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            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm" in the Statement of Additional Information
and to the use of our report dated February 23, 2011, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of RiverSource Life Insurance Company and to
the use of our report dated April 22, 2011 with respect to the financial
statements of RiverSource Account F included in Post-Effective Amendment No. 31
to the Registration Statement (Form N-4, No. 033-4173) for the registration of
the RiverSource(R) Flexible Annuity offered by RiverSource Life Insurance
Company.

                                     /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 22, 2011exv10w1

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

       This Amendment No. 1 to [Amended and Restated] Employment Agreement (this
“Amendment”) dated April 19, 2011 by and between Devon Energy Corporation (the “Company”) and ____________ (the “Executive”).

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are parties to that certain Amended and Restated
Employment Agreement dated _______________ (the “Employment
Agreement”);

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Employment Agreement with respect
to the tax gross-up payments upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Employment Agreement); and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15(c) of the Employment Agreement, the Employment Agreement may
be amended by written agreement of the parties.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Executive hereby agree that the Employment Agreement shall
be amended as follows:

     1. Subsection 4(b)(iii) is deleted in its entirety, nothing is substituted in its place and
all subsequent Subsections and cross-references thereto are renumbered accordingly.

     2. Section 7 is deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted in its place:

     “7. Section 4999 of the Code Excise Tax; Cap on Payments.

(a) Cap on Payments. If any payment, benefit or distribution by the Company, any
Affiliate or a trust established by the Company or any Affiliate to or for the benefit of
the Executive (whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise) (each, a “Payment” or, collectively, the “Payments”) is subject to an excise tax imposed by the Code,
including pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code, or the Executive incurs any interest or
penalties with respect to such an excise tax (such excise tax and any such interest and
penalties shall be referred to as the “Excise Tax”), the
Payments under Section 4 of this Agreement (the “Agreement Payments”) shall be reduced (but not below zero) to an amount that maximizes
the aggregate present value (determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code)
of the Payments without causing any Payment to be subject to the limitation of deduction
under Section 280G of the Code or the imposition of any Excise Tax, with such reduction
being made (i) on a nondiscretionary basis so as to minimize the reduction in the economic
value to the Executive, (ii) in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A,
and (iii) on a pro-rata basis where more than one Agreement Payment has the same present
value for this purpose and they are payable at different times; provided, however,
if the net amount retained by the Executive from all the Payments after the reductions
described above in this Section 7(a) would be less than the net amount retained by the
Executive from all the Payments after the Executive’s payment of any Excise Tax, the
Agreement Payments shall not be reduced as set forth in this Section 7(a).

(b) Determinations. All determinations to be made under this Section 7 shall be
made by a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm designated by the Company
immediately prior to the Change in Control (the “Accounting
Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall provide its determinations and any
supporting calculations to the Company and the Executive within ten (10) days of the
termination date or Change in Control, as applicable. Any such determination by the
Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. All of the fees and
expenses of the Accounting Firm in performing the determinations referred to in this Section
7 shall be borne solely by the Company.”

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3. Subsection 12(c) is deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted in its
place:

“(c) Gross-Up. If the value of any benefits or payment provided under
Section 12(a) is subject to income taxes, then the Company shall make an additional payment
(a “Gross-Up Payment”) to the Executive, by December 31 of the
year next following the Executive’s taxable year in which the income taxes were incurred, in
an amount equal to 75% of the federal, state, and local income taxes imposed upon such
benefits or payment. All determinations to be made under this Section 12(c) (including
whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required) shall be (i) made within thirty (30) days
of receipt by the Company of the Executive’s request for the Gross-Up Payment, (ii) made by
a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm designated by the Company, and
(iii) binding upon the Company and the Executive. All of the fees and expenses of the
accounting firm in performing such determinations shall be borne solely by the Company.”

4. A new Section 15(i) is added to the end of Section 15 as follows:

“(i) Section 409A Compliance. This Agreement is intended to comply with
Section 409A and its corresponding regulations, or an exemption therefrom, and payments may
only be made under this Agreement upon an event and in a manner permitted by Section 409A,
to the extent applicable. All payments to be made upon a termination of employment under
this Agreement may only be made upon a Separation from Service under Section 409A. For
purposes of Section 409A, the right to a series of payments under this Agreement shall be
treated as a right to a series of separate payments. In no event may the Executive,
directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of a payment, including as a result of
the timing of the Executive’s execution of the Release. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, if a payment that is subject to execution of the Release could be made in
more than one taxable year, payment shall be made in the later taxable year.”

     5. A new Section 7 is added to the Exhibit A, Definitions as follows and all
subsequent Sections are renumbered accordingly:

     “7. “Agreement Payments” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 7(a)(i).”

     6. Section 27 of the Exhibit A, Definitions is deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in its place:

     “27. “Gross-Up Payment” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 12(c).”

     7. Sections 40 and 42 of the Exhibit A, Definitions are deleted in their
entirety, nothing is substituted in their place and all subsequent Sections are renumbered
accordingly.

[Signature page follows]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first
written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	Devon Energy Corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

3exv10w1

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

April 25, 2011

among

BELDEN INC.

The Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers Party Hereto

The Lenders Party Hereto

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION

as Co-Syndication Agents

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Documentation Agent

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger

 

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 1.05. Status of Obligations
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II The Credits
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.01. Commitments
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 2.04. Determination of Dollar Amounts
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 2.05. Swingline Loans
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 2.06. Letters of Credit
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 2.12. Fees
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 2.13. Interest
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 2.17. Taxes
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION
2.18. Payments Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
	 	 	47	 
	SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 2.20. Expansion Option
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 2.21. [Intentionally Omitted]
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 2.22. Judgment Currency
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 2.23. Designation of Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 2.24. Defaulting Lenders
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties
	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 3.05. Properties
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 3.06. Litigation, Environmental and Labor Matters
	 	 	55	 

 

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	 	 	Page	 
	SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 3.09. Taxes
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 3.10. ERISA
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 3.11. Disclosure
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 3.12. Federal Reserve Regulations
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 3.13. Liens
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 3.14. No Default
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 3.15. No Burdensome Restrictions
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 3.16. Solvency
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 3.17. Insurance
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 3.18. Security Interest in Collateral
	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV Conditions
	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.01. Effective Date
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 4.03. Designation of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
	 	 	59	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants
	 	 	60	 
	 
	SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual Obligations
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 5.09. Subsidiary Guarantors; Pledges; Additional Collateral; Further Assurances
	 	 	63	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants
	 	 	66	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness
	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 6.02. Liens
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 6.05. Swap Agreements
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 6.06. Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 6.07. Restricted Payments
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 6.08. Restrictive Agreements
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 6.09. Subordinated Indebtedness and Amendments to Subordinated Indebtedness Documents
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 6.10. Sale and Leaseback Transactions
	 	 	73	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	SECTION 6.11. Capital Expenditures
	 	 	73	 
	SECTION 6.12. Financial Covenants
	 	 	73	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII Events of Default
	 	 	74	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent
	 	 	76	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous
	 	 	80	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.01. Notices
	 	 	80	 
	SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments
	 	 	81	 
	SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	 	 	83	 
	SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns
	 	 	84	 
	SECTION 9.05. Survival
	 	 	87	 
	SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
	 	 	87	 
	SECTION 9.07. Severability
	 	 	87	 
	SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff
	 	 	88	 
	SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
	 	 	88	 
	SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	89	 
	SECTION 9.11. Headings
	 	 	89	 
	SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality
	 	 	89	 
	SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act
	 	 	90	 
	SECTION 9.14. Appointment for Perfection
	 	 	90	 
	SECTION 9.15. Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors
	 	 	90	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X Cross-Guarantee
	 	 	91	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.01. General
	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 10.02. German Guarantee Limitations
	 	 	92	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	SCHEDULES:
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Schedule 2.01  —  Commitments
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 2.02  —  Mandatory Cost

	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 2.06  —  Existing Letters of Credit
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 3.01  —  Subsidiaries
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 6.01  —  Existing Indebtedness
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 6.02  —  Existing Liens
 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 6.04  —  Existing Investments
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 6.06  —  Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	 	 
	 
	EXHIBITS:
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Exhibit A  —   Form of Assignment and Assumption
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B  —    Form of Opinion of U.S. Counsel for the Company and Initial Domestic Loan
Parties
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit C  —    Form of Increasing Lender Supplement
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit D  —    Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit E  —     List of Closing Documents
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit F-1  —  Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit F-2  —  Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit G-1  —  Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships)
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit G-2  —  Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships)
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit G-3  —  Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not
Partnerships)
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit G-4  —  Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships)
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit H  —     Form of Continuing Agreement re Letters of Credit
	 	 	 	 

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          CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of April 25, 2011 among BELDEN INC., the
FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS from time to time party hereto, the LENDERS from time to time party
hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Syndication Agents and U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent.

          The parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

          SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:

          “ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to a Loan, or the Loans
comprising such Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base
Rate.

          “Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any
Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%)
equal to the sum of (i) (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory
Reserve Rate plus, without duplication (ii) in the case of Loans by a Lender from its
office or branch in the United Kingdom, the Mandatory Cost.

          “Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (including its branches and
affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, together with its
successors and permitted assigns.

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

          “Affected Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary if a Deemed Dividend Problem or a Financial
Assistance Problem would arise if such Subsidiary were to act as a Subsidiary Guarantor.

          “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.

          “Aggregate Commitment” means the aggregate of the Commitments of all of the Lenders,
as reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. As of the
Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment is $400,000,000.

          “Agreed Currencies” means (i) Dollars, (ii) euro, (iii) Pounds Sterling, (iv) Canadian
Dollars and (v) any other Foreign Currency reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and
each of the Lenders.

          “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of
(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such
day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate in respect of Dollars for a one month Interest
Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day)
plus 1%, provided that, for
the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate
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Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such page) at
approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a
change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be
effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.

          “Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the
Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that, in the case of
Section 2.24 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the
percentage of the Aggregate Commitment (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment)
represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the
Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect,
giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of
determination.

          “Applicable Pledge Percentage” means 100%; provided that the foregoing
percentage shall be (i) 65% in the case of a pledge by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Equity
Interests in (a) an Affected Subsidiary or (b) a Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Pledge Subsidiary
or (ii) 0% if a pledge of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary would cause a Financial Assistance
Problem.

          “Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan
or any ABR Revolving Loan or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may
be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurocurrency Spread”, “ABR
Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio applicable on
such date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Eurocurrency	 	 	ABR	 	 	Commitment	 
	 	 	Leverage Ratio:	 	 	Spread	 	 	Spread	 	 	Fee Rate	 
	Category 1:
	 	< 1.00 to 1.00	 	 	1.75	%	 	 	0.75	%	 	 	0.25	%
	Category 2:
	 	≥ 1.00 to 1.00 but	 	 	2.00	%	 	 	1.00	%	 	 	0.30	%
	 
	 	< 1.75 to 1.00	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Category 3:
	 	≥ 1.75 to 1.00 but	 	 	2.25	%	 	 	1.25	%	 	 	0.35	%
	 
	 	< 2.50 to 1.00	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Category 4:
	 	≥ 2.50 to 1.00 but	 	 	2.50	%	 	 	1.50	%	 	 	0.40	%
	 
	 	< 3.25 to 1.00	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Category 5:
	 	≥ 3.25 to 1.00	 	 	2.75	%	 	 	1.75	%	 	 	0.50	%

     For purposes of the foregoing,

     (i) if at any time the Company fails to deliver the Financials on or before the date
the Financials are due pursuant to Section 5.01, Category 5 shall be deemed applicable for
the period commencing three (3) Business Days after the required date of delivery and ending
on the date which is three (3) Business Days after the Financials are actually delivered,
after which the Category shall be determined in accordance with the table above as
applicable;

     (ii) adjustments, if any, to the Category then in effect shall be effective five (5)
Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received the applicable Financials (it
being understood
and agreed that each change in Category shall apply during the period commencing on the

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	 	 	effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective
date of the next such change); and

     (iii) notwithstanding the foregoing, Category 2 shall be deemed to be applicable until
the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the applicable Financials for the Company’s fiscal
quarter ending June 30, 2011 (unless such Financials demonstrate that Category 3, 4 or 5
should have been applicable during such period, in which case such other Category shall be
deemed to be applicable during such period) and adjustments to the Category then in effect
shall thereafter be effected in accordance with the preceding paragraphs.

          “Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

          “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into
by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section
9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form
approved by the Administrative Agent.

          “Augmenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

          “Available Revolving Commitment” means, at any time with respect to any Lender, the
Commitment of such Lender then in effect minus the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such
time; it being understood and agreed that for purposes of calculating the commitment fee under
Section 2.12(a) (i) any Lender’s Swingline Exposure shall not be deemed to be a component of the
Revolving Credit Exposure and (ii) any Lender’s LC Exposure shall be included as a component of the
Revolving Credit Exposure.

          “Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but
excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

          “Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject
of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee,
administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the
reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination
of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to,
approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a
Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of
any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof,
provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such
Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the
enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such
Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts
or agreements made by such Person.

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

          “Borrower” means the Company or any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower.

          “Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued
on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.

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          “Borrowing Request” means a request by any Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.03.

          “Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement substantially
in the form of Exhibit F-1.

          “Borrowing Subsidiary Termination” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination
substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.

          “Burdensome Restrictions” means any consensual encumbrance or restriction of the type
described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.08.

          “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed;
provided that, when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business
Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in the relevant Agreed
Currency in the London interbank market or the principal financial center of such Agreed Currency
(and, if the Borrowings or LC Disbursements which are the subject of a borrowing, drawing, payment,
reimbursement or rate selection are denominated in euro, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude
any day on which the TARGET payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in euro).

          “Canadian Dollar” and/or “CAD” means the lawful currency of Canada.

          “Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of
such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “Cash Equivalents” means (a) any securities or direct obligations (i) issued by, or
directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States federal government
or agency thereof, (ii) issued by any agency of the United States federal government the
obligations of which are fully backed by the full faith and credit of the United States federal
government in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) any
readily-marketable direct obligations issued by any other agency of the United States federal
government, any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof, in each case having a rating of at least “A-1” from S&P or at least
“P-1” from Moody’s, (c) any commercial paper rated at least “A-1” by S&P or “P-1” by Moody’s
maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof, (d) any time deposit, insured
certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit, overnight repurchase agreements, or bankers’
acceptance maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or accepted by any
commercial bank that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof,
including any foreign branch or foreign agency of any such commercial bank, (e) shares of any money
market fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of
investments referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above, (f) all of the types of investments
referred to in clause (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above issued by any agency of any foreign
government, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and having a
rating of at least “A-1” or “A+” from S&P or at least “P-1” or “A1” from Moody’s and (g) other cash
equivalents from time to time approved by the Administrative Agent, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.

          “Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange
Act of

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1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests
representing more than 30% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of the Company; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than
vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by
the board of directors of the Company nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; (c) the
occurrence of a change in control, or other similar provision, as defined in any agreement or
instrument evidencing any Material Indebtedness (triggering a default or mandatory prepayment,
which default or mandatory prepayment has not been waived in writing); or (d) the Company ceases to
own, directly or indirectly, and Control 100% (other than directors’ or managers’ qualifying
shares) of the ordinary voting and economic power of any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower.

          “Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement (or with
respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), of any of the
following (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule,
regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority
or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any
lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any)
with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided
however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines and directives
thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests,
rules, guidelines and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or
foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to
be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

          “Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.

          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

          “Collateral” means any and all personal property located in the United States that is
owned, leased or operated by a Domestic Loan Party covered by the Collateral Documents and any and
all other personal property located in the United States of any Domestic Loan Party, now existing
or hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in
favor of Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, to secure the Secured
Obligations. For purposes of clarification, upon written notice given to the Administrative Agent
by the Company, the personal property assets or personal property properties owned, leased or
operated by a Domestic Loan Party covered by the Collateral Documents and any Equity Interests
pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents and any and all other personal property assets or
personal property properties of any Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that may at any
time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in favor of Administrative Agent, on
behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, shall in each case no longer constitute “Collateral”
during a Collateral Release Period and during a Collateral Release Period there shall be no
“Collateral.” In all cases, Collateral excludes the Excluded Property.

          “Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement and all other
agreements, instruments and documents executed in connection with this Agreement that are intended
to create, perfect or evidence Liens to secure the Secured Obligations, including, without
limitation, all other security agreements, pledge agreements, loan agreements, notes, guarantees,
subordination agreements, pledges, powers of attorney, collateral assignments, financing statements
and all other similar security or

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pledge agreements whether heretofore, now, or hereafter executed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and delivered to the Administrative Agent.

          “Collateral Period” means any period during which a Collateral Release Period is not
in effect.

          “Collateral Release Period” means any period after the Effective Date commencing on
the occurrence of a Collateral Release Date and ending on the Collateral Trigger Date, if any,
subsequent to such Collateral Release Date.

          “Collateral Release Date” means any date after the Effective Date on which no Default
or Event of Default is continuing and all of the following events shall have occurred: (a) Moody’s
has in effect a rating for the Index Debt (that has not been placed on negative watch) of Baa3
(stable or better outlook) or higher and (b) S&P has in effect a rating for the Index Debt (that
has not been placed on negative watch) of BBB- (stable or better outlook) or higher.

          “Collateral Trigger Date” means any date after the Effective Date on which one of the
following events occurs: (a) Moody’s issues a rating for the Index Debt of Ba2 or lower, (b) S&P
issues a rating for the Index Debt of BB or lower or (c) Moody’s or S&P ceases to issue a rating
for the Index Debt.

          “Collateral Requirements” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.09(g).

          “Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make
Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder,
expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time pursuant
to Section 2.09, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.20 and (c) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the
Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender
shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.

          “Company” means Belden Inc., a Delaware corporation.

          “Computation Date” is defined in Section 2.04.

          “Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, without duplication, any expenditures for
any purchase or other acquisition of any asset which would be classified as a fixed or capital
asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance
with GAAP. The term “Consolidated Capital Expenditures” shall not include capital expenditures in
respect of the reinvestment of proceeds (to the extent reinvested within 12 months of the date of
receipt) derived from asset dispositions (in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 during
any period of 12 months) or proceeds of insurance or condemnation received by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and any expenditure to the extent such expenditure is part of the aggregate
amounts payable in connection with, or other consideration for, any Permitted Acquisition
consummated during or prior to such period.

          “Consolidated EBITDA” means Consolidated Net Income plus, to the extent deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income, without duplication, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii)
expense for taxes measured by net income, profits or capital (or any similar measures), paid or
accrued, including, without limitation, federal and state and local income taxes, foreign income
taxes, or franchise

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taxes, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization, (v) each non-cash expense (including, without
limitation, non-cash expenses related to stock based compensation), non-cash charge or non-cash
loss (including, extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring non-cash losses), including, without
limitation, in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or restructurings, incurred or recognized,
(vi) cash charges incurred in connection with acquisition or restructuring activities prior to the
Effective Date and to the extent not in excess of $10,000,000, (vii) fees, costs and expenses
incurred by the Loan Parties in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, in each case whether or
not consummated and solely to the extent disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 during any Reference Period and (viii) cash charges or
extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring cash losses incurred or recognized (provided that
the aggregate amount of any such cash charges or cash losses under this clause (viii) during any
Reference Period shall not exceed the Permitted Cash Add-Back Amount), all calculated for the
Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis, minus, to the extent
included in Consolidated Net Income, (1) interest income, (2) income tax credits and refunds (to
the extent not netted from income tax expense), (3) any cash payments made during such period in
respect of items described in clause (v) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the
relevant non-cash expenses, charges or losses were incurred (provided, that any such cash
payments shall not be required to be subtracted under this clause (3) to the extent by which the
Permitted Cash Add-Back Amount exceeds the aggregate amount of cash losses added back pursuant to
clause (viii) above for such Reference Period, if positive) and (4) extraordinary, unusual or
non-recurring income or gains recognized, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA
for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “Reference Period”), (i) if at
any time during such Reference Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material
Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal
to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such
Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated
EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period, and (ii) if during such
Reference Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated
EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma
Basis as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period.

          As used in this definition:

     “Material Acquisition” means any acquisition of property or Equity Interests or
series of related acquisitions of property or Equity Interests that (a) constitutes (i)
assets comprising all or substantially all or any significant portion of a business or
operating unit of a business, or (ii) all or substantially all of the common stock or other
Equity Interests of a Person, and (b) involves the payment of consideration by the Company
and its Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000.

     “Material Disposition” means any sale, transfer or disposition of property or
series of related sales, transfers, or dispositions of property that yields gross cash
proceeds to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000.

     “Permitted Cash Add-Back Amount” means, as of the last day of the relevant
Reference Period, the lesser of (i) $35,000,000 and (ii) the amount (if positive) by which
Qualified Cash as of such date exceeds the Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding LC Exposure)
as of such date.

     By way of illustration only of the impact of the Permitted Cash Add-Back Amount on
Consolidated EBITDA for a hypothetical Reference Period, assume the following:

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	 	(i)	 	Consolidated Net Income plus all amounts permitted to be added back pursuant to
clauses (i) through (vii) equals 250;

	 	(ii)	 	on the last day of the hypothetical Reference Period, Qualified Cash equals 150
and there are 50 of Loans outstanding, resulting in a Permitted Cash Add-Back Amount of
35 (lesser of (i) 35 and (ii) 150 minus 50).

	 	(iii)	 	the Company recognized a cash restructuring charge during the Reference Period
of 20;

	 	(iv)	 	non-cash expense relating to non-cash stock based compensation that was added
back in a prior fiscal quarter has now resulted in a cash payment of 30; and

	 	(v)	 	no other adjustments are required per the balance of the definition of
Consolidated EBITDA.

     Hypothetical Consolidated EBITDA equals (with any reference to a “clause” below being a
reference to the relevant “clause” in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA):

	 	 	 

	250

	 	Consolidated Net Income plus all amounts permitted to be added back
pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii)
	 
	 	 
	+ 20

	 	Cash restructuring charge under clause (viii) (cannot exceed the
Permitted Cash Add-Back Amount of 35)
	 
	 	 
	- 15

	 	The Company does not have to subtract the entire 30 of cash
payments for stock based compensation under clause (3), but does
have to subtract an amount equal to the amount by which the
Permitted Cash Add-Back Amount (35) exceeds cash restructuring
charges taken under clause (viii) (20). Therefore the Company must
subtract 15 of such cash payments but need not subtract the
remaining 15 (35 minus 20) of such cash payments.
	 
	 	 
	= 255

	 	Hypothetical Consolidated EBITDA

          “Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with reference to any period, without duplication,
cash Consolidated Interest Expense, plus scheduled principal payments on Indebtedness for borrowed
money made during such period, plus an amount equal to, to the extent positive, taxes paid in cash
by the Company and its Subsidiaries net of refunds or credits (which reduce cash taxes that would
otherwise have been payable during such period) for taxes received by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, plus dividends paid (other than to the Company or a Subsidiary) by the Company in
cash, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (other than
dividends which are only paid to the Company or by a Subsidiary to another Subsidiary) in
accordance with GAAP.

          “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the interest
expense (including without limitation interest expense under Capital Lease Obligations that is
treated as interest in accordance with GAAP) of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a
consolidated basis for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP (including, without limitation,
all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and
bankers acceptance

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financing and net costs under interest rate Swap Agreements to the extent such net costs are
allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP). In the event that the Company or any Subsidiary
shall have completed a Material Acquisition or a Material Disposition since the beginning of the
relevant period, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be determined for such period on a Pro Forma
Basis as if such acquisition or disposition, and any related incurrence or repayment of
Indebtedness, had occurred at the beginning of such period.

          “Consolidated Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or
loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated
basis (without duplication) for such period; provided that there shall be excluded any
income (or loss) of any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary, but any such income so
excluded may be included in such period or any later period to the extent of any cash dividends or
distributions actually paid in the relevant period to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

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

          “Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means at any time the sum, without duplication, of
(a) the aggregate Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness of the type described in clause (g) of the
definition of Indebtedness (other than with respect to the type of Indebtedness described in
clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of Indebtedness)) of the Company and its Subsidiaries
calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time in accordance with GAAP, (b) the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries relating to the maximum drawing amount
of all letters of credit outstanding and bankers acceptances and (c) Indebtedness of the type
referred to in clauses (a) or (b) hereof of another Person guaranteed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.

          “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings
correlative thereto.

          “Co-Syndication Agent” means each of Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association in its capacity as co-syndication agent for the credit facility
evidenced by this Agreement.

          “Corresponding Obligations” means Secured Obligations as they may exist from time to
time, other than the Parallel Debt.

          “Credit Event” means a Borrowing, the issuance of a Letter of Credit, an LC
Disbursement or any of the foregoing.

          “Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender
or any other Lender.

          “Deemed Dividend Problem” means, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, such Foreign
Subsidiary’s accumulated and undistributed earnings and profits being deemed to be repatriated to
the Company or the applicable parent Domestic Subsidiary under Section 956 of the Code and the
effect of such repatriation causing adverse tax consequences to the Company or such parent Domestic
Subsidiary, in each case as determined by the Company in its commercially reasonable judgment
acting in good faith and in consultation with its legal and/or tax advisors.

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

          “Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days
of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any
portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any
Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause
(i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result
of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically
identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified
the Company or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it
does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement
(unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s
good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the
particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or
generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three
(3) Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification
in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and
is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then
outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such
Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s
receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative
Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

          “Documentation Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity as
documentation agent for the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement.

          “Dollar Amount” of any currency at any date shall mean (i) the amount of such currency
if such currency is Dollars or (ii) the equivalent in such currency of Dollars if such currency is
a Foreign Currency, calculated on the basis of the Exchange Rate for such currency, on or as of the
most recent Computation Date provided for in Section 2.04.

          “Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

          “Domestic Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors
that are Domestic Subsidiaries.

          “Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
located in the United States of America.

          “Earn-Outs” means, with respect to any Person, obligations of such Person arising from
a Permitted Acquisition which are payable to the seller based on the achievement of specified
financial results over time.

          “Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

          “Eligible Foreign Subsidiary” means (i) any Foreign Subsidiary organized under the
laws of an Eligible Jurisdiction and (ii) any other Foreign Subsidiary that is approved from time
to time by the Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Lenders), such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

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          “Eligible Jurisdictions” means, collectively, (i) Germany, (ii) the Netherlands, (iii)
Hong Kong, (iv) Canada and (v) England and Wales.

          “Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders,
decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into
by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation
of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to
health and safety matters.

          “Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the
Company or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to
any of the foregoing.

          “Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership
interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to
purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.

          “Equivalent Amount” of any currency with respect to any amount of Dollars at any date
shall mean the equivalent in such currency of such amount of Dollars, calculated on the basis of
the Exchange Rate for such other currency at 11:00 a.m., London time, on the date on or as of which
such amount is to be determined.

          “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.

          “ERISA Affiliate” means any Person that, together with the Company, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of
ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

          “ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or
the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day
notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding
deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived;
(c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application
for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a
plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Company or
any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition upon the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is
reasonably likely to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

          “EU” means the European Union.

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          “euro” and/or “EUR” means the single currency of the participating member
states of the EU.

          “Eurocurrency”, when used in reference to a currency means an Agreed Currency and when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

          “Eurocurrency Payment Office” of the Administrative Agent shall mean, for each Foreign
Currency, the office, branch, affiliate or correspondent bank of the Administrative Agent for such
currency as specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Company and each Lender.

          “Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

          “Exchange Rate” means, on any day, with respect to any Foreign Currency, the rate at
which such Foreign Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00
a.m., Local Time, on such date on the Reuters World Currency Page for such Foreign Currency. In
the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate with
respect to such Foreign Currency shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available
service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or,
in the event no such service is selected, such Exchange Rate shall instead be calculated on the
basis of the arithmetical mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange of the Administrative
Agent for such Foreign Currency on the London market at 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date for
the purchase of Dollars with such Foreign Currency, for delivery two Business Days later;
provided, that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate
is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Company, may use any
reasonable method it deems reasonably appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

          “Excluded Property” means, collectively, (i) Equity Interests in excess of the
Applicable Pledge Percentage in the case of a pledge by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Equity
Interests in an Affected Subsidiary or any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Pledge Subsidiary, (ii)
real property, fixtures and improvements located on real property, (iii) any trademark applications
filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the basis of intent to use such trademark
by any Person covered by the Collateral Documents, unless and until a statement of use or amendment
to allege use is filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, whereupon such trademark
shall automatically be deemed included in the Collateral, (iv) foreign trademarks and trademark
applications, foreign patents and patent applications, foreign copyrights and copyright
applications, and other foreign intellectual property, including, without limitation, industrial
design rights, (v) [reserved], (vi) deposit accounts and
securities accounts, (vii) personal property located outside of the United States, (viii)
[reserved], (ix) assets subject to a Lien securing Capital
Lease Obligations or purchase money debt obligations, in each case permitted hereunder, if the
contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted prohibits the creation of any other Lien
on such assets (other than to the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective
pursuant to the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law); provided
that such asset (A) will be Excluded Property only to the extent and for so long as the
consequences specified above will result and (B) will cease to be Excluded Property and will become
subject to the Lien granted under the Security Agreement, immediately and automatically, at such
time as such consequences will no longer result, (x) any assets to the extent that the grant of a
security interest therein would result in a Deemed Dividend Problem or a Financial Assistance
Problem, (xi) any (a) rights under or with respect to any general intangible, contract rights,
lease license, permit or authorization to the extent any such general intangible, contract rights,
lease, license, permit or authorization, by its terms or by law, prohibits the assignment of, or
the granting of a Lien over the rights of a grantor thereunder or which would be invalid or
unenforceable upon any such assignment or grant or (b) interest in a joint venture or non-wholly
owned

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Subsidiary to the extent and for so long as the attachment of the security interest created
hereby therein would violate any joint venture agreement, organizational document, shareholders
agreement or equivalent agreement relating to such joint venture or non-wholly owned Subsidiary
that was entered into for legitimate and customary business purposes (subclauses (xi)(a) and
(xi)(b) being collectively, the “Restricted Assets”), provided that (I) the
proceeds of any Restricted Asset shall continue to be deemed to be “Collateral” and (II) this
provision shall not limit the grant of any Lien on or assignment of any Restricted Asset to the
extent that the UCC or any other applicable law provides that such grant of Lien or assignment is
effective irrespective of any prohibitions to such grant provided in any Restricted Asset (or the
underlying documents related thereto). Concurrently with any such Restricted Asset being entered
into or arising after the date hereof, the applicable Person covered by the Collateral Documents
shall be obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any waiver or consent (in form
and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent) necessary to allow such Restricted Asset to
constitute Collateral hereunder and (xii) such assets which the Administrative Agent shall
determine in its reasonable discretion, in consultation with the Company, that the cost or burden
of obtaining or perfecting a security interest therein are excessive in relation to the value of
the security to be afforded thereby.

          “Excluded Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Domestic Loan
Party.

          “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any payment made by any Loan Party under any
Loan Document, any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient:

          (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and
franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes) by the jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such Recipient is organized or in which its principal
office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located;

          (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar Taxes
imposed by any other jurisdiction in which any Borrower is located; and

          (c) in the case of a Non U.S. Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by any
Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes resulting from any law in
effect (including FATCA) on the date such Non U.S. Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or
designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Non U.S. Lender’s failure to comply
with Section 2.17(f), except to the extent that such Non U.S. Lender (or its assignor, if any) was
entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional
amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding Taxes pursuant to Section 2.17(a).

          “Existing Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit described on Schedule
2.06 hereto, including all renewals, extensions and amendments thereto.

          “FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this
Agreement, and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.

          “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) 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 that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received
by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

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          “Financial Assistance Problem” means, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, the
inability of such Foreign Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor (or in the case of a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower, to become jointly and severally liable for the Obligations of the Company) or
to permit its Equity Interests to be pledged pursuant to a pledge agreement on account of legal or
financial limitations imposed by the jurisdiction of organization of such Foreign Subsidiary or
other relevant jurisdictions having authority over such Foreign Subsidiary, in each case as
determined by the Company in its commercially reasonable judgment acting in good faith and in
consultation with its legal and/or tax advisors.

          “Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or controller of the Company.

          “Financials” means the annual or quarterly financial statements, and accompanying
certificates and other documents, of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b).

          “First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means each Foreign Subsidiary in which more than 50%
of such Foreign Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding Equity Interests are directly owned or
controlled by any one or more (i) Domestic Loan Parties or (ii) Foreign Subsidiaries that are
neither Affected Subsidiaries nor owned (directly or indirectly) by one or more Affected
Subsidiaries.

          “Foreign Currencies” means Agreed Currencies other than Dollars.

          “Foreign Currency LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Amount of
the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of all outstanding Foreign Currency Letters of Credit at
such time plus (b) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all LC Disbursements in respect of
Foreign Currency Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed at such time.

          “Foreign Currency Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign
Currency.

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

          “Foreign Subsidiary Borrower” means any Eligible Foreign Subsidiary that becomes a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to Section 2.23 and that has not ceased to be a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to such Section.

          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

          “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.

          “Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase
or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such

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Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital,
equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as
to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account
party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness
or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

          “Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to
any Environmental Law.

          “Hostile Acquisition” means (a) the acquisition of the Equity Interests of a Person
through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such Equity Interests which has not
been approved (prior to such tender offer or similar solicitation) by the board of directors (or
any other applicable governing body) of such Person or by similar action if such Person is not a
corporation and (b) any such acquisition as to which such approval has been withdrawn.

          “Insignificant Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, any Subsidiary of
the Company that (a) had less than (i) $1,000,000 in Consolidated EBITDA (as defined herein without
giving effect to any Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary), (ii) $1,000,000 of assets (giving effect to
the value of Equity Interests owned by such Subsidiary but excluding the assets of the Subsidiaries
of such Subsidiary) and (iii) $1,000,000 of liabilities (excluding the liabilities of the
Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary), (b) together with all other such other Insignificant
Subsidiaries, had less than (i) $3,000,000 in Consolidated EBITDA, (ii) $3,000,000 of assets and
(iii) $3,000,000 of liabilities (in each case, as reflected on the most recent financial statements
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) prior to such date) and (c) has been designated as
such by the Company in a written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent (other than any such
Subsidiary as to which the Company has revoked such designation by written notice to the
Administrative Agent). At no time may a Borrower or a Material Subsidiary be an Insignificant
Subsidiary.

          “Increasing Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

          “Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

          “Incremental Term Loan Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.20.

          “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are
customarily paid, excluding trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, (d) all
obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to
property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) accrued expenses and trade payables incurred
in the ordinary course of business, (ii) deferred compensation arrangements entered into in the
ordinary course of business in consideration for actual services rendered and (iii) Earn-Outs
(unless the performance requirements have been satisfied and the amount payable is fixed)), (f) all
Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such
Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by
such Person of Indebtedness of others (excluding Guarantees by the Company or its Subsidiaries of
leases, sales agreements or supply agreements entered into by any Subsidiary), (h) all

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Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of
such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all
obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, and (k)
all obligations of such Person under Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Indebtedness of any
Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such
Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such
Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the
terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. Indebtedness shall
exclude all Trade Payables Financings.

          “Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with
respect to any payment made by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) Other Taxes.

          “Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, long-term (with tenor being determined at the
time of issuance) indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company that is not guaranteed by any
other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.

          “Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated February
2011 relating to the Company and the Transactions.

          “Interest Election Request” means a request by the applicable Borrower to convert or
continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.

          “Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline
Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date, (b) with
respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing
of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period
of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that
occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and the
Maturity Date and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be
repaid and the Maturity Date.

          “Interest Period” means with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the applicable Borrower (or the
Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower) may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest
Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing only, such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period
shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurocurrency Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period)
shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For
purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is
made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most
recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

          “Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) to own,
purchase or otherwise acquire, in each case whether beneficially or otherwise, any investment in,
including any interest in, any Equity Interests of any other Person (other than any evidence of any
Obligation), (b) to purchase or otherwise acquire, whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions, all or a significant part of the property of any other Person or a business conducted
by any other Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting the business of a
division, branch, brand or other unit operation of any other Person, (c) to incur, or to remain
liable under, any guaranty for Indebtedness of any

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other Person, to assume the Indebtedness of any other Person or to make, hold, purchase or
otherwise acquire, in each case directly or indirectly and without duplication, any deposit, loan,
advance, commitment to lend or advance, or other extension of credit to any other Person (including
by deferring or extending the date of, in each case outside the ordinary course of business, the
payment of the purchase price for sales of property or services to any other Person, to the extent
such payment obligation constitutes Indebtedness of such other Person), excluding deposits with
financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable
and similar items created in the ordinary course of business, (d) to make, directly or indirectly,
any contribution to the capital of any other Person or (e) to sell any property for less than fair
market value (including a disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents in exchange for consideration of
lesser value); provided, however, that such Investment shall be valued at the
difference between the value of the consideration for such sale and the fair market value of the
property sold.

          “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

          “Issuing Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i);
provided that, solely with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit, any reference to
“Issuing Bank” shall include such Lenders as are the issuers of the Existing Letters of Credit.
The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by
Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such
Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

          “LC Collateral Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(j).

          “LC Disbursement” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit.

          “LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn Dollar Amount
of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate Dollar Amount of all LC
Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company at such time. The
LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure
at such time.

          “Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that
shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.20 or pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment
and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline
Lender.

          “Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

          “Leverage Ratio” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.12(a).

          “LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period,
the rate appearing on, in the case of Dollars, Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page and, in the case of any
Foreign Currency, the appropriate page of such service which displays British Bankers Association
Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in such Foreign Currency (or, in each case, on any successor
or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing
rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as reasonably
determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of
interest rates applicable to deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency in the London interbank
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11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to (or, in the case of Loans denominated
in Pounds Sterling, on the day of) the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for
deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In
the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate”
with respect to such Eurocurrency Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which
deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency in an Equivalent Amount of $5,000,000 and for a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, two (2) Business Days prior to (or, in the case of Loans denominated in Pounds
Sterling, on the day of) the commencement of such Interest Period.

          “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security, deposit
arrangement in which a lien arises, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other
security interest or any other security agreement or preferential arrangement which has the
practical effect of constituting a security interest, as to property of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

          “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, each
Borrowing Subsidiary Termination, any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of this
Agreement, any Letter of Credit applications, the Collateral Documents, the Subsidiary Guaranty,
and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates identified in Section 4.01
executed and delivered to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lenders and including
all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, fee letters, collateral assignments, and letter of
credit agreements, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party, and delivered to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions. Any
reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all
appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other
modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be
in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.

          “Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

          “Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this
Agreement.

          “Local Time” means (i) New York City time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC
Disbursement denominated in Dollars and (ii) local time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC
Disbursement denominated in a Foreign Currency (it being understood that such local time shall mean
London, England time unless otherwise notified by the Administrative Agent).

          “Mandatory Cost” is described in Schedule 2.02.

          “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
operations or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any and all other Loan Documents or the material
rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

          “Material Domestic Subsidiary” means each Domestic Subsidiary (i) which, as of the
most recent fiscal quarter of the Company, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then
ended, for periods after the Effective Date for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01, contributed greater than ten percent (10%) of the Company’s Consolidated
EBITDA for such period

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(determined on a consolidated basis for such Domestic Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries) (ii)
which contributed greater than five percent (5%) of the Company’s Consolidated Total Assets as of
such date (determined on a consolidated basis for such Domestic Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries),
or (iii) is designated as a “Material Domestic Subsidiary” by the Company.

          “Material Foreign Subsidiary” means each Foreign Subsidiary (i) which, as of the most
recent fiscal quarter of the Company, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then
ended, for periods after the Effective Date for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01, contributed greater than ten percent (10%) of the Company’s Consolidated
EBITDA for such period (determined on a consolidated basis for such Foreign Subsidiary and its
Subsidiaries), (ii) which contributed greater than five percent (5%) of the Company’s Consolidated
Total Assets as of such date (determined on a consolidated basis for such Foreign Subsidiary and
its Subsidiaries), or (iii) is designated as a “Material Foreign Subsidiary” by the Company.

          “Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of
Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the
Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000. For purposes
of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Company or
any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount
(giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary would be required to
pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.

          “Material Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security
Agreement.

          “Material Subsidiary” means, as the case may be, (i) a Material Domestic Subsidiary or
a Material Foreign Subsidiary and (ii) Material Domestic Subsidiaries and Material Foreign
Subsidiaries, collectively.

          “Maturity Date” means April 25, 2016.

          “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

          “Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.

          “Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in
respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds
(including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or
installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but excluding any
interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance
proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar
payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid to third
parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer
or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a
casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made
as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or
otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the amount of (a) all
Taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) and (b) any reserves established to fund
contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case, during the year that such
event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to such event (as
determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer).

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          “Non-U.S. Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

          “Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the
Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities
and other obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during
the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) of any of the Company and its Subsidiaries to any
of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any other Person entitled to
indemnification hereunder, individually or collectively, existing on the Effective Date or arising
thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured,
liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or
otherwise, arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in
respect of any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other obligations incurred or any of the
Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any Loan Document or Letter of
Credit.

          “Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a
result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such
Taxes (other than a connection arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, enforced,
become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected
a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Loan
Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan Document).

          “Other Taxes” means any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible,
recording, filing or similar excise or property Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from
the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration,
receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan
Document, except any such Taxes that are Excluded Taxes or Other Connection Taxes imposed with
respect to an assignment (other than an assignment under Section 2.19(b)).

          “Overnight Foreign Currency Rate” means, for any amount payable in a Foreign Currency,
the rate of interest per annum as determined by the Administrative Agent at which overnight or
weekend deposits in the relevant currency (or if such amount due remains unpaid for more than three
(3) Business Days, then for such other period of time as the Administrative Agent may elect) for
delivery in immediately available and freely transferable funds would be offered by the
Administrative Agent to major banks in the interbank market upon request of such major banks for
the relevant currency as determined above and in an amount comparable to the unpaid principal
amount of the related Credit Event, plus any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or
withholdings imposed upon, or charged to, the Administrative Agent by any relevant correspondent
bank in respect of such amount in such relevant currency.

          “Parallel Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.

          “Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is,
directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

          “Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

          “Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

          “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
and any successor entity performing similar functions.

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          “Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition (whether by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise but excluding in any event a Hostile Acquisition) or series of related
acquisitions by the Company or any Subsidiary of (i) all or substantially all the assets of or (ii)
all or substantially all the Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a
Person, if, at the time of and immediately after giving effect thereto, (a) no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect thereto, (b) such Person
or division or line of business is engaged in the same or a similar line of business as the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries or any business or operation reasonably related thereto, (c) the Company
and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such
acquisition (but without giving effect to any synergies or cost savings), with the covenants
contained in Section 6.12 recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter
of the Company for which financial statements are available, as if such acquisition (and any
related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, with any new Indebtedness being deemed to be
amortized over the applicable testing period in accordance with its terms) had occurred on the
first day of each relevant period for testing such compliance and, if the aggregate consideration
paid in respect of such acquisition exceeds $100,000,000 (excluding Earn-Outs), the Company shall
have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company to
such effect, together with, to the extent readily available, all relevant financial information,
statements and projections reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, (d) the Administrative
Agent shall have received a description of the material terms of such acquisition and the audited
financial statements (or, if unavailable, management-prepared financial statements) of such Person
or division or line of business of such Person for its two most recently ended fiscal years and for
any fiscal quarters ended within the fiscal year to-date for which such financial statements are
available, (e) in the case of an acquisition or merger involving the Company or a Subsidiary, the
Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving entity of such merger and/or consolidation and (f) the
aggregate consideration paid in respect of such acquisition, when taken together with the aggregate
consideration paid in respect of all other acquisitions, does not exceed $100,000,000 (excluding
Earn-Outs) during any fiscal year of the Company; provided, that the foregoing clause (f)
shall not apply to an acquisition and such acquisition shall be excluded from the foregoing clause
(f) if, at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto (including pro forma effect
(but without giving effect to any synergies or cost savings)), the Leverage Ratio is no greater
than (i) 3.65 to 1.00 with respect to any acquisition consummated on or before December 31, 2011 or
(ii) 3.50 to 1.00 with respect to any acquisition consummated after such date.

          “Permitted Encumbrances” means:

          (a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes, assessments, charges or other governmental levies that
are not yet due or payable or as to which the period of grace (not to exceed sixty (60) days), if
any, related thereto has not expired or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

          (b) statutory Liens such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s and
supplier’s (including sellers of goods), landlords’, repairmen’s or other Liens imposed by law or
pursuant to customary reservations of retention of title arising in the ordinary course of business
which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings

          (c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and
other social security legislation and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under
insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business; with respect to
Subsidiaries incorporated in Germany this shall include security created or subsisting in order to
comply with the requirements of Section 8a of the German Partial Retirement Act
(Altersteilzeitgesetz) and of Section 7e of the German Social Security Code IV (Sozialgesetzbuch
IV);

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          (d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, contractual or warranty requirements, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and
other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

          (e) Liens arising out of judgments, decrees and attachments not resulting in an Event of
Default;

          (f) easements (including reciprocal easement agreements and utility agreements), zoning
restrictions, rights-of-way, reservations, encroachments, variations, restrictions on the use of
real property, any zoning, building or similar laws or rights reserved to or vested in any
Governmental Authority, minor defects or irregularities in title, lessor’s liens and similar
encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do
not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected
property or materially interfere with the use of such property by the Company or any Subsidiary;

          (g) any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublessor under any lease, license or
sublease entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof in the ordinary course of its
business and covering only the assets so leased, licensed or subleased;

          (h) assignments of insurance or condemnation proceeds provided to landlords (or their
mortgagees) pursuant to the terms of any lease and Liens or rights reserved in any lease for rent
or for compliance with the terms of such lease;

          (i) Liens evidenced by precautionary UCC financing statements in respect of operating leases;

          (j) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any contractual, statutory
or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and
remedies covering deposit or securities accounts (including funds or other assets credited thereto)
or other funds maintained with a depository institution or securities intermediary;

          (k) Liens in favor of the Issuing Lender, Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent to
cash collateralize or otherwise secure the obligations of a Defaulting Lender as required
hereunder; and

          (l) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements), in whole or in part, of any of the foregoing; provided that such extension,
renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or a part of the property which secured the
Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements, accessions and attachments on such
property);

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing
Indebtedness for borrowed money.

          “Permitted Factoring Transaction” means a sale on a non-recourse basis by the Company
of accounts receivable owed to the Company by Siemens Industry, Inc., a customer of the Company, to
Orbian Corp. and Orbian Financial Services II, LLC; provided, that the aggregate face
amount of accounts receivable and notes receivable subject to all such sales does not exceed
$2,000,000 during any fiscal year.

          “Permitted Investments” means:

     (a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

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          (b) (i) Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.04
and (ii) loans by Domestic Loan Parties to Foreign Subsidiaries (and extensions, renewals
and replacements thereof), provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of such
loans described in this clause (ii) does not exceed $285,000,000 at any time;

          (c) (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, (ii) extensions of trade credit (other than to Affiliates of
the Company) arising or acquired in the ordinary course of business, (iii) Investments
received in settlements in the ordinary course of business of such extensions of trade
credit, and (iv) receivables owing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and advances to
suppliers, in each case if created, acquired or made in the ordinary course of business and
payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;

          (d) Investments constituting a Permitted Acquisition;

          (e) Investments by the Company in any Subsidiary of the Company, and Investments by any
Subsidiary in any other Subsidiary or in the Company (other than Investments by Domestic
Loan Parties in Excluded Subsidiaries);

          (f) Investments in the form of loans made by a Domestic Loan Party to an Excluded
Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Acquisition solely for the purpose of transferring
the purchase price consideration therefor from such Domestic Loan Party to such Excluded
Subsidiary, which purchase price consideration shall be paid to the applicable seller or
returned to the assigning Domestic Loan Party within ten (10) Business Days of transfer to
such Excluded Subsidiary; provided, that if such Permitted Acquisition closes, then
the foregoing shall not apply to such purchase price consideration that is escrowed pursuant
to an escrow agreement to which the Excluded Subsidiary and the applicable seller are a
party; and provided further, that this clause (f) shall no longer be available as a type of
“Permitted Investment” from and after the date on which the Company or any Subsidiary has
incurred Indebtedness in reliance on Section 6.01(k) (it being the intent of the parties
hereto that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have access to this clause (f) from
and after the date on which the Company or any Subsidiary has incurred Indebtedness in
reliance on Section 6.01(k));

          (g) loans or advances to employees, directors and officers of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to finance travel, entertainment and relocation expenses and other ordinary
business purposes (including to purchase Equity Interests in the Company); provided,
however, that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all loans and advances
permitted pursuant to this clause (g) shall not exceed $2,000,000 at any time;

          (h) Investments in the form of Guarantees not prohibited by this Agreement;

          (i) Investments under Swap Agreements otherwise permissible under this Agreement, and
Investments resulting from sales of property if not prohibited by this Agreement;

          (j) Investments (other than in cash or Cash Equivalents) made by the Company or any
Subsidiary during the term of this Agreement in joint ventures in which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a member; provided that the aggregate net book value of such
Investments (measured at the time such Investments are made) shall not exceed $75,000,000
during the term of this Agreement; and

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          (k) any additional Investment(s) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including
Investments by Domestic Loan Parties in Excluded Subsidiaries); provided that the
aggregate amount of all Investments made pursuant to this clause (k) during a given fiscal
year shall not exceed (i) at any time that the Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter for which Financials have been delivered is less than 3.75 to 1.0,
$75,000,000, and (ii) at any time after it is determined that the Leverage Ratio as of the
end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Financials have been delivered equals or
exceeds 3.75 to 1.0, the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) the aggregate amount of
Investments previously made during such fiscal year at a time prior to the determination
that the Leverage Ratio was less than or equal to 3.75 to 1.0.

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

          “Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA,
and in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated,
would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.

          “Pledge Subsidiary” means (i) each Domestic Subsidiary owned by a Domestic Loan Party,
(ii) each First Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a Material Foreign Subsidiary, and (iii) each other
First Tier Foreign Subsidiary the Applicable Pledge Percentage of which has been pledged as
Collateral in order to comply with Section 5.09(c)(ii), but only for so long as such other First
Tier Foreign Subsidiary described in this clause (iii) is required to be pledged as Collateral in
order to comply with Section 5.09(c)(ii) (it being acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to pledge the Equity Interests in any specific First
Tier Foreign Subsidiary for such purpose).

          “Pledged Foreign Subsidiary” means each Pledge Subsidiary that is a Foreign
Subsidiary, the Applicable Pledge Percentage of which has been pledged as Collateral.

          “Pounds Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

          “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City;
each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is
publicly announced as being effective.

          “Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any event, that the Borrowers are in
compliance on a pro forma basis with the applicable covenant, calculation or
requirement herein recomputed as if the event with respect to which compliance on a Pro Forma Basis
is being tested had occurred on the first day of the four fiscal quarter period most recently ended
on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section
5.01.

          “Qualified Cash” means, at any time, the aggregate amount all freely transferable
unrestricted and unencumbered cash and Cash Equivalents balances (net of (i) overdrafts and (ii)
actual or potential adverse Tax consequences and other obligations for repatriation and transaction
costs and expenses related thereto; it being understood that such consequences and other
obligations as described in this clause (ii) shall only apply with respect to the repatriation of
funds from the jurisdiction where the cash and Cash Equivalents are located to a different
jurisdiction where the cash and Cash Equivalents

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would be transferred in order to service the applicable Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary) of the Company and its Subsidiaries in excess of $40,000,000.

          “Recipient” means, as applicable, (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c)
the Issuing Bank.

          “Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.

          “Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and such Person’s Affiliates.

          “Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and
unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures
and unused Commitments at such time.

          “Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect,
on account of any shares of any class of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment,
purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of capital
stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding and (c) any payment
made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to
acquire shares of any class of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or
hereafter outstanding.

          “Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of
the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline
Exposure at such time.

          “Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.

          “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
LLC business.

          “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any sale or other transfer of any property or
asset by any Person with the intent at the time of the closing of such transaction to lease such
property or asset as lessee.

          “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “Secured Obligations” means (i) all Obligations; and (ii) all Swap Obligations owing
to one or more Lenders or their respective Affiliates.

          “Secured Parties” means the holders of the Secured Obligations from time to time and
shall include (i) each Lender and the Issuing Bank in respect of its Loans and LC Exposure
respectively, (ii) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in respect of all
other present and future obligations and liabilities of the Company and each Subsidiary of every
type and description arising under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
(iii) each Lender and affiliate of such Lender in respect of Swap Agreements entered into with such
Person by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iv) each indemnified party under Section 9.03 in respect
of the obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers to such Person hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, and (v) their respective successors and (in the case of a Lender, permitted)
transferees and assigns.

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          “Security Agreement” means that certain Pledge and Security Agreement (including any
and all supplements thereto), dated as of the date hereof, between the Domestic Loan Parties and
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured
Parties, and any other pledge or security agreement entered into, after the date of this Agreement
by any other Domestic Loan Party (as required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document), or any
other Person, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

          “Solvent” means, as of any date of determination, in reference to the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, at a fair valuation, will exceed their debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or unliquidated; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be greater than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or unliquidated, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii)
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be able to pay their debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or unliquidated, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and
matured; and (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole does not have unreasonably
small capital with which to conduct the business.

          “Statutory Reserve Rate” means, with respect to any currency, a fraction (expressed as
a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one
minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements (including
any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by any
central bank, monetary authority, the Board, the Financial Services Authority, the European Central
Bank or other Governmental Authority for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used
to fund loans in such currency, expressed in the case of each such requirement as a decimal. Such
reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements shall, in the case of Dollar denominated Loans,
include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the Board. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to
be subject to such reserve, liquid asset, fee or similar requirements without benefit of or credit
for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under
any applicable law, rule or regulation, including Regulation D of the Board. The Statutory Reserve
Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve,
liquid asset or similar requirement.

          “Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary
the payment of which is subordinated to payment of the obligations under the Loan Documents.

          “Subordinated Indebtedness Documents” means any document, agreement or instrument
evidencing any Subordinated Indebtedness or entered into in connection with any Subordinated
Indebtedness.

          “subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of
which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial
statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as
well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or
more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, as
of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by
the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

          “Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.

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          “Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Material Subsidiary and each other Subsidiary that
is party to any Subsidiary Guaranty. The Subsidiary Guarantors on the Effective Date are
identified as such in Schedule 3.01 hereto.

          “Subsidiary Guaranty” means that certain Guaranty dated as of the Effective Date
(including any and all supplements thereto) and executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor party
thereto, and, in the case of any guaranty by a Foreign Subsidiary, any other guaranty agreements as
are requested by the Administrative Agent and its counsel, in each case as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

          “Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic,
financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any
similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom
stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or
former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or the Subsidiaries shall be a
Swap Agreement.

          “Swap Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary,
whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired
(including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under
(a) any and all Swap Agreements permitted hereunder with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and
(b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any such Swap
Agreement transaction.

          “Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all
Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall
be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.

          “Swingline Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of
Swingline Loans hereunder.

          “Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.

          “TARGET” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other
payment system (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable
replacement) for the settlement of payments in euro.

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

          “Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions,
the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.

          “Trade Payables Financing” means any unsecured financing arrangement of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries which involves the payment by any third party financing provider of the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ accounts payables (whether by purchase or otherwise) at a
discount prior to the due date of such trade payables if the Company or its Subsidiaries, as
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remain liable to such third party financing source to pay the amount of such accounts payable
in full on the initial due date thereof; provided that the Company or the applicable
Subsidiary shall have repaid any amounts owed such third party financing provider within 210 days
of the date such provider made such payment.

          “Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

          “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of
New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the
issue of perfection of security interests.

          “Unliquidated Obligations” means, at any time, any Secured Obligations (or portion
thereof) that are contingent in nature or unliquidated at such time, including any Secured
Obligation that is: (i) an obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter
of credit issued by it; (ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in
nature at such time, including indemnification obligations; and (iii) any obligation to provide
collateral to secure any of the foregoing types of obligations.

          “U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code.

          “U.S. Tax Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.17(f)(ii)(D)(2).

          “Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

          “Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.

          SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this
Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or
by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency
Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a
“Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Borrowing”) or by Class and Type
(e.g., a “Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing”).

          SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally
to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any
pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”,
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The
word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The word
“law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws
(including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which
affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental
Authorities. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any
agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements
or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or
regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any

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reference herein
to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any
restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any
other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the
words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer
to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references
herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and
Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (f) the words “asset” and “property”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. The
execution and delivery by any officer or other authorized individual on behalf of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries of this Agreement, any Loan Document, and any document, agreement or
certificate executed or delivered in connection with any of the foregoing from time to time by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to be executed solely in such officer’s or
other authorized individual’s capacity as such and not in their individual capacity, and no such
officer or other such authorized individual shall have any personal liability for the execution and
delivery thereof.

          SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in
effect from time to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent
that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any
change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of
such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company 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 change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such
provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before
such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith, and the Company, the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders agree to negotiate such modification in good faith as soon as practical as
reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent in order to preserve the original
intent of such provision in light of such change in GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision
contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed,
and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving
effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting
Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value
any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined
therein and (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible
debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards
Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such
Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at
all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.

          SECTION 1.05. Status of Obligations. The Secured Obligations are hereby designated
as “senior indebtedness” and as “designated senior indebtedness” and words of similar import under
and in respect of any indenture or other agreement or instrument under which such Subordinated
Indebtedness is outstanding and are further given all such other designations as shall be required
under the terms of any such Subordinated Indebtedness in order that the Lenders may have and
exercise any payment blockage or other remedies
available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such
Subordinated Indebtedness.

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ARTICLE II

The Credits

          SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in Agreed Currencies from time to time
during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) subject
to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure
exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of the
Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Commitment. Within
the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may
borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

          SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan (other than a Swingline
Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any
Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder;
provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible
for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05.

          (b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR
Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the relevant Borrower may request in accordance herewith;
provided that each ABR Loan shall only be made in Dollars and shall only be made to the
Company. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any
Eurocurrency Loan required to be made by such Lender under this Agreement by causing any domestic
or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate,
the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same
extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the
obligation of the relevant Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.

          (c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing,
such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 (or, if
such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 1,000,000 units of such currency) and not less
than $5,000,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 5,000,000 units of
such currency). At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in
an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000;
provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the
entire unused balance of the Aggregate Commitment or that is required to finance the reimbursement
of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an
amount that is an integral multiple of $50,000 and not less than $100,000. Borrowings of more than
one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at
any time be more than a total of ten (10) Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings outstanding.

          (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to
request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with
respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

          SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing,
the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request (a) by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing

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Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower, or
the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, promptly followed by telephonic confirmation of
such request) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three
(3) Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Dollars to the Company)
or by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and signed by such Borrower, or the Company on its behalf) not later than
four (4) Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency
or a Eurocurrency Borrowing to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower), in each case before the date of the
proposed Borrowing or (b) by telephone in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the Business Day of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing
Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the
Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent
and signed by the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower. Each
such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance
with Section 2.02:

     (i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

     (ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

     (iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;

     (iv) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Agreed Currency and initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of
the term “Interest Period”; and

     (v) the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to which funds are to
be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.

If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then, in the case of a Borrowing
denominated in Dollars to the Company, the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.
If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing,
then the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s
duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such
Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

          SECTION 2.04. Determination of Dollar Amounts. The Administrative Agent will
determine the Dollar Amount of:

          (a) each Eurocurrency Borrowing as of the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date of
such Borrowing or, if applicable, the date of conversion/continuation of any Borrowing as a
Eurocurrency Borrowing,

          (b) the LC Exposure as of the date of each request for the issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of any Letter of Credit or LC Disbursement, and

          (c) all outstanding Credit Events on and as of the last Business Day of each calendar quarter
and, during the continuation of an Event of Default, on any other Business Day elected by the
Administrative Agent in its discretion or upon instruction by the Required Lenders.

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Each day upon or as of which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as described
in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c) is herein described as a “Computation Date” with respect
to each Credit Event for which a Dollar Amount is determined on or as of such day.

          SECTION 2.05. Swingline Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Company from time to
time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that
will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding
$25,000,000 or (ii) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of the total Revolving
Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Commitment; provided that the Swingline Lender
shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within
the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may
borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

          (b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of such
request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The
Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the
Company. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Company by means of
a wire transfer to a general deposit account of the Company as directed by the Company from time to
time (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement
as provided in Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

          (c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later
than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire
participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such
notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate.
Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each
Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or
Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as
provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and
agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph
is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including
the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and
that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever. Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans
made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment
obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline
Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the
Company of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and
thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and
not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Company (or
other party on behalf of the Company) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline
Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the
Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly
remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to
this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that
any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such
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required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. The purchase of participations
in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Company of any default in the
payment thereof.

          SECTION 2.06. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Company may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated
in Agreed Currencies for its own account or for the account of any of its Subsidiaries, in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time
to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit
application or other agreement submitted by the Company to, or entered into by the Company with,
the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall
control. The Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be “Letters of Credit” issued on the
Effective Date for all purposes of the Loan Documents.

          (b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To
request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an
outstanding Letter of Credit), the Company shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by
electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to
the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit
or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such
Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount
of such Letter of Credit, the Agreed Currency applicable thereto, the name and address of the
beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be reasonably necessary to prepare, amend,
renew or extend such Letter of Credit. The Company shall submit to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Issuing Bank, a Continuing Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, prior to the
initial issuance of a Letter of Credit by such Issuing Bank hereunder. If reasonably requested by
the Issuing Bank, the Company also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing
Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit
shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of each Letter of Credit the Company shall be deemed to represent and warrant that),
after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) subject to Sections 2.04
and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure shall not exceed $25,000,000 and (ii) subject to
Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of the Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures
shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitment.

          (c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of
business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of
Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or
extension) and (ii) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date;
provided, that a Letter of Credit may expire up to one year beyond the Maturity Date so
long as the Company cash collateralizes 105% of the face amount of such Letter of Credit no later
than two (2) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.

          (d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a
Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the
Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby
acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Dollar Amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Company on the date due
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provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be
refunded to the Company for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to
acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or
reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any
offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

          (e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of
a Letter of Credit, the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the
Administrative Agent in Dollars the Dollar Amount equal to such LC Disbursement, calculated as of
the date the Issuing Bank made such LC Disbursement (or if the Issuing Bank shall so elect in its
reasonable discretion by notice to the Company, in such other Agreed Currency which was paid by the
Issuing Bank pursuant to such LC Disbursement in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement) not later
than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Company shall
have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date, or, if
such notice has not been received by the Company prior to such time on such date, then not later
than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Company
receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt;
provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than the Dollar Amount of $1,000,000,
the Company may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance
with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or
Swingline Loan in an equivalent Dollar Amount of such LC Disbursement and, to the extent so
financed, the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the
resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Company fails to make such payment
when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the
payment then due from the Company in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative
Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Company, in the same manner as
provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply,
mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the
Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company
pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing
Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the
Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment
made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement
(other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not
constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such LC
Disbursement. If the Company’s reimbursement of, or obligation to reimburse, any amounts in any
Foreign Currency would subject the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to any
stamp duty, ad valorem charge or similar tax that would not be payable if such reimbursement were
made or required to be made in Dollars, the Company shall, at its option, either (x) pay the amount
of any such tax requested by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the relevant Lender or
(y) reimburse each LC Disbursement made in such Foreign Currency in Dollars, in an amount equal to
the Equivalent Amount, calculated using the applicable exchange rates, on the date such LC
Disbursement is made, of such LC Disbursement.

          (f) Obligations Absolute. The Company’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as
provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and
shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all
circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of
Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document
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Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or
any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank
under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section,
constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Company’s
obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any
of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection
with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment
thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any
error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or
other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to
make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence
arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing
shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Company to the extent of
any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby
waived by the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Company that are
caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other
documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto
expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the
Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall
be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and
without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents
presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of
Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its reasonable discretion, either accept and make payment upon
such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such
documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

          (g) Disbursement Procedures. The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt
thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of
Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Company by
telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made
or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in
giving such notice shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank
and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

          (h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then,
unless the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is
made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such
LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Company reimburses such LC Disbursement,
at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans (or in the case such LC Disbursement
is denominated in a Foreign Currency, at the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate for such Agreed
Currency plus the then effective Applicable Rate with respect to Eurocurrency Revolving
Loans); provided that, if the Company fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due
pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply in accordance with its
terms. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank,
except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph
(e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the
extent of such payment.

          (i) Replacement of Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by
written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the
successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such
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the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall
pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section
2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank
shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to
Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank”
shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor
and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing
Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have
all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of
Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to
issue additional Letters of Credit.

          (j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing,
on the Business Day that the Company receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure
representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral
pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent,
in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders (the “LC Collateral
Account”), an amount in cash equal to 105% of the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure as of such
date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon with respect to any LC Disbursements;
provided that (i) the portions of such amount attributable to undrawn Foreign Currency
Letters of Credit or LC Disbursements in a Foreign Currency that the Company is not late in
reimbursing shall be deposited in the applicable Foreign Currencies in the actual amounts of such
undrawn Letters of Credit and LC Disbursements and (ii) the obligation to deposit such cash
collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and
payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
with respect to the Company described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. For the purposes of
this paragraph, the Foreign Currency LC Exposure shall be calculated using the applicable Exchange
Rate on the date notice demanding cash collateralization is delivered to the Company. The Company
also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by
Section 2.11(b) and such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the
payment and performance of the Secured Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive
dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account and the
Company hereby grants the Administrative Agent a security interest in the LC Collateral Account.
Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be at
the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent be made solely (to the extent available)
in federally insured deposits, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any,
on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by
the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not
been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the
reimbursement obligations of the Company for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of
the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure
representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Secured
Obligations. If the Company is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a
result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as
aforesaid) shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to the Company within three (3) Business
Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived. The Administrative Agent shall return
to the Company cash collateral required by Section 2.11(b) within three (3) Business Days following
the day that such cash collateral is no longer required by Section 2.11(b).

          SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) in the case of Loans denominated in
Dollars to the Company, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative
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Lenders and (ii) in the case
of each Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency or to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, by 12:00 noon,
Local Time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency
and Borrower and at such Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency and Borrower;
provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.05. The
Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the relevant Borrower by promptly crediting
the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the applicable Borrower designated from
time to time by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR
Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section
2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.

          (b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent
such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the relevant Borrower a corresponding amount. In
such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each
day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the
date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the
Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the Overnight
Foreign Currency Rate in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency) or (ii) in the case
of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to
the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such
Borrowing.

          SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be
of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request.
Thereafter, the relevant Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to
continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest
Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. A Borrower may elect different options with
respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans
comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not
apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

          (b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower, or the Company on its behalf,
shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election (by telephone or irrevocable written notice
in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars or by irrevocable written notice (via an Interest
Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by such Borrower, or the
Company on its behalf) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency) by the time
that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a
Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of
such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be
confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest
Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the relevant
Borrower, or the Company on its
behalf. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed to
permit any Borrower to (i) change the currency of any Borrowing, (ii) elect an Interest Period for
Eurocurrency Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or (iii) convert any Borrowing to a
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          (c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:

     (i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof
to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified
pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

     (ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election
Request, which shall be a Business Day;

     (iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency
Borrowing; and

     (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period and
Agreed Currency to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which
Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest
Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an
Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month’s duration.

          (d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting
Borrowing.

          (e) If the relevant Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect
to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period (i) in
the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars borrowed by the Company, such Borrowing shall be
converted to an ABR Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency
(or in Dollars by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower) in respect of which the applicable Borrower shall
have failed to deliver an Interest Election Request prior to the third (3rd) Business
Day preceding the end of such Interest Period, such Borrowing shall automatically continue as a
Eurocurrency Borrowing in the same Agreed Currency with an Interest Period of one month unless such
Eurocurrency Borrowing is or was repaid in accordance with Section 2.11. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Company, then, so
long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing borrowed by the
Company may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing borrowed by the Company shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing
(and any such Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing in a Foreign Currency shall be redenominated in
Dollars at the time of such conversion) at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and
(iii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall
automatically be continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month.

          SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
 (a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.

          (b) The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments;
provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an
integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 and (ii) the Company shall not
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reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the
Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the Dollar Amount of the sum of the Revolving Credit
Exposures would exceed the Aggregate Commitment.

          (c) The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce
the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least two (2) Business Days prior to the
effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date
thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section
shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by
the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked at any time by the Company (by notice to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not
satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of
the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitments.

          SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the
then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made to such Borrower on the Maturity Date in
the currency of such Loan and (ii) in the case of the Company, to the Swingline Lender the then
unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the first
date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month
and is at least two (2) Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on
each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Company shall repay all Swingline Loans then
outstanding.

          (b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such
Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time
to time hereunder.

          (c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount
of each Loan made hereunder, the Class, Agreed Currency and Type thereof and the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due
and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by
the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

          (d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this
Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative
Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation
of any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

          (e) Any Lender may reasonably request that Loans made by it to any Borrower be evidenced by a
promissory note. In such event, the relevant Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver
to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such
Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative
Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all
times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more
promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if any such
promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

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          SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans.

          (a) Any Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any
Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2.11(a). The applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower,
shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the
Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case
of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three
(3) Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Dollars) or four (4)
Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency), in each
case before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing,
not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of
prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of
prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the
principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a
notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the
Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such
notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt of
any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an
amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type
as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to
the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued
interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and (ii) break funding payments pursuant to and if
required by Section 2.16.

          (b) If at any time, (i) other than as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates,
the sum of the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures
(calculated, with respect to those Credit Events denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most
recent Computation Date with respect to each such Credit Event) exceeds the Aggregate Commitment or
(ii) solely as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, the sum of the aggregate
principal Dollar Amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures (so calculated) exceeds 105% of
the Aggregate Commitment, the Borrowers shall in each case immediately repay Borrowings or cash
collateralize LC Exposure in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.06(j),
as applicable, in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to cause the aggregate Dollar Amount of
all Revolving Credit Exposures (so calculated) to be less than or equal to the Aggregate
Commitment.

          (c) The Borrowers shall be required to prepay Loans to the extent required by, and in the
manner described in, Section 6.01(k).

          SECTION 2.12. Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a
commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily amount of the
Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective
Date to but excluding the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment
fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each
year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur
after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days
and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding
the last day).

          (b) The Company agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender
a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at
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same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving
Loans on the average daily Dollar Amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion
thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates
and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure and (ii) to the Issuing Bank for
its own account a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate per annum separately agreed upon
between the Issuing Bank and the Company on the average daily Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure
(excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to
Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Effective
Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which
there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions
with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment, renewal
or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Unless otherwise
specified above, participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of
March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third (3rd)
Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the
Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the
Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate
shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph
shall be payable within ten (10) Business Days after demand. All participation fees and fronting
fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual
number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

          (c) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable
in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative
Agent.

          (d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars (except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.12) and immediately available funds, to the
Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution,
in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be
refundable under any circumstances.

          SECTION 2.13. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each
Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

          (b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of
Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the
Company (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any
provision of Section 9.02 requiring the consent of “each Lender directly affected thereby” for
reductions in interest rates), declare that (i) all Loans shall bear interest at 2% plus the rate
otherwise applicable to such Loans as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii)
in the case of any other amount outstanding hereunder, such amount shall accrue at 2% plus the rate
applicable to such fee or other obligation as provided hereunder.

          (d) Accrued interest on each Revolving Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest
Payment Date for such Revolving Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that
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payable on demand, (ii) in
the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving
Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid
or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of
any conversion of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period
therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

          (e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that
interest (i) computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate
is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a
leap year) and (ii) for Borrowings denominated in Pounds Sterling shall be computed on the basis of
a year of 365 days, and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted
LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

          SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any
Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:

     (a) the Administrative Agent determines in good faith (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest
Period; or

     (b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or
its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Company and each Borrower and the
Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the
Administrative Agent notifies the Company, the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances
giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the
conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a
Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be ineffective and any such Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be repaid on
the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) any Eurocurrency
Borrowing by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower that is requested to be continued shall be repaid on the
last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) if any Borrowing Request
by the Company requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made
as an ABR Borrowing (and if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing by a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower or
denominated in a Foreign Currency, such Borrowing Request shall be ineffective); provided
that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the
other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.

          SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:

     (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account
of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the
Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank;

     (ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other
condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans made by such
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     (iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B)
Other Connection Taxes on gross or net income, profits or receipts (including value-added,
franchise or similar Taxes)) on its loans, letters of credit, commitments, or other
obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan (including, without
limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in an Agreed Currency into a
Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the
Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (including, without
limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in an Agreed Currency into a
Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder, whether of principal, interest or
otherwise (including, without limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated
in an Agreed Currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency), then the
applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may
be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered, as reasonably determined by
such Lender or the Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an
arbitrary or capricious basis) and consistent with similarly situated customers of the applicable
Lender or the Issuing Bank under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15 after
consideration of such factors as such Lender or the Issuing Bank then reasonably determines to be
relevant).

          (b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital
requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the
Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if
any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of
Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below
that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company
could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the
Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company
with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the applicable Borrower will pay to such
Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company
for any such reduction suffered, as reasonably
determined by such Lender or the Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith
(and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and consistent with similarly situated customers of
the applicable Lender or the Issuing Bank under agreements having provisions similar to this
Section 2.15 after consideration of such factors as such Lender or the Issuing Bank then reasonably
determines to be relevant).

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

          (d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right
to demand such compensation; provided that neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries shall
be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased
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reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased
costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation
therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased
costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to
include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

          SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any
principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable
thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.11), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any
Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of
whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(a) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or
(d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any
such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable
to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount
determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have
accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate
that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the
last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow,
convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over
(ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the
interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for
deposits in the relevant currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the
eurocurrency market, as reasonably determined by such Lender. A certificate of any Lender setting
forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall
be delivered to the applicable Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The
applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within
ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof.

          SECTION 2.17. Taxes.
 (a) Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up. Each payment by any Loan Party under any Loan
Document shall be made without withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by
any law. If any Withholding Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that
it is so required to withhold Taxes, then such Withholding Agent may so withhold and shall timely
pay the full amount of withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by such Loan Party
shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding (including such withholding
applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section), the applicable Recipient receives the
amount it would have received had no such withholding been made.

          (b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. The relevant Borrower shall timely pay
any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

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

          (d) Indemnification by the Borrowers. The relevant Borrower shall indemnify each
Recipient for any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Recipient in connection with
any Loan Document (including amounts paid or payable under this Section 2.17(d)) and any reasonable
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of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified
Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority;
provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to indemnify any Recipient for any loss,
cost or expense (including any penalty or interest) to the extent arising out of any failure by the
Administrative Agent or such Recipient to timely pay or file a return relating to an Indemnified
Tax if any Borrower has paid the amount of such Tax to the Administrative Agent or such Recipient.
The indemnity under this Section 2.17(d) shall be paid within ten (10) days after the Recipient
delivers to the relevant Borrower a certificate stating the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so paid
or payable by such Recipient. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable
absent manifest error. Such Recipient shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the
Administrative Agent.

          (e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the
Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent
that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes
and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so) attributable to such Lender that
are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Loan Party (as applicable) in
connection with any Loan Document 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. The indemnity under this Section 2.17(e) shall be paid within ten (10) days
after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount
of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive of
the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.

          (f) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or
reduction of, any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments under any Loan Document
shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably
requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed
documentation reasonably requested by the Company or any Borrower or the Administrative Agent as
will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding. In addition,
any Lender, if requested by the
Company, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation
prescribed by law or reasonably requested by the Company, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent
as will enable the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is
subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or information reporting requirements.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution
and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section
2.17(f)(ii)(A) through (E) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s 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. Upon the
reasonable request of any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any form or
certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.17(f). If any form or certification
previously delivered pursuant to this Section expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any
respect with respect to a Lender, such Lender shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days
after such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy) notify the Company and the Administrative Agent
in writing of such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if
it is legally eligible to do so.

     (ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Borrower is a U.S.
Person, any Lender with respect to such Borrower shall, if it is legally eligible to do so,
deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies reasonably
requested by such Borrower and the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which
such Lender becomes a party hereto, duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the
following is applicable:

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     (A) in the case of a Lender that is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9 certifying that
such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;

     (B) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax
treaty to which the United States is a party (1) with respect to payments of
interest under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or
reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of
such tax treaty and (2) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan
Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S.
Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article
of such tax treaty;

     (C) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender for whom payments under any Loan Document
constitute income that is effectively connected with such Lender’s conduct of a
trade or business in the United States, IRS Form W-8ECI;

     (D) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for
portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code both (1) IRS Form W-8BEN and (2)
a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G (a “U.S. Tax
Certificate”) to the effect that such Lender is not (a) a “bank” within the meaning
of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b) a “10 percent shareholder” of such Borrower
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, (c) a “controlled foreign
corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (d) conducting a
trade or business in the United States with which the relevant interest payments are
effectively connected;

     (E) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not the beneficial owner of
payments made under this Agreement (including a partnership or a participating
Lender) (1) an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (2) the relevant forms
prescribed in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) of this paragraph (f)(ii) that
would be required of each such beneficial owner or partner of such partnership if
such beneficial owner or partner were a
Lender; provided, however, that if the Lender is a partnership
and one or more of its partners are claiming the exemption for portfolio interest
under Section 881(c) of the Code, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Certificate on
behalf of such partners; or

     (F) any other form prescribed by law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or
a reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax together with such supplementary
documentation necessary to enable such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to
determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by law to be withheld.

     (iii) 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 Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at
the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the
Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed
by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably
requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply
with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with
such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to deduct
and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.17(f)(iii), “FATCA”
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          (g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion
exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been
indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this
Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to
the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to
such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of such indemnified party and
without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect
to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay
to such indemnified party the amount paid to such indemnified party pursuant to the previous
sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) in the event such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.17(g), in no
event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant
to this Section 2.17(g) if such payment would place such indemnified party in a less favorable
position (on a net after-Tax basis) than such indemnified party would have been in if the
indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This
Section 2.17(g) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax
returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the
indemnifying party or any other Person.

          (h) Issuing Bank. For purposes of Section 2.17(e) and (f), the term “Lender”
includes the Issuing Bank.

          SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs.

          (a) Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of
principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section
2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to (i) in the case of payments denominated in Dollars by
the Company, 12:00 noon, New York City time and (ii) in the case of payments denominated in a
Foreign Currency or by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, 12:00 noon, Local Time, in the city of the
Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency, in each case on the date when
due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after
such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been
received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All
such payments shall be made (i) in the same currency in which the applicable Credit Event was made
(or where such currency has been converted to euro, in euro) and (ii) to the Administrative Agent
at its offices at 10 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 or, in the case of a Credit
Event denominated in a Foreign Currency or to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, the Administrative
Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency, except payments to be made directly to the
Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to
Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments denominated in the same currency received
by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt
thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for
payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment
accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if, after the making of any Credit Event
in any Foreign Currency, currency control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which
issues such currency with the result that the type of currency in which the Credit Event was made
(the “Original Currency”) no longer exists or any Borrower is not able to make payment to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in such Original Currency, then all
payments to be made by such Borrower hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when due in
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Amount (as of the date of repayment) of such payment due,
it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Borrowers take all risks of the imposition of
any such currency control or exchange regulations.

          (b) Any proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent (i) not constituting a
specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under the Loan Documents (which
shall be applied as specified by the Company) or (ii) after an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Administrative Agent so elects or the Required Lenders so direct, such funds
shall be applied ratably first, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements
including amounts then due to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank from any Borrower,
second, to pay any fees or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders from any
Borrower, third, to pay interest then due and payable on the Loans ratably, fourth,
to prepay principal on the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements and any other amounts owing with
respect to Swap Obligations ratably, fifth, to pay an amount to the Administrative Agent
equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit and the aggregate amount of any unpaid LC Disbursements, to be held as cash
collateral for such Obligations and sixth, to the payment of any other Secured Obligation
due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by any Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, unless so directed by the Company, or unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, none of the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall apply
any payment which it receives to any Eurocurrency Loan of a Class, except (a) on the expiration
date of the Interest Period applicable to any such Eurocurrency Loan or (b) in the event, and only
to the extent, that there are no outstanding ABR Loans of the same Class and, in any event, the
Borrowers shall pay the break funding payment required in accordance with Section 2.16. If an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing then the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall
have the continuing and exclusive right to apply and reverse and reapply any and all such proceeds
and payments to any portion of the Secured Obligations.

          (c) At the election of the Administrative Agent, during the continuance of an Event of
Default, all payments of principal, interest, LC Disbursements, fees, premiums, reimbursable
expenses (including, without limitation, all reimbursement for fees and expenses pursuant to Section
9.03), and other sums payable under the Loan Documents, may be paid from the proceeds of Borrowings
made hereunder whether made following a request by a Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a
Borrower) pursuant to Section 2.03 or a deemed request as provided in this Section or may be
deducted from any deposit account of such Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent.
During the continuance of an Event of Default, each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes (i) the
Administrative Agent to make a Borrowing for the purpose of paying each payment of principal,
interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents and
agrees that all such amounts charged shall constitute Loans (including Swingline Loans) and that
all such Borrowings shall be deemed to have been requested pursuant to Sections 2.03, 2.04 or 2.05,
as applicable and (ii) the Administrative Agent to charge any deposit account of the relevant
Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent for each payment of principal, interest and fees
as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents.

          (d) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of
a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any
other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face
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participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline
Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be
shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued
interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline
Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of
the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions
of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to
and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than
to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph
shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively
do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount
of such participation.

          (e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the relevant Borrower
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance
herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank,
as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such
payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to
repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or
Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is
distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater
of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the Overnight
Foreign Currency Rate in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency).

          (f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in
its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank to satisfy such Lender’s obligations
under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any such
amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding
obligations of such Lender under such Sections; in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, in any
order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

          SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender
requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional
amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to
Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office
for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to
another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such
designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or
2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed
cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Company hereby
agrees to pay all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection
with any such designation or assignment.

          (b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, (ii) any Borrower is required
to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any
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may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent,
require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the
restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under the Loan
Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender,
if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Company shall have received the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Commitment is being assigned, the
Issuing Bank), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed, (ii) such
Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and
participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and
all other amounts owing and payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other
amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment is
reasonably expected to result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not
be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver
by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances under Section 2.15 or under Section 2.17 entitling
the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

          SECTION 2.20. Expansion Option. The Company may from time to time elect to increase
the Commitments and/or enter into one or more tranches of term loans (each an “Incremental Term
Loan”), in each case in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $25,000,000 and not
less than $50,000,000 so long as, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such
increases and all such Incremental Term Loans does not exceed $250,000,000. The Company may
arrange for any such increase or tranche to be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so
agreeing to an increase in its Commitment, or to participate in such
Incremental Term Loans, an “Increasing Lender”), or by one or more new banks,
financial institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other
entity, an “Augmenting Lender”), to increase their existing Commitments, or to participate
in such Incremental Term Loans, or extend Commitments, as the case may be; provided that
(i) each Augmenting Lender, shall be subject to the approval of the Company and the Administrative
Agent and (ii) (x) in the case of an Increasing Lender, the Company and such Increasing Lender
execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, and (y) in the case of
an Augmenting Lender, the Company and such Augmenting Lender execute an agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit D hereto. No consent of any Lender (other than the Lenders
participating in the increase or any Incremental Term Loan) shall be required for any increase in
Commitments or Incremental Term Loan pursuant to this Section 2.20.

          Increases and new Commitments and Incremental Term Loans created pursuant to this Section 2.20
shall become effective on the date agreed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the relevant
Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender
thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Commitments (or in the Commitment of
any Lender) or tranche of Incremental Term Loans shall become effective under this paragraph
unless, (i) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such increase or Incremental Term Loans,
(A) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived
by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that
effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Company and (B) the Company shall
be in compliance (on a Pro Forma Basis reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) with the
covenants contained in Section 6.12, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received documents
and opinions consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date as to the corporate power and
authority of the Borrowers to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase and (iii) the
Company shall demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent that such
increase or Incremental Term Loans and the Liens securing such Indebtedness are permitted under the
terms of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents, and that the Obligations (after giving effect to
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Commitments and Term Loans) shall constitute
“senior debt” and “designated senior debt” (or words of similar import) under the Subordinated
Indebtedness Documents in accordance with Section 1.05 hereof.

          On the effective date of any increase in the Commitments or any Incremental Term Loans being
made, (i) each relevant Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall make available to the
Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall
determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving
effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each
Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable
Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and (ii) except in the case of any Incremental Term
Loans, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans
as of the date of any increase in the Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of
Revolving Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by
the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, in accordance with
the requirements of Section 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the
immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the
amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by
the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on
the last day of the related Interest Periods.

          The Incremental Term Loans (a) shall rank pari passu in right of payment with any Revolving
Loans made to the same Borrower, (b) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date (but may have
amortization prior to such date, may be required to be mandatorily prepaid in full prior to
prepayment of the Revolving Loans, and may permit voluntary prepayments) and (c) otherwise shall be
treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the Revolving Loans;
provided that (i) the terms and conditions applicable to any tranche of Incremental
Term Loans maturing after the Maturity Date may provide for material additional or different
financial or other covenants applicable only during periods after the Maturity Date and (ii) the
Incremental Term Loans may be priced differently than the Revolving Loans. Incremental Term Loans
may be made hereunder pursuant to an amendment or restatement (an “Incremental Term Loan
Amendment”) of this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the
Borrowers, each Increasing Lender participating in such tranche, each Augmenting Lender
participating in such tranche, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Term Loan
Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.20 (including the next succeeding
sentence). In connection with any increase in the Commitments or Incremental Term Loans being made
available to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, the Company, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers and any
other applicable Foreign Subsidiaries shall deliver such additional collateral and guaranty
documentation as the Administrative Agent and the Company shall mutually agree, accompanied by a
collection allocation mechanism, if required under the circumstances, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, in order to secure and support
the Secured Obligations of such Foreign Subsidiary as promptly as possible but in any event within
thirty (30) days (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) of the
effectiveness of such increase or incremental Term Loans, to be accompanied by appropriate
corporate resolutions, other corporate documentation and legal opinions in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. Nothing contained in this
Section 2.20 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender
to increase its Commitment hereunder, or provide Incremental Term Loans, at any time.

          SECTION 2.21. [Intentionally Omitted].

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          SECTION 2.22. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it
is necessary to convert a sum due from any Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be
payable herein (the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree,
to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be the
Exchange Rate on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given.
The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative
Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified
currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such
Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such
other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with
normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If
the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such
Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, each Borrower
agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the
case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds
(a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the
specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such
excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 2.18, such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to such Borrower.

          SECTION 2.23. Designation of Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers.
 The Company may at any time and from time to time designate any Eligible Foreign Subsidiary
as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Subsidiary
Agreement executed by such Subsidiary and the Company and the satisfaction of the other conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4.03, and upon such delivery and satisfaction such Subsidiary shall
for all purposes of this Agreement be a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and a party to this Agreement
until the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing
Subsidiary Termination with respect to such Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary shall cease to be
a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and a party to this Agreement. As soon as practicable upon receipt
of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall furnish a copy thereof to each
Lender. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, no Borrowing Subsidiary Termination will become
effective as to any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower at a time when any principal of or interest on any
Loan to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall be outstanding hereunder, provided that such
Borrowing Subsidiary Termination shall be effective to terminate the right of such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower to make further Borrowings under this Agreement.

          SECTION 2.24. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply
for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

          (a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting
Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);

          (b) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be
included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder
(including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02);
provided, that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the
case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each
Lender affected thereby;

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          (c) if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a
Defaulting Lender then:

     (i) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, all or any part of the
Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the
non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only
to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such
Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all
non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments;

     (ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially,
be effected, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day following notice by the
Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y)
second, cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Bank only the Borrowers’
obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to
any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set
forth in Section 2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;

     (iii) if the Company cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC
Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any fees
to
such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting
Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash
collateralized;

     (iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to
clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.12(a) and
Section 2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable
Percentages; and

     (v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither
reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without
prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank, any Borrower or any other Lender
hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such
Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Bank until and to the extent
that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and

          (d) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be
required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or
increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting
Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting
Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Company in accordance with Section 2.24(c),
and participating interests in any such newly made Swingline Loan or any newly issued or increased
Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with
Section 2.24(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

     If (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Parent of any Lender shall occur following the
date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender or the
Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations
under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline
Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required
to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank,
as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Company or such Lender,
reasonably satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease
any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder and the

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Issuing Lender agrees that cash
collateral as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be sufficient to defease such risk.

     In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Company, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing
Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such
Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall
be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender
shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the
Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans
in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

          Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders on and as of each date applicable
pursuant to Section 4.02 that:

          SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries.
 Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its
business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and
is in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable) in, every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required. Schedule 3.01 hereto (as supplemented from time to time without
the consent or approval of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent) identifies each Subsidiary,
noting whether such Subsidiary is a Material Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, as the case may be, the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of each class of
its capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Company and the other Subsidiaries and, if
such percentage is not 100% (excluding directors’ qualifying shares as required by law), a
description of each class issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock
and other equity interests of each Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and
nonassessable (to the extent such concepts are applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) and all
such shares and other equity interests indicated on Schedule 3.01 as owned by the Company
or another Subsidiary are owned, beneficially and of record, by the Company or any Subsidiary free
and clear of all Liens, other than Liens created under the Loan Documents. There are no
outstanding commitments or other obligations of any Subsidiary to issue, and no options, warrants
or other rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of capital stock or other equity
interests of any Subsidiary.

          SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan
Party’s organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational actions
and, if required, actions by equity holders. From and after its delivery to the Administrative
Agent, the Loan Documents to which each Loan Party is a party have been duly executed and delivered
by such Loan Party and constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, general principles
of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and requirements
of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.

          SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not
require any material consent or material approval of, material registration or material filing
with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except in each case as have been obtained
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the Effective Date and that are in full force and effect and except for filings
required to perfect the Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate (i) any
material law or material regulation or (ii) the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) any material order of any Governmental Authority
applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries, (c) will not violate in any material respect or
result in a default under any material indenture, material agreement or other material instrument
binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right
thereunder to require any material payment to be made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, other than Liens created under the Loan Documents and, with respect to the
use of proceeds thereof, other than a Lien permitted by Section 6.02.

          SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The Company has
heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income,
stockholders equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2010 reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants. Such
financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position
and results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of
such date and for such periods in accordance with GAAP.

          (b) Since December 31, 2010, there has been no material adverse change in the business,
assets, operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

          SECTION 3.05. Properties. (a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good
title to, or valid leasehold interests or licensed interests in, all its real and personal property
material to the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except for minor
defects in title that do not interfere with their ability to conduct such businesses or to utilize
such properties for their intended purposes.

          (b) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks,
tradenames, copyrights, and patents necessary for the operations of the business of the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and to the knowledge of the Company the use thereof by the
Company and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any
such infringements that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.06. Litigation, Environmental and Labor Matters. (a) There are no actions,
suits, proceedings or investigations by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending
against or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and
that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
or (ii) that directly involve this Agreement or the Transactions.

          (b) Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law
or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, or (iii) has received
written notice of any bona fide claim with respect to any Environmental Liability.

          (c) There are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, that, in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Effect. The hours worked by and payments made
to employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor
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Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law relating to such
matters, in a manner that, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in Material
Adverse Effect. The consummation of the Transactions in and of themselves will not give rise to
any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective
bargaining agreement under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, except as the
same could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is in compliance with (i) all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental
Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) all
material indentures, material agreements and other material instruments binding upon it or its
property, except where the failure to do so, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is required to register as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940.

          SECTION 3.09. Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or
caused to be timely filed all federal Tax returns and all other material Tax returns and reports
required to have been filed (except for extensions duly obtained) and has paid or caused to be paid
all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set
aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure
to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.10. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably
expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.11. Disclosure. The information furnished by or on behalf of the Company
and is Subsidiaries in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as
modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) (excluding any forecasts, protections
or estimates contained in such information), taken as a whole, and after giving effect to any
updates provided, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances
when made, not misleading; provided, however, it is understood that financial
statements only contain such disclosures as are required by GAAP. All forecasts, protections or
estimates that are part of such information (including those delivered subsequent to the Effective
Date) have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time
made (it being understood and agreed that financial projections are not a guarantee of financial
performance and actual results may differ from financial projections and such differences may be
material).

          SECTION 3.12. Federal Reserve Regulations. No use by the Company or its Subsidiaries
of the proceeds of any Loan have been used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any
purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U
and X.

          SECTION 3.13. Liens. There are no Liens on any of the real or personal properties of
the Company or any Subsidiary except for Liens permitted by Section 6.02.

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          SECTION 3.14. No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.

          SECTION 3.15. No Burdensome Restrictions. No Borrower is subject to any Burdensome
Restrictions except Burdensome Restrictions permitted under Section 6.08.

          SECTION 3.16. Solvency.

          (a) Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date,
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are and will be Solvent.

          (b) The Company and its Subsidiaries do not intend to, nor will the Company permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, and the Company does not believe that it and its Subsidiaries will, incur debts
beyond their collective ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing of
and amounts of cash to be received by them and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on
or in respect of their Indebtedness.

          SECTION 3.17. Insurance. The Company maintains, and has caused each Subsidiary to
maintain, with reputable insurance companies, insurance on all their real and personal property in
such amounts, subject to such deductibles and self-insurance retentions and covering such
properties and risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar
businesses operating in the same or similar locations.

          SECTION 3.18. Security Interest in Collateral. During a Collateral Period, the
provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents create legal and valid perfected Liens on
(i) all the Collateral other than intellectual property and (ii) all Material Intellectual Property
constituting Collateral, in any case, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, and such Liens constitute perfected and continuing Liens on such Collateral,
securing the Secured Obligations, enforceable against the applicable Loan Party and all third
parties, and having priority over all other Liens on the Collateral except in the case of (a)
Permitted Encumbrances and other Liens permitted by Section 6.02 to the extent any such Permitted
Encumbrances and such other Liens would have priority over the Liens in favor of the Administrative
Agent pursuant to any applicable law, rule or regulation and (b) Liens perfected only by control or
possession (including possession of any certificate of title) to the extent the Administrative
Agent has not obtained or does not maintain control or possession of such Collateral.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

          SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following
conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

     (a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) from each party
hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (B)
written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include
telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such
party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and (ii) duly executed copies of the Loan
Documents and such other certificates, documents, instruments and agreements as the
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Transactions, all in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and
as further described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit E.

     (b) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Lewis, Rice &
Fingersh, L.C., counsel for the Company and certain of the Domestic Subsidiaries,
substantially in the applicable form attached as Exhibit B, and covering such other
matters relating to the Company and certain of the Domestic Subsidiaries, the Loan Documents
or the Transactions, as the case may be, as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request. The Company hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.

     (c) The Lenders shall have received (i) satisfactory audited consolidated financial
statements of the Company for the two most recent fiscal years ended prior to the Effective
Date as to which such financial statements are available, (ii) satisfactory unaudited
interim consolidated financial statements of the Company for each quarterly period ended
subsequent to the date of the latest financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (i)
of this paragraph as to which such financial statements are publicly available and (iii)
reasonably satisfactory financial statement projections through and including the Company’s
2016 fiscal year, together with such information as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall reasonably request (including, without limitation, a reasonably detailed description
of the assumptions used in preparing such projections).

     (d) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as
the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization,
existence and good standing (if applicable) of the initial Loan Parties, the authorization
of the Transactions and any other similar legal matters relating to such Loan Parties, the
Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in the list of closing
documents attached as Exhibit E.

     (e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective
Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Company,
confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section
4.02.

     (f) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that,
upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement dated as of January 24, 2006
among the Company, certain of its Subsidiaries, the financial institutions party thereto and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (successor by merger to Wachovia Bank, N.A.) shall have been
terminated and cancelled and all indebtedness thereunder shall have been fully repaid and
any and all liens thereunder shall have been terminated, subject, however to the cash
collateralization of certain
letters of credit issued thereunder, and the survival of certain provisions of the
foregoing credit agreement (and related loan documents) that by their terms survive
termination.

     (g) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to
it that (i) all material third party and governmental approvals necessary in connection with
the Transactions have been obtained and are in full force and effect and (ii) there exists
no injunction or temporary restraining order or any litigation or threatened litigation
that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, would prohibit the making of
the Loans hereunder.

     (h) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement
or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the
Company hereunder.

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The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such
notice shall be conclusive and binding.

          SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan, and
of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:

     (a) The representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing
or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as
applicable (except to the extent any such representation and warranty is stated to relate to
a specific earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

     (b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the
matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.

          SECTION 4.03. Designation of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. The designation of a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.23 is subject to the
condition precedent that the Company or such proposed Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall have
satisfied such matters of applicable law (including tax matters) where such Subsidiary is organized
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and shall have furnished or caused to be
furnished to the Administrative Agent:

     (a) Copies, certified by an authorized officer of such Subsidiary, of its Board of
Directors’ resolutions (and/or resolutions of other bodies, if any are deemed reasonably
necessary by counsel for the Administrative Agent) approving the Borrowing Subsidiary
Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary is becoming a party and such
documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request
relating to the organization, existence and good standing (where such concept is applicable)
of such Subsidiary;

     (b) A certificate, executed by an authorized officer of such Subsidiary, which shall
identify by name and title and bear the signature of the officers of such Subsidiary
authorized to request Borrowings hereunder and sign the Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary is becoming a party, upon which
certificate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until
informed of any change in writing by the Company or such Subsidiary;

     (c) Opinions of counsel to such Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, with respect to the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization and such other matters as are reasonably requested by counsel
to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and

     (d) Any promissory notes requested by any Lender, and any other instruments and
documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

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ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

          Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on
each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit
shall have expired or terminated or been cash collateralized (in an amount equal to 105% of the
Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrowers covenant
and agree with the Lenders that:

          SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Company will furnish
to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:

     (a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (or, if
earlier, by the date that the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for such fiscal year
would be required to be filed under the rules and regulations of the SEC, giving effect to
any extension available or granted thereunder for the filing of such form), its audited
consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by Ernst & Young LLP or other
independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or
like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope
of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in
all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and for the periods indicated
therein on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

     (b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
quarters of each fiscal year of the Company (or, if earlier, by the date that the Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for such fiscal quarter would be required to be filed
under the rules and regulations of the SEC, giving effect to any extension available or
granted thereunder for the filing of such form), its consolidated balance sheet and related
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such
fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case
in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case
of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of
its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

     (c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b)
above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company (i) certifying as to whether to
such Financial Officer’s knowledge a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred,
specifying the details thereof, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations
demonstrating compliance with Section 6.12 and (iii) stating whether any material change in
GAAP or in the application thereof regarding the Company has occurred since the date of the
audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has
occurred, specifying in reasonable detail the material effect, if any, of such change on the
financial statements accompanying such certificate together with an updated organizational
chart of the Company;

     (d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a
certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating
whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial
statements of any Event of Default under Section 6.12 (which certificate may be limited to
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acknowledged by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders that the audit of such accounting firm was not directed
primarily toward obtaining knowledge of such compliance or noncompliance);

     (e) as soon as available, but in any event no later than December 31 of each fiscal
year of the Company, a copy of the budget (including a projected consolidated balance sheet,
income statement and funds flow statement) of the Company for the upcoming fiscal year in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

     (f) within ten days after any request therefor, such other information regarding the
operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Company or any Subsidiary, or
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may
reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.01 may
be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date on which such documents are filed for public availability on the SEC’s Electronic
Data Gathering and Retrieval System; provided that the Company shall promptly notify
(which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the filing of any
such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic
versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein,
in every instance the Company shall be required to provide paper copies (which may be
submitted electronically) of the compliance certificates required by clause (c) of this
Section 5.01 to the Administrative Agent.

          SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Company will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender written notice of the following within five (5) Business Days
after any Financial Officer obtains knowledge thereof:

          (a) the occurrence of any Default;

     (b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Company or any Affiliate
thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

     (c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect; and

     (d) any other development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to
result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer
or other executive officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event or development
requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

          SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Company will, and will cause each
of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew
and keep in full force and effect (i) its legal existence and (ii) the rights, qualifications,
licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, governmental authorizations and intellectual property
rights necessary to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole in the ordinary course of business in all material respects, and maintain all requisite
authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except
for such failures to maintain and preserve such authority in such jurisdictions which could not, in
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Material Adverse Effect; provided that
the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted
under Section 6.03.

          SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, timely pay (except for extensions duly obtained) its obligations, including Tax
liabilities, that, if not paid, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount
thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Company or such
Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with
GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Company will, and will cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its
business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain
with financially sound and reputable carriers (i) insurance in such amounts and against such risks
and such hazards, subject to such deductibles and self-insurance retentions as are customarily
maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar
locations and (ii) all insurance required pursuant to the Collateral Documents during any
Collateral Period. During any Collateral Period, the Company will (a) furnish to the Lenders, upon
request of the Administrative Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so
maintained and (b) deliver to the Administrative Agent endorsements (i) to all “All Risk” physical
damage insurance policies on all of the Domestic Loan Parties’ tangible personal property and
assets insurance policies naming the Administrative Agent as lenders’ loss payee, and (ii) to all
general liability and other liability policies for the Domestic Loan Parties naming the
Administrative Agent an additional insured. During
the continuance of an Event of Default, in the event the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at
any time or times shall thereafter fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies or insurance
required herein or to pay any premium in whole or in part relating thereto, then the Administrative
Agent, without waiving or releasing any obligations, may at any time or times thereafter (but shall
be under no obligation to do so) obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such
premiums and take any other action with respect thereto which the Administrative Agent deems
reasonably advisable. All sums so disbursed by the Administrative Agent shall constitute part of
the Obligations, payable as provided in this Agreement. During any Collateral Period, promptly
following any Financial Officer obtaining knowledge thereof, the Company will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured damage
to any material portion of the Collateral or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the
taking of any material portion of the Collateral or interest therein under power of eminent domain
or by condemnation or similar proceeding.

          SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Company will, and will cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, keep in all material respects proper books of record and account in
which full, true and correct entries in all material respects in conformity, in all material
respects, with GAAP and applicable law are made of all material dealings and material transactions
in relation to its business and activities. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent, who may be
accompanied by a Lender, upon no less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice, to visit
and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, including any
environmental assessment reports and Phase I or Phase II studies existing in the Company’s files
(it being understood that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Lenders shall have any right to
request any environmental assessment reports and Phase I or Phase II studies), and to discuss its
affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such
reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; provided, that so long as no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Loan Parties shall only be required to pay the fees
and expenses of the Administrative Agent for one such inspection by the Administrative Agent in any
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year. The Company acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, after exercising its rights
of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the Lenders certain reports pertaining to the Company
and its Subsidiaries’ assets for internal use by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The
Company and its Subsidiaries shall have no obligation to discuss or disclose to Administrative
Agent, any Lender, or any of their officers, directors, employees or agents, materials protected by
attorney-client privilege (including any attorney work product) and materials that the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries may not disclose without violation of a confidentiality obligation binding
upon it.

          SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual Obligations. The Company
will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) comply with all laws, rules, regulations and
orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including without limitation
Environmental Laws) except where the failure to do so, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) perform in all material respects its
obligations under material agreements to which it is a party, except where the failure to do so, in
the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used only to
finance the working capital needs, capital expenditures, fees and expenses associated with the Loan
Documents, and for general corporate and similar purposes, of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
including Permitted Acquisitions. No part of
the proceeds of any Loan will be used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether
directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the
Board, including Regulations T, U and X.

          SECTION 5.09. Subsidiary Guarantors; Pledges; Additional Collateral; Further
Assurances.

          (a) If any Person other than an Affected Subsidiary is or becomes a Material Domestic
Subsidiary or a Material Foreign Subsidiary, then the Company shall, as promptly as possible but in
any event within thirty (30) days (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative
Agent), provide the Administrative Agent with written notice thereof setting forth information in
reasonable detail describing the material assets of such Person and shall cause each such
Subsidiary (other than Affected Subsidiaries) which also qualifies as a Material Subsidiary to
deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty or joinder thereto (in the form
contemplated thereby) pursuant to which such Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms and
provisions thereof, such Subsidiary Guaranty or joinder to be accompanied by appropriate corporate
resolutions, other corporate documentation and legal opinions in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such
guarantee by a Material Foreign Subsidiary shall be required hereunder until the date that is 30
days after the Effective Date or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in the
exercise of its reasonable discretion with respect thereto.

          (b) During any Collateral Period, if any Person is or becomes a Material Domestic Subsidiary,
then the Company shall, as promptly as possible but in any event within thirty (30) days (or such
later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) or, if earlier, no later than the
date on which such Subsidiary Guarantees any other Material Indebtedness, provide the
Administrative Agent with written notice thereof setting forth information in reasonable detail
describing the material assets of such Person and shall cause each such Domestic Subsidiary which
also qualifies as a Material Subsidiary to deliver to the Administrative Agent a joinder to the
Security Agreement (in the form contemplated thereby) pursuant to which such Domestic Subsidiary
agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, the Security Agreement to be accompanied by
appropriate corporate resolutions, other corporate documentation and legal opinions in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

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          (c) Minimum Requirements.

     (i) 90% of Domestic Loan Parties. If, as of the end of any fiscal quarter as
reported on the most recent quarterly or annual compliance certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(c), (x) the aggregate assets of the Domestic Loan Parties (excluding Equity
Interests in Subsidiaries) shall fail to represent 90% or more of the aggregate assets of
the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries as of such time or (y) the aggregate Consolidated
EBITDA attributable to the Domestic Loan Parties shall fail to represent 90% or more of the
aggregate Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries for
the four fiscal quarter period then ended, the Company shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent thereof, which notice shall specify the date as of which such failure
arose. Within 30 days after the date of such notice (or such longer period as may be agreed
by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), the Company shall, and shall
cause additional Subsidiaries (whether or not they are Material Subsidiaries) to, comply
with Sections 5.09(a), (b) and (d), as applicable, to the extent necessary to cure the
conditions giving rise to such failure, and during such 30-day grace period such failure
shall not be deemed to constitute a Default or Event of Default.

     (ii) 75% of Foreign Subsidiaries. If, as of the end of any fiscal quarter as
reported on the most recent quarterly or annual compliance certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(c), (x) the aggregate assets of the Pledged Foreign Subsidiaries (determined on
a consolidated basis with their respective Subsidiaries) shall fail to represent 75% or more
of the aggregate assets of the Company’s Foreign Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated
basis with their respective Subsidiaries) or (y) the aggregate Consolidated EBITDA
attributable to the Pledged Foreign Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis with
their respective Subsidiaries) shall fail to represent 75% or more of the aggregate
Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the Company’s Foreign Subsidiaries (determined on a
consolidated basis with their respective Subsidiaries) for the four fiscal quarter period
then ended, the Company shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof, which notice
shall specify the date as of which such failure arose. Within 30 days after the date of
such notice (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion), the Company shall, and shall cause additional Subsidiaries (whether
or not they are Material Subsidiaries) to pledge additional First Tier Foreign Subsidiaries
(whether or not such First Tier Foreign Subsidiaries are Material Foreign Subsidiaries) and
comply with the requirements of Section 5.09(a) and (d), as applicable, to the extent
necessary to cure the conditions giving rise to such failure, and during such 30-day grace
period such failure shall not be deemed to constitute a Default or Event of Default.

     (iii) Guarantees of Material Indebtedness. If, at any time after the
Effective Date any Subsidiary of the Company that is neither (x) a party to the Subsidiary
Guaranty nor (y) a Borrower that is obligated with respect to all of the Obligations of the
Company shall become party to a guaranty of any Material Indebtedness (other than under any
guaranty) of the Company or a Domestic Loan Party (for the avoidance of doubt, the guaranty
of Material Indebtedness that is also guaranteed by the Company or any Domestic Loan Party
shall not be deemed to trigger the obligations to guarantee the Secured Obligations under
this Section), the Company shall immediately notify the Agent thereof and cause such
Subsidiary to comply with Section 5.09(a), (b) and (d) (but without giving effect to the
30-day grace periods provided therein); provided that guarantees of Subordinated
Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Subsidiary Guaranty on the same basis as such
Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the Secured Obligations.

          (d) During any Collateral Period, the Company will cause, and will cause each other Domestic
Loan Party to cause all of its (i) Collateral located in the United States other than intellectual
property and (ii) Material Intellectual Property registered or applied for in the United States, to
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at all times to first priority, perfected Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Collateral Documents, subject in any case to Liens permitted by Section 6.02;
provided that neither the Company nor any Domestic Loan Party shall be obligated to grant
any security interest, Lien or other rights in any Excluded Property. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, during any Collateral Period, the Company will cause the Applicable
Pledge Percentage of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Pledge Subsidiary directly
owned by (1) the Company, (2) any other Domestic Loan Party or (3) any Foreign Subsidiary that is
not an Affected Subsidiary to be subject at all times to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor
of the Administrative Agent to secure the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Collateral Documents or such other pledge and security documents as the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing and so long as a
Collateral Period shall be in effect, no such pledge agreement in respect of the Equity Interests
of a Pledge Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary shall be required hereunder (i) until the date
that is 90 days after the Effective Date or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree
in the exercise of its reasonable discretion with respect thereto, or (ii) to the extent the
Administrative Agent or its counsel determines that such pledge would not provide material credit
support for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to legally valid, binding and enforceable
pledge agreements.

          (e) Without limiting the foregoing, during a Collateral Period, the Company will, and will
cause each Subsidiary to, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the
Administrative Agent such documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken
such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other
documents and such other actions or deliveries of the type required by Section 4.01, as
applicable), which may be required by law or which the Administrative Agent may, from time to time,
reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by
the Collateral Documents consistent with this Agreement, all at the expense of the Company.

          (f) If any assets that constitute Collateral are acquired by a Domestic Loan Party after the
Effective Date and during a Collateral Period (other than assets constituting Collateral under the
Security Agreement that become subject to the Lien under the Security Agreement upon acquisition
thereof, and other than intellectual property that is not Material Intellectual Property registered
or applied for in the United States, the Company will notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and,
if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Company will within thirty (30) days
following such request (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in
its reasonable discretion) cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Secured
Obligations and will take, and cause the other Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be
reasonably necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such
Liens, including actions described in paragraph (c) of this Section, all at the expense of the
Company.

          (g) Upon the occurrence of a Collateral Release Date, (i) any Liens granted to the
Administrative Agent on all Collateral which remain in effect at such time shall be promptly
released by the Administrative Agent and upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice
from the Company of a Collateral Release Date, the Administrative Agent shall promptly execute and
deliver any documents or instruments and authorize the recordation/filing, if applicable, of any
terminations statements, reasonably requested by the Company and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to evidence the release of its Liens on all Collateral,
and the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver all possessory Collateral to the Company, all
at the expense of the Company, and to the extent any Lender has a Lien on Collateral (whether
pursuant to Section 9.14 or otherwise), it shall comply with the foregoing requirements applicable
to the Administrative Agent, and Administrative Agent shall promptly advise all of the Company’s
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to terminate all lenders’ loss payee endorsements, and (ii) the requirements of the foregoing
clauses (b), (d), (e) and/or (f) of this Section 5.09 (such clauses, collectively, the
“Collateral Requirements”) shall be suspended and of no effect unless and until, if ever, a
subsequent Collateral Trigger Date occurs following the occurrence of such Collateral Release Date,
at which time the Collateral Requirements shall again become fully effective and binding upon the
Company and the other Loan Parties in all respects, and, in such case, the Company hereby
acknowledges and agrees that it will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, re-grant the
security interests in the Collateral pursuant to documents substantially identical to the
Collateral Documents within 30 days of such Collateral Trigger Date (or such later date as may be
agreed upon by the Administrative Agent), all in accordance with the Collateral Requirements.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

          Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each
Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired
or terminated or have been cash collateralized (in an amount equal to 105% of the Dollar Amount of
the LC Exposure pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and
all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrowers covenant and agree with the Lenders
that:

          SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary
to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

          (a) the Secured Obligations;

     (b) (i) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule
6.01 and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness with
Indebtedness of a similar type that does not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof; and (ii) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries owing to Domestic Loan Parties (and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof), provided that the aggregate
outstanding amount of such Indebtedness described in this clause (ii) does not exceed
$285,000,000 at any time);

     (c) Indebtedness of the Company to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Company
or any other Subsidiary; provided that Indebtedness of any Excluded Subsidiary owing
to any Domestic Loan Party (other than the Indebtedness described in clause (b)(ii) above)
shall be subject to the limitations set forth in clauses (f) and (k) of the definition of
Permitted Investments;

     (d) Subject to Section 5.09(c)(iii): (i) Guarantees by the Company of Indebtedness of
any Subsidiary to a Lender or an Affiliate thereof; (ii) Guarantees by any Subsidiary of
Indebtedness of the Company or any other Subsidiary to a Lender or an Affiliate thereof;
(iii) Guarantees by the Company or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any Domestic Loan
Party; (iv) Guarantees by any Excluded Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any other Excluded
Subsidiary; and (v) Guarantees by a Domestic Loan Party of Indebtedness of any Excluded
Subsidiary subject to the limitations set forth in clause (k) of the definition of
“Permitted Investments”; provided that guarantees of Subordinated Indebtedness of
the Company or any other Domestic Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Secured
Obligations on the same basis as such Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the
Secured Obligations;

     (e) Guarantees by the Company or its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of any Person that
is not a Loan Party (in addition to Guarantees permitted by clause (d) of this Section 6.01)
in an aggregate outstanding amount not in excess of $50,000,000 at any time;

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     (f) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease
Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such
assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and
extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is
incurred prior to or within ninety (90) days after such acquisition or the completion of
such construction or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
permitted by this clause (f) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding (the
Administrative Agent hereby agreeing to release its Lien on any asset or property subject to
a Lien permitted by this clause (f) pursuant to authorization under Article VIII and Section
9.02(d));

     (g) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of
trade letters of credit, performance letters of credit, documentary letters of credit or
similar instruments;

     (h) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary secured by a Lien on any asset of
the Company or any Subsidiary not constituting Collateral; provided that the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (h) shall
not exceed $50,000,000 at any time;

     (i) unsecured Indebtedness of the Company (including unsecured Subordinated
Indebtedness), and any Indebtedness of the Company constituting refinancings, renewals or
replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof; provided that (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect
(including pro forma effect) thereto, no Event of Default shall exist or would result
therefrom, (ii) such Indebtedness matures after, and does not require any scheduled
amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the date that is 91 days
after the Maturity Date (it being understood that any provision requiring an offer to
purchase such Indebtedness as a result of change of control or asset sale shall not violate
the foregoing restriction), (iii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of
the Company other than the Subsidiary Guarantors (which guarantees, if such Indebtedness is
subordinated, shall be expressly subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms not less
favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness),
(iv) the covenants measuring financial performance applicable to such Indebtedness are not
materially more onerous in the aggregate or materially more restrictive in the aggregate
than the applicable covenants measuring financial performance set forth in this Agreement or
set forth in any Indebtedness being refinanced, renewed or replaced and (v) if, at the time
of the incurrence of such Indebtedness and immediately after giving effect thereto
(including pro forma effect), the Leverage Ratio is equal to or greater than 3.50 to 1.00,
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (i)
shall not exceed $400,000,000 at any time;

     (j) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $75,000,000 at any time outstanding (not counting for the purposes of such limit
intercompany Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiaries otherwise permitted under this
Section 6.01);

     (k) (i) unsecured Indebtedness of an Excluded Subsidiary incurred (and not assumed) in
connection with a Permitted Acquisition (x) to finance the purchase price consideration
therefor or (y) to refinance any loans made to an Excluded Subsidiary or Loans made to a
Borrower in order to finance such purchase price consideration in an aggregate principal
amount not in excess of the principal amount of such loans or Loans, as the case may be;
provided, that if any Revolving Loans have been made to any Borrower in order to
finance such purchase price consideration, an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such
unsecured Indebtedness of the Excluded Subsidiary shall be applied to repay any such
Revolving Loans within three (3) Business Days of receipt thereof (together with accrued
interest on such Loans and break funding payments required by Section 2.16), and if any
Incremental Term Loans have been made to any Borrower in order to finance such purchase
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of such unsecured Indebtedness of
the Excluded Subsidiary shall be applied to repay any such Term Loans if and to the extent
required by the Increasing Lenders and/or Augmenting Lenders participating in such
Incremental Term Loans, as reflected in an Incremental Term Loan Amendment delivered in
connection with such Incremental Term Loans), as well as extensions, refinancings, renewals
or replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof; provided, further, that, without limiting each applicable condition
described in the definition of “Permitted Acquisition”, (1) both immediately prior to and
after giving effect (including pro forma effect) to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, no
Event of Default shall exist or would result therefrom, (2) such Indebtedness matures after,
and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal
prior to, the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date (it being understood that any
provision requiring an offer to purchase such Indebtedness as a result of change of control
or asset sale shall not violate the foregoing restriction), (3) the covenants measuring
financial performance applicable to such Indebtedness are not materially more onerous in the
aggregate or materially more restrictive in the aggregate than the applicable covenants
measuring financial performance set forth in this Agreement or set forth in any Indebtedness
being refinanced, renewed or replaced, and (4) the Company and the Subsidiaries shall be in
compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis with the Leverage Ratio, recomputed as of the last day of
the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are
available, as if the incurrence of such Indebtedness had been made on the last day of such
four quarter period, and (ii) unsecured Guarantees by the Company of any Indebtedness
permitted in the preceding clause (k)(i), provided, that such Guarantees are
expressly subordinated to the payment of the Secured Obligations under the Loan Documents;

     (l) Indebtedness of a Person or Indebtedness attaching to assets of a Person that, in
either case, becomes a Subsidiary or Indebtedness attaching to assets that are acquired by
the Company or any Subsidiary as the result of a Permitted Acquisition, including any
refinancings, renewals or replacements of any such Indebtedness; provided that (A)
such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person or at the time such assets were acquired
and, in each case, was not created in anticipation thereof (the Administrative Agent hereby
agreeing to release its Lien on any asset or property subject to a Lien permitted by this
clause (l) pursuant to authorization under Article VIII and Section 9.02(d)) and (B) neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary (other than such Person or the Subsidiary with which such
Person is merged or consolidated or that so assumes such Person’s Indebtedness) shall
Guarantee or otherwise become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness unless permitted
by clauses (d) or (e) above;

     (m) Earn-Outs in a maximum amount payable not to exceed (i) $25,000,000 in respect of
any Permitted Acquisition and (ii) $100,000,000 in respect of all Permitted Acquisitions
during the term of this Agreement; provided that no Earn-Outs in connection with a
Permitted Acquisition shall be subject to such limitations to the extent that (A) such
Earn-Outs are not payable, by their terms, during such times as the Loan Documents remain in
effect or (B) such
Earn-Outs by their terms are subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms and
conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (with the following
conditions to payment: (x) no Event of Default shall exist at the time of, or after giving
effect to any Earn-Out payment and (y) Borrower shall be in pro forma covenant compliance
with the financial covenants set forth herein as of the last day of the last fiscal quarter
or fiscal year for which Financials have been delivered hereunder after giving effect to any
Earn-Out payment);

     (n) Indebtedness resulting from endorsements of negotiable instruments received in the
ordinary course of business;

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     (p) Indebtedness under bids, trade contracts (other than for debt for borrowed money),
leases (other than capital leases creating Capital Lease Obligations), statutory
obligations, surety, bid, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance, performance and
completion and return of money bonds, government contracts, financial assurances and
completion guarantees and similar obligations in respect of workers’ compensation claims,
property, casualty or liability insurance claims, in each case provided or incurred in the
ordinary course of business (including those incurred to secure health, safety and
environmental obligations);

     (q) cash management obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services,
overdraft protection and similar arrangements, in each case, in connection with cash
management and deposit accounts;

     (r) Indebtedness arising under Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted hereunder;

     (s) Indebtedness arising from agreements providing for indemnification or adjustment
of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case incurred in connection with the
disposition of any business, assets or Equity Interest to the extent permitted under this
Agreement; and

     (t) Indebtedness (if any) arising in connection with a Permitted Factoring Transaction
in the event that the sales thereunder were to be recharacterized as loans.

          SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter
acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights
in respect of any thereof, except:

          (a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;

     (b) Permitted Encumbrances and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof;
provided that (i) no such Lien shall at any time be extended to cover property or
assets other than the property or assets subject thereto on the Effective Date and
improvements, accessions and attachments thereon and the proceeds thereof and (ii) the
principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien shall not be increased;

     (c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary existing on the
date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien
shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary other than
to such assets to which such Liens apply on the date hereof and any attachments or
accessions thereto and (ii) such Lien shall secure
only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and
replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

     (d) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Company or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a
Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;
provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with
such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien
shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary and (iii)
such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such
acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof;

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     (e) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company
or any Subsidiary and extensions, renewals or replacements thereof; provided that
(i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (f) of Section 6.01,
(ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or
within ninety (90) days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or
improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring,
constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets plus fees, costs and expenses
associated therewith, and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property
or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary;

     (f) Liens on assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries not constituting Collateral
and not otherwise permitted above so long as the aggregate principal amount of the
Indebtedness and other obligations subject to such Liens is permitted by Section 6.01(h);

     (g) Liens incurred in connection with any transfer of an interest in accounts or notes
receivable and related assets as part of a Permitted Factoring Transaction in the event that
the sales thereunder were to be recharacterized as loans secured by such assets;

     (h) any Lien arising under the general terms and conditions of banks or Sparkassen
(Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen der Banken oder Sparkassen) with whom any Subsidiary
incorporated in Germany maintains a banking relationship in the ordinary course of business;
and

     (i) any Lien arising under any retention of title or conditional sale arrangement or
arrangement having a similar effect in respect of goods supplied to a Subsidiary
incorporated in Germany in the ordinary course of trading and on the supplier’s standard or
usual terms.

          SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales. (a) The Company will not, and
will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any
other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of
(in one transaction or in a series of transactions) any of its assets, (including pursuant to a
Sale and Leaseback Transaction), or any of the Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries (in each
case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except:

     (i) any Person may merge into the Company in a transaction in which the Company is the
surviving corporation;

     (ii) (A) any Subsidiary may merge into a Loan Party in a transaction in which the
surviving entity is such Loan Party (provided that any such merger involving the
Company must
result in the Company as the surviving entity) and (B) any Subsidiary that is not a
Loan Party may merge into another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;

     (iii) (A) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets
to a Loan Party and (B) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may sell, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of its assets to another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;

     (iv) a sale or other transfer of property pursuant to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction
permitted hereunder;

     (v) sales and discounts (without recourse) of overdue accounts receivable, but only in
connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry
practice;

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     (vi) so long as no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, sales,
transfers or dispositions of non-strategic assets acquired as a part of a Permitted
Acquisition which are sold for fair market value payable in cash upon such sale;

     (vii) sales and trades of Cash Equivalents;

     (viii) sales or other issuances of Equity Interests of the Company;

     (ix) sales or issuances of Equity Interests of any Subsidiary to the Company or any
other Subsidiary, provided that the Administrative Agent following such sales or
issuance continues to have a perfected Lien on all Equity Interests of such Subsidiary if
and only to the extent it had a perfected Lien immediately prior to such issuance
(excluding, in all cases Equity Interests constituting directors’ qualifying shares);

     (x) any Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 6.07;

     (xi) the Company and its Subsidiaries may (A) sell inventory in the ordinary course of
business, (B) effect sales, trade-ins or dispositions of used property or obsolete property
in the ordinary course of business, (C) enter into licenses of technology and intellectual
property in the ordinary course of business, (D) sell or transfer any interest in accounts
or notes receivable and related assets as part of a Permitted Factoring Transaction and (E)
make any other sales, transfers, leases or dispositions that not otherwise specifically
permitted hereby, including sales, transfers or dispositions of Equity Interests in
Subsidiaries, together with all other property of the Company and its Subsidiaries
previously leased, sold or disposed of as permitted by this clause (E) during any fiscal
year of the Company, does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Company’s Consolidated Total
Assets (as of the most recent fiscal period for which financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01); and

     (xii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may liquidate or dissolve if the Company
determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of
the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.

          (b) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any
material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Effective Date, and businesses reasonably related thereto.

          (c) The Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change its fiscal
year from the basis in effect on the Effective Date.

          SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Company
will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including
pursuant to any merger or consolidation with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary
prior to such merger or consolidation) any Investment, except Permitted Investments.

          SECTION 6.05. Swap Agreements. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or
mitigate risks in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, or (b) Swap
Agreements entered into in order to cap, collar or exchange interest rates.

          SECTION 6.06. Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction or series of transactions involving
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or more in the aggregate, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, with any
officer, director, shareholder or Affiliate of any such Person other than (i) on terms and
conditions substantially as favorable to the Company and its Subsidiaries as would be obtainable in
a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an officer, director, shareholder or
Affiliate, (ii) transactions among the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) any Restricted
Payment permitted by Section 6.07 and (iv) the transactions listed on Schedule 6.06.

          SECTION 6.07. Restricted Payments. The Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any
Restricted Payment, except (a) the Company or any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or make
distributions with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares, membership
interests or units, or partnership interests of its Equity Interests, (b) Subsidiaries may declare
and pay dividends or make distributions with respect to their Equity Interests, (c) the Company may
make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit
plans for management, directors or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries or to otherwise
acquire directors’ or managers’ qualifying shares and (d) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make
any other Restricted Payment (including, without limitation, dividends) so long as (i) with respect
to dividends made in accordance with the Company’s historical dividend policy, no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing prior to making such Restricted Payment or would arise immediately
after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto, (ii) with respect to
Restricted Payments other than dividends made in accordance with the Company’s historical dividend
policy, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior to making such
Restricted Payment or would arise immediately after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro
Forma Basis) thereto, and (iii) if the Leverage Ratio immediately after giving effect (including on
a Pro Forma Basis) to such Restricted Payment is equal to or greater than 3.25 to 1.00, the
aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all such Restricted Payments (excluding such
dividends in accordance with the Company’s historical dividend policy) made during the term of this
Agreement when the Leverage Ratio is equal to or greater than 3.25 to 1.00 shall not exceed
$25,000,000.

          SECTION 6.08. Restrictive Agreements. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits,
restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Company or any such Material
Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b)
the ability of any Material Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to
holders of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Company or any other
Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided
that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan
Document, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in
agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such
restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is
permitted hereunder, (iii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or
conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement or
Liens permitted by Section 6.02 if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or
assets securing such Indebtedness, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary
provisions in leases, licenses, and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof, (v) the
foregoing shall not apply to restrictions on Equity Interests in joint ventures contained in any
documents relating to the formation or governance thereof, and (vii) the foregoing shall not apply
to restrictions pursuant to the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents.

          SECTION 6.09. Subordinated Indebtedness and Amendments to Subordinated Indebtedness
Documents. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly
voluntarily prepay, defease or in substance defease, purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire,
any Subordinated Indebtedness or any Indebtedness from time to time outstanding under the

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Subordinated Indebtedness Documents; provided, that the foregoing shall not restrict or
otherwise prohibit the prepayment of any Subordinated Indebtedness disclosed on Schedule 6.01 or
incurred in compliance with Section 6.01(i) if any such Subordinated Indebtedness is refinanced or
replaced with Subordinated Indebtedness of such obligor which includes subordination terms and
conditions that, taken as a whole, are at least as favorable to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness (as
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent), and that is not in a greater principal amount
than the Subordinated Indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, does not bear interest at a higher
rate than the Subordinated Indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, does not have a maturity date
earlier than the maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being refinanced or replaced and
the criteria in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Section 6.01(i) are met. The Company will
not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (a) amend or modify or extend or permit the amendment
or modification or extension of any term of any Subordinated Indebtedness Document if such
amendment or modification or extension would add or change any terms in a manner materially adverse
to the Company and its Subsidiaries or the Lenders, or shorten the final maturity or average life
to maturity (in each case other than a refinancing permitted under this Agreement) or require any
payment to be made sooner than originally scheduled or increase the interest rate applicable
thereto (other than a stated default rate) or if such amendment or modification or extension is
otherwise materially adverse to the interests of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Lenders, or
(b) effect or permit any change in or amendment to any document or instrument pertaining to (i) the
subordination, terms of payment or required prepayments of any Subordinated Indebtedness or (ii)
any covenant measuring financial performance in a manner which is materially more onerous or
materially more restrictive in any material respect to the Company or such Subsidiary.

          SECTION 6.10. Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

          The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions in respect of which the net cash
proceeds received in connection therewith does not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate during any
fiscal year of the Company, determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and its
Subsidiaries.

          SECTION 6.11. Capital Expenditures.

          The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, expend, or be committed to expend,
in excess of $50,000,000 (in the aggregate) for Consolidated Capital Expenditures during any fiscal
year of the Company if the Leverage Ratio immediately after giving effect (including pro forma
effect) to any such Consolidated Capital Expenditure is equal to or greater than 3.50 to 1.00,
provided that Capital Expenditures made to preserve or protect the environment and/or the
health and safety of any Person shall not be subject to, and shall be excluded from, the foregoing
limit.

          SECTION 6.12. Financial Covenants.

          (a) Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the ratio (the
“Leverage Ratio”), determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters ending on and
after March 31, 2011, of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness minus Qualified Cash as of the
end of such fiscal quarter to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive
fiscal quarters ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, all calculated for the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to be greater than 4.00 to 1.00.

          (b) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the ratio,
determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters ending on and after March 31, 2011, of (i)
Consolidated EBITDA minus Consolidated Capital Expenditures to (ii) Consolidated Fixed
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each case for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the end of
such fiscal quarter, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
to be less than 1.15 to 1.00.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

          If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

          (a) any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation
in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the
due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

          (b) any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
(other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article VII) payable under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure
shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) days;

          (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Borrower or any
Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or
modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate,
financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove
to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

          (d) any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in
Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to any Borrower’s existence), 5.08 or 5.09, in Article VI or in
Article X of this Agreement, or in Section 4.1.7 of the Security Agreement;

          (e) any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform
any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a),
(b) or (d) of this Article) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied
for a period of thirty (30) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Company
(which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);

          (f) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment of principal or interest
(and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall
become due and payable, and such failure shall continue beyond the expiration of any applicable
period of cure or grace;

          (g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due
prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits the holder or holders of any Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to
become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to
its scheduled maturity; provided that (i) no Default shall be deemed to have occurred until
such time any applicable period of cure or grace contained in any document relating to such
Material Indebtedness has expired, and (ii) this clause (g) shall not apply to any secured
Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale, disposition or transfer or lease
of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

          (h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed
seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary
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than an Insignificant Subsidiary) or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets,
under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or
hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, administrative receiver, liquidator,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Subsidiary
(other than an Insignificant Subsidiary) or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such
case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days or an order or
decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

          (i) the Company or any Subsidiary (other than an Insignificant Subsidiary) shall (i)
voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or
other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar
law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely
and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii)
apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for the Company or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its
assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in
any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any
action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

          (j) the Company or any Subsidiary (other than an Insignificant Subsidiary) shall become
unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

          (k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$10,000,000 (excluding amounts covered by an unaffiliated insurer that has not denied coverage; it
being understood that a reservation of rights letter shall not be deemed a denial of coverage)
shall be rendered against the Company, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall
remain unvacated, undischarged or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during
which execution shall not be
effectively vacated, discharged or stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment
creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary to enforce any such
judgment;

          (l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that when taken together with all other ERISA Events
that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

          (m) a Change in Control shall occur;

          (n) the occurrence of any “default”, as defined in any Loan Document (other than this
Agreement) or the breach of any of the terms or provisions of any Loan Document (other than this
Agreement), which default or breach continues beyond the expiration of any cure or grace period
therein provided;

          (o) any material provision of any Loan Document (other than a Collateral Document during any
Collateral Release Period) for any reason (other than a consent or waiver duly given by the
Required Lenders) ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or the
Company or any Subsidiary shall challenge the enforceability of any Loan Document (other than a
Collateral Document during any Collateral Release Period) or shall assert in writing, or engage in
any action based on any such assertion, that any provision of any of the Loan Documents (other than
a Collateral Document during any Collateral Release Period) has ceased to be or otherwise is not
valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (other than a consent or waiver duly
given by the Required Lenders)); or

          (p) at any time during a Collateral Period, any Collateral Document shall for any reason
(other than the failure of Administrative Agent to take any action available to it to maintain
perfection of the Liens created in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders
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Documents) fail to create a valid and perfected first priority security
interest in any portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, except for the Excluded
Property and the other exclusions in this Agreement and except as permitted by the terms of any
Loan Document;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Company described in clause
(h) or (i) of this Article), but only at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event,
the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the
Company, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i)
terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii)
declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any
principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable),
and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued
interest thereon and all fees and other Secured Obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers; and
in case of any event with respect to any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article,
the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding,
together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Secured Obligations accrued hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the
Borrowers. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise any rights and
remedies provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity,
including all remedies provided under the UCC, all as more specifically set forth in the Collateral
Documents.

ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent

          Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent
as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including
execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as
are reasonably incidental thereto.

          The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers
in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the
Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and
generally engage in any kind of business with Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof
as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

          The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set
forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the
Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any
duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary
rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is
required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section
9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall
not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information
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communicated to or obtained by the bank
serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent
shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of
the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under
the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default
unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company or a
Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or
inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan
Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in
connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants,
agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity,
enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement,
instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the
existence of the Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or
elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent.

          The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for
relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other
writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The
Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and
believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying
thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the
Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any
action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or
experts.

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

          Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in
this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the
Issuing Bank and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the
right, in consultation with the Company (and with the approval of the Company so long as no Default
or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall
have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (and, so long as no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, approved by the Company) and shall have accepted such appointment
within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation,
then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint
a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an
Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by any
Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s
resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for
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and their respective Related
Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting
as Administrative Agent.

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

          None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Co-Syndication Agent or
Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty
under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the
foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any
Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in
their respective capacities as Co-Syndication Agents or Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it
makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph.

          The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or
omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent)
authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right
on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after
the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.

          In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within
the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each
Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which
it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no
Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to
realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that
such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is
hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the
Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and
deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and
perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured
Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its
discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral
(i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms
of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the
Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the
Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant
hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to
the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the
Lenders, as applicable, and upon prior written request by the Company to the Administrative Agent
with reasonable prior notice, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized
by the Lenders to) promptly execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of
the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or
pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided,
however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such
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Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation for, or any adverse consequence to, the
Administrative Agent other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii)
such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any
Liens upon (or obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained
by the Company or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of such sale or
transfer, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.

          For purposes of any pledge of equity by any Borrower or other Loan Party, each Borrower, on
its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of
its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the
holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of
the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by each Borrower or any
Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of any
Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by any
Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative
Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title
of indebtedness that may be issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the
Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of
the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as
Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by any Borrower or any
Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the
first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by any Borrower or any Subsidiary).

          Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes to pay to the Administrative
Agent an amount equal to the aggregate amount due from time to time by it in respect of
the Corresponding Obligations. The payment undertaking of the Borrowers under this clause is
to be referred to as the “Parallel Debt”. The Parallel Debt will become due and payable
immediately as and when and to the extent one or more of the Corresponding Obligations become due
and payable. An Event of Default in respect of the Corresponding Obligations shall constitute a
default (verzuim) within the meaning of section 3:248 Netherlands Civil Code with respect to the
Parallel Debt without any notice being required. Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby
acknowledges that (i) the Parallel Debt constitutes an undertaking, obligation and liability of the
Borrowers to the Administrative Agent which is separate and independent from, and without prejudice
to, the Corresponding Obligations and (ii) the Parallel Debt represents the Administrative Agent’s
own separate and independent claim to receive payment of the Parallel Debt, it being understood, in
each case, that the amount which may become payable by a Borrower as the Parallel Debt shall never
exceed the total of the amounts which are payable under or in connection with the Corresponding
Obligations with respect to such Borrower, and shall otherwise be subject to the limitations
contained in Article X hereof. To the extent the Administrative Agent irrevocably receives any
amount in payment of the Parallel Debt, the Administrative Agent shall distribute that amount in
accordance with Clause 2.18 of this Agreement. Upon irrevocable receipt by the Administrative Agent
of any amount in payment of the Parallel Debt of the Borrowers (a “Received Amount”), the
relevant Corresponding Obligations shall be reduced by amounts totaling an amount (a
“Deductible Amount”) equal to the Received Amount in the manner as if the Deductible Amount
were received by the relevant Secured Party as a payment of the Corresponding Obligations on the
date of receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Received Amount. For the purpose of this clause
but subject to the preceding sentence the Administrative Agent acts in its own name and on behalf
of itself and not as agent, representative or trustee of any Secured Party. The parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that any resignation by the Administrative Agent is not effective until its
rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent.

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          For purposes of any pledge of equity by any Borrower or other Loan Party , the parties hereto
acknowledge and agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German law
governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as will be further described in a separate German law governed parallel debt
undertaking. The Administrative Agent shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary
agent (Treuhänder) and (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhänder) any pledge created
under a German law governed Collateral Document which is created in favor of any Secured Party or
transferred to any Secured Party due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietät), in each case in its
own name and for the account of the Secured Parties. Each Lender (on behalf of itself and its
affiliated Secured Parties) hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter as its agent in its
name and on its behalf into any German law governed Collateral Document, accept as its agent in its
name and on its behalf any pledge or other creation of any accessory security right in relation to
this Agreement and to agree to and execute on its behalf as its representative in its name and on
its behalf any amendments, supplements and other alterations to any such Collateral Document and to
release on behalf of any such Lender or Secured Party any such Collateral Document and any pledge
created under any such Collateral Document in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the
provisions in any such Collateral Document.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

          SECTION 9.01. Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications
expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and
other communications provided
for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service,
mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

     (i) if to any Borrower, to it c/o Belden Inc., 7733 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 800, St.
Louis, Missouri 63105, Attention of Chief Financial Officer (Telecopy No. (314) 854-8001;
Telephone No. (314) 854-8010) with a mandatory copy (in the case of a notice of Default or a
notice that is not in the ordinary course of administering this Agreement) to c/o Belden
Inc., 7733 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 800, St. Louis, Missouri 63105, Attention of General
Counsel (Telecopy No. (314) 854-8001; Telephone No. (314) 854-8030;

     (ii) if to the Administrative Agent, (A) in the case of Borrowings by the Company
denominated in Dollars, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60603,
Attention of April Yebd (Telecopy No. (312) 732-2628) and (B) in the case of Borrowings by
any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower or Borrowings denominated in Foreign Currencies, to J.P.
Morgan Europe Limited, 125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AJ, Attention of The Manager (Telecopy
No. 44 207 777 2360), and in each case with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South
Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention of April Yebd (Telecopy No. (312) 732-2628);

     (iii) if to the Issuing Bank, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn,
Chicago, IL 60603, Attention of Debra Williams (Telecopy No. (312) 732-2590);

     (iv) if to the Swingline Lender, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South
Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention of April Yebd (Telecopy No. (312) 732-2628); and

     (v) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire.

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          (b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent or the Company may, in its
discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such
procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

          (c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other
communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall
be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

          SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other
Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.
The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that
they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any
departure by any Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not
be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

          (b) Except as provided in Section 2.20 with respect to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment,
neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant
to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or
by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders;
provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the
written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or
reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of
the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable
hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled
date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected
thereby, (iv) change Section 2.18(b) or (d) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of
payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the
provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof
specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights
hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of
each Lender (it being understood that, solely with the consent of the parties prescribed by Section
2.20 to be parties to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment, Incremental Term Loans may be included in
the determination of Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Commitments and the
Revolving Loans are included on the Effective Date), (vi) release the Company or all or
substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under Article X or the
Subsidiary Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender, or (vii) except as provided in
clause (d) of this Section or in any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the
Collateral, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no
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the rights or duties of the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be.

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended
(or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative
Agent and the Borrowers to each relevant Loan Document (x) to add one or more credit facilities (in
addition to the Incremental Term Loans pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment) to this
Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the
accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans, Incremental Term Loans and the accrued interest
and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit
facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders.

          (d) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to release any
Guarantor and release any Liens granted to the Administrative Agent by the Loan Parties on any
Collateral and, except as set forth below, terminate the Loan Documents (i) upon the termination of
all the Commitments, payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all Secured Obligations (other
than Unliquidated Obligations and Swap Obligations), (ii) constituting property being sold,
transferred, exchanged or disposed of if the Company certifies to the Administrative Agent that the
sale, transfer, exchange, or disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement
(and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further
inquiry), (iii) constituting property leased or licensed to the Company or any Subsidiary under a
lease or license which has expired or been
terminated, (iv) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of such Collateral in
connection with any exercise of remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to
Article VII, (v) property that is subject to Liens permitted under clauses (c), (d) or (e) of
Section 6.02 and (vi) upon the occurrence of a Collateral Release Date in accordance with the terms
and conditions of Section 5.09(g). Any 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 the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties,
including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the
Collateral so long as a Collateral Period is then in effect.

          (e) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent
of “each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is
obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent
is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then
the Company may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement and
any such Non-Consenting Lender hereby agrees to be so replaced, provided that, concurrently
with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the
Company and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans
and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and
to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the
Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of
clause (b) of Section 9.04, and (ii) each Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same
day funds on the day of such replacement (1) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but
unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by such Borrower hereunder to and including the date of
termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections
2.15 and 2.17, and (2) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such
Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting
Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender.

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          (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the
consent of the Borrowers only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency.

          SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrowers shall pay (i)
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates,
including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of external counsel for the Administrative
Agent, in connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the
internet or through a service such as IntraLinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the
preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one U.S. counsel and one additional local counsel and
regulatory counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent and one additional
counsel for all the Lenders other than the Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in
connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Documents, including its rights under this
Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all
such reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans
or Letters of Credit.

          (b) The Borrowers shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and
each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called
an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of any external counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any
Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of
any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the
parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions
or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the
proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a
Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of
Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether
brought by a third party or by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and regardless of whether
any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any
Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related
expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to
have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its
officers, directors, employees or Affiliates. This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to
Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.
Indemnified matters set forth in this Section shall exclude in all circumstances losses incurred by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender from assigning all or a portion of the Obligations owed to
such Person hereunder at a price that is less than the price paid by such Person to acquire such
Obligations or owed to such Person, as the case may be. Neither the Borrowers nor any Indemnitee
shall be liable for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in connection with the
credit facility evidenced by this Agreement, the Loans made hereunder, or its activities related
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contained in this sentence shall limit the Borrowers’
indemnity obligations to the extent set forth in this Section 9.03(b).

          (c) To the extent that any Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the
Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the
time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount
(it being understood that such Borrower’s failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve such
Borrower of any default in the payment thereof); provided that the unreimbursed expense or
indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by
or asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its
capacity as such.

          (d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower
hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee (i) for any damages arising from the use by others
of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other
information transmission systems (including the Internet), or (ii) on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages)
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or
any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of
Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

          (e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than thirty (30) days after
written demand therefor.

          SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of
Credit), except that (i) no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted
assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance
with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer
upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants
(to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated
hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders)
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

     (b)(i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender
may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing
to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

     (A) the Company (provided that the Company shall be deemed to have
consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to
the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice
thereof); provided, further, that no consent of the Company shall be
required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund
or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;

     (B) the Administrative Agent; and

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     (C) the Issuing Bank.

     (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

     (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of
the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Company
and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such
consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;

     (B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate
part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement,
provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment
of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in
respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;

     (C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and
recordation fee of $3,500, such fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the
assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders; and

     (D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee
designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information
(which may contain material non-public information about the Company and its
affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made
available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s
compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities
laws.

          For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term “Approved Fund” has the following
meaning:

          “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.

          (iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this
Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption,
be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such
Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

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          (iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of each Borrower, shall
maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a
register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and
principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register
shall be available for inspection by the Company, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

          (v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee
shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph
(b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the
information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender
or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section
2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b),
2.18(e) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such
Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such
payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment
shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as
provided in this paragraph.

          (c) Any Lender may, without the consent of any Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a
“Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it);
provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged;
(B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of
such obligations; and (C) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other
Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to
which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole
right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification, consent or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such
Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or
waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Each
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and
2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section
2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be
delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired
its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such
Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an
assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under Sections 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating
Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a
greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the
applicable participation. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled
to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be
subject to Section 2.18(d) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation
shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it
enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of
each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the
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shall have any obligation to
disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (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 this Agreement) 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.

          (d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation
any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall
not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such
pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

          SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, 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 the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall only 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 or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid
or any Letter of Credit is outstanding (unless cash collateralized in an amount equal to 105% of
the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The
provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full
force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the
repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments
or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

          SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which
shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect
to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in
Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof
which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement
by facsimile or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.

          SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the
extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality
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the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular
provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

          SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time
to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time
held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or
the account of any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor against any of and all of the Secured
Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any
demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be unmatured.
The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

          SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

          (b) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in
New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and
any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any
Loan Document, 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 New York State or, to the extent permitted by law,
in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action
or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender 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.

          (c) Each party hereto 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 Agreement or any
other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

          (d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.01. Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower irrevocably designates and
appoints the Company, as its authorized agent, to accept and acknowledge on its behalf, service of
any and all process which may be served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to
in Section 9.09(b) in any federal or New York State court sitting in New York City. The Company
hereby represents, warrants and confirms that the Company has agreed to accept such appointment
(and any similar appointment by a Subsidiary Guarantor which is a Foreign Subsidiary). Said
designation and appointment shall be irrevocable by each such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower until all
Loans, all reimbursement obligations, interest thereon and all other amounts payable by such
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in
full in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof and such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
shall have been terminated as a Borrower hereunder pursuant to Section 2.23. Each Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower hereby consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding of
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federal or New York State court sitting in New
York City by service of process upon the Company as provided in this Section 9.09(d);
provided that, to the extent lawful and possible, notice of said service upon such agent
shall be mailed by registered or certified air mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to
the Company and (if applicable to) such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower at its address set forth in the
Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement to which it is a party or to any other address of which such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower shall have given written notice to the Administrative Agent (with a copy
thereof to the Company). Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, all claim of error by reason of any such service in such manner and agrees
that such service shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such Foreign
Subsidiary
Borrower in any such suit, action or proceeding and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, be taken and held to be valid and personal service upon and personal delivery to such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower. To the extent any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower has or hereafter may acquire
any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether from service or
notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment, execution or
otherwise), each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, to the extent permitted by law, hereby irrevocably
waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the Loan Documents. Nothing in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law.

          SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY
OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT
OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL
WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

          SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used
herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect
the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

          SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank
and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below),
except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers,
employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors on a need-to-know
basis (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the
confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b)
to the extent requested by any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such
as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable
laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this
Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement
containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or
Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap
or derivative transaction relating to any Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the prior written
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other
than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company.
For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Company, any its
Subsidiaries or any of their operations or businesses, other than any such information that is
available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis
prior to disclosure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any Person required to maintain the
confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information.

          SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of
the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the
“Act”) hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which
information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow
such Lender to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Act.

          SECTION 9.14. Appointment for Perfection. Each Lender hereby appoints each other
Lender as its agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens, for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Secured Parties, in Collateral which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any
other applicable law can be perfected only by possession. Should any Lender (other than the
Administrative Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the
Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s request therefor shall
deliver such Collateral to the Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in
accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions.

          SECTION 9.15. Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors.

          (a) A Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations under the
Subsidiary Guaranty, and any Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Guarantor which have been pledged
as Collateral shall be released, upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this
Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary;
provided that, if consent of the Required Lenders is expressly required by this Agreement,
the Required Lenders shall have consented to such transaction and the terms of such consent shall
not have provided otherwise. In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to)
execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan
Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery
of documents pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the
Administrative Agent.

          (b) Further, the Administrative Agent may (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each
Lender to), upon the request of the Company, release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations
under the Subsidiary Guaranty and release its Liens on any Equity Interests of such Subsidiary
Guarantor which have been pledged as Collateral if such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a
Material Subsidiary or is no longer required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor in order to meet the
criteria set forth in Section 5.09(c).

     (c) At such time as the principal and interest on the Loans, all LC Disbursements, the fees,
expenses and other amounts payable under the Loan Documents and the other Secured Obligations
(other than the Unliquidated Obligations, Swap Obligations, and other Obligations expressly stated
to survive such payment and termination) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments shall have
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and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the Subsidiary Guaranty and all obligations
(other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of each Subsidiary Guarantor
thereunder shall automatically terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of
any act by any Person.

ARTICLE X

Cross-Guarantee

          SECTION 10.01. General.

          In order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the other Borrowers hereunder, but subject
to the last sentence of this Article X, each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the payment when and as due of the
Secured Obligations of such other Borrowers. Each Borrower further agrees that the due and
punctual payment of such Secured Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part,
without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee
hereunder notwithstanding any such extension or renewal of any such Secured Obligation.

          Each Borrower waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to any Borrower of any
of the Secured Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its obligations and notice of
protest for nonpayment. The obligations of each Borrower hereunder shall not be affected by (a)
the failure of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to assert any claim or
demand or to enforce any right or remedy against any Borrower under the provisions of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any of the Secured
Obligations; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or release from, any of the
terms or provisions of this Agreement, or any other Loan Document or agreement; (d) any default,
failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance by any Loan Party of any of the Secured
Obligations; (e) the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain
any security interest in, or to preserve any rights to, any security or collateral for the Secured
Obligations, if any; (f) any change in the corporate, partnership or other existence, structure or
ownership of any Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Secured Obligations; (g) the
enforceability or validity of the Secured Obligations or any part thereof or the genuineness,
enforceability or validity of any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any collateral
securing the Secured Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or unenforceability
relating to or against any Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Secured Obligations, for
any reason related to this Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any provision
of applicable law, decree, order or regulation of any jurisdiction purporting to prohibit the
payment by such Borrower or any other guarantor of the Secured Obligations, of any of the Secured
Obligations or otherwise affecting any term of any of the Secured Obligations; or (h) any other
act, omission or delay to do any other act which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary
the risk of such Borrower or otherwise operate as a discharge of a guarantor as a matter of law or
equity or which would impair or eliminate any right of such Borrower to subrogation.

          Each Borrower further agrees that its agreement hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment
when due (whether or not any bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or
collection of any of the Secured Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of
collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in favor of any Borrower or any other Person.

          The obligations of each Borrower hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination for any reason, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off,
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unenforceability of any of the Secured Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of any of
the Secured Obligations or otherwise.

          Each Borrower further agrees that its obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or
be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Secured
Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank
or any Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise.

          In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have at law or in equity against any
Borrower by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any other Borrower to pay any Secured Obligation
when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of
prepayment or otherwise, each Borrower hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand
by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in cash an amount equal to the unpaid
principal amount of such Secured Obligations then due, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon. Each Borrower further agrees that if payment in respect of any Secured Obligation shall
be due in a currency other than Dollars and/or at a place of payment other than New York, Chicago
or any other Eurocurrency Payment Office and if, by reason of any Change in Law, disruption of
currency or foreign exchange markets, war or civil disturbance or other event, payment of such
Secured Obligation in such currency or at such place of payment shall be impossible, then, at the
election of the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall make payment of such Secured Obligation
in Dollars (based upon the applicable Equivalent Amount in effect on the date of payment) and/or in
New York, Chicago or such other Eurocurrency Payment Office as is designated by the Administrative
Agent and, subject to all applicable domestic and foreign laws, as a separate and independent
obligation, shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and any Lender against any
losses or reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that it shall sustain as a result of such alternative
payment.

          Upon payment by any Borrower of any sums as provided above, all rights of such Borrower
against any Borrower arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or otherwise shall
in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in
full in cash of all the Secured Obligations owed by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders.

          Nothing shall discharge or satisfy the liability of any Borrower hereunder except the full
performance and payment of the Secured Obligations.

          Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article X to the contrary, no Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower which is and remains an Affected Subsidiary shall be liable hereunder for any of the Loans
made solely to any one or more of the Domestic Loan Parties, or any other Secured Obligations owing
or otherwise incurred solely by or on behalf any one or more of, the Domestic Loan Parties.

          SECTION 10.02. German Guarantee Limitations.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (including, without
limitation, Section 10.1) or any other Loan Document:

          (a) Each Credit Party agrees not to enforce against a Borrower incorporated in Germany as a
limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) or as a limited partnership with
a limited liability company as sole general partner (GmbH & Co. KG) (a “German Borrower”)
any payment obligation arising out of the guarantee contained in Section 10.01 (the “Payment
Obligation”) (i) if and to
the extent such Payment Obligation secures obligations of an affiliated company (verbundene
Unternehmen) of such German Borrower within the meaning of Section 15 of the German Stock
Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) (other than any of the German Borrower’s subsidiaries), and (ii) if
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the extent the enforcement of such Payment Obligation would cause (as of the date of
delivery of an Enforcement Notice (as defined below)) the German Borrower’s or, in the case of a
German Borrower in the form of a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner’s net assets
(Nettoreinvermögen) calculated in accordance with applicable law, the applicable provisions of the
German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) consistently applied by the German Borrower and the
principles developed by court decisions for Section 30 GmbHG to fall below its registered share
capital (Stammkapital) (Begründung einer Unterbilanz) or, if such net assets are already less than
its registered share capital (Stammkapital), would cause such amount to be further reduced
(Vertiefung einer Unterbilanz) (such event a “Capital Impairment”) and such enforcement
would result in a violation of Section 30 of the German Act on Limited Liability Companies (Gesetz
betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung — “GmbHG”), and/or (iii) if and to
the extent that such enforcement would result (as of the date of delivery of an Enforcement Notice)
in a violation of Section 268(8) of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) provided
that for the purposes of calculating the amount to be enforced (if any) the following balance sheet
items shall be adjusted as follows:

     (i) the amount of any increase of the registered share capital (Stammkapital) effected
out of retained earnings (Kapitalerhöhung aus Gesellschaftsmitteln) of the German Borrower
or, in the case of a German Borrower in the form of a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner
that has been effected without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent shall
be deducted from the registered share capital (Stammkapital);

     (ii) liabilities arising from loans provided to the German Borrower by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries shall be disregarded if such loans are subordinated within the
meaning of Section 39(2) of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung) or qualify as
shareholder loans within the meaning of Section 39(1) No. 5 of the German Insolvency Code
(Insolvenzordnung);

     (iii) any loans and other contractual liabilities incurred by the German Borrower in
violation of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents shall be disregarded; and

     (iv) the net assets (Nettoreinvermögen) shall take into account the costs of the
Auditor’s Determination and Auditor’s Evaluation (each as defined below), either as a
reduction of assets or an increase of liabilities.

          (b) If the German Borrower intends to demonstrate that the enforcement of the Payment
Obligation would be limited pursuant to the limitation on enforcement set out above, it shall, upon
request of the Administrative Agent, as soon as reasonably practicable realize any asset that is
shown in the balance sheet with a book value (Buchwert) that is significantly lower than the market
value of such asset, which in its reasonable opinion is not necessary for the German Borrower’s
business (betriebsnotwendig). After the realization of such assets the German Borrower shall notify
the Administrative Agent of the amount of the proceeds from the sale and submit an accompanying
statement to the Administrative Agent stating the amount of the net assets (Nettoreinvermögen) of
the German Borrower or, in the case of a German Borrower in the form of a GmbH & Co. KG, its
general partner, and the amount by which such net assets (Nettoreinvermögen) exceed its respective
registered share capital, each recalculated (as of the date of delivery of an Enforcement Notice
and on the basis of the Management Determination or the Auditor’s Determination, respectively) for
the purposes of paragraph (a) hereof to take into account such proceeds.

          (c) The limitations set out in paragraph (a) hereof shall not apply:

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     (i) in relation to and to the extent the German Borrower can demonstrate that the
proceeds of any borrowings under the Credit Agreement have not been on-lent, or otherwise
passed on, to such German Borrower or any of its subsidiaries and have not been repaid; and

     (ii) if at the time of the enforcement of the guarantee granted hereunder a domination
agreement (Beherrschungsvertrag) or a profit and loss transfer agreement
(Gewinnabführungsvertrag) in accordance with Section 291 of the German Stock Corporation Act
(Aktiengesetz) exists between the German Borrower as dominated entity (beherrschtes
Unternehmen) or entity obliged to transfer its profits, respectively, and the obligor (or
such obligor’s direct or indirect shareholder) for whose obligations the guarantee hereunder
is granted by the German Borrower, unless the statutory loss compensation claim
(Verlustübernahmeanspruch) of such German Borrower pursuant to the domination and/or profit
and loss transfer agreement is not fully recoverable (nicht werthaltig) (provided that in
case the statutory loss compensation claim (Verlustübernahmeanspruch) is only recoverable in
part (teilweise werthaltig), the guarantee granted hereunder may be enforced without giving
regard to the limitations provided for in paragraph (a) to the extent that such statutory
loss compensation claim (Verlustübernahmeanspruch) is recoverable(werthaltig)); and

     (iii) if and to extent the German Borrower holds on the date of enforcement of the of
the guarantee granted hereunder a fully recoverable indemnity or claim for refund
(“vollwertiger Gegenleistungs- oder Rückgewähranspruch”) within the meaning of Section 30
(1) sentence 2 of the GmbHG against its shareholder.

          (d) The limitations set out in paragraph (a) hereof only apply if and to the extent that:

     (i) within ten (10) Business Days following the notification by any Credit Party of its
intention to enforce the Payment Obligation (the “Enforcement Notice”), the managing
director(s) on behalf of the relevant German Borrower has/have confirmed in writing to the
Administrative Agent to what extent the Payment Obligation cannot be enforced as it would
cause a Capital Impairment (as of the date of delivery of an Enforcement Notice) within the
meaning of paragraph (a) above (taking into account the adjustments set out in paragraph
(a)(i) to (iv) above) (the “Management Determination”) and the Administrative Agent
(acting on behalf of the relevant Credit Party) has not contested this; or

     (ii) within twenty (20) Business Days from the date the Administrative Agent has
contested the Management Determination, the Administrative Agent receives a determination by
the German Borrower’s auditors of the amount that could have been enforced without causing a
Capital Impairment (as of the date of delivery of an Enforcement Notice) within the meaning
of paragraph (a) above (the “Auditor’s Determination”). The amount determined in the
Auditor’s Determination shall (except for manifest error) be binding for the Credit Parties.
The costs of the Auditor’s Determination shall be borne by the relevant German Borrower.

          (e) If the Administrative Agent disagrees with the Auditor’s Determination, the Credit Parties
shall be entitled to enforce the Payment Obligation up to the amount which is undisputed between
themselves and the German Borrower. In relation to the amount which is disputed, the Credit Parties
shall be entitled to further pursue their claims (if any) and the German Borrower shall be entitled
to prove that this amount is necessary for maintaining its or, in the case of a German Borrower in
the form of a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner’s registered share capital (Stammkapital) without
violation of Section 30 GmbHG (calculated as of the date that the Enforcement Notice was given).

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          (f) If the Payment Obligation was enforced without limitation because the Management
Determination and/or the Auditor’s Determination (as the case may be) was not delivered within the
relevant time or for any other reason, the Credit Parties shall promptly upon demand by the
relevant German Borrower repay to such German Borrower any amount which is necessary pursuant to
Section 30 GmbHG to maintain the registered share capital (Stammkapital) of the German Borrower or,
in the case of a German Borrower in the form of a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner, calculated as
of the date that the Enforcement Notice was given provided the relevant Credit Party has received a
corresponding amount by the relevant German Borrower as a consequence of enforcement of the
relevant Payment Obligation.

          (g) No reduction of the amount enforceable under this guarantee in accordance with the above
limitations will prejudice the rights of the Credit Parties to continue enforcing the guarantee
(subject always to the operation of the limitation set out above at the time of such enforcement)
until full satisfaction of the guaranteed claims. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this
Section 10.02 shall affect the right of the Credit Parties (or any of them) to accelerate the Loans
pursuant to Article VII of this Agreement or to enforce the security granted under any Collateral
Document.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	BELDEN INC., as the Company

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Henk Derksen
 	 
	 	Name:  	Henk Derksen 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President, Financial Planning
and Analysis, Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Kevin L. Bloomfield
 	 
	 	Name:  	Kevin L. Bloomfield 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

individually as a Lender, as the

Swingline Lender, as the Issuing Bank and

as Administrative Agent

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Suzanne Ergastolo
 	 
	 	Name:  	Suzanne Ergastolo 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice Presiden 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, 

individually as a Lender and as
Co-Syndication Agent

 
	By:  	/s/ Marguerite Sutton
 	 
	 	Name:  	Marguerite Sutton 	 
	 	Title:  	Director 	 
	 
	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Enrique Landaeta
 	 
	 	Name:  	Enrique Landaeta 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 individually as a Lender and as
Co-Syndication Agent

 
	By:  	/s/ Daniel Van Aken
 	 
	 	Name:  	Daniel Van Aken 	 
	 	Title:  	Director 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 individually as a Lender and as
Documentation Agent

 
	By:  	/s/ David J. Silander
 	 
	 	Name:  	David J. Silander 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Ahu Gures
 	 
	 	Name:  	Ahu Gures 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 	 
	By:  	Thomas S. Sherman
 	 
	 	Name:  	Thomas S. Sherman 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Mark Wegener
 	 
	 	Name:  	Mark Wegener 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Marcel Fournier
 	 
	 	Name:  	Marcel Fournier 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	COMERICA BANK, as a Lender

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Mark J Leveille
 	 
	 	Name:  	Mark J Leveille 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	FIFTH THIRD BANK, as a Lender

an Ohio banking corporation

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Mary Ann Lemonds
 	 
	 	Name:  	Mary Ann Lemonds 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Thomas Hasenauer
 	 
	 	Name:  	Thomas Hasenauer 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Jenni Adams
 	 
	 	Name:  	Jenni Adams 	 
	 	Title:  	AVP, Relationship Manager 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Belden Inc.

 

 

SCHEDULE 2.01

COMMITMENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	LENDER	 	COMMITMENT	 
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
	 	$	52,500,000	 
	DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
	 	$	42,500,000	 
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	$	42,500,000	 
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	$	42,500,000	 
	CITIBANK, N.A.
	 	$	35,000,000	 
	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	$	35,000,000	 
	RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	$	35,000,000	 
	KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	$	25,000,000	 
	COMERICA BANK
	 	$	25,000,000	 
	FIFTH THIRD BANK
	 	$	25,000,000	 
	THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
	 	$	25,000,000	 
	HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	$	15,000,000	 
	AGGREGATE COMMITMENT
	 	$	400,000,000	 

 

 

SCHEDULE 2.02

MANDATORY COST

	1.	 	The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the
cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial
Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its
functions) or (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank.
	 
	2.	 	On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the
Administrative Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the “Associated Costs
Rate”) for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory
Cost will be calculated by the Administrative Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders’
Associated Costs Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender
in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum.
	 
	3.	 	The Associated Costs Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in a
Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the
Administrative Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the
Administrative Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage
of that Lender’s participation in all Loans made from that Facility Office) of complying with
the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from
that Facility Office.
	 
	4.	 	The Associated Costs Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in the United
Kingdom will be calculated by the Administrative Agent as follows:

	 	(a)	 	in relation to a Loan in Pounds Sterling:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	AB+C(B-D)+E*0.01
	 	per cent. per annum
	 

	 	 	 
	 

	 	100-(A+C)	 

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 	E*0.01	 	 	per cent. per annum.
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	300	 	 

	 	 	 	Where:

	 	A 	 	is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of any
stated minimum) which that Lender is from time to time required to maintain as an
interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio
requirements.
	 
	 	B 	 	is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Applicable Rate and the
Mandatory Cost and, if the Loan is an Unpaid Sum, the additional rate of interest
specified in Section 2.13(c)) payable for the relevant Interest Period on the Loan.
	 
	 	C 	 	is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that Lender is required
from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special Deposits with the Bank of
England.

 

 

	 	D 	 	is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the
Administrative Agent on interest bearing Special Deposits.
	 
	 	E 	 	is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is
calculated by the Administrative Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of
charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph
7 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000.

	5.	 	For the purposes of this Schedule:

	 	(a)	 	“Eligible Liabilities” and “Special Deposits” have the meanings given to them
from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be
appropriate) by the Bank of England;
	 
	 	(b)	 	“Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the
Administrative Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following
that date, by not less than five Business Days’ written notice) as the office or offices
through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.
	 
	 	(c)	 	“Fees Rules” means the rules on periodic fees contained in the Financial
Services Authority Fees Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from
time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits;
	 
	 	(d)	 	“Fee Tariffs” means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the
activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee
required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount
rate);
	 
	 	(e)	 	“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that
adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of
the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.
	 
	 	(f)	 	“Reference Banks” means, in relation to Mandatory Cost, the principal London
offices of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	 
	 	(g)	 	“Tariff Base” has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in
accordance with, the Fees Rules.
	 
	 	(h)	 	“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by any Borrower under the
Loan Documents.

	6.	 	In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the formulae
as percentages (i.e. 5 per cent. will be included in the formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A
negative result obtained by subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting
figures shall be rounded to four decimal places.
	 
	7.	 	If requested by the Administrative Agent, each Reference Bank shall, as soon as
practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the
Administrative Agent, the rate of

2

 

	 	 	charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the
Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority
(calculated for this purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs
applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per
£1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference Bank.
	 
	8.	 	Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Administrative Agent for the
purpose of calculating its Associated Costs Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each
Lender shall supply the following information on or prior to the date on which it becomes a
Lender:

	 	(a)	 	the jurisdiction of its Facility Office; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	any other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably require for such
purpose.

Each Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change to the information
provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.

	9.	 	The percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the rates of
charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall be determined by the
Administrative Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8
above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the Administrative Agent to the
contrary, each Lender’s obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits
are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Facility
Office in the same jurisdiction as its Facility Office.
	 
	10.	 	The Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination
results in an Associated Costs Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be
entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or Reference Bank pursuant to
paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects.
	 
	11.	 	The Administrative Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result
of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Associated Costs Rate for each Lender
based on the information provided by each Lender and each Reference Bank pursuant to
paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above.
	 
	12.	 	Any determination by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation
to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Associated Costs Rate or any amount payable to a Lender
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
	 
	13.	 	The Administrative Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Company
and the relevant Lenders, determine and notify to all parties hereto any amendments which are
required to be made to this Schedule 2.02 in order to comply with any change in law,
regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial
Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which
replaces all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

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SCHEDULE 2.06

EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Party	 	L/C Number	 	Issuing Lender	 	Expiry Date	 	Amount	 	Beneficiary
	Belden CDT, Inc.

	 	SM207971W
	 	Wells Fargo Bank,
National
Association
	 	Evergreen
	 	$	3,530,768.00	 	 	Insurance Company of North
America and/or Employers
Insurance Company and/or
Westchester Fire Insurance and/or
Indemnity Insurance Company of
North America
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden CDT Inc.

	 	SM209303W
	 	Wells Fargo Bank,
National
Association
	 	Evergreen
	 	$	264.566.00	 	 	Federal Insurance Company
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Inc.

	 	SM232024W
	 	Wells Fargo Bank,
National
Association
	 	Evergreen
	 	EUR 2,016,600.00

	 	 	CitiGroup Global Markets
Deutschland AG and Co. KG
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Inc.

	 	SM233772W
	 	Wells Fargo Bank,
National
Association
	 	Evergreen
	 	EUR 2,139,363.91

	 	 	ING Bank N.V.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Inc.

	 	SM234452W
	 	Wells Fargo Bank,
National
Association
	 	Evergreen
	 	$	50,000.00	 	 	Terrence J. Rose, Inc. Real
Estate Investment & Development
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Inc.

	 	SM235302W
	 	Wells Fargo Bank,
National
Association
	 	Evergreen
	 	$	700,000.00	 	 	Westchester Fire Insurance Company

1

 

SCHEDULE 3.01

SUBSIDIARIES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Description of each	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Class of Equity	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction of	 	% of Equity Interests	 	Interests Issued	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Incorporation or	 	owned by the Company and	 	and Outstanding (if	 	Subsidiary	 	Material
	Subsidiary Name	 	Organization	 	other Subsidiaries	 	<100% owned)	 	Guarantor?	 	Subsidiary?
	Belden 1993 LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	Belden Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A
	 	x
	 	x
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden CDT International,
Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 	Belden Wire & Cable
Company LLC: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden CDT Networking, Inc.

	 	Washington
	 	Belden Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A
	 	x
	 	x
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Holdings, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 	Belden Wire & Cable
Company LLC: 61%
CDT International
Holdings LLC: 39%
	 	N/A
	 	x
	 	x
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Technologies, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	Belden Wire & Cable
Company LLC: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Wire & Cable Company
LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	Belden 1993 LLC: 100%
	 	N/A
	 	x
	 	x
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CDT International Holdings 

LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	Belden CDT Networking,
Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A
	 	x
	 	x
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	GarrettCom, Inc.

	 	California
	 	Belden Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	International 

Communications 

Manufacturing Corporation

	 	Colorado
	 	Belden Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	LANstore, Inc.

	 	California
	 	GarrettCom, Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	RHPS Ventures, LLC

	 	Colorado
	 	Belden Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Telecast Fiber Systems, Inc.

	 	Massachusetts
	 	Belden Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	X-Mark/CDT Inc.

	 	Pennsylvania
	 	CDT International
Holdings LLC: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Anglo-American Cables Ltd.

	 	UK
	 	Noslo Ltd: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 

1

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Description of each	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Class of Equity	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction of	 	% of Equity Interests	 	Interests Issued	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Incorporation or	 	owned by the Company and	 	and Outstanding (if	 	Subsidiary	 	Material
	Subsidiary Name	 	Organization	 	other Subsidiaries	 	<100% owned)	 	Guarantor?	 	Subsidiary?
	Belden AB

	 	Sweden
	 	Belden Commercial
Services BV: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Asia (Hong Kong) 

Limited

	 	Hong Kong
	 	Belden Far East Holdings
BV: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Asia (Thailand) Co.
Ltd.

	 	Thailand
	 	Belden Wire & Cable
Company LLC: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Australia Pty Ltd.

	 	Australia
	 	Belden Wire & Cable
Company LLC: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Automation (Asia
Pacific) Pte. Ltd.

	 	Singapore
	 	Belden Singapore Private
Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Brasil Commercial
Ltda.

	 	Brazil
	 	Belden CDT
International, Inc.: 99.99%
Belden Wire & Cable
Company LLC: 0.01%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Poliron Cabos Eletricos 

Especiais Ltda

	 	Brazil
	 	Belden Brasil Commercial
Ltda.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden CDT (Canada) Inc.

	 	Canada
	 	Belden International
Holdings B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden CDT European Shared
Services BV

	 	the Netherlands
	 	Belden Europe B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Cekan A/S

	 	Denmark
	 	Belden Europe B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Commercial Services
BV

	 	the Netherlands
	 	Belden Europe B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden de Sonora S.A. de
C.V.

	 	Mexico
	 	Belden Wire & Cable
Company LLC: 98%
Belden CDT
International, Inc.: 2%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Deutschland GmbH

	 	Germany
	 	Belden Europe B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A
	 	 	 	x

2

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Description of each	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Class of Equity	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction of	 	% of Equity Interests	 	Interests Issued	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Incorporation or	 	owned by the Company and	 	and Outstanding (if	 	Subsidiary	 	Material
	Subsidiary Name	 	Organization	 	other Subsidiaries	 	<100% owned)	 	Guarantor?	 	Subsidiary?
	Belden-Duna Kábel Kft.

	 	Hungary
	 	Belden Logistic Services
B.V.: 99.9%
Belden Wire & Cable
B.V.: 0.1%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Electronics
Argentina S.A.

	 	Argentina
	 	Belden Wire & Cable
Company LLC: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Electronics GmbH

	 	Germany
	 	Belden Deutschland GmbH: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Electronics S.A. de
C.V.

	 	Mexico
	 	Belden Wire & Cable
Company LLC: 98%
Belden CDT
International, Inc.: 2%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Europe B.V.

	 	the Netherlands
	 	Belden International
Holdings B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A
	 	 	 	x
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Far East Holdings BV

	 	the Netherlands
	 	Belden Europe B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden France SAS

	 	France
	 	Belden Commercial
Services BV: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Global C.V. & Belden
Wire & Cable B.V. Finance
Gbr

	 	Germany
	 	LTK Wiring Company
Limited: 99.9%
Belden Wire & Cable
B.V.: 0.08%
Belden Global C.V.: 0.02%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Global C.V.

	 	the Netherlands
	 	Belden Holdings, Inc.:
87.1%
CDT International
Holdings LLC: 12.9%
	 	N/A
	 	 	 	x
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Hirschmann
Networking System Trading
(Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

	 	China
	 	LTK Wiring Company
Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	Belden Iberia S.L.

	 	Spain
	 	Belden Commercial
Services BV: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 

3

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Description of each	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Class of Equity	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction of	 	% of Equity Interests	 	Interests Issued	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Incorporation or	 	owned by the Company and	 	and Outstanding (if	 	Subsidiary	 	Material
	Subsidiary Name	 	Organization	 	other Subsidiaries	 	<100% owned)	 	Guarantor?	 	Subsidiary?
	Belden India Private Limited

	 	India
	 	Belden Singapore Private
Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden International
Holdings, B.V.

	 	the Netherlands
	 	Belden Global CV: 100%
	 	N/A
	 	 	 	x
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Italia SRL

	 	Italy
	 	Belden Europe B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Logistic Services BV

	 	the Netherlands
	 	Belden Europe B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden LRC Mexico S de R.L.
de C.V.

	 	Mexico
	 	Belden Inc.:
99.97%

Belden CDT
International, Inc.: 0.03%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Singapore Private 

Limited

	 	Singapore
	 	Belden CDT
International, Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Technologies S.r.l.

	 	Peru
	 	Belden Wire & Cable
Company LLC: 99%

Belden Holdings, Inc.: 1%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden UK Limited

	 	UK
	 	Belden Commercial
Services BV: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Wire & Cable B.V.

	 	the Netherlands
	 	Belden Europe B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden-EIW GmbH & Co KG

	 	Germany
	 	Belden Deutschland GmbH:
99.9%

Belden Electronics GmbH: 0.1%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Cable Design Technologies

(Deutschland) Gmbh

	 	Germany
	 	Belden Deutschland GmbH:
100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dalian LTK Electronic Wire
Ltd.

	 	China
	 	LTK Wiring Company
Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	GarrettCom Europe Ltd

	 	UK
	 	GarrettCom, Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Hirschmann Automation and
Control GmbH

	 	Germany
	 	Hirschmann Industries
GmbH: 100%
	 	N/A
	 	 	 	x

4

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Description of each	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Class of Equity	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction of	 	% of Equity Interests	 	Interests Issued	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Incorporation or	 	owned by the Company and	 	and Outstanding (if	 	Subsidiary	 	Material
	Subsidiary Name	 	Organization	 	other Subsidiaries	 	<100% owned)	 	Guarantor?	 	Subsidiary?
	Hirschmann Automation and
Control KK

	 	Japan
	 	LTK Technologies Co.
Ltd.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Hirschmann Automation and
Control Ltd.

	 	UK
	 	Belden UK Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Hirschmann Electronics GmbH

	 	Germany
	 	Hirschmann Industries
GmbH: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Hirschmann Industries GmbH

	 	Germany
	 	Belden Deutschland GmbH:
90%

Belden Europe B.V.: 10%
	 	N/A
	 	 	 	x
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Hirschmann Verwaltungs GmbH

	 	Germany
	 	Hirschmann Industries
GmbH: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Huizhou LTK Electronic
Cable Ltd.

	 	China
	 	LTK Wiring Company
Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ITC Industria Tecnica CAVI
S.r.l.

	 	Italy
	 	Belden Europe B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LTK Cable (Chongqing) 

Company Limited

	 	China
	 	LTK Wiring Company
Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LTK Cable (Huizhou) Ltd.

	 	China
	 	LTK Wiring Company
Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LTK Cable Technology Ltd.

	 	Taiwan
	 	Belden Far East Holdings
BV: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LTK Electric Wire (Huizhou) 

Limited

	 	China
	 	LTK Wiring Company
Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LTK Industries (Suzhou) 

Limited

	 	China
	 	LTK Wiring Company
Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LTK International Ltd.

	 	Hong Kong
	 	LTK Wiring Company
Limited: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LTK Technologies Co. Ltd.

	 	Japan
	 	Belden Far East Holdings
BV: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 

5

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Description of each	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Class of Equity	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction of	 	% of Equity Interests	 	Interests Issued	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Incorporation or	 	owned by the Company and	 	and Outstanding (if	 	Subsidiary	 	Material
	Subsidiary Name	 	Organization	 	other Subsidiaries	 	<100% owned)	 	Guarantor?	 	Subsidiary?
	LTK Wiring Company Limited

	 	Hong Kong
	 	Belden Far East Holdings
BV: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Lukram Automation

	 	Czech Rep.
	 	Lukram SRO: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Lukram SRO

	 	Czech Rep.
	 	Belden Europe
B.V.: 70%

Belden Far East Holdings
BV: 30%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Nordx/CDT Ltd

	 	UK
	 	Noslo Ltd: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Noslo Ltd.

	 	UK
	 	Belden Europe B.V.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Raydex/CDT Ltd.

	 	UK
	 	Belden Inc.: 100%
	 	N/A	 	 	 	 

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SCHEDULE 6.01

EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS

	 	1.	 	Those certain 7.0% Senior Subordinated Notes due in 2017, in an original principal
amount of $350,000,000, issued by the Company, pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as
of March 16, 2007 by and among the Company (which, at the time of entering into such
Indenture was known as Belden CDT Inc., a Delaware corporation), and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee, as supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
	 
	 	2.	 	Those certain 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due in 2019, in an original principal
amount not to exceed $200,000,000, issued by the Company, pursuant to that certain
Indenture, dated as of June 29, 2009 by and among the Company, the guarantors party
thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as supplemented, amended or
otherwise modified from time to time.
	 
	 	3.	 	Letters of Credit:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Party	 	Bank	 	L/C Number	 	Beneficiary	 	Amount	 	Currency	 	Purpose	 	Expiration
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5460301505	 	 	Larsen & Toubro Limited
	 	 	12,028.00	 	 	USD
	 	MRPL Phase III Refinery Expansion Project
	 	10/22/12
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5469078507	 	 	Engineers India Limited
	 	 	27,855.00	 	 	USD
	 	BORL Project Retention
	 	08/08/11
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	549112515	 	 	Punj Lloyd Ltd.
	 	 	19,395.00	 	 	USD
	 	BORL Project Retention
	 	03/22/12
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5469225505	 	 	Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
	 	 	25,545.03	 	 	USD
	 	New FCCU Mumbai Refinery
	 	07/22/11
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5469247510	 	 	Bharat Petroleum Corporation
	 	 	86,605.00	 	 	USD
	 	Kochi Refinery Project
	 	12/28/11
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5469316506	 	 	Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.
	 	 	5,217.73	 	 	USD
	 	Hitech Carbon
	 	04/17/12

1

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Party	 	Bank	 	L/C Number	 	Beneficiary	 	Amount	 	Currency	 	Purpose	 	Expiration
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5469364505	 	 	Larsen & Toubro Limited
	 	 	18,539.00	 	 	USD
	 	HPCL Lobs Project
	 	04/06/12
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5460060511	 	 	Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
	 	 	3,699.00	 	 	USD
	 	HGU Project
	 	06/07/11
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5460076507	 	 	Vioth Hydro Pvt. Ltd.
	 	 	1,015.00	 	 	USD
	 	Himachal Sorang Power P Ltd. Project
	 	07/08/13
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5460341505	 	 	Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
	 	 	2,205.00	 	 	USD
	 	Projects MR Fuels, Mumbai Refinery
	 	07/17/12
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5460084503	 	 	Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
	 	 	1,008.00	 	 	USD
	 	Projects MR Fuels, Mumbai Refinery
	 	11/29/11
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5460145514	 	 	Engineers India Limited
	 	 	42,750.00	 	 	USD
	 	MRPL Phase III Refinery Expansion Project
	 	03/21/13
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5460365511	 	 	Engineers India Limited
	 	 	8,550.00	 	 	USD
	 	MRPL Phase III Refinery Expansion Project
	 	09/20/13
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5461011511	 	 	Greenesol Power Systems Pvt Ltd
	 	 	2,977.58	 	 	USD
	 	Utkal Alumina 3x30 MW Project
	 	08/06/12
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5461011512	 	 	Greenesol Power Systems Pvt Ltd
	 	 	3,680.51	 	 	USD
	 	Utkal Alumina 3x30 MW Project
	 	08/07/12
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5461042506	 	 	Larsen & Toubro Limited
	 	 	14,513.50	 	 	USD
	 	MRPL Phase III Refinery Expansion Project
	 	01/30/13
	Belden Singapore Private Limited

	 	Citibank HK
	 	 	5461048501	 	 	Mangalore Refinery Petrochemicals Ltd
	 	 	2,710.00	 	 	USD
	 	MRPL Phase III Refinery Expansion Project
	 	08/20/12

2

 

	 	 	Bank Guarantees

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Guarantor	 	Reference	 	Beneficiary	 	Amount	 	Currency	 	Purpose
	Bank of America

	 	 	N/A	 	 	Commissioners of HM Custom
and Excise
	 	 	100,000.00	 	 	GBP
	 	Import/Export (Raydex)
	ING Bank

	 	 	2002010294	 	 	BHF Bank Frankfurt AM Main
	 	 	125,000.00	 	 	EUR
	 	Lease printers
	ING Bank

	 	 	2008000733	 	 	CHG Meridean
	 	 	270,000.00	 	 	EUR
	 	Lease computers
	ING Bank

	 	 	2007011587	 	 	Warehouse de Pauw
	 	 	501,816.00	 	 	EUR
	 	Lease back of Venlo premises
	Citibank

	 	 	5138318501	 	 	Warehouse de Pauw
	 	 	1,300,000.00	 	 	EUR
	 	Lease back of Venlo premises
	Citibank

	 	 	5138339501	 	 	KBC Lease Nederland B.V.
	 	 	125,500.20	 	 	EUR
	 	Copiers Rentals
	Citibank

	 	 	5139279504	 	 	INARCASSA
	 	 	11,000.00	 	 	EUR
	 	Office Rental Italy S.R.L.
	Citibank

	 	 	5139279505	 	 	INARCASSA
	 	 	44,000.00	 	 	EUR
	 	Office Rental Italy S.R.L.
	Citibank

	 	 	5139279506	 	 	HM Revenue and Customs
	 	 	200,000.00	 	 	GBP
	 	Import/Export (BWC)
	Citibank

	 	 	5210173501	 	 	Degedomus
	 	 	1,320,213.87	 	 	EUR
	 	Office HAC Ettlingen
	Citibank China

	 	 	5610252802	 	 	MCC
	 	 	1,830,000.00	 	 	RMB
	 	Quality Bank Guarantee
	Citibank China

	 	 	 	 	 	MCC
	 	 	2,225,000.00	 	 	RMB
	 	Warranty Guarantee
	Citibank India

	 	 	5679303543	 	 	Indian Oil corp Ltd
	 	 	2,310,075.00	 	 	INR
	 	Optical Sensing of 3rd Party
	Citibank India

	 	 	5670154506	 	 	Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
	 	 	1,000,000.00	 	 	INR
	 	Project TCS Sahyadri Park
	China Construction Bank

	 	KS012-2011006
	 	Dalian HuaYu
	 	 	25,463.00	 	 	RMB
	 	Quality Bank Guarantee
	China Construction Bank

	 	KS012-2011011
	 	Dalian HuaYu
	 	 	15,467.50	 	 	RMB
	 	Quality Bank Guarantee
	China Construction Bank

	 	KS012-2011013
	 	Dalian HuaYu
	 	 	1,474.05	 	 	RMB
	 	Quality Bank Guarantee

3

 

SCHEDULE 6.02

EXISTING LIENS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Debtor	 	Secured Party	 	Original Filing Date	 	Filing Number	 	Jurisdiction	 	Property Covered
	Belden Inc.

	 	Orbian Financial

Services II, LLC
	 	 03/30/10
	 	 	20101086606	 	 	Delaware
	 	All accounts,
general intangibles
or other receivables
which are owing to
Debtor by Siemens
Industry, Inc. and
have been purchased
by the Secured Party
from Debtor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden CDT
Networking, Inc.

	 	Daikin America, Inc.
	 	 03/16/09
	 	2009-077-2467-6	 	Washington
	 	All Daikin products
and inventory
delivered by Secured
Party as Consignor
to Debtor as
Consignee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden Wire & Cable 

Company

	 	Daikin America, Inc.
	 	 03/13/09
	 	 	90893302	 	 	Delaware
	 	All Daikin products
and inventory
delivered by Secured
Party as Consignor
to Debtor as
Consignee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Belden CDT
Networking, Inc.
f/k/a Cable Design
Technologies Inc.

	 	Union Bank of
Switzerland, New
York Branch*
	 	 08/26/93
	 	Reel/Frame
(1026/0269)
	 	U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office
	 	MOHAWK trademark,
reg. no. 1376538

 

			
	*	 	Does not secure Indebtedness.

4

 

SCHEDULE 6.04

EXISTING INVESTMENTS

	1.	 	50% of equity of Xuzhou Hirschmann Electronics Co. Ltd.

	2.	 	25% of equity of Port GmbH.

	3.	 	49% of equity of GarrettCom India Pvt Ltd.

1

 

SCHEDULE 6.06

TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

None.

 

 

EXHIBIT A

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

     This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as
of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert
name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of
Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended,
the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.
The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and
incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth
herein in full.

     For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the
Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to
and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the
Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s
rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other
documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and
percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the
Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit,
guarantees, and Swingline Loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be
assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the
Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under
or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant
thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the
foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all
other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant
to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)
above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and
assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment
and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

	 	 	 	 	 

	1.

	 	Assignor:	 	
 

	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.

	 	Assignee:	 	

 

 
	 

	 	 	 	[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.

	 	Borrowers:
	 	Belden Inc. and certain Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.

	 	Administrative Agent:
	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative
agent under the Credit Agreement
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5.

	 	Credit Agreement:
	 	The Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2011
among Belden Inc., the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers
from time to time parties thereto, the Lenders
parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, and the other agents parties
thereto

 

			
	1	 	Select as applicable.

2

 

	6.	 	Assigned Interest:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Aggregate Amount of	 	 	 	 
	Commitment/Loans for	 	Amount of Commitment/	 	Percentage Assigned of
	all Lenders	 	Loans Assigned	 	Commitment/Loans2
	$
	 	$
	 	%
	$
	 	$
	 	%
	$
	 	$
	 	%

Effective Date: _____________ ___, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER
THEREFOR.]

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR] 

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 
	 	ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE] 

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Consented to and Accepted:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative
Agent and Issuing Bank
 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	[Consented to:]3

[BELDEN INC.] 

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 

 

			
	2	 	Set forth, so at least 9 decimals, as a
percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
	 
	3	 	To be added only if the consent of the
Company is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

3

 

ANNEX I

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

          1. Representations and Warranties.

          1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any
lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken
all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial
condition of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in
respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any
Loan Document.

          1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power
and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement
that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a
Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit
Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the
obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together
with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as
applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the
Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and
without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Non-U.S.
Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by
it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and
(b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the
Assignor 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 the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a
Lender.

          2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make
all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees
and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective
Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

          3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall
constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the law of the State of New York.

 

 

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE INITIAL LOAN PARTIES AND THE INITIAL PLEDGED FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES

[Delivered separately]

 

 

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT

     INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated __________, 20___ (this “Supplement”), by and
among each of the signatories hereto, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2011 (as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among Belden Inc. (the “Company”), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from
time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H

          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the Company has the right,
subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to effectuate from time to time an increase in the
Aggregate Commitment and/or one or more tranches of Incremental Term Loans under the Credit
Agreement by requesting one or more Lenders to increase the amount of its Commitment and/or to
participate in such a tranche;

          WHEREAS, the Company has given notice to the Administrative Agent of its intention to
[increase the Aggregate Commitment]
[and/or] [enter into a tranche of Incremental
Term Loans] pursuant to such Section 2.20; and

          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned Increasing
Lender now desires to [increase the amount of its Commitment]
[and/or] [participate in a tranche of
Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement by executing and delivering to
the Company and the Administrative Agent this Supplement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:

          1. The undersigned Increasing Lender agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement, that on the date of this Supplement it shall [have its
Commitment increased by $[__________], thereby making the
aggregate amount of its total Commitments equal to
$[__________]] [and/or]
[participate in a tranche of Incremental Term Loans with a commitment amount
equal to $[__________] with respect thereto].

          2. The Company hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing on and as of the date hereof.

          3. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein.

          4. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York.

          5. This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same document.

 

 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplement to be executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[INSERT NAME OF INCREASING LENDER]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:

BELDEN INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Acknowledged as of the date first written above:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
 as Administrative Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

2

 

	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT D

FORM OF AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT

          AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated __________, 20___ (this “Supplement”), to the
Credit Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Belden Inc. (the
“Company”), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders
party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H

          WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement provides in Section 2.20 thereof that any bank,
financial institution or other entity may [extend Commitments]
[and/or] [participate in tranches of
Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement subject to the approval of the
Company and the Administrative Agent, by executing and delivering to the Company and the
Administrative Agent a supplement to the Credit Agreement in substantially the form of this
Supplement; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned Augmenting Lender was not an original party to the Credit Agreement
but now desires to become a party thereto;

          NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:

          1. The undersigned Augmenting Lender agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Credit
Agreement and agrees that it shall, on the date of this Supplement, become a Lender for all
purposes of the Credit Agreement to the same extent as if originally a party thereto, with a
[Commitment with respect to Revolving Loans of
$[__________]] [and/or]
[a commitment with respect to Incremental Term Loans of
$[__________]].

          2. The undersigned Augmenting Lender (a) represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into this Supplement; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit
Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and has reviewed such other documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Supplement; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent 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 the
Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d)
appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms
thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound
by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the
obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a
Lender.

          3. The undersigned’s address for notices for the purposes of the Credit Agreement is as
follows:

          [___________]

 

 

          4. The Company hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing on and as of the date hereof.

          5. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein.

          6. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York.

          7. This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same document.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplement to be executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[INSERT NAME OF AUGMENTING LENDER]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:

BELDEN INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Acknowledged as of the date first written above:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
 as Administrative Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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EXHIBIT E

LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS

BELDEN INC.

CERTAIN FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS

CREDIT FACILITIES

April 25, 2011

LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS1

A. LOAN DOCUMENTS

	1.	 	Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Belden Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time parties thereto
(collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”), the institutions from time to time parties
thereto as Lenders (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as
Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”), evidencing
a revolving credit facility to the Borrowers from the Lenders in an initial aggregate
principal amount of $400,000,000.

SCHEDULES

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 2.01

	 	—
	 	Commitments
	Schedule 2.02

	 	—
	 	Mandatory Costs
	Schedule 2.06

	 	—
	 	Existing Letters of Credit
	Schedule 3.01

	 	—
	 	Subsidiaries
	Schedule 6.01

	 	—
	 	Existing Indebtedness
	Schedule 6.02

	 	—
	 	Existing Liens
	Schedule 6.04

	 	—
	 	Existing Investments
	Schedule 6.06

	 	—
	 	Transactions with Affiliates

EXHIBITS

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit A

	 	—
	 	Form of Assignment and Assumption
	Exhibit B

	 	—
	 	Form of Opinion of U.S. Counsel for the Company and
Initial Domestic Loan Parties
	Exhibit C

	 	—
	 	Form of Increasing Lender Supplement
	Exhibit D

	 	—
	 	Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement
	Exhibit E

	 	—
	 	List of Closing Documents
	Exhibit F-1

	 	—
	 	Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
	Exhibit F-2

	 	—
	 	Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination
	Exhibit G-1

	 	—
	 	Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Lenders That
Are Not Partnerships)

 

			
	1	 	Each capitalized term used herein and not
defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
above-defined Credit Agreement. Items appearing in bold and italics shall be
prepared and/or provided by the Company and/or Company’s counsel.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit G-2

	 	—
	 	Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Lenders That
Are Partnerships)
	Exhibit G-3

	 	—
	 	Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Participants
That Are Not Partnerships)
	Exhibit G-4

	 	—
	 	Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Participants
That Are Partnerships)
	Exhibit H

	 	—
	 	Form of Continuing Agreement re Letters of Credit

 

			
	2.	 	Notes executed by the initial Borrowers in favor of each of the Lenders, if any, which has
requested a note pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	3.	 	Guaranty executed by the initial Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent
	 
	4.	 	Pledge and Security Agreement executed by the initial Subsidiary Guarantors that are Domestic
Subsidiaries (collectively with the Borrowers, the “Domestic Loan Parties”), together
with pledged instruments and allonges, stock certificates, stock powers executed in blank,
pledge instructions and acknowledgments, as appropriate.

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit A

	 	—
	 	Legal and Prior Names; Principal Place of Business and Chief
Executive Office; Properties Leased by the Grantors; Properties
Owned by the Grantors; Public Warehouses or Other Locations
	Exhibit B

	 	—
	 	Aircraft/Engines, Ships, Railcars and Other Vehicles Governed by
Federal Statute; Material Intellectual Property
	Exhibit C

	 	—
	 	List of Material Instruments, Pledged Equity
	Exhibit D

	 	—
	 	UCC Financing Statement Filing Locations
	Exhibit E

	 	—
	 	Material Commercial Tort Claims
	Exhibit F

	 	—
	 	FEIN; State Organization Number and Jurisdiction of Incorporation
	Exhibit G

	 	—
	 	Form of Amendment

	5.	 	Confirmatory Grant of Security Interest in United States Patents made by certain of the
Domestic Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.

Schedule A  —  Registered Patents; Patent Applications; Other Patents

	6.	 	Confirmatory Grant of Security Interest in United States Trademarks made by certain of the
Domestic Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.

Schedule A  —  Registered Trademarks; Trademark and Service Mark
Applications; Other Trademarks

	7.	 	Certificates of Insurance listing the Administrative Agent as (x) lender loss payee for the
property, casualty insurance policies of the Domestic Loan Parties, together with long-form
lender loss payable endorsements, as appropriate, and (y) additional insured with respect to
the liability insurance of the Domestic Loan Parties, together with additional insured
endorsements.

B. UCC DOCUMENTS

	8.	 	UCC, tax lien and name variation search reports naming each Domestic Loan Party from the
appropriate offices in relevant jurisdictions.

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	9.	 	UCC financing statements naming each Domestic Loan Party as debtor and the Administrative
Agent as secured party as filed with the appropriate offices in applicable jurisdictions.

C. CORPORATE DOCUMENTS

	10.	 	Certificate of the Secretary or Manager or an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Manager of
each Domestic Loan Party certifying (i) that there have been no changes in the Certificate of
Incorporation or other charter document of such Domestic Loan Party, as attached thereto and
as certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or analogous governmental entity)
of the jurisdiction of its organization, since the date of the certification thereof by such
governmental entity, (ii) the By-Laws or other applicable organizational document, as attached
thereto, of such Domestic Loan Party as in effect on the date of such certification, (iii)
resolutions of the Board of Directors or other governing body of such Domestic Loan Party
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which it is a
party, and (iv) the names and true signatures of the incumbent officers of each Domestic Loan
Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (in the case of each
Borrower) authorized to request a Borrowing or the issuance of a Letter of Credit under the
Credit Agreement.
	 
	11.	 	Good Standing Certificate (or analogous documentation if applicable) for each Domestic Loan
Party from the Secretary of State (or analogous governmental entity) of the jurisdiction of
its organization, to the extent generally available in such jurisdiction.

D. OPINIONS

	12.	 	Opinion of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C., U.S. counsel for the Borrowers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors.

E. CLOSING CERTIFICATES AND MISCELLANEOUS

	13.	 	A Certificate signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Company
certifying the following: (i) all of the representations and warranties of the Company set
forth in the Credit Agreement are true and correct and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is then continuing.
	 
	14.	 	A Certificate of the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Company in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent supporting the
conclusions that, after giving effect to the Transactions, the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, are Solvent and will be Solvent subsequent to incurring the Indebtedness in
connection with the Transactions.
	 
	15.	 	Payoff documentation providing evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
that the credit agreement identified in Section 4.01(f) of the Credit Agreement has been
terminated and cancelled (along with all of the agreements, documents and instruments
delivered in connection therewith) and all Indebtedness owing thereunder has been repaid and
any and all liens thereunder have been terminated.

F. POST-CLOSING DOCUMENTS

	16.	 	Guarantee by Belden Global CV.

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	17.	 	Pledge Agreement by Belden Holdings, Inc. and CDT International Holdings LLC with respect to
65% of their respective interests in Belden Global CV.
	 
	18.	 	Pledge Agreement by Belden Global CV with respect to 65% of the shares of Belden
International Holdings BV.
	 
	19.	 	In relation to Belden Deutschland GmbH (the “Initial German Borrower”), (i) a recent
commercial register extract (Handelsregisterauszug), (ii) its articles of association
(Satzung), (iii) a list of its shareholders (Gesellschafterliste) , (iv) copies of a
shareholder resolution of the Initial German Borrower approving of the terms of and the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, (v) a specimen signature of each person
authorized to execute on behalf of the Initial German Borrower any Loan Document and any
agreements, notices and other documents under or in connection with the Loan Documents and
(vi) a certificate of an authorized signatory of the Initial German Borrower that each copy
document referred to above is true, complete and in full force as at a date nor earlier than
the date of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	20.	 	In relation to Belden Global CV, (i) a recent extract from the commercial register, (ii) the
agreement of limited partnership, (iii) the partners resolutions, approving of the terms of
and the transactions contemplated by the Pledge Agreement referenced in Items 8 and 9 of this
Exhibit E and (iv) a certificate of an authorized signatory of Belden Global CV that each copy
document referred to above is true, complete and in full force as at a date not earlier than
the date of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	21.	 	In relation to Belden International Holdings B.V., (i) a recent extract from the commercial
register, (ii) its articles of association, (iii) the shareholders’ register, (iv) the
resolutions of its shareholders and its managing board, each approving of the terms of and the
transactions contemplated by the Pledge Agreement referenced in Item 18 of this Exhibit E and
(v) a certificate of an authorized signatory of Belden International Holdings B.V. that each
copy document referred to above is true, complete and in full force as at a date not earlier
than the date of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	22.	 	Opinion of Hengeler Mueller, counsel for the Initial German Borrower.
	 
	23.	 	Opinion of Heussen, counsel for Belden Global CV and Belden International Holdings BV.

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EXHIBIT F-1

[FORM OF]

BORROWING SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENT

          BORROWING SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENT dated as of [_____], among
Belden Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), [Name of Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower], a [__________] (the
“New Borrowing Subsidiary”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent (the
“Administrative Agent”).

          Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2011 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the
Company, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to
time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used
herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Credit Agreement. Under the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions therein set forth, to make Loans to certain Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers
(collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”), and the Company and the New Borrowing
Subsidiary desire that the New Borrowing Subsidiary become a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. In
addition, the New Borrowing Subsidiary hereby authorizes the Company to act on its behalf as and to
the extent provided for in Article II of the Credit Agreement.
[Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the New Borrowing Subsidiary hereby
designates the following officers as being authorized to request Borrowings under the Credit
Agreement on behalf of the New Subsidiary Borrower and sign this Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which the New Borrowing Subsidiary is, or may from time to time become,
a party: [______________].]

          Each of the Company and the New Borrowing Subsidiary represents and warrants that the
representations and warranties of the Company in the Credit Agreement relating to the New Borrowing
Subsidiary and this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date
hereof, other than representations given as of a particular date, in which case they shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of that date. [The Company and the New
Borrowing Subsidiary further represent and warrant that the execution, delivery and performance by
the New Borrowing Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the use of
any of the proceeds raised in connection with this Agreement will not contravene or conflict with,
or otherwise constitute unlawful financial assistance under [Sections 677 to 683
(inclusive) of the United Kingdom Companies Act 2006 of England and Wales (as
amended)] [Section 47A of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32 of
the Laws of Hong
Kong)].5[INSERT OTHER PROVISIONS
REASONABLY REQUESTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ITS COUNSELS] The Company agrees
that the Guarantee of the Company contained in the Credit Agreement will apply to the Obligations
of the New Borrowing
Subsidiary6. Upon execution of this Agreement by each of the
Company, the New Borrowing Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent, the New Borrowing Subsidiary
shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and shall constitute a “Foreign Subsidiary Borrower” for
all purposes thereof, and the New Borrowing Subsidiary hereby agrees to be bound by all provisions
of the Credit Agreement.

 

			
	5	 	To be included only if a New Borrowing
Subsidiary will be a Borrower organized under the laws of England and Wales or
Hong Kong, as the case may be.
	 
	6	 	Belden reviewing internally.

 

 

     This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by
their authorized officers as of the date first appearing above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BELDEN INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	[NAME OF NEW BORROWING SUBSIDIARY]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

 

EXHIBIT F-2

[FORM OF]

BORROWING SUBSIDIARY TERMINATION

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

for the Lenders referred to below

1 Chase Tower

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: [__________]

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          The undersigned, Belden Inc. (the “Company”), refers to the Credit Agreement dated as
of April 25, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time
party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit
Agreement.

          The Company hereby terminates the status of
[______________] (the “Terminated Borrowing
Subsidiary”) as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement.
[The Company represents and warrants that no Loans made to the Terminated
Borrowing Subsidiary are outstanding as of the date hereof and that all amounts payable by the
Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary in respect of interest and/or fees (and, to the extent notified by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement)
pursuant to the Credit Agreement have been paid in full on or prior to the date
hereof.] [The Company acknowledges that the Terminated
Borrowing Subsidiary shall continue to be a Borrower until such time as all Loans made to the
Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary shall have been repaid and all amounts payable by the Terminated
Borrowing Subsidiary in respect of interest and/or fees (and, to the extent notified by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, any other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement) pursuant
to the Credit Agreement shall have been paid in full, provided that the Terminated
Borrowing Subsidiary shall not have the right to make further Borrowings under the Credit
Agreement.]

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

          This instrument shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the
State of New York.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

BELDEN INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT G-1

FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

     Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2011 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Belden
Inc. (the “Company”), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the
Lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”)
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).

     Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any
Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is
not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent
shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not
a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of
the Code and (v) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the
undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

     The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers with a certificate of
its non-U.S. person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned
agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall
promptly so inform the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at
all times furnished the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and
currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to
the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

     Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF LENDER]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Date: __________, 20[__]

 

 

EXHIBIT G-2

FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

     Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2011 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Belden
Inc. (the “Company”), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the
Lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”)
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).

     Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing
such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are
the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii)
with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement, neither the undersigned
nor any of its partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered
into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of
the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the
meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a controlled
foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and
(vi) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its
partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

     The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers with IRS Form W-8IMY
accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest
exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information
provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrowers and
the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrowers
and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in
either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of
the two calendar years preceding such payments.

     Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF LENDER]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Date: ________ __, 20[__]

 

 

EXHIBIT G-3

FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

     Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2011 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Belden
Inc. (the “Company”), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the
Lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”)
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).

     Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of
which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the
meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation
related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) the interest
payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade
or business.

     The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non- U.S.
person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if
the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such
Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a
properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each
payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such
payments.

     Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF LENDER]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Date: ________ __, 20[__]

 

 

EXHIBIT G-4

FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

     Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2011 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Belden
Inc. (the “Company”), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the
Lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”)
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).

     Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is
providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such
participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its
partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the
ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code,
(iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning
of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a controlled foreign
corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) the
interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its
partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

     The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an
IRS Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By
executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this
certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned
shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective
certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or
in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

     Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Date: ________ __, 20[__]

 

 

EXHIBIT H

FORM OF CONTINUING AGREEMENT RE LETTERS OF CREDIT

CONTINUING AGREEMENT FOR

COMMERCIAL & STANDBY LETTERS OF CREDIT BETWEEN

BELDEN INC. AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

To induce JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or any of its domestic or foreign subsidiaries or
affiliates (individually and collectively, “Bank”), in its sole discretion, to issue for the
account of the Applicant or for the account of the Account Party named in the Application, one or
more standby or commercial letters of credit or other independent undertakings, from time to time
at the request of the undersigned (individually and collectively,
“Applicant”; jointly and
severally, if more than one), Applicant agrees as to each letter of credit or undertaking (together
with any replacements, extensions or modifications, a “Credit”, collectively, “Credits” ) as
follows.

All Credits issued pursuant to this Continuing Agreement (the “Agreement”) are issued under and
pursuant to the terms, provisions and covenants of the Credit Agreement (as amended, extended,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) dated as of April 25,
2011 among Belden Inc., the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders party thereto,
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined have the meaning assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. All references made
herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of the Credit Agreement.

The provisions relating to letters of credit set forth in the Credit Agreement, including without
limitation, rights and remedies of the Bank as issuing bank and lender shall apply to the Credit(s)
and will be secured by Collateral (if any), described in the Credit Agreement and other loan
documents as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency
between the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement shall control, except that provisions
relating to indemnification and limitation of the Bank’s liability as set forth in this Agreement
shall also apply.

1. Definitions: The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Application” means each request to issue a Credit.

“Costs” means any and all claims, suits, judgments, costs, losses, fines, penalties, damages,
liabilities, and expenses, including reasonable and documented expert witness fees and reasonable
external legal fees, charges and disbursements of any external counsel for any Indemnitee.

“Drawing Document” means any document presented for purposes of drawing under a Credit.

“Good Faith” means honesty in fact in the conduct of the transaction concerned.

“Instructions” means inquiries, communications and instructions (whether oral, telephonic, written,
telegraphic, facsimile, electronic or other) regarding a Credit; each Application and this
Agreement are each referred to herein as “Instructions” (and the term “Application” is subsumed
within the term “Instruction”).

“ISP” means International Standby Practices 1998 (International Chamber of Commerce Publication No.
590) and any subsequent revision thereof adhered to by Bank on the date such Credit is issued.

“LOI’s” means steamship guarantees, releases or letters of indemnity in favor of a carrier issued
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“Obligations” means all obligations and liabilities of Applicant to Bank in respect of any and all
Credits and LOI’s issued hereunder (if any) and under this Agreement, whether matured or unmatured,
absolute or contingent, now existing or hereafter incurred.

“Property” means all property of any kind whatsoever (now existing or hereafter acquired)
associated with, related to, arising from or in connection with the Credit including, without
limitation, any and all right, title and interest of Applicant in any goods, equipment, inventory,
money, documents, letters of credit, warehouse receipts, instruments, securities, security
entitlements, financial assets, investment property, precious and base metals, chattel paper,
electronic chattel paper, accounts, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, general intangibles
(including any claims for breach of contract, breach of warranty claims and any insurance policies
and proceeds), letter of credit rights, choses in action and the proceeds of any and all thereof
(including any and all of the aforesaid referred to in any Credit or the Drawing Documents relating
thereto).

“Released Merchandise” means all Property referred to in or relating to the applicable Credit,
released (including pursuant to a forwarders cargo receipt or by any other means whatsoever) or
consigned to Applicant or any Person designated by Applicant in connection with such Credit or a
LOI.

“Standard Letter of Credit Practice” means, for Bank, any domestic or foreign law or letter of
credit practices applicable in the city in which Bank issued the applicable Credit or for its
branch or correspondent, such laws and practices applicable in the city in which it has advised,
confirmed or negotiated such Credit, as the case may be. Such practices shall be (i) of banks that
regularly issue Credits in the particular city and (ii) required or permitted under the UCP or the
ISP, as chosen in the applicable Credit.

“UCP” means Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce
Publication No. 500 or No. 600, as applicable to any Credit and any subsequent revision thereof
adhered to by Bank on the date such Credit is issued. If a Credit subject to UCP does not specify
which revision is applicable, the Credit shall be subject to Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600.

“UN Convention” means the United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Standby Letters
of Credit.

2. Applications/Instructions. Each Application shall be irrevocable and in such form as Bank
shall from time to time require or agree to accept (including any type of electronic form or means
of communication). Bank’s records of the content of any Instruction shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. Bank may transmit a Credit and any amendment thereto by S.W.I.F.T. message and
thereby bind Applicant directly and as indemnitor to the S.W.I.F.T. rules, including rules
obligating Applicant or Bank to pay charges. Terms regarding LOI’s are set forth on Annex I.

3. Amendment; Waiver. Bank shall not be deemed to have amended or modified any term hereof, or
waived any of its rights unless Bank consents in writing to such amendment, modification or waiver.
No such waiver, unless expressly stated therein, shall be effective as to any transaction which
occurs subsequent to such waiver, nor as to any continuance of a breach after such waiver. Bank’s
consent to any amendment, waiver, or modification does not mean that Bank shall consent or has
consented to any other or subsequent Instruction to amend, modify, or waive a term of this
Agreement or any Credit.

4. Indemnification; Limitation of Liability. (a) Without limiting any other provisions of this
Agreement or the Credit Agreement, Bank and each other Indemnitee (as defined in the Credit
Agreement), shall not be responsible to Applicant for, and Bank’s rights and remedies against
Applicant and Applicant’s obligation to reimburse the Bank under the Credit Agreement shall not be
impaired by: (i) honor of a presentation under any Credit which on its face substantially complies
with the terms of such Credit; (ii) honor of a presentation of any Drawing Documents which appear
on their face to have been signed, presented or issued (X) by any purported successor or transferee
of any beneficiary or other party required to sign, present or issue the Drawing Documents or (Y)
under a new name of the beneficiary; (iii) acceptance as a draft of any written or electronic
demand or request for payment under a Credit, even if nonnegotiable or not in the form of a draft,
and may disregard any requirement that such draft, demand or request bear any or adequate reference
to the Credit; (iv) the identity or authority of any presenter or signer of any Drawing Document or
the form, accuracy, genuineness, or legal effect of any presentation under any Credit or of any
Drawing Documents; (v) disregard of any non-documentary conditions stated in any Credit; (vi)
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any Instruction which it, in Good Faith, believes to have been given by a Person or entity
authorized to give such Instruction; (vii) any errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in
transmission or delivery of any message, advice or document (regardless of how sent or transmitted)
or for errors in interpretation of technical terms or in translation; (viii) any delay in giving or
failing to give any notice; (ix) any acts, omissions or fraud by, or the solvency of, any
beneficiary, any nominated Person or any other Person; (x) any breach of contract between the
beneficiary and Applicant or any of the parties to the underlying transaction; (xi) assertion or
waiver of any provision of the UCP or ISP which primarily benefits an issuer of a letter of credit,
including, any requirement that any Drawing Document be presented to it at a particular hour or
place; (xii) payment to any paying or negotiating bank (designated or permitted by the terms of the
applicable Credit) claiming that it rightfully honored or is entitled to reimbursement or indemnity
under the Standard Letter of Credit Practice applicable to it; (xiii) dishonor of any presentation
upon or during any Event of Default or for which Applicant is unable or unwilling to reimburse or
indemnify Bank (provided that Applicant acknowledges that if Bank shall later be required
to honor the presentation, Applicant shall be liable therefore in accordance with Section 2.06(f)
of the Credit Agreement); or (xiv) acting or failing to act as required or permitted under Standard
Letter of Credit Practice applicable to where it has issued, confirmed, advised or negotiated such
Credit, as the case may be.

(b) Without limiting Section 9.03(b) of the Credit Agreement, such Section 9.03(b) shall apply to
the Bank and each related Indemnitee notwithstanding the occurrence of any of the events specified
in clause (a) of this Section 4 subject to the proviso set forth in such Section 9.03(b).

(c) If a Credit is to be governed by a law other than that of the State of New York, Bank shall not
be liable for any Costs resulting from any act or omission by Bank in accord with the UCP or the
ISP, as applicable, and Applicant shall indemnify Bank for all such Costs.

5. Foreign Currency. If the amount drawn under any Credit is in non-United States currency
(“foreign currency”), Applicant shall pay the Bank for each Credit the amount of each drawing paid
by Bank under the Credit, on demand, the United States dollar equivalent of the amount computed at
Bank’s selling rate, as of the date of Applicant’s payment, for cable transfers of such foreign
currency to the place of payment; provided, further, that if, for any reason, Bank
has no selling rate for cable transfers of that currency to such place on the payment date,
Applicant shall pay Bank an amount in United States currency equivalent to Bank’s actual cost of
settlement of its obligation.

6. Compliance with Laws. Applicant will comply in all material respects with all foreign and
domestic laws, rules and regulations (including the USA Patriot Act, foreign exchange control
regulations, foreign asset control regulations and other trade-related regulations) now or
hereafter applicable to each Credit, the transactions underlying such Credit or Applicant’s
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, except where failure to do so, in aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Credit
Agreement).

7. Representations and Warranties. Applicant hereby represents and warrants that this Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Applicant enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principals of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and makes each of the
representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement as of the date of this Agreement
(and upon the issuance of a Credit represents and warrants the same as of the date of such issuance
(except to the extent that such representation and warranties relate to a specific date, in which
case such representation and warranties shall be as of the said specific date).

8. Assertion of Rights. To the extent Bank honors a presentation for which Bank remains unpaid,
Bank may assert rights of Applicant and Applicant shall cooperate with Bank in its assertion of
Applicant’s rights, if any, against the beneficiary, the beneficiary’s rights against Applicant and
any other rights that Bank may have by subordination, subrogation, reimbursement, indemnity or
assignment.

9. Electronic Transmissions. Bank is authorized to accept and process any Application and any
amendments, transfers, assignments of proceeds, Instructions, consents, waivers and all documents
relating to the Credit or the Application which are sent to Bank by electronic transmission,
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telefax, courier, mail or other computer generated telecommunications and such electronic
communication shall have the same legal effect as if written and shall be binding upon and
enforceable against the Applicant. Bank may, but shall not be obligated to, require authentication
of such electronic transmission or that Bank receives original documents prior to acting on such
electronic transmission. If it is a condition of the Credit that payment may be made upon receipt
by Bank of an electronic transmission advising negotiation, Applicant hereby agrees to reimburse
Bank on demand for the amount indicated in such electronic transmission advice, and further agrees
to hold Bank harmless if the documents fail to arrive, or if, upon the arrival of the documents,
Bank should determine that the documents do not comply with the terms and conditions of the Credit.

10. COMMERCIAL CREDITS

Acceptance of Drawing Documents; No Waiver. Applicant’s acceptance or retention of a Drawing
Document presented under or in connection with any Credit (whether or not the document is genuine)
or of any Released Merchandise shall ratify Bank’s honor of the presentation and preclude Applicant
from raising a defense, set-off or claim with respect to Bank’s honor of such Credit. Bank shall
not be required to seek any waiver of discrepancies from Applicant or to grant any waiver of
discrepancies which Applicant approves or requests.

Possession of Drawing Documents. If Bank shall agree to honor (accept) Drawing Documents under a
Credit on a time draft or deferred payment basis, Applicant shall not take possession of the
Drawing Documents or the underlying Property except for the purpose of loading, unloading, storing,
shipping, transshipping, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with such Property in a
manner preliminary to its sale or exchange. An Instruction to release any such Drawing Document or
Property shall be deemed a representation by Applicant to Bank that Applicant seeks such release
for one of said purposes. In each such case, Applicant immediately shall apply the sale proceeds
of such Property to the Obligations relating to the applicable Credit.

Absence of Written Instructions. In the absence of written instructions to the contrary, the
Applicant agrees that (a) if the Credit authorizes drawings and/or shipments in installments and
any installment is not drawn and/or shipped within the period allowed for that installment but the
Applicant waives such discrepancy, the Bank is authorized to honor any subsequent installments so
long as documents for such installments are presented within the period allowed for such
installments; and (b) each negotiation Credit shall expire at the counters of the nominated person
even if notice of the presentation or any documents contained in the presentation is not received
by the Bank until after the expiry date of the Credit or any installment thereof.

Release of Documents or Claiming of Goods from the Carrier. In the event Bank, upon Applicant’s
request, agrees to deliver to Applicant, a customs broker or any other person designated by the
Applicant, any of the documents of title relating to the Credit, prior to having received payment
in full of all the Obligations, Applicant agrees to obtain possession of any goods represented by
such documents within twenty-one days after the date of delivery of such documents, and if
Applicant fails to do so, Applicant agrees to return such documents or to have them returned to
Bank prior to the expiration of the twenty-one day period. Applicant further agrees to execute and
deliver to Bank receipts for such documents and the goods represented thereby identifying and
describing such documents and goods. If Applicant claims from the carrier any goods identified in
the shipping documents required under the Credit, (by virtue of a steamship release, air release,
letter of indemnity or any other means), with or without the assistance of Bank, and such goods
have been released to Applicant or a customs broker or agent acting on Applicant’s behalf, the
Applicant hereby authorizes Bank to immediately, and without further inquiry and consideration,
debit any account of Applicant in an amount equal to the fair market value of such goods, that have
been released, together with any out-of-pocket charges or expenses owing to the Bank.

11. STANDBY CREDIT(S)

Installments. If the Credit is issued subject to UCP 500 or 600, unless otherwise agreed, in the
event that any installment of the Credit is not drawn within the period allowed for that
installment, the Credit may continue to be available for any subsequent installments in the sole
discretion of the Bank, notwithstanding Article 41 of UCP 500 or Article 32 of UCP 600.

Auto Extend Notice. If the Credit provides for automatic extension without amendment, Applicant
agrees that it will notify Bank in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the last day specified
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give notice of nonextension as to whether or not it wishes the Credit to be extended. Any decision
to extend or not extend the Credit shall be in Bank’s sole discretion and judgment. Applicant
hereby acknowledges that in the event Bank notifies the beneficiary of the Credit that it has
elected not to extend the Credit and the beneficiary draws on the Credit after receiving the notice
of non-extension, Applicant acknowledges and agrees that Applicant shall have no claim or cause of
action against Bank or defense against payment under the agreement for Bank’s discretionary
decision to extend or not extend the Credit.

Pending Expiry Notice. If a Credit’s terms and conditions provide that Bank give beneficiary a
notice of pending expiration, Applicant agrees that it will notify Bank in writing at least thirty
(30) days prior to the last day specified in the Credit by which Bank must give such notice of the
pending expiration date. In the event Applicant fails to so notify Bank and the Credit is extended,
Applicant’s Obligations under this Agreement shall continue in effect and be binding on Applicant
with regard to the Credit as so extended.

12. Waiver of Defense; Joint and Several Liability. Applicant waives any defense whatsoever which
might constitute a defense available to, or discharge of, a surety or a guarantor. If more than
one Person signs this Agreement or an Application hereunder, each of them shall be jointly and
severally liable hereunder and thereunder and all the terms and provisions regarding liabilities,
obligations and Property of such Persons shall apply to any liabilities, obligations and Property
of any and all of them.

13. Continuing Agreement. This Agreement is a continuing agreement and may not be terminated by
Applicant except upon (i) thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such termination by Applicant
to Bank at the address of Bank set forth on the most recent Credit issued hereunder, (ii) payment
of all Obligations and (iii) the expiration or cancellation of all Credits issued hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if a Credit is issued in favor of a sovereign or commercial
entity, which is to issue a guarantee or undertaking on Applicant’s behalf in connection therewith,
or is issued as support for such a guarantee, the Applicant shall remain liable with respect to
such Credit until Bank is fully released in writing by such entity.

14. Commencement of Action. Any action or proceeding in respect of any matter arising under or in
connection with Credits, the Applications or this Agreement must be brought by Applicant against
the Bank within the time period specified in Section 5-115 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

15. Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial; Applicable Law. Applicant agrees to be bound by the
provisions in the Credit Agreement relating to jurisdiction, venue, and waiver of jury trial and
that such provisions shall also apply to this Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

16. No Third Party Benefits; Successor; Integration; Delivery by Facsimile; Notices. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Bank and Applicant and their respective
successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall not confer any right or benefit upon any
Person other than the parties to this Agreement, the Indemnitee and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. Applicant may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of
Bank. This Agreement may be signed and delivered by facsimile transmission. Notices to Bank shall
be sent to the address of Bank as set forth on the Credit and shall be delivered by hand, overnight
courier or certified mail, return receipt requested. Notices to Applicant shall be sent to the
address set forth below the signature line hereto. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE CONTRACT AND FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER
AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF
THE PARTIES.

17. Survival. The provisions of Sections 4, 13, and 15 shall survive and remain in full
force and effect regardless of the consummation of any transactions contemplated hereby, the
reimbursement or repayment of any drawings or Obligations, the expiration or termination of the
Credits or LOIs or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

 

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY AGREES TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, ALL OF WHICH
HAVE BEEN READ AND UNDERSTOOD BY THE UNDERSIGNED.

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Belden Inc.
 

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(Date)
	 	 

THE FOLLOWING IS TO BE EXECUTED IF THE CREDIT IS TO BE ISSUED FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN THE PERSON SIGNING ABOVE:

AUTHORIZATION AND AGREEMENT OF ADDITIONAL PARTY NAMED AS ACCOUNT PARTY

To: THE ISSUER OF THE CREDIT

We join in the above Agreement, naming us as Account Party, for the issuance of the Credit and, in
consideration thereof, we irrevocably agree (i) that the above Applicant has sole right to give
instructions and make agreements with respect to this Agreement and the Credit, and the disposition
of documents, and we have no right or claim against you, any of your affiliates or subsidiaries, or
any correspondent in respect of any matter arising in connection with any of the foregoing and (ii)
to be bound by the Agreement and all obligations of the Applicant thereunder as if we were a party
thereto. The Applicant is authorized to assign or transfer to you all or any part of any security
held by the Applicant for our obligations arising in connection with this transaction and, upon any
such assignment or transfer, you shall be vested with all powers and rights in respect of the
security transferred or assigned to you and you may enforce your rights under this Agreement
against us or our Property in accordance with the terms hereof.

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 

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(Authorized Signature)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

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Appendix A

To the Continuing Agreement for Commercial & Standby Letters of Credit

(To be completed by Account Party/Applicant/Correspondent Bank)

This Appendix will remain in effect until further notice in writing is received by the JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. from the Account Party/Applicant/Correspondent Bank. Changes to this Appendix
require a new Appendix A to be executed and delivered to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

	A)	 	In the event JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. issues or amends a Commercial or a Standby Letter of
Credit (“Credit”), any one of the following individual(s) shall be authorized to sign on the
behalf of:

Belden Inc.
 

(Print Name of Account Party/Applicant/Correspondent Bank)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	(Printed Name)

	 	(Title)
	 	(Authorized Signature)
	 	(Date)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	(Printed Name)

	 	(Title)
	 	(Authorized Signature)
	 	(Date)

	B)	 	In regards to any “Credit”, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. may accept and rely on instructions
including without limitation, (a) waiving of discrepancies, (b) mailings/returning shipping
documents, (c) changing Credit terms and conditions prior to issuance, and amendments to
Credits which do not extend, increase or change the tenor of the draft(s) transmitted by the
following authorized representatives of:

Belden Inc.
 

(Print Name of Account Party/Applicant/Correspondent Bank)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	(Printed Name)

	 	(Title)
	 	(Authorized Signature)
	 	(Date)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	(Printed Name)

	 	(Title)
	 	(Authorized Signature)
	 	(Date)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	(Printed Name)

	 	(Title)
	 	(Authorized Signature)
	 	(Date)

	C)	 	Signature Verification (To be completed by “Bank”):

	 	 	The above individual(s) is/are authorized to execute and sign applications, amendments and
instructions on behalf of the Account Party/Applicant/Correspondent Bank.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	(Print Relationship Manager “RM” Name)

	 	(“RM” Title)
	 	(“RM” Authorized Signature)
	 	(Date)

 

 

ANNEX I TO AGREEMENT FOR COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT ISSUED BY

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

If Bank issues a LOI or endorses a bill of lading at the Instruction of Applicant or otherwise
pursuant hereto, Applicant agrees as follows:

Except as otherwise set forth in this Annex I or expressly set forth elsewhere in this Agreement,
LOI’s shall be deemed issued by Bank subject to the same terms and conditions set forth herein for
Credits, including, without limitation, payment obligations, indemnification provisions and
limitations of liability benefiting Bank and other Indemnitee. Applicant shall be liable for
payments made under any LOI on demand and otherwise subject to Section 2.06(f) of the Credit
Agreement. Bank shall have the right in its sole discretion and without notice to or approval of
Applicant, to pay, settle or adjust any claim or demand made against or upon Bank in connection
therewith without inquiry or determination, on Bank’s part, of the circumstances, merits or
validity of any claim or demand. Applicant shall take whatever steps are necessary to obtain the
shipping documents concerning the Released Merchandise. Upon Applicant’s receipt of such shipping
documents, Applicant shall deliver them to the carrier, duly endorsed by all parties whose
endorsement is required by the carrier, and obtain from the carrier and deliver to Bank, the LOI
and a release of Bank’s liability to the carrier. Bank may make payments against any drawing under
the Credit related to an LOI, whether or not the drawing shall comply with the terms and conditions
of such Credit, without any liability whatsoever to Bank. Applicant expressly acknowledges that
Applicant may be required to reimburse Bank for payments made by Bank under both the LOI and such
Credit with respect to the same Released Merchandise. Applicant shall account by delivering to
Bank, immediately upon the receipt thereof by Applicant, the proceeds of the sale of the Released
Merchandise or the documents related thereto in whatever form received (with Applicant’s
endorsement where necessary) to be applied by Bank to the payment of any drawing under the Credit.
If any proceeds shall be notes, accounts, acceptances, or in any form other than cash, they shall
not be applied by Bank until paid in cash. Bank shall have the option at any time to sell or
discount these items and so apply the net proceeds, conditionally upon final payment of these
items. Applicant shall pay all charges in connection with the Released Merchandise and shall at all
times hold it separate and apart from the Property of Applicant and shall definitively show such
separation in all its records and entries. Applicant shall at all times keep the Released
Merchandise fully insured at Applicant’s expense in favor of, and to the satisfaction of, Bank
against loss by fire, theft, and any other risk to which it may be subject. Applicant shall
deposit the insurance policies with Bank upon its demand. If for any reason any of such policies
fail to provide for payment of the loss thereunder to Bank as its interest may appear, Applicant
hereby (1) assigns and makes the loss payable under any of such policies payable to Bank as its
interest may appear, (2) assigns to Bank all of the avails and proceeds of any and all of such
policies, and (3) agrees to accept such avails and proceeds in trust for Bank and to forthwith
deliver the same to Bank in the exact form received (with the endorsement of Applicant where
necessary). Bank shall have no responsibility for the existence, quantity, quality, condition,
value or delivery of any Released Merchandise or the correctness, validity or genuineness of the
documents purporting to represent Released Merchandise.

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