equivalents received by Parent or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event
(including, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs
relating to such Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event, including, without limitation,
legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses
incurred as a result of the Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event, taxes paid or payable as
a result of the Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event, in each case, after taking into
account, without duplication, (1) any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a
Permitted Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or Casualty or
Condemnation Event (other than ABL Obligations, Note Obligations, Convertible Note Obligations and
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations) and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale
price of such asset or assets established in accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards, (2)
any reserve or payment with respect to liabilities associated with such asset or assets and
retained by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition
thereof, including, without limitation, severance costs, pension and other post-employment benefit
liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification
obligations associated with such transaction, and (3) any cash escrows in connection with purchase
price adjustments, reserves or indemnities (until released).

“Net Proceeds Offer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.12(e).

“Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:

(1) except for a pledge of the Equity Interest of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as
permitted by clause (20) of the definition of “Permitted Liens,” as to which none of Parent
and its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly
or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;

(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the
Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would
permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of Parent or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause
the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity;
and

(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any
recourse to the stock or assets of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than
the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary);

in each case except to the extent permitted by Section 4.09; provided, however, that Indebtedness
shall not cease to be Non-Recourse Debt solely by reason of pledge by
Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary of
Parent or of a Person that is not a Subsidiary of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary if recourse
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“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

“Note” means any Second Lien Senior Secured Note due 2016, authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.

“Note Documents” means the Notes, the Note Guarantees, this Indenture and the security
documents relating to this Indenture.

“Note Guarantees” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Issuer’s obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

“Note Liens” means all Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent on Collateral securing the Note
Obligations and any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations.

“Note Obligations” means the Obligations of the Issuer and any other obligor under this
Indenture or any of the other Note Documents, including any Guarantor, to pay principal, premium,
if any, and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or
in connection with this Indenture, the Notes (and the Note Guarantee) and the performance of all
other Obligations to the Trustee and the holders under this Indenture and the Notes (and the Note
Guarantee), according to the respective terms thereof.

“Note Register” means, collectively, the register maintained in such office or in any other
office or agency of the Issuer designated pursuant to Section 4.02.

“Noteholder,” “Holder” or “holder,” as applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but
excluding the term “beneficial holder”), shall mean any Person in whose name at the time a
particular Note is registered on the Note Register.

“Notes Priority Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.

“Officer” means, with respect to Parent or the Issuer, the President, the Chief Executive
Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, any
Executive or Senior Vice President or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or
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“Officer’s Certificate,” when used with respect to the Issuer, means a certificate signed by
an Officer of Parent that is delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate (other than delivered
pursuant to Section 4.08 of this Indenture) shall include the statements provided for in Section
17.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.

“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel to the Issuer, or other counsel acceptable to the Trustee, that is delivered
to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.05 if
and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section and may be subject to customary
assumptions, exceptions and qualifications.

“outstanding,” when used with reference to Notes, shall, subject to the provisions of Section
9.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under
this Indenture, except:

(1) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for
cancellation;

(2) Notes, or portions thereof, for the payment or purchase of which monies in the
necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying
Agent (other than the Issuer) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the
Issuer (if the Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent); provided that, if any such Note
is purchased, the Holder thereof shall have delivered a Change of Control Purchase Notice
in accordance with Section 4.16; and

(3) Notes that have been paid pursuant to Section 2.07 or Notes in lieu of which, or
in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant
to the terms of Section 2.07 unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any
such Notes are held by protected purchasers in due course.

“Parent” means Horizon Lines, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and subject to the provisions of
Article 5, shall include its successors and assigns.

“Participant” means, with respect to the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who
has an account with the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to
DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

“Paying Agent” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.

“Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations” means obligations under any Additional Notes or
any other Indebtedness (whether or not consisting of Additional Notes) secured by the Note Liens;
provided that, except in the case of Additional Notes, (i) the trustee or agent under such
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligation executes a joinder agreement to the Security Agreement
in the form attached thereto agreeing to be
bound thereby and (ii) Parent has designated such Indebtedness as “Permitted Additional Pari
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“Permitted Business” means any business conducted by Parent or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any business that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors of Parent, are reasonably related, ancillary, supplemental or complementary thereto, or
reasonable extensions thereof.

“Permitted Debt” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.11(b).

“Permitted Hedging Obligations” means any Hedging Obligations that would constitute Permitted
Debt pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of “Permitted Debt.”

“Permitted Investments” means:

(1) (i) any Investment in the Issuer or any Guarantor and (ii) any Investment by any
Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer) that is not a Guarantor in Parent or any
Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

(3) any Investment by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent in a Person, if as
a result of such Investment:

(a) such Person becomes a Guarantor; or

(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or
transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the
Issuer or any Guarantor;

(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an
Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.12 or from a sale or
other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of
Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent;

(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade
creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of Parent or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or
similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or
(B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;

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(8) loans and advances to officers, directors or employees (a) for business-related
travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, including as part of a
recruitment or retention plan, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or
consistent with past practice or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of
Parent or any direct or indirect parent entity of Parent, (b) required by applicable
employment laws and (c) other loans and advances not to exceed $3.0 million at any one time
outstanding;

(9) repurchases of the Notes;

(10) any Investment of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the
Issue Date, and any extension, modification or renewal of such existing Investments, to the
extent not involving any additional Investment other than as the result of the accrual or
accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities,
in each case, pursuant to the terms of such Investments as in effect on the Issue Date;

(11) Guarantees otherwise permitted by the terms of this Indenture;

(12) receivables owing to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, prepaid
expenses, and lease, utility, workers’ compensation and other deposits, if created,
acquired or entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(13) payroll, business-related travel, and similar advances to cover matters that are
expected at the time of such advances to be ultimately treated as expenses for accounting
purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

(14) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies,
material or equipment pursuant to joint marketing, joint development or similar
arrangements with other Persons;

(15) advances, loans, rebates and extensions of credit (including the creation of
receivables) to suppliers, customers and vendors, and performance Guarantees, in each case
in the ordinary course of business;

(16) Investments resulting from the acquisition of a Person, otherwise permitted by
this Indenture, which Investments at the time of such acquisition were held by the acquired
Person and were not acquired in contemplation of the acquisition of such Person;

(17) reclassification of any Investment initially made in (or reclassified as) one
form into another (such as from equity to loan or vice versa); provided in each case that
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(18) any Investment in any Subsidiary of Parent or any joint venture in the ordinary
course of business in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related
activities;

(19) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured
on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes
in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (19)
that are at the time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $30.0 million and (y)
3.0% of Total Assets, in each case, net of any return of or on such Investments received by
Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent; and

(20) the pledge of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as security for
Indebtedness that is permitted by clause (20) of the definition of Permitted Liens.

“Permitted Liens” means:

(1) any Liens (whose priority shall be governed by the Intercreditor Agreement) held
by the Collateral Agent securing (i) the Notes and the related Note Guarantees outstanding
on the Issue Date (and any related Exchange Notes and Exchange Note Guarantees) (including
any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof), in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $100.0 million and additional Notes and related Note
Guarantees issued after the Issue Date as PIK Interest on such Notes or on any Notes issued
as such PIK Interest and (ii) Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations incurred pursuant
to clause (xxiii) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” (including any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof) in an aggregate principal amount not
to exceed $50.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(2) any Lien (whose priority shall be governed by the Intercreditor Agreement)
securing the ABL Facility or any other Credit Facility so long as the aggregate principal
amount outstanding under the ABL Facility and/or any successor Credit Facility does not
exceed the principal amount which could be incurred under clause (i) of the definition of
“Permitted Debt”;

(3) Liens in favor of the Issuer or the Guarantors;

(4) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary of Parent or is merged with or into or consolidated with Parent or
any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent or such merger or
consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person that becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary of Parent or is merged into or consolidated with Parent or any
Restricted Subsidiary of Parent (plus improvements and accessions to such property or
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(5) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of
the property by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent (plus improvements and
accessions to such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); provided that such Liens
were in existence prior to such acquisition and not incurred in contemplation of such
acquisition;

(6) Liens to secure the performance of tenders, completion guarantees, statutory
obligations, surety, environmental or appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts,
performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business;

(7) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) or Attributable
Debt permitted by clause (iv) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” covering only the
assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness (plus improvements and accessions to
such property or proceeds or distributions thereof);

(8) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Note Liens, the ABL Liens, the
First-Lien Note Liens and the Convertible Note Liens);

(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet
delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly
instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate
provision as is required in conformity with Applicable Accounting Standards has been made
therefor;

(10) Liens consisting of carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s and mechanics’,
suppliers’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and similar Liens not securing Indebtedness or in
favor of customs or revenue authorities or freight forwarders or handlers to secure payment
of custom duties, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(11) any state of facts an accurate survey would disclose, prescriptive easements or
adverse possession claims, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of
others for, pursuant to any leases, licenses, rights-of-way or other similar agreements or
arrangements, development, air or water rights, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and
telephone lines and other utility lines, pipelines, service lines, railroad lines,
improvements and structures located on, over or under any property, drains, drainage
ditches, culverts, electric power or gas generating or co-generation, storage and
transmission facilities and other similar purposes, zoning or other restrictions as to the
use of real property or minor defects in title, which were not incurred to secure payment
of Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of
said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such
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(12) Liens on the assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is neither a Guarantor nor
the Issuer securing Indebtedness or other obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary
permitted by this Indenture;

(13) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance
secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture (other than the ABL
Facility or the Notes); provided, however, that (i) the new Lien is limited to all or part
of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to
which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and
accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof) and (ii) the new Lien is
of no higher priority than the original Lien;

(14) Liens or leases or licenses or sublicenses or subleases as licensor, lessor,
sublicensor or sublessor of any of its property, including intellectual property, in the
ordinary course of business;

(15) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person
securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances, tender, bid,
judgment, appeal, performance or governmental contract bonds and completion guarantees,
surety, standby letters of credit and warranty and contractual service obligations of a
like nature, trade letters of credit and documentary letters of credit and similar bonds or
Guarantees provided by Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent;

(16) Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social
security and employee health and disability benefits, or casualty-liability insurance or
self insurance or securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business;

(17) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices
of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made in conformity with
Applicable Accounting Standards;

(18) Liens on (a) assets other than those constituting Collateral securing Permitted
Hedging Obligations, (b) assets constituting Collateral securing Permitted Hedging
Obligations to the extent that the Indebtedness to which the Hedging Obligations relate is
permitted to be secured pursuant to this Indenture and (c) assets constituting Collateral
securing Permitted Hedging Obligations that are ABL Obligations;

(19) any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease,
license or sublicense of the property of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, including
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(20) Liens on the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary of Parent or of a
Person that is not a Subsidiary of Parent securing Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary or other Person if recourse to Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect
to such Indebtedness is limited to such Equity Interests;

(21) Liens in favor of collecting or payor banks having a right of setoff, revocation,
refund or chargeback with respect to money or instruments of Parent or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof on deposit with or in possession of such bank;

(22) any obligations or duties affecting any of the property of Parent or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to any municipality or public authority with respect to any
franchise, grant, license, or permit that do not impair the use of such property for the
purposes for which it is held;

(23) Liens on any property in favor of domestic or foreign governmental bodies to
secure partial, progress, advance or other payment pursuant to any contract or statute, not
yet due and payable;

(24) restrictions on dispositions of assets to be disposed of pursuant to merger
agreements, stock or asset purchase agreements and similar agreements;

(25) options, put and call arrangements, rights of first refusal and similar rights
relating to Investments in joint ventures, partnerships and the like;

(26) Liens consisting of any law or governmental regulation or permit requiring Parent
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to maintain certain facilities or perform certain
acts as a condition of its occupancy of or interference with any public lands or any river
or stream or navigable waters;

(27) Liens on the unearned premiums under the insurance policies permitted by clause
(xv) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
clause (xv) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”;

(28) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture
securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of Parent or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;

(29) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling
arrangements in the ordinary course of business, and/or to secure other obligations
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(30) any netting or set-off arrangements entered into by Parent or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, cash pooling arrangements) for the purposes of
netting debit and credit balances of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including pursuant to any cash management agreement;

(31) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements
permitted under Section 4.11; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other
than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreements;

(32) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and other
Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries
that do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere
with the ordinary conduct of the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(33) Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings regarding operating leases
entered into by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent in the ordinary course of
business or other precautionary UCC financing statement filings;

(34) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(35) Liens not otherwise permitted hereunder securing Indebtedness or other
obligations that does not, in the aggregate, exceed $20.0 million at any one time
outstanding, which Liens shall be governed by the Intercreditor Agreement but may be of any
priority (and may be higher in priority with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral than
the First Lien Note Liens and higher in priority with respect to the ABL Priority
Collateral than the ABL Liens);

(36) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of Parent or its Restricted
Subsidiaries arising from Vessel chartering, drydocking, maintenance, repair, refurbishment
or replacement, the furnishing of supplies and bunkers to Vessels, equipment and inventory,
repairs and improvements to Vessels, equipment and inventory, crews’ wages and maritime
Liens;

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(38) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction, purchase or
lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, a Vessel (which term, for purposes of
this clause (38), shall include the Capital Stock of a Person substantially all of the
assets of which is a Vessel, equipment and inventory as the context may require), provided,
however, (i) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such a Lien does not exceed
(x) with respect to Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction of such Vessel, 87.5%
of the sum of (1) the contract
price pursuant to the Vessel Construction Contract for such Vessel and (2) any other
Ready for Sea Cost for such Vessel, and (y) with respect to Indebtedness Incurred to
finance the acquisition of such Vessel, 87.5% of the sum of (1) the contract price for the
acquisition of such Vessel and (2) any other Ready for Sea Cost of such Vessel, (ii) in the
case of Indebtedness that matures within nine months after the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such a Lien shall not exceed
the Fair Market Value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent, of
such Vessel at the time such Lien is incurred (iii) in the case of a sale and leaseback
transaction, the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such a Lien shall not exceed
the Fair Market Value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent, of
such Vessel at the time such Lien is incurred and (iv) in the case of Indebtedness
representing Capital Lease Obligations relating to a Vessel, the principal amount of
Indebtedness secured by such a Lien shall not exceed 100% of the sum of (1) the Fair Market
Value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent, of such Vessel at
the time such Lien is incurred and (2) any Ready for Sea Cost for such Vessel, provided,
further, however that such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by such Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred and the Indebtedness
(other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien may not be incurred more than 180
days after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement,
addition or commencement of full operation of the property subject to the Lien; and

(39) Liens (whose priority shall be governed by the Intercreditor Agreement) held by
the First-Lien Notes Collateral Agent securing (i) the $225.0 million aggregate principal
amount of First-Lien Notes (and the Guarantees by the Guarantors in respect thereof) issued
on the Issue Date and (ii) Convertible Notes (and the Guarantees by the Guarantors in
respect thereof) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $280.0 million (less the
aggregate principal amount of any Convertible Notes that have been converted in a
“Mandatory Conversion pursuant to the terms thereof).

“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund,
refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:

(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if
applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or
discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and
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(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date the same as or
later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to
or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being renewed,
refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;

(3) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or
discharged is Subordinated Indebtedness, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is
subordinated in right of payment on terms at least as favorable to the holders of Notes as
those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded,
refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and

(4) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may not be incurred by a Person other than the
Issuer and any of the Guarantors to renew refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge
any Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

“PIK Interest” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

“PIK Notes” means Additional Notes issued under this Indenture on the same terms and
conditions as the Notes in connection with a PIK Payment. For purposes of this Indenture, all
references to “PIK Notes” shall include the Related PIK Notes.

“PIK Payment” means an interest payment with respect to the Notes made by increasing the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes or issuing PIK Notes.

“Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) to be placed on
all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this
Indenture.

“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

“Ready for Sea Costs” means with respect a Vessel or Vessels to be acquired or leased
(pursuant to a Capital Lease Obligation) by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiaries, the aggregate
amount of expenditures incurred to acquire or construct and bring such Vessel or Vessels to the
condition and location necessary for their intended use, including any and all inspections,
appraisals, repairs, modifications, additions, permits and licenses in connection with such
acquisition or lease, which would be classified and accounted for as “property, plant and
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“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Issue
Date, among the Issuer and the “Purchasers” party to the various
purchase agreements with respect to the Notes, dated as of the Issue Date, and, with respect
to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements among the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Issuer to the purchasers
of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes under the Securities Act.

“Registrar” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of
and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the
corporate trust department of the Trustee, having direct responsibility for the administration of
this Indenture to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.

“Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

“Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

“Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. Where (i) such term is used without a referent Person or (ii) such term is
used with reference to Parent,, such term shall be deemed to mean a Subsidiary of Parent that is
not an Unrestricted Subsidiary (including, without limitation the Issuer), unless the context
otherwise requires.

“Related PIK Notes” means, with respect to a Note, (i) each PIK Note issued in connection with
a PIK Payment on such Note and (ii) each additional PIK Note issued in connection with a PIK
Payment on a Related PIK Note with respect to such Note.

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

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“Sale of Notes Priority Collateral” means any Asset Sale to the extent involving a sale, lease
or other disposition of Notes Priority Collateral.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.

“Security Agreement” means that certain security agreement, to be dated as of the Issue Date,
among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, as amended, modified, restated,
supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms.

“Security Documents” means the Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, and all
security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust,
collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed
and delivered by the Issuer or any other Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon
Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated
or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms.

“Senior Lien Debt” means, with respect to any Collateral whose Excess Proceeds are required to
be applied pursuant to Section 4.12, any Indebtedness or other Obligations secured by Liens on such
Collateral ranking higher in priority to the Note Liens.

“Shelf Registration Statement” means the “Shelf Registration Statement” as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as
defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any
series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be
paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the Issue Date, and will not include
any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to
the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.09(a)(iii).

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of
the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or
stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is
at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or
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(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of
which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of
which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination
thereof) to the extent such partnership is included in the consolidated financial
statements of such Person.

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent that is a Guarantor, other than
the Issuer.

“Successor Issuer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01(a)(i)(2).

“Successor Parent” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01(b)(i)(2).

“Total Assets” means the total assets of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on
the most recent internal balance sheet of Parent, prepared on a consolidated basis (excluding
Unrestricted Subsidiaries) in accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards, with such pro forma
adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in
the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

“Transactions” means (i) the issuance of the Notes and the use of proceeds therefrom, (ii) the
issuance of the First-Lien Notes and the use of proceeds therefrom, (iii) the exchange of bridge
loans under the Bridge Loan Agreement for the Notes, (iv) the Exchange Offer and the other
transactions contemplated by the Exchange Offer Document, (v) obtaining all necessary shareholder,
stock exchange and governmental approvals and (vi) the payment of all fees and expenses in
connection with the foregoing.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as it was in force at the date of
execution of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 11.03; provided, however, that in the
event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture
Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so
amended.

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder.

“United States” means the United States of America.

“Unrestricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required
to bear the Private Placement Legend.

“Unrestricted Global Note” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear
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“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Parent that is designated by the Board of
Directors of Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of
Directors of Parent, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;

(2) except as permitted by Section 4.13, is not party to any agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding with Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent unless the
terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable
to Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time
from Persons who are not Affiliates of Parent;

(3) except as otherwise permitted by Section 4.09, is a Person with respect to which
neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has a direct or indirect obligation
(a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such
Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of
operating results; and

(4) except as otherwise permitted by Section 4.09 has not guaranteed or otherwise
provided credit support for any Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.

“U.S. GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession in the United States in effect on the date of this Indenture.

“U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities
Act.

“U.S. Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that is
organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of
Columbia.

“Vessel” means any watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used,
as a means of transportation on water which is owned by and registered in the name of the Issuer or
any Guarantor or leased by the Issuer or any Guarantor pursuant to a lease on a demise or bareboat
charter basis or pursuant to an operating agreement constituting a Capital Lease Obligation,
including all spares, equipment, and any additional improvements associated with such watercraft or
contrivance.

“Vessel Construction Contract” means any contract for the construction (or construction and
acquisition”) of a Vessel entered into by the Issuer or its Restricted
Subsidiaries, including any amendments, supplements or modifications thereto or change orders
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“Vessel Fleet Mortgage” shall have the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.

“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person
that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the
number of years obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of
principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date
and the making of such payment; by

(2) the then-outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

“Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any specified Person means a Restricted Subsidiary of
such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than
directors’ qualifying shares) will at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.

“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any specified Person means a Subsidiary of such Person all of the
outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying
shares) will at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of
such Person.

Section 1.02 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with
Applicable Accounting Standards;

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

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(f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the
Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or
rules adopted by the Commission from time to time;

(g) references to any statute, law, rule or regulation shall be deemed to refer to the same as
from time to time amended and in effect and to any successor statute, law, rule or regulation;

(h) references to any contract, agreement or instrument shall mean the same as amended,
modified, replaced, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time, in each case, in
accordance with any applicable restrictions contained in this Indenture; and

(i) “including” means “including, without limitation.”

Section 1.03 References to Interest. Any reference to the payment of interest on, or in
respect of, any Note in this Indenture shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of
Additional Interest (if applicable). An express mention of the payment of Additional Interest (if
applicable) in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in
those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

Section 1.04 References to Subordination. For the avoidance of doubt, for all purposes under
this Indenture, including, without limitation, Section 4.09(b), this Indenture shall not treat
Indebtedness as being (x) contractually subordinated or junior or (y) subordinated or junior in
right of payment, in each case, to any other Indebtedness merely because such Indebtedness is (i)
unsecured, (ii) secured by Liens of a junior priority on the same Collateral to those securing such
other Indebtedness or (iii) secured by different collateral.

Section 1.05 Payments, Instructions, Notices, Opinions and Certifications by the Issuer. Any
payment required to be made by the Issuer under this Indenture may be made by the Parent on behalf
of the Issuer. Any instruction, notice, certificate, opinion or Officer’s Certificate to be given
or provided by the Issuer under this Indenture may be given or provided by the Parent instead.

Article 2.

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01 Form and Dating.

(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by
law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The
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The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution
and delivery of this Indenture (or any indenture supplemental hereto), expressly agree to such
terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note
conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall
govern and be controlling.

(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form
of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such
of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a
Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required
by Section 2.06.

(c) Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the other Notes may be created and issued from
time to time by the Issuer without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated
with and form a single class with the other Notes and shall have the same terms as to status,
redemption or otherwise as the other Notes; provided that the Issuer’s ability to issue Additional
Notes shall be subject, among other things, to the Issuer’s compliance with Section 4.11 hereof;
provided further that in connection with the payment of PIK Interest, the Issuer may, without the
consent of the Holders (and without regard to any restrictions or limitations set forth in Section
4.11 hereof), increase the outstanding principal amount of the Notes or issue PIK Notes. Except as
described under Article 11 hereof or as provided in Section 2.06 hereof, the Notes offered by the
Issuer, the PIK Notes and any Additional Notes subsequently issued under this Indenture will be
treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including, among other things,
waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Unless the context requires otherwise,
references to “Notes” for all purposes under this Indenture include any PIK Notes and Additional
Notes that are actually issued, and references to “principal amount” of the Notes includes any
increases in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes as a result of a PIK Payment.

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.

At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is
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A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The
signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer signed by an Officer (an
“Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under
this Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes
outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for
issuance by the Issuer pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section
2.07.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate
Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each
reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.
An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of
the Issuer.

At any time, and from time to time, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order, authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes, Exchange Notes or PIK Notes (or increases in
the principal amount of any Notes) as a result of a PIK Payment, for an aggregate principal amount
specified in such Authentication Order for such Additional Notes, Exchange Notes or PIK Notes (or
increases in the principal amount of such Notes). Such Authentication Order shall specify the
amount of the Notes to be authenticated and, in the case of any issuance of Additional Notes, shall
certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.11 hereof.

On any Interest Payment Date on which the Issuer pays PIK Interest with respect to a Global
Note, the Trustee shall increase the principal amount of such Global Note by an amount equal to the
interest payable, rounded up to the nearest $1,000, for the relevant interest period on the
principal amount of such Global Note as of the relevant Record Date, for such Interest Payment
Date, to the credit of the Holders on such Record Date, pro rata in accordance with their
interests, and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then
the Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the
Custodian, to reflect such increase. On any Interest Payment Date on which the Issuer pays PIK
Interest by issuing definitive PIK Notes, the principal amount of any such PIK Notes issued to any
Holder, for the relevant interest period as of the relevant Interest Record Date for such Interest
Payment Date, shall be rounded up to the nearest $1.00.

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Issuer will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer
and exchange. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any
additional paying agent. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice
to any Holder. The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent
not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries
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The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depository with
respect to the Global Notes.

The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act
as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes and the Trustee hereby agrees so to initially act.

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Issuer will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the
Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on
the Notes, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Issuer in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held
by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent will have no further
liability for the money.

Section 2.05 Holder Lists. The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and
shall otherwise comply with § 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest
Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and
as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes and the Issuer shall otherwise comply with § 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository, by a nominee of the Depository to the
Depository or to another nominee of the Depository, or by the Depository or any such nominee to a
successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository. All Global Notes will be exchanged
by the Issuer for Definitive Notes if:

(i) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depository that it is unwilling
or unable to continue to act as Depository or that it is no longer a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act and, in either
case, a successor Depository is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the
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(ii) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the
Notes and the Depository so requests.

Upon the occurrence of the preceding event in (i) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in
such names as the Depository shall instruct the Trustee in writing. Global Notes also may be
exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Every Note
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof,
pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the
form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other
than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be
transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depository, in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to
those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii)
below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in
any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that
prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of
a U.S. Person. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the
Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In
connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to
Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either:

(1) both:

(A) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depository in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depository to
credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in
another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest
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(B) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures containing information regarding the Participant
account to be credited with such increase; or

(2) both:

(A) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depository in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depository to cause to be
issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

(B) instructions given by the Depository to the Registrar
containing information regarding the Person in whose name such
Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (i) above.

Upon consummation of an A/B Exchange Offer by the Issuer in accordance with Section
2.06(f), the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been
satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of
Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global
Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable
under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant
Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h).

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if
the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar
receives the following:

(1) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
in item (1) thereof;

(2) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver
a certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
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(3) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if
applicable.

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any
Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and:

(1) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the A/B
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and
the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an
exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii)
a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii)
a Person who is an Affiliate of the Issuer;

(2) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; and

(3) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the A/B
Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (2) above at a time when an Unrestricted
Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted
Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial
interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (2) above.

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
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(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes.
If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange
such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or
to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following
documentation:

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted
Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit F
hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

(2) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in
accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(3) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S.
Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904,
a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof;

(4) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in
accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(5) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an
Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in
subparagraphs (2) through (4) above, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications, certificates and
Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;

(6) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuer or
any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(7) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate
to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
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the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal
amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such
authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct
the Registrar through instructions from the Depository and the Participant or Indirect Participant.
The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so
registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall
be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(ii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.
A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial
interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:

(1) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the A/B
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and
the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter
of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person
who is an Affiliate of the Issuer;

(2) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(3) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the A/B
Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement; or

(4) the Registrar receives the following:

i. if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit F
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b)
thereof; or

ii. if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder in
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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (4), if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the
Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then,
upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee will
cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and deliver to the Person designated
in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii)
will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to
the Registrar from or through the Depository and the Participant or Indirect Participant.
The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are
so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant
to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes.
If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive
Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit F hereto, including
the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

(2) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB
in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the
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(3) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a
Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or
Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(4) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant
to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(5) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an
Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in
subparagraphs (2) through (4) above, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications, certificates and
Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;

(6) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;
or

(7) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, the Trustee will cancel the
Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (1) above, the
appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (2) above, the
144A Global Note, in the case of clause (3) above, the Regulation S Global
Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.
A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
only if:

(1) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the A/B
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter
of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person
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(2) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(3) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the A/B
Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement; or

(4) the Registrar receives the following:

i. if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to
exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder
in the form of Exhibit F hereto, including the
certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

ii. if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to
transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder
in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof,

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (4), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer
contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in
order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii),
the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
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Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel
the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is
effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(2) or (ii)(4) or this subparagraph (iii) at a time
when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer will issue and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee will
authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder
of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the
Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration
of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the
Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in
writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents
and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section
2.06(e).

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:

(1) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof,

(2) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof, and

(3) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)
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(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note
or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

(1) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the A/B
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and
the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of
a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is
not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an Affiliate (as defined in
Rule 144) of the Issuer;

(2) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(3) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the
A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement; or

(4) the Registrar receives the following:

if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit F hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (4), if the
Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer
contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of
Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes
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(f) A/B Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of an A/B Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer will issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee will
authenticate:

(i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes accepted
for exchange in such A/B Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters
of Transmittal that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a
distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not Affiliates of the Issuer; and

(ii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the A/B
Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A)
they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution of the
Exchange Notes and (C) they are not Affiliates of the Issuer.

Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Issuer will
execute and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and deliver to
the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes
in the appropriate principal amount.

(g) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive
Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions
of this Indenture.

(i) Private Placement Legend.

(1) Except as permitted by subparagraph (2) below, each Global Note
and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following
form:

“THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH
PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER
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SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY (i) (a) TO A PERSON WHO IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON
IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUER SO
REQUESTS), (ii) TO THE ISSUER, OR (iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, AND (B) THE
HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER
FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN
CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE
EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.”

(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note
issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii),
(d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes
issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the
Private Placement Legend.

(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the
following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE
MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE
INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY
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UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR
ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.”

(iii) OID Legend. To the extent required by Section 1275(c)(1)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Treasury Regulation Section 1.1275-3(b), each Note
issued at a discount to its stated redemption price at maturity shall bear a legend (the
“OID Legend”) in substantially the following form (with any necessary amendments thereto to
reflect any amendments occurring after the Issue Date to the applicable sections):

“FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED, THIS NOTE IS BEING ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. YOU MAY
CONTACT THE ISSUER AT HORIZON LINES, LLC, 4064 COLONY ROAD, SUITE 200, CHARLOTTE,
NORTH CAROLINA 28211 ATTENTION: TREASURER, AND THE ISSUER WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH
THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE AND THE
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(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests
in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note
has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be
returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time
prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such
Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the
beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be
increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer will execute and
the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 or at the Registrar’s request.

(ii) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global
Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but
the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or
similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Section 2.10,
Article 3 and Sections 4.12, 4.16 and 11.04).

(iii) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of
any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Note being redeemed in part.

(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Issuer,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
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(v) Neither the Registrar nor the Issuer will be required:

(1) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
day of any selection of Notes for redemption under
Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of
selection;

(2) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note
being redeemed in part; or

(3) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a
Interest Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the
Trustee, any Agent and the Issuer may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is
registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the
Trustee, any Agent or the Issuer shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(vii) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2.02.

(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be
submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of
transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

(ix) To the extent that any Notes are issued at a discount to their stated redemption
price at maturity and bear the OID Legend, each group of Notes bearing a given amount of
original issue discount shall be treated as a separate series only for purposes of the
transfer and exchange provisions of this Section 2.06 and may trade under a separate CUSIP
number.

(x) Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall have any responsibility for
any actions taken or not taken by the Depository.

(xi) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Participant or
Indirect Participant or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the books or
records, or the acts or omissions, of the Depository or its nominee or of any Participant
or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to
the delivery to any Participant or Indirect Participant or other Person (other than the
Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any
amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to
the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made
only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its
nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note
shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the customary procedures of the
Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in relying in good faith upon information furnished by the Depository with
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(xii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as
to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under
applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any
transfers between or among Participants or Indirect Participants in any Global Note) other
than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this
Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the
express requirements hereof.

Section 2.07 Replacement Notes. If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Issuer and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of
any Note, the Issuer will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will
authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee
or the Issuer, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment
of the Trustee and the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating
agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuer may charge for
its expenses in replacing a Note.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer and will be entitled to all
of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.

Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes. The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes
authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.
Except as set forth in Section 9.04, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or
an Affiliate of the Issuer holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee
receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be
outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Issuer, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof)
holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date,
then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to
accrue interest.

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Section 2.10 Temporary Notes. Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery,
the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate
temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may
have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will prepare and the Trustee
will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for
temporary Notes.

Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 2.11 Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to
them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel
all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation
and will destroy cancelled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act).
Certification of the destruction of all cancelled Notes will be delivered to the Issuer. The
Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest. If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the
Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest
payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record
date, in each case at a rate equal to 16.00% per annum plus 1.0%. The Issuer will notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the
date of the proposed payment. The Issuer will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record
date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to
the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record
date, the Issuer (or, upon the written request of the Issuer, the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Issuer) will send or cause to be sent to Holders a notice that states the special
record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

Section 2.13 Additional Notes; Purchases. The Issuer may, without the consent of the
Noteholders, issue additional Notes hereunder with the same terms, and if permissible as a
“qualified reopening” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, with the same CUSIP number as the Notes
initially issued hereunder in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, which will form the same
series with the Notes initially issued hereunder. Prior to the issuance of any such additional
Notes, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Authentication Order, an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such matters
as the Trustee shall reasonably request. The Issuer may also from time to time purchase the Notes
in open market purchases or negotiated transactions without prior notice to Noteholders.
Any Notes purchased by the Issuer shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding under this
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Article 3.

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01 Optional Redemption.

(a) Prior to October 15, 2013, the Notes will not be subject to redemption at the option of
the Issuer.

(b) The Notes are subject to redemption, at the option of the Issuer, in whole or in part, at
any time on or after October 15, 2013, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount to be redeemed) set forth
below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date
(subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant regular record date to receive interest
due on an Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on October 15 of
the years indicated:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Redemption Price	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2013
	 	 	106.000	%
	2014
	 	 	103.000	%
	2015 and thereafter
	 	 	100.000	%

Section 3.02 Mandatory Redemption.

The Issuer will not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with
respect to the Notes. The Issuer may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open
market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise.

Section 3.03 Notices to Trustee.

If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, it shall notify the Trustee,
Registrar and each Paying Agent in writing of (a) the Section of this Indenture and the Notes
pursuant to which the redemption shall occur (including the relevant provision of the Notes), (b)
the redemption date, (c) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (d) the redemption price.
The Issuer shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this paragraph at least 30 days but
not more than 60 days before a redemption date if the redemption is pursuant to Section 5 of the
Note, unless a shorter or longer period is acceptable to the Trustee. If fewer than all the Notes
are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Issuer and
given to the Trustee. Any such notice pursuant to Section 3.01 may be cancelled at any time prior
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Section 3.04 Selection of Notes to be Redeemed.

Selection of Notes for redemption will be made by the Registrar on a pro rata basis by lot to
the extent practicable or by such other method in accordance with the Applicable Procedures;
provided that no Notes of $2,000 principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part.

Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Section 3.04, the parties acknowledge and
agree that any partial redemption of a Global Note will be made by the Depository among the
Beneficial Owners in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Depository and that the
Trustee shall have no liability in connection with the selection of Beneficial Owners whose
interest in the Global Note will be redeemed or any other actions taken by the Depository in
connection therewith, and by accepting the Notes, the Holders shall waive and release any and all
such liability.

Section 3.05 Notice of Redemption.

(a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to Section
3.01 or 3.02, the Issuer shall mail or cause to be mailed by first-class mail a notice of
redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed. Any such notice shall identify the Notes
to be redeemed and shall state:

(i) the redemption date;

(ii) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date;

(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(iv) the provision of the Notes or this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption is
occurring;

(v) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to
collect the redemption price;

(vi) if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate
numbers and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed, the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be
outstanding after such partial redemption;

(vii) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying
Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture,
interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after
the redemption date;

(viii) the CUSIP number, ISIN and/or “Common Code” number, if any, printed on the
Notes being redeemed; and

(ix) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP
number or ISIN and/or “Common Code” number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the
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(b) At the Issuer’s request, the Registrar and each Paying Agent shall give the notice of
redemption in the Issuer’s name and at the Issuer’s expense. In such event, the Issuer shall
provide the Registrar and each Paying Agent with the information required by this Section 3.05 at
least two Business Days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Registrar and
Paying Agent) prior to the date such notice is to be provided to Holders in the final form such
notice is to be delivered to Holders.

Section 3.06 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.05, Notes called for
redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the
notice, except as provided in the final sentence of Section 5 of the form of Note set forth in
Exhibit A hereto. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption
price stated in the notice; provided, however, that if the redemption date is after a regular
Interest Record Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be
payable to the Holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant Interest Record Date.
Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of
the notice to any other Holder.

Section 3.07 Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to 12:00 noon New York City time on each redemption date, the Issuer shall deposit with
the Paying Agent an amount of money, in immediately available funds, sufficient to pay the
redemption price of all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly return
to the Issuer any amount so deposited that is not required for that purpose, except with respect to
monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article 8.

Unless the Issuer fails to comply with the preceding paragraph and defaults in the payment of
such redemption price, interest on the Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the
applicable redemption date, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment.

Section 3.08 Notes Redeemed In Part.

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Issuer shall issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the
expense of the Issuer a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Note
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Article 4.

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will
cause to be paid the principal (including the Change of Control Purchase Price) of, and accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, on, each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the
manner provided herein and in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any,
and interest, including Cash Interest, shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying
Agent, if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary, holds as of noon New York City time on the due
date money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient
to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. PIK Interest shall be considered
paid on the date due if the Trustee is directed on or prior to such date to issue PIK Notes or
increase the principal amount of the applicable Notes, in each case in an amount equal to the
amount of the applicable PIK Interest.

Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will maintain an office or agency
where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for
payment or purchase (“Paying Agent”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect
of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time
the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate co-registrars in one or more other offices or
agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from
time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes.
The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and
of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The term “Paying Agent” includes
any such additional or other offices or agencies, as applicable.

The Issuer hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Registrar, Custodian
and the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in New York City, New York as an office or agency of
the Issuer for each of the aforesaid purposes.

Section 4.03 Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office. The Issuer, whenever
necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided
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Section 4.04 Provisions as to Paying Agent.

(a) If the Issuer shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, the Issuer will cause
such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall
agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04:

(i) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the
principal (or the Change of Control Purchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and
unpaid interest on, the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Holders;

(ii) that it will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the Issuer
to make any payment of the principal (or such Change of Control Purchase Price, as the case
may be) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes when the same shall be due and
payable; and

(iii) that at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of
the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust.

The Issuer shall, on or before each due date of the principal (or the Change of Control
Purchase Price, if applicable) of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes, deposit with the
Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal (or such Change of Control Purchase Price, as
the case may be) or accrued and unpaid interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action; provided
that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit must be received by the Paying Agent by
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date.

(b) If the Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal (or the Change of Control Purchase Price, as the case may be) of, and accrued and
unpaid interest on, the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Holders a sum sufficient to pay such principal (or such Change of Control Purchase Price, as the
case may be) and accrued and unpaid interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee
in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Issuer to make any payment
of the principal (or such Change of Control Purchase Price, as the case may be) of, and accrued and
unpaid interest on, the Notes when the same shall become due and payable. The Issuer may change the
Paying Agent without prior notice to the Noteholders.

(c) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer may, at any
time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other
reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuer or any Paying
Agent hereunder as required by this Section 4.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
trusts herein contained and upon such payment
by the Issuer or any Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Issuer or such Paying Agent shall be
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(d) Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (pursuant to Section 8.05), or
then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal (or the Change of Control
Purchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, any Note and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal (or such Change of Control Purchase Price, as the case
may be) and interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on request of the
Issuer contained in an Officer’s Certificate, or (if then held by the Issuer) shall be discharged
from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent
with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, shall
thereupon cease.

Section 4.05 Existence. Subject to Article 5, Parent will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

(a) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents of Parent or
any such Restricted Subsidiary; and

(b) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of Parent and its Restricted
Subsidiaries; provided, however, that Parent shall not be required to preserve any such right,
license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than the Issuer), if the Board of Directors shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of Parent and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.

Section 4.06 Reports.

(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, so long as any
Notes are outstanding, Parent will furnish to the Trustee, within the time periods specified in the
Commission’s rules and regulations (including any extensions provided therein) for a filer that is
a “non-accelerated filer” (or any successor term that provides an entity with the greatest time
period for filing periodic reports with the Commission plus five Business Days):

(i) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the
Commission on Forms 10-K and 10-Q (or any successor or comparable forms) if Parent were
required to file such reports; and

(ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on
Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form) if Parent were required to file such
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All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules
and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report
on Parent’s consolidated financial statements by Parent’s certified independent accountants.
Notwithstanding the above reporting requirements, Parent shall not be required to disclose to the
Trustee (or the Holders of the Notes) any materials for which it has sought and has received (or
reasonably expects to receive) confidential treatment from the Commission. All reports filed with
the Commission via EDGAR (or any successor system) shall be deemed to have been furnished to the
Trustee in accordance with this Section 4.06.

Parent will not take any action for the purpose of causing the Commission not to accept any
such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission will not accept Parent’s filings
for any reason, Parent will post the reports required by this Section 4.06(a) on its website within
the time periods described above.

(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time they are not required to file
with the Commission the reports required by Section 4.06(a), Parent, the Issuer and the Guarantors
will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their
request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities
Act.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Parent will not be deemed to have failed
to comply with this Section 4.06 for the purposes of Section 7.01(a)(iv) until 60 days after the
proper notice under Section 7.01(a)(iv) has been provided.

(d) For the avoidance of doubt, any Default or Event of Default resulting from a failure to
provide any report required by this Section 4.06 shall be cured upon the provision of such report
prior to the acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section 7.02.

Section 4.07 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Issuer and each of the Guarantors covenants
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in
any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law
or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Issuer from paying all or any portion of the
principal of or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the
Issuer and each of the Guarantors (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law,
hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer
and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.08 Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults. Parent shall deliver to the
Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer
(beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 25, 2011) an Officer’s Certificate that
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In addition, Parent shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible, and in any event within
five Business Days after Parent becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Default,
an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default, its status
and the action that Parent is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 4.09 Restricted Payments.

(a) Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly:

(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on or in
respect of Parent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests (including any such
payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving such Person), except
dividends or distributions payable solely in Equity Interests of Parent or such Restricted
Subsidiary (other than Disqualified Stock) and except dividends or distributions payable
solely to Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (and, if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, to its other Equity Interest holders on a pro rata basis with
respect to the class of Equity Interests on which such dividend or distribution is made, or
on a basis that results in the receipt by Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of dividends or
distributions of greater value than it would receive on a pro rata basis);

(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without
limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Parent) any Equity
Interests of Parent;

(iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or
otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Indebtedness (“Subordinated Indebtedness”) of
the Issuer or any Guarantor that is (1) Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to
the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or
among Parent and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), (2) the Convertible Notes or (3)
unsecured Indebtedness, except (A) payments of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity
thereof or (B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of any
such Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal
installment or final maturity, in each case, due within one year of the date of such
purchase, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value; or

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(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (i) through (iv) above
being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of and after
giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would occur after giving effect to such Restricted Payment;

(2) Parent would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after
giving pro forma effect thereto, have been permitted to incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.11(a); and

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of
all other Restricted Payments made by Parent and its Restricted
Subsidiaries since the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted
by clauses (ii) through (xiv) of Section 4.09(b)), is less than the sum,
without duplication, of:

(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of Parent for the
period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the
first fiscal quarter commencing after the Issue Date to the end of
Parent’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal
financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted
Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a
deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus

(B) (i) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and (ii) 100%
of the Fair Market Value of any property or assets other than cash
received by Parent since the Issue Date as a contribution to its
common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent or from the
issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock of
Parent or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of Parent,
in each case that have been converted into, settled with or
exchanged for Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than
Disqualified Stock, Equity Interests and convertible or
exchangeable Disqualified Stock or debt securities sold to a
Subsidiary of Parent); plus

(C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment (other than
a Restricted Investment made in reliance on clause (xiv) of the
following paragraph) that was made after the Issue Date is sold or
otherwise liquidated or repaid, the amount of the cash return of
or on capital (or the
Fair Market Value of any property or assets) with respect to
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(D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of Parent
designated as such after the Issue Date is redesignated as a
Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value
of Parent’s Restricted Investment (without duplication of amounts
that increase the amount available pursuant to Section
4.09(b)(xiv) or clause (19) of the definition of Permitted
Investments) in such Restricted Subsidiary as of the date of such
redesignation; plus

(E) without duplication of any increase pursuant to Section
4.09(a) above or that increase the amount available pursuant to
Section 4.09(b)(xiv) or clause (19) of the definition of Permitted
Investments, cash dividends received by Parent or any Restricted
Subsidiary after the Issue Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of
the Issuer, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise
included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer for such
period.

(b) Section 4.09(a) will not prohibit:

(i) the payment of any dividend or distribution on account of Equity Interests or the
consummation of any redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend
or distribution on account of Equity Interests or giving of the redemption notice, as the
case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend, distribution or
redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Section 4.09;

(ii) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of or with the net
proceeds of the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of Parent) of, Equity Interests of Parent
(other than Disqualified Stock) or from the contribution of common equity capital to
Parent; provided that the amount of any such net proceeds that are utilized for any such
Restricted Payment will not be considered to be net proceeds of Equity Interests of Parent
for purposes of Section 4.09(a)(iii)(B).

(iii) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or
retirement for value of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor in
exchange for, by conversion into or out of, or with the net cash proceeds from, an
incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, which incurrence occurs within 60 days of
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(iv) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests
of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent held by any current or former officer,
director or employee of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent or any permitted
transferee of the foregoing pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option
agreement, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price
paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not
exceed $3.0 million in any twelve-month period; provided, further, that such amount in any
twelve-month period may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

(1) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of Parent to members of management, directors or
consultants of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or
indirect parent companies that occurs after the Issue Date to the extent
the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not
otherwise been applied to the making of Restricted Payments pursuant to
Section 4.09(a)(iii) or Section 4.09(b)(ii); plus

(2) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by
Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent after the Issue Date; and in
addition, cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or any
Guarantor from any current or former officer, director or employee (or any
permitted transferees thereof) of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Parent in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of Parent or
any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent from such Persons will not be deemed
to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.09 or
any other provisions of this Indenture;

(v) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock
options, warrants, convertible notes or similar rights to the extent such Equity Interests
represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options, warrants or similar
rights or the payment of related withholding taxes;

(vi) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class
or series of Disqualified Stock of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent issued on
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(vii) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control after completion of the
Change of Control Offer, any purchase or redemption of Subordinated Indebtedness that is
required to be repurchased or redeemed pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such
Change of Control, at a
purchase price not greater than 101% of the outstanding principal amount thereof (plus
accrued and unpaid interest); provided that, prior to such repayment or repurchase, the
Issuer shall have made the Change of Control Offer with respect to the Notes as required by
this Indenture, and the Issuer shall have repurchased all Notes validly tendered for
payment and not withdrawn in connection with such Change of Control Offer;

(viii) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, after the completion of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to Section
4.12, any purchase or redemption of Subordinated Indebtedness that is required to be
repurchased or redeemed pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale, at a
purchase price not greater than 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof (plus
accrued and unpaid interest) with any Excess Proceeds that remain after consummation of an
Net Proceeds Offer; provided that, prior to such repayment or repurchase, the Issuer shall
have made the Net Proceeds Offer with respect to the Notes as required by this Indenture,
and the Issuer shall have repurchased all Notes validly tendered for payment and not
withdrawn in connection with such Net Proceeds Offer;

(ix) (1) Restricted Payments made from the net proceeds of the issuance of unsecured
convertible Indebtedness of Parent pursuant to customary bond hedge/warrant or similar
derivatives transactions entered into in connection with the issuance of such convertible
securities, to the extent the issuance of such convertible Indebtedness is permitted by
Section 4.11 and (2) Restricted Payments made in connection with customary cash settlement
features upon conversion of any unsecured convertible Indebtedness of Parent;

(x) the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests
of any Foreign Subsidiary of Parent that are held by a Person that is not an Affiliate of
Parent; provided that the consideration for such redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition is not in excess of either (1) the Fair Market Value of such common Equity
Interests or (2) such amount required by applicable laws, rules or regulations;

(xi) the purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement for value
of Equity Interests of Parent to the extent necessary, in the good faith judgment of the
Board of Directors of Parent, to prevent the loss or secure the renewal or reinstatement of
any license, permit or eligibility held by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
under any applicable law or governmental regulation or the policies of any governmental
authority or other regulatory body; provided that the aggregate amount of such payments and
distributions may not exceed $2.0 million in any calendar year plus any unused amount
permitted (without giving effect to any carryover under this Section 4.09(b)(xi) for the
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(xii) the payment or distribution, to dissenting equityholders pursuant to applicable
law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation,
merger, amalgamation or transfer of assets that transfers of all or substantially all
of the property and assets of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that
the aggregate amount of such payments and distributions may not exceed $1.0 million any
calendar year plus any unused amount permitted (without giving effect to any carryover)
under this Section 4.09(b)(xii) for the immediately preceding year;

(xiii) any Restricted Payments made pursuant to the Exchange Offer;

(xiv) any Restricted Payments (“Jones Act Restricted Payments”) in the form of
repurchases or redemptions of common equity of Parent that are required to be made in order
to comply with the 19.99% foreign ownership limitation (the “Foreign Ownership Limitation”)
in Parent’s certificate of incorporation; provided, however, that any Restricted Payments
made pursuant to this clause (xiv) more than 90 days after the Issue Date may only be made
if Parent’s Board of Directors has recommended to Parent’s stockholders an amendment to
such certificate of incorporation so that Parent may issue warrants in order to redeem its
common equity to comply with the Foreign Ownership Limitation and such amendment was not
approved by the stockholders; and

(xv) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after
giving effect thereto, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15.0
million in the aggregate since the Issue Date in each case, calculated net of any return of
or on any Restricted Investments, made pursuant to this clause that is received by Parent
or any Restricted Subsidiary.

(c) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on
the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or
issued by Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the
Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be
valued by this covenant will be determined by the Issuer or, if such Fair Market Value is in excess
of $20.0 million, by the Board of Directors of the Issuer whose resolution with respect thereto
will be delivered to the Trustee.

(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that a
proposed Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the
categories of Restricted Payments described in Sections 4.09(b)(i) through 4.09(b)(xv), or is
entitled to be incurred as one or more categories of Permitted Investments or pursuant to Section
4.09(a), the Issuer will be entitled to classify or reclassify (based on circumstances existing at
the time of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment or portion thereof in any manner that
complies with this Section 4.09 and such Restricted Payment will be treated as having been made
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Section 4.10 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

(a) Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction
on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or
measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (it being understood that the priority of any preferred stock in receiving
dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions
being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make
distributions on Capital Stock);

(ii) make loans or advances to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(iii) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.

(b) The restrictions in Section 4.10(a) will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions
existing under or by reason of:

(i) agreements in effect on the Issue Date and any amendments, restatements,
modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of such
agreements; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not, in the good faith judgment
of the Board of Directors of Parent, materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with
respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those
agreements on the Issue Date;

(ii) this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees, any Exchange Notes and the
related Note Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Security Documents;

(iii) applicable law, rule, regulation, order, approval, license, permit or similar
restriction (whether or not existing on the Issue Date);

(iv) (1) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired
by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such
acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the
properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the
Person, so acquired and does not in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of
Parent materially adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to make scheduled payments of
interest and principal on the Notes; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such
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 by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred; and (2) any amendment,
modification, replacement or refinancing thereof; provided, however, that such encumbrances
or restrictions are not, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of Parent,
materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to consensual encumbrances or
restrictions set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of Section 4.10(a) than on such
encumbrances or restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, replacement or
refinancing;

(v) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and licenses entered into in the
ordinary course of business;

(vi) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of
business and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased
or leased (plus improvements and accessions to such property, or assets or proceeds or
distributions thereof) of the nature described in Section 4.10(a)(iii);

(vii) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of the Capital Stock or assets
of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary
pending such sale or other disposition;

(viii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in
the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not, in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors of Parent, materially more restrictive, taken as a
whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced,
extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, defeased or discharged;

(ix) Liens permitted to be incurred under Section 4.14 that limit the right of the
debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens (plus improvements and accessions to
such property, or assets or proceeds or distributions thereof);

(x) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or other similar agreements;

(xi) customary provisions in Permitted Hedging Obligations;

(xii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under
contracts or other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xiii) restrictions on other Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Section 4.11;
provided that such restrictions, taken as a whole, are, in the good faith judgment of
Parent’s Board of Directors, no more materially restrictive with respect to such
encumbrances and restrictions than those contained in the existing agreements referenced in
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(xiv) encumbrances on property that exist at the time such property was acquired by
Parent or any Restricted Subsidiaries;

(xv) other Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of any Subsidiary that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary so long as such encumbrances and restrictions contained in any
agreement or instrument will not materially affect the Issuer’s ability to make anticipated
principal or interest payments on the Notes (as determined in good faith by Parent);

(xvi) encumbrances or restrictions consisting of customary non-assignment provisions
in leases governing leasehold interests to the extent such provisions restrict the transfer
of the lease or the property leased thereunder;

(xvii) customary Guarantees by Parent or the Issuer under non-Indebtedness obligations
of a Subsidiary set forth in leases, licenses and other agreements entered into by the
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and

(xviii) restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating,
construction, service, supply, purchase or other agreement to which Parent or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business;
provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of
Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject of such agreement, the payment
rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or
property of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of any other
Restricted Subsidiary.

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.10, the subordination of loans
or advances made to Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness incurred by Parent or
any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or
advances.

Section 4.11 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.

(a) Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, enter into a Guarantee of or otherwise become directly or
indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and Parent will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will
not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided,
however, that the Issuer may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified
Stock, and the Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred
stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Parent’s most recently ended four full fiscal
quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on
which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or such preferred stock
is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis
(including a pro forma application of the net proceeds
therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or
the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter
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(b) Section 4.11(a) will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of
Indebtedness or the issuance of any of the following Disqualified Stock (collectively, “Permitted
Debt”):

(i) the incurrence and Guarantee by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, of
Indebtedness and letters of credit (and reimbursement obligations with respect thereto)
under one or more Credit Facilities (with letters of credit being deemed to have a
principal amount equal to the maximum remaining potential liability of Parent or any
Restricted Subsidiary thereunder) not to exceed $125.0 million less the amount applied to
permanently repay Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.12(c)(i)(2);

(ii) the incurrence by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing
Indebtedness;

(iii) the incurrence by the Issuer and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by
(1) the Notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued on the Issue Date, (2) the PIK
Notes issued as PIK Interest in accordance with this Indenture and the related Note
Guarantees and (3) the Exchange Notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement;

(iv) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Attributable
Debt in connection with a sale and leaseback transaction or Indebtedness represented by
Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case,
incurred for the purpose of financing or reimbursing all or any part of the purchase price
or cost of design, development, construction, installation, expansion, repair or
improvement of property (either real or personal), plant or equipment or other fixed or
capital assets used or useful in the business of Parent or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (in each case, whether through the direct purchase of such assets or the
purchase of Equity Interests of any Person owning such assets), which incurrence occurs
within 365 days of such purchase, design, development, construction, installation,
expansion, repair or improvement, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or
discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), not to exceed $15.0
million outstanding as of any date of incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to this clause
(iv);

(v) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend,
renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than
intercompany Indebtedness) that was
permitted to be incurred under Section 4.11(a) or clause (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or
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(vi) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany
Indebtedness (or the Guarantees of any such intercompany Indebtedness) between or among
Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

(1) if the aggregate principal amount of intercompany Indebtedness
(or the Guarantees of any such intercompany Indebtedness) between or among
Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is greater than $1.0 million
for any one intercompany loan or a series of intercompany loans and is not
incurred pursuant to an intercompany note (which may take the form of a
grid note) that is pledged to the Collateral Agent as Notes Priority
Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement; or

(2) if the Issuer or any Guarantor is the obligor on such
Indebtedness and the payee is not the Issuer or a Guarantor, such
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course in
connection with the cash or tax management operations of Parent and its
Subsidiaries) must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full
in cash of all Obligations then due with respect to the Notes, in the case
of the Issuer, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor; and (A)
any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in
any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than Parent or a
Restricted Subsidiary of Parent and (B) any sale or other transfer of any
such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either Parent or a Restricted
Subsidiary of Parent,

then such Indebtedness will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such
Indebtedness by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not
permitted by this clause (vi);

(vii) the issuance by any of Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries to Parent or to any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that:

(1) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that
results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than
Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent; and

(2) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a
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will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such
Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (vii);

(viii) Hedging Obligations that are not incurred for speculative purposes but for the
purpose of (1) fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that
is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (2) fixing or hedging
currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (3) fixing or
hedging commodity price risk, including the price or cost of raw materials, emission
rights, manufactured products or related commodities, with respect to any commodity
purchases or sales;

(ix) the Guarantee by the Issuer or any of the Guarantors of Indebtedness of Parent or
a Restricted Subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this
covenant; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes, then the Guarantee must be subordinated in right of payment to the
same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;

(x) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in
respect of workers’ compensation claims, unemployment or other insurance or self-insurance
obligations, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees and
their families, bankers’ acceptances, performance, completion and surety bonds, completion
guarantees and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(xi) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or
similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such
Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days;

(xii) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
arising from customary agreements of Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case,
incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or sale or other disposition of any
business, assets or Capital Stock of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other
than Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such
business, assets or Capital Stock;

(xiii) the incurrence of contingent liabilities arising out of endorsements of checks
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(xiv) the incurrence of Indebtedness consisting of Guarantees of loans or other
extensions of credit to or on behalf of current or former officers, directors, employees,
or consultants of Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
or any direct or indirect parent of Parent for the purpose of permitting such Persons
to purchase Capital Stock of Parent or any direct or indirect parent of Parent; provided
that the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness and Investments made pursuant to clause (8)
of the definition of “Permitted Investments” may not exceed $5.0 million at any one time
outstanding;

(xv) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
solely in respect of premium financing or similar deferred payment obligations with respect
to insurance policies purchase in the ordinary course of business;

(xvi) the incurrence of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business under any
agreement between Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any commercial bank or
other financial institution relating to treasury, depository and cash management services,
credit card arrangements, stored value card arrangements, purchase card arrangements, debit
card arrangements or automated clearinghouse transfers of funds;

(xvii) the incurrence of Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
consisting of take-or-pay obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xviii) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Obligations
in respect of bankers’ acceptances, tender, bid, judgment, appeal, performance or
governmental contract bonds and completion guarantees, surety, standby letters of credit
and warranty and contractual service obligations of a like nature, trade letters of credit
and documentary letters of credit and similar bonds or guarantees provided by Parent or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(xix) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Persons that are acquired
by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or merged into Parent or a Restricted
Subsidiary of Parent in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that such
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is not incurred in contemplation of
such acquisition or merger; provided further that after giving pro forma effect to such
acquisition or merger, Parent would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first
sentence of this covenant;

(xx) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as
applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness
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(xxi) Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred to finance
the replacement (through construction, acquisition, lease or otherwise) of one or more
Vessels and any assets that shall become Notes Priority Collateral, upon a total loss,
destruction, condemnation, confiscation, requisition, seizure, forfeiture or other taking
of title to or use of such Vessel (provided that such loss, destruction, condemnation,
confiscation, requisition, seizure, forfeiture or other taking of title to or use of such
Vessel was covered by insurance or resulted in the actual payment of compensation,
indemnification or similar payments to such Person (collectively, a “Total Loss”)) in an
aggregate amount no greater than the Ready for Sea Cost for such replacement Vessel, in
each case, less all compensation, damages and other payments (including insurance proceeds
other than in respect of business interruption insurance) actually received by Parent or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from any Person in connection with the Total Loss in
excess of amounts actually used to repay Indebtedness secured by the Vessel subject to the
Total Loss;

(xxii) Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in
relation to (1) maintenance, repairs, refurbishments and replacements required to maintain
the classification of any of the Vessels owned, leased, time chartered or bareboat
chartered to or by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (2) drydocking of any of
the Vessels owned or leased by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for
maintenance, repair, refurbishment or replacement purposes in the ordinary course of
business; and (3) any expenditures which will or may be reasonably expected to be
recoverable from insurance on such Vessels;

(xxiii) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor (which may include, for the
avoidance of doubt, deferred or installment payment obligations), in an aggregate amount
not to exceed $50.0 million at any one time outstanding, incurred in order to repurchase,
repay, refinance, redeem, defease or otherwise retire for value the obligations of Parent
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to ship financing arrangements in
existence on the Issue Date; and

(xxiv) unsecured Indebtedness of Parent issued as a Jones Act Restricted Payment,
consisting of debt securities having neither (1) a Stated Maturity nor (2) any due date for
the payment of any installment of principal, in either case, that is earlier than one year
after the Stated Maturity of the Notes.

(c) Any Indebtedness incurred under a Credit Facility that is allocated to Section 4.11(b)(i)
shall be deemed for purposes of this covenant to have been incurred on the date such Indebtedness
was first incurred until such Indebtedness is actually repaid, other than pursuant to “cash sweep”
provisions or any similar provisions under any Credit Facility that provide that such Indebtedness
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(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.11, in the event that an item
of proposed Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock meets the criteria
of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xxiv)
of Section 4.11(b), or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.11(a), Parent will be
permitted to classify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock on the
date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification), in any
manner that complies with this covenant, except that Indebtedness outstanding under the ABL
Facility on the date of this Indenture will at all times be deemed to have been incurred on such
date in reliance on the exception provided by Section 4.11(b)(i). The accrual of interest, the
accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness
in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock
as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on
Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will
not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes
of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that the amount of any such accrual, accretion or
payment is included in Fixed Charges of Parent as accrued. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this covenant, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may
incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of
fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values.

(e) The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:

(i) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued
with original issue discount;

(ii) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness;
and

(iii) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of
the specified Person, the lesser of:

(1) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of
determination; and

(2) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.

Section 4.12 Asset Sales.

(a) Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an
Asset Sale unless:

(i) Parent (or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be) receives consideration
at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or
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(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by Parent or its
Restricted Subsidiaries is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this
clause (ii), each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

(1) except in the case of a Sale of Notes Priority Collateral, any
liabilities, as shown on Parent’s most recent consolidated balance sheet,
of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities
and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any
Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets
pursuant to a customary assumption or similar agreement;

(2) any securities, notes or other obligations received by Parent or
any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by
Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within
180 days of receipt thereof, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents
received in that conversion;

(3) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by Parent or any
Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having a Fair Market Value, taken
together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant
to this clause (3) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the
greater of (x) $15.0 million and (y) 1.0% of Total Assets at the time of
receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration, with the Fair Market
Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at
the time received without giving effect to subsequent changes in value;
and

(4) any stock or assets of the kind referred to in clause (i) or
(iii) of Section 4.12(b) (in the case of a Sale of Notes Priority
Collateral) or clause (ii) or (iv) of Section 4.12(c) (in any other case);

provided that, (A) to the extent any cash, any property or assets are received pursuant to
clauses (2), (3) or (4) of this Section 4.12(a)(ii) in respect of a Sale of Notes Priority
Collateral, such cash, property or assets are pledged to secure the Notes as Notes Priority
Collateral and (B) that all Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, or Casualty or Condemnation
Event, of, Notes Priority Collateral are deposited into the Collateral Proceeds Account no
later than two Business Days following receipt thereof; provided further, that all Net
Proceeds from an Asset Sale, or Casualty or Condemnation Event, of, Notes Priority
Collateral are deposited into the Collateral Proceeds Account no later than two Business
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(b) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from any Sale of Notes Priority
Collateral or a Casualty or Condemnation Event in which Net
Proceeds are received in respect of the condemnation, destruction, damage or loss of any Notes
Priority Collateral, Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may apply those Net Proceeds at its
option:

(i) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, a
Permitted Business (including, without limitation, Vessels, equipment and inventory), if,
after giving effect to any such acquisition, such Permitted Business is owned by the Issuer
or any Guarantor and such Permitted Business includes Notes Priority Collateral with a Fair
Market Value at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the Notes Priority Collateral
disposed of in the applicable Sale of Notes Priority Collateral;

(ii) to make capital expenditures on assets that constitute Notes Priority Collateral;

(iii) to acquire (including, without limitation, through a long-term lease of a Vessel
in accordance with past practice) other capital assets that are not current assets
(including, without limitation, Vessels, equipment and inventory) that are pledged as Notes
Priority Collateral and designated to the Trustee as such, and that are used or useful in a
Permitted Business; and/or

(iv) to permanently repay, prepay, repurchase or otherwise retire for value any
Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Notes Priority Collateral that rank higher than the
Note Liens.

(c) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale (other than from
a Sale of Notes Priority Collateral), Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net
Proceeds at its option:

(i) (1) in the case of Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale of assets of any
non-Guarantor, to repay Indebtedness of such non-Guarantor, (2) to repay ABL Obligations or
(3) to permanently repay, prepay, repurchase or otherwise retire for value any Indebtedness
secured by Liens on the assets subject to such Asset Sale, which Liens rank higher in
priority than the Note Liens;

(ii) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of,
another Permitted Business (including, without limitation, Vessels, equipment and
inventory), if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted
Business is or becomes a Guarantor;

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(d) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds (other than Net Proceeds from any Sale
of Notes Priority Collateral or a Casualty or Condemnation Event directly attributable to any Notes
Priority Collateral), Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary
may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any
manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture. Any binding commitment to apply Net Proceeds to
invest in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 4.12(b), (in the case of Net
Proceeds of Notes Priority Collateral) or clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Section 4.12(c) (in the
case of any other Net Proceeds) shall be treated as a permitted final application of Net Proceeds
from the date of such commitment so long as Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary enters into such
commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such
commitment within 180 days of such commitment; provided that if such commitment is later canceled,
terminated or otherwise not consummated after the 360-day period for any reason, then such Net
Proceeds shall constitute “Excess Proceeds” (as defined in Section 4.12(e)).

(e) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales (including Sales of Notes Priority Collateral) or
Casualty or Condemnation Events related to Notes Priority Collateral that are not applied or
invested as provided in Sections 4.12(b) or 4.12(c) will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” In addition,
any Net Proceeds received by Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $60.0 million in
the aggregate after the Issue Date that are not applied under clause (iv) of Section 4.12(c) (in
the case of Net Proceeds in respect of Notes Priority Collateral) or under clause (i) of Section
4.12(b) (in the case of other Net Proceeds) shall be deemed to be Excess Proceeds, to the extent
not applied to such permanent repayment, prepayment, repurchase or other retirement for value
within 60 days after receipt thereof (which time period shall be extended during the pendency of
any offers using such Net Proceeds that are required to be conducted by the “Asset Sale” or similar
provisions of any Senior Lien Debt or an ABL Facility). When the aggregate amount of Excess
Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, provided, that in case of any Vessel Construction Contract such Net
Proceeds shall only constitute Excess Proceeds to the extent not reinvested upon the expiration of
such Vessel Construction Contract, within 30 days thereof, the Issuer will make an offer (a “Net
Proceeds Offer”) to all holders of Notes and to the holders of any Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Section 4.12 with respect to
asset sales to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations (plus all accrued interest and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums,
incurred in connection therewith) that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price
in any Net Proceeds Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to, but not including the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash.

(f) If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of a Net Proceeds Offer, those Excess
Proceeds will be released from the Collateral Proceeds Account and Parent and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this
Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations tendered into such Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the
Trustee will select the Notes and Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations on a pro rata basis
with such adjustments as may be needed so that only Notes in minimum amounts of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 will be purchased. Upon completion of each Net Proceeds Offer, the amount of
Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero (and to the extent such Net
Proceeds are held in the Collateral Proceeds Account, such Net Proceeds shall be released to
the Issuer). If the Issuer makes a Net Proceeds Offer prior to the 360-day deadline specified in
the third or fourth paragraph of this covenant, as applicable, with respect to any Net Proceeds,
the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Net Proceeds under this covenant shall be deemed
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(g) The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.12,
the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed
to have breached its obligations under Section 4.12 by virtue of such compliance.

(h) For purposes of this Section 4.12, (x) any Additional Notes shall be deemed to be Notes
and not Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations and (y) the Net Cash Proceeds attributable to
the sale of (i) Notes Priority Collateral consisting of Equity Interests of a Person that is not a
Guarantor shall be deemed to be equal to the equity value of such Equity Interests and (ii) a group
of assets consisting of both Notes Priority Collateral and assets that are not Notes Priority
Collateral shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds from Notes Priority Collateral and such other
assets, respectively, based on the Fair Market Value of the Notes Priority Collateral and such
other assets (as determined in good faith by the Issuer, which determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error).

Section 4.13 Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any
payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or
purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract,
agreement, understanding, loan, advance or Guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of
Parent (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments in excess of $5.0 million,
unless:

(i) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to Parent or the
relevant Restricted Subsidiary, taken as a whole, than those that would have been obtained
in a comparable transaction by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person that is
not an Affiliate of Parent; and

(ii) Parent delivers to the Trustee, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of
$20.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of Parent set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.13 and
that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the members of the Board
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(b) The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will
not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.13(a):

(i) any consulting or employment agreement or arrangements, incentive compensation
plan, stock option or stock ownership plan, employee benefit plan, severance arrangements,
officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by
Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for the
benefit of directors, officers, employees and consultants of Parent, a Restricted
Subsidiary of Parent or a direct or indirect parent of Parent and payments and transactions
pursuant thereto;

(ii) transactions between or among Parent and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(iii) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of Parent)
that is an Affiliate of Parent solely because Parent owns, directly or through a Restricted
Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

(iv) payment of reasonable fees and reimbursement of expenses of directors, experts
and consultants;

(v) any transaction in which the only consideration paid by Parent or any Restricted
Subsidiary consists of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent or any
contribution of capital to Parent;

(vi) Restricted Payments and Permitted Investments that do not violate the provisions
of Section 4.09 of this Indenture;

(vii) any agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date or any
amendment thereto (so long as such amendment is not materially more disadvantageous, taken
as a whole, than the applicable agreement, instrument or arrangement, as in effect on the
date of this Indenture, as determined in good faith by Parent);

(viii) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed
$3.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

(ix) transactions between Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person that is
an Affiliate of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary solely because a director of such
Person is also a director of Parent or any direct or indirect parent entity thereof;
provided that such director abstains from voting as a director of Parent or any direct or
indirect parent entity of Parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other
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(x) purchases or sales of goods and/or services in the ordinary course of business on
terms that are no less favorable to Parent or the relevant
Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable
transaction by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person that is not an Affiliate
of Parent;

(xi) if such Affiliate Transaction is with an Affiliate in its capacity as a holder of
Indebtedness of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, a transaction in which such Affiliate
is treated no more favorably than the other holders of Indebtedness of Parent or such
Restricted Subsidiary;

(xii) any capital contribution to any Affiliate otherwise permitted by this Indenture;

(xiii) transactions with any joint venture engaged in a Permitted Business; provided
that all the outstanding ownership interests of such joint venture are owned only by
Parent, its Restricted Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Affiliates of Parent;

(xiv) any Investment of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the
Issue Date, and any extension, modification or renewal of such existing Investments, to the
extent not involving any additional Investment other than as the result of the accrual or
accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities,
in each case, pursuant to the terms of such Investments as in effect on the Issue Date;

(xv) pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(xvi) the formation and maintenance of any consolidated group or subgroup for tax,
accounting or cash pooling or management purposes in the ordinary course of business or
transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax
efficiency of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and not for the purpose of circumventing
any provision of this Indenture;

(xvii) transactions in which Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
delivers to the Trustee a letter from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm
of national standing stating that such transaction is fair to Parent or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable, from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of
Section 4.13(a)(i);

(xviii) any merger, consolidation or reorganization of Parent or the Issuer with an
Affiliate of Parent or the Issuer solely for the purpose of (1) forming or collapsing a
holding company structure or (2) reincorporating Parent or the Issuer in a new
jurisdiction;

(xix) entering into one or more agreements that provide registration rights to the
security holders of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or amending
such agreement with security holders of the Issuer or any direct or any indirect parent of the Issuer and the performance of such
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(xx) any (x) purchase of any class of Indebtedness from, or lending of any class of
Indebtedness to, Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by an Affiliate of Parent, so
long as the aggregate principal amount of such class of Indebtedness purchased or loaned by
such Affiliates does not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such class of
Indebtedness purchased by non-Affiliate investors; and (y) repurchases, redemptions or
other retirements for value by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
of any class held by any Affiliate of Parent, so long as such repurchase, redemption or
other retirement for value is on the same terms as are made available to investors holding
such class of Indebtedness generally, and Affiliates have an economic interest in no more
than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of such class of Indebtedness; and

(xxi) the Transactions.

Section 4.14 Liens. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind securing
Indebtedness on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens.

Section 4.15 Business Activities. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as
would not be material to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as reasonably
determined by Parent.

Section 4.16 Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuer will make an offer (a “Change of
Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to (but not including) the date of purchase,
subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Interest Record Date to receive interest due on
the relevant Interest Payment Date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any
Change of Control, the Issuer will send a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee
describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and stating:

(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.16 and
that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;

(ii) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days
and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (the “Change of Control Payment
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(iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

(iv) that, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment,
all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue
interest on and after the Change of Control Payment Date;

(v) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control
Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to
Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the
Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the
third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the
Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name
of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that
such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and

(vii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new
Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which
unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted
together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
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The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of
Control Payment for such Notes as directed by the Issuer in writing, and the Trustee will promptly
authenticate upon receipt of an Authentication Order from the Issuer and mail (or cause to be
transferred by book entry) to each Holder
a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if
any; provided that each new Note will be in minimum denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples
of $1.00 in excess of thereof. The Issuer will publicly announce the results of the Change of
Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

(c) The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule l4e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To
the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions
of this Section 4.16, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations
and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.16 by virtue of such
compliance.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.16, the Issuer will not be
required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the
Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements set forth in this Section 4.16 and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not
withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, unless and until there is a default in payment of the
applicable redemption price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change
of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon the consummation
of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the
time the Change of Control Offer is made.

Section 4.17 Payments for Consent.

Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any holder of Notes
for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of
this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid
and is paid to all holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set
forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of an offering of securities to holders of Notes by Parent or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, an exchange offer) in which a consent,
waiver or amendment is sought, if such offering is intended to be exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may offer and issue such
securities only to holders of Notes who are eligible to receive such securities in accordance with
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Section 4.18 Additional Note Guarantees.

If Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires, creates or designates another
Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Foreign Subsidiary, any Exempted Subsidiary or any Immaterial
Subsidiary) after the date of this Indenture then such Restricted Subsidiary must become a
Subsidiary Guarantor and shall, within ten
Business Days after the date on which it was so acquired, created, capitalized or designated:

(a) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit E pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the
Issuer’s obligations under the Notes on the terms set forth in this Indenture; and

(b) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and constitutes a valid and
legally binding and enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary, subject to customary
exceptions.

(c) Thereafter, such Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes.

Section 4.19 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

The Board of Directors of Parent may designate any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the
Issuer) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If a
Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value
of all outstanding Investments owned by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Restricted
Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of
the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant
to Section 4.09 or under one or more clauses of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” as
determined by Parent. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted
at that time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of Parent may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a Default.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to
the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors
of Parent giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such
designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by this Section 4.19. If, at
any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of
this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred
by a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to
be incurred as of such date under Section 4.11, Parent will be in Default of such covenant. The
Board of Directors of Parent may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary of Parent; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence
of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent of any outstanding Indebtedness of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if (a) such Indebtedness is
permitted under Section 4.11, calculated on a pro
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Section 4.20 Anti-Layering.

Except for Liens permitted by clause (35) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, the Issuer
and the Guarantors may not create any Lien on any of the Collateral with a priority that is lower
than that of any ABL Lien, Note Lien, First-Lien Note Lien or Convertible Note Lien yet also higher
than that of any ABL Lien, Note Lien, First-Lien Note Lien or Convertible Note Lien (other than an
ABL Lien, a Note Lien, a First-Lien Note Lien or Convertible Note Lien).

Section 4.21 Restrictions on Purchases of Existing Convertible Notes.

If any Existing Convertible Notes remain outstanding after consummation of the Exchange Offer,
Parent and its Subsidiaries will not voluntarily tender for, prepay, purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any such remaining Existing Convertible Notes unless (a) the consideration for such
acquisition of remaining Existing Convertible Notes consists solely of shares of Common Stock
and/or Convertible Notes and (b) the total value of such consideration per $1,000 principal amount
of Existing Convertible Notes (measured at the time of such acquisition of remaining Existing
Convertible Notes) is not greater than the total value of the Convertible Notes and Common Stock
received by holders in the Exchange Offer per $1,000 principal amount of Existing Convertible Notes
(measured at the time of such acquisition of remaining Existing Convertible Notes), unless,
concurrently with the consummation of such acquisition of remaining Existing Convertible Notes,
Parent distributes to each Holder of the Notes, additional Convertible Notes and/or additional
shares of Common Stock (in the same proportion as the consideration paid in connection with
Parent’s acquisition of such remaining Existing Convertible Notes) having a total value (measured
at the time of such distribution) equivalent to the difference between (i) the total value of the
consideration such holder would receive for its Existing Convertible Notes if Parent or the
relevant Subsidiary acquired all such Existing Convertible Notes from such holder on the same terms
as its acquisition of such remaining Existing Convertible Notes (based on the principal amount of
Existing Convertible Notes that such holder would hold assuming a rescission of the Exchange Offer
immediately prior to such distribution) and (ii) the sum of (x) the total value of the Convertible
Notes and Common Stock that a holder owning the amount of Existing Convertible Notes held by such
holder at the time of such distribution would have received in the Exchange Offer (measured at the
time of such distribution) and (y) the total value of any Existing Convertible Notes and/or Common
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Article 5.

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS

Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.

(a) The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly: (x) consolidate, merge or amalgamate with or
into another Person (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving corporation); or (y) sell, assign,
transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of
the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions,
to another Person, unless:

(i) either:

(1) the Issuer is the surviving corporation; or

(2) the Person (the “Successor Issuer”) formed by or surviving any
such consolidation, merger or amalgamation (if other than the Issuer) or
to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
has been made is organized or existing under the laws of the United
States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia and is
either (A) a corporation or (B) a limited partnership or limited liability
company and is (or has previously been) joined by a corporation as a
co-issuer of the Notes;

(ii) any Successor Issuer assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes,
this Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Security Documents and pursuant
to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent;

(iii) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

(iv) either (1) Parent (or the parent of the Successor Issuer, as the case may be)
would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any
related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.11(a);
or (2) Parent (or the parent of the Successor Issuer, as the case may be) would have a
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio equal to or greater than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
of Parent for the four-quarter period immediately prior to such transaction.

In addition, the Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of
the properties and assets of the Issuer and its respective Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
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Sections 5.01(a)(iii) and (iv) will not apply to: (i) a merger, amalgamation or consolidation
of the Issuer with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of (a) reorganizing the Issuer as a
different type of entity; provided that in the case where the surviving entity in such merger,
amalgamation or consolidation is not a corporation, a corporation becomes (or has previously
become) a co-issuer of the Notes, or (b) reincorporating or reorganizing the Issuer in another
jurisdiction; or (ii) any consolidation, amalgamation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.

(b) Parent will not, directly or indirectly: (i) consolidate, merge or amalgamate with or into
another Person (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving corporation); or (ii) sell, assign,
transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of
Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to
another Person, unless:

(i) either:

(1) Parent is the surviving corporation; or

(2) the Person (the “Successor Parent”) formed by or surviving any
such consolidation, merger or amalgamation (if other than the Issuer) or
to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
has been made is organized or existing under the laws of the United
States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

(ii) the Successor Parent assumes all the obligations of Parent under its Note
Guarantee, this Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Security Documents and
pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent;

(iii) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

(iv) either: (1) Parent or Successor Parent (as the case may be) would, on the date of
such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing
transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described
above under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; or
(2) Parent or the Successor Parent (as the case may be), after giving pro forma effect to
such transaction and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, would have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
equal to or greater than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of Parent for the
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In addition Parent will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of Parent and its respective Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one
or more related transactions, to any other Person.

Sections 5.01(b)(iii) and (iv) will not apply to: (i) a merger, amalgamation or consolidation
of Parent with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of (a) reorganizing Parent as a different type
of entity, or (b) reincorporating or reorganizing Parent in another jurisdiction; or (ii) any
consolidation, amalgamation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or
other disposition of assets between or among Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 5.02 Successor Company Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or lease in which the Issuer or Parent (as the case may be) is not the
surviving company and upon the assumption by the Successor Issuer or the Successor Parent (as the
case may be), by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, of the obligations
of the Issuer or Parent (as the case may be) as required by Section 5.01, such Successor Issuer or
Successor Parent shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, the Issuer or Parent, respectively, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the
party of this first part, and the Issuer or Parent (as the case may be) shall be discharged from
its obligations under the Notes, the Notes Guarantees and this Indenture (as applicable). Any such
Successor Issuer thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the
name of the Issuer any or all of the Notes, issuable hereunder that theretofore shall not have been
signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order of
such Successor Issuer instead of the Issuer and subject to all the terms, conditions and
limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or
cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been signed and
delivered by the Officers of the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such
Successor Issuer thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose.
Except as specifically provided in this Indenture, all the Notes so issued shall in all respects
have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter
issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued
at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance or transfer, upon compliance with Article 5, the Person named as the “Issuer” or
“Parent” (as the case may be) in this Indenture or any successor that shall thereafter have become
such in the manner prescribed in this Article 5 may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any
time thereafter and such Person shall be discharged from its liabilities as obligor and maker of
the Notes and from its obligations under this Indenture. The provisions in this Article 5 shall
not apply to the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of assets among the Subsidiaries of the
Parent.

Section 5.03 Opinion Of Counsel To Be Given Trustee. Prior to execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article 5, the Trustee shall receive, in addition to the documents
required by Section 11.05, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (each stating that
such transaction and supplemental indenture
comply with this Indenture and all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with) as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption complies with the provisions of this
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Article 6.

LISTS OF NOTEHOLDERS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.01 Lists of Noteholders. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or
cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semi-annually, not more than fifteen (15) days after each
April 15 and October 15 in each year beginning with April 15, 2012, and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Issuer of any such
request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely
provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Noteholders as of a date not more than fifteen
(15) days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such
notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be
furnished so long as the Trustee is acting as Registrar.

Section 6.02 Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders contained in the most recent list
furnished to it as provided in Section 6.01 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as
Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section
6.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b) The rights of Noteholders to communicate with other Noteholders with respect to their
rights under this Indenture or under the Notes and the corresponding rights and duties of the
Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) Every Noteholder, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer and the
Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held
accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Noteholders
made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 6.03 Reports by Trustee.

(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall, within sixty (60) days after each April 15 following the date of this Indenture,
deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such April 15, that complies with the provisions of
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(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Noteholders, be
filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated quotation system upon which the Notes
are listed and with the Issuer. The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing within a reasonable
time when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system and when any
such listing is discontinued.

Article 7.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 7.01 Events of Default.

(a) Each of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:

(i) default in any payment of interest, including any Additional Interest, on any Note
when due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;

(ii) default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Note when due
and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon any required repurchase, including pursuant to
Section 4.16, upon declaration or otherwise;

(iii) failure by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 30 days after notice
to the Issuer by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with the provisions of
Section 4.12 or 4.16 or Article 5;

(iv) failure by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after written
notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding has been received to comply with any of its other agreements contained in
the Notes, this Indenture or the Security Documents;

(v) default by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any mortgage,
lease, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which
there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness for money borrowed (other than
Indebtedness among the Issuer and the Guarantors) in excess of $20.0 million in the
aggregate of Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness now exists
or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared
due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity thereof, and such acceleration shall not be
rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period
of 10 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to Parent by
the Trustee or to Parent and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount
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rescinded or annulled or such Indebtedness to be
discharged; (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest (in the case of interest, following the later of (x) the fifth Business
Day thereafter or (y) the expiration of any applicable grace period (including any extended
grace period) if such failure to pay was not otherwise waived) on any of the First-Lien
Notes or the Convertible Notes when due and payable at Stated Maturity, upon required
repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise; or (iii) constituting a failure to pay the
principal or interest (in the case of interest, following the later of (x) 60 days
thereafter or (y) the expiration of any applicable grace period (including any extended
grace period) if such failure to pay was not otherwise waived) of any other such debt
(other than the First-Lien Notes or the Convertible Notes) when due and payable at its
Stated Maturity, upon required repurchase, or upon declaration;

(vi) Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or
any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of Parent that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:

(1) commences a voluntary case, application, petition, compromise,
voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement, moratorium, liquidation,
administration, or receivership or other proceeding,

(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case, application, petition or other proceeding,

(3) consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver,
receiver-manager, administrative receiver, administrator or liquidator of
it or for all or substantially all of its property,

(4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or a
moratorium or similar arrangement is declared or instituted with its
creditors,

(5) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or admits
in writing its inability to pay its debts as such debts become due or its
directors or other officers request the appointment of, or give notice of
their intention to appoint, a receiver, receiver manager, administrative
receiver, administrator, liquidator or other officer having similar powers
over its property, or

(6) is deemed for the purposes of any applicable law to be unable to
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(vii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree (which order or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 60 consecutive days) under any
Bankruptcy Law that:

(1) is for relief against Parent or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries of Parent that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case, application, petition or
other proceeding;

(2) appoints a custodian, receiver, receiver-manager, administrative
receiver, administrator, liquidator, or other similar officer of Parent or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries of Parent that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the
property of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of Parent
that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

(3) orders the liquidation, administration or receivership of Parent
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or
any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of Parent that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

(viii) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee of any Restricted
Subsidiary of Parent that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries of Parent that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary is held in
any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in
full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor,
denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee;

(ix) a final judgment for the payment of $20.0 million or more (excluding any amounts
covered by insurance) rendered against Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent, which
judgment is not discharged or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right
to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which
all rights to appeal have been extinguished;

(x) unless all of the Collateral has been released from the Note Liens in accordance
with the provisions of the Security Documents, the default, repudiation or disaffirmation
by the Issuer or any of the Guarantors of any of their obligations under the Security
Documents (other than by reason of (a) a release of such obligation or Lien related thereto
in accordance with this Indenture or the Security Documents or (b) the failure of the
Collateral Trustee to maintain possession of certificates, instruments or other documents
actually delivered to it representing securities or other possessory collateral pledged
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of $5.0 million not being
subject to a valid, perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent under any
applicable law (other than the law of any foreign jurisdiction) (to the extent required
under the Security Documents), or a determination in a judicial proceeding that the
Security Documents are unenforceable or invalid against the Issuer or any of the Guarantors
for any reason with respect to Collateral having an aggregate Fair Market Value of $5.0
million or more; provided that such default, repudiation, disaffirmation or determination
is not rescinded, stayed, or waived by the Persons having such authority pursuant to the
Security Documents or otherwise cured within 60 days after the Issuer receives written
notice thereof specifying such occurrence from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25%
of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes demanding that such default be remedied;
or

(xi) (xi) occurrence of any Mortgage Default (as defined in the Vessel Fleet Mortgage)
or failure by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the terms of any
other Security Document, in either case, after giving effect to any applicable grace
periods or time periods for performance specified therein or, in the absence of any grace
periods or time periods for performance specified therein, failure by Parent or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, for 30 days after written notice (demanding that such default be
remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding has been received, to comply with the terms of the Security Documents.

Section 7.02 Acceleration.

In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (vi) or (vii) of Section 7.01, with
respect to Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries of Parent that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes (including principal thereof and interest and premium, if any,
thereon) will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and
accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.

Upon any such declaration or Event of Default specified in clause (vi) or (vii) of Section
7.01, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes shall become due and payable
immediately.

Section 7.03 Other Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium and Additional
Interest, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the
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The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not
produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note
in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 7.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.

Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive an
existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or
Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or
interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind
an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such
acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 7.05 Control by Majority.

Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it.
However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture
that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or
that may subject the Trustee to personal liability or expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Trustee shall have the right to select and retain counsel of its choosing to represent of in any
such proceedings.

Section 7.06 Limitation on Suits.

Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, a Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Notes only if:

(a) such Holder gives to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

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(c) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security or
indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request
and the offer of security or indemnity; and

(e) during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request.

A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a
Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.

Section 7.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to
receive payment of principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the Note, on
or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to
purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 7.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.

If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(a)(i) or (ii) occurs and is continuing,
subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, without the possession of any of the Notes or the
production thereof in any proceeding related thereto, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment
in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer and Guarantors for the whole
amount of principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on,
the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including without
limitation any amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof), its agents and counsel.

Section 7.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim
and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to Parent or the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its or their
creditors or its or their property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and
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and any custodian
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to
the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 8.06. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 8.06 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any
reason, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on,
and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other
properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or
under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or
the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder
in any such proceeding.

Section 7.10 Priorities.

Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, if the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant
to this Article 7, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

First: to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and their agents and attorneys for amounts due
under Section 8.06, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and Collateral Agent and the costs and
expenses of collection;

Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium
and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of
any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and
Additional Interest, if any and interest, respectively; and

Third: to the Issuer or the Issuer or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction
shall direct.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes
pursuant to this Section 7.10.

Section 7.11 Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion
may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.
This Section 7.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to
Section 7.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then
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Article 8.

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 8.01 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of
an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred,
undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived) the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; provided that if an Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or
powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders
have offered an indemnity or security, satisfactory to the Trustee, against the loss, liability or
expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for
its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except
that:

(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all
Events of Default that may have occurred:

(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Indenture and, after it has been qualified thereunder, the Trust
Indenture Act, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act
against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee
and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not
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(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved in a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision that the Trustee acted with willful misconduct
or in bad faith or was grossly negligent or reckless in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 9.04
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;

(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of this Section 8.01;

(e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of
amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the
Issuer or any Paying Agent or any records maintained by any co-registrar with respect to the Notes;

(f) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to
this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its
failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred, unless such
Responsible Officer of the Trustee had actual knowledge of such event;

(g) in the absence of written investment direction from Parent, all cash received by the
Trustee shall be placed in a non-interest bearing trust account, and in no event shall the Trustee
be liable for the selection of investments or for investment losses incurred thereon or for losses
incurred as a result of the liquidation of any such investment prior to its maturity date or the
failure of the party directing such investments prior to its maturity date or the failure of the
party directing such investment to provide timely written investment direction, and the Trustee
shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of such
written investment direction from Parent; and

(h) in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Custodian, Registrar, Paying Agent or
transfer agent hereunder, the rights, privileges, immunities, benefits and protections afforded to
the Trustee pursuant to this Article 8, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified,
shall also be afforded to such Custodian, Registrar, Paying Agent or transfer agent.

None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
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Section 8.02 Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section
8.01:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
bond, Note, coupon or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request, direction, order or demand of Parent mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed herein); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy
thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Parent;

(c) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate
or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee
may consult with counsel, of its selection, and require an Opinion of Counsel and any advice of
such counsel or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken or omitted by the Trustee hereunder in good faith and in accordance
with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or
indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred
therein or thereby;

(e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if
the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of Parent, personally or by agent or attorney at the
expense of Parent and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or
investigation;

(f) the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, custodians, nominees or
attorneys and the Trustee and Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
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(g) [Intentionally Omitted]

(h) the Trustee may request that Parent deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the
names of individuals and/or titles of Officers authorized at such time to take specified actions
pursuant to this Indenture;

(i) Parent shall provide prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change to its fiscal year
(it being expressly understood that the failure to provide such notice to the Trustee shall not be
deemed a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture);

(j) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes of this Indenture; and

(k) the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.

In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss or
damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits), even if the Trustee
has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action
other than any such loss or damage proven in a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and
non-appealable decision to have been caused by the Trustee’s willful misconduct or gross
negligence. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default
with respect to the Notes, unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of
such Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall
have been given to the Trustee by Parent or by any Holder.

Section 8.03 No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc. The recitals contained herein and in the
Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of
Parent, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Exchange Offer
Document or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by
Parent of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

Section 8.04 Trustee, Paying Agents or Registrar May Own Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent
or Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar.

Section 8.05 Monies to Be Held in Trust. All monies received by the Trustee shall, until used
or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as may be agreed
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Section 8.06 Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to
the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision
of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to in
writing between the Trustee and the Issuer, and the Issuer will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon
its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by
the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture in any capacity thereunder
(including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel
and of all Persons not regularly in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as shall have been proven in a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable
decision to have been caused by its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Issuer
also covenants to indemnify the Trustee in any capacity under this Indenture and any other document
or transaction entered into in connection herewith and its agents and any authenticating agent for,
and to hold them harmless against, any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense incurred without
gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, as determined in a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision on the part of the Trustee, its officers,
directors, agents or employees, or such agent or authenticating agent, as the case may be, and
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or in any other
capacity hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim of
liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 8.06 to compensate or
indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances
shall be secured by a senior claim to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or
property held or collected by the Trustee, except, subject to the effect of Section 7.10, funds
held in trust herewith for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes. The Trustee’s right to
receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 8.06 shall not be subordinated even though
the Notes may be so subordinated. The obligation of the Issuer under this Section 8.06 shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the earlier resignation or removal or
the Trustee. The Issuer need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The indemnification provided in this Section 8.06 shall extend
to the officers, directors, agents and employees of the Trustee.

Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the
Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(a)(ix) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the
services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
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Section 8.07 Officer’s Certificate as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01,
whenever in the administration of the provisions of this
Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or
established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence, willful
misconduct, recklessness or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively
proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Officer’s
Certificate, in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith on
the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it
under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

Section 8.08 Conflicting Interests of Trustee. After qualification of this Indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act, if the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest within 90 days
after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, apply to the Commission for permission to
continue as Trustee or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the
provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.

Section 8.09 Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which
shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.09, the combined capital and surplus of such
Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article 8.

Section 8.10 Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the
Issuer and by mailing notice thereof to the Noteholders at their addresses as they shall appear on
the Note Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors,
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the
successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within sixty (60) days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the
Noteholders, the resigning Trustee may, at the expense of the Issuer and upon ten (10) Business
Days’ notice to the Issuer and the Noteholders, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Noteholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note
or Notes for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 7.11, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a
successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
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(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 8.08 within a reasonable time after
written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Noteholder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Note or Notes for at least six months; or

(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by
any such Noteholder; or

(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt
or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs
for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, the Issuer may by a Board Resolution remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors,
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the
successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 7.11, any Noteholder who has been a
bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice,
if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding, as determined in accordance with Section 9.04, may at any time remove the Trustee and
nominate a successor trustee that shall be deemed appointed as successor trustee unless within ten
(10) days after notice to the Issuer of such nomination the Issuer objects thereto, in which case
the Trustee so removed or any Noteholder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in Section
8.10(a) provided, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a
successor trustee.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant
to any of the provisions of this Section 8.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment
by the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.11.

Section 8.11 Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in
Section 8.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act,
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effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but,
nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act
shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.06, execute
and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the
trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute
any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and conferring to such
successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless,
retain a senior claim to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held
or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of
particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.06.

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.11 unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section
8.08 and be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.09.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 8.11, each
of the Issuer and the successor trustee, at the written direction and at the expense of the Issuer
shall mail or cause to be mailed notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the
Noteholders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note Register. If the Issuer fails to
mail such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the
successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer.

Section 8.12 Succession by Merger, Etc. Any corporation or other entity into which the
Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or
other entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate
trust business of the Trustee (including the administration of this Indenture), shall be the
successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided that in the case of any corporation or other
entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee such
corporation or other entity shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 8.08 and eligible
under the provisions of Section 8.09.

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to
the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or
authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any
successor to the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may
authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor trustee hereunder or in the name of
the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it
is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall
have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any
predecessor Trustee or to
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Section 8.13 Limitation on Rights of Trustee as Creditor. If and when the Trustee shall be or
become a creditor of the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes), after qualification under
the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
regarding the collection of the claims against the Issuer (or any such other obligor).

Section 8.14 Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Issuer. Any application by the
Trustee for written instructions from the Issuer (other than with regard to any action proposed to
be taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee that affects the rights of the Holders under this
Indenture) may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken
or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall
be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken
by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or
after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three (3) Business
Days after the date any officer that the Issuer has indicated to the Trustee should receive such
application actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in
writing to any earlier date), unless, prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the
case of any omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in accordance with this
Indenture in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

Article 9.

CONCERNING THE NOTEHOLDERS

Section 9.01 Action by Noteholders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the
Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may take any action
(including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the
taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of
such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of
instruments of similar tenor executed by Noteholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in
writing. Whenever the Issuer or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders, the
Issuer or the Trustee may, but shall not be required to, fix in advance of such solicitation, a
date as the record date for determining Noteholders entitled to take such action.

Section 9.02 Proof of Execution by Noteholders. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 and
Section 8.02, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Noteholder or its agent or proxy shall
be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed
by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes
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Section 9.03 Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. The Issuer, the Trustee, any authenticating
agent, any Paying Agent and any Registrar may deem the Person in whose name a Note shall be
registered upon the Note Register to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Note
(whether or not such Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other
writing thereon made by any Person other than the Issuer or any Registrar) for the purpose of
receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on such
Note, for conversion or purchase of such Note and for all other purposes; and neither the Issuer
nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary. All such payments so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be
valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the
liability for monies payable upon any such Note.

Section 9.04 Issuer-Owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the
requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or
other action under this Indenture, Notes that are (i) owned by the Issuer or by any Person directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Issuer and (ii) have been cancelled shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the
purpose of any such determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action only
Notes that a Responsible Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section
9.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to so
act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or a Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer.
In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of
counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall
promptly furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any,
known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described
Persons; and, subject to Section 8.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officer’s
Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes
not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

Section 9.05 Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not
after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 9.01, of the taking of any action by
the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this
Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Note that is shown by the evidence to be
included in the Notes the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written
notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in
Section 9.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid, any such
action taken by the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all future Holders and owners of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or substitution
therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether any notation in regard
thereto is made upon such Note or any Note issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon
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Article 10.

NOTE GUARANTEES

Section 10.01 Guarantee.

(a) Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally,
unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of
this Indenture, the Notes, the other Notes Documents or the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or
thereunder, that:

(1) the principal of, premium Interest, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be
promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or
otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if
lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or
thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof, and

(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such
other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in
accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise.

Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for
whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same
immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of
collection.

(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with
respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any
action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest,
notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged
except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the
Issuer, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in
relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either
to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will
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(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation
to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 7 for the purposes of this
Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any
declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 7, such obligations (whether
or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of
this Note Guarantee.

(e) All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the “Contributing
Guarantors”), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Indenture.
Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a
“Funding Guarantor”) under its Guarantee of the Notes such that its Aggregate Payments exceed its
Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of
the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantor’s
Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. “Fair Share” means, with respect to a
Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the
Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Contributing Guarantor, to (ii) the aggregate
of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors, multiplied by
(b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under
its Guarantee of the Notes in respect of the obligations guaranteed. “Fair Share Contribution
Amount” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the
maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under its Guarantee of
the Notes that would not render its obligations hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any comparable
applicable provisions of state law; provided that solely for purposes of calculating the Fair Share
Contribution Amount with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Section 10.01,
any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to
subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution
hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor.
“Aggregate Payments” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of
determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made
on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee of the Notes
(including in respect of this Section 10.01), minus (2) the aggregate amount of all payments
received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing
Guarantors as contributions under this Section 10.01. The amounts payable as contributions
hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made
by the applicable Funding
Guarantor. Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set
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Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the
intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance for purposes of applicable Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance
Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent
applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders
and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited
to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other
contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after
giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or
on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this
Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.

To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a
notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto will be
endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers (but
the failure to execute such notation shall not affect the validity of any Note Guarantee).

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 will remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note
Guarantee.

If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note Guarantee no longer holds
that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Note Guarantee is endorsed,
the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.

The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will be
deemed to constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of
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Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.

A Subsidiary Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is
the surviving Person), another Person, other than the Issuer or another Subsidiary Guarantor,
unless:

(a) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default
exists; and

(b) either:

(i) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than a Guarantor) assumes
all the obligations of that Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, its Note Guarantee,
all appropriate Security Documents and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a
supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent; or

(ii) such transaction is permitted by Section 4.12.

In case of any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the
assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and
the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed by the Subsidiary Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for
the Subsidiary Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Subsidiary
Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note
Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have
been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note Guarantees so issued will in
all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees
theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of
such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution.

Except as set forth in Article 4 and Article 5, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b)(i) and
(b)(ii) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any
consolidation, amalgamation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Issuer or another
Subsidiary Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Subsidiary
Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Issuer or another Subsidiary
Guarantor.

Section 10.05 Releases.

The Note Guarantee of any Guarantor, and the Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Collateral of such
Guarantor, will be released:

(a) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the assets of that Guarantor
(including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after
giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer or a Guarantor if the sale or other disposition does
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(b) in connection with any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a
Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer or
Guarantor, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.12 and the Guarantor ceases
to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer as a result of the sale or other disposition; or

(c) if Parent designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture; or

(d) upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture as provided in Articles 12 and 14.

Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this
Section 10.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and premium, if
any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided
in this Article 10.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture may not be released
pursuant to this Section 10.05.

Article 11.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 11.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders. The Issuer, the
Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee, at the Issuer’s expense, may, from time to time
and at any time, amend this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees or any Security Documents to:

(a) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency that does not adversely affect
Holders of the Notes in any material respect;

(b) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(c) provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of
Notes and Note Guarantees in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially
all of the Issuer’s or such Guarantor’s assets, as applicable;

(d) add guarantees or additional obligors with respect to the Notes;

(e) add to the covenants of the Issuer or the Guarantors of the benefit of the Holders or
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(f) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of
Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder in
any material respect;

(g) comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(h) [Intentionally Omitted]

(i) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth
in this Indenture;

(j) allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with
respect to the Notes or to release a Guarantor as provided in this Indenture;

(k) make, complete or confirm any grant of Collateral permitted or required by this Indenture
or any of the Security Documents or any release of Collateral that becomes effective as set forth
in this Indenture or any of the Security Documents;

(l) comply with the rules of any applicable securities depository; or

(m) in the event that PIK Notes are issued in a form other than a Global Note, make
appropriate amendments to this Indenture to reflect an appropriate minimum denomination of
certificated PIK Notes and establish minimum redemption amounts for certificated PIK Notes.

In addition, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent will be authorized to amend the
Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents to add additional secured parties holding
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations or ABL Obligations permitted by this Indenture with the
same Lien priorities and rights as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement or to enter into
intercreditor arrangements with the Holders of any such Indebtedness so long as the terms of such
intercreditor arrangements are not less favorable to the Holders of Notes than the intercreditor
provisions contained in the Security Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement.

The consent of the Holders of Notes is not necessary under this Indenture to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance
of the proposed amendment. After an amendment under this Indenture becomes effective, the Issuer
is required to mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment; provided, however,
that the failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, will not
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Section 11.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders. Except as provided in
Section 11.01 and this Section 11.02, this Indenture, the Security Documents, or the Notes or the
Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with
the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in
connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer for, Notes), and any existing
Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Security
Documents or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes voting as a single class
(including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer
or Exchange Offer for, Notes); provided, however, that without the consent of each Holder of Notes
affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a
non-consenting Holder):

(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver;

(b) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions
with respect to the redemption of the Notes (other than provisions relating to (i) the timing for
notices that must be given by the Issuer in connection with a redemption of the Notes and (ii) the
provisions of Section 4.16;

(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest,
on any Note;

(d) reduce the Change of Control purchase price of any Note or amend or modify in any manner
adverse to the Holders of Notes the Issuer’s obligation to make such payments, whether through an
amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise;

(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or
premium, if any, on, the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of
at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes and a waiver of the
payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

(f) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

(g) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults
or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium, if
any, on, the Notes;

(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by the
provisions of Section 4.16);

(i) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this
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(j) in any manner subordinate the Notes or the Note Guarantees in right of payment or in Lien
priority, except as permitted by this Indenture, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents;

impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal and interest, including Additional
Interest, on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes; or

(k) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

In addition, any amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes, the
Note Guarantees or any Security Document that (i) has the effect of releasing all or substantially
all of the Collateral from the Note Liens shall require the consent of the Holders of at least 90%
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding under this Indenture or (ii) releases
any Collateral from the Note Liens shall require the consent of Holders of at least 75% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding under this Indenture, except as otherwise
permitted pursuant to this Indenture.

Section 11.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant
to the provisions of this Article 11 shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect;
provided that this Section 11.03 shall not require such supplemental indenture to be qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the
terms of the Trust Indenture Act or this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act, nor shall any such qualification constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to
such supplemental indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time such
qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act or this Indenture has
been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article 11, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified
and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations,
duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders shall
thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture
shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all
purposes.

Section 11.04 Notation on Notes. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 11 may, at the Issuer’s expense,
bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform,
in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Issuer’s expense, be prepared and executed
by the Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 17.10) and delivered in exchange for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender
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Section 11.05 Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee. In
addition to the documents required by Section 17.05, the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent, if any, to the
execution of such supplemental indenture have been complied with, as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article 11
and is permitted or authorized by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and any Guarantors party thereto, enforceable
against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions.

Article 12.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge. This Indenture, the Note Guarantees and the Notes
will be discharged (and all Liens on the Collateral will be released) and this Indenture will cease
to be of further effect as to all Notes and Note Guarantees issued hereunder, when:

(a) Either:

(i) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes
that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer, have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or

(ii) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have
become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or
will become due and payable within one year and the Issuer or any Guarantor has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the
benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Obligations, or a
combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any
reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and Additional Interest,
if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(b) in respect of clause (a)(ii), no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the
borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and similar deposits relating to other
indebtedness) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, any other instrument to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer
or any Guarantor is bound (other than any
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(c) the Issuer or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under
this Indenture; and

(d) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to
apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as
the case may be.

In addition, the Issuer must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the
Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (a)(ii) of this Section 12.01, the provisions of Sections
12.02 and 8.06 will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 12.01 will be deemed to
discharge those provisions of Section 7.07, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture.

Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of Section 14.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 12.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the
Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including
the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled
thereto, of the principal (and premium and Additional Interest, if any) and interest for whose
payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Obligations in
accordance with Section 12.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, the Issuer’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.01,
provided that if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of, premium or Additional Interest,
if any, or interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall
be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or
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Article 13.

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 13.01 Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment
of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest on any Note, nor for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
of the Issuer in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, nor because of the
creation of any Indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator,
shareholder, employee, agent, officer or director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future,
of the Issuer or of any Successor Issuer, either directly or through the Issuer or any Successor
Issuer, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Indenture and the issue of the Notes.

Article 14.

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 14.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer may at any
time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate, elect to have either Section 14.02 or 14.03 be applied to all outstanding Notes upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 14.

Section 14.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 14.01
of the option applicable to this Section 14.02, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors will, subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 14.04, be deemed to have been discharged
from its/their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees) on
the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this
purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Note
Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section
14.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to
have satisfied all its/their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and this
Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same) and all of the Liens on Collateral securing the Notes shall be
released, except for the following provisions of this Indenture which will survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal
of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust
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(b) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02;

(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the
Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and

(d) this Article 14.

Subject to compliance with this Article 14, the Issuer may exercise its option under this
Section 14.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 14.03.

Section 14.03 Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 14.01 of the option applicable to this Section 14.03,
the Issuer and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Section 14.04, be released from each of their/its obligations under the covenants contained in
Sections 4.06, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 and
4.21 and clauses (a)(iii), (a)(iv), and paragraph (b) of Section 5.01 with respect to the
outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.04 are satisfied
(hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for
the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed
“outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be
deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, all
Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes will be released and with respect to the outstanding
Notes and Note Guarantees, the Issuer and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether
directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by
reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document
and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section
6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Note
Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 14.01
of the option applicable to this Section 14.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 14.04, Sections 7.01(a)(iii) through (v) and Sections 7.01(a)(viii) through (xi)
will not constitute Events of Default.

Section 14.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 14.02
or 14.03:

(a) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the
Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in
such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay
the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest on, the outstanding Notes
on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be,
and the Issuer must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or
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(b) in the case of an election under Section 14.02, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel confirming that:

(i) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling; or

(ii) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income
tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that,
the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal
Defeasance had not occurred;

(c) in the case of an election under Section 14.03, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income,
gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be
applied to such deposit and any related deposit of funds);

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture and
the agreements governing any other Indebtedness being defeased) to which the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

(f) the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit
was not made by the Issuer with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other
creditors of the Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any
creditors of the Issuer or others; and

(g) the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant
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Section 14.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 14.06, all money and non-callable Government Obligations (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for
purposes of this Section 14.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 14.04 in respect of the
outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying
Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of
such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and
Additional Interest, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on
or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section
14.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or
other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 14 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay
to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or non-callable Government
Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee (which may be the Opinion of Counsel delivered under Section 14.04(b)), are in excess
of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 14.06 Repayment to Issuer.

Subject to applicable law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or Additional Interest,
if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal,
premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the
Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof,
and all liability and other obligations of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such
trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease.

Section 14.07 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 14.02 or 14.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order
or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, then the Issuer’s and the
Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be
revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 14.02 or 14.03 until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with
Section 14.02 or 14.03, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Issuer makes any
payment of principal of, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, any Note following
the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
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Article 15.

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees that the Convertible Note Liens, the First-Lien Note
Liens, the Note Liens and the ABL Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
The Holders, by accepting a Note, hereby authorize and direct the Trustee and the Collateral Agent
to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Holders and agree that the Holders shall
comply with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to them in their capacities as
such to the same extent as if the Holders were parties thereto. In the event of a conflict or
inconsistency between (a) the terms and provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note
Guarantees (on the one hand) and (b) the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement (on
the other hand), the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

Article 16.

COLLATERAL

Section 16.01 Security Documents.

The Note Obligations are secured as provided in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor
Agreement. The Issuer shall, and shall cause each Guarantor to, and each Guarantor shall, make all
filings (including filings of continuation statements and amendments to UCC financing statements
that may be necessary to continue the effectiveness of such UCC financing statements) necessary to
maintain (at the sole cost and expense of the Issuer and the Guarantors) the security interest
created by the Security Documents in the Collateral as a perfected security interest to the extent
perfection is required by the Security Documents, subject only to Permitted Liens and terms,
conditions and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 16.02 Collateral Agent.

(a) The Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security
Documents and, additionally, shall have all the rights and protections in its dealings under the
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(b) Subject to Section 8.01, none of the Collateral Agent, Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or
transfer agent nor any of their respective officers, directors,
employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness,
value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or
sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the creation, validity, perfection, priority,
sufficiency, protection or enforcement of any Note Liens or any other security interest in the
Collateral, or any defect or deficiency as to any such matters.

(c) Except as required or permitted by the Security Documents, the Holders, by accepting a
Note, acknowledge that the Collateral Agent will not be obligated:

(i) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any Person, except in
accordance with the Security Documents;

(ii) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Note Lien; or

(iii) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Note Liens,
Security Documents or Collateral.

(d) To the extent necessary to perfect the security interest in any of the Collateral, the
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to appoint one or more sub-agents with respect to such
Collateral.

Section 16.03 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken.

(a) Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, (i) consents and agrees to the terms of
each Security Document, as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time
to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, (ii) authorizes and directs
the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents to which it is a party, (iii) authorizes
and empowers the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and (iv)
authorizes and empowers the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders of Notes as set forth in the
Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party and the Intercreditor Agreement and to
perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers thereunder.

(b) The Trustee is authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the Holders of Notes
any funds collected or distributed to the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents to which
the Trustee is a party and, subject to the terms of the Security Documents, to make further
distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture.

(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, Section 8.02, and the Security Documents, the
Trustee may (but shall not be obligated to), in its sole discretion and without the consent of the
Holders, direct, on behalf of the Holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems
necessary or appropriate in order to:

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(ii) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent
is a party; or

(iii) collect and receive payment of any and all Obligations.

Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and at the Issuer’s sole cost and expense, the Trustee
is hereby authorized and empowered by each Holder of Notes (by its acceptance thereof) to institute
and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings
as it may deem reasonably expedient to protect or enforce the Note Liens or the Security Documents
to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by
any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such
suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem reasonably expedient, at the Issuer’s sole cost and
expense, to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Notes in the
Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the
enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order
that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such
enactment, rule or order would impair the Note Liens or be prejudicial to the interests of Holders
or the Trustee.

Section 16.04 Release of Collateral.

(a) Collateral may be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Security
Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security
Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and in accordance with Article 11. In addition, the
Issuer and the Guarantors will be entitled to the release of assets included in the Collateral from
the Note Liens, and the Trustee shall (or, if the Trustee is not then the Collateral Agent, shall
direct the Collateral Agent to) release the same from such Liens at the Issuer’s sole cost and
expense, under any one or more of the following circumstances without the need for any further
action by any Person:

(i) in whole or in part, as applicable, as to all or any portion of property subject
to such Note Liens which has been taken by eminent domain, condemnation or other similar
circumstances;

(ii) in whole upon:

(1) Satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as set forth in
Article 12; or

(2) A Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of this Indenture as
set forth in Article 14;

(iii) in part, as to any property that (a) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed
of by the Issuer or any Guarantor (other than to the Issuer or another Guarantor) in a
transaction not prohibited by this Indenture at the time of
such sale, transfer or disposition, (b) is owned or at any time acquired by a
Guarantor that has been released from its Guarantee pursuant to Section 10.05, concurrently
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(iv) as to property that constitutes less than all or substantially all of the
Collateral securing the Notes, with the consent of the Holders of at least 90% aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (which consent may
be obtained in connection with an exchange offer or tender offer and associated consent
solicitation);

(v) as to property that constitutes less than all or substantially all of the
Collateral securing the Notes, with the consent of the Holders of at least 75% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (which consent may
be obtained in connection with an exchange offer or tender offer and associated consent
solicitation); and

(vi) in part, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Security Documents
and in accordance with applicable provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.

(b) So long as this Indenture is not qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, in connection
with any release of Collateral under this Indenture, the Issuer shall not be required to comply
with Sections 314(b) or 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors may, among other things, without any release or
consent by the Trustee, but otherwise in compliance with the covenants of this Indenture and the
Security Documents, conduct ordinary course activities with respect to the Collateral, including
(i) selling or otherwise disposing of, in any transaction or series of related transactions, any
property subject to the Lien of the Security Documents which has become worn out, defective or
obsolete or not used or useful in the business; (ii) abandoning, terminating, canceling, releasing
or making alterations in or substitutions of any leases or contracts subject to the Lien of the
Security Documents; (iii) surrendering or modifying any franchise, license or permit subject to the
Lien of the Security Documents which it may own or under which it may be operating; (iv) altering,
repairing, replacing, changing the location or position of and adding to its structures, machinery,
systems, equipment, fixtures and appurtenances; (v) granting a license of any intellectual
property; (vi) selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of inventory in the ordinary course of
business; (vii) collecting accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business or selling,
liquidating, factoring or otherwise disposing of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of
business; (viii) making cash payments (including for the repayment of Indebtedness or interest and
in connection with the Issuer’s cash management activities) from cash that is at any time part of
the Collateral in the ordinary course of business that are not otherwise prohibited by this
Indenture and the Security Documents; and (ix) abandoning any intellectual property which is no
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The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee within 30 calendar days following the end of each
fiscal year (or such later date as the Trustee shall agree), an Officer’s Certificate to the effect
that all releases and withdrawals during the preceding fiscal year (or since the date of this
Indenture, in the case of the first such certificate) in which no release or consent of the Trustee
was obtained in the ordinary course of the Issuer’s and Guarantors’ business pursuant to this
Section 16.04(c) were not prohibited by this Indenture.

Section 16.05 Use of Collateral; Compliance with Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent
shall have commenced enforcement of remedies under the Security Documents, except to the extent
otherwise provided in the Security Documents, this Indenture or the ABL Facility or other
documentation governing the ABL Obligations, the Security Documents or this Indenture, the Issuer
and the Guarantors will have the right to remain in possession and retain exclusive control of the
Collateral to alter or repair the Collateral, to freely operate the Collateral and to collect,
invest and dispose of any income thereon.

(b) After qualification of this Indenture pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act, the Issuer and
the Guarantors shall comply with § 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion
required by § 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act may be made by an Officer of the Issuer except in
cases where § 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act requires that such certificate or opinion be made
by an independent Person, which Person will be an independent appraiser or other expert selected by
the Issuer and reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

(c) So long as this Indenture is not qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, each of the
Issuer and the Guarantors will not be required to comply with all or any portion of § 314(d) of the
Trust Indenture Act if it determines, in good faith based on advice of counsel, that under the
terms of § 314(d) the Trust Indenture Act and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning
thereof of the Commission and its staff, including “no action” letters or exemptive orders, all or
any portion of § 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act is inapplicable to released Collateral
(including, without limitation, certain no-action letters issued by the Commission have permitted
an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act to contain provisions permitting the release
of Collateral from Liens under an indenture in the ordinary course of an issuer’s business without
requiring the issuer to provide certificates and other documents under § 314(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act).

Section 16.06 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee.

In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully
appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 16 upon the Issuer or a Guarantor with respect to
the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or
trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be
deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Issuer or a Guarantor or of any officer
or officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article 16; and if the Trustee or the
Collateral Agent shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this
Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case
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Section 16.07 Voting.

In connection with any matter under the Security Agreement requiring a vote of holders of
Secured Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement), the holders of such Secured Obligations
shall be treated as a single class and the Holders shall cast their votes in accordance with this
Indenture. The amount of the Notes to be voted by the Holders will equal the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Notes. Following and in accordance with the outcome of the applicable vote
under this Indenture, the Trustee shall vote the total amount of the Notes as a block in respect of
any vote under the Security Agreement.

Section 16.08 Collateral Proceeds Account.

(a) Establishment of Collateral Proceeds Account. No later than the first date following the
Issue Date on which the Issuer or any Guarantor receives any Net Proceeds that are expressly
required pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.12 to be deposited into the Collateral Proceeds
Account, there shall be established and, at all times thereafter until this Indenture shall have
terminated, there shall be maintained with the Collateral Agent the Collateral Proceeds Account.
The Collateral Proceeds Account shall be established and maintained by the Collateral Agent at the
office of the Collateral Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, no other deposit account or securities
account shall be, or shall be deemed to be, the Collateral Proceeds Account, and for purposes of
this Indenture, “Trust Monies” shall include only Net Proceeds required to be deposited into the
Collateral Proceeds Account pursuant to the terms of Section 4.12, amounts deposited in the
Collateral Proceeds Account in accordance with the Security Agreement and any investment return in
respect thereof received by the Collateral Agent. The Issuer shall cause all Net Proceeds
expressly required by Section 4.12 to be deposited into the Collateral Proceeds Account to be so
deposited in the Collateral Proceeds Account and any such Trust Monies shall be held by and under
the dominion and control of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Secured
Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement) as a part of the Collateral until released in
accordance with this Article 16.

(b) Withdrawal of Net Proceeds in Connection with Permitted Applications. To the extent that
any Trust Monies consist of Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event, such
Trust Monies may be withdrawn by the Issuer and shall be paid by the Collateral Agent (upon the
direction of the Trustee) to reimburse the Issuer or any Guarantor for expenditures made, or to pay
costs to be incurred, by the Issuer or such Guarantor in connection with any application of such
Net Proceeds permitted by Section 4.12, upon receipt by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of an
Officer’s Certificate, certifying that:

(i) such Trust Monies have been (or will be within 60 days of the requested date of
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(ii) to the extent required by Section 4.12 the Issuer has taken (or will take not
later than 60 days following the application of such Net Proceeds) all steps, if any,
required by the Security Documents in order to grant and/or perfect the security interest
of the Collateral Agent in any assets in which such Net Proceeds have been reinvested
(which Officer’s Certificate shall attach copies of (or forms of) any additional Security
Documents or amendments thereto or filings thereunder, if any, required to comply with the
Security Documents and Section 4.12).

Upon compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 16.08, the Collateral Agent
shall, upon receipt of a written request by the Issuer (which may be contained in the Officer’s
Certificate), pay an amount of Trust Monies equal to the amount specified in the Officer’s
Certificate required by this Section 16.08(b) as directed by the Issuer.

(c) Withdrawal of Net Cash Proceeds to Fund a Net Proceeds Offer or Release Following a Net
Proceeds Offer. To the extent that any Trust Monies consist of Net Proceeds received by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.12 and a Net Proceeds Offer has been made
in accordance therewith, such Trust Monies may be withdrawn by the Issuer and shall be paid by the
Collateral Agent to the Paying Agent for application in accordance with Section 4.12 upon receipt
by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate, dated not more than ten (10)
days prior to the purchase date, setting forth the amount of Excess Proceeds, as applicable,
subject to the Net Proceeds Offer and the date on which Notes and Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations are to be purchased, and certifying that:

(i) (x) such Trust Monies constitute Net Proceeds and (y) pursuant to and in
accordance with Section 4.12, the Issuer has made a Net Proceeds Offer; and

(ii) all conditions precedent and covenants herein provided for such application of
Trust Monies have been satisfied.

Upon compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 16.08(c), the Collateral Agent
shall apply the Trust Monies as directed and specified by the Issuer, subject to Section 4.12
(including to return to the Issuer any such amount of Excess Proceeds that are subject to the Net
Proceeds Offer and that are not required to be applied to the purchase of Notes or Permitted
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(d) Investment of Trust Monies. So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, all or any part of any Trust Monies held by (or held in an account subject to
the sole control of) the Collateral Agent shall from time to time be invested or reinvested by the
Collateral Agent in any Cash Equivalents
pursuant to a written request by the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, which
shall specify the Cash Equivalents in which such Trust Monies shall be invested and shall certify
that such investments constitute Cash Equivalents; and the Collateral Agent shall sell any such
Cash Equivalent only upon receipt of such a written request by the Issuer specifying the particular
Cash Equivalent to be sold, unless otherwise required under the Security Agreement. So long as no
Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing, any interest or dividends accrued, earned or
paid on such Cash Equivalents (in excess of any accrued interest or dividends paid at the time of
purchase) that may be received by the Collateral Agent shall be forthwith paid to the Issuer. Such
Cash Equivalents shall be held by the Collateral Agent as a part of the Collateral, subject to the
same provisions hereof as the cash used by it to purchase such Cash Equivalents.

The Trustee and Collateral Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss, fee, tax or
other charge resulting from such investments, reinvestments or sales except only for their own
grossly negligent action, their own grossly negligent failure to act or their own willful
misconduct in complying with this Section 16.08 as determined in a court of competent jurisdiction
in a final and non-appealable decision.

(e) Application of Other Trust Monies. The Collateral Agent shall return all Trust Monies to
the Issuer upon any Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture under Article 12. The Collateral Agent shall have all rights and remedies with respect
to the Collateral Proceeds Account and any Trust Monies as provided in the Security Documents.

Section 16.09 Appointment and Authorization of U.S. Bank National Association as Collateral
Agent.

(a) U.S. Bank National Association is hereby designated and appointed as the Collateral Agent
of the Holders under the Security Documents, and is authorized as the Collateral Agent for such
Holders to execute and enter into each of the Security Documents and all other instruments relating
to the Security Documents and (i) to take action and exercise such powers and remedies as are
expressly required or permitted hereunder and under the Security Documents and all instruments
relating hereto and thereto and (ii) to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are, in
each case, expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together
with such other powers as are reasonably incidental hereto and thereto.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Indenture or the Security
Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have (i) any duties or responsibilities except those
expressly set forth herein or therein or (ii) any fiduciary relationship with any Holder, and no
implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
into this Indenture or any Security Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.

The Collateral Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of
such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from
liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or
suffered by it hereunder or under the Security Documents in good faith and in accordance with
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Section 16.10 Recordings and Opinions.

(a) The Issuer and the Guarantors will furnish to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee (x)
immediately prior to the Issue Date and (y) on April 15 of each year beginning with April 15, 2012,
an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of such date:

(i) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, (1) action has been taken with
respect to the recording, execution, registering, filing, re-recording, re-registering and
re-filing of all supplemental indentures, mortgages, financing statements, continuation
statements, filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United State
Copyright Office or notices, recordings or other instruments of further assurance as is
necessary to maintain the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents and
reciting the details of such action or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such
details are given, (2) based on relevant laws as in effect on the date of such Opinion of
Counsel, all financing statements, mortgages, filings with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the United State Copyright Office and continuation statements have
been executed and filed that are necessary as of such date and during the succeeding 12
months fully to preserve and perfect the Note Liens, to the extent the Note Liens can be
perfected by such; and

(ii) stating that, in the opinions of such counsel, no further action is necessary to
maintain such Liens as effective and perfected.

Article 17.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 17.01 Provisions Binding on Issuer’s Successors. All the covenants, stipulations,
promises and agreements of the Issuer contained in this Indenture shall bind its successors and
assigns whether so expressed or not.

Section 17.02 Official Acts by Successor. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this
Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or Officer of the
Issuer shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee
or officer of any corporation or other entity that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor
of the Issuer.

Section 17.03 Addresses for Notices, Etc. Any notice or demand that by any provision of this
Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Noteholders on
the Issuer shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes if given or
served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter
box or sent by overnight delivery addressed (until another address is filed by the Issuer with the
Trustee) to Horizon Lines, LLC, 4064 Colony Road, Suite 200, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211, to
the attention of
the General Counsel. Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or
served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter
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The Trustee, by notice to the Issuer, may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed to it by first class mail,
postage prepaid, at its address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given
to it if so mailed within the time prescribed.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any defect in it shall not affect
its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the
manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders by mail, then such notification as shall be
made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.

Section 17.04 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT
MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREUNDER THAT WOULD INDICATE THE
APPLICABILITY OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 17.05 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of
Counsel to Trustee.

(a) Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under this
Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee:

(i) an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 17.05(b)) stating that, in
the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in
this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

(ii) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 17.05(b)) stating that, in
the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been
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(b) Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture must include:

(i) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;

(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition
or covenant has been satisfied.

Section 17.06 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Change of Control
Purchase Date or Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then any action to be taken on such date need
not be taken on such date, but may be taken on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force
and effect as if taken on such date, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after
such date.

Section 17.07 Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is hereby made subject to, and shall be
governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to be part of and to govern
indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act upon such qualification; provided that this
Section 17.07 shall not require that this Indenture or the Trustee be qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust
Indenture Act, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party hereto that any
such qualification is required prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the
terms of the Trust Indenture Act. Except as expressly provided for herein prior to the
qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, if any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in an
indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provisions shall control.

Section 17.08 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any
authenticating agent, any Registrar and their successors hereunder or the Noteholders, any benefit
or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 17.09 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The table of contents and the titles and
headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any
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Section 17.10 Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that
shall be authorized to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and
delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of
Notes hereunder, including under Section 4.12, Section 4.16 and Section 11.04 as fully to all
intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this
Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this
Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to
be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any
requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such
authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as Trustee hereunder pursuant
to Section 8.09.

Any corporation or other entity into which any authenticating agent may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger,
consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation
or other entity succeeding to the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be
the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation or other entity
is otherwise eligible under this Section 17.10, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor
corporation or other entity.

Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the
Trustee and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating
agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Issuer. Upon
receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any
authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 17.10, the Trustee may appoint a
successor authenticating agent (which may be the Trustee), shall give written notice of such
appointment to the Issuer and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Noteholders as the names
and addresses of such Holders appear on the Note Register.

The Issuer agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time reasonable compensation
for its services although the Issuer may terminate the authenticating agent, if it determines such
agent’s fees to be unreasonable.

The provisions of Section 8.02, Section 8.03, Section 8.04, Section 9.03 and this Section
17.10 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

If an authenticating agent is appointed pursuant to this Section 17.10, the Notes may have
endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:

                                                            ,

as Authenticating Agent, certifies that this is one of the Notes described
in the within-named Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Authorized Officer
	 	 

 

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Section 17.11 Execution in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.

Section 17.12 Severability. In the event any provision of this Indenture or in the Notes
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity,
legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired.

Section 17.13 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 17.14 Consent to Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a) The Issuer hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to
the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States
sitting in the State and City of New York, County and Borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court
from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the
Notes, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding
may be heard and determined in such state court sitting in the State and City of New York, County
and Borough of Manhattan or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court sitting in the
State and City of New York, County and Borough of Manhattan. The Issuer further irrevocably
consents to the service of process in any action or proceeding in such courts by the mailing
thereof by any parties thereto by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Issuer at
Horizon Lines, LLC, 4064 Colony Road, Suite 200, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211, to the attention
of the President and Chief Executive Officer. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

(b) The Issuer hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Notes
in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of
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Section 17.15 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by,
directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work
stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume
performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 17.16 Currency Indemnity. U.S. dollars are the sole currency of account and payment
for all sums payable by us in cash under or in connection with the Notes, including damages. Any
amount received or recovered in a currency other than U.S. dollars (as a result of, or through the
enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the Issuer’s winding-up or
dissolution or otherwise) by any Holder of a Note in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it
from the Issuer will only constitute a discharge to the Issuer to the extent of the U.S. dollar
amount that the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that
other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that
purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If that U.S. dollar
amount is less than the U.S. dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under any Note, the
Issuer shall indemnify such Holder against any loss sustained by it as a result; and if the amount
of U.S. dollars so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to such Holder, such Holder
will, by accepting a Note, be deemed to have agreed to repay such excess. In any event, the Issuer
shall indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase.

Section 17.17 U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with
Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to
help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record
information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens
an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the
Trustee with all such information as it may request in order to satisfy the requirements or its
obligations under such act.

Section 17.18 Conflict with Other Documents. In the event of a conflict between (a) this
Indenture and (b) the Notes or the Note Guarantees, the terms and provisions of this Indenture
shall control. In the event of a conflict between (x) this Indenture and (y) any Security Documents
(other than the Intercreditor Agreement), the terms and provisions of this Indenture shall control.

Section 17.19 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes. Holders may
communicate pursuant to § 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone
else shall have the protection of § 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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Section 17.20 Rules by Trustee and Agents. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action
by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set
reasonable requirements for its functions.

Section 17.21 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used
to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or of
any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	HORIZON LINES, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	HORIZON LINES, INC.

HORIZON LINES HOLDING CORP.

HAWAII STEVEDORES, INC.

HORIZON LINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC.

HORIZON LINES OF ALASKA, LLC

HORIZON LINES OF GUAM, LLC

HORIZON LINES VESSELS, LLC

H-L DISTRIBUTION SERVICE, LLC

HORIZON LOGISTICS, LLC

AERO LOGISTICS, LLC

SEA-LOGIX, LLC

HORIZON SERVICES GROUP, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

as Trustee and Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

[Face of Note]

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the
Indenture]

[Insert the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the
provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the OID Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

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CUSIP: [ ]

ISIN: [ ]

$____________

Second Lien Senior Secured Note due 2016

			
	 	 	 
	No. __________ 

	 	$_________ 

HORIZON LINES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global
Note attached hereto on October 15, 2016.

Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15

Interest Record Dates: April 1 and October 1

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	HORIZON LINES, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

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This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. Bank National Association, as

Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

Dated:
 _____ 

 

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[Back of Note]

Second Lien Senior Secured Note Due 2016

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture
referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1. HORIZON LINES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), promises to pay
interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum set forth below from the date
of issuance until maturity and shall pay the Additional Interest, if any, payable pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Issuer will pay interest and Additional
Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, or if any such
day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”).
Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if
no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date; provided that the first Interest Payment Date for
Notes issued prior to October 15, 2012 shall be October 15, 2012.1 The dates in this
sentence may be changed to the extent appropriate in respect of Additional Notes or Exchange Notes.
The Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the rate
then in effect to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest,
if any (without regard to any applicable grace periods), from time to time on demand at the same
rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months.

Cash Interest (as defined below) on the Notes will accrue at a rate of 13.00% per annum. PIK
Interest (as defined below) on the Notes will accrue at a rate of 15.00% per annum. Partial PIK
Interest (as defined below) on the Notes will accrue at a rate of 14.00% per annum. Following an
increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes as a result of a PIK Payment, the
relevant Notes will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of
such PIK Payment. Any PIK Notes issued in certificated form will be dated as of the applicable
Interest Payment Date and will bear interest from and after such date.

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT.

For any interest payment period the Issuer may, at its option elect to pay interest on the
Notes:

(i) entirely in cash (“Cash Interest”);

 

	 	 	 
	1	 	The dates in this sentence may be changed to the extent
appropriate in respect of Additional Notes or Exchange Notes.

 

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(ii) entirely by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Notes or by issuing PIK
Notes (“PIK Interest”); or

(iii) on 50% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes in cash and on 50% of the
outstanding principal amount by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Notes or by
issuing PIK Notes (“Partial PIK Interest”).

The Issuer must elect the form of interest payment with respect to each interest period by
delivering a written notice to the Trustee prior to the beginning of such interest period. The
Trustee shall promptly deliver a corresponding written notice to the Holder of this Note. In the
absence of such an election for any interest period, interest on this Note shall be payable
according to the election for the previous interest period. Interest for the first interest payment
period commencing on the Issue Date shall be payable entirely in cash.

The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) and Additional Interest,
if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the April 1
and October 1 Interest Record Date (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately
preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after such Interest Record
Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the
Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium
and Additional Interest, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Issuer of the Issuer
maintained for such purpose.

At the option of the Issuer, payment of Cash Interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be
made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders,
provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect
to principal of and Cash Interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on all Global Notes and
all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuer
or the Paying Agent. Payments of principal, Cash Interest, premium and Additional Interest shall
be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts.

PIK Interest on the Notes will be payable (x) with respect to Notes represented by one or more
Global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its
nominee on the relevant Interest Record Date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding
Global Note by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period
(rounded up to the nearest $1,000) (or, if necessary, pursuant to the requirements of DTC or
otherwise, to authenticate new Global Notes executed by the Issuer with such increased principal
amounts) and (y) with respect to Notes represented by Definitive Notes, by issuing PIK Notes in the
form of Definitive Notes that are not Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
amount of PIK Interest for the applicable period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar), and the
Trustee will, at the request of the Issuer, authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes for original
issuance to the Holders.

 

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In the event that the Issuer elects to pay Partial PIK Interest for any interest period, each
Holder will be entitled to receive Cash Interest in respect of 50% of the principal amount of the
Notes held by such Holder on the relevant Interest Record Date and PIK Interest in respect of 50%
of the principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder on the relevant Interest Record Date, in
each case, as provided above.

All Notes issued pursuant to a PIK Payment will mature on October 15, 2016 and will be
governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of, the Indenture and shall have
the same rights and benefits as all other Notes (except as specifically provided in the Indenture).
Any certificated PIK Notes will be issued with the description PIK on the face of such PIK Note.

3. TRUSTEE; PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee under the
Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or
Registrar without notice to any Holder. None of the Issuer or any of its Affiliates may act in any
such capacity.

4. INDENTURE AND SECURITY DOCUMENTS. The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as
of October 5, 2011 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and the
Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer. The terms of the
Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders
are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this
Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern and be controlling. Following the Issue Date, the Notes and the related Note Guarantees are
secured obligations of the Issuer and the relevant Guarantors. The Notes and the related Note
Guarantees are secured by a pledge of the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents referred to
in the Indenture. The Note Liens, which secure the Notes and the related Note Guarantees, and the
ABL Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Holder, by accepting a
Note agrees that the Note Liens and the ABL Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement. The Holders, by accepting a Note, hereby authorize and direct the Trustee and the
Collateral Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Holders and agree that
the Holders shall comply with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to them in
their capacities as such to the same extent as if the Holders were parties thereto. The Indenture
does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.

 

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5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

(a) Prior to October 15, 2013, the Notes will not be subject to redemption at the option of
the Issuer. The Notes are subject to redemption, at the option of the Issuer, in whole or in part,
at any time on or after October 15, 2013, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice at
the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount to be redeemed) set forth
below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date
(subject to the rights of Holders of record
on the relevant regular record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date), if
redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on October 15 of the years indicated:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Redemption 

Price	 
	2013
	 	 	106.000	%
	2014
	 	 	103.000	%
	2015 and thereafter
	 	 	100.000	%

(b) Any notice of any redemption may be given prior to the redemption of any Notes, and any
such redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions
precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of a securities issuance or other corporate
transaction.

6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.

The Issuer will not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with
respect to the Notes. The Issuer may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open
market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise.

7. OFFERS TO REPURCHASE.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuer shall be required to make a Change
of Control Offer in accordance with Section 4.16 of the Indenture.

(b) In accordance with Section 4.12 of the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to offer to
purchase Notes upon the occurrence of certain events.

8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in fully registered form only, without
coupons, in minimum denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. A
Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The
Registrar may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in
connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer
or exchange of any Notes during a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a redemption
notice for any Notes or portions thereof selected for redemption.

9. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all
purposes.

10. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented as provided in Article 11 of the Indenture and Events of Default may be
waived as provided in Article 7 of the Indenture.

 

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11. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default
relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer) and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Notes, in each case, by notice to the Issuer, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and
accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default
relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer or certain
Restricted Subsidiaries occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes
shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the
Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its
consequences.

12. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or
an authenticating agent.

13. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES.
In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted
Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement, including the right to receive Additional Interest (as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement).

14. GOVERNING LAW. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE
INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES.

15. CUSIP AND ISIN NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on
Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be
printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as
printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers placed thereon.

16. REFERENCE TO INDENTURE AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS. Reference is hereby made to the
Indenture, the Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and other Note Documents (copies of
which are on file at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee) and all indentures and agreements
supplemental thereto for a description of the rights thereunder of the Holders of the Notes, the
nature and extent of the security therefor, the rights, duties, protections and immunities of the
Trustee and the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Note Guarantors thereunder, to all the
provisions of which the Holder, by acceptance hereof, assents and agrees.

 

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The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to the Issuer at the
following address:

Horizon Lines, LLC

4064 Colony Road

Suite 200

Charlotte, North Carolina 28211

Attention: General Counsel

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

(Insert assignee’s Soc. Sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint;       
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 
                 
                  
       

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Dated:                                         

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Your Signature:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	(Sign exactly as your
name appears on the
face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                                                             

 

	 	 	 
	*	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other

signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.12 or
4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

o Section 4.12                     o Section 4.16

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 4.12 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

$                                        

Date:                                         

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Your Signature: 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	(Sign exactly as your
name appears on the
face of this Note)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Tax Identification No.: 	 

Signature Guarantee*:                                                             

 

	 	 	 
	*	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE*

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $_____. The following
exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive
Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global
Note, have been made:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Principal 	 	 
	 	 	Amount of 	 	Amount of	 	Amount of this 	 	Signature of 
	 	 	decrease in	 	 increase in	 	 Global Note	 	 authorized
	 	 	 Principal	 	 Principal	 	following such	 	 officer of
	 	 	 Amount of this	 	  Amount of this	 	decrease or	 	 Trustee or
	Date of Exchange	 	 Global Note	 	 Global Note	 	increase	 	Custodian
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

	 	 	 
	*	 	This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CHANGE OF CONTROL PURCHASE NOTICE

To: HORIZON LINES, LLC

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and Registrar

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from
Horizon Lines, LLC (the “Issuer”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the
Issuer, offering to purchase the Notes and specifying the Change of Control Purchase Date. The
undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby accepts the Issuer’s offer to purchase the Notes
and instructs the Issuer to pay to the registered Holder hereof in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the entire principal amount of this Note,
or the portion thereof below designated, and (2) if such Change of Control Purchase Date does not
fall during the period after an Interest Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day after the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, such
Change of Control Purchase Date.

In the case of certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be purchased are as
set forth below:

Date: _____________________

	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Signatures(s)
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification
Number Principal amount to be repaid (if less
than all): $_____,000

NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written
upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever.

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

Horizon Lines, LLC

4064 Colony Road, Suite 200

Charlotte, North Carolina 28211

Attention: General Counsel

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Registrar

100 Wall Street

Suite 1600

New York, NY 10005

Re: Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2016

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2011 (the “Indenture”),
among Horizon Lines, LLC, as issuer (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 ____________________ 

(the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or
interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $
 _________ 

in
such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to
 ________________ 

(the “Transferee”), as
further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the transfer, the Transferor hereby
certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

1. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A
Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the
beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor
reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account,
or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion,
and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of
Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in
compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted
Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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2. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer
is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act
and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made
to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee
was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably
believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was
executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither
such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with
a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of
the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act and, (iii)
the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the
restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S
Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. o Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest
in the IAI Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities
Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the
transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue
sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby
further certifies that (check one):

(a) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act;

or

(b) o such Transfer is being effected to the Issuer, Issuer or a subsidiary thereof;

or

(c) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act;

 

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or

(d) o such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other
than Rule 144A, Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, and the Transferor
hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the
meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the
transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or
Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which
certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of
Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) if such Transfer is in respect of a principal amount of
Notes at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the
Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this
certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions
on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the IAI Global Note
and/or the Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

4. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.

(a) o Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in
compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in
order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed
Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest
or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in
the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted
Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

(b) o Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is
being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities
Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are
not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of
the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred
beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes,
on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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(c) o Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is
being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or
Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and
any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are
not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of
the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred
beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or
Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

(d) o Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Registration Statement. Such
Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit
of the Issuer.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 

	 	[Insert Name of Transferor]

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	Title:

Dated:
 _____________ 

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

	1.	 	The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

	 	(a)	 	o a beneficial interest in the:

	 	(i)	 	o 144A Global Note (CUSIP
 _____), or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	o Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP
 _____), or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	o IAI Global Note (CUSIP
 _____); or

	 	(b)	 	o a Restricted Definitive Note.

	 	2.	 	After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

[CHECK ONE]

	 	(a)	 	o a beneficial interest in the:

	 	(i)	 	o 144A Global Note (CUSIP
 _____), or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	o Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP
 _____), or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	o IAI Global Note (CUSIP
 _____); or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	o Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP
 _____); or

	 	(b)	 	o a Restricted Definitive Note; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	o an Unrestricted Definitive Note,

in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the
Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of October 5, 2011 (the
“Indenture”) among Horizon Lines, LLC (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), (a)
the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium and additional interest, if any, and
interest on, the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and
punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful,
and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the
Trustee or Collateral Agent all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and other Note
Documents and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of
such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in
accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee and
Collateral Agent pursuant to the Note Guarantee, the Indenture and other Note Documents are
expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture
for the precise terms of the Note Guarantee.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture

HORIZON LINES, LLC

HORIZON LINES HOLDING CORP.

HAWAII STEVEDORES, INC.

HORIZON LINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC.

HORIZON LINES OF ALASKA, LLC

HORIZON LINES OF GUAM, LLC

HORIZON LINES VESSELS, LLC

H-L DISTRIBUTION SERVICE, LLC

HORIZON LOGISTICS, LLC

 

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	 	AERO LOGISTICS, LLC

SEA-LOGIX, LLC

HORIZON SERVICES GROUP, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of [ ], among [GUARANTOR]
(the “New Guarantor”), a subsidiary of HORIZON LINES, INC. (or its successor), a Delaware
corporation (the “Issuer”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as
trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS the Issuer (or its successor) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an
indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) dated as of October 5,
2011, providing for the issuance of the Issuer’s Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (the
“Notes”), initially in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000;

WHEREAS Section 4.18 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuer is
required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture
pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuer’s Obligations
under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Note Guarantee on the terms and conditions set
forth herein; and

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuer and other existing
Guarantors, if any, are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor, the Issuer and the
Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes
as follows:

1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the
Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the
term “holders” in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term “holders” as defined in the
Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such holders. The words
“herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental
Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally
with all existing guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Issuer’s Obligations under
the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of
the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and
to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a guarantor under the Indenture.

 

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3. Notices. All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given
as provided in Section 17.03 of the Indenture.

4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as
expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the
terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental
Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore
or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW.

6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.

8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall
not effect the construction thereof.

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[NEW GUARANTOR]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

Horizon Lines, LLC

4064 Colony Road, Suite 200

Charlotte, North Carolina 28211

Attention: General Counsel

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Registrar

100 Wall Street

Suite 1600

New York, NY 10005

Re: Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2016

(CUSIP _____)

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2011 (the “Indenture”),
among Horizon Lines, LLC, as issuer (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 _____________ 

(the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest
in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $_____________ 

in such Note[s]
or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global
Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note

(a) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being
acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in
compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

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(b) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to
Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the
Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account
without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities
Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend
are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive
Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of
the United States.

(c) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note
for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the
beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted
Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions
on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired
in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(d) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive
Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired
for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture
and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes

(a) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to
Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner
hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account
without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and
in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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(b) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s
Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] 0 144A Global Note, 0
Regulation S Global Note, 0 IAI Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without
transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities
Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United
States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and
the Securities Act.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit
of the Issuer.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Insert Name of Transferor]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

Dated:
 ____________________ 

 

F-4Exhibgit 10.6

Exhibit 10.6

Execution Version

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of October 5, 2011

by and among

HORIZON LINES, INC.,

as Parent,

HORIZON LINES, LLC,

as Borrower,

THE LENDERS THAT ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO,

as the Lenders,

and

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,

as Administrative Agent

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,

as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1.1 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	1.2 Accounting Terms
	 	 	1	 
	1.3 Code
	 	 	2	 
	1.4 Construction
	 	 	2	 
	1.5 Schedules and Exhibits
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2. LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.1 Revolver Loans
	 	 	3	 
	2.2 Reserved
	 	 	3	 
	2.3 Borrowing Procedures and Settlements
	 	 	4	 
	2.4 Payments; Reductions of Revolver Commitments; Prepayments
	 	 	10	 
	2.5 Overadvances
	 	 	15	 
	2.6 Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations
	 	 	15	 
	2.7 Crediting Payments
	 	 	17	 
	2.8 Designated Account
	 	 	17	 
	2.9 Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations
	 	 	17	 
	2.10 Fees
	 	 	18	 
	2.11 Letters of Credit
	 	 	18	 
	2.12 LIBOR Option
	 	 	23	 
	2.13 Capital Requirements
	 	 	25	 
	2.14 Increase Option
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3. CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit
	 	 	28	 
	3.2 Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit
	 	 	28	 
	3.3 Maturity
	 	 	28	 
	3.4 Effect of Maturity
	 	 	29	 
	3.5 Early Termination by Borrower
	 	 	29	 
	3.6 Conditions Subsequent, Etc
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.1 Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries
	 	 	29	 
	4.2 Due Authorization; No Conflict
	 	 	30	 
	4.3 Governmental Consents
	 	 	30	 
	4.4 Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens
	 	 	31	 
	4.5 Title to Assets; No Encumbrances
	 	 	31	 
	4.6 Jurisdiction of Organization; Location of Chief Executive Office; Organizational
Identification Number; Commercial Tort Claims
	 	 	32	 
	4.7 Litigation
	 	 	32	 
	4.8 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	32	 

 

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	4.9 No Material Adverse Change
	 	 	32	 
	4.10 Fraudulent Transfer
	 	 	32	 
	4.11 Employee Benefits
	 	 	32	 
	4.12 Environmental Condition
	 	 	34	 
	4.13 Intellectual Property
	 	 	34	 
	4.14 Leases
	 	 	34	 
	4.15 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
	 	 	34	 
	4.16 Complete Disclosure
	 	 	34	 
	4.17 Material Contracts
	 	 	35	 
	4.18 Patriot Act
	 	 	35	 
	4.19 Indebtedness
	 	 	35	 
	4.20 Payment of Taxes
	 	 	35	 
	4.21 Margin Stock
	 	 	36	 
	4.22 Governmental Regulation
	 	 	36	 
	4.23 OFAC
	 	 	36	 
	4.24 Employee and Labor Matters
	 	 	36	 
	4.25 Eligible Accounts
	 	 	37	 
	4.26 Owned and Leased Locations
	 	 	37	 
	4.27 Reserved
	 	 	37	 
	4.28 Vessels
	 	 	37	 
	4.29 Jones Act Trade
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5.1 Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates
	 	 	38	 
	5.2 Collateral Reporting
	 	 	38	 
	5.3 Existence
	 	 	38	 
	5.4 Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	38	 
	5.5 Taxes
	 	 	39	 
	5.6 Insurance
	 	 	39	 
	5.7 Inspection
	 	 	40	 
	5.8 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	40	 
	5.9 Environmental
	 	 	40	 
	5.10 Disclosure Updates
	 	 	41	 
	5.11 Formation of Subsidiaries, Etc
	 	 	41	 
	5.12 Further Assurances
	 	 	42	 
	5.13 Lender Meetings
	 	 	43	 
	5.14 Material Contracts
	 	 	43	 
	5.15 Location of Books and Records
	 	 	43	 
	5.16 Compliance with ERISA
	 	 	43	 
	5.17 Jones Act Trade
	 	 	44	 
	5.18 Antitrust Judgment Lien
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6.1 Indebtedness
	 	 	44	 
	6.2 Liens
	 	 	44	 
	6.3 Restrictions on Fundamental Changes
	 	 	44	 

 

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	6.4 Disposal of Assets
	 	 	45	 
	6.5 Change Name
	 	 	45	 
	6.6 Nature of Business
	 	 	45	 
	6.7 Prepayments and Amendments
	 	 	45	 
	6.8 Change of Control
	 	 	46	 
	6.9 Restricted Stock Payments
	 	 	46	 
	6.10 Accounting Methods
	 	 	46	 
	6.11 Investments; Controlled Investments
	 	 	46	 
	6.12 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	46	 
	6.13 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	47	 
	6.14 Limitation on Issuance of Stock
	 	 	47	 
	6.15 Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7. FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO
	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8.1 Payment Default
	 	 	49	 
	8.2 Covenant Default
	 	 	49	 
	8.3 Judgments
	 	 	50	 
	8.4 Voluntary Insolvency Proceeding
	 	 	50	 
	8.5 Involuntary Insolvency Proceeding
	 	 	50	 
	8.6 Restriction on Business
	 	 	50	 
	8.7 Cross Default
	 	 	50	 
	8.8 Misrepresentation
	 	 	51	 
	8.9 Failure of Guaranty
	 	 	51	 
	8.10 Failure of other Loan Documents
	 	 	51	 
	8.11 Invalidity of Loan Documents
	 	 	51	 
	8.12 ERISA Events
	 	 	52	 
	8.13 Designation as Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	52	 
	8.14 Chartered Vessel Document Default
	 	 	52	 
	8.15 Attachment/Levy Default
	 	 	52	 
	8.16 Jones Act Trade
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9.1 Rights and Remedies
	 	 	53	 
	9.2 Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10. WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10.1 Demand; Protest; etc
	 	 	54	 
	10.2 The Lender Group’s Liability for Collateral
	 	 	54	 
	10.3 Indemnification
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	11. NOTICES
	 	 	55	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER
	 	 	56	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	13. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS
	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	13.1 Assignments and Participations
	 	 	57	 
	13.2 Successors
	 	 	61	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	14. AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS
	 	 	61	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	14.1 Amendments and Waivers
	 	 	61	 
	14.2 Replacement of Certain Lenders
	 	 	63	 
	14.3 No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies
	 	 	64	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	15. AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP
	 	 	65	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	15.1 Appointment and Authorization of Agent
	 	 	65	 
	15.2 Delegation of Duties
	 	 	66	 
	15.3 Liability of Agent
	 	 	66	 
	15.4 Reliance by Agent
	 	 	66	 
	15.5 Notice of Default or Event of Default
	 	 	66	 
	15.6 Credit Decision
	 	 	67	 
	15.7 Costs and Expenses; Indemnification
	 	 	67	 
	15.8 Agent in Individual Capacity
	 	 	68	 
	15.9 Successor Agent
	 	 	68	 
	15.10 Lender in Individual Capacity
	 	 	69	 
	15.11 Collateral Matters
	 	 	69	 
	15.12 Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments
	 	 	71	 
	15.13 Agency for Perfection
	 	 	72	 
	15.14 Payments by Agent to Lenders
	 	 	72	 
	15.15 Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents
	 	 	72	 
	15.16 Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information
	 	 	72	 
	15.17 Several Obligations; No Liability
	 	 	73	 
	15.18 Intercreditor Agreement
	 	 	74	 
	16.TAXES
	 	 	74	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	17. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	 	 	78	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	17.1 Effectiveness
	 	 	78	 
	17.2 Section Headings
	 	 	78	 
	17.3 Interpretation
	 	 	78	 
	17.4 Severability of Provisions
	 	 	78	 
	17.5 Bank Product Providers
	 	 	78	 
	17.6 Debtor-Creditor Relationship
	 	 	79	 
	17.7 Counterparts; Electronic Execution
	 	 	79	 
	17.8 Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations
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	17.9 Confidentiality
	 	 	80	 
	17.10 Lender Group Expenses
	 	 	81	 
	17.11 Survival
	 	 	81	 
	17.12 Patriot Act
	 	 	81	 
	17.13 Integration
	 	 	81	 

 

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SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS

	 	 	 
	Schedule 1.1

	 	Definitions
	Schedule 3.1

	 	Conditions Precedent
	Schedule 3.6

	 	Conditions Subsequent
	Schedule 4.1

	 	Capitalization of Parent’s Subsidiaries
	Schedule 4.6(a)

	 	States of Organization
	Schedule 4.6(b)

	 	Chief Executive Offices
	Schedule 4.6(c)

	 	Organizational Identification Numbers
	Schedule 4.6(d)

	 	Commercial Tort Claims
	Schedule 4.7

	 	Litigation
	Schedule 4.12

	 	Environmental Matters
	Schedule 4.13

	 	Intellectual Property
	Schedule 4.15

	 	Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
	Schedule 4.17

	 	Material Contracts
	Schedule 4.19

	 	Permitted Indebtedness
	Schedule 4.26

	 	Locations of Inventory and Equipment
	Schedule 4.28

	 	Vessels
	Schedule 5.1

	 	Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates
	Schedule 5.2

	 	Collateral Reporting
	Schedule 6.12

	 	Affiliate Transactions
	Schedule A-1

	 	Agent’s Account
	Schedule A-2

	 	Authorized Persons
	Schedule C-1

	 	Revolver Commitments
	Schedule D-1

	 	Designated Account
	Schedule E-1

	 	Existing Letters of Credit
	Schedule P-1

	 	Permitted Investments
	Schedule P-2

	 	Permitted Liens
	Schedule R-1

	 	Real Property Collateral
	Schedule V-1

	 	Chartered Vessel Documents
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit A-1

	 	Form of Assignment and Acceptance
	Exhibit B-1

	 	Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
	Exhibit B-2

	 	Form of Bank Products Provider Agreement
	Exhibit C-1

	 	Form of Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit L-1

	 	Form of LIBOR Notice

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is entered into as of October 5, 2011, by
and among the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (each of such lenders, together with
their respective successors and permitted assigns, are referred to hereinafter as a
“Lender”, as that term is hereinafter further defined), WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity,
together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “Agent”), HORIZON LINES, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“Parent”) and HORIZON LINES, LLC, a Delaware corporation
(“Borrower”).

The parties agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.

1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
specified therefor on Schedule 1.1.

1.2 Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if Borrower notifies
Agent that Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any
Accounting Change occurring after the Closing Date or in the application thereof on the operation
of such provision (or if Agent notifies Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to
any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such Accounting Change or in the application thereof, then Agent and Borrower agree that they
will negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that are directly
affected by such Accounting Change with the intent of having the respective positions of the
Lenders and Borrower after such Accounting Change conform as nearly as possible to their respective
positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon and
agreed to by the Required Lenders, the provisions in this Agreement shall be calculated as if no
such Accounting Change had occurred. When used herein, the term “financial statements” shall
include the notes and schedules thereto. Whenever the term “Parent” is used in respect of a
financial covenant or a related definition, it shall be understood to mean Parent and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (a) any change in GAAP that would result in a
lease that is classified and accounted for as an operating lease as of the Closing Date being
treated as a Capital Lease (or being given a substantially similar treatment) shall not be given
effect in the definition of Indebtedness or any related definitions or in the computation of any
financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document and (b) if the Borrower notifies
Agent that it or Parent is required to report under International Financial Reporting Standards
(“IFRS”), or has elected to do so through an early-adoption policy, “GAAP” shall mean
international financial reporting standards pursuant to IFRS (provided that after such conversion,
(i) the Borrower cannot elect to report under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and
(ii) the Borrower shall reconcile the two financial computation methods under IFRS and GAAP in a
manner reasonably acceptable to Agent).

 

 

 

1.3 Code. Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be
construed and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined herein; provided, however,
that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein and such term is defined
differently in different Articles of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article 9
of the Code shall govern.

1.4 Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the
singular include the plural, the terms “includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term
“or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase
“and/or.” The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in this Agreement
or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be,
as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as
the case may be. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments,
changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders,
and supplements set forth herein). 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.
Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in
full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash or immediately available funds
(or, (a) in the case of contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit,
providing Letter of Credit Collateralization, and (b) in the case of obligations with respect to
Bank Products (other than Hedge Obligations), providing Bank Product Collateralization) of all of
the Obligations (including the payment of any Lender Group Expenses that have accrued irrespective
of whether demand has been made therefor and the payment of any termination amount then applicable
(or which would or could become applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Obligations)
under Hedge Agreements provided by Hedge Providers) other than (i) Contingent Obligations, (ii) any
Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations) that, at such time, are allowed by the
applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid or cash
collateralized, and (iii) any Hedge Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable
Hedge Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid. Any reference herein to
any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any requirement of
a writing contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of
a Record.

1.5 Schedules and Exhibits. All of the schedules and exhibits attached to this
Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.

 

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2. LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.

2.1 Revolver Loans.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and during the term of this
Agreement, each Lender with a Revolver Commitment agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and
severally) to make revolving loans (“Revolver Loans”) to Borrower in an aggregate amount
(after giving effect to such Revolver Loans) at any one time outstanding not to exceed the
lesser of:

(i) such Lender’s Revolver Commitment, and

(ii) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to (A) the lesser of (1)
the Maximum Revolver Amount and (2) the Borrowing Base at such time minus (B) the
sum of (1) the Letter of Credit Usage at such time, plus (2) the principal
amount of Swing Loans outstanding at such time.

(b) Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1 may be repaid and, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, reborrowed at any time during the term of this Agreement.
The outstanding principal amount of the Advances, together with interest accrued and unpaid
thereon, shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which they
are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Anything to the contrary in this Section 2.1 notwithstanding, Agent shall have the
right (but not the obligation) to establish, increase, reduce, eliminate, or otherwise adjust
reserves from time to time against the Borrowing Base or the Maximum Revolver Amount in such
amounts, and with respect to such matters, as Agent in its Permitted Discretion shall deem
necessary or appropriate, including (i) reserves in an amount equal to the Bank Product Reserve
Amount, (ii) reserves in an amount equal to the Dilution Reserve, (iii) reserves in an amount equal
to 1 month’s rent with respect to any leased property where books and records pertaining to ABL
Priority Collateral of a Loan Party are located, unless a Collateral Access Agreement for such
location has been obtained and (iv) reserves with respect to (A) sums that Parent or its
Subsidiaries are required to pay under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (such as taxes,
assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable
under such leases) and has failed to pay when due, and (B) amounts owing by Parent or its
Subsidiaries to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien (including the Antitrust Judgment Lien)
on, or trust over, any of the ABL Priority Collateral (other than a Permitted Lien which is a
permitted purchase money Lien or the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease), which Lien or
trust, in the Permitted Discretion of Agent likely would have a priority superior to Agent’s Liens
(such as Liens or trusts in favor of landlords, warehousemen, carriers, mechanics, materialmen,
laborers, or suppliers, or Liens or trusts for ad valorem, excise, sales, or other taxes where
given priority under applicable law) in and to such item of the ABL Priority Collateral;
provided that, in each case, reserves established by Agent and in effect on the Closing
Date, if any, shall be mutually agreed upon by Borrower and Agent.

2.2 Reserved.

 

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2.3 Borrowing Procedures and Settlements.

(a) Procedure for Borrowing. Each Borrowing shall be made by a written request by an
Authorized Person delivered to Agent. Unless Swing Lender is not obligated to
make a Swing Loan pursuant to Section 2.3(b) below, such notice must be received by
Agent no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day that is the requested Funding
Date specifying (i) the amount of such Borrowing, and (ii) the requested Funding Date, which shall
be a Business Day; provided, however, that if Swing Lender is not obligated to make
a Swing Loan as to a requested Borrowing, such notice must be received by Agent no later than 2:00
p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day prior to the date that is the requested Funding Date (or,
if WFCF is the sole Lender at such time, such request shall be effective if received by Agent not
later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Funding Date applicable thereto). At Agent’s election,
in lieu of delivering the above-described written request, any Authorized Person may give Agent
telephonic notice of such request by the required time. In such circumstances, Borrower agrees
that any such telephonic notice will be confirmed in writing within 24 hours of the giving of such
telephonic notice, but the failure to provide such written confirmation shall not affect the
validity of the request.

(b) Making of Swing Loans. In the case of a request for an Advance and so long as either (i)
the aggregate amount of Swing Loans made since the last Settlement Date, minus the amount
of Collections or payments applied to Swing Loans since the last Settlement Date, plus the amount
of the requested Advance does not exceed $15,000,000, or (ii) Swing Lender, in its sole discretion,
shall agree to make a Swing Loan notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, Swing Lender shall make
an Advance in the amount of such requested Borrowing (any such Advance made solely by Swing Lender
pursuant to this Section 2.3(b) being referred to as a “Swing Loan” and such
Advances being referred to as “Swing Loans”) available to Borrower on the Funding Date
applicable thereto by transferring immediately available funds to the Designated Account. Anything
contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Swing Lender may, but shall not be obligated
to, make Swing Loans at any time that one or more of the Lenders is a Defaulting Lender. Each Swing
Loan shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder and shall be subject to all the terms and
conditions (including Section 3) applicable to other Advances, except that all payments on
any Swing Loan shall be payable to Swing Lender solely for its own account. Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.3(d)(ii), Swing Lender shall not make and shall not be obligated to
make any Swing Loan if Swing Lender has actual knowledge that (A) one or more of the applicable
conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding
Date for the applicable Borrowing, or (B) the requested Borrowing (together with all other
outstanding Revolver Usage) would exceed the lesser of (1) the Maximum Revolver Amount and
(2) the Borrowing Base on such Funding Date. Swing Lender shall not otherwise be required to
determine whether the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 have been
satisfied on the Funding Date applicable thereto prior to making any Swing Loan. The Swing Loans
shall be secured by Agent’s Liens, constitute Advances and Obligations hereunder, and bear interest
at the rate applicable from time to time to Advances that are Base Rate Loans. Immediately upon
the making of a Swing Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Lender a risk participation in such Swing Loan
in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata share of the amount of such Swing Loan.

 

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(c) Making of Revolver Loans.

(i) In the event that Swing Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Loan, then promptly
after receipt of a request for a Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3(a),
Agent shall notify Lenders, not later than 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business
Day immediately preceding the Funding Date applicable thereto (provided that, so
long as WFCF is the sole Lender, such notice shall be deemed so delivered if the notice of
Borrower under Section 2.3(a) is received by Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time)
on the Funding Date applicable thereto), by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of
transmission, of the requested Borrowing. Each Lender shall make the amount of such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately
available funds, to Agent’s Account, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Funding
Date applicable thereto. After Agent’s receipt of the proceeds of such Advances, Agent
shall make the proceeds thereof available to Borrower on the applicable Funding Date by
transferring immediately available funds equal to such proceeds received by Agent to the
Designated Account; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.3(d)(ii), Agent shall not request any Lender to make any Advance if it has
knowledge that, and no Lender shall have the obligation to make any Advance, if (A) one or
more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 will not be
satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing unless such condition
has been waived, or (B) the requested Borrowing (together with all other outstanding
Revolver Usage) would exceed the lesser of (1) the Maximum Revolver Amount and (2)
the Borrowing Base on such Funding Date.

(ii) Unless Agent receives notice from a Lender prior to 12:00 noon (New York time) on
the date of a Borrowing, that such Lender will not make available as and when required
hereunder to Agent for the account of Borrower the amount of that Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the Borrowing, Agent may assume that each Lender has made or will make such amount available
to Agent in immediately available funds on the Funding Date and Agent may (but shall not be
so required), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrower on such date a
corresponding amount. If any Lender shall not have made its full amount available to Agent
in immediately available funds and if Agent in such circumstances has made available to
Borrower such amount, that Lender shall on the Business Day following such Funding Date make
such amount available to Agent, together with interest at the Defaulting Lender Rate for
each day during such period. A notice submitted by Agent to any Lender with respect to
amounts owing under this Section 2.3(c)(ii) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error. If such amount is so made available, such payment to Agent shall constitute such
Lender’s Advance on the date of Borrowing for all purposes of this Agreement. If such
amount is not made available to Agent on the Business Day following the Funding Date, Agent
will notify Borrower of such failure to fund and, within 3 Business Days after demand by
Agent, Borrower shall pay such amount to Agent for Agent’s account, together with interest
thereon for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to
the interest rate applicable at the time to the Advances composing such Borrowing.

 

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(d) Protective Advances and Optional Overadvances.

(i) Any contrary provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
notwithstanding, but subject to Section 2.3(d)(iv), Agent hereby is authorized by
Borrower and Lenders, from time to time in Agent’s sole discretion, (A) after the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (B) at
any time that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 are
not satisfied, to make Advances to, or for the benefit of, Borrower on behalf of the Lenders
that Agent, in its Permitted Discretion deems necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or
protect the ABL Priority Collateral, or any portion thereof, or (2) to enhance the
likelihood of repayment of the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations) (any of
the Advances described in this Section 2.3(d)(i) shall be referred to as
“Protective Advances”).

(ii) Any contrary provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
notwithstanding, but subject to Section 2.3(d)(iv), the Lenders hereby authorize
Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, and either Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, may,
but is not obligated to, knowingly and intentionally, continue to make Advances (including
Swing Loans) to Borrower notwithstanding that an Overadvance exists or would be created
thereby, so long as (A) after giving effect to such Advances, the outstanding Revolver Usage
does not exceed the Borrowing Base by more than 10% of the lesser of (1) the Maximum
Revolver Amount and (2) the Borrowing Base, and (B) after giving effect to such Advances,
the outstanding Revolver Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account
for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) does not exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount.
In the event Agent obtains actual knowledge that the Revolver Usage exceeds the amounts
permitted by the immediately foregoing provisions, regardless of the amount of, or reason
for, such excess, Agent shall notify Lenders as soon as practicable (and prior to making any
(or any additional) intentional Overadvances (except for and excluding amounts charged to
the Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) unless Agent determines that
prior notice would result in imminent harm to the Collateral or its value, in which case
Agent may make such Overadvances and provide notice as promptly as practicable thereafter),
and Lenders with Revolver Commitments thereupon shall, together with Agent, jointly
determine the terms of arrangements that shall be implemented with Borrower intended to
reduce, within a reasonable time, the outstanding principal amount of the Advances to
Borrower to an amount permitted by the preceding sentence. In such circumstances, if any
Lender with a Revolver Commitment objects to the proposed terms of reduction or repayment of
any Overadvance, the terms of reduction or repayment thereof shall be implemented according
to the determination of the Required Lenders. In any event: (x) if any unintentional
Overadvance remains outstanding for more than 30 days, unless otherwise agreed to by the
Required Lenders, Borrower shall immediately repay Advances in an amount sufficient to
eliminate all such unintentional Overadvances, and (y) after the date all such Overadvances
have been eliminated, there must be at least five consecutive days before intentional
Overadvances are made. The foregoing provisions are meant for the benefit of Lenders and
Agent and are not meant for the benefit of Borrower, which shall continue to be bound by the
provisions of Section 2.5. Each Lender with a Revolver Commitment shall be
obligated to settle with Agent as provided in Section 2.3(e) (or Section
2.3(g), as applicable) for the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any
unintentional Overadvances by Agent reported to such Lender, any intentional Overadvances
made as permitted under this Section 2.3(d)(ii), and any Overadvances resulting from
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(iii) Each Protective Advance and each Overadvance shall be deemed to be an Advance
hereunder, except that no Protective Advance or Overadvance shall be eligible to be a LIBOR
Rate Loan and, prior to Settlement thereof, all payments on the Protective Advances shall be
payable to Agent solely for its own account. The Protective Advances and Overadvances shall
be repayable on demand, secured by Agent’s Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear
interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Advances that are Base Rate Loans. The
ability of Agent to make Protective Advances is separate and distinct from its ability to
make Overadvances and its ability to make Overadvances is separate and distinct from its
ability to make Protective Advances. For the avoidance of doubt, the limitations on Agent’s
ability to make Protective Advances do not apply to Overadvances and the limitations on
Agent’s ability to make Overadvances do not apply to Protective Advances. The provisions of
this Section 2.3(d) are for the exclusive benefit of Agent, Swing Lender, and
Lenders and are not intended to benefit Borrower in any way.

(iv) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to
the contrary: (A) no Overadvance or Protective Advance may be made by Agent if such Advance
would cause the aggregate principal amount of Overadvances and Protective Advances
outstanding to exceed an amount equal to 10% of the lesser of (1) the Maximum Revolver
Amount and (2) the Borrowing Base and (B) after giving effect to all Overadvances and
Protective Advances, the aggregate Revolver Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged
to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) shall not exceed the
Maximum Revolver Amount; provided that, to the extent any Protective Advance causes
the aggregate Revolver Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account
for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) to exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount, such
portion of such Protective Advance shall be for Agent’s sole and separate account and not
for the account of any Lender and shall be entitled to priority in repayment in accordance
with Section 2.4(b).

(e) Settlement. It is agreed that each Lender’s funded portion of the Advances is intended by
Lenders to equal, at all times, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Advances. Such
agreement notwithstanding, Agent, Swing Lender, and the other Lenders agree (which agreement shall
not be for the benefit of Borrower) that in order to facilitate the administration of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among Lenders as to the Revolver Loans, the
Swing Loans, and the Protective Advances shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with
the following provisions:

(i) Agent shall request settlement (“Settlement”) with the Lenders on a weekly
basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by Agent (1) on behalf of Swing Lender,
with respect to the outstanding Swing Loans, (2) for itself, with respect to the outstanding
Protective Advances or Overadvances, and (3) with respect to any Loan Party’s Collections or
payments received, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, or other
similar form of transmission, of such requested Settlement, no later than 4:00 p.m. (New
York time) on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such requested Settlement
(the date of such requested Settlement being the “Settlement Date”). Such notice of
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summary
statement of the amount of outstanding Revolver Loans, Swing Loans, Overadvances, and Protective
Advances for the period since the prior Settlement Date. Subject to the terms and
conditions contained herein (including Section 2.3(g)): (y) if the amount of the
Advances (including Revolver Loans, Swing Loans, Overadvances, and Protective Advances) made
by a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender exceeds such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
Advances (including Revolver Loans, Swing Loans, Overadvances, and Protective Advances) as
of a Settlement Date, then Agent shall, by no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the
Settlement Date, transfer in immediately available funds to a Deposit Account of such Lender
(as such Lender may designate), an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of
such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including
Revolver Loans, Swing Loans, Overadvances, and Protective Advances), and (z) if the amount
of the Advances (including Revolver Loans, Swing Loans, Overadvances, and Protective
Advances) made by a Lender is less than such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances
(including Revolver Loans, Swing Loans, Overadvances, and Protective Advances) as of a
Settlement Date, such Lender shall no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Settlement
Date transfer in immediately available funds to Agent’s Account, an amount such that each
such Lender shall, upon transfer of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro
Rata Share of the Advances (including Revolver Loans, Swing Loans, Overadvances, and
Protective Advances). Such amounts made available to Agent under clause (z) of the
immediately preceding sentence shall be applied against the amounts of the applicable Swing
Loans, Overadvances, or Protective Advances and, together with the portion of such Swing
Loans, Overadvances, or Protective Advances representing Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share
thereof, shall constitute Advances of such Lenders. If any such amount is not made
available to Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto to the extent
required by the terms hereof, Agent shall be entitled to recover for its account such amount
on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate.

(ii) In determining whether a Lender’s actual balance of the Revolver Loans, Swing
Loans, Overadvances, and Protective Advances is less than, equal to, or greater than such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolver Loans, Swing Loans, Overadvances, and Protective
Advances as of a Settlement Date, Agent shall, as part of the relevant Settlement, apply to
such balance the portion of payments actually received in good funds by Agent with respect
to principal, interest, fees payable by Borrower and allocable to Lenders hereunder, and
proceeds of Collateral.

(iii) Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent Protective Advances, Overadvances,
or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, any
Collections or payments received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Advances, for application to the
Protective Advances, Overadvances, or Swing Loans. Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the
extent no Protective Advances, Overadvances, or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to
Swing Lender any Collections or payments received by Agent, that in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Advances, for application
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Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances. If, as of any Settlement Date,
Collections or payments of Parent or its Subsidiaries received since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have
been applied to Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances (other than to Swing Loans),
as provided for in the previous sentence, Swing Lender shall pay to Agent for the accounts
of the Lenders, and Agent shall pay to the Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender if Agent
has implemented the provisions of Section 2.3(g)), to be applied to the outstanding
Advances of such Lenders, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such
amount, have, as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances. During the
period between Settlement Dates, Swing Lender with respect to Swing Loans, Agent with
respect to Protective Advances and Overadvances, and each Lender with respect to the
Revolver Loans, shall be entitled to interest at the applicable rate or rates payable under
this Agreement on the daily amount of funds employed by Swing Lender, Agent, or the Lenders,
as applicable.

(iv) Anything in this Section 2.3(e) to the contrary notwithstanding, in the
event that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, Agent shall not be obligated to remit settlement
amounts to the Defaulting Lender and, instead, may implement the provisions set forth in
Section 2.3(g).

(f) Reserved.

(g) Defaulting Lenders. Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting Lender any
payments made by Borrower to Agent for the Defaulting Lender’s benefit or any Collections or
proceeds of Collateral that would otherwise be remitted hereunder to the Defaulting Lender, and, in
the absence of such transfer to the Defaulting Lender, Agent shall transfer any such payments (A)
first, to Swing Lender to the extent of any Swing Loans that were made by Swing Lender and that
were required to be, but were not, paid by the Defaulting Lender or any other Person, (B) second,
to the Issuing Lender, to the extent of the portion of a Letter of Credit Disbursement that was
required to be, but was not, paid by the Defaulting Lender or any other Person, (C) third, to each
non-Defaulting Lender ratably in accordance with their Revolver Commitments (but, in each case,
only to the extent that such Defaulting Lender’s portion of an Advance (or other funding
obligation) was funded by such other non-Defaulting Lender), (D) to a suspense account maintained
by Agent, the proceeds of which shall be retained by Agent and may be made available to be
re-advanced to or for the benefit of Borrower as if such Defaulting Lender had made its portion of
Advances (or other funding obligations) hereunder, and (E) from and after the date on which the
Revolver Commitment is cancelled or terminated and all other Obligations have been paid in full, to
such Defaulting Lender in accordance with tier (N) of Section 2.4(b)(ii). Subject to the
foregoing, Agent may hold and, in its discretion, re-lend to Borrower for the account of such
Defaulting Lender the amount of all such payments received and retained by Agent for the account of
such Defaulting Lender. Solely for the purposes of voting or consenting to matters with respect to
the Loan Documents (including the calculation of Pro Rata Share in connection therewith) and for
the purpose of calculating the fee payable under Section 2.10(b), such Defaulting Lender
shall be deemed not to be a “Lender” and such Lender’s Revolver Commitment shall be deemed to be
zero; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any of the matters
governed by Section 14.1(a)(i) through (iii). The provisions of this Section
2.3(g) shall remain effective with respect to such Defaulting Lender until the earlier of (y)
the date on which all of the non-Defaulting Lenders, Agent, Issuing Lender, and Borrower shall have
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of this Section 2.3(g) to such Defaulting Lender, or (z) the date on which such Defaulting Lender makes payment of all amounts that it was
obligated to fund hereunder, pays to Agent all amounts owing by Defaulting Lender in respect of the
amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder, and, if requested by Agent, provides adequate
assurance of its ability to perform its future obligations hereunder. The operation of this
Section 2.3(g) shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Revolver
Commitment of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the performance by such Defaulting Lender or any
other Lender of its duties and obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the performance by
Borrower of its duties and obligations hereunder to Agent, Issuing Lender, or to the Lenders other
than such Defaulting Lender. Any failure by a Defaulting Lender to fund amounts that it was
obligated to fund hereunder shall constitute a material breach by such Defaulting Lender of this
Agreement and shall entitle Borrower, in addition to any other remedies which it may be entitled,
to replace such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 14.2. In the event of a direct
conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 2.3(g) and any other provision
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto
that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in
concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be
resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 2.3(g) shall control and
govern.

(h) Independent Obligations. All Revolver Loans shall be made by the Lenders
contemporaneously and in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. It is understood that (i) no
Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligation to make
any Advance (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor shall any Revolver Commitment of any
Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by any other Lender to perform its
obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall
excuse any other Lender from its obligations hereunder.

2.4 Payments; Reductions of Revolver Commitments; Prepayments.

(a) Payments by Borrower.

(i) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrower shall be
made to Agent’s Account for the account of the Lender Group and shall be made in immediately
available funds, no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date specified herein. Any
payment received by Agent later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) shall be deemed to have been
received on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to
accrue until such following Business Day.

(ii) Unless Agent receives notice from Borrower prior to the date on which any payment
is due to Lenders that Borrower will not make such payment in full as and when required,
Agent may assume that Borrower has made (or will make) such payment in full to Agent on such
date in immediately available funds and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in
reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to
the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent Borrower does not make such payment
in full to Agent on the date when due, each Lender severally shall repay to Agent on demand
such amount distributed to such Lender, together with interest thereon at the Defaulting
Lender Rate for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the
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(b) Apportionment and Application.

(i) So long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as
otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all principal and interest
payments received by Agent shall be apportioned ratably among Lenders (according to the
unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments relate held by each
Lender) and all payments of fees and expenses received by Agent (other than fees or expenses
that are for Agent’s separate account or for the separate account of the Issuing Lender)
shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the type of
Revolver Commitment or Obligation to which a particular fee or expense relates. All
payments to be made hereunder by Borrower shall be remitted to Agent and all (subject to
Section 2.4(b)(iv) and Section 2.4(e)) such payments, and all proceeds of
Collateral received by Agent, shall be applied, so long as no Application Event has occurred
and is continuing, to reduce the balance of the Advances outstanding and, thereafter, to
Borrower (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under
applicable law.

(ii) At any time that an Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as
otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all payments remitted to Agent
and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent shall be applied as follows:

(A) first, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense
reimbursements) or indemnities then due to Agent for its own account under the Loan
Documents, until paid in full,

(B) second, to pay any fees or premiums then due to Agent for its own
account under the Loan Documents until paid in full,

(C) third, to pay interest due in respect of all Protective Advances
until paid in full,

(D) fourth, to pay the principal of all Protective Advances until paid
in full,

(E) fifth, ratably, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or
expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan
Documents, until paid in full,

(F) sixth, ratably, to pay any fees or premiums then due to any of the
Lenders under the Loan Documents until paid in full,

(G) seventh, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Swing Loans
until paid in full,

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(I) ninth, ratably, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Revolver
Loans,

(J) tenth, ratably (i) to pay the principal of all Revolver Loans until
paid in full, (ii) to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the benefit of Issuing Lender
(and for the ratable benefit of each of the Lenders that have an obligation to pay
to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, a share of each Letter of Credit
Disbursement), as cash collateral in an amount up to 105% of the Letter of Credit
Usage (to the extent permitted by applicable law, such cash collateral shall be
applied to the reimbursement of any Letter of Credit Disbursement as and when such
disbursement occurs and, if a Letter of Credit expires undrawn, the cash collateral
held by Agent in respect of such Letter of Credit shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, be reapplied pursuant to this Section 2.4(b)(ii), beginning
with tier (A) hereof), and (iii) ratably, to the Hedge Providers based upon amounts
certified to Agent to be due and payable to such Hedge Provider on account of
Noticed Bank Product Obligations constituting Hedge Obligations,

(K) eleventh, ratably to the Bank Product Providers based upon amounts
certified to Agent to be due and payable to such Bank Product Provider on account of
Noticed Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations provided for in
clause (J) above),

(L) twelfth, ratably to the Bank Product Providers on account of any
other Bank Product Obligations that are due and payable,

(M) thirteenth, to pay any other Obligations that are due and payable
other than Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders,

(N) fourteenth, ratably to pay any Obligations that are due and payable
owed to Defaulting Lenders; and

(O) fifteenth, to Borrower (to be wired to the Designated Account) or
such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.

(iii) Agent promptly shall distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the applicable wire
instructions received from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled to
receive, subject to a Settlement delay as provided in Section 2.3(e).

(iv) In each instance, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing,
Section 2.4(b)(i) shall not apply to any payment made by Borrower to Agent and
specified by Borrower to be for the payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or
prepayable) under any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(v) For purposes of Section 2.4(b), “paid in full” of a type of Obligation
means payment in cash or immediately available funds of all amounts owing on account of such
type of Obligation, including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency
Proceeding, default interest, interest on interest, and
expense reimbursements, irrespective of whether any of the foregoing would be or is
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(vi) In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this
Section 2.4 and any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the
event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, if the
conflict relates to the provisions of Section 2.3(g) and this Section 2.4,
then the provisions of Section 2.3(g) shall control and govern, and if otherwise,
then the terms and provisions of this Section 2.4 shall control and govern.

(c) Reduction of Revolver Commitments. The Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the
Maturity Date. Borrower may reduce the Revolver Commitments, without premium or penalty, to an
amount (which may be zero) not less than the sum of (A) the Revolver Usage as of such date,
plus (B) the principal amount of all Advances not yet made as to which a request has been
given by Borrower under Section 2.3(a), plus (C) the amount of all Letters of Credit not
yet issued as to which a request has been given by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11(a).
Each such reduction shall be in an amount which is not less than $5,000,000 (unless the Revolver
Commitments are being reduced to zero and the amount of the Revolver Commitments in effect
immediately prior to such reduction are less than $5,000,000), shall be made by providing not less
than 5 Business Days prior written notice to Agent and shall be irrevocable. Once reduced, the
Revolver Commitments may not be increased except in accordance with Section 2.14. Each
such reduction of the Revolver Commitments shall reduce the Revolver Commitments of each Lender
proportionately in accordance with its ratable share thereof.

(d) Optional Prepayments. Borrower may prepay the principal of any Advance at any time in
whole or in part, without premium or penalty.

(e) Mandatory Prepayments.

(i) Borrowing Base. If, at any time, the Revolver Usage on such date exceeds (A) the
Borrowing Base (such excess being referred to as the “Borrowing Base Excess”) or (B)
the Maximum Revolver Amount (such excess being referred to as the “Commitment
Excess”), then Borrower shall, subject to Section 2.5, promptly, but in any
event, within 3 Business Days prepay the Obligations in accordance with Section
2.4(f) in an aggregate amount equal to the greater of the Borrowing Base Excess and the
Commitment Excess.

(ii) Dispositions.

(A) ABL Priority Collateral. Within 3 Business Days after the date of
receipt by any Loan Party of the Net Cash Proceeds of any voluntary or involuntary
sale or disposition by a Loan Party of any ABL Priority Collateral (including
casualty losses or condemnations) in excess of $500,000 individually, or $1,000,000
in the aggregate in any fiscal year, other than sales or dispositions permitted
under clauses (b), (c), (f), (j), (l), (m) or (q) of the definition of
Permitted Dispositions, Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal amount
of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.4(f) in an amount equal to
100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (including condemnation awards and payments in lieu
thereof) received by such Person in connection with such sale or disposition,
provided that during any Trigger Period, concurrently with the receipt of
any Net Cash Proceeds in connection with this clause (A), 100% of such proceeds
shall be immediately deposited into Agent’s Account and used to prepay Advances
and/or provide for Letter of Credit Collateralization in accordance with Section
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(B) Secured Notes Priority Collateral. Within 10 Business Days after
the date of receipt by any Loan Party or, if the Secured Notes or any Permitted
Additional Pari Passu Obligations (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the
foregoing) are outstanding, 10 Business Days after the expiration of all prepayment
and reinvestment periods under the Secured Notes Documents or documents governing
any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in
respect of the foregoing) with respect to the receipt by any Loan Party, in each
case, of the Net Cash Proceeds of any voluntary or involuntary sale or disposition
by any Loan Party of any Collateral (other than ABL Priority Collateral) (including
casualty losses or condemnations), except sales or dispositions permitted under
Sections 6.3 or 6.11, or under clauses (b), (c), (f), (j), (l), (m)
or (q) of the definition of Permitted Dispositions and unless the Secured Notes or
any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in
respect of the foregoing) are outstanding and such Net Cash Proceeds are prepaid or
reinvested in accordance with the terms of the Secured Notes Documents or such
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations or Refinancing Indebtedness, and to the
extent the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds received or unapplied by the Loan
Parties exceeds $2,500,000 in any fiscal year, then Borrower shall (I) prepay the
outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with Section
2.4(f) in an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (including
condemnation awards and payments in lieu thereof) received by such Person in
connection with such sales or dispositions or (II) if the Secured Notes or any
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in
respect of the foregoing) are not outstanding, so long as no Event of Default under
Section 8.1 has occurred and is continuing on the date such Net Cash
Proceeds are received, deliver to Agent, written notice that Parent or another Loan
Party intends to reinvest (or actually has reinvested) such Net Cash Proceeds in
assets useful in its business. If the Secured Notes or any Permitted Additional
Pari Passu Obligations (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing)
are not outstanding, to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds have not theretofore
been applied to prepay the Obligations or reinvested within 12 months after the date
of receipt thereof, or to the extent that Parent or another Loan Party has entered
into a binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds, the date that is the
later of (x) 12 months after the receipt thereof and (y) 90 days after the date of
entry into such binding commitment, Borrower shall make an additional prepayment of
the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in an amount equal to such
unapplied Net Cash Proceeds.

Nothing contained in this Section 2.4(e)(ii) shall permit Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of any assets other than in
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(f) Application of Payments. Each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(i) or
2.4(e)(ii) shall, (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be
continuing, be applied, first, to the outstanding principal amount of the Advances (without a
corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum Revolver Amount) until paid in full (applied first
ratably to Protective Advances, second ratably to Swing Loans and third ratably to Revolver Loans),
and second, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then
extant Letter of Credit Usage (without a corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum Revolver
Amount), and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the
manner set forth in Section 2.4(b)(ii).

2.5 Overadvances. If, at any time or for any reason, the amount of Obligations owed
by Borrower to the Lender Group pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.11 is greater
than any of the limitations set forth in Section 2.1, Section 2.4(e)(i) or
Section 2.11, as applicable (an “Overadvance”), Borrower shall, subject to
Section 2.3(d)(ii), promptly, but in any event, within 3 Business Days of the initial
occurrence of an Overadvance pay to Agent, in cash, the amount of such excess, which amount shall
be used by Agent to reduce the Obligations in accordance with the priorities set forth in
Section 2.4(b); provided, however, that in the case of an Overadvance that
is caused solely as a result of (a) the charging by Agent of Lender Group Expenses to the Loan
Account or (b) the implementation or increase of reserves by Agent subsequent to the Closing Date,
Borrower shall have 3 Business Days from the date of the initial occurrence of such Overadvance to
pay to Agent, in cash, the amount of such excess (which period of 3 Business Days shall in no event
be duplicative of the 3 Business Days period referenced in Section 8.1(a)). Borrower
promises to pay the Obligations (including principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses) in full
on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which the Obligations (other than the Bank
Product Obligations) become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

2.6 Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations.

(a) Interest Rates. Except as provided in Section 2.6(c), all Obligations (except for
undrawn Letters of Credit) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof
shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof as follows:

(i) if the relevant Obligation is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the
LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Rate Loans, and

(ii) otherwise, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin
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(b) Letter of Credit Fee. Borrower shall pay Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
with a Revolver Commitment), a Letter of Credit fee (in addition to the charges, commissions, fees,
and costs set forth in Section 2.11(f)) which shall accrue at a per annum rate
equal to the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Rate Loans times the Daily Balance of the undrawn
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.

(c) Default Rate. (i) Immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event
of Default under Sections 8.1, 8.4 or 8.5, or (ii) at the election of the
Required Lenders, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any other Event of Default,

(A) all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit) that have been charged to
the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest on the Daily Balance
thereof at a per annum rate equal to 2% above the per annum rate otherwise applicable
thereunder, and

(B) the Letter of Credit fee provided for in Section 2.6(b) shall be increased
to 2% above the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder.

(d) Payment. Except to the extent provided to the contrary in Section 2.10 or
Section 2.12(a), all interest, all Letter of Credit fees, and all other fees payable
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the
first day of each month at any time that Obligations or Revolver Commitments are outstanding. All
costs and expenses payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, and all Lender Group
Expenses shall be due and payable on demand of Agent. Borrower hereby authorizes Agent, from time
to time without prior notice to Borrower, to charge all interest, Letter of Credit fees, and all
other fees payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (in each case, as and when
due and payable), all costs and expenses payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents
(in each case, as and when accrued or incurred), and all Lender Group Expenses (as and when accrued
or incurred), all charges, commissions, fees, and costs provided for in Section 2.11(f) (as
and when accrued or incurred), all fees and costs provided for in Section 2.10 (as and when
accrued or incurred), and all other payment obligations as and when due and payable under any Loan
Document or any Bank Product Agreement (including any amounts due and payable to the Bank Product
Providers in respect of Bank Products) to the Loan Account, which amounts thereafter shall
constitute Advances hereunder and, initially, shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to
Advances that are Base Rate Loans. Any interest, fees, costs, expenses, Lender Group Expenses, or
other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document or under any Bank Product
Agreement that are charged to the Loan Account shall thereupon constitute Advances hereunder and
shall initially accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans
(unless and until converted into LIBOR Rate Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).

(e) Computation. All interest and fees chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be computed
on the basis of a 360 day year, in each case, for the actual number of days elapsed in the period
during which the interest or fees accrue; provided that Base Rate Loans bearing interest
based on the “prime rate” shall be calculated on the basis of a 365 day year (or a 366 day year, in
the case of a leap year). In the event the Base Rate is changed from time to time hereafter, the
rates of interest hereunder based upon the Base Rate automatically and immediately shall be
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(f) Intent to Limit Charges to Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event shall the interest rate or
rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the
highest rate permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final
determination, deem applicable. Borrower and the Lender Group, in executing and delivering this
Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated
within it; provided, however, that, anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if such rate or rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum
allowable under applicable law, then, ipso facto, as of the date of this Agreement, Borrower is and
shall be liable only for the payment of such maximum amount as is allowed by law, and payment
received from Borrower in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to
reduce the principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess.

2.7 Crediting Payments. The receipt of any payment item by Agent shall not be
considered a payment on account unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately
available federal funds made to Agent’s Account or unless and until such payment item is honored
when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be honored when presented for payment,
then Borrower shall be deemed not to have made such payment and interest shall be calculated
accordingly. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, any payment item shall be
deemed received by Agent only if it is received into Agent’s Account on a Business Day on or before
3:00 p.m. (New York time). If any payment item is received into Agent’s Account on a non-Business
Day or after 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day, it shall be deemed to have been received
by Agent as of the opening of business on the immediately following Business Day.

2.8 Designated Account. Agent is authorized to make the Advances, and Issuing Lender
is authorized to issue the Letters of Credit, under this Agreement based upon telephonic or other
instructions received from anyone purporting to be an Authorized Person or, without instructions,
if pursuant to Section 2.6(d). Borrower agrees to establish and maintain the Designated
Account with the Designated Account Bank for the purpose of receiving the proceeds of the Advances
requested by Borrower and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder. Unless otherwise agreed by Agent
and Borrower, any Advance or Swing Loan requested by Borrower and made by Agent or the Lenders
hereunder shall be made to the Designated Account.

2.9 Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations. Agent shall maintain an
account on its books in the name of Borrower (the “Loan Account”) on which Borrower will be
charged with all Advances (including Revolver Loans, Protective Advances and Swing Loans) made by
Agent, Swing Lender, or the Lenders to Borrower or for Borrower’s account, the Letters of Credit
issued or arranged by Issuing Lender for Borrower’s account, and with all other payment Obligations
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including, accrued interest, fees and expenses, and
Lender Group Expenses. In accordance with Section 2.7, the Loan Account will be credited
with all payments received by Agent from Borrower or for Borrower’s account. Agent shall render
monthly statements regarding the Loan Account to Borrower, including principal, interest, fees, and
including an itemization of all charges and expenses constituting Lender Group Expenses owing, and
such statements, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate
and constitute an account stated between Borrower and the Lender Group unless, within 30 days after
receipt thereof by
Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Agent written objection thereto describing the error or
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2.10 Fees. Borrower shall pay to Agent,

(a) for the account of Agent, as and when due and payable under the terms of the Fee Letter,
the fees set forth in the Fee Letter;

(b) for the ratable account of the Lenders, on the first day of each month from and after the
Closing Date up to the first day of the month prior to the Payoff Date and on the Payoff Date, (i)
if the average Daily Balance of the Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding three-month
period (or portion thereof) exceeds 50% of the Maximum Revolver Amount, an unused line fee in an
amount equal to 0.375% per annum or (ii) if the average Daily Balance of the Revolver Usage during
the immediately preceding three-month period (or portion thereof) is less than or equal to 50% of
the Maximum Revolver Amount, an unused line fee in an amount equal to 0.50% per annum, in either
case times the result of (A) the aggregate amount of the Maximum Revolver Amount, less (B)
the average Daily Balance of the Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding three-month period
(or portion thereof); and

(c) audit, appraisal, and valuation fees and charges, as and when incurred or chargeable, as
follows (i) a fee of $1,000 per day, per auditor, plus out-of-pocket expenses for each financial
audit of Borrower performed by personnel employed by Agent, (ii) a fee of $1,000 per day, per
applicable individual, plus out of pocket expenses in connection with any modifications to
the electronic collateral reporting system established for Parent and the other Loan Parties, and
(iii) the actual charges paid or incurred by Agent if it elects to employ the services of one or
more third Persons to perform field audits of Parent or the other Loan Parties or to appraise the
Collateral, or any portion thereof; provided, however, that so long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse Agent
for more than 2 audits and 1 appraisal for Collateral during any calendar year; provided,
further that (A) the total number of audits shall be increased by 1 in any 12 month period
during a Trigger Period and (B) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default, there shall be no limit on the number of audits or appraisals which may be conducted by
Agent (or its designee) upon reasonable prior notice, each at the expense of Borrower.

2.11 Letters of Credit.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request of Borrower made
in accordance herewith, the Issuing Lender agrees to issue, or to cause an Underlying Issuer
(including, as Issuing Lender’s agent) to issue, a requested Letter of Credit. If Issuing Lender,
at its option, elects to cause an Underlying Issuer to issue a requested Letter of Credit, then
Issuing Lender agrees that it will enter into arrangements relative to the reimbursement of such
Underlying Issuer (which may include, among, other means, by becoming an applicant with respect to
such Letter of Credit or entering into undertakings which provide for reimbursements of such
Underlying Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit; each such obligation or undertaking,
irrespective of whether in writing, a “Reimbursement Undertaking”) with respect to Letters
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to Issuing Lender for the
issuance of a Letter of Credit, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested that Issuing Lender issue or that an Underlying Issuer issue the requested
Letter of Credit and to have requested Issuing Lender to issue a Reimbursement Undertaking with
respect to such requested Letter of Credit if it is to be issued by an Underlying Issuer (it being
expressly acknowledged and agreed by Borrower that Borrower is and shall be deemed to be an
applicant (within the meaning of Section 5-102(a)(2) of the Code) with respect to each Underlying
Letter of Credit). Each request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or the amendment, renewal,
or extension of any outstanding Letter of Credit, shall be made in writing by an Authorized Person
and delivered to the Issuing Lender via hand delivery, facsimile, or other electronic method of
transmission reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or
extension. Each such request shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing
Lender and shall specify (i) the amount of such Letter of Credit, (ii) the date of issuance,
amendment, renewal, or extension of such Letter of Credit, (iii) the proposed expiration date of
such Letter of Credit, (iv) the name and address of the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit, and
(v) such other information (including, the conditions of drawing, and, in the case of an amendment,
renewal, or extension, identification of the Letter of Credit to be so amended, renewed, or
extended) as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or extend such Letter of Credit.
Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuing Lender may, but shall not be
obligated to, issue or cause the issuance of a Letter of Credit or to issue a Reimbursement
Undertaking in respect of an Underlying Letter of Credit, in either case, that supports the
obligations of Parent or its Subsidiaries (1) in respect of (A) a lease of real property, or (B) an
employment contract, or (2) at any time that one or more of the Lenders is a Defaulting Lender.
The Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement
Undertaking in respect of an Underlying Letter of Credit, in either case, if any of the following
would result after giving effect to the requested issuance:

(i) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed (A) the lesser of (x) the Borrowing
Base and (y) the Maximum Revolver Amount less (B) the outstanding amount of Advances
(inclusive of Revolver Loans and Swing Loans), or

(ii) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed $30,000,000.

Borrower and the Lender Group hereby acknowledge and agree that all Existing Letters of Credit
shall constitute Letters of Credit under this Agreement on and after the Closing Date with the same
effect as if such Existing Letters of Credit were issued by Issuing Lender or an Underlying Issuer
at the request of Borrower on the Closing Date. Each Letter of Credit shall be in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Lender, including the requirement that the amounts
payable thereunder must be payable in Dollars. If Issuing Lender makes a payment under a Letter of
Credit or an Underlying Issuer makes a payment under an Underlying Letter of Credit, Borrower shall
pay to Agent an amount equal to the applicable Letter of Credit Disbursement on the date such
Letter of Credit Disbursement is made and, in the absence of such payment, the amount of the Letter
of Credit Disbursement immediately and automatically shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder
and, initially, shall bear interest at the rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate
Loans. If a Letter of Credit Disbursement is deemed to be an Advance hereunder (notwithstanding
any failure to satisfy any condition precedent set forth in Section 3), Borrower’s obligation to
pay the amount of such Letter of Credit Disbursement to Issuing Lender shall be automatically
converted into an obligation to pay the resulting Advance. Promptly following receipt by Agent of
any payment from Borrower
pursuant to this paragraph, Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Lender or, to
the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to Section 2.11(b) to reimburse the
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(b) Promptly following receipt of a notice of a Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to
Section 2.11(a), each Lender with a Revolver Commitment agrees to fund its Pro Rata Share
of any Advance deemed made pursuant to Section 2.11(a) on the same terms and conditions as
if Borrower had requested the amount thereof as an Advance and Agent shall promptly pay to Issuing
Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit or a
Reimbursement Undertaking (or an amendment, renewal, or extension of a Letter of Credit or a
Reimbursement Undertaking) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Lender or the
Lenders with Revolver Commitments, the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have granted to each
Lender with a Revolver Commitment, and each Lender with a Revolver Commitment shall be deemed to
have purchased, a participation in each Letter of Credit issued by Issuing Lender and each
Reimbursement Undertaking, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Letter of Credit or
Reimbursement Undertaking, and each such Lender agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of the
Issuing Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing
Lender or an Underlying Issuer under the applicable Letter of Credit. In consideration and in
furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender with a Revolver Commitment hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, such Lender’s Pro
Rata Share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Lender or an Underlying Issuer and
not reimbursed by Borrower on the date due as provided in Section 2.11(a), or of any
reimbursement payment required to be refunded (or that Agent or Issuing Lender elects, based upon
the advice of counsel, to refund) to Borrower for any reason. Each Lender with a Revolver
Commitment acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to deliver to Agent, for the account of the
Issuing Lender, an amount equal to its respective Pro Rata Share of each Letter of Credit
Disbursement pursuant to this Section 2.11(b) shall be absolute and unconditional and such
remittance shall be made notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of an Event of Default or
Default or the failure to satisfy any condition set forth in Section 3. If any such Lender
fails to make available to Agent the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of a Letter of Credit
Disbursement as provided in this Section, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender and
Agent (for the account of the Issuing Lender) shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand
from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate until paid in full.

(c) Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, save, defend, and hold the Lender Group and each
Underlying Issuer harmless from any damage, loss, cost, expense, or liability, and reasonable
attorneys fees incurred by Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or any Underlying
Issuer arising out of or in connection with any Reimbursement Undertaking or any Letter of Credit;
provided, however, that Borrower shall not be obligated hereunder to indemnify for
any loss, cost, expense, or liability that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines to
have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender, any other
member of the Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer. Borrower agrees to be bound by the
Underlying Issuer’s regulations and interpretations of any Letter of Credit or by Issuing Lender’s
interpretations of any Reimbursement Undertaking even though this interpretation may be different
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member
of the Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer shall be liable for any error, negligence, or mistake, whether of omission
or commission, in following Borrower’s instructions or those contained in the Letter of Credit or
any modifications, amendments, or supplements thereto. Borrower understands that the Reimbursement
Undertakings may require Issuing Lender to indemnify the Underlying Issuer for certain costs or
liabilities arising out of claims by Borrower against such Underlying Issuer. Borrower hereby
agrees to indemnify, save, defend, and hold Issuing Lender and the other members of the Lender
Group harmless with respect to any loss, cost, expense (including reasonable attorneys fees), or
liability (other than taxes but including any taxes that represent losses, claims, damages etc.
arising from any non-tax claim) incurred by them as a result of the Issuing Lender’s
indemnification of an Underlying Issuer; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be obligated
hereunder to indemnify for any such loss, cost, expense, or liability to the extent that it is
caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender or any other member of
the Lender Group. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that none of the Issuing Lender, any
other member of the Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer shall be responsible for delays, errors,
or omissions resulting from the malfunction of equipment in connection with any Letter of Credit.

(d) The obligation of Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender for each drawing under each
Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

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

(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may have at any time against any beneficiary or any
transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such
transferee maybe acting), the Issuing Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with
this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or such Letter of Credit or any
agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction,

(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of
Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, or any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such
Letter of Credit,

(iv) any payment by the Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit against presentation
of a draft or certificate that does not substantially or strictly comply with the terms of
such Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, any requirement that presentation be
made at a particular place or by a particular time of day), or any payment made by the
Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in
bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator,
receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of
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(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or discharge of, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or

(vi) the fact that any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(e) Borrower hereby authorizes and directs any Underlying Issuer to deliver to the Issuing
Lender all instruments, documents, and other writings and property received by such Underlying
Issuer pursuant to such Underlying Letter of Credit and to accept and rely upon the Issuing
Lender’s instructions with respect to all matters arising in connection with such Underlying Letter
of Credit and the related application.

(f) Borrower acknowledges and agrees that any and all issuance charges, usage charges,
commissions, fees, and costs incurred by the Issuing Lender relating to Underlying Letters of
Credit shall be Lender Group Expenses for purposes of this Agreement and shall be reimbursable
promptly, but in any event, within 1 Business Day by Borrower to Agent for the account of the
Issuing Lender; it being acknowledged and agreed by Borrower that, as of the Closing Date, the
usage charge imposed by the Underlying Issuer is 0.125% per annum times the stated amount of each
Underlying Letter of Credit and shall be payable in advance upon the issuance of each Letter of
Credit, that such usage charge may be changed from time to time, and that the Underlying Issuer
also imposes a schedule of charges for amendments, extensions, drawings, and renewals.

(g) If by reason of (i) any change after the Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, rule,
or regulation or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority, or (ii) compliance by the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or
Underlying Issuer with any direction, request, or requirement (irrespective of whether having the
force of law) of any Governmental Authority or monetary authority including, Regulation D of the
Federal Reserve Board as from time to time in effect (and any successor thereto):

(i) any reserve, deposit, or similar requirement is or shall be imposed or modified in
respect of any Letter of Credit issued or caused to be issued hereunder or hereby,

(ii) any Issuing Lender or other member of the Lender Group or Underlying Issuer shall
become subject to any taxes (other than Taxes, including Taxes resulting from a Lender’s
failure to provide the forms described in Section 16(c)) on its loans, loan
principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves,
other liabilities or capital attributable thereto, or

(iii) there shall be imposed on the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender
Group, or Underlying Issuer any other condition regarding any Letter of Credit or
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and the result of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost to the Issuing
Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or an Underlying Issuer of issuing, making,
participating
in, or maintaining any Reimbursement Undertaking or Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount
receivable in respect thereof, then, and in any such case, Agent may, at any time within a
reasonable period after the additional cost is incurred or the amount received is reduced, notify
Borrower, and Borrower shall pay within 30 days after demand therefor, such amounts as Agent may
specify to be necessary to compensate the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or
an Underlying Issuer for such additional cost or reduced receipt, together with interest on such
amount from the date of such demand until payment in full thereof at the rate then applicable to
Base Rate Loans hereunder; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be required
to provide any compensation pursuant to this Section 2.11(g) for any such amounts incurred
more than 180 days prior to the date on which the demand for payment of such amounts is first made
to Borrower; provided further, however, that if an event or circumstance
giving rise to such amounts is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be
extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. The determination by Agent of any
amount due pursuant to this Section 2.11(g), as set forth in a certificate setting forth
the calculation thereof in reasonable detail, shall, in the absence of manifest or demonstrable
error, be final and conclusive and binding on all of the parties hereto.

2.12 LIBOR Option.

(a) Interest and Interest Payment Dates. In lieu of having interest charged at the rate based
upon the Base Rate, Borrower shall have the option, subject to Section 2.12(b) below (the
“LIBOR Option”) to have interest on all or a portion of the Revolver Loans be charged
(whether at the time when made (unless otherwise provided herein), upon conversion from a Base Rate
Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan, or upon continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan) at a
rate of interest based upon the LIBOR Rate. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be payable on the
earliest of (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided,
however, that, subject to the following clauses (ii) and (iii), in the case of any Interest
Period greater than 3 months in duration, interest shall be payable at 3 month intervals after the
commencement of the applicable Interest Period and on the last day of such Interest Period; (ii)
the date on which all or any portion of the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to the terms
hereof, or (iii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof. On
the last day of each applicable Interest Period, unless Borrower properly has exercised the LIBOR
Option with respect thereto, the interest rate applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan automatically
shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the same type
hereunder. At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, unless consented
to in writing by the Required Lenders, Borrower no longer shall have the option to request that
Advances bear interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate.

(b) LIBOR Election.

(i) Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing (unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree), elect to exercise
the LIBOR Option by notifying Agent prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York time) at least 3 Business
Days prior to the commencement of the proposed Interest Period (the “LIBOR
Deadline”). Notice of Borrower’s election of the LIBOR Option for a permitted portion
of the Revolver Loans and an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by
delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent before the
LIBOR Deadline, or by telephonic notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline (to
be confirmed by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent prior to 5:00 p.m.
(New York time) on the same day). Promptly upon its receipt of each such LIBOR Notice,
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(ii) Each LIBOR Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrower. In connection
with each LIBOR Rate Loan, Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders
harmless against any loss, cost, or expense actually incurred by Agent or any Lender as a
result of (A) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day
of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (B)
the conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, or (C) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Rate
Loan on the date specified in any LIBOR Notice delivered pursuant hereto (such losses,
costs, or expenses, “Funding Losses”). A certificate of Agent or a Lender delivered
to Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that Agent or such
Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall be conclusive
absent manifest error. Borrower shall pay such amount to Agent or the Lender, as
applicable, within 30 days of the date of its receipt of such certificate. If a payment of
a LIBOR Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period would
result in a Funding Loss, Agent may, in its sole discretion at the request of Borrower, hold
the amount of such payment as cash collateral in support of the Obligations until the last
day of such Interest Period and apply such amounts to the payment of the applicable LIBOR
Rate Loan on such last day, it being agreed that Agent has no obligation to so defer the
application of payments to any LIBOR Rate Loan and that, in the event that Agent does not
defer such application, Borrower shall be obligated to pay any resulting Funding Losses.

(iii) Borrower shall have not more than 7 LIBOR Rate Loans in effect at any given time.
Borrower only may exercise the LIBOR Option for proposed LIBOR Rate Loans of at least
$1,000,000.

(c) Conversion. Borrower may prepay or convert LIBOR Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans at any
time; provided, however, that in the event that LIBOR Rate Loans are converted or
prepaid on any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, including
as a result of any automatic prepayment through the required application by Agent of proceeds of
Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ Collections in accordance with Section 2.4(b) or for any
other reason, including early termination of the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or
any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and
hold Agent and the Lenders and their Participants harmless against any and all Funding Losses in
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(d) Special Provisions Applicable to LIBOR Rate.

(i) The LIBOR Rate may be adjusted by Agent with respect to any Lender on a prospective
basis to take into account any additional or increased costs to such Lender of maintaining
or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or increased costs, in each case, due to changes in
applicable law occurring subsequent to the commencement
of the then applicable Interest Period, including changes in tax laws (except changes
of general applicability in corporate income tax laws and without duplication of amounts
payable under Section 16) and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), which additional or increased
costs would increase the cost of funding or maintaining loans bearing interest at the LIBOR
Rate. In any such event, the affected Lender shall give Borrower and Agent notice of such a
determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other
Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, Borrower may, by
notice to such affected Lender (y) require such Lender to furnish to Borrower a statement
setting forth the basis for adjusting such LIBOR Rate and the method for determining the
amount of such adjustment, or (z) repay the LIBOR Rate Loans with respect to which such
adjustment is made (together with any amounts due under Section 2.12(b)(ii)).

(ii) In the event that any change in market conditions or any law, regulation, treaty,
or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall
at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful
or impractical for such Lender to fund or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans or to continue such
funding or maintaining, or to determine or charge interest rates at the LIBOR Rate, such
Lender shall give notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Borrower and Agent
promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and (y) in the case of any LIBOR
Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding, the date specified in such Lender’s notice
shall be deemed to be the last day of the Interest Period of such LIBOR Rate Loans, and
interest upon the LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at the
rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans, and (z) Borrower shall not be entitled to elect the
LIBOR Option until such Lender determines that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical
to do so.

(e) No Requirement of Matched Funding. Anything to the contrary contained herein
notwithstanding, neither Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required actually
to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest
accrues at the LIBOR Rate.

2.13 Capital Requirements.

(a) If, after the date hereof, any Lender determines that (i) the adoption of or change in any
law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital requirements for banks or bank holding
companies, or any change in the interpretation, implementation, or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the administration thereof, or (ii) compliance by such Lender
or its parent bank holding company with any guideline, request or directive of any such entity
regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law), has the effect of reducing the
return on such Lender’s or such holding company’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s
Revolver Commitments hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such holding company
could have achieved but for such adoption, change, or compliance (taking into consideration such
Lender’s or such holding company’s then existing policies with respect to capital adequacy and
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such Lender to be
material, then such Lender may notify Borrower and Agent thereof. Following receipt of such notice, Borrower agrees to pay such Lender on demand the
amount of such reduction of return of capital as and when such reduction is determined, payable
within 30 days after presentation by such Lender of a statement in the amount and setting forth in
reasonable detail such Lender’s calculation thereof and the assumptions upon which such calculation
was based (which statement shall be deemed true and correct absent manifest error). In determining
such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. 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
Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any reductions
in return incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Borrower of such
law, rule, regulation or guideline giving rise to such reductions and of such Lender’s intention to
claim compensation therefor; provided further that if such claim arises by reason
of the adoption of or change in any law, rule, regulation or guideline that is retroactive, then
the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof.

(b) If any Lender requests additional or increased costs referred to in Section
2.12(d)(i) or amounts under Section 2.11(g) or Section 2.13(a) or sends a
notice under Section 2.12(d)(ii) relative to changed circumstances (any such Lender, an
“Affected Lender”), then such Affected Lender shall use reasonable efforts to promptly
designate a different one of its lending offices or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder
to another of its offices or branches, if (i) in the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender,
such designation or assignment would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section
2.12(d)(i) or Section 2.13(a), as applicable, or would eliminate the illegality or
impracticality of funding or maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans and (ii) in the reasonable judgment of
such Affected Lender, such designation or assignment would not subject it to any material
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to it. Borrower
agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Affected Lender in
connection with any such designation or assignment. If, after such reasonable efforts, such
Affected Lender does not so designate a different one of its lending offices or assign its rights
to another of its offices or branches so as to eliminate Borrower’s obligation to pay any future
amounts to such Affected Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(i), Section 2.11(g) or
Section 2.13(a), as applicable, or to enable Borrower to Obtain LIBOR Rate Loans, then
Borrower (without prejudice to any amounts then due to such Affected Lender under Section
2.12(d)(i), Section 2.11(g) or Section 2.13(a), as applicable) may, unless
prior to the effective date of any such assignment the Affected Lender withdraws its request for
such additional amounts under Section 2.12(d)(i), Section 2.11(g) or Section
2.13(a), as applicable, or indicates that it is no longer unlawful or impractical to fund or
maintain LIBOR Rate Loans, may seek a substitute Lender reasonably acceptable to Agent to purchase
the Obligations owed to such Affected Lender and such Affected Lender’s Revolver Commitments
hereunder (a “Replacement Lender”), and if such Replacement Lender agrees to such purchase,
such Affected Lender shall assign to the Replacement Lender its Obligations and Revolver
Commitments, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, and upon such purchase by the
Replacement Lender, such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a “Lender” for purposes of this
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2.14 Increase Option.

(a) Request for Increase. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, upon notice
to Agent (which shall promptly notify Lenders), Borrower may from time to time, request an increase
in the Maximum Revolver Amount by an amount (for all such requests) not exceeding $25,000,000;
provided that any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000.
At the time of sending such notice, Borrower (in consultation with Agent) shall specify the time
period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten
Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to Lenders).

(b) Lender Elections to Increase. Each Lender shall notify Agent within such time period
whether or not it agrees to increase its Revolver Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal
to, greater than, or less than its Pro Rata Share of such requested increase. Any Lender not
responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolver
Commitment.

(c) Notification by Agent; Additional Lenders. Agent shall notify Borrower and each Lender of
Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested
increase and subject to the approval of Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Lender (which
approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Borrower may also invite
additional Eligible Transferees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent.

(d) Closing Date and Allocations. If the Maximum Revolver Amount is increased in accordance
with this Section, Agent and Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Closing
Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and
Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Closing Date.

(e) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such increase, (i)
Borrower shall deliver to Agent a certificate dated as of the Increase Closing Date signed by a
Responsible Officer of Borrower (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by Borrower
approving or consenting to such increase, and (B) certifying that, before and after giving effect
to such increase, (I) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in this
Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except
that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that
already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on the Increase Closing Date
(except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date),
and (II) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Increase
Closing Date, nor shall either result from the making thereof and (ii) the Guarantors shall deliver
to Agent a reaffirmation of their obligations under the Guaranty in form and substance satisfactory
to Agent. The outstanding Revolver Loans and other Advances and Pro Rata Shares of Swing Loans and
Letters of Credit will be reallocated by Agent on the applicable Increase Closing Date among
Lenders (including the new Lenders providing a portion of such increase) in accordance with their
revised Pro Rata Shares and Lenders (including such new Lenders) agree (1) to make all payments and
adjustments necessary to effect such reallocation and Borrower shall pay any and all costs required
pursuant to Section 2.12 in connection with such reallocation as if such reallocation were
a repayment and (2)
without any further action or consent on the part of any Lender, Agent and Borrower may amend
this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to effect any changes to the Loan Documents as may be
necessary to reflect such increase and the reallocation of the Pro Rata Shares of the Lenders, that
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3. CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT.

3.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit. The obligation of each
Lender to make its initial Extension of Credit provided for hereunder is subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver by Agent and the Require Lenders) of each of the conditions precedent set
forth on Schedule 3.1 (the making of such initial extension of credit being conclusively
deemed to be the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent ).

3.2 Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit. The obligation of the Lender
Group (or any member thereof) to make any Extension of Credit at any time shall be subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver by the Required Lenders) of the following conditions precedent (and each
request for an Advance or other Extension of Credit, and the acceptance by Borrower of the proceeds
of any such Advance or making of any other Extension of Credit, shall constitute a representation
and warranty by Borrower that on the date of such Advance or other Extension of Credit before and
after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, such statements below
are true and correct):

(a) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in this Agreement or in
the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such
materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already
are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date of such
Extension of Credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such
representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date);

(b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
Extension of Credit, nor shall either result from the making thereof; and

(c) Revolver Usage (after giving effect to such requested Extension of Credit) shall not
exceed the lesser of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount and (ii) the Borrowing Base.

3.3 Maturity. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a term
ending on October 5, 2016 (the “Maturity Date”); provided that if the Secured Notes
(First Lien) and the Secured Notes (Second Lien) shall have not been repaid, refinanced, or
defeased in full or, in the reasonable determination of Agent, adequately reserved for or cash
collateralized on or prior to the 90th day immediately preceding the maturity date of
the Secured Notes (First Lien), the Secured Notes (Second Lien) and any Additional Notes (and any
Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing) permitted hereunder, then the Maturity Date
will occur on such 90th day; provided further that, with respect to any
refinancing, such refinanced notes shall have a maturity date that is at least 90 days later than
the Maturity Date. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Lender Group, upon the election of the
Required Lenders, shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement
immediately and without notice upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
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3.4 Effect of Maturity. On the Maturity Date, all commitments of the Lender Group to
provide additional credit hereunder shall automatically be terminated and the Obligations (other
than Contingent Obligations) immediately shall become due and payable without notice or demand and
Borrower shall be required to repay all of the Obligations (other than Contingent Obligations) in
full. No termination of the obligations of the Lender Group (other than payment in full of the
Obligations and termination of the Revolver Commitments) shall relieve or discharge any Loan Party
of its duties, obligations, or covenants hereunder or under any other Loan Document and Agent’s
Liens in the Collateral shall continue to secure the Obligations and shall remain in effect until
all Obligations have been paid in full and the Revolver Commitments have been terminated. When all
of the Obligations have been paid in full and the Lender Group’s obligations to provide additional
credit under the Loan Documents have been terminated irrevocably, Agent will, at Borrower’s sole
expense, execute and deliver any termination statements, lien releases, discharges of security
interests, and other similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable
form) as are reasonably necessary to release, as of record, Agent’s Liens and any and all notices
of security interests and Liens previously filed in favor of Agent.

3.5 Early Termination by Borrower. Borrower has the option, at any time upon 5
Business Days prior written notice to Agent, to terminate this Agreement and terminate the Revolver
Commitments hereunder by repaying to Agent the Obligations in full.

3.6 Conditions Subsequent, Etc. The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member
thereof) to continue to make Advances (or otherwise make Extensions of Credit hereunder) is subject
to the satisfaction or waiver, on or before the date applicable thereto (or such later date as the
Agent may agree in its sole discretion), of the conditions subsequent and the other requirements
set forth on Schedule 3.6.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

In order to induce the Lender Group to enter into this Agreement, Parent and Borrower hereby
represent and warrant to the Lender Group that:

4.1 Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.

(a) Each Loan Party (i) is duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) is qualified to do business in any state where the
failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change
(iii) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its
business as conducted where the failure to comply with this clause (iii) could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change and (iv) has all requisite power and authority to,
to enter into and perform under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the
Transactions.

(b) Set forth on Schedule 4.1 is a complete and accurate description of the authorized
capital Stock of Parent, by class, and, as of the Closing Date, a description of the number of
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(c) Set forth on Schedule 4.1, is a complete and accurate list of the Loan Parties’
direct and indirect Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, showing, as of the Closing Date: (i) the
number and percentage of each class of Stock owned directly or indirectly by Parent and its
Subsidiaries in each of such Subsidiaries, and (ii) the number of shares of each class of common
and preferred Stock (if any) authorized for each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries. All of the
outstanding capital Stock of each such Subsidiary has been validly issued and is fully paid and
non-assessable.

(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1, there are no subscriptions, options,
warrants, or calls relating to any shares of Parent’s Subsidiaries’ capital Stock, including any
right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument. Neither Parent
nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or
otherwise acquire or retire any shares of Parent’s Subsidiaries’ capital Stock or any security
convertible into or exchangeable for any such capital Stock.

4.2 Due Authorization; No Conflict.

(a) As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
organizational action on the part of such Loan Party.

(b) As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) violate any material provision of
federal, state, or local law or regulation applicable to such Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, the
Governing Documents of such Loan Party, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or other
Governmental Authority binding on such Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, other than violations which,
individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time
or both) a default under any Material Contract (except those as to which waivers or consents have
been obtained) except to the extent that any such conflict, breach or default could not
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change,
(iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any assets of any Loan
Party, other than Permitted Liens, or (iv) require any approval of any Loan Party’s equity holders
or any approval or consent of any Person under any Material Contract, other than consents or
approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect and except, in the case of
Material Contracts, for consents or approvals, the failure to obtain could not individually or in
the aggregate reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

4.3 Governmental Consents. (i) The execution, delivery, and performance by each Loan
Party of the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party, (ii) the acceptance of Extensions
of Credit by the Borrower, (iii) the making of the Guaranty and (iv) the consummation of the other
Transactions, in each case, do not and will not require any registration with, consent, or approval
of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority, other than registrations,
consents, approvals, notices, or other actions that have been obtained and that are still in force
and effect and except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or
otherwise delivered to Agent for filing or
recordation, as of the Closing Date or, if later, as specified in Schedule 3.6 or as
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4.4 Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens.

(a) Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party
thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against
such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by
equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law) or by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally.

(b) Agent’s Liens are and will be (other than with respect to Excluded Assets):

(i) validly created;

(ii) perfected (to the extent required under the Loan Documents) (A) with respect to
ABL Priority Collateral, upon the (I) execution and delivery of Control Agreements with
respect to Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts) as
contemplated by the Loan Documents and (II) the filing of financing statements and (B) with
respect to the Secured Notes Priority Collateral, upon the (I) execution and delivery of
Control Agreements with respect to Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts (other than
Excluded Accounts) as contemplated by the Loan Documents, (II) the filing of financing
statements, the filing of intellectual property security agreements with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and/or the United States Copyright Office, the recordation of
Mortgages and the filing and recording of Vessel Fleet Mortgages, in each case, in the
appropriate filing offices and the payment of the associated filing or recordation fees
(provided that it is acknowledged that the Liens shall not be perfected with respect
to any non-U.S. copyrights, patents or trademarks), and (III) the taking of possession or
control by the Agent or the collateral agent under Secured Notes Documents of the Collateral
with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control in
each case under this clause (ii), to the extent such Liens can be perfected by such actions,
and

(iii) to the extent perfected as set forth in clause (ii) above, first priority in and
upon the ABL Priority Collateral and, in the case of Secured Notes Priority Collateral, the
priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement (subject, in each case, only to Permitted
Liens and the relative priorities thereof).

4.5 Title to Assets; No Encumbrances. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries
has (a) good, marketable and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in Real Property), (b)
valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), and
(c) good and marketable title to or a license or other right to use (in the case of all other
personal property), all of its respective assets (except for minor defects in title to property
that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or
to use such properties for their intended purposes), which, together with assets leased or licensed
by
the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, represents all assets in the aggregate material to
the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries. After giving effect to the
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4.6 Jurisdiction of Organization; Location of Chief Executive Office; Organizational
Identification Number; Commercial Tort Claims.

(a) The name of (within the meaning of Section 9-503 of the Code) and jurisdiction of
organization of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is set forth on Schedule
4.6(a) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from
transactions permitted under this Agreement).

(b) The chief executive office of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is located at
the address indicated on Schedule 4.6(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time
to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement).

(c) Each Loan Party’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ tax identification numbers and
organizational identification numbers, if any, are identified on Schedule 4.6(c) (as such
Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted
under this Agreement).

(d) As of the Closing Date, no Loan Party holds any commercial tort claims for which the
expected amount recoverable exceeds $1,000,000, except as set forth on Schedule 4.6(d).

4.7 Litigation. Except as specifically set forth on Schedule 4.7, there are
no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened in
writing against a Loan Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any assets thereof that either
individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.

4.8 Compliance with Laws. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in
violation of any applicable laws, rules, regulations, executive orders, or codes (including
Environmental Laws) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Change, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final
judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any Governmental Authority, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.

4.9 No Material Adverse Change. All historical financial statements relating to the
Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that have been delivered by Parent or Borrower to Agent have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for
the lack of footnotes and being subject to year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all
material respects, the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ consolidated financial condition as of
the date thereof and results of operations for the period then ended. Since December 26, 2010, no
event, circumstance, or change has occurred that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to
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4.10 Fraudulent Transfer.

(a) After giving effect to the Transactions, Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
are Solvent.

(b) In executing the Loan Documents and consummating the Transactions, no Loan Party intends
to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors of such Loan Party.

4.11 Employee Benefits.

(a) Each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with all applicable provisions
of ERISA, the IRC and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all
Employee Benefit Plans except for any required amendments for which the remedial amendment period
as defined in Section 401(b) of the IRC has not yet expired and except where a failure to so comply
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change. No liability has been incurred
by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied for any taxes or penalties
assessed with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any Multiemployer Plan except for a liability
that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(b) As of the Closing Date, no Pension Plan has been terminated, nor has any Pension Plan
become subject to funding based benefit restrictions under Section 436 of the IRC, nor has any
funding waiver from the Internal Revenue Service been received or requested with respect to any
Pension Plan, nor has any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate failed to make any contributions or to
pay any amounts due and owing with respect to a Pension Plan as required by Sections 412 or 430 of
the IRC, Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any Pension Plan prior to the due dates of such
contributions under Sections 412 or 430 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA, nor has there been any
event requiring any disclosure under Section 4041(c)(3)(C) or 4063(a) of ERISA with respect to any
Pension Plan except, in each case, as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change.

(c) Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, no Loan Party nor any ERISA
Affiliate has: (i) engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of the
ERISA or Section 4975 of the IRC, (ii) incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding
other than the payment of premiums and there are no premium payments which are due and unpaid,
(iii) failed to make a required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan, or (iv) failed to
make a required installment or other required payment under Sections 412 or 430 of the IRC.

(d) No Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur which reasonably
could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(e) Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct in all
material respects could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, no
proceeding, claim (other than a benefits claim in the ordinary course of business), lawsuit and/or
investigation is existing or, to the best of the knowledge of Parent and Borrower after due
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4.12 Environmental Condition. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.12, (a) no
Loan Party’s nor any of its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has ever been used by a Loan Party,
its Subsidiaries, or by previous owners or operators in the disposal of, or to produce, store,
handle, treat, release, or transport, any Hazardous Materials, where such disposal, production,
storage, handling, treatment, release or transport was in violation of any applicable Environmental
Law that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (b) no Loan Party’s
nor any of its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has ever been designated or identified in any
manner pursuant to any environmental protection statute as a Hazardous Materials disposal site for
which such designation or identification could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change, (c) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that an
Environmental Lien has attached to any revenues or to any Real Property owned or operated by a Loan
Party or its Subsidiaries, and (d) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their
respective facilities or operations is subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree, or
settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law or Environmental Liability
that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change.

4.13 Intellectual Property. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries own, or hold
licenses or other valid rights to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, and
licenses that are material to the conduct of its business as currently conducted, and attached
hereto as Schedule 4.13 is a true, correct, and complete listing, as of the Closing Date,
of all material registered or applied for trademarks, copyrights and patents as to which Parent or
one of its Subsidiaries is the owner or is an exclusive licensee.

4.14 Leases. (a) Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed
possession under all of its leases to which they are parties or under which they are operating, (b)
all of such leases are valid, subsisting and in full force and effect, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting creditor’s rights generally and by
general equitable principles and (c) no material default by the applicable Loan Party or its
Subsidiaries exists under any such leases, except, in each case of the foregoing clauses (a), (b),
and (c), as could not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a
Material Adverse Change.

4.15 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. Set forth on Schedule 4.15 (as
updated pursuant to the provisions of the Security Agreement from time to time) is a listing of all
of the Loan Parties’ Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts, including, with respect to each bank
or securities intermediary (a) the name and address of such Person, (b) the account numbers of the
Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained with such Person, and (c) identification of any
Excluded Accounts and any Controlled Account.

4.16 Complete Disclosure. All factual information taken as a whole (other than
forward-looking information, projections, information of a general economic nature and general
information about Borrower’s industry) furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its
Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the
Schedules hereto or in the other Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and all other such factual information taken as a whole
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and general information about Borrower’s industry) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of a
Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate, in all
material respects, on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not
incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not
misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such
information was provided. The Projections delivered to Agent on August 3, 2011 represent, and as
of the date on which any other Projections are delivered to Agent, such additional Projections
represent, Borrower’s good faith estimate, on the date such Projections are delivered, of the Loan
Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ future performance for the periods covered thereby based upon
assumptions believed by Borrower to be reasonable at the time of the delivery thereof to Agent
(provided, it is understood that such Projections are subject to uncertainties and contingencies,
many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, that no assurances
can be given that such Projections will be realized, and that actual results may differ in a
material manner from such Projections).

4.17 Material Contracts. Set forth on Schedule 4.17 in reasonable detail is a
list of the Material Contracts as of the Closing Date. Except for matters which, either
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change, each Material Contract (other than those that have expired at the end of their normal
terms) (a) is in full force and effect and (b) is not in default due to the action or inaction of
the applicable Loan Party.

4.18 Patriot Act. To the extent applicable, each Loan Party is in compliance, in all
material respects, with the (a) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign
assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V,
as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (b) Uniting
and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001) (the “Patriot Act”). No part of the proceeds of the
loans made hereunder will be used by any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates, directly or
indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of
a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity,
in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the
United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

4.19 Indebtedness. Set forth on Schedule 4.19 is (a) a true and complete list
of all Indebtedness of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries with a principal balance of
more than $1,000,000 outstanding as of the dates specified therein or if not so specified, the
Closing Date, that is to remain outstanding immediately after giving effect to the closing
hereunder on the Closing Date, and (b) certain other Indebtedness of each Loan Party and each of
its Subsidiaries with a principal balance of $1,000,000 or less outstanding on the Closing Date
that is to remain outstanding immediately after giving effect to the closing hereunder on the
Closing Date, and in the case of clause (b), such Schedule accurately sets forth the approximate
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness as of the dates specified therein or if not so
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4.20 Payment of Taxes. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.5, all
material tax and information returns and reports of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries required
to be
filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all material taxes due and payable and all
material assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries
and upon their respective assets, income, businesses and franchises that are due and payable have
been paid before becoming delinquent and having penalties attach thereto. Each Loan Party and each
of its Subsidiaries have made adequate provision in accordance with GAAP for all material taxes not
yet due and payable. Borrower knows of no material proposed tax assessment against a Loan Party or
any of its Subsidiaries that is not being actively contested by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary
diligently, in good faith, and by appropriate proceedings; provided such reserves or other
appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made
or provided therefor.

4.21 Margin Stock. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally,
or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Advances or other
Extensions of Credit made to Borrower will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock or to
extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock or for any
purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the
United States Federal Reserve.

4.22 Governmental Regulation. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to
regulation under the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other
federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which
may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. No Loan Party nor any of
its Subsidiaries is a “registered investment company” or a company “controlled” by a “registered
investment company” or a “principal underwriter” of a “registered investment company” as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

4.23 OFAC. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the
country or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC. No Loan
Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (b) has its
assets located in Sanctioned Entities, or (c) derives revenues from investments in, or transactions
with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Entities. No proceeds of any loan made hereunder will be
used to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or make any payments to,
a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity.

4.24 Employee and Labor Matters. There is (i) no unfair labor practice complaint
pending or, to the knowledge of Parent and Borrower, threatened against Parent or its Subsidiaries
before any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or threatened
against Parent or its Subsidiaries which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement
and that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability, or (ii) no strike, labor
dispute, slowdown, stoppage or similar action or grievance pending or threatened in writing against
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4.25 Eligible Accounts. As to each Account that is identified by Borrower as an
Eligible Account in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Account is (a) a bona
fide existing payment obligation of the applicable Account Debtor created by the sale and
delivery of Inventory or the rendition of services to such Account Debtor in the ordinary
course of Borrower’s business, (b) owed to a Loan Party, and (c) not excluded as ineligible by
virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth
in the definition of Eligible Accounts.

4.26 Owned and Leased Locations. Schedule 4.26 sets forth, as of the Closing
Date, a complete and accurate list of all real property owned or leased by each Loan Party and
identifies (a) whether such property is owned or leased, (b) those properties where the books and
records of any Loan Party pertaining to ABL Priority Collateral are located and (c), if such
locations identified under clause (b) are leased, the lessor with respect to such property and the
monthly lease payments.

4.27 Reserved.

4.28 Vessels. Schedule 4.28 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, for each
Vessel, (a) its name, (b) its owner, (c) the arrangements (including intercompany arrangements)
pursuant to which the Vessel is chartered or operated by any Loan Party or Subsidiary as of the
Closing Date, (d) its class description, (e) the name of its classification society, (f) its
shipyard and year in which the Vessel was constructed and (g) any and all applicable Chartered
Vessel Documents. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the
aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries own or are
licensed or otherwise have the right to use all Vessels. Except as could not reasonably be
expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change, each Vessel (i)
is adequate and suitable for use by such Loan Party or Subsidiary in its business as presently
conducted by it, ordinary wear and tear and depreciation excepted; (ii) is seaworthy for hull and
machinery insurance warranty purposes; (iii) is insured in accordance with the Vessel Fleet
Mortgage and each of the arrangements pursuant to which the Vessel is chartered or operated by the
Loan Parties as set forth in Schedule 4.28; (iv) is in compliance with any applicable
Chartered Vessel Documents covering such Vessel; (v) is in compliance with all Federal, state,
local or foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, code and
decrees, or rule of common law (including Environmental Laws) as are applicable to Vessels
documented under U.S. flag and is operated by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary in accordance with
past practice; (vi) is properly documented under the U.S. flag and owned by a Person eligible to
document the Vessel pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 12103, and if holding a coastwise trade endorsement, is
owned by a Person deemed to be (or in the case of a Chartered Vessel, a Person who has represented
to Parent, Borrower, and the U.S. Coast Guard, that it is) a “citizen of the United States” within
the meaning of 46 U.S.C. § 50501(a) and (d); and (vii) except as set forth on Schedule
4.28, is in compliance with the requirements of its present class and classification society.
As of the Closing Date, all of the Vessels are in class.

4.29 Jones Act Trade. Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, in each case,
to the extent it owns or operates Vessels in the coastwise trade of the United States, is a
“citizen of the United States” within the meaning of 46 U.S.C. § 50501(a) and (d). Each of the
Mortgaged Vessels is duly documented in the name of the respective Loan Party or Subsidiary and
duly qualified for the coastwise trade of the United States. Each of the Vessels covered by a
Chartered Vessel Document is duly documented (or upon delivery by the shipyard building the
same will be duly documented) in the name of the owner thereof and the relevant Chartered
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5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

Each of Parent and Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the
Revolver Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations (other than Contingent Obligations),
the Loan Parties shall and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to comply with each of the
following:

5.1 Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates. Deliver to Agent, each of the
financial statements, reports, and other items set forth on Schedule 5.1 no later than the
times specified therein. In addition, each of Parent and Borrower agrees that no Subsidiary of a
Loan Party will have a fiscal year different from that of Parent other than any Subsidiary acquired
after the Closing Date, in which case Parent shall cause such Subsidiary to have the same fiscal
year as Parent as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of acquisition thereof. In
addition, Parent agrees to maintain a system of accounting that enables Parent to produce financial
statements in accordance with GAAP. Each Loan Party shall also (a) keep a reporting system that
shows all additions, sales, claims, returns, and allowances with respect to its and its
Subsidiaries’ sales, and (b) maintain its billing systems/practices substantially as in effect as
of the Closing Date and shall only make material modifications thereto with notice to Agent.

5.2 Collateral Reporting. Provide Agent with each of the reports set forth on
Schedule 5.2 at the times specified therein. In addition, Borrower agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts in cooperation with Agent to maintain a system of electronic
collateral reporting in order to provide electronic reporting of each of the items set forth on
such Schedule.

5.3 Existence. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.3 or Section
6.4, with respect to each Loan Party at all times maintain and preserve in full force and
effect its existence (including being in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization) and all
rights and franchises, licenses and permits granted by Governmental Authorities that are necessary
in the normal conduct of its business; provided, however, that no Loan Party shall
be required to preserve any such right or franchise, licenses or permits if such Person’s board of
directors (or similar governing body) shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person, or that the loss thereof could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

5.4 Maintenance of Properties. Maintain and preserve all of its material tangible
assets that are necessary and useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order
and condition, ordinary wear, tear, and casualty and condemnation excepted and Permitted
Dispositions excepted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result
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5.5 Taxes. Cause all material assessments and taxes imposed, levied, or assessed
against any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets or in respect of any
of its income, businesses, or franchises to be paid in full, before delinquency or before the
expiration of any extension period, except to the extent that the validity of such assessment or
tax
shall be the subject of a Permitted Protest and so long as, in the case of an assessment or
tax that has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such contest proceedings
conclusively operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Collateral to satisfy such assessment
or tax. Parent will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to make timely payment or deposit of
all material tax payments and withholding taxes required of it and them by applicable laws.

5.6 Insurance. At Borrower’s expense, maintain insurance respecting each of the Loan
Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ assets, covering loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion, and
such other hazards and risks as ordinarily are insured against by other Persons engaged in the same
or similar businesses; provided that in the case of Vessels, the Vessels shall be insured
in accordance with the Vessel Fleet Mortgage and each of the arrangements pursuant to which the
Vessel is chartered or operated by the Loan Parties as set forth in Schedule 4.28.
Borrower also shall maintain (with respect to each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries)
business interruption, general liability, and flood insurance with respect to any Real Property
Collateral in a flood plain. All such policies of insurance shall be with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies having a “Best” rating of B+ or better and in such amounts and scope
as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar
businesses similarly situated and located and in any event reasonably satisfactory to Agent, it
being understood that the amounts and scope set forth in the certificates provided on the Closing
Date are satisfactory. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, all property insurance
policies covering the Collateral are to be made payable to Agent for the benefit of Agent and the
Lenders, as their interests may appear, in case of loss, pursuant to a standard loss payable
endorsement with a standard non contributory “lender” or “secured party” clause and are to contain
such other provisions as Agent may reasonably require to fully protect the Lenders’ interest in the
Collateral and to any payments to be made under such policies. All certificates of property and
general liability insurance are to be delivered to Agent, with the loss payable (but only in
respect of Collateral) and additional insured endorsements in favor of Agent and shall provide for
not less than 30 days (10 days in the case of non-payment) prior written notice to Agent of the
exercise of any right of cancellation. If Borrower fails to maintain such insurance, Agent may,
after providing written notice to the Borrower, arrange for such insurance, but at Borrower’s
expense and without any responsibility on Agent’s part for obtaining the insurance, the solvency of
the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the collection of claims. Borrower shall
give Agent prompt notice of any loss exceeding $2,500,000 covered by its casualty or business
interruption insurance. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, Agent shall have the sole right to file claims
under any property and general liability insurance policies in respect of the Collateral, to
receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to
execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents
that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any
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5.7 Inspection. Keep proper books of record and accounts in which full, true and
correct entries which permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and
which conform to all Requirements of Law, shall be made of all material dealings and transactions
in relation to its business and activities. During regular business hours and, so long as no Event
of Default exists, upon reasonable notice to Borrower, Borrower shall permit Agent and each of its
duly authorized representatives or agents to visit any of its properties and inspect
any of its assets or books and records, to conduct appraisals and valuations, to examine and
make copies of its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances, and accounts with, and
to be advised as to the same by, its officers and employees at mutually convenient times and
reasonable intervals; provided that the Borrower (or any other Loan Party) shall not be
obligated to reimburse for more than 2 audits and 1 appraisal during any calendar year;
provided, further, that (i) the total number of reimbursable audits shall be
increased by 1 in any 12 month period during a Trigger Event and (ii) upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, there shall be no limit on the number of audits
which may be conducted by the Agent, each at the expense of the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything
in this Section 5.7 to the contrary, none of the Loan Parties or any of their officers or employees
will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of,
or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) in respect of which disclosure to
the Agent ( or its representatives or agents) is prohibited by applicable law or binding agreement
or (ii) that is subject to attorney-client privilege or constitutes attorney work product.

5.8 Compliance with Laws. Comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, and orders of any Governmental Authority, except to the extent non-compliance with
such applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

5.9 Environmental.

(a) Keep any property either owned or operated by Parent or its Subsidiaries free of any
Environmental Liens or post bonds or other financial assurances sufficient to satisfy the
obligations or liability evidenced by such Environmental Liens,

(b) Comply with Environmental Laws except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change,

(c) Promptly notify Agent of any release of a Hazardous Material in any reportable quantity
from or onto property owned or operated by a Loan Party and take any Remedial Actions required to
abate said release or otherwise to come into compliance with applicable Environmental Law except
where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change,
and

(d) Promptly, but in any event within 5 Business Days of its receipt thereof, provide Agent
with written notice of any of the following: (i) notice that an Environmental Lien has been filed
against any of the real or personal property of any Loan Party and (ii) commencement of any
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5.10 Disclosure Updates. Promptly and in no event later than 5 Business Days after
obtaining knowledge thereof, notify Agent if any written information, exhibit, or report (other
than projections, forward looking statements and information of a general economic nature and
general information about Borrower’s industry) furnished to Agent or the Lender Group contained, at
the time it was furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (taken as a whole) not misleading in light
of the circumstances in which made (it being understood that with respect to
projections and other forward-looking statements, the same are subject to the proviso in the
last sentence of Section 4.16). The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, any notification
pursuant to the foregoing provision will not cure or remedy the effect of the prior untrue
statement of a material fact or omission of any material fact nor shall any such notification have
the effect of amending or modifying this Agreement or any of the Schedules hereto.

5.11 Formation of Subsidiaries, Etc. At the time that (x) any Person becomes (whether
by acquisition, formation or otherwise) a direct or indirect Subsidiary (other than any Foreign
Subsidiary, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or an Immaterial Subsidiary)
of a Loan Party, (y) any Immaterial Subsidiary ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary (but is
otherwise still a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a Loan Party and not a direct or
indirect Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary) or (z) any Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a
Guarantor guarantees the Secured Notes, any Additional Notes, any Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations, and the Vessel Financing Debt (and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the
foregoing), such Loan Party shall:

(a) within 30 days thereof (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion),
(i) notify Agent thereof (and, notwithstanding the parenthetical in clause (x) above, the existence
of any Person that becomes a Foreign Subsidiary or an Immaterial Subsidiary) and (ii) cause any
Subsidiary described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) above to provide to Agent a joinder (or such other
supplements) to the Guaranty and the Security Agreement, together with such other security
documents (including (A) upon request of Agent, Mortgages with respect to any Real Property owned
in full by such Subsidiary having a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000, (B) Vessel Fleet
Mortgages with respect to any Vessel owned by such Subsidiary except to the extent a mortgage in
favor of Agent is prohibited as a result of a permitted mortgage in favor of the Maritime
Administration in connection with a U.S. Government-guaranteed financing transaction under 46
U.S.C. Chapter 537, and (C) certificates of title with respect to Chassis) as well as appropriate
financing statements, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and otherwise
consistent with other then existing Loan Documents (including being sufficient to grant Agent a
first priority Lien in and upon the ABL Priority Collateral and, in the case of Secured Notes
Priority Collateral, Liens with the priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement (subject, in
each case, only to Permitted Liens and the relative priorities thereof));

(b) within 30 days thereof (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion),
provide to Agent a pledge agreement (or an addendum to the Security Agreement) and deliver
appropriate Stock certificates and powers or financing statements, pledging all of the direct or
beneficial ownership interest in such Subsidiary reasonably satisfactory to Agent; provided
that no more than 65% of the total outstanding voting Stock (and 100% of the total outstanding
non-voting Stock) of any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of any Loan Party (and none of the Stock of
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(c) within 30 days thereof (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion),
provide to Agent all other documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, which in its opinion is appropriate with respect to the execution and
delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above (including policies of title
insurance or other documentation with respect to such Real Property owned in fee and subject
to a mortgage, such Vessels subject to Vessel Fleet Mortgages and such Chassis for which
certificates of title have been so delivered). Any document, agreement, or instrument executed or
issued pursuant to this Section 5.11 shall be a Loan Document;

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, so
long as the Secured Notes or any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (or Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing) are outstanding, the actions and deliverables required by
this Section 5.11 with respect to Agent’s security interest in any Secured Notes Priority
Collateral (including (i) the Stock in or of such Subsidiary, (ii) Mortgages with respect to any
Real Property owned in fee of a Loan Party, which shall only be delivered to Agent upon its request
therefor, (iii) Vessel Fleet Mortgages with respect to any Vessel owned by such Subsidiary and (iv)
Chassis subject to certificates of title statues owned by such Subsidiary) shall be subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and required only to the extent required under the Secured
Notes Documents, including the documentation required to evidence the Agent’s security interest and
the timing of delivery with respect thereto.

5.12 Further Assurances. At any time upon the reasonable request of Agent, execute or
deliver to Agent any and all financing statements, fixture filings, security agreements, pledges,
assignments, endorsements of certificates of title, mortgages, vessel mortgages, deeds of trust,
opinions of counsel, and all other documents (the “Additional Documents”) that Agent may
reasonably request in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, to create, perfect, and
continue perfected or to better perfect Agent’s Liens (to the extent required under the Loan
Documents) in substantially all assets of the Loan Parties (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries)
(whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired, tangible or intangible, real or personal, but
excluding Excluded Assets), to create and perfect Liens in favor of Agent in any Real Property
acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date with a fair market value in excess of
$1,000,000 and any Vessels acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date (except to the
extent a mortgage in favor of Agent is prohibited as a result of a permitted mortgage in favor of
the Maritime Administration in connection with a U.S. Government-guaranteed financing transaction
under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 537), and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated
hereby and under the other Loan Documents; provided that (a) the foregoing shall not apply
to any Foreign Subsidiary of Parent or any Immaterial Subsidiary and (b) Mortgages with respect to
Real Property shall only be delivered upon request of Agent. To the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, if Parent refuses or fails to execute or deliver any reasonably requested
Additional Documents within a reasonable period of time following the request to do so, Parent
hereby authorizes Agent to execute any such Additional Documents in the applicable Loan Party’s or
its Subsidiary’s name, as applicable, and authorizes Agent to file such executed Additional
Documents in any appropriate filing office. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing,
each Loan Party shall take such actions as Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure
that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured, to the extent required under
the Loan Documents, by first priority Lien in and upon the ABL Priority Collateral and, in the case
of Secured Notes Priority Collateral, the Lien priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, so long
as the Secured Notes or any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (or Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing) are outstanding, the further assurances required to be
taken in this Section 5.12 with respect to Agent’s security interest in any Secured Notes
Priority Collateral (including (A) the Stock in or of a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, (B) Mortgages
with respect to any Real Property owned in fee of a Loan Party, which shall only be delivered to
Agent upon its request therefor, (C) Vessel Fleet Mortgages with respect to any Vessel owned by a
Loan Party and (D) Chassis subject to certificates of title statues owned by a Loan Party) shall be
subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and required only to the extent required under
the Secured Notes Documents, including the documentation required to evidence the Agent’s security
interest and the timing of delivery with respect thereto.

5.13 Lender Meetings. Within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of Parent,
at the request of Agent or of the Required Lenders and upon reasonable prior notice, hold a meeting
(at a time mutually agreeable and by meeting or phone, as mutually agreed, by Agent and Parent)
with all Lenders who choose to attend such meeting at which meeting shall be reviewed the financial
results of the previous fiscal year and the financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries and
the projections presented for the current fiscal year of Parent.

5.14 Material Contracts. Concurrently with the filing of Parent’s quarterly financial
statements with the SEC, deliver a list of any Material Contracts entered into by a Loan Party
since the making of the previous quarterly filings. Promptly notify Agent (a) if any Material
Contract is terminated other than in accordance with its terms or (b) of a material default
thereunder, except, in each case of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), as could not reasonably be
expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change. Upon request
from Agent, provide Agent with copies of each Material Contract entered into, except to the extent
not permitted to be disclosed pursuant to confidentiality obligations.

5.15 Location of Books and Records. Keep each Loan Parties’ books and records
pertaining to the ABL Priority Collateral only at the locations identified on Schedule 4.26
and their chief executive offices only at the locations identified on Schedule 4.6(b);
provided, however, that Borrower may amend Schedule 4.26 or Schedule
4.6(b) so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent not less than 10 days prior
to the date on which such books and records are moved to such new location or such chief executive
office is relocated and so long as such new location is within the continental United States, and
so long as, at the time of such written notification, Borrower shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to provide Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect to locations where such books
and records are located.

5.16 Compliance with ERISA. In addition to and without limiting the generality of
Section 5.8, (a) except where the failure to so comply could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (i) comply with
applicable provisions of ERISA, the IRC and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans), (ii) not
take any action or fail to take action the result of which could reasonably be expected to result
in a liability to the PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) not participate in any non-exempt
prohibited transaction with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan that could result in any civil
penalty under ERISA or
tax under the IRC and (iv) operate each Employee Benefit Plan (other than Multiemployer Plans)
in such a manner that will not incur any tax liability under Section 4980B of the IRC or any
liability to any qualified beneficiary as defined in Section 4980B of the IRC and (b) furnish to
Agent upon Agent’s request such additional information about any Employee Benefit Plan as may be
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5.17 Jones Act Trade. With respect to each Loan Party that owns or operates vessels
in the coastwise trade of the United States, to remain a “citizen of the United States” within the
meaning of 46 U.S.C. § 50501(a) and (d), eligible to own and operate vessels in the coastwise trade
of the United States.

5.18 Judgment Liens. Take all actions necessary to satisfy the terms of the Antitrust
Judgment Lien and the Vessel Environmental Judgment Lien, including the making of all payments due
in respect thereof on or before the respective dates such payments are due and payable as
stipulated in the Antitrust Judgment or the Vessel Environmental Judgment, as applicable.
Promptly, after the making of each such payment, Parent shall confirm to Agent that such payment
has been made.

6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

Each of Parent and Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the
Revolver Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations (other than Contingent Obligations),
the Loan Parties will not and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to do any of the following:

6.1 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, guarantee, or otherwise
become or remain, liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except for Permitted Indebtedness.

6.2 Liens. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to
any of its assets, of any kind, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits
therefrom, except for Permitted Liens.

6.3 Restrictions on Fundamental Changes.

(a) Other than in order to consummate a Permitted Acquisition, enter into any merger or
consolidation, except for (i) any merger or consolidation between Loan Parties, provided
that Borrower must be the surviving entity of any such merger to which it is a party and no merger
may occur between Parent and Borrower, (ii) any merger between a Loan Party and Subsidiaries of
such Loan Party that are not Loan Parties so long as such Loan Party is the surviving entity of any
such merger, and (iii) any merger between Subsidiaries of Parent that are not Loan Parties,

(b) Liquidate, wind up, or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), except
for (i) the liquidation or dissolution of Immaterial Subsidiaries of Borrower, (ii) the liquidation
or dissolution of a Loan Party (other than Parent or Borrower) or any of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries so long as all of the assets (including any interest in any Stock) of such liquidating
or dissolving Loan Party or Subsidiary are transferred to a Loan Party (or in the case of a
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of Parent) that is not liquidating or dissolving at such time, or (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of a
Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party (except that in the case of any such Subsidiary the
Stock of which (or any portion thereof) is subject to a Lien in favor of Agent, such liquidation or
dissolution shall only be permitted to the extent such Stock is transferred to a Loan Party or
cancelled) so long as all of the assets of such liquidating or dissolving Subsidiary are
transferred to a Subsidiary of Parent that is not liquidating or dissolving; provided that
for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 6.3 shall be construed to prohibit or
restrict the Non-Domestic Reorganization.

6.4 Disposal of Assets. Other than Permitted Dispositions or transactions expressly
permitted by Sections 6.3 or 6.11, convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer,
or otherwise dispose of (or enter into an agreement to convey, sell, lease, license, assign,
transfer, or otherwise dispose of) any of Parent’s or its Subsidiaries assets.

6.5 Change Name. Change Parent’s or any other Loan Party’s name, organizational
identification number, state of organization or organizational identity; provided,
however, that Parent or any other Loan Party may change its name, organizational
identification number, state of organization or organizational identity upon at least 10 Business
Days’ prior written notice (or such later date as Agent may agree in its sole discretion) to Agent
of such change.

6.6 Nature of Business. Make any change in the nature of their business (taken as a
whole) as described in Schedule 6.6; provided, however, that the foregoing
shall not prohibit Parent and its Subsidiaries from: (a) engaging in any business that is
reasonably related or ancillary to its or their business, (b) making any Permitted Disposition or
Permitted Investments, (c) consummating any other transactions permitted under Section 6.3
or 6.11, or (d) consummating the Non-Domestic Reorganization.

6.7 Prepayments and Amendments.

(a) Restricted Debt Payments. Make any Restricted Debt Payments except for Permitted
Restricted Debt Payments.

(b) Amendments. Amend, modify, or change any of the terms or provisions of:

(i) the Senior Notes, except to the extent that such amendment, modification or change
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be materially adverse
to the interests of the Lenders; provided that in any event the following
amendments, modifications or changes shall be permitted: (x) increases in the interest rate
on such Secured Notes by not more than 2.00% per annum, (y) changes that eliminate or waive
(or otherwise make less restrictive on Parent and its Subsidiaries) any covenant,
representation, condition or event of default, or increase any grace period related thereto
and (z) amendments, modifications or changes in accordance with clause (p) of the definition
of Permitted Indebtedness;

(ii) any Material Contract except to the extent that such amendment, modification, or
change could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change; and

(iii) the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries if the
effect thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be
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6.8 Change of Control. Cause, permit, or suffer, directly or indirectly, any Change
of Control.

6.9 Restricted Stock Payments. Make any Restricted Stock Payment; provided,
however, that, so long as it is permitted by law, and so long as no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, Parent and its
Subsidiaries may make, Permitted Restricted Stock Payments.

6.10 Accounting Methods. Modify or change its fiscal year or its method of accounting
(other than as may be required to conform to GAAP) without the prior consent of Agent not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

6.11 Investments; Controlled Investments.

(a) Investments. Make or acquire any Investment or incur any liabilities (including
contingent obligations) for or in connection with any Investment, except for Permitted Investments.

(b) Controlled Investments. Subject to Section 3.6 with respect to Deposit Accounts
and Securities Accounts existing on the Closing Date, Parent shall not, and shall not permit its
Subsidiaries, to establish or maintain any Deposit Account or Securities Account (other than
Excluded Accounts) unless Agent shall have received a Control Agreement in respect of such Deposit
Account or Securities Account.

6.12 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into or permit to exist any transaction with
any Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries except for:

(a) transactions (other than the payment of management, consulting, monitoring, or advisory
fees) between Parent or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of Parent or its
Subsidiaries, on the other hand, so long as such transactions (i) are fully disclosed to Agent
prior to the consummation thereof, if they involve one or more payments by Parent or its
Subsidiaries in excess of $2,500,000 for any single transaction or series of related transactions,
and (ii) are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable,
than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-Affiliate,

(b) so long as it has been approved by Parent’s or its applicable Subsidiary’s board of
directors (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, any indemnity provided
for the benefit of directors (or comparable managers) of Parent or its applicable Subsidiary,

(c) so long as it has been approved by Parent’s or its applicable Subsidiary’s board of
directors (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, the payment of
reasonable compensation, severance, or employee benefit arrangements to
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(d) transactions permitted by Section 6.3, Section 6.7(a) or Section
6.9, or any Permitted Intercompany Investment,

(e) transactions between any Loan Parties, and/or between Subsidiaries thereof that are not
Loan Parties,

(f) any agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect on the Closing Date and identified
on Schedule 6.12 or any amendment thereto (so long as such amendment is not materially more
disadvantageous taken as a whole, than the applicable agreement, instrument or arrangement, as in
effect on the date of the Closing Date),

(g) loans or advances to employees of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business and permitted by Section 6.11,

(h) payment of reasonable fees and reimbursement of expenses of directors of any Loan Party,
and

(i) the Transactions.

6.13 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of any loan made hereunder for any purpose
other than (a) together with the proceeds of the Secured Notes (First Lien) and Secured Notes
(Second Lien), to refinance certain existing Indebtedness of Parent (including Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement), (b) to fund certain fees, costs and expenses
associated with Transactions, and (c) to finance the ongoing general corporate and working capital
needs of Borrower, the other Loan Parties and, to extent expressly permitted hereunder, their
Subsidiaries; including any Permitted Acquisition; provided that no part of the proceeds of
the loans made to Borrower will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock or to extend
credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock or for any purpose
that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the United States
Federal Reserve).

6.14 Limitation on Issuance of Stock. Issue or sell or enter into any agreement or
arrangement for the issuance and sale of any of its Stock, except for the issuance or sale of (a)
common Stock (including options, warrants, interests, participations or other equivalents relating
thereto), (b) Permitted Preferred Stock by Parent (including options, warrants, interests,
participations or other equivalents relating thereto), (c) instruments representing rights to issue
common Stock of Parent in exchange for any Secured Notes (Convertible) in accordance with the terms
of the Secured Notes Documents (Convertible), (d) Stock of a Loan Party to another Loan Party, (e)
Stock of a Non-Loan Party to another Non-Loan Party, (f) Stock of a Non-Loan Party to a Loan Party
so long as the acquisition of such Stock by a Loan Party constitutes a Permitted Investment, or (g)
any warrants or options to acquire common Stock issued to ensure compliance by any Loan Party of
its agreement to be and remain a “citizen of the United States” within the meaning of 46 U.S.C. §
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6.15 Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Create or otherwise permit to exist any
encumbrance or restriction (other than pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that
(a) limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make dividends or distributions to a Loan Party or
to otherwise transfer property to or invest in a Loan Party, (ii) of any Subsidiary to make loans
or advances to any Loan party or to pay any Indebtedness owed to a Loan Party, (iii) of any
Subsidiary to guarantee the Indebtedness of Borrower or (iv) of any Loan Party to create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Loan Party, or (b) requires the grant of a Lien
to secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure another obligation of such
Person; provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions which
(A) are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to
joint ventures permitted under Section 6.11 and applicable solely to such joint venture
entered into in the ordinary course of business, (B) are customary restrictions on leases,
subleases, licenses or sublicenses otherwise permitted hereunder so long as such restrictions
relate solely to the assets subject thereto, (C) are customary anti-assignment provisions in
contracts restricting the assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of
business, (D) are customary restrictions in contracts for the disposition of any assets permitted
by Section 6.4, provided that the restrictions in any such contracts shall apply
only to such assets that is to be disposed of, (E) are customary provisions in leases of Real
Property that prohibit mortgages or pledges of the lessee’s interest under such lease, (F) are
contained in any Acquired Indebtedness not created in anticipation thereof, (G) are contained in
the Secured Notes Documents and any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof, (H) are
customary restrictions on Liens in the terms of any Indebtedness for which Liens are permitted
under clause (f) of the definition of Permitted Liens if such restriction applies only to the
property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness, (I) arise under applicable law, (J)
result from agreements in effect on the Closing Date and, if of a material nature, disclosed to
Agent, and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings,
replacements or refinancings of such agreements; provided that the amendments,
restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements refundings, replacements or refinancings are not
materially more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those
contained in those agreements on the Closing Date, (K) result from any agreement for the sale or
other disposition of the equity Stock or assets of a Person permitted by this Agreement that
restricts distributions by that Person pending such sale or other disposition, (L) pursuant to
Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements
governing such Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than
those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed,
refunded, replaced, defeased or discharged, (M) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers under contracts or other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business, (N) encumbrances on property permitted by this Agreement that exist at the time such
property was acquired by the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries or (O) restrictions or conditions
contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase or other
similar agreement permitted by this Agreement to which a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement
prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of such Person that are the subject of
such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend
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7. FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO.

Each of Parent and Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the
Revolver Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations (other than Contingent Obligations),
during a Trigger Period, Parent shall maintain, on a consolidated basis, as of the last day of each
fiscal month commencing with the last day of the most recent fiscal month immediately preceding the
commencement of a Trigger Period for which financial information is available and ending on the
expiration of such Trigger Period, a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.00 to 1.00 (computed
for the 12 month period then ending).

8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event of default (each, an
“Event of Default”) under this Agreement:

8.1 Payment Default. If Borrower fails to pay when due and payable in accordance with
the terms hereof (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise), (a) all or any
portion of the Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations) consisting of interest, fees, or
charges due the Lender Group, reimbursement of Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts (other than
any portion thereof constituting principal) constituting Obligations (other than Bank Product
Obligations), and such failure continues for a period of 3 Business Days, or (b) all or any portion
of the principal of the Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations).

8.2 Covenant Default. If any Loan Party:

(a) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of (i)
Sections 3.6, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (solely if Borrower is not in good
standing in its jurisdiction of organization), 5.7 (solely if Borrower refuses to allow Agent or
its representatives or agents to visit Borrower’s properties, inspect its assets or books or
records, examine and make copies of its books and records, or discuss Borrower’s affairs, finances,
and accounts with officers and employees of Borrower), 5.10, 5.11, 5.13,
5.15 or 5.17 of this Agreement, (ii) Sections 6.1 through 6.15 of
this Agreement, (iii) Section 7 of this Agreement, or (iv) Section 6(k) of the Security
Agreement;

(b) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in Section
5.18 of this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of 3 Business Days;

(c) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of
Sections 5.3 (other than if Borrower is not in good standing in its jurisdiction of
organization), 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 5.12 or 5.14 of
this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of 10 days after the earlier of (i) the date
on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of Borrower or (ii) the date on which
written notice thereof is given to Borrower by Agent; or

(d) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement,
or in any of the other Loan Documents, in each case, other than any such covenant or agreement that
is the subject of another provision of this Section 8 (in which event such other provision
of this Section 8 shall govern), and such failure continues for a period of 30
days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any
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8.3 Judgments. After the Closing Date, if one or more judgments, orders, or awards
for the payment of money involving an aggregate amount of $10,000,000, or more (except for (a) the
Vessel Environmental Judgment and (b) to the extent (i) fully covered (other than to the extent of
customary deductibles) by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has not denied coverage or (ii)
fully covered by one or more unsecured settlements or plea agreements providing for annual
aggregate payments of not more than (A) for calendar years 2011 and 2012, $15,000,000, (B) for
calendar year 2013, $12,500,000 and (C) for calendar year 2014 and each calendar year thereafter,
$10,000,000) is entered or filed against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or with respect
to any of their respective assets, and either (I) there is a period of 60 consecutive days at any
time after the entry of any such judgment, order, or award during which (x) the same is not
discharged, satisfied, vacated, or bonded pending appeal, or (y) a stay of enforcement thereof is
not in effect, or (II) enforcement proceedings are commenced upon such judgment, order, or award.

8.4 Voluntary Insolvency Proceeding. If any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof
(other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall (a) commence an Insolvency Proceeding, (b) admit in
writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or (c) take any corporate action for the
purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing.

8.5 Involuntary Insolvency Proceeding. If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced
against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) and any of
the following events occur: (a) such Loan Party or such Subsidiary consents to the institution of
such Insolvency Proceeding against it, (b) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not
timely controverted, (c) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not dismissed within
60 calendar days of the date of the filing thereof, (d) an interim trustee is appointed to take
possession of all or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of, or to operate all or
any substantial portion of the business of, such Loan Party or its Subsidiary, or (e) an order for
relief shall have been issued or entered therein.

8.6 Restriction on Business. If a Loan Party is enjoined, restrained, or in any way
prevented by court order from continuing to conduct all or any material part of the business
affairs of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in such a manner as results in, or could
reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Change.

8.7 Cross Default.

(a) If any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall (i) default in respect of any Secured
Notes or any Additional Notes and such default results in an “Event of Default” (or the equivalent
term) under, and as defined in, the Secured Notes Documents or the documents evidencing the
Additional Notes, (ii) default in the payment of any Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedging
Obligations) beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under
which such obligations were created, (iii) default in the payment of any Indebtedness (other than
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Secured Notes or the
Additional Notes) the aggregate outstanding amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of $10,000,000 beyond the period of grace if any, provided in the
instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created, or (iv) default in the
observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (other
than (x) the Obligations and (y) obligations under any Hedge Agreements) the aggregate outstanding
amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of $10,000,000 or contained in any instrument or
agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto or any other event shall occur or condition
exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder
or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to
cause, with the giving of notice and/or lapse of time, any such Indebtedness to become due prior to
its stated maturity (any applicable grace period having expired), including, without limitation,
pursuant to any “put”, or mandatory tender, redemption or repurchase of such Indebtedness.

(b) If there is an involuntary “early termination event” or other similar event (which event
shall extend beyond any applicable cure periods or grace periods) shall have occurred in respect of
obligations owing under any Hedge Agreement of a Loan Party, and the amount of such obligations,
either individually or in the aggregate for all such Hedge Agreements, is in excess of $10,000,000;
provided that, in respect of obligations owing under any Hedge Agreement of such Loan Party
owed to the applicable counterparty at such time, the amount for purposes of this Section 8.7(b)
shall be the amount payable on a net basis by such Loan Party to such counterparty if such Hedge
Agreement were terminated at such time).

8.8 Misrepresentation. If any warranty, representation, certificate, statement, or
Record made herein or in any other Loan Document or delivered in writing to Agent or any Lender in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document proves to be untrue in any material
respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and
warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the
date of issuance or making or deemed making thereof.

8.9 Failure of Guaranty. If the obligation of any Guarantor under the Guaranty is
limited or terminated by operation of law or by such Guarantor (other than in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document).

8.10 Failure of other Loan Documents. If the Security Agreement or any other Loan
Document that purports to create a Lien, shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and
perfected (to the extent required under the Loan Documents) and, except to the extent of Permitted
Liens which are permitted tax Liens, the Antitrust Judgment Lien or the Vessel Environmental
Judgment Lien, first priority Lien in and upon the ABL Priority Collateral and, in the case of
Secured Notes Priority Collateral, the Lien priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement,
except (a) as a result of a disposition of the applicable Collateral permitted under this Agreement
or (b) as the result of an action or failure to act on the part of Agent.

8.11 Invalidity of Loan Documents. The validity or enforceability of any Loan
Document shall at any time for any reason (other than solely as the result of an action or failure
to act on the part of Agent) be declared to be null and void, or a proceeding shall be commenced by
a Loan Party, or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over a Loan Party, seeking to
establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or a Loan Party shall deny that
such Loan Party has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Loan
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8.12 ERISA Events. The occurrence of any of the following events which reasonably
could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change: (i) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate
fails to make full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Pension Plan
or Sections 412 or 430 of the IRC, any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as
contributions thereto or (ii) a Termination Event.

8.13 Designation as Senior Indebtedness. If (a) the Obligations shall at any time
fail to constitute “Senior Indebtedness”, “Designated Senior Indebtedness” or any similar
designation under and as defined in any agreement or instrument governing any Indebtedness that is
subordinated to the Obligations, (b) the subordination provisions of any agreement or instrument
governing any Indebtedness in a principal amount in excess of $2,500,000 that is subordinated to
the Obligations shall for any reason (other than as a result of any action or inaction of Agent or
any Lender) be revoked or invalidated, or otherwise cease to be in full force and effect, unless
such Indebtedness would otherwise be permitted to be incurred as “Senior Indebtedness” at such time
(and for purposes of any baskets, shall be deemed to be incurred as such), or any Loan Party shall
contest in any manner the validity or enforceability thereof, or (c) any Indebtedness other than
the Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement and/or Bank Product Obligations shall be designated as
an “ABL Facility” or a “ Credit Facility” or any similar designation under and as defined in the
Secured Notes.

8.14 Chartered Vessel Document Default. Except to the extent a result of a buy-out,
buy-down, the Non-Domestic Reorganization, acquisition or other purchase of a Chartered Vessel
subject to a Chartered Vessel Document, any event or condition occurs that (i) results in any
amount (that is not covered by insurance to the extent such insurance is provided by insurers that
are solvent and have not denied payment with respect to any such event or condition) in excess of
$10,000,000 that any Loan Party or Subsidiary is obligated to pay under any Chartered Vessel
Document becoming due prior to its scheduled payment date or (ii) enables or permits (with or
without the giving of notice) any Person (A) to cause any amount (that is not covered by insurance
to the extent such insurance is provided by insurers that are solvent and have not denied payment
with respect to any such event or condition) in excess of $10,000,000 that any Loan Party or
Subsidiary is obligated to pay under any Chartered Vessel Document to become due, or (B) to require
the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance of any amount (that is not covered by
insurance to the extent such insurance is provided by insurers that are solvent and have not denied
payment with respect to any such event or condition) in excess of $10,000,000, in each case prior
to its scheduled payment date and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), such event or
condition shall continue unremedied past any applicable cure or grace period for a period of 30
days.

8.15 Attachment/Levy Default. Any material Mortgaged Vessel shall have been (i)
attached, levied upon or taken into custody by virtue of any legal proceeding in any court or
tribunal or by an Governmental Authority in the United States and such Mortgaged Vessel shall not
have been released within 30 days after such attachment, levy or taking into custody or (ii)
attached, levied upon or taken into custody by virtue of any legal proceeding in any court or
tribunal or by any Governmental Authority outside the United States and such Mortgaged Vessel
shall not have been released within the earlier of (x) 75 days after such attachment, levy or
taking into custody or (y) the date on which the Mortgage Trustee must make a filing in such
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8.16 Jones Act Trade. Any Loan Party that owns or operates vessels in the coastwise
trade of the United States shall cease to qualify as a “citizen of the United States” within the
meaning of 46 U.S.C. § 50501(a) and (d), eligible to own and operate vessels in the coastwise trade
of the United States or any Loan Party shall have received from the U.S. Coast Guard notice of
revocation for any Vessel of its privilege to operate in the coastwise trade of the United States.

9. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

9.1 Rights and Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event
of Default, Agent may, and, at the instruction of the Required Lenders, shall (in each case under
clauses (a) or (b) by written notice to Borrower), in addition to any other rights or remedies
provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or by applicable law, do any one or more of
the following:

(a) declare the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations), whether evidenced by
this Agreement or by any of the other Loan Documents immediately due and payable, whereupon the
same shall become and be immediately due and payable and Borrower shall be obligated to repay all
of such Obligations in full, without presentment, demand, protest, or further notice or other
requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower;

(b) declare the Revolver Commitments terminated, whereupon the Revolver Commitments shall
immediately be terminated together with (i) any obligation of any Lender hereunder to make
Advances, (ii) the obligation of the Swing Lender to make Swing Loans, and (iii) the obligation of
the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit; and

(c) exercise all other rights and remedies available to Agent or Lenders under the Loan
Documents or applicable law.

The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
described in Section 8.4 or Section 8.5, in addition to the remedies set forth
above, without any notice to Borrower or any other Person or any act by the Lender Group, the
Revolver Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Obligations (other than the Bank Product
Obligations), inclusive of all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all fees and all other
amounts owing under this Agreement or under any of the other Loan Documents, shall automatically
and immediately become due and payable and Borrower shall be obligated to repay all of such
Obligations in full, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice of any kind, all of which are
expressly waived by Parent.

9.2 Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies of the Lender Group under this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be cumulative. The Lender
Group shall have all other rights and remedies not inconsistent herewith as provided under the
Code, by law, or in equity. No exercise by the Lender Group of one right or remedy
shall be deemed an election, and no waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default shall
be deemed a continuing waiver. No delay by the Lender Group shall constitute a waiver, election,
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10. WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION.

10.1 Demand; Protest; etc. Borrower waives demand, protest, notice of protest, notice
of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, nonpayment at maturity, release,
compromise, settlement, extension, or renewal of documents, instruments, chattel paper, and
guarantees at any time held by the Lender Group on which Borrower may in any way be liable.

10.2 The Lender Group’s Liability for Collateral. Borrower hereby agrees that: (a)
so long as Agent complies with its obligations, if any, under the Code, the Lender Group shall not
in any way or manner be liable or responsible for: (i) the safekeeping of the Collateral, (ii) any
loss or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause, (iii) any
diminution in the value thereof, or (iv) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee,
forwarding agency, or other Person, and (b) all risk of loss, damage, or destruction of the
Collateral shall be borne by Borrower other than any resulting from the gross negligence, or
willful misconduct of any Agent-Related Persons or Lender-Related Persons as determined by court of
competent jurisdiction in a final determination.

10.3 Indemnification. Borrower shall pay, indemnify, defend, and hold Agent-Related
Persons, the Lender-Related Persons, and each Participant (each, an “Indemnified Person”)
harmless (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against any and all claims, demands,
suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs, penalties, and damages, and
all reasonable fees and disbursements of one external legal counsel for all such Indemnified
Persons (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest among any one or more
Indemnified Persons, one additional counsel to each group of affected Indemnified Parties),
experts, or consultants and all other reasonable costs and expenses actually incurred in connection
therewith or in connection with the enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are
incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), at any time asserted against, imposed upon,
or incurred by any of them (a) in connection with or as a result of or related to the execution and
delivery (provided that Borrower shall not be liable for costs and expenses (including attorneys
fees) of any Lender (other than WFCF) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing,
administering or syndicating the Loan Documents), enforcement, performance, or administration
(including any restructuring or workout with respect hereto) of this Agreement, any of the other
Loan Documents, or the Transactions or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the
monitoring of Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents
(provided, however, that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall not extend to (i) disputes
solely between or among the Lenders, (ii) disputes solely between or among Lenders and their
respective Affiliates; it being understood and agreed that the indemnification in this clause (a)
shall extend to Agent (but not the Lenders) relative to disputes between or among Agent on the one
hand, and one or more Lenders, or one or more of their Affiliates, on the other hand, or (iii) any
taxes or any costs attributable to taxes (other than taxes that represent losses, claims, damages,
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(b) with respect to any investigation, litigation, or
proceeding related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or the use of the proceeds of the credit provided hereunder (irrespective of whether
any Indemnified Person is a party thereto), or any act, omission, event, or circumstance in any
manner related thereto, and (c) in connection with or arising out of any presence or release of
Hazardous Materials at, on, under, to or from any assets or properties owned, leased or operated by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Environmental Actions, Environmental Liabilities or
Remedial Actions related in any way to any such assets or properties of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries (each and all of the foregoing, the “Indemnified Liabilities”). The foregoing
to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower shall have no obligation to any Indemnified Person under
this Section 10.3 with respect to any Indemnified Liability that a court of competent
jurisdiction finally determines to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnified Person or its officers, directors, advisors, legal representatives, employees,
attorneys, or agents. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
repayment of the Obligations. If any Indemnified Person makes any payment to any other Indemnified
Person with respect to an Indemnified Liability as to which Borrower was required to indemnify the
Indemnified Person receiving such payment, the Indemnified Person making such payment is entitled
to be indemnified and reimbursed by Borrower with respect thereto. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE
FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNIFIED PERSON WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES
WHICH IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF ANY NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF SUCH
INDEMNIFIED PERSON OR OF ANY OTHER PERSON.

11. NOTICES.

Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands relating to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other
informational documents which may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall be personally
delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested),
overnight courier, electronic mail (at such email addresses as a party may designate in accordance
herewith), or facsimile. In the case of notices or demands to Parent, Borrower or Agent, as the
case may be, they shall be sent to the respective address set forth below:

	 	 	 
	If to Parent or Borrower:

	 	HORIZON LINES, INC.
	 

	 	4064 Colony Road, Suite 200 
	 

	 	Charlotte, NC 28211
	 

	 	Attn: Michael T. Avara
	 

	 	Fax No. 704-973-7034
	 
	 	 
	with copies to:

	 	KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
	 

	 	601 Lexington Avenue 
	 

	 	New York, NY 10022
	 

	 	Attn: Yongjin Im, Esq.
	 

	 	Fax No. 212-446-6460

 

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	If to Agent:

	 	WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC
	 

	 	1100 Abernathy Road, Suite 1600 
	 

	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 

	 	Attn: Loan Portfolio Manager
	 

	 	Fax No. 770-804-0785
	 
	 	 
	with copies to:

	 	WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
	 

	 	214 N. Tryon Street, Suite 2200 
	 

	 	Charlotte, NC 28202
	 

	 	Attn: Molly McGill, Esq.
	 

	 	Fax No. 704-350-7800

Any party hereto may change the address at which they are to receive notices hereunder, by
notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the other party. All notices or demands sent in
accordance with this Section 11, shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of
actual receipt or 3 Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail; provided, that (a)
notices sent by overnight courier service shall be deemed to have been given when received, (b)
notices 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) and (c) notices by electronic mail shall be
deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as
by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written
acknowledgment).

12. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.

(a) THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO
THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION,
INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND
THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO
SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.

(b) THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW
YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL
OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT
ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. EACH OF
PARENT AND BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF
THE LENDER GROUP WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE
TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE
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(c) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF PARENT AND BORROWER AND EACH
MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER
COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH OF PARENT AND BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP
REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY
TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS
AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

(d) EACH OF PARENT AND BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK AND THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR
FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL
JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT AGENT MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING
ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN
PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

13. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS.

13.1 Assignments and Participations.

(a) With the prior written consent of Borrower, which consent of Borrower shall not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, and shall not be required (1) if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, or (2) in connection with an assignment to a Person that is a
Lender, an Affiliate (other than individuals) of a Lender or a Related Fund; provided that
Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to a proposed assignment unless it objects thereto by
written notice to Agent within 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof, and with the
prior written consent of Agent, which consent of Agent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed
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Lender,
an Affiliate (other than individuals) of a Lender or a Related Fund, any Lender may assign and delegate to one or more assignees so long as such
prospective assignee is an Eligible Transferee (each, an “Assignee”; provided,
however, that no Loan Party or Affiliate of a Loan Party shall be permitted to become an
Assignee) all or any portion of the Obligations, the Revolver Commitments and the other rights and
obligations of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, in a minimum amount
(unless waived by Agent) of $5,000,000 (except such minimum amount shall not apply to (x) an
assignment or delegation by any Lender to any other Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender, (y) a
group of new Lenders, each of which is an Affiliate of each other or a Related Fund of such new
Lender to the extent that the aggregate amount to be assigned to all such new Lenders is at least
$5,000,000 or (z) an assignment to one or more Replacement Lenders pursuant to Section
14.2); provided, however, that Borrower and Agent may continue to deal solely
and directly with such Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until (i)
written notice of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses, and related
information with respect to the Assignee, have been given to Borrower and Agent by such Lender and
the Assignee and such assignment has been recorded in the Register, (ii) such Lender and its
Assignee have delivered to Borrower and Agent an Assignment and Acceptance and Agent has notified
the assigning Lender of its receipt thereof in accordance with Section 13.1(b), and (iii)
except in connection with any assignment to any Replacement Lender pursuant to Section
14.2, unless waived by Agent, the assigning Lender or Assignee has paid to Agent for Agent’s
separate account a processing fee in the amount of $3,500.

(b) From and after the date that Agent notifies the assigning Lender (with a copy to Borrower)
that it has received an executed Assignment and Acceptance and, if applicable, payment of the
required processing fee, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent
that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and
Acceptance, shall be a “Lender” and shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the
Loan Documents, and (ii) the assigning Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment
and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (except with respect to Section 10.3) and be released
from any future obligations under this Agreement (and in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance
covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto and thereto);
provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall release any assigning Lender
from obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement, including such assigning Lender’s
obligations under Section 15 and Section 17.9(a).

(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder
and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as
follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes
no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution,
legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of Borrower or
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furnished
pursuant hereto, (iii) such Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance, (iv) such Assignee will, independently and without
reliance upon Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in
taking or not taking action under this Agreement, (v) such Assignee appoints and authorizes Agent
to take such actions and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
as are delegated to Agent, by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto, and (vi) such Assignee agrees that it will perform all of the
obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

(d) Immediately upon Agent’s receipt of the required processing fee, if applicable, and
delivery of notice to the assigning Lender pursuant to Section 13.1(b), this Agreement
shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to reflect the
addition of the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the Revolver Commitments arising
therefrom. The Revolver Commitment allocated to each Assignee shall reduce such Revolver
Commitments of the assigning Lender pro tanto.

(e) Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more commercial banks, financial institutions,
or other Persons (a “Participant”) participating interests in all or any portion of its
Obligations, its Revolver Commitment, and the other rights and interests of that Lender (the
“Originating Lender”) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided,
however, that (i) the Originating Lender shall remain a “Lender” for all purposes of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Participant receiving the participating interest in
the Obligations, the Revolver Commitments, and the other rights and interests of the Originating
Lender hereunder shall not constitute a “Lender” hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and
the Originating Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the
Originating Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (iii)
Borrower, Agent, and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Originating
Lender in connection with the Originating Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, (iv) no Lender shall transfer or grant any participating interest under
which the Participant has the right to approve any amendment to, or any consent or waiver with
respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to the extent such amendment to, or
consent or waiver with respect to this Agreement or of any other Loan Document would (A) extend the
final maturity date of the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (B)
reduce the interest rate applicable to the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is
participating, (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or guaranties (except to the
extent expressly provided herein or in any of the Loan Documents) supporting the Obligations
hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (D) postpone the payment of, or reduce the
amount of, the interest or fees payable to such Participant through such Lender (other than a
waiver of default interest), or (E) decrease the amount or postpone the due dates of scheduled
principal repayments or prepayments or premiums payable to such Participant through such Lender,
and (v) all amounts payable by Borrower hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not
sold such participation, except that, if amounts outstanding under this Agreement are due and
unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an
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deemed to have the right of set off in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing
under this Agreement to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing
directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement. The rights of any Participant are subject to the
requirements and limitations therein (including the requirements of Section 16(c)) only shall be
derivative through the Originating Lender with whom such Participant participates and no
Participant shall have any rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any direct
rights as to the other Lenders, Agent, Borrower, the Collections of Parent or its Subsidiaries, the
Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Obligations. No Participant shall have the right to
participate directly in the making of decisions by Lenders among themselves.

(f) In connection with any such assignment or participation or proposed assignment or
participation or any grant of a security interest in, or pledge of, its rights under and interest
in this Agreement, a Lender may, subject to the provisions of Section 17.9, disclose all
documents and information which it now or hereafter may have relating to Parent and its
Subsidiaries and their respective businesses.

(g) Any other provision in this Agreement notwithstanding, any Lender may at any time create a
security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of its rights under and interest in this
Agreement in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal
Reserve Bank or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 CFR §203.24, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce
such pledge or security interest in any manner permitted under applicable law.

(h) Agent (as a non-fiduciary agent on behalf of Borrower) shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained, a register (the “Register”) on which it enters the name and address of each
Lender and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Advances owing
to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (each, a “Registered Loan”).
(i) A Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be assigned or
sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register (and each
registered note shall expressly so provide) and (ii) any assignment or sale of all or part of such
Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by
registration of such assignment or sale on the Register, together with the surrender of the
registered note, if any, evidencing the same duly endorsed by (or accompanied by a written
instrument of assignment or sale duly executed by) the holder of such registered note, whereupon,
at the request of the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s), one or more new registered notes in
the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s).
Prior to the registration of assignment or sale of any Registered Loan (and the registered note,
if any evidencing the same), Borrower shall treat the Person in whose name such Registered Loan
(and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) is registered as the owner thereof for the
purpose of receiving all payments thereon and for all other purposes, notwithstanding notice to the
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(i) In the event that a Lender sells participations in the Registered Loan, such Lender, as a
non-fiduciary agent on behalf of Borrower, shall maintain (or cause to be maintained) a register on
which it enters the name of all participants in the Registered Loans held by it (and the principal
amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of such Registered Loans that is subject to
such participations) (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender
shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register
(including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest
in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to
any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such
commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section
5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register
shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this
Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent (in its
capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register. A
Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be participated in whole
or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participant Register (and each
registered note shall expressly so provide). Any participation of such Registered Loan (and the
registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by the registration of such
participation on the Participant Register.

(j) Agent shall make a copy of the Register (and each Lender shall make a copy of its
Participant Register to the extent it has one) available for review by Borrower from time to time
as Borrower may reasonably request.

(k) The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Borrower, Agent
and 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.

13.2 Successors. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors and assigns of each of the parties; provided, however, that Borrower may not assign this
Agreement or any rights or duties hereunder without Lenders’ prior written consent and any
prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void ab initio. No consent to assignment by Lenders
shall release Borrower from its Obligations. A Lender may assign this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and its rights and duties hereunder and thereunder pursuant to Section 13.1 and,
except as expressly required pursuant to Section 13.1, no consent or approval by Borrower
is required in connection with any such assignment.

14. AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS.

14.1 Amendments and Waivers.

(a) No amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document (other than Bank Product Agreements or the Fee Letter), and no consent with respect
to any departure by Parent therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and
signed by the Required Lenders (or by Agent at the written request of the Required Lenders) and the
Loan Parties that are party thereto and then any such waiver or consent shall be effective, but
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided,
however, that no such waiver, amendment, or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by
all of the Lenders directly affected thereby and all of the Loan Parties that are party thereto, do
any of the following:

(i) increase the amount of or extend the expiration date of any Revolver Commitment of
any Lender or amend, modify, or eliminate the last sentence of Section 2.4(c)
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(ii) postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for
any payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts due hereunder or under any other
Loan Document (other than mandatory prepayments, the payment of which may be waived,
postponed or delayed with the consent of the Required Lenders);

(iii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest on, any loan or other extension
of credit hereunder, or reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any
other Loan Document (except (x) in connection with the waiver of applicability of
Section 2.6(c) (which waiver shall be effective with the written consent of the
Required Lenders and (y) that any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the
financial covenants and ratios under this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the
rate of interest or a reduction of fees or any other amounts for purposes of this clause
(iii));

(iv) amend, modify, or eliminate this Section or any provision of this Agreement
providing for consent or other action by all Lenders;

(v) other than as permitted by Section 15.11 or as provided in the
Intercreditor Agreement, release Agent’s Lien in and to any material portion of the
Collateral;

(vi) amend, modify, or eliminate the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata
Share”;

(vii) contractually subordinate any of Agent’s Liens other than as provided in
Section 15.11 or in the Intercreditor Agreement;

(viii) other than in connection with a merger, liquidation, dissolution or sale of such
Person expressly permitted by the terms hereof or the other Loan Documents, release Borrower
or any Guarantor from any obligation for the payment of money or consent to the assignment
or transfer by Borrower or any Guarantor of any of its rights or duties under this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents;

(ix) amend, modify, or eliminate any of the provisions of Section 2.4(b)(i) or
(ii);

(x) amend, modify, or eliminate any of the provisions of Section 13.1(a) to
permit a Loan Party or an Affiliate of a Loan Party to be permitted to become an Assignee;
or

(xi) amend, modify, or eliminate the definition of Borrowing Base or any of the defined
terms (including the definition of Eligible Accounts) that are used in such definition to
the extent that any such change results in more credit being made
available to Borrower based upon the Borrowing Base, but not otherwise, or change
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(b) No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive
(i) the definition of, or any of the terms or provisions of, the Fee Letter, without the written
consent of Agent and Parent (and shall not require the written consent of any of the Lenders), and
(ii) any provision of Section 15 pertaining to Agent, or any other rights or duties of
Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Agent,
Borrower, and the Required Lenders,

(c) No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive
any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Issuing Lender, or any
other rights or duties of Issuing Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without
the written consent of Issuing Lender, Agent, Borrower, and the Required Lenders,

(d) No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive
any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Swing Lender, or any
other rights or duties of Swing Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without
the written consent of Swing Lender, Agent, Borrower, and the Required Lenders,

(e) Anything in this Section 14.1 to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) any amendment,
modification, elimination, waiver, consent, termination, or release of, or with respect to, any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates only to the relationship of the
Lender Group among themselves, and that does not affect the rights or obligations of Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries, shall not require consent by or the agreement of any Loan Party, (ii) any
amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent of or with respect to any provision of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be entered into without the consent of, or over the
objection of, any Defaulting Lender other than any of the matters governed by Section
14.1(a)(i) through (iii), (iii) any amendments necessary to implement any
increase in the Maximum Revolver Amount in accordance with Section 2.14, shall be effective
if in a writing signed only by Agent and Borrower and (iv) nothing in this Section 14.1
shall be construed to prohibit the amendment of any schedule hereto or to any other Loan Document
which is expressly permitted to be amended pursuant to written notice provided to Agent by Borrower
or the applicable Loan Party.

14.2 Replacement of Certain Lenders.

(a) If (i) any action to be taken by the Lender Group or Agent hereunder requires the consent,
authorization, or agreement of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby and if such action has
received the consent, authorization, or agreement of the Required Lenders but not of all Lenders or
all Lenders affected thereby, (ii) any Lender makes a claim for compensation under Section
16 and a replacement will result in a reduction in such compensation thereafter (a “Tax
Lender”), or (iii) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then Borrower or Agent, upon at least 5
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consent, authorization, or agreement (a “Holdout  Lender”), any Tax Lender or any Defaulting Lender with one or more Replacement
Lenders, and the Holdout Lender, Tax Lender or Defaulting Lender, as applicable, shall have no
right to refuse to be replaced hereunder. Such notice to replace the Holdout Lender, Tax Lender or
Defaulting Lender, as applicable, shall specify an effective date for such replacement, which date
shall not be later than 15 Business Days after the date such notice is given and such Lender will
retain its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 2 and 16.

(b) Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender, Tax Lender or
Defaulting Lender, as applicable, and each Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver an
Assignment and Acceptance, subject only to the Holdout Lender, Tax Lender or Defaulting Lender, as
applicable, being repaid in full its share of the outstanding Obligations (without any premium or
penalty of any kind whatsoever, but including (i) all interest, fees and other amounts that may be
due and payable in respect thereof, and (ii) an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of participations
in the Letters of Credit). If the Holdout Lender, Tax Lender or Defaulting Lender, as applicable,
shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior to the
effective date of such replacement, Agent may, but shall not be required to, execute and deliver
such Assignment and Acceptance in the name or and on behalf of the Holdout Lender, Tax Lender or
Defaulting Lender, as applicable, and irrespective of whether Agent executes and delivers such
Assignment and Acceptance, the Holdout Lender, Tax Lender or Defaulting Lender, as applicable,
shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance. The replacement of
any Holdout Lender, Tax Lender or Defaulting Lender, as applicable, shall otherwise be made in
accordance with the terms of Section 13.1. Until such time as one or more Replacement
Lenders shall have acquired all of the Obligations, the Revolver Commitments, and the other rights
and obligations of the Holdout Lender, Tax Lender or Defaulting Lender, as applicable, hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents, the Holdout Lender, Tax Lender or Defaulting Lender, as
applicable, shall remain obligated to make the Holdout Lender’s, Tax Lender’s or Defaulting
Lender’s, as applicable, Pro Rata Share of Advances and to purchase a participation in each Letter
of Credit, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Letters of Credit.

14.3 No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by Agent or any Lender to exercise
any right, remedy, or option under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or delay by Agent or
any Lender in exercising the same, will operate as a waiver thereof. No waiver by Agent or any
Lender will be effective unless it is in writing, and then only to the extent specifically stated.
No waiver by Agent or any Lender on any occasion shall affect or diminish Agent’s and each Lender’s
rights thereafter to require strict performance by Parent and Borrower of any provision of this
Agreement. Agent’s and each Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will
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15. AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP.

15.1 Appointment and Authorization of Agent. Each Lender hereby designates and
appoints WFCF as its agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby
irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider
shall be deemed to designate, appoint, and authorize) Agent to execute and deliver each of the
other Loan Documents on its behalf and to take such other action on its
behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise
such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to Agent by the terms of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Agent agrees to act as agent for and on behalf of Lenders (and the Bank Product
Providers) on the conditions contained in this Section 15. Any provision to the contrary
contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document notwithstanding, Agent shall
not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in the other
Loan Documents, nor shall Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any
Lender (or Bank Product Provider), and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties,
obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
otherwise exist against Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the
term “agent” in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with reference to 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 merely as a matter of market custom, and is
intended to create or reflect only a representative relationship between independent contracting
parties. Each Lender hereby further authorizes (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement,
each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent to act as the secured party under
each of the Loan Documents that create a Lien on any item of Collateral. Except as expressly
otherwise provided in this Agreement, Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect
to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from
taking any actions that Agent expressly is entitled to take or assert under or pursuant to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of
any other provision of the Loan Documents that provides rights or powers to Agent, Lenders agree
that Agent shall have the right to exercise the following powers as long as this Agreement remains
in effect: (a) maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices, ledgers and records
reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Collateral, the Collections of the Loan Parties, and
related matters, (b) execute or file any and all financing or similar statements or notices,
amendments, renewals, supplements, documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other
written agreements with respect to the Loan Documents, (c) make Advances, for itself or on behalf
of Lenders, as provided in the Loan Documents, (d) exclusively receive, apply, and distribute the
Collections of the Loan Parties as provided in the Loan Documents, (e) open and maintain such bank
accounts and cash management arrangements as Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance
with the Loan Documents for the foregoing purposes with respect to the Collateral and the
Collections of the Loan Parties, (f) perform, exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and
remedies of the Lender Group with respect to Parent or its Subsidiaries, the Obligations, the
Collateral, the Collections of the Loan Parties, or otherwise related to any of same as provided in
the Loan Documents, and (g) incur and pay such Lender Group Expenses as Agent may deem necessary or
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15.2 Delegation of Duties. Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys in fact and shall be
entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Agent shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney in fact that it selects as
long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.

15.3 Liability of Agent. None of the Agent-Related Persons shall (a) be liable for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or the Transactions or any transactions contemplated hereby (except for
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any of
Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any officer or director thereof, contained in
this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other
document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability
or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of Parent or its
Subsidiaries or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lenders (or Bank Product
Providers) to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements
contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the books
and records or properties of Parent or its Subsidiaries.

15.4 Reliance by Agent. Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected
in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter,
telegram, facsimile or other electronic method of transmission, telex or telephone message,
statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have
been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal
counsel (including counsel to Borrower or counsel to any Lender), independent accountants and other
experts selected by Agent. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any
action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless Agent shall first receive such advice
or concurrence of Lenders as it deems appropriate and until such instructions are received, Agent
shall act, or refrain from acting, as it deems advisable. If Agent so requests, it shall first be
indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by Lenders (and, if it so elects, the Bank Product
Providers) against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking
or continuing to take any such action. Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or
in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a
request or consent of the Required Lenders and such request and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of Lenders (and Bank Product Providers).
Notwithstanding any other provision of a Loan Document to the contrary, Agent need not, and may
omit to, do anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law
or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary obligation or duty of confidentiality.

15.5 Notice of Default or Event of Default. Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to
defaults in the payment of principal, interest, fees, and expenses required to be paid to Agent for
the account of Lenders and, except with respect to Events of Default of which Agent has actual
knowledge, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Borrower referring to
this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default, and stating that such notice is a
“notice of default.” Agent promptly will notify Lenders of its receipt of any such notice or of
any Event of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge. If any Lender obtains actual knowledge
of any Event of Default, such Lender promptly shall notify the other Lenders and Agent of such
Event of Default. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for giving any notices to its
Participants, if any. Subject to Section 15.4, Agent shall take such action with respect
to
such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Required Lenders in accordance
with Section 9; provided, however, that unless and until Agent has received
any such request, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from
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15.6 Credit Decision. Each Lender (and Bank Product Provider) acknowledges that none
of the Agent-Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by
Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of Parent and its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related
Person to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider). Each Lender represents (and by entering into a
Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to represent) to Agent that it
has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such due
diligence, documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and
investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document, and all applicable bank
regulatory laws relating to the Transactions or any transactions contemplated hereby, and made its
own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrower. Each Lender also
represents (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be
deemed to represent) that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person
and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to
inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition
and creditworthiness of Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document. Except for notices,
reports, and other documents expressly herein required to be furnished to Lenders by Agent, Agent
shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender (or Bank Product Provider) with any
credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and
other condition or creditworthiness of Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document that
may come into the possession of any of the Agent-Related Persons. Each Lender acknowledges (and by
entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge)
that Agent does not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis
(except to the extent, if any, that is expressly specified herein) to provide such Lender (or Bank
Product Provider) with any credit or other information with respect to Borrower, its Affiliates or
any of their respective business, legal, financial or other affairs, and irrespective of whether
such information came into Agent’s or its Affiliates’ or representatives’ possession before or
after the date on which such Lender became a party to this Agreement (or such Bank Product Provider
entered into a Bank Product Agreement).

15.7 Costs and Expenses; Indemnification. Agent may incur and pay Lender Group
Expenses to the extent Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate for the performance and
fulfillment of its functions, powers, and obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents, including
court costs, attorneys fees and expenses, fees and expenses of financial accountants, advisors,
consultants, and appraisers, costs of collection by outside collection agencies, auctioneer fees
and expenses, and costs of security guards or insurance premiums paid to maintain the Collateral,
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pursuant to
this Agreement or otherwise. Agent is authorized and directed to
deduct and retain sufficient amounts from the Collections of the Loan Parties received by Agent to reimburse Agent for such
out-of-pocket costs and expenses prior to the distribution of any amounts to Lenders (or Bank
Product Providers). In the event Agent is not reimbursed for such costs and expenses by any Loan
Party, each Lender hereby agrees that it is and shall be obligated to pay to Agent such Lender’s
ratable thereof. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each of the
Lenders, on a ratable basis, shall indemnify and defend the Agent-Related Persons (to the extent
not reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do
so) from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities; provided, however, that
no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such
Indemnified Liabilities resulting solely from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct
nor shall any Lender be liable for the obligations of any Defaulting Lender in failing to make an
Advance or other extension of credit hereunder. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender
shall reimburse Agent upon demand for such Lender’s ratable share of any costs or out of pocket
expenses (including attorneys, accountants, advisors, and consultants fees and expenses) incurred
by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification,
amendment, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or
legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrower.
The undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the
resignation or replacement of Agent.

15.8 Agent in Individual Capacity. WFCF and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue
letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank Products to, acquire
equity interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory,
underwriting, or other business with Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other
Person party to any Loan Document as though WFCF were not Agent hereunder, and, in each case,
without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the
Lender Group acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider
shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such activities, WFCF or its Affiliates may
receive information regarding Parent or its Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan
Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Parent or such other Person
and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers),
and Lenders acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider
shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such
confidentiality obligations, which waiver Agent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain),
Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The terms “Lender”
and “Lenders” include WFCF in its individual capacity.

15.9 Successor Agent. Agent may resign as Agent upon 30 days prior written notice to
the Lenders (unless such notice is waived by the Required Lenders) and Borrower (unless such notice
is waived by Borrower) and without any notice to the Bank Product Providers. If Agent resigns
under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall be entitled, with (so long as no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing) the consent of Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld, delayed, or conditioned), appoint a successor Agent for the Lenders (and the Bank Product
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the Issuing Lender or the Swing Lender, such resignation shall also operate to effectuate its
resignation as the Issuing Lender or the Swing Lender, as applicable, and it shall automatically be
relieved of any further obligation to issue Letters of Credit, to cause the Underlying Issuer to
issue Letters of Credit, or to make Swing Loans. If no successor Agent is appointed prior to the
effective date of the resignation of Agent, Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders
and Borrower, a successor Agent. If Agent has materially breached or failed to perform any
material provision of this Agreement or of applicable law or if any Insolvency Proceeding is
commenced by or against Agent, the Required Lenders may agree in writing to remove and replace
Agent with a successor Agent from among the Lenders with (so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing) the consent of Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld,
delayed, or conditioned). In any such event, upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor
Agent hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties of the
retiring Agent and the term “Agent” shall mean such successor Agent and the retiring Agent’s
appointment, powers, and duties as Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Agent’s
resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 15 shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this
Agreement. If no successor Agent has accepted appointment as Agent by the date which is 30 days
following a retiring Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Agent’s resignation shall
nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Required Lenders shall perform all of the duties of
Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as
provided for above.

15.10 Lender in Individual Capacity. Any Lender and its respective Affiliates may
make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank
Products to, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust,
financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates
and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though such Lender were not a Lender hereunder
without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group (or the Bank Product
Providers). The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product
Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such
activities, such Lender and its respective Affiliates may receive information regarding Parent or
its Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality
obligations in favor of Parent, such Affiliate or such other Person and that prohibit the
disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders acknowledge (and by entering into a
Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such
circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver
such Lender will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), such Lender shall not be under any
obligation to provide such information to them.

15.11 Collateral Matters.

(a) Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each
Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent to release any Lien on any Collateral (i)
upon the termination of the Revolver Commitments and payment in full of all of the Obligations,
(ii) constituting property being sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of if a release is
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(and Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), (iii) constituting property in which Parent or its
Subsidiaries owned no interest at the time Agent’s Lien was granted nor at the time of such
release, (iv) constituting property leased to Parent or its Subsidiaries under a lease that has
expired, is terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement or (v) constituting Secured
Notes Priority Collateral in connection with the release of Liens on such Collateral as provided
for in the Intercreditor Agreement. The Loan Parties and Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize (and
by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize)
Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, to (a) consent to, credit bid or
purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the
Collateral at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including
under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) credit bid or purchase (either directly or through
one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale or other
disposition thereof conducted under the provisions of the Code, including pursuant to Sections
9-610 or 9-620 of the Code, or (c) credit bid or purchase (either directly or through one or more
acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any other sale or foreclosure
conducted by Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with applicable law. In
connection with any such credit bid or purchase, the Obligations owed to Lenders and the Bank
Product Providers shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with
Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims being estimated for such purpose if
the fixing or liquidation thereof would not unduly delay the ability of Agent to credit bid or
purchase at such sale or other disposition of the Collateral and, if such claims cannot be
estimated without unduly delaying the ability of Agent to credit bid, then such claims shall be
disregarded, not credit bid, and not entitled to any interest in the asset or assets purchased by
means of such credit bid) and Lenders and the Bank Product Providers whose Obligations are credit
bid shall be entitled to receive interests (ratably based upon the proportion of their Obligations
credit bid in relation to the aggregate amount of Obligations so credit bid) in the asset or assets
so purchased (or in the Stock of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate
such purchase). Except as provided above, Agent will not execute and deliver a release of any Lien
on any Collateral without the prior written authorization of (y) if the release is of all or
substantially all of the Collateral, all of the Lenders other than any Defaulting Lenders (without
requiring the authorization of the Bank Product Providers), or (z) otherwise, the Required Lenders
other than Defaulting Lenders (without requiring the authorization of the Bank Product Providers).
Upon request by Agent or Borrower at any time, the Lenders will (and if so requested, the Bank
Product Providers will) confirm in writing Agent’s authority to release any such Liens on
particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 15.11; provided,
however, that (1) Agent shall not be required to execute any document necessary to evidence
such release on terms that, in Agent’s opinion, would expose Agent to liability or create any
obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Lien without recourse,
representation, or warranty, and (2) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or
impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or
obligations of Borrower in respect of) all interests retained by Borrower, including, the proceeds
of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. Lenders further
hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product
Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent, at its option and in its sole discretion, to release
or subordinate any Lien granted to or held by Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any
Permitted Lien on such property if such Permitted Lien secures Permitted Purchase
Money Indebtedness (and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) or the Secured Notes
(and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) (but only with respect to Secured Notes
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(b) Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any of the Lenders (or the Bank Product
Providers) to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Parent or its Subsidiaries or is
cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that Agent’s Liens have been properly
or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, or enforced or are entitled to any
particular priority, or that any particular items of Collateral meet the eligibility criteria
applicable in respect thereof or whether to impose, maintain, reduce, or eliminate any particular
reserve hereunder or whether the amount of any such reserve is appropriate or not, or to exercise
at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to
continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agent
pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the
Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, subject to the terms and conditions
contained herein, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion given
Agent’s own interest in the Collateral in its capacity as one of the Lenders and that Agent shall
have no other duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider) as to any of
the foregoing, except as otherwise provided herein.

15.12 Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments.

(a) Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written consent of
Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request
of Agent, set off against the Obligations, any amounts then due and owing by such Lender to any
Loan Party or any deposit accounts of a Loan Party now or hereafter maintained with such Lender.
Each of the Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested to do so in
writing by Agent, take or cause to be taken any action, including, the commencement of any legal or
equitable proceedings to enforce any Loan Document against Borrower or any Guarantor or to
foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.

(b) If, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff, or
otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations, except for
any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from Agent pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, or (ii) payments from Agent in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all such
distributions by Agent, such Lender promptly shall (A) turn the same over to Agent, in kind, and
with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to Agent, or in immediately
available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the
Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (B) purchase,
without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to
the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the
Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares; provided, however, that to the
extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it,
those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the
applicable portion of the purchase price paid therefor shall be
returned to such purchasing party, but without interest except to the extent that such
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15.13 Agency for Perfection. Agent hereby appoints each other Lender (and each Bank
Product Provider) as its agent (and each Lender hereby accepts (and by entering into a Bank Product
Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to accept) such appointment) for the purpose
of perfecting Agent’s Liens in assets which, in accordance with Article 8 or Article 9, as
applicable, of the Code can be perfected by possession or control. Should any Lender obtain
possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify Agent thereof, and, promptly
upon Agent’s request therefor shall deliver possession or control of such Collateral to Agent or in
accordance with Agent’s instructions.

15.14 Payments by Agent to Lenders. All payments to be made by Agent to the Lenders
(or Bank Product Providers) shall be made by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds
pursuant to such wire transfer instructions as each party may designate for itself by written
notice to Agent. Concurrently with each such payment, Agent shall identify whether such payment
(or any portion thereof) represents principal, premium, fees, or interest of the Obligations.

15.15 Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents. Each member of the Lender
Group authorizes and directs Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each
member of the Lender Group agrees (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product
Provider shall be deemed to agree) that any action taken by Agent in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral and the exercise by Agent of
its powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably
incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of Lenders (and such Bank Product Provider). Agent
is authorized by Lenders, without necessity of any notice to or further consent from any Lender,
from time to time, to take any action with respect to any Collateral or Loan Documents which may be
necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the security interest in and Liens upon Collateral
pursuant to the Loan Documents.

15.16 Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other
Reports and Information. By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender:

(a) is deemed to have requested that Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes
available, a copy of each field audit or examination report respecting Parent or its Subsidiaries
(each, a “Report”) prepared by or at the request of Agent, and Agent shall so furnish each
Lender with such Reports,

(b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that Agent does not (i) make any representation or
warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information
contained in any Report,

(c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or
examinations, that Agent or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only
specific information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries and will
rely significantly upon Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ books and records, as well as on
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(d) agrees to keep all Reports and other non-public information regarding Parent and its
Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a
confidential manner in accordance with Section 17.9, and

(e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this
Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold Agent and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any
action the indemnifying Lender may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender
may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that
the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to Borrower, or the indemnifying Lender’s
participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a loan or loans of Borrower, and (ii)
to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a
Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and
other amounts (including, attorneys fees and costs) incurred by Agent and any such other Lender
preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or
part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.

In addition to the foregoing: (x) any Lender may from time to time request of Agent in writing
that Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or document provided by Parent or its
Subsidiaries to Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by Parent or such Subsidiary to
such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such
Lender, (y) to the extent that Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to
request additional reports or information from Parent or its Subsidiaries, any Lender may, from
time to time, reasonably request Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lender’s notice
to Agent, whereupon Agent promptly shall request of Borrower the additional reports or information
reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon receipt thereof from Parent or such Subsidiary,
Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, and (z) any time that Agent renders to
Borrower a statement regarding the Loan Account, Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each
Lender.

15.17 Several Obligations; No Liability. Notwithstanding that certain of the Loan
Documents now or hereafter may have been or will be executed only by or in favor of Agent in its
capacity as such, and not by or in favor of the Lenders, any and all obligations on the part of
Agent (if any) to make any credit available hereunder shall constitute the several (and not joint)
obligations of the respective Lenders on a ratable basis, according to their respective Revolver
Commitments, to make an amount of such credit not to exceed, in principal amount, at any one time
outstanding, the amount of their respective Revolver Commitments. Nothing contained herein shall
confer upon any Lender any interest in, or subject any Lender to any liability for, or in respect
of, the business, assets, profits, losses, or liabilities of any other Lender. Each Lender shall
be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters relating to the Loan Documents
to the extent any such notice may be required, and no Lender shall have any obligation, duty, or
liability to any Participant of any other Lender. Except as provided in Section 15.7, no
member of the Lender Group shall have any liability for the acts of any other member of the Lender
Group. No Lender shall be responsible to Borrower or any other Person for any failure by any other
Lender (or Bank Product Provider) to fulfill its obligations to make
credit available hereunder, nor to advance for such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) or on
its behalf, nor to take any other action on behalf of such Lender (or Bank Product Provider)
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15.18 Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender (a) consents to the subordination of Liens
provided for in the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) agrees that it will be bound by, and will take no
actions contrary to, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, (c) authorizes and instructs
Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement as Agent on behalf of such holder of Obligations,
(d) acknowledges (or is deemed to acknowledge) that a copy of the Intercreditor Agreement was
delivered, or made available, to such Lender and that such Lender reviewed the Intercreditor
Agreement and (e) authorizes and instructs Agent to enter into amendments, restatements, amendments
and restatements of, or to supplement or other wise modify the Intercreditor Agreement or enter
into one or more other intercreditor agreements having terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent, from
time to time, in connection with the incurrence or Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of secured
Permitted Indebtedness.

16. TAXES.

(a) All payments made by or on behalf of a Loan Party hereunder or under any note or other
Loan Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim, or other defense. In addition, all such
payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or
future Taxes, and in the event any deduction or withholding of Taxes is required, each Loan Party
shall comply with the next sentence of this Section 16(a). If any Taxes are so levied or
imposed, each Loan Party agrees to timely pay the full amount of such Taxes and such additional
amounts as may be necessary (whether or not such Taxes or amounts were correctly or legally imposed
or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority) so that every payment of all amounts due under
this Agreement or any Loan Document, including any amount paid pursuant to this Section
16(a) after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the
amount such member of the Lender Group or Underlying Issuer would have received had no such
withholding or deduction been made. The Loan Parties will furnish to Agent as promptly as possible
after the date the payment of any Tax is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax
receipts issued by the Governmental Authority (or other evidence reasonably acceptable to Agent)
evidencing such payment by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally
indemnify the Lender Group and the Underlying Issuer, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the
full amount of any Taxes (including such amounts described in Section 16(b) and any Taxes
imposed or asserted on, or attributable to, amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by
such member of the Lender Group or the Underlying Issuer or required to be withheld or deducted
from a payment to such member of the Lender Group or the Underlying Issuer and any reasonable
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such 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 the Lender (with a copy to Agent), or by
Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(b) The Loan Parties agree to timely pay any present or future stamp, value added, filing,
recording, intangible, court or documentary or other similar taxes or any other excise or property
taxes, charges, or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder
or from the execution, delivery, performance, registration, recordation, or filing of, from
the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to this Agreement
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(c) If Borrower is a U.S. Person and if Agent, the Underlying Issuer, a Lender or Participant
is entitled to claim an exemption or reduction from United States withholding tax, such Lender or
such Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent, to deliver to each of Borrower and Agent (or,
in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only, and, in the case of
Agent, to Borrower only) one of the following before receiving its first payment under this
Agreement (all such forms are required to be provided by the beneficial owner of such payments,
other than those forms required by Section 16(c)(iv)):

(i) if Agent, such Lender or such Participant is entitled to claim an exemption from
United States withholding tax pursuant to the portfolio interest exception, (A) a statement
of the Lender or Participant, signed under penalty of perjury, that it is not a (I) a “bank”
as described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the IRC, (II) a 10% shareholder of Borrower (within
the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the IRC), or (III) a controlled foreign corporation
related to Borrower within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the IRC, and (B) a properly
completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8IMY (with proper
attachments);

(ii) if such Agent, such Lender or such Participant is entitled to claim an exemption
from, or a reduction of, withholding tax under a United States tax treaty, a properly
completed and executed copy of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN;

(iii) if Agent, such Lender or such Participant is entitled to claim that any payment
made under this Agreement is exempt from United States withholding tax because it is
effectively connected with a United States trade or business of such Lender, a properly
completed and executed copy of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI;

(iv) if Agent, such Lender or such Participant is entitled to claim that any payment
made under this Agreement is exempt from United States withholding tax because such Lender
or such Participant serves as an intermediary, a properly completed and executed copy of
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (with proper attachments); or

(v) a properly completed and executed copy of any other form or forms, including
Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, as may be required under the IRC or other laws of the
United States as a condition to exemption from, or reduction of, United States withholding
or backup withholding tax.

Agent, and each Lender or Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the
expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in
the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only and in the case of Agent,
Borrower only) of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed
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If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding
tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting
requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the IRC, as
applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and Agent at the time or times prescribed by
law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or Agent such documentation
prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the IRC) and
such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or Agent as may be necessary for
the Borrower and Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such
Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct
and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this paragraph, “FATCA” shall include any
amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(d) If a Lender or Participant claims an exemption from withholding tax in a jurisdiction
other than the United States, such Lender or such Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent, to
deliver to each of Borrower and Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the
participation only) any such form or forms, as may be required under the laws of such jurisdiction
as a condition to exemption from, or reduction of, foreign withholding or backup withholding tax
before receiving its first payment under this Agreement, but only if such Lender or such
Participant is legally able to deliver such forms, provided, however, that nothing
in this Section 16(d) shall require a Lender or Participant to disclose any information
that it deems to be confidential (including without limitation, its tax returns). Each Lender and
each Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration or obsolescence
of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of a Participant,
to the Lender granting the participation only) of any change in circumstances which would modify or
render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation shall not
be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would
subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the
legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(e) If a Lender or Participant claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax and
such Lender or such Participant sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers
all or part of the Obligations of Borrower to such Lender or such Participant, such Lender or such
Participant agrees to notify Agent (or, in the case of a sale of a participation interest, to the
Lender granting the participation only) of the percentage amount in which it is no longer the
beneficial owner of Obligations of Borrower to such Lender or such Participant. To the extent of
such percentage amount, Agent will treat such Lender’s or such Participant’s documentation provided
pursuant to Section 16(c) or 16(d) as no longer valid. With respect to such
percentage amount, such Participant or Assignee may provide new documentation, pursuant to
Section 16(c) or 16(d), if applicable. Borrower agrees that each Participant shall
be entitled to the benefits of this Section 16 with respect to its participation in any
portion of the Revolver Commitments and the Obligations so long as such Participant complies with
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(f) Without limiting the obligations of the Loan Parties under Section 16(a), if a
Lender or a Participant is entitled to a reduction in the applicable withholding tax, Borrower
and Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) may
withhold from any interest payment to such Lender or such Participant an amount equivalent to the
applicable withholding tax after taking into account such reduction. If the forms or other
documentation required by Section 16(c) or 16(d) are not delivered to Agent (or, in
the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation), then Agent (or, in the case
of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) may withhold from any interest payment
to such Lender or such Participant not providing such forms or other documentation an amount
equivalent to the applicable withholding tax.

(g) Each Lender shall severally indemnify Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i)
any Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already
indemnified Agent for such Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Party to do so),
(ii) any taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 13
relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any taxes that are not included in
the definition of Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by
Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses (including interest and
penalties) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such 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 any Lender by Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest
error. Each member of the Lender Group and the Underlying Issuer hereby authorizes Agent to set
off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to the member of the Lender Group or the
Underlying Issuer under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by Agent to the Lender from any
other source against any amount due to Agent under this paragraph (g).

(h) If Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of
any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by Borrower or with respect to which Borrower has
paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 16, so long as no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, it shall pay over such refund to Borrower (but only to the
extent of payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Borrower under this Section 16 with
respect to Taxes giving rise to such a refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of Agent or such
Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority
with respect to such a refund); provided, that Borrower, upon the request of Agent or such Lender,
agrees to repay the amount paid over to Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges,
imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority, other than such penalties, interest or other
charges imposed as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of Agent hereunder) to
Agent or such Lender in the event Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no
event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to
this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net
after-tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or
additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 16 shall not be construed to require Agent or
any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information which it deems confidential)
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17. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

17.1 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective when
executed by Parent, Borrower, Agent, and each Lender whose signature is provided for on the
signature pages hereof.

17.2 Section Headings. Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for
convenience only. Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each
Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.

17.3 Interpretation. Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein
shall be construed against the Lender Group or any Loan Party, whether under any rule of
construction or otherwise. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and
shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to
accomplish fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.

17.4 Severability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable
from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal
enforceability of any specific provision.

17.5 Bank Product Providers. Each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed a third party
beneficiary hereof and of the provisions of the other Loan Documents for purposes of any reference
in a Loan Document to the parties for whom Agent is acting. Agent hereby agrees to act as agent
for such Bank Product Providers and, by virtue of entering into a Bank Product Agreement, the
applicable Bank Product Provider shall be automatically deemed to have appointed Agent as its agent
and to have accepted the benefits of the Loan Documents; it being understood and agreed that the
rights and benefits of each Bank Product Provider under the Loan Documents consist exclusively of
such Bank Product Provider’s being a beneficiary of the Liens and security interests (and, if
applicable, guarantees) granted to Agent and the right to share in payments and collections out of
the Collateral as more fully set forth herein. In addition, each Bank Product Provider, by virtue
of entering into a Bank Product Agreement, shall be automatically deemed to have agreed that Agent
shall have the right, but shall have no obligation, to establish, maintain, relax, or release
reserves in respect of the Bank Product Obligations and that if reserves are established there is
no obligation on the part of Agent to determine or insure whether the amount of any such reserve is
appropriate or not. In connection with any such distribution of payments or proceeds of
Collateral, Agent shall be entitled to assume no amounts are due or owing to any Bank Product
Provider unless such Bank Product Provider has provided a written certification (setting forth a
reasonably detailed calculation) to Agent as to the amounts that are due and owing to it and such
written certification is received by Agent a reasonable period of time prior to the making of such
distribution. Agent shall have no obligation to calculate the amount due and payable with respect
to any Bank Products, but may rely upon the written certification of the amount due and payable
from the relevant Bank Product Provider. In the absence of an updated certification, Agent shall
be entitled to assume that the amount due and payable to the relevant Bank Product Provider is the
amount last certified to Agent by such Bank Product Provider as being due and payable (less any
distributions made to such Bank Product Provider on account thereof). The Loan Parties may obtain
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required to do so. Parent and
Borrower acknowledge and agree that no Bank Product Provider has committed to provide any Bank Products
and that the providing of Bank Products by any Bank Product Provider is in the sole and absolute
discretion of such Bank Product Provider. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, no provider or holder of any Bank Product shall have any
voting or approval rights hereunder (or be deemed a Lender) or under any other Loan Document solely
by virtue of its status as the provider or holder of such agreements or products or the Obligations
owing thereunder, nor shall the consent of any such provider or holder be required (other than in
their capacities as Lenders, to the extent applicable) for any matter hereunder or under any of the
other Loan Documents, including as to any matter relating to the Collateral or the release of
Collateral or Guarantors.

17.6 Debtor-Creditor Relationship. The relationship between Lenders and Agent, on the
one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor. No
member of the Lender Group has (or shall be deemed to have) any fiduciary relationship or duty to
any Loan Party arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents or the Transactions or any
transactions contemplated thereby, and there is no agency or joint venture relationship between the
members of the Lender Group, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, by virtue of
any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein.

17.7 Counterparts; Electronic Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and
delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement
by facsimile or other electronic method of transmission (including Adobe portable document format
(.pdf)) shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this
Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or other
electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this
Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the
validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each
other Loan Document mutatis mutandis.

17.8 Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations. If the incurrence or payment of the
Obligations by Borrower or Guarantors or the transfer to the Lender Group of any property should
for any reason subsequently be asserted, or declared, to be void or voidable under any state or
federal law relating to creditors’ rights, including provisions of the Bankruptcy Code relating to
fraudulent conveyances, preferences, or other voidable or recoverable payments of money or
transfers of property (each, a “Voidable Transfer”), and if the Lender Group is required to
repay or restore, in whole or in part, any such Voidable Transfer, or elects to do so upon the
advice of counsel, then, as to any such Voidable Transfer, or the amount thereof that the Lender
Group is required or elects to repay or restore, and as to all reasonable costs, expenses, and
attorneys fees of the Lender Group related thereto, the liability of Borrower or such Guarantor
automatically shall be revived, reinstated, and restored and shall exist as though such Voidable
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17.9 Confidentiality.

(a) Agent and Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that
information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing and
contemplated business plans (“Confidential Information”) shall be treated by Agent and
Lenders in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and Lenders to Persons who
are not parties to this Agreement, except: (i) to attorneys for and other advisors, accountants,
auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group and to employees, directors and
officers of any member of the Lender Group (the Persons in this clause (i), “Lender Group
Representatives”) on a “need to know” basis in connection with this Agreement and the
Transactions or any transactions contemplated hereby and on a confidential basis, (ii) to
Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group (including the Bank Product
Providers), provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to receive such
information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section 17.9, (iii) as may be required
by regulatory authorities purporting to have legal authority to regulate the business and
operations of such member of the Lender Group or its Affiliates so long as such authorities are
informed of the confidential nature of such information, (iv) as may be required by statute,
decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation; provided that (x) prior
to any disclosure under this clause (iv), the disclosing party shall provide Borrower with prior
notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing
party is permitted to provide such prior notice to Borrower pursuant to the terms of the applicable
statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation and (y) any disclosure
under this clause (iv) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be
required by such statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation, (v)
as may be agreed to in advance in writing by Borrower, (vi) as requested or required by any
Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, provided, that, (x) prior
to any disclosure under this clause (vi) the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrower with prior
written notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the
disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior written notice to Borrower pursuant to the
terms of the subpoena or other legal process and (y) any disclosure under this clause (vi) shall be
limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such Governmental
Authority pursuant to such subpoena or other legal process, (vii) as to any such information that
is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by
Agent or Lenders or the Lender Group Representatives), (viii) in connection with any assignment,
participation or pledge of any Lender’s interest under this Agreement, provided that prior to
receipt of Confidential Information any such assignee, participant, or pledgee shall have agreed in
writing to receive such Confidential Information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section,
(ix) in connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which
such litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to the rights or duties of such
parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, that, prior to any disclosure
to any Person (other than any Loan Party, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or
their respective counsel) under this clause (ix) with respect to litigation involving any Person
(other than Borrower, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective
counsel), the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrower with prior written notice thereof, and
(x) in connection with, and to the extent reasonably necessary for, the exercise of any secured
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(b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Agent may (i) provide
customary information concerning the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to loan syndication and pricing reporting services, and (ii) use the name, logos, and
other insignia of Borrower and the Loan Parties and the Revolver Commitments provided hereunder in
any “tombstone” or comparable advertising, on its website or in other marketing materials of Agent.

17.10 Lender Group Expenses. Borrower agrees to pay the Lender Group Expenses on the
earlier of (a) the first day of the month following the date on which such Lender Group Expenses
were first incurred or (b) the date on which written demand therefor, together with reasonably
detailed documentation thereof, is made by Agent. Borrower agrees that its obligations contained
in this Section 17.10 shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other
Obligations.

17.11 Survival. All representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the
Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon
by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and
the making of any loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made
by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that Agent, the Issuing Lender, or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full
force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any loan or any fee or any
other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is
outstanding and so long as the Revolver Commitments have not expired or terminated.

17.12 Patriot Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act
hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower, which information includes the name
and address of Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify Borrower in
accordance with the Patriot Act. In addition, if Agent is required by law or regulation or
internal policies to do so, it shall have the right to periodically conduct (a) Patriot Act
searches, OFAC/PEP searches, and customary individual background checks for the Loan Parties and
(b) OFAC/PEP searches and customary individual background checks for the Loan Parties’ senior
management and key principals, and Borrower agrees to cooperate in respect of the conduct of such
searches and further agrees that the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses for such searches
shall constitute Lender Group Expenses hereunder.

17.13 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, reflects
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the Transactions or any transactions
contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or
written, before the date hereof. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, all Bank Product
Agreements, if any, are independent agreements governed by the written provisions of such Bank
Product Agreements, which will remain in full force and effect, unaffected by any repayment,
prepayments, acceleration, reduction, increase, or change in the terms of any credit extended
hereunder, except as provided in such Bank Product Agreement.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	HORIZON LINES, INC.,

as Parent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Title:
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	HORIZON LINES, LLC,

as Borrower.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Title:
	 	 

Horizon Lines, Inc.

Credit Agreement

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS FARGO CAPITAL
FINANCE, LLC,

as Agent and as a Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Title:
	 	 

Horizon Lines, Inc.

Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Schedule 1.1

Definitions

As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have the following definitions:

“ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning specified therefor in the Intercreditor
Agreement.

“Account” means an account (as that term is defined in the Code).

“Account Debtor” means any Person who is obligated on an Account, chattel paper, or a
general intangible.

“Accounting Changes” means changes in accounting principles required by the
promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or successor thereto or
any agency with similar functions).

“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person whose assets or Stock is
acquired by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition; provided,
however, that such Indebtedness (a) is either Purchase Money Indebtedness or a Capital
Lease with respect to Equipment or mortgage financing with respect to Real Property, (b) was in
existence prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition, and (c) was not incurred in connection
with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition.

“Acquisition” means (a) the purchase or other acquisition by a Person or its
Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of (or any division or business line of) any
other Person, or (b) the purchase or other acquisition (whether by means of a merger,
consolidation, or otherwise) by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the
Stock of any other Person.

“Additional Documents” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 5.12 of
the Agreement.

“Additional Notes” has the meaning specified therefor in the applicable Secured Notes
Documents as in effect on the Closing Date.

“Adjusted EBITDA” means, with respect to any fiscal period (in each case, determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and, in each case, without duplication):

(a) Parent’s consolidated net earnings (or loss) for such period,

minus

(b) the sum of the following amounts of Parent for such period to the extent included in
determining consolidated net earnings (or loss) for such period:

(i) extraordinary, unusual, or non-recurring gains,

 

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(ii) interest income,

(iii) tax benefit or credit,

(iv) exchange, translation or performance gains relating to any hedging transactions or
foreign currency fluctuations,

(v) income arising by reason of the application of FAS 141R,

(vi) the gain from the reversal in the fiscal month ending May 22, 2011 of $19,200,000
of the $30,000,000 charge recorded in the fiscal month ending December 26, 2010 for the
present value of the original $45,000,000 fine resulting from the settlement of the
Antitrust Investigation (which such $19,200,000 gain resulted from the reduction of the fine
from $45,000,000 to $15,000,000) pursuant to the Antitrust Judgment,

(vii) earnings, to the extent such exists, contributed by the Non-Domestic Service,

(viii) earnings, to the extent such exists, contributed by the TP1 Service, and

(ix) non-cash charges and non-cash expenses previously added back to Parent’s
consolidated net earnings (or loss) in determining Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clauses
(c)(i), (c)(ii), (c)(viii), (c)(ix), (c)(xi), (c)(xii), (c)(xiv), (c)(xv) and (c)(xvi),
below to the extent such non-cash charges and non-cash expenses have become cash charges and
cash expenses during such period,

plus

(c) the sum of the following amounts of Parent for such period to the extent included in
determining consolidated net earnings (or loss) for such period:

(i) non-cash extraordinary, unusual, impairment, or non-recurring losses,

(ii) other non-cash charges or non-cash expenses, in each case incurred other than in
the ordinary course of business,

(iii) interest expense,

(iv) tax expense based on income, profits or capital, including federal, foreign,
state, franchise and similar taxes (including tonnage taxes) (and for the avoidance of
doubt, specifically excluding any sales taxes or any other taxes held in trust for, or on
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(v) depreciation and amortization,

(vi) non-cash compensation expense (including deferred non-cash compensation expense),
or other non-cash expenses or charges, arising from the sale or issuance of stock, the
granting of stock options, and the granting of stock appreciation rights, restricted stock
and similar arrangements (including any re-pricing, amendment, modification, substitution,
or change of any such stock, stock option, stock appreciation rights, or similar
arrangements) minus the amount of any such expenses or charges when paid in cash to the
extent not deducted in the computation of Parent’s consolidated net earnings (or loss),

(vii) expenses incurred as a result of the repurchase, redemption or retention of
Capital Stock earned under equity compensation programs solely in order to make withholding
tax payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000 in any fiscal year,

(viii) non-cash restructuring charges unrelated to the Non-Domestic Reorganization,

(ix) non-cash fees, expenses or charges incurred other than in the ordinary course of
business associated with changes in the method of operations pursuant to cost reduction
programs,

(x) Non-Domestic Reorganization Charges in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$35,000,000 in the fourth fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2011 and the first fiscal quarter of
2012,

(xi) non-cash exchange, translation or performance losses relating to any hedging
transactions or foreign currency fluctuations,

(xii) non-cash losses on sales of fixed or other tangible assets or write-downs of
fixed, other tangible or intangible assets,

(xiii) Recapitalization Costs in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 in fiscal
year 2011,

(xiv) any amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs or
write-off of financing costs, including but not limited to non-cash expense or loss
associated with the early retirement or extinguishment of debt,

(xv) non-cash loss on modification of debt,

(xvi) non-cash charges resulting from the application of purchase accounting,

(xvii) charges recorded for the fine resulting from the settlement of the Antitrust
Investigation in aggregate amount not exceed $15,000,000 over the period beginning with the
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(xviii) charges for such period relating to the lawsuits of claimants that opted out of
the class action lawsuits subject to the Puerto Rico Settlement in an aggregate amount not
to exceed $25,000,000 during the term of this Agreement,

(xix) charges for such period relating to the Indirect Purchasers Settlement in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $1,800,000 during the term of this Agreement,

(xx) legal and professional fees and expenses incurred during such period relating to
Antitrust Litigation Matters in an aggregate amount not to exceed (A) $7,500,000 during any
twelve-month period and (B) $7,500,000 incurred after the Closing Date during the term of
this Agreement,

(xxi) charges for the settlement of, and legal and professional fees and expenses
incurred during such period relating to, the investigation into environmental compliance
recordkeeping in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,500,000 during the term of this
Agreement,

(xxii) Non-Domestic Service losses for the period prior to the commencement of the
Non-Domestic Reorganization in the amounts and for the periods set forth in the Non-Domestic
Service Losses Schedule in an aggregate amount not to exceed $35,800,000 in fiscal year
2011;

(xxiii) Non-Domestic Service losses for the period after the commencement of the
Non-Domestic Reorganization in an aggregate amount not to exceed (A) $10,000,000 in any
fiscal quarter and (B) $25,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, and

(xxiv) TP1 Service losses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for fiscal
year 2011.

“Advances” means Revolver Loans (including Revolver Loans that result in an
Overadvance), Swing Loans and Protective Advances, or any one of them, as the context may require.

“Affected Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.13(b) of the
Agreement.

“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition,
“control” means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the
power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Stock, by
contract, or otherwise; provided, however, that, for purposes of the definition of
Eligible Accounts and Section 6.12 of the Agreement: (a) any Person which owns directly or
indirectly 10% or more of the Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
other members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the partnership or other
ownership interests of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such Person) shall be deemed an
Affiliate of such Person, (b) each director (or comparable manager) of a Person shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of such Person, and (c) each partnership in which a Person is a
general partner shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person.

 

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“Agent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.

“Agent-Related Persons” means Agent, together with its Affiliates (including the
Issuing Lender and the Swing Lender), officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.

“Agent’s Account” means the Deposit Account of Agent identified on Schedule
A-1.

“Agent’s Liens” means the Liens granted by each of the Loan Parties to Agent under the
Loan Documents.

“Agreement” means the Credit Agreement to which this Schedule 1.1 is attached.

“Antitrust Investigation” means the investigation by the Antitrust Division of the
United States Department of Justice regarding possible antitrust violations by the Loan Parties or
their Subsidiaries with respect to the ocean shipping business.

“Antitrust Judgment” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Antitrust
Judgment Lien.

“Antitrust Judgment Lien” means the Lien securing the obligations of Parent and its
Subsidiaries with respect to that certain Second Amended Judgment (the “Antitrust
Judgment”) entered by the United States District Court for the Judicial District of Puerto Rico
on April 28, 2011 in the case of United States of America v. Horizon Lines, LLC (Case Number
03:11-CR-0071-001 (DRD)) (a notice of which was recorded in favor of the United States of America
in the Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on June 07, 2011), pursuant to
which judgment Borrower is required to pay over a period of 5 years, the following amounts by the
following dates: (i) $1,000,000 on or before May 28, 2011, (ii) $1,000,000 on or before March 22,
2012, (iii) $2,000,000 on or before March 22, 2013, (iv) $3,000,000 on or before March 22, 2014,
(v) $4,000,000 on or before March 22, 2015, and (vi) $4,000,000 on or before March 22, 2016.

“Antitrust Litigation Matters” means any civil action, criminal action or
investigation, including related shareholder litigation, involving any allegation of a violation of
federal, state or other antitrust law by any of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries with respect
to the ocean shipping business.

“Application Event” means the occurrence of (a) a failure by Borrower to repay all of
the Obligations (other than Contingent Obligations) in full on the Maturity Date, or (b) an Event
of Default and the election by Agent or the Required Lenders to require that payments and proceeds
of Collateral be applied pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii) of the Agreement.

 

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“Applicable Leverage Premium” means, as of any date of determination, the applicable
premium set forth in the following table that corresponds to the most recent calculation of the
Leverage Ratio delivered to Agent pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Agreement
(the “Leverage Ratio Calculation”); provided that for the period from the
Closing Date through the date Agent receives the Leverage Ratio Calculation in respect of the
Reference Period ending December 25, 2011, the Applicable Leverage Premium shall be set at “Level
IV”:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Level	 	Leverage Ratio	 	Leverage Premium	 
	I
	 	< 4.00 to 1.00	 	 	0.00	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	II
	 	≥ 4.00 to 1.00 but	 	 	0.25	%
	 
	 	< 5.00 to 1.00	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	III
	 	≥ 5.00 to 1.00 but	 	 	0.50	%
	 
	 	< 6.00 to 1.00	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	IV
	 	≥ 6.00 to 1.00	 	 	0.75	%

Except as set forth in the foregoing proviso, the Applicable Leverage Premium shall be based
upon the most recent Leverage Ratio Calculation, which will be calculated as of the end of each
fiscal month for the most recently ended 12 month period. Except as set forth in the proviso to
the first sentence of this definition, the Applicable Leverage Premium shall be re-determined
monthly on the first day of the calendar month following the date of delivery to Agent of the
certified calculation thereof pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Agreement; provided,
however, that if Parent fails to provide such certification when such certification is due,
the Applicable Leverage Premium shall be set at “Level IV” as of the first day of the calendar
month following the date on which the certification was required to be delivered until the date on
which such certification or a subsequent month’s certification is delivered (on which date (but not
retroactively), without constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default occasioned by the
failure to timely deliver such certification, the Applicable Leverage Premium shall be set at the
Level based upon the calculations disclosed by such certification). In the event that the
information regarding the Leverage Ratio contained in any certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 5.1 of the Agreement is shown to be inaccurate, and such inaccuracy, if corrected,
would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Leverage Premium for any period (a
“Margin Period”) than the Applicable Leverage Premium actually applied for such Margin
Period, then (i) Parent shall promptly deliver to Agent a correct certificate for such Margin
Period, (ii) the Applicable Leverage Premium shall be determined as if the correct Applicable
Leverage Premium (as set forth in the table above) were applicable for such Margin Period, and
(iii) Parent shall promptly deliver to Agent full payment in respect of the accrued additional
interest as a result of such increased Applicable Leverage Premium for such Margin Period, which
payment shall be promptly applied by Agent to the affected Obligations.

 

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“Applicable Margin” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the
applicable margin set forth in the following table that corresponds to the most recent calculation
of Average Three-Month Excess Availability delivered to Agent pursuant to Section 5.1 of
the Agreement (the “Excess Availability Calculation”) plus (b) the Applicable
Leverage Premium; provided that for the period from the Closing Date through the date Agent
receives the Excess
Availability Calculation in respect of the Reference Period ending December 25, 2011, the
Applicable Margin shall be calculated based on “Level II”:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Average Three-	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Month Excess	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Level	 	Availability	 	LIBOR Rate Loans	 	 	Base Rate Loans	 
	I
	 	> $60,000,000	 	 	2.25	%	 	 	1.25	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	II
	 	≤ $60,000,000 but	 	 	2.50	%	 	 	1.50	%
	 
	 	> $45,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	III
	 	≤ $45,000,000 but	 	 	2.75	%	 	 	1.75	%
	 
	 	> $30,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	IV
	 	≤ $30,000,000	 	 	3.00	%	 	 	2.00	%

Except as set forth in the foregoing proviso, the Applicable Margin shall be based upon the
most recent Excess Availability Calculation, which will be calculated as of the end of each fiscal
month. Except as set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of this definition, the Applicable
Margin shall be re-determined monthly on the first day of the calendar month following the date of
delivery to Agent of the certified calculation of the Average Three-Month Excess Availability
pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Agreement; provided, however, that if Parent
fails to provide such certification when such certification is due, the Applicable Margin shall be
set at “Level IV” as of the first day of the calendar month following the date on which the
certification was required to be delivered until the date on which such certification or a
subsequent month’s certification is delivered (on which date (but not retroactively), without
constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default occasioned by the failure to timely
deliver such certification, the Applicable Margin shall be set at the Level based upon the
calculations disclosed by such certification). In the event that the information regarding the
Average Three-Month Excess Availability contained in any certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 5.1 of the Agreement is shown to be inaccurate, and such inaccuracy, if corrected,
would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (a “Margin
Period”) than the Applicable Margin actually applied for such Margin Period, then (i) Parent
shall promptly deliver to Agent a correct certificate for such Margin Period, (ii) the Applicable
Margin shall be determined as if the correct Applicable Margin (as set forth in the table above)
were applicable for such Margin Period, and (iii) Parent shall promptly deliver to Agent full
payment in respect of the accrued additional interest as a result of such increased Applicable
Margin for such Margin Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by Agent to the affected
Obligations.

“Assignee” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(a) of the
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“Assignment and Acceptance” means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-1.

“Authorized Person” means any one of the individuals identified on Schedule
A-2, as such schedule is updated from time to time by written notice from Parent to Agent.

“Average Three-Month Excess Availability” means for any consecutive three month
period, an amount equal to the sum of the actual amount of Excess Availability on each day during
such three-month period, as calculated by Borrower subject to confirmation by Agent, divided by the
number of days in such three-month period.

“Bank Product” means any one or more of the following financial products or
accommodations extended to a Loan Party by a Bank Product Provider: (a) credit cards, (b) credit
card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) stored value cards, (e) purchase cards (including
so-called “procurement cards” or “P-cards”), (f) Cash Management Services, or (g) transactions
under Hedge Agreements.

“Bank Product Agreements” means those agreements entered into from time to time by a
Loan Party with a Bank Product Provider in connection with the obtaining of any of the Bank
Products.

“Bank Product Collateralization” means providing cash collateral (pursuant to
documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Bank
Product Providers (other than the Hedge Providers) in an amount determined by Agent as sufficient
to satisfy the reasonably estimated credit exposure with respect to then existing Noticed Bank
Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations).

“Bank Product Obligations” means (a) all obligations, liabilities, reimbursement
obligations, fees, or expenses owing to any Bank Product Provider pursuant to or evidenced by a
Bank Product Agreement and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and (b)
all Hedge Obligations.

“Bank Product Provider” means any Lender or any of its Affiliates; provided
that if, at any time, a Lender ceases to be a Lender under the Agreement, then, from and after the
date on which it ceases to be a Lender thereunder, neither it nor any of its Affiliates shall
constitute Bank Product Providers and the obligations with respect to Bank Products provided by
such former Lender or any of its Affiliates shall no longer constitute Bank Product Obligations.

“Bank Products Provider Agreement” means a letter agreement in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B-2, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
duly executed by the applicable Bank Product Provider, Borrower, and Agent.

“Bank Product Reserve Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the Dollar
amount of reserves that Agent has determined is necessary or appropriate to establish in its
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“Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, as in effect from time to
time.

“Base Rate” means, for any day, a per annum rate equal to the greatest of (a) the
Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2%, (b) the LIBOR Rate (which rate shall be calculated based upon an
Interest Period of 1 month and shall be determined on a daily basis), plus 1%, and (c) the rate of
interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco
as its “prime rate”, with the understanding that the “prime rate” is one of Wells Fargo’s base
rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates
of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the
recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may
designate.

“Base Rate Loan” means each portion of the Advances that bears interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Base Rate.

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors (or comparable managers) of Parent
or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors (or comparable
managers).

“Borrower” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.

“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Revolver Loans made on the same day by the
Lenders (or Agent on behalf thereof), or by Swing Lender in the case of a Swing Loan, or by Agent
in the case of a Protective Advance.

“Borrowing Base” means, as of any date of determination, the result of (a) 85% of the
amount of Eligible Accounts; less (b) the aggregate amount of reserves, if any, established
by Agent in its Permitted Discretion under Section 2.1(c) of the Agreement.

“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit B-1.

“Borrowing Base Excess” has the meaning specified therefor in Section
2.4(e)(i).

“Bridge Credit Agreement” means that certain Second Lien Term Loan Facility, dated as
of September 13, 2011, among Parent, as borrower, certain Subsidiaries of Parent as guarantors, the
banks and other financial institutions party thereto, as lenders, and Cantor Fitzgerald Securities,
as administrative agent for the lenders thereunder, as amended.

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which
banks are authorized or required to close in the state of New York, except that, if a determination
of a Business Day shall relate to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” also shall exclude any
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“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate
of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are capital
expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such expenditures are
paid in cash or financed; provided that the following shall not be considered Capital
Expenditures (a) expenditures as a result of a trade-in or reinvestment of proceeds of an asset
disposition, (b) expenditures using proceeds of insurance or condemnation event proceeds, (c)
expenditures made to effect a Permitted Acquisition, (d) expenditures resulting from a reinvestment
in accordance with Section 2.4(e)(ii), (e) expenditures financed solely with net cash
proceeds from an issuance of Stock, (f) expenditures made as a tenant in leasehold improvements, to
the extent reimbursed by the landlords and (g) expenditures actually paid for by a third party
(excluding any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof) and for which no Loan Party or any Subsidiary
has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, and consideration or
monetary obligation to such third party or any other Person (whether before, during or after such
period).

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means that portion of the obligations under a Capital
Lease that is required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.

“Capital Lease” means a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial
reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash Equivalents” means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within 1 year from the date of
acquisition thereof, (b) marketable direct obligations issued or fully guaranteed by any state of
the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality
thereof maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Rating
Group (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), (c) commercial paper
maturing no more than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition,
having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s, (d) certificates of deposit,
time deposits, overnight bank deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing within 1 year from the date
of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia or any United States branch of a foreign bank having at
the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000, (e)
Deposit Accounts maintained with (collectively, the “Specified Institutions”) (i) any bank
that satisfies the criteria described in clause (d) above, or (ii) any other bank organized under
the laws of the United States or any state thereof so long as the full amount maintained with any
such other bank is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (f) repurchase obligations
of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (d) of this definition or recognized
securities dealer having combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000, having a term
of not more than seven days, with respect to securities satisfying the criteria in clauses (a) or
(d) above, (g) debt securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition
backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the criteria described
in clause (d) above, (h) Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are
invested in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (g) above, and (i) Securities
Accounts maintained with Specified Institutions in which all of the assets therein are Investments
in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (g) above.

 

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“Cash Management Services” means any cash management or related services including
treasury, depository, return items, overdraft, controlled disbursement, merchant store value
cards, e-payables services, electronic funds transfer, interstate depository network, automatic
clearing house transfer (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic funds
transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system) and other cash management
arrangements.

“Change of Control” means at any time, after giving effect to the ownership changes on
the Closing Date as a result of the consummation of the Transactions, the occurrence of any of the
following events:

(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange
Act, except that a person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that
such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after
the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the then outstanding voting Stock
of Parent;

(b) the replacement of a majority of the Board of Directors of Parent over a 24 month period
from the directors who constituted the Board of Directors at the beginning of such period, and such
replacement shall not have been approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Board of Directors
of Parent then still in office who either were members of such Board of Directors at the beginning
of such period or whose election as a member of such Board of Directors was previously so approved;

(c) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in,
the documents evidencing any of the Senior Notes; and

(d) Parent fails to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Stock of each other
Loan Party, except (i) as a result of any transaction permitted under Section 6.3, (ii) as a result
of any sale or other disposition permitted under clause (p) of the definition of Permitted
Dispositions or (iii) to the extent such other Loan Party is released from the Guaranty or no
longer required to be a Guarantor pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Documents.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of the 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
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“Chartered Vessel” means any Vessel leased, chartered, subleased or subchartered by a
Loan Party or any Subsidiary pursuant to one or more Chartered Vessel Documents.

“Chartered Vessel Documents” means all Vessel leases, charters, subleases, subcharters
and all related documents in respect of any Chartered Vessel, including those listed on
Schedule V-1 hereto.

“Chassis” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.

“Closing Date” means the date on which each of the conditions precedent set forth on
Schedule 3.1 either have been satisfied or have been waived.

“Code” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time.

“Collateral” means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned
or hereafter acquired by a Loan Party in or upon which a Lien is granted by such Person in favor of
Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, “Collateral”
does not include any Excluded Assets.

“Collateral Access Agreement” means a landlord waiver, bailee letter, or
acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, or other Person in
possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in a Loan Party’s books and
records pertaining to ABL Priority Collateral, in each case, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent.

“Collections” means all cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment
(including insurance proceeds, cash proceeds of asset sales, rental proceeds, and tax refunds).

“Commitment Excess” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.4(e)(i).

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
C-1 delivered by the chief financial officer of Parent to Agent.

“Confidential Information” has the meaning specified therefor in Section
17.9(a) of the Agreement.

“Contingent Obligations” means taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements,
damages, contingent Obligations and other claims and liabilities which are not due and owing or in
respect of which no assertion of liability or no claim or demand for payment, in each case, in
writing, has been made at such time.

“Control Agreement” means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by a Loan Party, Agent, and the applicable securities
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“Controlled Account” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.

“Controlled Account Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security
Agreement.

“Copyright Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security
Agreement.

“CoT Chassis” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.

“CSX” means CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation.

“Daily Balance” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any
Obligation, the outstanding amount of such Obligation owed at the end of such day.

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

“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any amounts required
to be funded by it under the Agreement within 1 Business Day of the date that it is required to do
so under the Agreement (including the failure to make available to Agent amounts required pursuant
to a Settlement or to make a required payment in connection with a Letter of Credit Disbursement),
(b) notified Borrower, Agent, or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with all
or any portion of its funding obligations under the Agreement, (c) has made a public statement to
the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under the Agreement or
under other agreements generally (as reasonably determined by Agent) under which it has committed
to extend credit, (d) failed, within 3 Business Day after written request by Agent, to confirm that
it will comply with the terms of the Agreement relating to its obligations to fund any amounts
required to be funded by it under the Agreement, (e) otherwise failed to pay over to Agent or any
other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it under the Agreement within 1 Business Day
of the date that it is required to do so under the Agreement, unless the subject of a good faith
dispute, or (f) (i) becomes or is insolvent or has a parent company that has become or is insolvent
or (ii) becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver,
conservator, trustee, or custodian or appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of,
or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or
has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has
had a receiver, conservator, trustee, or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in
furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or
appointment.

“Defaulting Lender Rate” means (a) for the first 3 days from and after the date the
relevant payment is due, the Base Rate, and (b) thereafter, the interest rate then applicable to
Advances that are Base Rate Loans (inclusive of the Applicable Margin applicable thereto).

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“Designated Account” means the Deposit Account of Borrower identified on Schedule
D-1.

“Designated Account Bank” has the meaning specified therefor in Schedule D-1.

“Dilution” means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based upon the
experience of the immediately prior 3 consecutive months, that is the result of dividing the Dollar
amount of (a) bad debt write-downs, discounts, advertising allowances, credits, or other similar
dilutive items with respect to Borrower’s Accounts during such period, by (b) Borrower’s billings
with respect to Accounts during such period.

“Dilution Reserve” means, as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to
reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts by 1% for each percentage point by which Dilution
is in excess of 5%.

“Dollars” or “$” means United States dollars.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“Earn-Outs” means unsecured liabilities of a Loan Party arising under an agreement to
make any deferred payment as a part of the Purchase Price for a Permitted Acquisition, including
performance bonuses or consulting payments in any related services, employment or similar
agreement, in an amount that is subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or
profits (or the like) of the underlying target.

“Eligible Accounts” means those Accounts created by any Loan Party in the ordinary
course of its business, that arise out of such Loan Party’s sale of goods or rendition of services,
that comply with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in
the Loan Documents, to the extent not excluded by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria
set forth below; provided, however, that such criteria may be revised from time to
time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any field exam performed by
Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible
Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash. Eligible Accounts shall
not include the following:

(a) Accounts that the Account Debtor has failed to pay within 90 days of original invoice date
or Accounts with payment terms of more than 60 days; provided, however, that
Accounts with payment terms greater than 60 days will not be excluded from Eligible Accounts to the
extent the aggregate amount of such Accounts does not exceed $1,000,000,

(b) Accounts owed by an Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) where 50% or more of all Accounts
owed by that Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) are deemed ineligible under clause (a) above,

(c) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of a Loan Party or an
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(d) Accounts that are not payable in Dollars,

(e) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor (i) does not maintain its chief
executive office in the United States, or (ii) is not organized under the laws of the United States
or any state thereof, or (iii) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of
any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department,
agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, except in any such case, to the
extent (y) the Account is supported by a letter of credit satisfactory to Agent (as to form,
substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank) in its Permitted Discretion that has been
delivered to Agent and is directly drawable by Agent, or (z) the Account is covered by credit
insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted
Discretion,

(f) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is either (i) the United States or any
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with
respect to which a Loan Party has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent, with the
Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC §3727, or has otherwise made arrangements with respect to such
Accounts satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion) (any such Account described in this
clause (i) being referred to herein as a “US Government Account”), or (ii) any state of the
United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which a Loan Party has made
arrangements with respect to such Accounts satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion);
provided that US Government Accounts which are not otherwise excluded from Eligible
Accounts for any other reason hereunder shall be included as Eligible Accounts notwithstanding that
compliance with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC §3727 has not been effected unless and until
10 Business Days after Agent shall have requested that such compliance be effected (the
“Exclusion Date”), and upon such request, Borrower agrees to cooperate with Agent to
execute and obtain all requisite government assignments and consents from the applicable government
account debtor as soon as possible, it being understood that from the Exclusion Date until such
government assignments and consents have been obtained such US Government Accounts may be excluded
from Eligible Accounts in Agent’s Permitted Discretion,

(g) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of any Loan Party, has a
right of setoff or has asserted a right of setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any
portion of the Account, in each case solely to the extent of such claim, right of setoff, or
dispute,

(h) Accounts with respect to an Account Debtor whose total obligations owing to a Loan Party
exceed 10% (except that, in the case of Wal-Mart, such percentage shall be 20%) (such percentage,
as applied to a particular Account Debtor, being subject to reduction by Agent in its Permitted
Discretion if the creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates) of all Eligible Accounts,
to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentage;
provided, however, that, in each case, the amount of Accounts that would otherwise
be Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be
determined by Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts prior to giving effect to any
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(i) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an Insolvency Proceeding,
is not Solvent, has gone out of business, or as to which a Loan Party has received notice of an
imminent Insolvency Proceeding or a material impairment of the financial condition of such Account
Debtor,

(j) Accounts, the collection of which, Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, believes to be
doubtful by reason of the Account Debtor’s financial condition,

(k) Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent’s Lien;
provided that, without limiting the effect or application of any other exclusion in the
definition of Eligible Accounts, the existence of (i) state and federal tax Liens so long as any
such lien (A) is permitted under the Agreement, (B) has priority by operation of applicable law and
(C) to the extent that (1) any Loan Party has knowledge of such Lien (other than an inchoate Lien)
or (2) the related taxes are overdue and unpaid or (3) the applicable tax authority has recorded or
filed such lien, in each case, such Loan Party shall have promptly notified Agent of the existence
of such Liens and the related taxes, but in any event within 5 days thereof, (ii) the Antitrust
Judgment Lien, and (iii) the Vessel Environmental Judgment Lien, shall, in each case, not result in
Accounts being excluded from Eligible Accounts; provided further that Agent shall
at all times have the unfettered right to establish reserves in its Permitted Discretion against
any of the foregoing Liens as provided in Section 2.1(c) of the Agreement.

(l) Accounts that are subject to a Lien of any other Person (other than a Person with whom
Agent entered into an intercreditor agreement subordinating such Person’s Liens to Agent’s Liens on
terms satisfactory to Agent, and other than Liens constituting Permitted Liens set forth in clause
(g) of the definition thereof for which Agent has received written notice thereof),

(m) Accounts with respect to which the services giving rise to such Account have not been
performed and billed to the Account Debtor (it being understood that services giving rise to an
account for shipment of ocean freight are deemed performed at such time as the vessel carrying such
freight sets sail from the port of departure),

(n) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned
Entity,

(o) Accounts that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings
that are due prior to the completion of performance by any Loan Party of the subject contract for
goods or service (it being understood that services giving rise to an account for shipment of ocean
freight are deemed performed at such time as the vessel carrying such freight sets sail from the
port of departure),

(p) Accounts with payment terms requiring that cash payment be made on the date of the
performance of the underlying service,

(q) Accounts associated with volume incentive discounts (such as GL#3440000), solely to the
extent of any such volume incentive discount agreed to by the Loan Parties and accrued against such
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(r) Accounts with a remaining balance currently outstanding that is less than the original
invoice amount,

(s) Accounts solely to the extent cash has been received in payment of such Accounts but
unapplied to the specific invoices (such as amounts in GL#1539700), or

(t) Accounts acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, until the completion of an
audit of such Accounts, satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion (which audit may be
conducted prior to the closing of such Permitted Acquisition).

“Eligible Transferee” means (a) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the
United States, or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of $500,000,000, (b) a
commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of any such country and which
has total assets in excess of $500,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a
branch or agency located in the United States, (c) a finance company, insurance company, or other
financial institution or fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, or otherwise investing in
commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and having (together with its Affiliates)
total assets in excess of $500,000,000, (d) any Affiliate (other than individuals) of a
pre-existing Lender, (e) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other
Person approved by Agent and Borrower (such approval by Borrower not to be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed), and (f) during the continuation of an Event of Default, any other Person
approved by Agent; provided that an “Eligible Transferee” shall not include any Loan Party
or any Affiliate of any Loan Party.

“Employee Benefit Plan” means (a) any employee benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA that is maintained, funded or administered by any Loan Party or any ERISA
Affiliate or (b) any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has at any time within the preceding
six (6) years been maintained, funded or administered by any Loan Party or any current or former
ERISA Affiliate.

“Environmental Action” means any written complaint, summons, citation, directive,
order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding or judgment from any
Governmental Authority, or any Person involving violations or alleged violations of Environmental
Laws or releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Materials (a) from any assets, properties, or
businesses of Parent, any Subsidiary of Parent, or any of their predecessors in interest, or (b)
from or onto any facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by Parent, any Subsidiary
of Parent, or any of their predecessors in interest.

“Environmental Law” means any applicable federal, state, provincial, foreign or local
statute, law, rule having the force and effect of law, regulation, ordinance, code, binding and
enforceable guideline, binding and enforceable written policy, or rule of common law now or
hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, including any judicial or administrative order,
consent decree or judgment, in each case, to the extent binding on Parent or its Subsidiaries,
relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on employee health, or Hazardous
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“Environmental Liabilities” means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses,
damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel,
experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties,
sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Action required,
by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.

“Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for
Environmental Liabilities.

“Equipment” means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code).

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any
successor statute thereto.

“ERISA Affiliate” means (a) any Person subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as
employed by the same employer as the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section
414(b), (b) any trade or business subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the
same employer as the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(c), (c) solely
for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 430 of the IRC, any organization subject to
ERISA that is a member of an affiliated service group of which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is
a member under IRC Section 414(m), or (d) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA or Section
412 or 430 of the IRC, any Person subject to ERISA that is a party to an arrangement with Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries and whose employees are aggregated with the employees of Parent or its
Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(o).

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 8 of the
Agreement.

“Excess Availability” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a)
the lesser of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount and (ii) the Borrowing Base minus (b)
the Revolver Usage minus (c) the aggregate amount, if any, of all trade payables of the
Loan Parties that are more than 60 days past due, except for trade payables which are being
disputed in good faith by a Loan Party.

“Excess Availability Calculation” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition
of Applicable Margin.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect from time to
time.

“Excluded Accounts” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.

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“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 8,
2007, among Parent, certain Subsidiaries of Parent as guarantors, the lenders party thereto and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (successor by merger to Wachovia Bank, National
Association), as administrative agent, as amended.

“Existing Letters of Credit” means those letters of credit described on Schedule
E-1 to the Agreement.

“Existing Notes” means the 4.25% Convertible Secured Notes due 2012, issued by Parent
in an aggregate principal amount of $330,000,000.

“Extension of Credit” means, as the context may require, (i) the making of an Advance
by a Lender or (ii) the issuance of any Letter of Credit by the Issuing Lender or the amendment,
extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit; provided that “Extensions of Credit” shall
not include conversions and continuations of outstanding Advances.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the IRC, as of the date of the Agreement
(or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more
onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
equal to, for each day during such period, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for
such day on such transactions received by Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by it.

“Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter, dated as of August 26, 2011, between
Parent and Agent.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries,
determined on a consolidated basis, for any Reference Period, the ratio of (a) Adjusted EBITDA for
such period for such period, minus the sum of (i) Unfinanced Capital Expenditures
made or incurred during such period, (ii) all federal state, and local income taxes paid in cash
during such period to the extent added back in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA for such period
and (iii) Restricted Stock Payments paid in cash during such period to persons other than Parent or
another Loan Party to (b) Fixed Charges for such period.

“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent
and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum, without
duplication, of (a) Interest Expense (net of interest income and other cash offsets to Interest
Expense) paid in cash during such period, (b) scheduled principal payments in respect of Funded
Indebtedness that are required to be paid during such period and (c) scheduled payments after the
Closing Date in respect of the Antitrust Judgment, the Vessel Environmental Judgment and any
scheduled payments in connection any judgments, orders or awards entered into or existing after the
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For the purposes of calculating Interest Expense with respect to Fixed Charges for any
Reference Period, if at any time during such Reference Period (and after the Closing Date), Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries shall have (to the extent permitted by the Agreement) (a) converted any
Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries into Stock of Parent or such Subsidiary or (b)
repurchased or repaid any Indebtedness (other than (x) the repayment of revolving Indebtedness that
does not permanently reduce the commitments therefor and Indebtedness maturing within 1 year of the
date of issuance thereof and (y) repurchases or repayments of term loans, notes and other Funded
Indebtedness maturing more than 1 year after the date of issuance thereof which are refinanced or
replaced by other Funded Indebtedness) of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, a
“Specified Transaction”), then Interest Expense for such Reference Period shall be
calculated as if such Specified Transaction occurred on the first day of such Reference Period and
all Interest Expense attributable to such converted or refinanced Indebtedness shall be excluded
from the calculation of Fixed Charges; provided that Interest Expense accrued prior to the
Closing Date shall be measured as the actual amount thereof paid and not in accordance with the
preceding provisions of this paragraph.

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender or Participant that is not a United States person
within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the IRC.

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

“Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness for
borrowed money or letters of credit of Parent, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP, that by its terms matures more than one year after the date of calculation, and any such
Indebtedness maturing within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable at the option
of Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to a date more than one year from such date,
including, in any event, but without duplication, with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries, the
Revolver Usage, and the amount of their Capitalized Lease Obligations.

“Funding Date” means the date on which a Borrowing occurs.

“Funding Losses” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(b)(ii) of
the Agreement.

“GAAP” means, subject to the limitations and application thereof set forth in
Section 1.2, generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the
United States, consistently applied; provided, however, that all calculations
relative to liabilities shall be made without giving effect to Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 159.

“Governing Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the certificate or articles
of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documents of such Person.

“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local, or other governmental or
administrative body, instrumentality, board, department, or agency or any court, tribunal,
administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or other similar dispute-resolving
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“Guarantors” means (a) each Domestic Subsidiary of Parent (other than any Immaterial
Subsidiary and any other Subsidiary that is not required to become a Guarantor pursuant to
Section 5.11), (b) Parent and (c) each other Person that becomes a guarantor after the
Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Agreement, and “Guarantor” means any one of
them.

“Guaranty” means that certain general continuing guaranty, dated as of even date with
the Agreement, executed and delivered by each extant Guarantor in favor of Agent, for the benefit
of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Agent.

“Hazardous Materials” means (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise
classified pursuant to, any applicable laws or regulations as “hazardous substances,” “hazardous
materials,” “hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” or any other formulation intended to define,
list, or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity,
reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or “EP toxicity”, (b) oil, petroleum, or
petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, drilling fluids,
produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of
crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal resources, (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any
radioactive materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical equipment that contains any oil
or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per
million.

“Hedge Agreement” means a “swap agreement” as that term is defined in Section
101(53B)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, including, without limitation, any rate swap agreement, forward
rate agreement, commodity swap, commodity option (including with respect to commodities, raw
materials, emission rights and weather related risks or assets), interest rate option, forward
foreign exchange agreement, spot foreign exchange agreement, rate cap agreement, rate floor
agreement, rate collar agreement, currency swap agreement, cross-currency rate swap agreement,
currency option (including in each case with respect to any indexes in respect of any of the
foregoing, and any other similar agreement.

“Hedge Obligations” means any and all obligations or liabilities, whether absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of a Loan Party arising under,
owing pursuant to, or existing in respect of Hedge Agreements entered into with one or more of the
Hedge Providers.

“Hedge Provider” means any Lender or any of its Affiliates; provided,
however, that no such Person (other than Wells Fargo or its Affiliates) shall constitute a
Hedge Provider unless and until Agent shall have received a Bank Product Provider Agreement from
such Person and with respect to the applicable Hedge Agreement within 10 days after (a) the
execution and delivery of such Hedge Agreement with any Loan Party or (b) if such Person entered
into such Hedge Agreement prior to the Closing Date, the Closing Date; provided
further, however, that if, at any time, a Lender ceases to be a Lender under the
Agreement, then, from and after the date on which it ceases to be a Lender thereunder, neither it
nor any of its Affiliates shall constitute Hedge Providers and the obligations with respect to
Hedge Agreements entered into with such former Lender or any of its Affiliates shall no longer
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“Holdout Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 14.2(a) of the
Agreement.

“Immaterial Subsidiary” means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent with respect
to which each of the following is satisfied: (a) the aggregate net sales of such Subsidiary are
less than $2,000,000 for the period of 12 months most recently ended prior to such Subsidiary being
designated an Immaterial Subsidiary, (b) the book value of the tangible assets of such Subsidiary
is less than $1,500,000, (c) after giving pro forma effect to the designation of such Subsidiary as
an Immaterial Subsidiary, (i) the aggregate net sales of all Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors
for the 12 months most recently ended prior to such designation do not exceed $5,000,000 and (ii)
the aggregate book value of the tangible assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries does not exceed
$5,000,000, (d) Parent has designated such Subsidiary as an Immaterial Subsidiary under the
Agreement and Parent has provided written notice to Agent in reasonable detail of such designation
within 5 days after designation thereof, (e) such Subsidiary does not own any Stock or hold any
Lien on any property of a Loan Party and (f) such Subsidiary has never been a Loan Party after
being an Immaterial Subsidiary.

“Increase Closing Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.14(d).

“Indebtedness” as to any Person means (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed
money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar
instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers
acceptances, or other financial products, (c) all obligations of such Person as a lessee under
Capital Leases, (d) all obligations or liabilities of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such
Person, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed, (e) all obligations of
such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the
ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices), (f) all
obligations of such Person owing under Hedge Agreements (which amount shall be calculated based on
the amount that would be payable by such Person if the Hedge Agreement were terminated on the date
of determination), (g) any Prohibited Preferred Stock of such Person, and (h) any obligation of
such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed,
endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that
constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (a) through (g) above. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, “Indebtedness,” except for purposes of Section 8.7, shall not include obligations under
any unsecured settlement or plea agreements or similar arrangements providing for the payment of
judgments, decrees, orders, awards, settlements or fines. For purposes of this definition, (i) the
amount of any Indebtedness represented by a guaranty or other similar instrument shall be the
lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum
amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument
embodying such Indebtedness, and (ii) the amount of any Indebtedness described in clause (d) above
shall be the lower of the amount of the obligation and the fair market value of the assets of such
Person securing such obligation.

“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.3
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“Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.3 of the
Agreement.

“Indirect Purchasers Settlement” means the $1,800,000 settlement of the investigation
by the Puerto Rico office of Monopolistic Affairs and the lawsuit filed by the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and the class action lawsuit in the indirect purchasers case.

“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under
any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency
law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions,
extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other
similar relief.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, by and among Parent, Borrower, Agent, and the applicable trustee under each of the
Secured Notes.

“Interest Expense” means, for any period, the aggregate of the interest expense of
Parent for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Interest Period” means, with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan, a period commencing on
the date of the making of such LIBOR Rate Loan (or the continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or the
conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) and ending 1, 2, or 3, or 6 months thereafter
and 9 or 12 months thereafter, if available to, and consented to by, each Lender; provided,
however, that (a) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based upon the LIBOR Rate
from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding, the day on which any
Interest Period expires, (b) any Interest Period that would end on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another
month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (c) with
respect to an Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a month (or on a day for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the month at the end of such Interest Period),
the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the month that is 1, 2, or 3, or 6 months
after (or 9 or 12 months after, if available to, and consented to by, each Lender) the date on
which the Interest Period began, as applicable, and (d) Borrower may not elect an Interest Period
which will end after the Maturity Date.

“Inventory” means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).

“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any investment by such Person in any
other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans, guarantees, advances, capital
contributions (excluding (a) commission, travel, and similar advances to officers, directors (or
the equivalent) and employees of such Person made in the ordinary course of business, and (b) bona
fide Accounts arising in the ordinary course of business), or acquisitions of Indebtedness, Stock,
or all or substantially all of the assets of such other Person (or of any division or business line
of such other Person), and any other items, in each case, that are or would be classified as
investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. The value of an Investment shall
be determined based on its cost on the date each such Investment was made, minus all
capital returned and sale proceeds received in respect thereof, and without giving effect to
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“IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Issuing Lender” means WFCF (or one of its Affiliates).

“Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement, shall
include the Issuing Lender and the Swing Lender, and shall also include any Assignee made a party
to the Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the
Agreement, and “Lenders” means each of the Lenders or any one or more of them.

“Lender Group” means each of the Lenders (including the Issuing Lender and the Swing
Lender) and Agent, or any one or more of them.

“Lender Group Expenses” means all (a) costs or expenses (including taxes, and
insurance premiums) required to be paid by a Loan Party under any of the Loan Documents that are
paid, advanced, or incurred by the Lender Group, (b) out-of-pocket fees or charges paid or incurred
by Agent in connection with the Lender Group’s transactions with the Loan Parties under any of the
Loan Documents, including, fees or charges for photocopying, notarization, couriers and messengers,
telecommunication, public record searches (including tax lien, litigation, and uniform commercial
code searches and including searches with the patent and trademark office, the copyright office,
or, if applicable, the department of motor vehicles), filing, recording, publication, appraisal
(including periodic collateral appraisals or business valuations to the extent of the fees and
charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in the Agreement or the Fee Letter),
real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements, and environmental audits, (c)
Agent’s customary fees and charges (as adjusted from time to time) with respect to the disbursement
of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of Borrower (whether by wire transfer or
otherwise), together with any out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith,
(d) out-of-pocket charges paid or incurred by Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable
by or to any Loan Party, (e) reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by the
Lender Group to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or during the
continuance of an Event of Default, in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving,
storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any
portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated, (f) reasonable out-of-pocket audit
fees and expenses (including travel, meals, and lodging) of Agent related to any inspections or
audits to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in
the Agreement or the Fee Letter, (g) reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of third party
claims or any other suit paid or incurred by the Lender Group in enforcing or defending the Loan
Documents or in connection with the Transactions or any transactions contemplated by the Loan
Documents, (h) Agent’s reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred
in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering (including travel, meals, and
lodging), syndicating, or amending the Loan Documents, (i) Agent’s and each Lender’s reasonable
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors
fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants,
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and other advisors fees and expenses incurred in connection with a “workout,” a
“restructuring,” or an Insolvency Proceeding concerning Parent or any of the other Loan Parties or in exercising
rights or remedies under the Loan Documents), or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of
whether suit is brought, or in taking any Remedial Action concerning the Collateral, and (j) usage
charges, charges, fees, costs and expenses for amendments, renewals, extensions, transfers, or
drawings from time to time imposed by the Underlying Issuer or incurred by the Issuing Lender in
respect of Letters of Credit and out-of-pocket charges, fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred
by the Underlying Issuer or Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal,
extension, or transfer of, or drawing under, any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment
thereunder.

“Lender Group Representatives” has the meaning specified therefor in Section
17.9 of the Agreement.

“Lender-Related Person” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender, together with
such Lender’s Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.

“Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit (as that term is defined in the Code)
issued by Issuing Lender or a letter of credit (as that term is defined in the Code) issued by
Underlying Issuer, as the context requires, including each Existing Letter of Credit.

“Letter of Credit Collateralization” means either (a) providing cash collateral
(pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent, including provisions that specify that
the Letter of Credit fee and all usage charges set forth in the Agreement will continue to accrue
while such Letters of Credit is outstanding) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Applicable
Party in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage, (b) delivering to
Agent documentation executed by all beneficiaries under the Letters of Credit, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and the Issuing Lender, terminating all of such
beneficiaries’ rights under the Letters of Credit or (c) providing Agent with a standby letter of
credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, from a commercial bank acceptable
to Agent (in its sole discretion) in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit
Usage (it being understood that the Letter of Credit fee and all usage charges set forth in the
Agreement will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding and that any such
fees that accrue must be an amount that can be drawn under any such standby letter of credit).
“Applicable Party” means (i) prior to termination of the of the Lenders obligations to
purchase participations in Letters of Credit, those Lenders with a Revolver Commitment, and (ii)
thereafter, the Issuing Lender.

“Letter of Credit Disbursement” means a payment made by Issuing Lender or Underlying
Issuer pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.

“Leverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal month, the ratio of (a) the
amount of Funded Indebtedness as of such date, to (b) Adjusted EBITDA for the Reference Period
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“LIBOR Deadline” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(b)(i) of
the Agreement.

“LIBOR Notice” means a written notice in the form of Exhibit L-1.

“LIBOR Option” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(a) of the
Agreement.

“LIBOR Rate” means the rate per annum rate determined by Agent pursuant to the
following formula:

	 	 	 	 	 
	LIBOR Rate =  

	 	LIBOR Base Rate	 	 
	 

	 	     1.00-LIBOR Reserve Percentage     

	 	 

“LIBOR Base Rate” means the rate per annum rate appearing on Macro*World’s
(www.mworld.com; the “Service”) Page BBA LIBOR — USD (or on any successor or
substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service) 2
Business Days prior to the commencement of the requested Interest Period, for a term and in
an amount comparable to the Interest Period and the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan requested
(whether as an initial LIBOR Rate Loan or as a continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or as a
conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) by Borrower in accordance with the
Agreement, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

“LIBOR Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the
reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on
such day applicable to member banks under regulations issued from time to time by the
Federal Reserve Bank for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to LIBOR Rate
Loans (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The LIBOR Rate for each
outstanding LIBOR Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any
change in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage.

“LIBOR Rate Loan” means each portion of an Advance that bears interest at a rate
determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.

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

“Loan Account” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.9 of the
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“Loan Documents” means the Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, any Borrowing Base
Certificate, the Controlled Account Agreement, the Control Agreements, the Copyright Security
Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Guaranty, the Letters of Credit, the Mortgages, the Vessel Fleet
Mortgages, the Patent Security Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement,
any note or notes executed by Borrower evidencing Obligations under the Agreement and payable to
any member of the Lender Group, any Letter of Credit application or Letter of Credit agreement
entered into by Borrower in connection with the Agreement, and any other instrument or agreement
entered into, now or in the future, by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and any member of the
Lender Group in connection with the Agreement.

“Loan Party” means Borrower or any Guarantor.

“Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as in effect from time to time.

“Material Adverse Change” means (a) a material adverse change in, or material adverse
effect on, the business, affairs, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise),
assets or liabilities (whether actual or contingent) of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole (b) a material impairment of Parent’s and its Subsidiaries ability to perform their
obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are parties or of the Lender Group’s ability to
enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral, or (c) a material impairment of the
enforceability or priority of Agent’s Liens with respect to the Collateral as a result of an action
or failure to act on the part of Parent or its Subsidiaries; provided, however,
that none of the following will be deemed to constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Change:

(i) the negative changes, if any, in the financial position and results of operations of
Parent since December 26, 2010, as reflected in Part I, item 1 of the 10Q Report for the quarter
ended June 26, 2011 (the “10Q Report”); (ii) the performance of the business and operations
of Parent and its Subsidiaries for any period prior to the Closing Date in a manner materially
consistent with Parent’s financial projections previously delivered to the Agent and dated August
3, 2011 (for the avoidance of doubt, any decrease of projected adjusted trailing 12-month Adjusted
EBITDA from the amounts reflected in such projections of not more than 22.75% would be considered
materially consistent); (iii) notice of the delisting of Parent’s shares so long as Parent is
diligently pursuing a plan of action with the New York Stock Exchange to avoid a delisting; (iv)
(a) any workforce reductions (and any related restructuring costs) occurring prior to the date
hereof and disclosed in Part I, item 1 of the 10Q Report under the heading “Restructuring”, (b)
Parent’s senior management changes occurring after December 26, 2010 described in Part II, item 7
of Parent’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 26, 2010 (the “10K
Report”) under the heading “Recent Developments” and (c) the separation and compensation
obligations relating to Parent’s former CEO, interim CEO and any permanent CEO disclosed in Part I,
item 1 and Part I, item 7 of the 10K Report and Part I, item 2 of the 10Q Report under the heading
“Executive Overview”; (v) (a) the existence of the litigation matters, judgments and settlements,
and the payments of the respective amounts of such judgments and settlements, and the payment of
legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with such matters, judgments and settlements,
described in Part II, item 1 of the 10Q Report, the actual settlement of which such non-antitrust
litigation matters does not exceed $7,500,000 in the
aggregate and (b) settlement and other similar items disclosed in writing to, and agreed to
by, the Agent prior to the date of the Commitment Letter, in amounts less than or equal to the
amounts disclosed in writing to, and agreed to in writing by, the Agent prior to the date of the
Commitment Letter; (vi) the contraction in liquidity described in Part I, item 2 of the 10Q Report
under the heading “Liquidity Outlook”; and (vii) the Non-Domestic Reorganization to the extent the
actual cost and expenses therefor do not exceed the amount agreed to in writing by Agent prior to
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing clauses in the proviso
immediately above shall not be construed as precluding any material worsening of any of the
circumstances or conditions described in such clauses which worsening causes a material adverse
change in or has a material adverse effect on the business, affairs, properties, operations,
condition (financial or otherwise), assets or liabilities (whether actual or contingent) of Parent
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from constituting a Material Adverse Change.

“Material Contract” means, with respect to any Loan Party, all contracts or
agreements, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

“Maturity Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 3.3 of the
Agreement.

“Maximum Revolver Amount” means $100,000,000, decreased by the amount of reductions in
the Revolver Commitments made in accordance with Section 2.4(c) of the Agreement or
increased pursuant to Section 2.14.

“Moody’s” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.

“Mortgage Policy” has the meaning specified therefor in Schedule 3.6.

“Mortgage Trustee” means the “Mortgagee” as defined in the applicable Vessel Fleet
Mortgage.

“Mortgaged Vessel” means each Vessel and appurtenance thereto owned by any Loan Party
and identified as such on Schedule 4.28 and each other Vessel and all appurtenances thereto
with respect to which a Vessel Fleet Mortgage is granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.

“Mortgages” means, individually and collectively, one or more mortgages, deeds of
trust, or deeds to secure debt, executed and delivered by Parent or its Subsidiaries in favor of
Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that encumber the Real Property
Collateral.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or is accruing an obligation to
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“Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any sale or disposition by Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries of assets, the amount of cash proceeds received (directly or indirectly) from time
to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment of deferred consideration) by or
on behalf of Parent or its Subsidiaries, in connection therewith after deducting therefrom only (i)
the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any Permitted Lien on any such asset (other than (A)
Indebtedness owing to Agent or any Lender under the Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (B)
Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such assets) which is required to be, and is, repaid in
connection with such sale or disposition, (ii) reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related
thereto and required to be paid by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such sale or
disposition, (iii) any payment with respect to liabilities associated with such assets or assets
and retained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof,
including, without limitation, severance costs, pension and other post-employment benefit
liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification
obligations associated with such transaction, (iv) any cash escrows in connection with purchase
price adjustments, reserves or indemnities (until released) and (v) taxes paid or payable to any
taxing authorities by Parent or such Subsidiary as a result of such sale or disposition, in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are properly attributable
to such transaction.

“Non-Domestic Reorganization” means the complete or partial shut-down, wind-down
closure, restructuring, reorganization, consolidation or reduction of the Non-Domestic Service.

“Non-Domestic Reorganization Charges” means any and all reasonable fees, costs,
charges, expenses or liabilities associated with, or resulting from, the Non-Domestic
Reorganization, including without limitation (i) such fees, costs, charges, expenses or liabilities
resulting from, or associated with, the sale, disposition, trade-in, lease, sub-lease, use or
maintenance of Vessels and any other related assets, (ii) such fees, costs, charges, expenses or
liabilities resulting from, or associated with, the storage, parking, docking, dry-docking, repair,
refurbishment or reflagging of Vessels and other related assets and (iii) such fees, costs,
charges, expenses or liabilities resulting from, or associated with the compliance with any
agreements relevant to the Non-Domestic Service, and/or the buy-down or early termination or breach
of any such agreement, including any early termination payments, lease and/or sub-lease payments
(including any such payments resulting from an early-termination or a termination in breach of the
terms and conditions of any relevant agreement), breakage costs, indemnities, premiums, off-sets,
make-whole payments, parking charges, penalties, fines and any litigation, settlement and/or
work-out fees, costs, charges, expenses and/or liabilities in connection with any of the foregoing.

“Non-Domestic Service” means the non-domestic service provided by Parent and its
Subsidiaries using vessels not qualified for operation in the coastwise trade of the United States.

“Non-Domestic Services Losses Schedule” means that certain schedule of Non-Domestic
Service losses referred to clause (xxii) of the definition of Adjusted EBITDA and delivered to
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“Non-Loan Party” means any Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party.

“Noticed Bank Product Obligations” means (a) all Bank Product Obligations of Wells
Fargo and its Affiliates and (b) those Bank Product Obligations of other Bank Product Providers for
which Agent has received a Bank Product Provider Agreement within 10 days after the date of the
provision of such Bank Product to a Parent or its Subsidiaries, as such Noticed Bank Product
Obligations may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to a written report delivered in accordance
with the applicable Bank Product Provider Agreement; provided that (i) no Noticed Bank
Product Obligations may be established or increased (A) at any time that an Event of Default exists
or (B) if a reserve in the amount of such established or increased Bank Product Obligations would
cause an Overadvance and (ii) for any Bank Product Obligations existing on the Closing Date, Agent
shall have received a Bank Product Provider Agreement within 10 days after the Closing Date.

“Obligations” means (a) all loans (including the Advances (inclusive of Revolver
Loans, Protective Advances and Swing Loans)), debts, principal, interest (including any interest
that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), reimbursement or
indemnification obligations with respect to Reimbursement Undertakings or with respect to Letters
of Credit (irrespective of whether contingent), premiums, liabilities (including all amounts
charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the Agreement), obligations (including indemnification
obligations), fees (including the fees provided for in the Fee Letter), Lender Group Expenses
(including any fees or expenses that accrue after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency
Proceeding), guaranties, and all covenants and duties of any other kind and description owing by
any Loan Party pursuant to or evidenced by the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and
irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all interest not
paid when due and all other expenses or other amounts that Borrower is required to pay or reimburse
by the Loan Documents or by law or otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents, (b) all debts,
liabilities, or obligations (including reimbursement obligations, irrespective of whether
contingent) owing by Borrower or any other Loan Party to an Underlying Issuer now or hereafter
arising from or in respect of an Underlying Letters of Credit, and (c) all Bank Product
Obligations. Any reference in the Agreement or in the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall
include all or any portion thereof and any extensions, modifications, renewals, or alterations
thereof, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency Proceeding.

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

“Originating Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(e) of
the Agreement.

“Overadvance” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.5 of the
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“Parent” has the meaning specified thereof in the preamble to the Agreement.

“Participant” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(e) of the
Agreement.

“Participant Register” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(i)
of the Agreement.

“Patent Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security
Agreement.

“Patriot Act” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 4.18 of the
Agreement.

“Payoff Date” means the first date on which all of the Obligations are paid in full
and the Revolver Commitments of the Lenders are terminated.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor agency.

“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which
is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the IRC and which (a) is
maintained, funded or administered by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) has at any time
within the preceding six (6) years been maintained, funded or administered any Loan Party or any
current or former ERISA Affiliates.

“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by Parent or a Loan Party so long as:

(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from
the consummation of the proposed Acquisition and the proposed Acquisition is consensual,

(b) no Indebtedness will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to Parent or its
Subsidiaries as a result of such Acquisition, other than Indebtedness permitted under clauses (f),
(g), (m) or (x) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness and no Liens will be incurred, assumed,
or would exist with respect to the assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries as a result or such
Acquisition other than Permitted Liens,

(c) Borrower has provided Agent with due diligence materials relative to the proposed
Acquisition, including forecasted balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow
statements of the Person or assets to be acquired, all prepared on a basis consistent with such
Person’s (or assets’) historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details
and a statement of underlying assumptions for the 1 year period following the date of the proposed
Acquisition, on a quarter by quarter basis), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
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(d) Adjusted EBITDA (calculated as if the assets being acquired or the Person whose Stock is
being acquired is Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for purposes of the
definition of Adjusted EBITDA) attributable to the assets being acquired or the Person whose Stock
is being acquired for the 12 consecutive month period most recently concluded prior to the date of
the proposed Acquisition is not negative by more than 5% of Parent and its Subsidiary’s Adjusted
EBITDA for then most recent Reference Period for which a Compliance Certificate containing a
calculation thereof has been delivered to Agent,

(e) Borrower has provided Agent with written notice of the proposed Acquisition at least 15
Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition and, not later than
5 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition, copies of the
acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to the proposed Acquisition, which
agreement and documents must be reasonably acceptable to Agent,

(f) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to
Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ total assets), or the Person whose Stock is being acquired, are
useful in or engaged in, as applicable, the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries or a business
reasonably related thereto,

(g) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to the
assets being acquired) are located within the United States or the Person whose Stock is being
acquired is organized in a jurisdiction located within the United States or any State,
commonwealth, territory or possession thereof,

(h) the subject assets or Stock, as applicable, are being acquired directly by Borrower or one
of its Subsidiaries that is a Loan Party, and, in connection therewith, Borrower or the applicable
Loan Party shall have complied with Section 5.11 or 5.12, as applicable, of the
Agreement, and

(i) the Specified Condition is satisfied and at least 5 Business Days prior to the anticipated
closing date of the proposed Acquisition, Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of Parent demonstrating that the Specified Condition has been satisfied (and attaching the
calculations with respect thereto).

“Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations” has the meaning specified therefor in
the applicable Secured Notes Documents as in effect on the Closing Date.

“Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in good faith in the exercise of
reasonable (from the perspective of an asset-based secured lender) business judgment.

“Permitted Dispositions” means:

(a) sales, abandonment, or other dispositions of equipment, machinery or other similar
tangible assets that are (i) substantially worn, damaged, or obsolete or (ii) no longer used or
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(b) sales of Inventory or damaged or abandoned or seized cargo to buyers in the ordinary
course of business,

(c) the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the
terms of the Agreement or the other Loan Documents,

(d) the licensing of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights
in the ordinary course of business in a manner that does not materially impair the conduct of the
business or the value of the ABL Priority Collateral,

(e) the granting of Permitted Liens,

(f) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of Accounts arising in the ordinary
course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof,

(g) any involuntary loss, damage or destruction of property,

(h) any involuntary condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent
domain or otherwise, or confiscation or requisition of use of property,

(i) the leasing or subleasing of assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business, or assets related to the Non-Domestic Service,

(j) (i) the sale or issuance of Stock (other than Prohibited Preferred Stock) of Parent, (ii)
the sale or issuance of Stock of any Loan Party to any other Loan Party, (iii) sale or issuance of
Stock of any Non-Loan Party to any Non-Loan Party, and (iv) the sale or issuance of Stock of any
Non-Loan Party to any Loan Party in connection with a Permitted Investment by such Loan Party,

(k) the lapse of or abandonment of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property of
Parent and its Subsidiaries to the extent such asset is not material to the conduct of their
business,

(l) the making of a Permitted Restricted Stock Payment,

(m) the making of a Permitted Investment,

(n) the Non-Domestic Reorganization,

(o) the disposition of cranes and related assets (or interests therein) located in Puerto
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(p) the sale, wind-up, shutdown or other disposition (in one or more transactions) of all or
substantially all of the current business of Horizon Logistics, LLC and its Subsidiary Aero
Logistics, LLC as integrated third-party logistics providers of transportation and distribution
solutions (including transportation management, full truckload and less-than truckload
transportation brokerage, international ocean transportation as a Non-Vessel Operating
Common Carrier, expedited ground and international air, and warehousing and distribution
services) to client-shippers requiring transportation services principally to, from and within
North America (such business, the “Logistics Business”), whether such sale or sales,
wind-up, shutdown or other dispositions are consummated pursuant to one or more dispositions of the
Stock in such Subsidiaries and/or pursuant to one or more dispositions of the assets and
liabilities of the Logistics Business,

(q) dispositions of assets (i) to any Loan Party, (ii) by any Non-Loan Party to any other
Non-Loan Party and (iii) by any Loan Party to any Non-Loan Party in connection with a Permitted
Investment by such Loan Party or otherwise made in compliance with Section 6.12(a), and

(r) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom, dispositions of assets (other than ABL Priority Collateral, Stock of Subsidiaries of
Parent, or Material Contracts) not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (m) above so long as
made at fair market value and the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in all such
dispositions since the Closing Date (including the proposed disposition) would not exceed
$15,000,000,

provided that substantially concurrently with the disposition of any Accounts included
in the Borrowing Base as a result of a Permitted Disposition, the Borrower shall deliver a revised
Borrowing Base Certificate reflecting such disposition.

“Permitted Indebtedness” means:

(a) Indebtedness evidenced by the Agreement or the other Loan Documents, as well as
Indebtedness owed to Underlying Issuers with respect to Underlying Letters of Credit,

(b) Indebtedness (other than Purchase Money Indebtedness) set forth on Schedule 4.19
and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness (other than the Existing Notes),

(c) Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such
Indebtedness,

(d) endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit,

(e) Indebtedness consisting of (i) unsecured guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of
business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds,
completion guarantee and similar obligations; (ii) unsecured guarantees arising with respect to
customary indemnification obligations to purchasers in connection with Permitted Dispositions; and
(iii) unsecured guarantees with respect to Indebtedness of Parent or one of its Subsidiaries, to
the extent that the Person that is obligated under such guaranty could have incurred such
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(f) Indebtedness of Parent that is incurred on the date of the consummation of a Permitted
Acquisition solely for the purpose of consummating such Permitted Acquisition so long as (i) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom, (ii) such Indebtedness is not incurred for working capital purposes, and (iii) such
Indebtedness does not mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date,

(g) Acquired Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 outstanding at any one time,

(h) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business under performance, surety,
statutory, and appeal bonds,

(i) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, liability, or any other
insurance to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and other similar or deferred payment obligations in
respect of insurance, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is not in excess of the amount of
the unpaid cost (and related fees, costs and expenses) of, and shall be incurred only to defer the
cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness
is outstanding only during such year,

(j) the incurrence by Parent or its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under Hedge Agreements that
are incurred for the bona fide purpose of hedging the interest rate, commodity, or foreign currency
risks associated with Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes,

(k) Indebtedness incurred in respect of credit cards, credit card processing services, debit
cards, stored value cards, purchase cards (including so-called “procurement cards” or “P-cards”),
or Cash Management Services, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business,

(l) unsecured Indebtedness of Parent owing to former employees, officers, or directors (or any
spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing) incurred in connection with the repurchase
by Parent of the Stock of Parent that has been issued to such Persons, so long as (i) no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness outstanding at any one time
does not exceed $2,500,000,

(m) Indebtedness owing to sellers of assets or Stock to a Loan Party that is incurred by the
applicable Loan Party in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions so
long as (i) the aggregate principal amount for all such unsecured Indebtedness does not exceed
$10,000,000 at any one time outstanding and (ii) it is otherwise on terms and conditions (including
all economic terms and the absence of covenants) reasonably acceptable to Agent,

(n) contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligation, adjustment of
purchase price, non-compete, or similar obligation of Parent or the applicable Loan Party incurred
in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions,

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(p) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties consisting of:

(i) the Secured Notes (First Lien) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$225,000,000 at any time outstanding less the aggregate amount of principal repayments and
redemptions with respect thereto made after the Closing Date, and Refinancing Indebtedness
in respect thereof,

(ii) the Secured Notes (Second Lien) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$100,000,000 at any time outstanding less the aggregate amount of principal repayments and
redemptions with respect thereto made after the Closing Date, and Refinancing Indebtedness
in respect thereof,

(iii) the Secured Notes (Convertible) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$280,000,000 at any time outstanding less the aggregate amount of conversions into common
Stock of Parent, principal repayments and redemptions with respect thereto made after the
Closing Date, and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,

(iv) the Additional Notes and Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations to the extent
permitted to be issued and outstanding under the Secured Notes Documents as in effect on the
date hereof in an aggregate outstanding principal amount, together with the aggregate
principal amount of Vessel Financing Debt, not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding
less the aggregate amount of principal repayments and redemptions with respect thereto made
after the Closing Date (and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing), and

provided that, in each case, such Refinancing Indebtedness has no scheduled
amortization or scheduled payment of principal prior to the 91st day after the
Maturity Date,

(q) Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, unemployment or other insurance
or self-insurance obligations, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former
employees and their families, bankers’ acceptances, performance, completion and surety bonds,
completion guarantees and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business,

(r) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a
check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such
Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days and does not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate,

(s) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances,
tender, bid, judgment, appeal, performance or governmental contract bonds and completion
guarantees, surety, standby letters of credit and warranty and contractual service obligations of a
like nature, trade letters of credit and documentary letters of credit and similar bonds or
guarantees provided in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed
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(t) Indebtedness in the form of unsecured notes to fund non-pro rata Stock buyback(s) in an
amount not to exceed the minimum amount necessary to ensure compliance by any Loan Party of its
agreement to be and remain a “citizen of the United States” within the
meaning of 46 U.S.C. § 50501(a) and (d), eligible to own and operate vessels in the coastwise
trade of the United States; provided that such Indebtedness has no scheduled amortization
or payment of principal prior to the 91st day after the Maturity Date,

(u) Indebtedness incurred to finance the replacement (through construction, acquisition, lease
or otherwise) of one or more Vessels and the Vessel Related Assets in respect thereof, upon a total
loss (including without limitation with respect to a Vessel, an actual, constructive, compromised,
agreed or arranged total loss of such Vessel), destruction, condemnation, confiscation,
requisition, seizure, forfeiture or other taking of title to or use of such Vessel (provided that
such loss, destruction, condemnation, confiscation, requisition, seizure, forfeiture or other
taking of title to or use of such Vessel was covered by insurance or resulted in the actual payment
of compensation, indemnification or similar payments to such Person (collectively, a “Total
Loss”)) in an aggregate amount no greater than the Ready for Sea Cost for such replacement
Vessel, in each case, less all compensation, damages and other payments (including insurance
proceeds other than in respect of business interruption insurance) actually received by Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries from any Person in connection with the Total Loss in excess of amounts
actually used to repay Indebtedness secured by the Vessel subject to the Total Loss,

(v) Indebtedness incurred in relation to (i) maintenance, repairs, refurbishments and
replacements required to maintain the classification of or the U.S. Coast Guard-issued Certificate
of Inspection for any of the Vessels owned, leased or bareboat chartered to or by the any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary thereof, (ii) drydocking of any of the Vessels owned or leased by any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary thereof for maintenance, repair, refurbishment or replacement purposes in
the ordinary course of business; and (iii) any expenditures which will or may be reasonably
expected to be recoverable from insurance on such Vessels,

(w) Indebtedness (which may include, for the avoidance of doubt, deferred or installment
payment obligations) (“Vessel Financing Debt”), in an aggregate principal amount, together
with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clause (p)(iv) above,
not to exceed $50,000,000, incurred in order to repurchase, repay, refinance, redeem, defease or
otherwise retire for value the all or any portion of the obligations of any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary thereof with respect to ship financing arrangements (including those related to the
Non-Domestic Service) in existence on the Closing Date, and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
thereof, provided that (a)(i) the affirmative covenants and negative covenants (including
financial maintenance covenants) are customary for financings of the applicable type of Permitted
Indebtedness and, in any event, no more restrictive than the Loan Documents, (ii) the cross default
provisions are not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties than those contained in the
Secured Notes Documents as in effect on the Closing Date, and (iii) the other terms and conditions
thereof (other than those covered by clause (b) or (c) below), taken as a whole, are not materially
less favorable to the Loan Parties than those contained in the Secured Notes Documents as in effect
on the Closing Date, in each case except to the extent approved by Agent (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (b) the scheduled amortization for such
Indebtedness shall be no greater than the scheduled amortization for the Secured Notes (First Lien)
as in effect on the Closing Date for any period on or prior to the 91st day following
the Maturity Date, (c) the interest rates for any cash-pay interest
(or portion of the total interest rate required to be regularly paid in cash), for such
Indebtedness shall be no greater than 2.00% in excess of the applicable interest rates for the
Secured Notes (Second Lien) as in effect on the Closing Date for any period on or prior to the
91st day following the Maturity Date, and (d) such Indebtedness shall have a maturity
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(x) additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as
applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew,
refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this
clause (x), not to exceed $20,000,000, and

(y) the payment obligations with respect to the Antitrust Judgment and the Vessel
Environmental Judgment.

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the accrual of interest, the
accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness and the
payment or accrual of premiums, fees and expenses in cash or in the form of additional Indebtedness
shall not be deemed to be existing, or an incurrence of Indebtedness, for purposes any basket
amount in this definition.

“Permitted Intercompany Investments” means Investments made by (a) a Loan Party to or
in another Loan Party (other than Parent), (b) a Non-Loan Party to or in another Non-Loan Party,
(c) a Non-Loan Party to or in a Loan Party, so long such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of
payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Agent and (d) a Loan
Party to or in a Non-Loan Party so long as (i) the amount of such loans (together with all
Investments made pursuant to clause (o) of the definition of Permitted Investments) does not exceed
$2,500,000 outstanding at any one time and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result therefrom.

“Permitted Investments” means:

(a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents,

(b) Investments in negotiable instruments deposited or to be deposited for collection in the
ordinary course of business,

(c) advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of
business,

(d) Investments received in settlement of amounts due to any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries effected in the ordinary course of business or owing to any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries as a result of Insolvency Proceedings involving an Account Debtor or upon the
foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries,

(e) Investments owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and set
forth on Schedule P-1,

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(g) Permitted Intercompany Investments,

(h) Stock or other securities acquired in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of
Indebtedness or claims due or owing to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries (in bankruptcy of customers
or suppliers or otherwise outside the ordinary course of business) or as security for any such
Indebtedness or claims,

(i) deposits of cash made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of
operating leases,

(j) non-cash loans to employees, officers, and directors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
for the purpose of purchasing Stock in Parent so long as the proceeds of such loans are used in
their entirety to purchase such stock in Parent,

(k) Permitted Acquisitions,

(l) Investments in the form of capital contributions and the acquisition of Stock made by any
Loan Party in any other Loan Party (other than capital contributions to or the acquisition of Stock
of Parent),

(m) Investments resulting from entering into (i) Bank Product Agreements, or (ii) agreements
relative to Indebtedness that is permitted under clause (j) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness,

(n) Investments held by a Person acquired in a Permitted Acquisition to the extent that such
Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and
were in existence on the date of such Permitted Acquisition,

(o) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other
disputes,

(p) Investments resulting from Hedging Obligations,

(q) loans and advances to officers, directors or employees (i) for business-related travel
expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, including as part of a recruitment or
retention plan, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) required by
applicable employment laws and (iii) other loans and advances not to exceed $2,000,000 at any one
time outstanding,

(r) prepaid expenses, and lease, utility, workers’ compensation and other deposits, if
created, acquired or entered into in the ordinary course of business,

(s) payroll, business-related travel, and similar advances to cover matters that are expected
at the time of such advances to be ultimately treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that
are made in the ordinary course of business,

(t) Investments resulting from the prepayment of obligations of Parent and/or any of its
Subsidiaries related to the payment or prepayment of ship financing arrangements
(including those related to the Non-Domestic Service) in existence on the Closing Date or
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(u) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom, any other Investments (together with all Loans made pursuant to clause (d) of the
definition of Permitted Intercompany Investments) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000
during the term of the Agreement, and

(v) additional Investments not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (u) above so long as
the Specified Condition is satisfied,

provided that no Acquisition shall be permitted hereunder that is not a Permitted
Acquisition.

“Permitted Liens” means

(a) Liens granted to, or for the benefit of, Agent to secure the Obligations,

(b) Liens for unpaid taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges or levies that (i) are
not yet delinquent, (ii) do not have priority over Agent’s Liens and the underlying taxes,
assessments, or charges or levies are the subject of Permitted Protests, or (iii) have priority by
operation of applicable law, are the subject of Permitted Protests and, to the extent that (A) any
Loan Party has knowledge of such Lien (other than an inchoate Lien) or (B) the related taxes,
assessments, charges or levies are overdue and unpaid or (C) the applicable Governmental Authority
has recorded or filed such lien, in each case, such Loan Party shall have promptly notified Agent
of the existence of such Liens and the related taxes, assessments, charges or levies but in any
even within 5 days of such recording or filing),

(c) judgment Liens arising solely as a result of the existence of judgments, orders, or awards
that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.3 of the Agreement,

(d) Liens set forth on Schedule P-2; provided, however, that to
qualify as a Permitted Lien, any such Lien described on Schedule P-2 shall only secure the
Indebtedness that it secures on the Closing Date and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
thereof,

(e) the rights, interests, Liens or title of lessors and sub-lessors under leases and
licensors under license agreements or in the property being leased or licensed,

(f) purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors and sub-lessors under Capital Leases
and/or Sale/Leaseback Transactions to the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted
Purchase Money Indebtedness and so long as (i) such Lien attaches only to the asset purchased or
acquired and the proceeds thereof, and (ii) such Lien only secures the Indebtedness that was
incurred to acquire the asset purchased or acquired or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
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(g) statutory Liens arising in favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics,
materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business and
not in connection with the borrowing of money, and which Liens either (i) are for sums not yet
delinquent, or (ii) are the subject of Permitted Protests,

(h) Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parent’s and its Subsidiaries obligations in
connection with worker’s compensation or other unemployment insurance, employee-loyalty and/or
disability benefits, and/or casualty insurance or self-insurance,

(i) Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parent’s and its Subsidiaries obligations in
connection with the making or entering into of bids, tenders, or leases in the ordinary course of
business and not in connection with the borrowing of money,

(j) Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parent’s and its Subsidiaries reimbursement
obligations with respect to surety or appeal bonds obtained in the ordinary course of business,

(k) with respect to any Real Property, easements, rights of way, encroachments, zoning
restrictions, title irregularities and similar matters or restrictions that do not materially
interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof,

(l) licenses of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the
ordinary course of business in any manner that does not materially impair the conduct of the
business or the value of the ABL Priority Collateral,

(m) Liens that are replacements of Permitted Liens to the extent that the original
Indebtedness is the subject of Refinancing Indebtedness and so long as the replacement Liens only
encumber those assets that secured the original Indebtedness,

(n) rights of setoff, bankers’ liens and other Liens upon deposit accounts, securities
accounts or commodities accounts in favor of banks or other depository intermediary or brokerage
institutions, solely to the extent incurred (i) in connection with the maintenance of such deposit
accounts, securities accounts or commodities accounts in the ordinary course of business or (ii) in
respect of credit cards, credit card processing services, debit cards, stored value cards, purchase
cards (including so-called “procurement cards” or “P-cards”), or Cash Management Services, in each
case, incurred in the ordinary course of business,

(o) Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on the unearned portion of insurance
premiums and other similar deferred payment obligations in connection therewith securing the
financing of insurance premiums and other similar deferred payment obligations in connection
therewith to the extent the financing is permitted under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,

(p) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods,

(q) Liens solely on any earnest money deposits made by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in
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(r) Liens on assets (other than ABL Priority Collateral) in connection with Indebtedness
permitted under clause (f) of Permitted Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is
subject to an intercreditor agreement having terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent,

(s) Liens on assets (other than ABL Priority Collateral) in connection with Indebtedness
permitted under clause (m) of Permitted Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is
subject to an intercreditor agreement having terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent,

(t) Liens assumed by Parent or its Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Acquisition
that secure Acquired Indebtedness,

(u) (i) Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under clause (p) of the
definition of Permitted Indebtedness (other than clause (iv)), and (ii) Liens securing Indebtedness
permitted under clause (p)(iv) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided that
the holders of such Indebtedness (or their authorized representatives on their behalf) shall have
entered into a joinder to the Intercreditor Agreement or such other documentation reasonably
satisfactory to Agent agreeing to be bound by the terms thereof and to have the same rights and
obligations thereunder as holders of the Secured Notes,

(v) Liens to secure the performance of tenders, completion guarantees, statutory obligations,
surety, environmental or appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance bonds or
other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business,

(w) to the extent constituting Liens, options, put and call arrangements, rights of first
refusal and similar rights relating to Permitted Investments in joint ventures,

(x) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings regarding operating
leases entered into by the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business or other precautionary UCC financing statement filings,

(y) Liens on Vessels and Vessel Related Assets incurred in the ordinary course of business of
the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries arising from Vessel chartering, drydocking, maintenance,
repair, refurbishment or replacement, the furnishing of supplies, bunkers and other necessaries to
Vessels and Vessel Related Assets, repairs and improvements to Vessels and Vessel Related Assets,
crews’ wages, the wages of a stevedore, maritime Liens, Liens covered by insurance and any
deductible applicable thereto, and other Liens filed in respect of any Vessel not otherwise
constituting Permitted Liens under the foregoing of this clause (w) or clause (x); provided
that the Loan Party shall cause any such Lien to be removed within 30 days of obtaining knowledge
thereof except where (i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, (ii) the Loan Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves with
respect thereto to the extent required by GAAP, (iii) such contest effectively suspends the
enforcement of such Lien securing such obligation and (iv) neither the Vessel nor any interest
therein has been arrested by reason thereof or would be in any danger of being sold, forfeited or
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(z) Liens on Vessels and Vessel Related Assets for salvage (including contract salvage) and
general average,

(aa) Liens on Vessels and Vessel Related Assets securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the
construction, purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, a Vessel (which term,
for purposes of this clause (z), shall include the Capital Stock of a Person substantially all of
the assets of which are Vessels and Vessel Related Assets, as the context may require),
provided that (i) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such a Lien does not
exceed (x) with respect to Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction of such Vessel, 87.5%
of the sum of (1) the contract price pursuant to the Vessel Construction Contract for such Vessel
and (2) any other Ready for Sea Cost for such Vessel, and (y) with respect to Indebtedness Incurred
to finance the acquisition of such Vessel, 87.5% of the sum of (1) the contract price for the
acquisition of such Vessel and (2) any other Ready for Sea Cost of such Vessel, (ii) in the case of
Indebtedness that matures within nine months after the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the
principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such a Lien shall not exceed the fair market value, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent, of such Vessel at the time such Lien
is incurred, (iii) in the case of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction, the principal amount of
Indebtedness secured by such a Lien shall not exceed the fair market value, as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of Parent, of such Vessel at the time such Lien is incurred and
(iv) in the case of Indebtedness representing Capital Lease Obligations relating to a Vessel, the
principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such a Lien shall not exceed 100% of the sum of (1) the
fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent, of such Vessel
at the time such Lien is incurred and (2) any Ready for Sea Costs for such Vessel,
provided, further, however that such Lien may not extend to any other property
owned by such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred and the
Indebtedness (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien may not be incurred more than
180 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement,
addition or commencement of full operation of the property subject to the Lien,

(bb) Liens on Vessels and Vessel Related Assets in favor of the Maritime Administration in
respect of guaranties provided thereby of Indebtedness incurred by the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries for the purposes of acquiring or constructing new Vessels pursuant to 46 U.S.C.
Chapter 537,

(cc) Liens on Collateral securing Vessel Financing Debt ranking junior to the Agent’s Liens on
the ABL Priority Collateral; provided that such Indebtedness is subject to an intercreditor
agreement with terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to Agent and the Lender Group as
those in the Intercreditor Agreement (or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Agent) in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent,

(dd) Liens on assets (other than ABL Priority Collateral) securing Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to clause (x) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided that (i) Agent
has received written notice of the incurrence of such Indebtedness and (ii) if requested by Agent
in its Permitted Discretion, such Indebtedness is subject to an intercreditor agreement having
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(ee) Liens on assets (other than ABL Priority Collateral) not otherwise permitted under
clauses (a) though (dd) above securing obligations in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 at any
time outstanding.

“Permitted Preferred Stock” means and refers to any Preferred Stock issued by Parent
(and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that is not Prohibited Preferred Stock.

“Permitted Protest” means the right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to protest
any Lien (other than any Lien that secures the Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes or
taxes that are the subject of a United States federal tax lien), or rental payment,
provided that (a) a reserve with respect to such obligation is established on Parent’s or
its Subsidiaries’ books and records in such amount as is required under GAAP and (b) any such
protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by Parent or its Subsidiary, as
applicable, in good faith.

“Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination,
Purchase Money Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not in
excess of $25,000,000.

“Permitted Restricted Debt Payments” means:

(a) Refinancing Indebtedness thereof permitted by Section 6.1,

(b) the payment of scheduled principal installments, if any, and interest in respect of
subordinated Indebtedness (other than any such payment prohibited by the subordination provisions
thereof),

(c) the payment of scheduled principal installments in respect of the Senior Notes and
interest in respect thereof,

(d) Restricted Debt Payments of Indebtedness constituting Permitted Intercompany Investments;
provided that no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom,

(e) the conversion of the Secured Notes (Convertible) into common Stock of Parent (or into
instruments representing rights with respect to common Stock),

(f) Restricted Debt Payments of the Senior Notes solely with the proceeds from any sale or
other disposition of Secured Notes Priority Collateral and any premium owed with respect to such
principal payment, and

(h) additional Restricted Debt Payments of the Senior Notes not otherwise permitted in clauses
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“Permitted Restricted Stock Payments” means:

(a) (i) Restricted Stock Payments made by any Subsidiary of Parent to Parent or any
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent and (ii) Restricted Stock Payments made in cash by any
non-wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent to its shareholders generally so long as Parent or its
respective Subsidiary which owns the Stock in the Subsidiary paying such Restricted Stock
Payments receives at least its proportionate share thereof (based upon its relative holding of the
Stock in the Subsidiary paying such Restricted Stock Payments and taking into account the relative
preferences, if any, of the various classes of Stock of such Subsidiary and any requirements
imposed by applicable law); provided that any Restricted Stock Payment made by a Loan Party
pursuant to clause (i) immediately above to a wholly-owned Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may
only be made if (1) no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom and (2)
such wholly-owned Subsidiary promptly distributes and/or transfer any assets received pursuant to
such Restricted Stock Payment (directly or indirectly through other wholly-owned Subsidiaries) to a
Loan Party,

(b) the redemption or purchase shares of Parent’s common Stock or options to purchase Parent’s
common Stock, as the case may be, held by former officers or employees of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries following the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of such
officers or employees, provided that (i) the only consideration paid by Parent in respect
of such redemptions and/or purchases shall be cash, and (ii) the aggregate amount paid by Parent in
cash in respect of all such redemptions and/or purchases shall not exceed $3,000,000 in any fiscal
year of Parent plus the proceeds of any key-man life insurance,

(c) Restricted Stock Payments, in accordance with Parent’s Governing Documents, to the holders
of the Stock issued by Parent (i) solely with the proceeds of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to
clause (t) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness and (ii) so long as clauses (a) and (c) of
the Specified Condition are satisfied, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the lesser of (A)
$15,000,000 during the term of the Agreement and (B) the minimum amount necessary to ensure
compliance by any Loan Party of its agreement to be and remain a “citizen of the United States”
within the meaning of 46 U.S.C. § 50501(a) and (d), eligible to own and operate vessels in the
coastwise trade of the United States, and

(d) additional Restricted Stock Payments not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) or (b) above
so long as the Specified Condition is satisfied; provided that in no event shall this
clause (d) permit additional Restricted Stock Payments described in clause (c) above or any other
Restricted Stock Payments intended to ensure compliance by any Loan Party of its agreement to be
and remain a “citizen of the United States” within the meaning of 46 U.S.C. § 50501(a) and (d),
eligible to own and operate vessels in the coastwise trade of the United States, or to accomplish
the same results.

“Person” means natural persons, corporations, limited liability companies, limited
partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, land
trusts, business trusts, or other organizations, irrespective of whether they are legal entities,
and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof.

“Preferred Stock” means, as applied to the Stock of any Person, the Stock of any class
or classes (however designated) that is preferred with respect to the payment of dividends, or as
to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such
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“Prohibited Preferred Stock” means any Preferred Stock that by its terms is
mandatorily redeemable or subject to any other payment obligation (including any obligation to pay
dividends, other than dividends of shares of Preferred Stock of the same class and series payable
in kind or dividends of shares of common stock) on or before a date that is less than 1 year after
the Maturity Date, or, on or before the date that is less than 1 year after the Maturity Date, is
redeemable at the option of the holder thereof for cash or assets or securities (other than
distributions in kind of shares of Preferred Stock of the same class and series or of shares of
common stock).

“Projections” means Parent’s forecasted (a) balance sheets, (b) profit and loss
statements, and (c) cash flow statements, all prepared on a basis consistent with Parent’s
historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of
underlying assumptions.

“Pro Rata Share” means, as of any date of determination:

(a) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to make Revolver Loans and right to receive payments
of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver
Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such
Lender’s Revolver Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver Commitments of all Lenders, and (ii)
from and after the time that the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the
percentage obtained by dividing (y) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolver
Loans by (z) the outstanding principal amount of all Revolver Loans,

(b) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to participate in Letters of Credit, Protective
Advances, Swing Loans and Reimbursement Undertakings, to reimburse the Issuing Lender, Agent and
the Swing Lenders, as applicable, and right to receive payments of fees with respect thereto, (i)
prior to the Revolver Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by
dividing (y) such Lender’s Revolver Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver Commitments of all
Lenders, and (ii) from and after the time that the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or
reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the outstanding principal amount of such
Lender’s Advances by (z) the outstanding principal amount of all Advances; provided,
however, that if all of the Advances have been repaid in full and Letters of Credit remain
outstanding, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be determined based upon subclause (i)
of this clause as if the Revolver Commitments had not been terminated or reduced to zero and based
upon the Revolver Commitments as they existed immediately prior to their termination or reduction
to zero, and

(c) with respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender (including the indemnification
obligations arising under Section 15.7 of the Agreement), (i) prior to the Revolver
Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such
Lender’s Revolver Commitment, by (z) the aggregate amount of Revolver Commitments of all Lenders,
and (ii) from and after the time that the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or reduced to
zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s
Advances, by (z) the outstanding principal amount of all Advances; provided,
however, that if all of the Advances have been repaid in full and Letters of
Credit remain outstanding, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be determined based upon
subclause (i) of this clause as if the Revolver Commitments had not been terminated or
reduced to zero and based upon the Revolver Commitments as they existed immediately prior to their
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“Protective Advances” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(d)(i)
of the Agreement.

“Puerto Rico Settlement” means the settlement of certain class action lawsuits (which
were consolidated into a single multidistrict litigation proceeding (case no. MDL1960) in the
District of Puerto Rico), in each case involving any allegation of a violation of federal, state or
other antitrust law by any of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries with respect to the ocean
shipping business in the Puerto Rico trade lanes.

“Purchase Money Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations, but
including mortgage financings, Capitalized Lease Obligations and any obligations under
Sale/Leaseback Transactions), incurred at the time of, or within 180 days after, the acquisition,
development, construction, installation, expansion, repair or improvement of any fixed assets for
the purpose of financing all or any part of the acquisition, development, construction,
installation, expansion, repair or improvement cost thereof.

“Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Acquisition, an amount equal to the
aggregate consideration, whether cash, property or securities (including the fair market value of
any Stock of Parent issued in connection with such Acquisition and including the maximum amount of
Earn-Outs), paid or delivered by Parent or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with such
Acquisition (whether paid at the closing thereof or payable thereafter and whether fixed or
contingent), but excluding therefrom (a) any cash of the seller and its Affiliates used to fund any
portion of such consideration and (b) any cash or Cash Equivalents acquired in connection with such
Acquisition.

“Ready for Sea Costs” means with respect to a Vessel or Vessels to be acquired or
leased (pursuant to a Capital Lease Obligation) by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, the
aggregate amount of expenditures incurred to acquire or construct and bring such Vessel or Vessels
to the condition and location necessary for their intended use, including any and all inspections,
appraisals, repairs, modifications, additions, permits and licenses in connection with such
acquisition or lease, which would be classified and accounted for as “property, plant and
equipment” in accordance with GAAP.

“Real Property” means any estates or interests in real property now owned or hereafter
acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries and the improvements thereto.

“Real Property Collateral” means the Real Property identified on Schedule R-1
and any Real Property hereafter acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries.

“Recapitalization” means the Transactions, as well as any activities preceding the
Transactions relating to (a) the second amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement dated as of
March 9, 2011, (b) the third amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement dated as of June 24, 2011,
(c) the fourth amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement dated as of September 13.
2011, (d) the Bridge Credit Agreement, (e) any attempt to obtain consent or waiver from the
holders of the Existing Notes in connection with the Antitrust Judgment or otherwise, (f) any
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“Recapitalization Costs” means the fees and expenses incurred by (or reimbursable to
third parties by) Parent, Borrower and any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the
Recapitalization.

“Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in
an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

“Reference Period” means any applicable period of 12 consecutive fiscal months.

“Refinancing Indebtedness” means refinancings, renewals, replacements, exchanges or
extensions of Indebtedness so long as:

(a) such refinancings, renewals, replacements, exchanges or extensions do not result in an
increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, replaced, exchanged or
extended, other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon, interest and fees accrued thereon and
the fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and by the amount of unfunded commitments
with respect thereto,

(b) such refinancings, renewals, replacements, exchanges or extensions do not result in a
shortening of the maturity date or the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing,
renewal, replacement, exchange or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, replaced,
exchanged or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are materially
less favorable to the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, than those of the Indebtedness being
refinanced, renewed, replaced, exchanged or extended,

(c) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, replaced, exchanged or extended was
subordinated (i) in right of payment to the Obligations or (ii) with respect to the priority of
Liens to the Agent’s Liens, then, in each case, the terms and conditions of the refinancing,
renewal, replacement, exchange or extension must include subordination and intercreditor terms and
conditions that are at least as favorable to the Lender Group as those that were applicable to the
refinanced, renewed, replaced, exchanged or extended Indebtedness,

(d) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, replaced, exchanged or extended is not
recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which
were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, replaced, exchanged
or extended, and

(e) no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result from such refinancing,
renewal, replacement, exchange or extension.

“Register” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(h) of the
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“Registered Loan” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(h) of the
Agreement.

“Reimbursement Undertaking” has the meaning specified therefor in Section
2.11(a) of the Agreement.

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

“Remedial Action” means all actions taken to (a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain,
treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, or in any way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or
outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize a release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials
so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor
or outdoor environment, (c) restore or reclaim natural resources or the environment, (d) perform
any pre-remedial studies, investigations, or post-remedial operation and maintenance activities, or
(e) conduct any other actions with respect to Hazardous Materials required by Environmental Laws.

“Replacement Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.13(b) of
the Agreement.

“Report” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 15.16 of the Agreement.

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders whose aggregate Pro Rata Shares
(calculated under clause (c) of the definition of Pro Rata Shares) exceed 50% (subject to
Section 14.1(e) with respect to Defaulting Lenders); provided, however,
that at any time there are 2 or more Lenders, “Required Lenders” must include at least 2 Lenders.

“Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, the articles or certificate of
incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and each
law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to
which such Person or any of its property is subject.

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, corporate secretary, the
president, the controller, the chief financial officer or the treasurer of a Loan Party, as
applicable, or any other officer having substantially the same authority and responsibility; or,
with respect to compliance with financial covenants or delivery of financial information, the chief
financial officer, the controller or the treasurer of a Borrower, as applicable, or any other
officer having substantially the same authority and responsibility.

“Restricted Debt Payment” means any payment, prepayment, redemption, defeasance,
purchase, distribution on account of, retirement or other acquisition of, or the setting apart of
assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the same or similar purpose with respect to (a)
any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and (b) the Senior
Notes; provided that, for avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not be construed to limit
the payment of fees (other than fees in the nature of penalties, premiums or similar payments),
expense reimbursements or indemnification payments required to be paid in connection with any
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“Restricted Stock Payment” means to (a) declare or pay any dividend or make any other
payment or distribution on account of Stock issued by Parent (including any payment in connection
with any merger or consolidation involving Parent) or to the direct or indirect holders of Stock
issued by Parent, in each case, in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions
payable in Stock (other than Prohibited Preferred Stock) issued by Parent, or (b) purchase, redeem,
or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including in connection with any merger or consolidation
involving Parent) any Stock issued by Parent.

“Revolver Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver Commitment,
and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts
are set forth beside such Lender’s name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 or in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender under the Agreement, as
such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in
accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Agreement.

“Revolver Loans” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.1(a) of the
Agreement and, for avoidance of doubt, shall include Overadvances.

“Revolver Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the amount of
outstanding Advances, plus (b) the amount of the Letter of Credit Usage.

“Sanctioned Entity” means (a) a country or a government of a country, (b) an agency of
the government of a country, (c) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country or
its government, (d) a Person resident in or determined to be resident in a country, in each case,
that is subject to a country sanctions program administered and enforced by OFAC.

“Sanctioned Person” means a person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals
maintained by OFAC.

“Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement, directly or indirectly, between
any Loan Party and an unrelated third party whereby such Loan Party shall sell or transfer any
property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property from such third party which
such Loan Party intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being
sold or transferred.

“S&P” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor
thereto.

“Secured Notes” means, collectively, the Secured Notes (Convertible), the Secure Notes
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“Secured Notes (Convertible)” means, collectively the Convertible Secured Notes due
April 15, 2017 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $280,000,000, which have been issued
by Parent pursuant to and are subject to the Secured Notes Indenture (Convertible).

“Secured Notes (First Lien)” means the 11% First Lien Secured Notes due October 15,
2016 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $225,000,000, which have been issued by
Borrower pursuant to and are subject to the Secured Notes Indenture (First Lien).

“Secured Notes (Second Lien)” means, collectively the Second Lien Secured Notes due
October 15, 2016 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000 plus any accretions or
paid-in-kind interest thereon, which have been issued by Borrower pursuant to and are subject to
the Secured Notes Indenture (Second Lien).

“Secured Notes Documents” means, collectively, the Secured Notes Documents
(Convertible), the Secure Notes Documents (First Lien) and the Secured Notes Documents (Second
Lien).

“Secured Notes Documents (Convertible)” means, collectively, the Secured Notes
Indenture (Convertible) and all other loan agreements, indentures, note purchase agreements,
promissory notes, guarantees, intercreditor agreements, assignment and assumption agreements and
other instruments and agreements evidencing the terms of the Secured Notes (Convertible), including
a security agreement with a collateral description and Lien structure similar to that of the
Agreement and satisfactory to Agent.

“Secured Notes Documents (First Lien)” means, collectively, the Secured Notes
Indenture (First Lien) and all other loan agreements, indentures, note purchase agreements,
promissory notes, guarantees, intercreditor agreements, assignment and assumption agreements and
other instruments and agreements evidencing the terms of the Secured Notes (First Lien), including
a security agreement with a collateral description and Lien structure similar to that of the
Agreement and satisfactory to Agent.

“Secured Notes Documents (Second Lien)” means, collectively, the Secured Notes
Indenture (Second Lien) and all other loan agreements, indentures, note purchase agreements,
promissory notes, guarantees, intercreditor agreements, assignment and assumption agreements and
other instruments and agreements evidencing the terms of the Secured Notes (Second Lien), including
a security agreement with a collateral description and Lien structure similar to that of the
Agreement and satisfactory to Agent.

“Secured Notes Indenture (Convertible)” means that certain Indenture, dated as of
October 5, 2011, among Parent, the Borrower, the other Guarantors and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee.

“Secured Notes Indenture (First Lien)” means that certain Indenture, dated as of
October 5, 2011, among Parent, the Borrower, the other Guarantors and U.S. Bank National
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“Secured Notes Indenture (Second Lien)” means that certain Indenture, dated as of
October 5, 2011, among Parent, the Borrower, the other Guarantors and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee.

“Secured Notes Priority Collateral” means Notes Priority Collateral (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement).

“Securities Account” means a securities account (as that term is defined in the Code).

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and
any successor statute.

“Security Agreement” means a security and pledge agreement, dated as of even date with
the Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by
Borrower and Guarantors to Agent.

“Senior Notes” means the Secured Notes, the Additional Notes, the Permitted Additional
Pari Passu Obligations and the Vessel Financing Debt (and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
of the foregoing), or any one of them, as the context may require.

“Settlement” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(e)(i) of the
Agreement.

“Settlement Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(e)(i) of
the Agreement.

“Shipco” means CSX Alaska Vessel Company, LLC, a Subsidiary of CSX.

“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person or consolidated group of Persons, taken as
a whole (a “Group”), as the context may require, on a particular date, that:

(a) the fair value of the assets of such Person or Group is greater than the total amount of
liabilities, including contingent, subordinated, absolute, fixed, matured or unmatured and
liquidated or unliquidated liabilities, of such Person or Group,

(b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person or Group exceeds (i) the
amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person or Group on its debts as
such debts become absolute and matured and (ii) the total liabilities of such Person or Group
(including, without limitation, subordinated, unmatured, unliquidated and known contingent
liabilities),

(c) such Person or Group will be able to pay their debts and other liabilities, contingent
obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business,

(d) such Person or Group is not engaged in business or any transaction, or is about to engage
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(e) such Person or Group is not “insolvent” as such term is defined in Section 101(32) of
Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. Section 101, et. seq.

“Specified Condition” means, with respect to the making of any Specified Event (a)
Excess Availability for the 30 consecutive days ending on the date of such Specified Event
(including the date thereof) (calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect
to such Specified Event), plus, so long as there are no outstanding Advances on the date of
such Specified Event, the Specified Liquidity Amount, shall not be less than $40,000,000, (b) the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be greater than 1.00 to 1.00 (calculated on a pro
forma basis after giving effect to such Specified Event), and (c) no Default or Event of
Default is continuing or would result from such Specified Event.

“Specified Event” means the making of, or entering into, a Permitted Acquisition, a
Permitted Investment, a Permitted Restricted Stock Payment or a Permitted Restricted Debt Payment,
in each case, which expressly references the Specified Condition.

“Specified Liquidity Amount” means, with respect to any Specified Event, an amount up
to $10,000,000, which amount shall be on deposit in an account at the Agent or any of its
Affiliates subject to a first priority perfected security interest (subject only to Permitted
Liens) in favor of Agent and available for withdrawal by Borrower no earlier than 5 Business Days
after the occurrence of such Specified Event.

“Stock” means all shares, options, warrants, interests, participations, or other
equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person, whether voting or nonvoting,
including common stock, preferred stock, or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in
Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act).

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
or other entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the shares of Stock
having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors (or appoint other
comparable managers) of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity.

“Swing Lender” means WFCF or any other Lender that, at the request of Borrower and
with the consent of Agent agrees, in such Lender’s sole discretion, to become the Swing Lender
under Section 2.3(b) of the Agreement.

“Swing Loan” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(b) of the
Agreement.

“Taxes” means any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges
of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect
thereto; provided, however, that Taxes shall exclude the following, including any
interest or penalties with respect thereto (i) any tax imposed on the net income or net profits of
Agent, any Underlying Issuer, any Lender or any Participant (including any branch profits or
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authority thereof) in which Agent, such Underlying Issuer, such Lender or such Participant is
organized or the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in
which Agent’s, such Underlying Issuer’s, such Lender’s or such Participant’s principal office is
located; (ii) taxes resulting from Agent’s, such Underlying Issuer’s, such Lender’s or such
Participant’s failure (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with the requirements
of Section 16(c) or (d) of the Agreement, (iii) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed
under FATCA, and (iv) any United States federal withholding taxes that would be imposed on amounts
payable to a Lender or Participant based upon the applicable withholding rate in effect at the time
such Person becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except that
Taxes shall include (A) any amount that such Person (or its assignor, if any) was previously
entitled to receive pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Agreement, if any, with respect to
such withholding tax at the time such Person becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new
lending office), and (B) United States federal withholding taxes that may be imposed after the
time such Person becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office), as a result
of a Change in Law, rule, regulation, treaty, order or other decision with respect to any of the
foregoing by any Governmental Authority.

“Tax Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 14.2(a) of the
Agreement.

“Termination Event” means the occurrence of any of the following which, individually
or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of
Borrower in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000 (a) a “Reportable Event” described in
Section 4043 of ERISA for which the thirty (30) day notice requirement has not been waived by the
PBGC, or (b) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a
plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a
cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or (c)
the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or
the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA, if the
plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, or (d) the institution of proceedings
to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC, or (e)
any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (f) the
imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the IRC or Section 303 of ERISA, or (g) the
determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or plan in
endangered or critical status with the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the IRC or Sections
303, 304 or 305 of ERISA or (h) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Loan Party or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan if withdrawal liability is asserted by such plan, or (i) any
event or condition which results in the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under
Sections 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or (j) any event or condition which results in the termination of a
Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of proceedings to
terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (k) the imposition of any liability
under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of
ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate.

 

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“TP1 Service” means the trans-Pacific service preceding the Non-Domestic Service in
which Parent and its Subsidiaries used vessels not qualified for operation in the coastwise trade
of the United States.

“Trademark Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security
Agreement.

“Transactions” means collectively, (a) the repayment, in full, of the outstanding
principal, accrued interest, and accrued fees and expenses owing under or in connection with the
Existing Credit Agreement, (b) the entering into of the Loan Documents and the incurrence of all
Advances and the issuance of all Letters of Credit on the Closing Date, (c) the issuance of the
Secured Notes (First Lien) and the Secured Notes (Second Lien), (d) the issuance of the Secured
Notes (Convertible) and common Stock of Parent in exchange for the Existing Notes and (e) the
payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing.

“Trigger Amount” means the greater of (a) $12,500,000 and (b) 12.5% of the
Maximum Revolver Amount.

“Trigger Period” means the period (a) commencing on the date that an Event of Default
occurs, or Excess Availability is less than the Trigger Amount and (b) continuing until, during the
preceding consecutive 45 days, no Event of Default exists and Excess Availability is equal to or
greater than the Trigger Amount at all times.

“Underlying Issuer” means Wells Fargo or one of its Affiliates.

“Underlying Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit that has been issued by an
Underlying Issuer.

“Unfinanced Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the Capital Expenditures made
by Parent and its Subsidiaries during such period, which Capital Expenditures are not financed from
the proceeds of any Indebtedness (other than the Revolver Loans, it being agreed that, to the
extent financed with Revolver Loans, such Capital Expenditures shall be deemed Unfinanced Capital
Expenditures).

“United States” means the United States of America.

“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the
IRC.

“Voidable Transfer” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.8 of the
Agreement.

“Vessel” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.

“Vessel Construction Contract” means any contract for the construction (or
construction and acquisition) of a Vessel entered into by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof,
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“Vessel Environmental Judgment” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition
of Vessel Environmental Judgment Lien.

“Vessel Environmental Judgment Lien” means the Lien, if any, securing the obligations
of Parent and its Subsidiaries with respect to the fines and penalties (the “Vessel
Environmental Judgment”) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,600,000 that may be assessed
against Parent and Borrower as a result of the settlement of the investigation into certain
environmental issues pertaining to the use and operation of certain of Borrower’s Vessels by the
Unites States Coast Guard and United States Attorney for the Northern and Central Districts of
California described under the heading “Environmental Matters” in Part II of the Parent’s Form 10-Q
Report for the period ended June 26, 2011, pursuant to which judgment the Parent and its
Subsidiaries shall be required to make payments in substantially the amounts previously disclosed
in writing to Agent prior to the Closing Date.

“Vessel Fleet Mortgage” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.

“Vessel Financing Debt” has the meaning specified therefor in clause (w) of
the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.

“Vessel Related Assets” means with respect to any Vessel, the fixed assets attached to
or maintained on such Vessel and all related spares and equipment and any additional improvements
thereto, but in no event shall Vessel Related Assets include any assets that constitute ABL
Priority Collateral.

“Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking
association.

“WFCF” means Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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Schedule 3.1

Conditions Precedent

The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Extension of Credit provided for in the
Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, of each of the following conditions precedent
(the making of such initial Extension of Credit being conclusively deemed to be the satisfaction or
waiver of all of the following:

(a) the Closing Date shall occur on or before October 31, 2011;

(b) Agent shall have received the results of Lien searches (including a search as to
judgments, pending litigation and tax matters) for the jurisdiction of organization of each Loan
Party and the jurisdiction of the chief executive office of each Loan Party, which, solely with
respect to ABL Priority Collateral, such search results shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

(c) Agent shall have received (i) UCC-1 financing statements in form appropriate for filing in
each Loan Parties’ jurisdiction of organization and (ii) agreements, documents and instruments
reasonably necessary to perfect the Agent’s Liens to the extent required under the Loan Documents
to be perfected as of the Closing Date, other than those agreements, documents and instruments
identified on Schedule 3.6;

(d) Agent shall have received each of the following documents, duly executed by the Loan Party
party thereto:

(i) the Agreement,

(ii) the promissory notes requested by any Lender at least 2 Business Days
prior to the Closing Date, if any,

(iii) the Guaranty,

(iv) the Security Agreement,

(v) the Intercreditor Agreement,

(vi) a disbursement letter executed and delivered by Borrower to Agent
regarding the Extensions of Credit to be made under the Agreement on the Closing
Date, the form and substance of which is reasonably satisfactory to Agent,

(vii) a payoff letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (“Existing Agent”) for
the lenders (“Existing Lenders”) party to the Existing Credit Agreement,
respecting the amount necessary to repay in full all of the obligations of Parent
and its Subsidiaries owing to Existing Agent and Existing Lenders under the Existing
Credit Agreement (other than the Existing Letters of Credit) and releasing all of
the Liens existing in favor of Existing Agent in and to the assets of
Parent and its Subsidiaries, together with termination statements and other
documentation evidencing the termination by Existing Lender of its Liens in and to
the properties and assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries; and

 

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(viii) a payoff letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
from Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, as administrative agent (the “Bridge
Agent”) for the lenders (“Bridge Lenders”) party to the Bridge Credit
Agreement, respecting the amount necessary to repay in full all of the obligations
of Parent and its Subsidiaries owing under the Bridge Credit Agreement and releasing
all of the Liens existing in favor thereof in and to the assets of Parent and its
Subsidiaries, together with termination statements and other documentation
evidencing the termination thereby of its Liens in and to the properties and assets
of Parent and its Subsidiaries;

(e) Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary of Borrower (i) attesting to
the resolutions of Borrower’s Board of Directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and
performance of the Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party, (ii)
authorizing specific officers of Borrower to execute the same, and (iii) attesting to the
incumbency and signatures of such specific officers of Borrower;

(f) Agent shall have received copies of each Loan Parties’ Governing Documents, as amended,
modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified by the appropriate officer of the
jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party and the Secretary of such Loan Party;

(g) Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to each Loan Party, dated
within 20 days of the Closing Date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the
jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party, which certificate shall indicate that such Loan
Party is in good standing in each such jurisdiction;

(h) Agent shall have received certificates of insurance and endorsements as are required by
Section 5.6, the form and substance of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

(i) Agent shall have received a legal opinion from Kirkland and Ellis LLP, legal counsel to
the Loan Parties, and Carlsmith Ball LLP, as special Hawaii counsel to Hawaii Stevedores, Inc.,
each addressed to Agent and each Lender and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Agent;

(j) Agent shall have received (i) a Borrowing Base Certificate from Borrower, calculating the
Borrowing Base as of the most recent month-end occurring at least 10 days prior to the Closing Date
(based on the confirmatory field exam conducted within a reasonable period of time prior to the
Closing Date) and certifying that Excess Availability together with cash on hand of the Loan
Parties, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, is not less than $40,000,000
and (ii) a solvency certificate certified by the chief financial officer or treasurer of Parent in
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(k) Agent shall have (i) completed customary “bring-down” due diligence, with results
reasonably satisfactory to Agent and (ii) completed a confirmatory field exam of the Loan Parties
and the Collateral in accordance with Agent’s customary procedures and practices and as otherwise
required by the nature and circumstances of the businesses of the Loan Parties and the Collateral,
reflecting that the Borrower has Excess Availability, together with cash on hand of the Loan
Parties, of at least $40,000,000 as required by clause (j) above;

(l) Agent shall have completed (i) customary Patriot Act searches, OFAC/PEP searches and
customary individual background checks for Parent, and (ii) OFAC/PEP searches and customary
individual background searches for Parent’s senior management and key principals, and each
Guarantor, the results of which shall be satisfactory to Agent and Lenders;

(m) Agent shall have received (i) copies of interim unaudited consolidated financial
statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries for the most recent month-end occurring not less than 30
days prior to the Closing Date, (ii) a set of Projections of Parent and its Subsidiaries prepared
by management of Parent, which shall be quarterly from the Closing Date through the end of the
first four fiscal quarters following the Closing Date and annually thereafter for the term of the
Agreement, and (iii) an opening pro forma balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the
date of the most recent unaudited consolidated financial statements referred to in clause (i), but
giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date, all in form and substance (including as to
scope and underlying assumptions) reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

(n) Borrower shall have paid all Lender Group Expenses incurred in connection with the
transactions evidenced by the Agreement;

(o) All fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that have been properly documented and are
in each case due and payable to WFCF, the Agent and counsel to the Agent on the Closing Date
pursuant to the Fee Letter, the Commitment Letter, dated as of August 26, 2011 between WFCF and
Parent, including the Term Sheet attached thereto, shall have been, or substantially concurrently
with the consummation of the Transactions on the Closing Date shall be, paid;

(p) Agent shall have received copies of each Material Contract (except to the extent not
permitted to be disclosed pursuant to confidentially obligations of the Loan Parties or their
Subsidiaries);

(q) (i) the Secured Notes (First Lien), in an aggregate principal amount of $225,000,000, the
Secured Notes (Second Lien), in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000, and the Secured
Notes (Convertible), in an aggregate principal amount of $280,000,000, shall have been, or
substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of the Agreement shall be, issued on terms and
conditions reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Borrower shall have received the net proceeds of
the Secured Notes (other than the portion thereof constituting loans under the Bridge Loan Facility
converted to Secured Notes) substantially simultaneously with the Closing Date, and (ii) all or
substantially all (but in no event shall more than $20,000,000 in principal amount of the Existing
Notes remain outstanding on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions and any
remaining Existing Notes
shall remain unsecured and the documents evidencing the Existing Notes shall be amended to
remove substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default thereunder
other than the required repayment thereof) of the outstanding principal amount of the Existing
Notes shall have been exchanged for the Secured Notes (Convertible) and approximately $50,000,00 of
common Stock of Parent, each on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

 

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(r) Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent, which
certifies and attaches copies of the final and executed Secured Notes Indenture (Convertible),
Secured Notes Indenture (First Lien), Secured Notes Indenture (Second Lien), each of the final and
executed security agreements with respect thereto, and each of the final and executed note purchase
agreements with respect thereto;

(s) the pro forma capital and ownership structure and the shareholding arrangements of Parent
and its Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the Transactions, shall be substantially consistent
with the description thereof delivered to Agent on or prior to August 26, 2011;

(t) Parent and its Subsidiaries shall have received all governmental and third-party approvals
necessary, if any, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, which shall all be in
full force and effect, unless the absence of any such approval could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change;

(u) to the extent required by, or delivered to, the trustee under the Secured Notes on the
Closing Date, Agent shall have received copies of all such possessory Collateral constituting Notes
Priority Collateral; and

(v) Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent which
certifies that each Loan Party that owns or operates vessels in the coastwise trade of the United
States is a “citizen of the United States” within the meaning of 46 U.S.C. § 50501(a) and (d).

 

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SCHEDULE 3.6

CONDITIONS SUBSEQUENT

1. Promptly after the Closing Date, Agent shall have received a Coast Guard form CG-1330,
Certificate of Ownership, covering the Vessels subject to the Vessel Fleet Mortgages, evidencing
recordation of the Vessel Fleet Mortgage in favor of Agent and copies of each Vessel Fleet Mortgage
certified by the U.S. Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center.

2. Promptly after the Closing Date, Agent shall have received a legal opinion from Blank Rome
LLP, maritime legal counsel to the Loan Parties in the form agreed to immediately prior to the
Closing Date,

3. Promptly after the Closing Date each applicable Loan Party shall amend its limited
liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement, bylaws and other formation documents
to remove any references to a Credit Agreement dated February 26, 2003 among inter alia, Horizon
Lines, LLC and ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. as administrative agent.

4. Within 5 Business Days after the Closing Date, Agent shall have received a monthly schedule
of the Non-Domestic Service losses for fiscal year 2011 referenced in clause (c)(xxii) of the
definition of Adjusted EBITDA.

5. Within 10 days after the Closing Date, Agent shall have received for the fiscal month ended
September 25, 2011, each of the items identified in clauses (a) through (g) of Schedule
5.2.

6. Within 15 days after the Closing Date, Agent shall have received certificates of property
insurance as are required by Section 5.6, with a schedule of properties attached thereto
and otherwise in the form agreed to immediately prior to the Closing Date.

7. Within 40 days after the Closing Date, Agent shall have received for the fiscal quarter
ended September 25, 2011, the quarterly financial statements identified in clause (c) of
Schedule 5.1.

8. Within 60 days after the Closing Date, Agent shall have received, with respect to each
Deposit Account and Security Account (other than Excluded Accounts), executed Control Agreements;
provided that upon the commencement of any Trigger Period, such Control Agreements will be
delivered to Agent within 5 Business Days thereafter (as such date may be extended by the Agent in
its sole discretion).

9. At such time as, and to the extent required by, or delivered to, the trustee under the
Secured Notes: (a) a certificate executed by an officer of Parent that includes a schedule setting
forth the model, model year, identification number and location of all CoT Chassis owned by each
Loan Party, along with representations by the Parent as to the accuracy in all material respects of
the information set forth on such schedule and (b) evidence that Agent’s Lien has been noted on the
certificates of title with respect to the CoT Chassis owned by the Loan Parties to the extent
multiple lien holders can be noted thereon.

 

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Schedule 5.1

Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates

Deliver to Agent each of the financial statements, reports, or other items set forth below at
the following times in form satisfactory to Agent:

	 	 	 
	as soon as
available, but in
any event within 30
days (45 days in
the case of a month
that is the end of
one of Parent’s
fiscal quarters)
after the end of
each fiscal month
during each of
Parent’s fiscal
years,

	 	(a) an unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance
sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flow covering
Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations during such period
and compared, in the case of such balance sheet, to the end
of the prior fiscal year, and in the case of such statements
of income and cash flow, to the prior year period and plan
and

(b) a Compliance Certificate attaching (i) the financial
statements described in clause (a) above, (ii) the Excess
Availability Calculation, the Leverage Ratio Calculation, the
calculation of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the
calculation of Adjusted EBITDA, each in form and containing
sufficient detail satisfactory to Agent, (iii) a schedule of
all Hedge Agreements entered into by Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries with any Lender and/or any Affiliates of any
Lender, which schedule shall show whether such Hedge
Agreement is secured pursuant to any of the Loan Documents.
	 
	 	 
	as soon as
available, but in
any event within 45
days after the end
of each fiscal
quarter during each
of Parent’s fiscal
years,

	 	(c) an unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance
sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow, and
statement of shareholder’s equity covering Parent’s and its
Subsidiaries’ operations during such period, and compared to
the prior year period and plan, together with a corresponding
discussion and analysis of results from management and

(d) a Compliance Certificate attaching (i) the financial
statements described in clause (a) above, (ii) the Excess
Availability Calculation, the Leverage Ratio Calculation, the
calculation of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the
calculation of Adjusted EBITDA, each in form and containing
sufficient detail satisfactory to Agent, (iii) a schedule of
all Hedge Agreements entered into by Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries with any Lender and/or any Affiliates of any
Lender, which schedule shall show whether such Hedge
Agreement is secured pursuant to any of the Loan Documents.

 

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	as soon as
available, but in
any event within 90
days after the end
of each of Parent’s
fiscal years,

	 	(e) consolidated and consolidating financial statements of
Parent and its Subsidiaries for each such fiscal year,
audited by independent certified public accountants
reasonably acceptable to Agent and certified, without any
qualifications (including any (A) “going concern” or like
qualification or exception or (B) qualification or exception
as to the scope of such audit, by such accountants to have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP (such audited financial
statements to include a balance sheet, income statement,
statement of cash flow, and statement of shareholder’s equity
and, if prepared, such accountants’ letter to management),
and

(f) a Compliance Certificate attaching (i) the financial
statements described in clause (c) above, (ii) supplemental
Schedules in accordance with the Credit Agreement, (iii) the
Excess Availability Calculation, the Leverage Ratio
Calculation, the calculation of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
and the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA, each in form and
containing sufficient detail satisfactory to Agent, and (iv)
a schedule of all Hedge Agreements entered into by Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries with any Lender and/or any Affiliates
of any Lender, which schedule shall show whether such Hedge
Agreement is secured pursuant to any of the Loan Documents.
	 
	 	 
	as soon as
available, but in
any event within 45
days after the
start of each of
Parent’s fiscal
years,

	 	(g) copies of Parent’s Projections, in form and containing
sufficient detail (including as to scope and underlying
assumptions, subject to the qualifications in Section 4.16 of
the Agreement) reasonably satisfactory to Agent, in its
Permitted Discretion, for the forthcoming 3 years, year by
year, and for the forthcoming fiscal year, month by month,
certified by the chief financial officer of Parent as being
the good faith estimate of the financial performance of
Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries during the period
covered thereby.
	 
	 	 
	if and when filed
by Parent,

	 	(h) Form 10-Q quarterly reports, Form 10-K annual reports,
and Form 8-K current reports,

(i) any other material filings made by Parent with the SEC,
and

(j) any other material information that is provided by Parent
to its shareholders generally.

(It is understood and agreed that in the event Agent, after
the Closing Date, notifies Parent that electronic delivery of
items (h), (i) and (j) is acceptable, then such electronic
delivery shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of items
(h), (i) and (j).)
	 
	 	 
	Concurrently with
the filing of
Parent’s Form 10-Q
quarterly report
and Form 10-K
annual report,

	 	(k) a list of any Material Contracts entered into by a Loan
Party since the most recent such filing.

 

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	promptly after 

being furnished or 

received,

	 	(l) copies of all notices, reports, certificates and other
information furnished to or received from any of the holders
of the Secured Notes, or any other trustee, agent or
representative of such holders (including any notices or
other documents relating to any default or potential default
thereunder, but in any event excluding routine notices,
reports and certificates of an administrative nature), and

(m) a copy of the annual citizenship affidavit required to be
submitted to MARAD.
	 
	 	 
	At such time as,
and to the extent
required by, or
delivered to, the
trustee under the
Secured Notes,

	 	(n) copies of any possessory Collateral constituting Notes
Priority Collateral, and

(o) Additional Documents, substantially similar to those
Additional Documents (other than with respect to the
Collateral identified in clause (n) above) to the collateral
agent under the Secured Notes, in favor of Agent to ensure
that the ABL Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) and the Notes Collateral (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement) are identical to the extent required
by the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 
	Promptly after 

execution thereof,

	 	(p) any settlement or plea agreement or similar arrangement
providing for aggregate payments in excess of $5,000,000 per
calendar year.
	 
	 	 
	promptly, but in
any event within 5
days after Parent
or Borrower has
knowledge of any
event or condition
that constitutes a
Default or an Event
of Default,

	 	(q) notice of such event or condition and a statement of the
curative action that Parent or Borrower proposes to take with
respect thereto.
	 
	 	 
	promptly after the
commencement
thereof, but in any
event within 5
Business Days after
the service of
process with
respect thereto on
Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries,

	 	(r) notice of all actions, suits, or proceedings brought by
or against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries before any
Governmental Authority which reasonably could be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

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	on or before 5
Business Days (or
such shorter period
as Agent may agree)
prior to the date
of any Specified
Event utilizing any
basket amount
available as a
result of
satisfaction of the
Specified
Condition,

	 	(s) Parent shall provide Agent a certificate of a Responsible
Officer, along with reasonably detailed calculations
(calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such
Specified Event), certifying compliance with each of the
conditions set forth in the definition of “Specified
Condition”.
	 
	 	 
	upon the request of
Agent,

	 	(t) any other information reasonably requested relating to
the financial condition of Parent or its Subsidiaries.

 

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Schedule 5.2

Collateral Reporting

Provide Agent with each of the documents set forth below at the following times in form
satisfactory to Agent:

	 	 	 
	Monthly (no later than the
5th day after the end of
each calendar month), except during
a Trigger Period, in which case it
shall be weekly (no later than 1
Business Day following the end of
each week)

	 	(a) a Borrowing Base Certificate for
the fiscal month most recently ended
or calendar week, as applicable (the
“Reporting Period”),

(b) a detailed aging, by total, of
each Loan Parties’ Accounts,
together with a reconciliation and
supporting documentation for any
reconciling items noted (delivered
electronically in an acceptable
format, if Parent has implemented
electronic reporting) for the
Reporting Period,

(c) a detailed calculation of those
Accounts that are not eligible for
the Borrowing Base, if Parent has
not implemented electronic reporting
for the Reporting Period,

(d) a summary aging, by vendor, of
Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’
accounts payable and any book
overdraft (delivered electronically
in an acceptable format, if Parent
has implemented electronic
reporting) and an aging, by vendor,
of any held checks for the Reporting
Period, and

(e) a detailed report regarding
Parent’s and the other Loan Parties’
cash and Cash Equivalents, including
an indication of which amounts are
deposited in Deposit Accounts and/or
Securities Accounts subject to
Control Agreements for the Reporting
Period.
	 
	 	 
	Monthly (no later than the 

10th day after each 

calendar month)

	 	(f) a detailed reconciliation to
Parent’s general ledger accounts
(delivered electronically in an
acceptable format) for the Reporting
Period, and

(g) a monthly Account roll-forward,
in a format acceptable to Agent,
tied to the beginning and ending
account receivable balances of
Parent’s general ledger for the
Reporting Period.
	 
	 	 
	Monthly (no later than the 30th day 

after each calendar month),

	 	(h) a reconciliation of Accounts,
trade accounts payable, Parent’s
general ledger accounts to its
monthly financial statements
including any book reserves related
to each such category for the
Reporting Period.
	 
	 	 
	Quarterly (no later than the 

45th day after each 

fiscal quarter),

	 	(i) a report regarding Parent’s and
its Subsidiaries’ accrued, but
unpaid, ad valorem taxes for the
most recently ended fiscal quarter.

 

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	Upon request by Agent,

	 	(j) a detailed list of Parent’s and
the other Loan Parties’ customers,
with address and contact
information, and

(k) such other reports as to the
Collateral or the financial
condition of Parent and its
Subsidiaries, as Agent may
reasonably request, including
updates to Schedules 4.13 and 4.17.

 

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