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SECOND
      AMENDMENT TO 

    FIRST
      AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

     

    THIS
      SECOND AMENDMENT TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
      "Second
      Amendment"),
      dated
      as of March 20, 2008, is entered into among TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC., a
      Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"),
      the
      lenders listed on the signature pages hereof as Lenders (the "Lenders"),
      and
      BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C
      Issuer.

     

    BACKGROUND

     

    A. The
      Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and
      the
      L/C Issuer are parties to that certain First Amended and Restated Credit
      Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2007, as amended by that certain First
      Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
      January 28, 2008 (said First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as
      amended, the "Credit
      Agreement").
      The
      terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall
      be
      used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.

     

    B. The
      Borrower has requested certain amendments to the Credit Agreement.

     

    C. The
      Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer
      hereby agree to amend the Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions
      set forth herein.

     

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements
      hereafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
      and adequacy of which are all hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the Lenders,
      the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent covenant
      and
      agree as follows:

     

    1. AMENDMENTS.
      

     

    (a) Section 1.01
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following defined terms thereto
      in proper alphabetical order to read as follows:

     

    "Term
      Credit Agreement"
      means
      that certain Term Credit Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2008, among the
      Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party
      thereto.

     

    "2005
      Indenture"
      means
      that certain Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2005, among the Borrower,
      certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
      as trustee, providing for the issuance of the 2005 Senior Notes.

     

    "2005
      Senior Notes"
      means
      those certain 7.25% Senior Notes due 2013 of the Borrower issued pursuant to
      the
      2005 Indenture.

     

    (b) The
      defined terms "Disposition"
      or
      "Dispose"
      set
      forth in Section 1.01
      of the
      Credit Agreement are hereby amended to read as follows:

     

    

    
      
        
           

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

    

    

    

     

    "Disposition"
      or
      "Dispose"
      means
      the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale
      and
      leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale,
      assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes
      or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, but
      excluding licenses of intellectual property and leases of real property entered
      into in the ordinary course of business and the granting of Permitted
      Liens.

     

    (c) The
      defined term "Permitted
      Liens"
      set
      forth in Section 1.01
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending clause (a) thereof to read
      as follows:

     

    (a) any
      Lien
      in favor of the Administrative Agent to secure the Guarantied Obligations
      (including, without limitation, L/C Obligations, obligations in respect of
      Swap
      Contracts and Cash Management Obligations, to the extent included within the
      definition of Guarantied Obligations);

     

    (d) The
      defined term "Senior
      Notes"
      set
      forth in Section 1.01
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

     

    "Senior
      Notes"
      means
      the 2005 Senior Notes and other unsecured senior notes of the Borrower due
      2013
      or thereafter, provided that the terms (excluding interest rates and fees,
      which, however shall be comparable to market interest rates and fees charged
      to
      companies of financial condition similar to the Borrower at the time such other
      senior notes are issued), provisions and covenants governing such other senior
      notes taken as a whole (a) are not more restrictive on the Borrower and its
      Subsidiaries than this Agreement and (b) do not provide greater enforcement
      rights to the holder of such other senior notes than the enforcement rights
      of
      the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents; provided
      that
      terms, provisions and covenants substantially the same as those in the 2005
      Indenture shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clauses (a) and
      (b) of this definition.

     

    (e) Section 2.05(d)
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

     

    (d) Mandatory
      Prepayments - Asset Dispositions.
      Upon
      the Disposition, in any single transaction or series of related transactions,
      of
      property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries with a fair market value of
      $2,000,000 or more, other than Dispositions permitted by clauses (a)
      through (f) of Section 7.05,
      the
      Borrower shall make a mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans (i) as
      provided in Section 2.03(c)
      of the
      Term Credit Agreement and (ii) at such time as the Term Loans are paid in
      full, to the Administrative Agent for the Lenders (and if the Outstanding Amount
      of all Loans is zero, pledge to the Administrative Agent cash or cash equivalent
      investments in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate amount of
      the Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition and (B) any Outstanding Amount of
      L/C Obligations) in the aggregate amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds of
      such
      Disposition, which prepayment shall be applied to the Loans; provided,
      however,
      if on
      the date of receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of such Net
      Cash
      Proceeds all of the conditions precedent to a Credit Extension set forth in
      Section 4.02
      are
      satisfied (other than the delivery of a Revolving Loan Notice), the Borrower
      shall not be required to make such prepayment.

     

    

    
      
        
           

        

        
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    (f) Section 5.17
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

     

    5.17 Intellectual
      Property; Licenses, Etc. The
      Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the
      trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights,
      franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively,
      "IP
      Rights")
      that
      are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses,
      without conflict with the rights of any other Person, except for such conflicts
      that, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
      to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, no slogan
      or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other
      material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Borrower
      or
      any Subsidiary
      infringes upon any rights held by any other Person, except for such
      infringements that, either individually or in the aggregate, could not
      reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation
      regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the
      Borrower, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could
      reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    (g) Section 6.02
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending the penultimate paragraph thereof
      to read as follows:

     

    Documents
      required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01
      or
Section 6.02
      may be
      delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been
      delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or
      provides a link thereto on the Borrower's website on the Internet at the website
      address listed on Schedule 10.02;
      or
      (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower's behalf on an
      Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the
      Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website
      or
      whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided
      that:
      (i) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the
      Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such
      paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given
      by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall
      notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic
      mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative
      Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e.,
      soft
      copies) of such documents. Except for Compliance Certificates required pursuant
      to Section 6.02(a),
      the
      Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to
      maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall
      have
      no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request
      for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting
      delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

     

    

    
      
        
           

        

        
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    (h) Section 6.04
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

     

    6.04 Payment
      of Obligations.
      Pay and
      discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its material obligations
      and liabilities, including (a) all material tax liabilities, assessments
      and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless
      the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
      conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained
      by
      the Borrower or such Subsidiary; (b) all material lawful claims which, if
      unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property, unless the same are being
      contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and
      adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Borrower
      or such Subsidiary; and (c) all Debt in a principal amount of at least
      $1,000,000, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination
      provisions contained in any instrument or agreement pertaining to such
      Debt.

     

    (i) Section 6.05
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

     

    6.05 Preservation
      of Existence, Etc.
      (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal
      existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its
      organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.04;
      (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits,
      licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of
      business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be
      expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all
      of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the
      non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
      Adverse Effect.

     

    (j) Section 7.03
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting "and" after the end of
      clause (j) thereof, (ii) deleting "." after the end of clause (k)
      thereof and inserting "; and" in lieu thereof and (iii) adding the
      following new clause (l) at the end thereof to read as
      follows:

     

    (l) Debt
      in
      respect of the Term Credit Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents (as
      such term is defined in the Term Credit Agreement).

     

    (k) Section 7.05
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending clause (d) thereof to read
      as follows:

     

    (d) Dispositions
      of equipment or real property or other property to the extent (i) such
      property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of property used
      or
      usable in the conduct of a line of business permitted by Section 7.07
      or
      (ii) the Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition are applied within 355 days
      after such Disposition to the purchase price or improvement of property used
      or
      usable in the conduct of a line of business permitted by Section 7.07.

     

    

    
      
        
           

        

        
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    (l) Section 7.09
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

     

    7.09 Burdensome
      Agreements.
      Enter
      into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan
      Document or the Term Credit Agreement or any other "Loan Documents" as defined
      in the Term Credit Agreement) that (a) limits the ability (i) of any
      Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Guarantor or
      to
      otherwise transfer property to the Borrower or any Guarantor, (ii) of any
      Subsidiary to Guarantee the Debt of the Borrower or (iii) of the Borrower
      or any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property
      of such Person; provided,
      however,
      that
      the restrictions above shall not (A) prohibit any negative pledge or other
      restriction incurred or provided (x) in favor of any holder of Debt
      permitted under Section 7.03(d)
      or
Section 7.03(k),
      in each
      case solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the property
      financed by or the subject of such Debt or (y) with respect to the Senior
      Notes, (B) apply to restrictions and conditions relating to the sale of a
      Subsidiary pending such sale, provided
      such
      restrictions or conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold
      and
      such sale is permitted hereunder and (C) apply to customary provisions in
      leases and other contracts restricting the assignment or pledge thereof; or
      (b) requires the grant of a Lien other than a Permitted Lien to secure an
      obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure another obligation
      of
      such Person.

     

    (m) Article X
      of the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) renumbering Section 10.18
      thereto
      as "Section 10.19" and (ii) adding a new Section 10.18
      thereto
      to read as follows:

     

    10.18 2005
      Indenture.
      The
      Borrower hereby informs the Lenders that the Debt evidenced by the Loans and
      L/C
      Obligations has been incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(i) of the 2005
      Indenture. As a result thereof, the Borrower would be able to secure such Debt
      pursuant to clause (l) of the definition of "Permitted Liens" as set forth
      in Section 1.01 of the 2005 Indenture, subject to the terms of
      Section 4.09(b)(i) of the 2005 Indenture.

     

    2. REPRESENTATIONS
      AND WARRANTIES TRUE; NO EVENT OF DEFAULT.
      By its
      execution and delivery hereof, the Borrower represents and warrants that, as
      of
      the date hereof:

     

    (a) the
      representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other
      Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the date hereof as if made
      on
      and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and
      warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall
      be
      true and correct as of such earlier date;

     

    (b) no
      event
      has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of
      Default;

     

    (c) (i) the
      Borrower has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Second
      Amendment, (ii) this Second Amendment has been duly executed and delivered
      by the Borrower, and (iii) this Second Amendment and the Credit Agreement,
      as amended hereby, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
      Borrower, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as
      enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and by general
      principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
      proceeding in equity or at law) and except as rights to indemnity may be limited
      by federal or state securities laws;

     

    

    
      
        
           

        

        
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    (d) neither
      the execution, delivery and performance of this Second Amendment or the Credit
      Agreement, as amended hereby, nor the consummation of any transactions
      contemplated herein or therein, will conflict with any Law or Organization
      Documents of the Borrower, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument
      to
      which the Borrower or any of its properties are subject; and

     

    (e) no
      authorization, approval, consent, or other action by, notice to, or filing
      with,
      any governmental authority or other Person not previously obtained is required
      for (i) the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of this
      Second Amendment, or (ii) the acknowledgement by each Guarantor of this
      Second Amendment. 

     

    3. CONDITIONS
      TO EFFECTIVENESS.
      This
      Second Amendment shall be effective upon satisfaction or completion of the
      following:

     

    (a) the
      Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Second Amendment
      executed by the Required Lenders;

     

    (b) the
      Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Second Amendment
      executed by the Borrower and acknowledged by each Guarantor; and

     

    (c) the
      Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory
      to
      the Administrative Agent and its counsel, such other documents, certificates
      and
      instruments as the Administrative Agent shall require.

     

    4. REFERENCE
      TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

     

    (a) Upon
      the
      effectiveness of this Second Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement
      to "this Agreement", "hereunder", or words of like import shall mean and be
      a
      reference to the Credit Agreement, as affected and amended hereby.

     

    (b) The
      Credit Agreement, as amended by the amendment referred to above, shall remain
      in
      full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

     

    5. COSTS,
      EXPENSES AND TAXES.
      The
      Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Administrative
      Agent in connection with the preparation, reproduction, execution and delivery
      of this Second Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered
      hereunder (including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel
      for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto).

     

    6. GUARANTOR'S
      ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
      By
      signing below, each Guarantor (a) acknowledges, consents and agrees to the
      execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Second Amendment,
      (b) acknowledges and agrees that its obligations in respect of its Guaranty
      (i) are not released, diminished, waived, modified, impaired or affected in
      any manner by this Second Amendment or any of the provisions contemplated
      herein, (c) ratifies and confirms its obligations under its Guaranty, and
      (d) acknowledges and agrees that it has no claims or offsets against, or
      defenses or counterclaims to, its Guaranty.

     

    

    
      
        
           

        

        
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    7. EXECUTION
      IN COUNTERPARTS.
      This
      Second Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different
      parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
      delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together
      shall constitute but one and the same instrument. For purposes of this Second
      Amendment, a counterpart hereof (or signature page thereto) signed and
      transmitted by any Person party hereto to the Administrative Agent (or its
      counsel) by facsimile machine, telecopier or electronic mail is to be treated
      as
      an original. The signature of such Person thereon, for purposes hereof, is
      to be
      considered as an original signature, and the counterpart (or signature page
      thereto) so transmitted is to be considered to have the same binding effect
      as
      an original signature on an original document.

     

    8. GOVERNING
      LAW; BINDING EFFECT.
      This
      Second Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
      laws
      of the State of Texas applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely
      within such state, and shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their
      respective successors and assigns.

     

    9. HEADINGS.
      Section
      headings in this Second Amendment are included herein for convenience of
      reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Second Amendment for
      any
      other purpose.

     

    10. ENTIRE
      AGREEMENT.
      THE
      CREDIT AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED BY THIS SECOND AMENDMENT, AND THE OTHER LOAN
      DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE
      CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL
      AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
      THE PARTIES.

     

    
      	
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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, this Second Amendment is executed as of the date first set
      forth above.

     

    
      	 	
              TEXAS
                INDUSTRIES, INC.

            
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Kenneth R. Allen

            
	 	 	
              Kenneth
                R. Allen

            
	 	 	
              Vice
                President and Treasurer

            

    

     

    

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                BANK
                  OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                  as Administrative Agent

              

            
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	
              By:

            	
              
                /s/
                  Henry Pennell

              

            
	 	 	
              Name:
                Henry
                Pennell                                                                        
                

            
	 	 	
              Title:
                Vice
                President                                                                          
                

            

    

    

    

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              BANK
                OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender

            
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                David McCauley

            
	 	 	
              Name:
                David McCauley

            
	 	 	
              Title:
                Senior Vice President

            

    

    

    

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              UBS
                SECURITIES LLC,
                as Syndication Agent 

            
	 	 	     

	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Richard L. Tavrow

            
	 	 	
              Name:Richard
                L. Tavrow

            
	 	 	
              Title:Director

            
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Mary E. Evans

            
	 	 	
              Name:Mary
                E. Evans

            
	 	 	
              Title:Associate
                Director

            

    

    

    

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              UBS
                LOAN FINANCE,
                as a Lender

            
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Richard L. Tavrow

            
	 	 	
              Name:Richard
                L. Tavrow

            
	 	 	
              Title:Director

            
	 	 	     
	 	 	     

	 	 	     
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Mary E. Evans

            
	 	 	
              Name:Mary
                E. Evans

            
	 	 	
              Title:Associate
                Director

            

    

     

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              WELLS
                FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

              as
                Co-Documentation Agent

              and
                as a Lender

            
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Gregory D. Campbell

            
	 	 	
              Name:Gregory
                D. Campbell

            
	 	 	
              Title:Vice
                President

            

    

     

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              COMERICA
                BANK,
                as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                William B. Dridge

            
	 	 	
              Name:William
                B. Dridge

            
	 	 	
              Title:Vice
                President

            
	 	 	 

    

     

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              WACHOVIA
                BANK, NATIONAL

              ASSOCIATION,
                as Co-Documentation Agent and

              as
                a Lender

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Jennifer L. Norris

            
	 	 	
              Name:Jennifer
                L. Norris

            
	 	 	
              Title:Senior
                Vice President

            

    

     

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              SUNTRUST
                BANK,
                as a Lender

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Steve Deily

            
	 	 	
              Name:Steve
                Deily

            
	 	 	
              Title:Managing
                Director

            

    

     

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              U.S.
                BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                as a Lender

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Kevin S. McFadden

            
	 	 	
              Name:Kevin
                S. McFadden

            
	 	 	
              Title:Vice
                President

            

    

     

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              CAPITAL
                ONE, N.A.,
                as a Lender

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Mary Jo Hoch

            
	 	 	
              Name:Mary
                Jo Hoch

            
	 	 	
              Title:Senior
                Vice President

            

    

     

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      Agreement - Signature Page

    
      
         

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    
      	 	 	 
	 	
              GENERAL
                ELECTRIC CAPITAL

              CORPORATION,
                as a Lender

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Dwayne Coker

            
	 	 	
              Name:Dwayne
                Coker

            
	 	 	
              Title:Duly
                Authorized Signatory

            

    

    

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      Agreement - Signature Page

    
      
        
           

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

    

    

    

    
      	 	
              ACKNOWLEDGED
                AND AGREED AS OF THE FIRST DAY ABOVE WRITTEN:

            
	 	 
	 	
              BROOKHOLLOW
                CORPORATION

            
	 	
              BROOKHOLLOW
                PROPERTIES, INC.

            
	 	
              BROOKHOLLOW
                OF ALEXANDRIA, INC.

            
	 	
              BROOKHOLLOW
                OF VIRGINIA, INC.

            
	 	
              SOUTHWESTERN
                FINANCIAL CORPORATION

            
	 	
              CREOLE
                CORPORATION

            
	 	
              PARTIN
                LIMESTONE PRODUCTS, INC.

            
	 	
              RIVERSIDE
                CEMENT HOLDINGS COMPANY

            
	 	
              TXI
                AVIATION, INC.

            
	 	
              TXI
                CEMENT COMPANY

            
	 	
              TXI
                RIVERSIDE INC.

            
	 	
              TXI
                TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

            
	 	
              TXI
                CALIFORNIA INC.

            
	 	
              PACIFIC
                CUSTOM MATERIALS, INC.

            
	 	
              TXI
                POWER COMPANY

            
	 	
              TEXAS
                INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, LLC

            
	 	
              TEXAS
                INDUSTRIES TRUST

            
	 	
              TXI
                LLC

            
	 	
              TXI
                OPERATING TRUST

            
	 	 
	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Kenneth R. Allen

            
	 	 	
              Kenneth
                R. Allen

            
	 	 	
              Vice
                President and Treasurer

            

    

     

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      Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit
      Agreement - Signature Page

    
      
        
           

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

    

    

    

    
      	 	
              RIVERSIDE
                CEMENT COMPANY

            
	 	 	     
	 	 	     
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Kenneth R. Allen

            
	 	 	
              Kenneth
                R. Allen

            
	 	 	
              Assistant
                General Manager - Treasurer

            

    

    

    Second
      Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit
      Agreement - Signature PageUnassociated Document

      Exhibit
        10.6

    EMPLOYMENT
      AGREEMENT

    JERRY
      LOVEJOY

     

    EMPLOYMENT
      AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated as of June 28, 2007 by and between El Pollo
      Loco, Inc. (the "Company") and Jerry Lovejoy (the "Executive").

     

    WHEREAS,
      the Company considers it essential to its best interests and the best interests
      of its stockholders to employ Executive and
      to
      enter into an agreement embodying the terms of such employment;
      and

     

    WHEREAS,
      Executive is willing to accept employment on the terms hereinafter set forth
      in
      this Agreement.

     

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein and
      for
      other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as
      follows:

     

    1. Term
      of Employment; Executive Representation.

     

    a. Employment
      Term.
      Subject
      to the provisions of Section 8 of this Agreement, Executive shall be employed
      by
      the Company for a period commencing on a date no later than June 28, 2007 (the
      date on which employment commences, the "Effective Date") and ending on December
      31, 2010 (the "Employment Term") on the terms and subject to the conditions
      set
      forth in the Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, commencing
      with
      January 1, 2011 and on each January 1 thereafter (each an "Extension Date"),
      the
      Employment Term shall be automatically extended for an additional one-year
      period, unless the Company or Executive provides the other party hereto 60
      days'
      prior written notice before the next Extension Date that the Employment Term
      shall not be so extended. For the avoidance of doubt, the term "Employment
      Term"
      shall include any extension that becomes applicable pursuant to the preceding
      sentence. 

     

    b. Executive
      Representation.
      Executive hereby represents to the Company that the
      execution and delivery of this Agreement by Executive and the Company and the
      performance by Executive of the Executive's duties hereunder shall not
      constitute a breach of, or otherwise contravene, the terms of any employment
      agreement or other agreement or policy to which Executive is a party or
      otherwise bound.

     

    2. Position.

     

    a. During
      the Employment Term, Executive shall serve as the Company's Senior Vice
      President, Legal and shall principally perform Executive's duties to the Company
      and its affiliates from the Company's offices in the Orange County, California
      metropolitan area, subject to normal and customary travel requirements in the
      conduct of the Company's business. In such position, Executive shall have such
      duties and authority as shall be determined from time to time by the Chief
      Executive Officer of the Company and the Executive shall report directly to
      the
      Chief Executive Officer.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    b. During
      the Employment Term, Executive will devote Executive's full business time and
      best efforts to the performance of Executive's duties hereunder and will not
      engage in any other business, profession or occupation (including in an advisory
      capacity, consulting capacity, or otherwise) for compensation or otherwise
      which
      would conflict with the rendition of such services either directly or
      indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Board; provided
      that
      Executive shall be permitted to participate in such charitable and
      community-related services as Executive may choose; provided
      further
      that such services do not materially interfere with his duties
      hereunder.

     

    3. Compensation.

     

    a. During
      the Employment Term, the Company shall pay Executive a base salary (the "Base
      Salary") at the annual rate of $220,000 (less applicable withholding taxes),
      payable in regular installments in accordance with the Company's usual payment
      practices. Executive shall be entitled to such increases in Executive's Base
      Salary, if any, as may be determined from time to time in the sole discretion
      of
      the Board.

     

    b. With
      respect to each full calendar year during the Employment Term, Executive shall
      be eligible to earn an annual bonus award (an "Annual Bonus") calculated, in
      accordance with Exhibit A attached hereto, with a targeted bonus equal to
      seventy-five percent (75%) of Executive's then current Base Salary (the "Target
      Bonus"). 

     

    4. Equity. 

     

    a. Option
      Grant.
      On the
      Effective Date, Executive will receive a stock option award to purchase 11,123
      shares of common stock of Chicken Acquisition Corp. on such terms and conditions
      provided for in a stock option agreement substantially in the form attached
      hereto as Exhibit B (the "Option Agreement").

     

    b. Additional
      Equity Investment.
      Subject
      to the execution of the Stockholders Agreement dated as of November
      18, 2005, among the Company, and
      certain other stockholders of the Company, Executive shall invest $50,000 in
      Chicken Acquisition Corp.

     

    5. Employee
      Benefits.
      During
      the Employment Term, Executive shall be provided, in accordance with the terms
      of the Company's employee benefit plans as in effect from time to time, health
      insurance, retirement benefits and fringe benefits (collectively "Employee
      Benefits") on the same basis as those benefits are generally made available
      to
      other senior executives of the Company. Executive shall be provided with annual
      vacation of two (2) weeks per each 12-month period or additional weeks on a
      basis consistent with Company policy.

     

    6. Business
      Expenses.
      During
      the Employment Term, reasonable, documented business expenses incurred by
      Executive in the performance of Executive's duties hereunder shall be reimbursed
      by the Company in accordance with Company policies.

     

    7. Termination.
      The
      Employment Term and Executive's employment hereunder may be terminated by either
      party at any time and for any reason; provided
      that
      Executive will be required to give the Company at least 30 days advance written
      notice of any resignation of Executive's employment. Notwithstanding any other
      provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 7 shall exclusively
      govern Executive's rights upon termination of employment with the Company and
      its affiliates.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    a. By
      the
      Company For Cause or By Executive's Resignation without Good
      Reason.

     

    (i) The
      Employment Term and Executive's employment hereunder may be terminated by the
      Company for Cause (as defined below) or by Executive's resignation without
      Good
      Reason (as defined below).

     

    (ii) For
      purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean action by the Executive that
      constitutes misconduct, dishonesty, the failure to comply with specific
      directions of the Board of Directors that are consistent with the terms hereof
      (after having been given a reasonably detailed written notice of, and a period
      of 20 days to cure, such misconduct or failure), a deliberate and premeditated
      act against the Company or its Affiliates, the commission of a felony, substance
      abuse or alcohol abuse which renders the Executive unfit to perform his duties,
      or any breach of the covenants set forth in Section 8 of this Agreement. Any
      voluntary termination of employment by the Executive in anticipation of an
      involuntary termination of the Executive's employment for Cause shall be deemed
      to be a termination for Cause.

     

    (iii) If
      Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, or if Executive
      resigns without Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to
      receive:

     

    (A) the
      Base
      Salary through the date of termination;

     

    (B) any
      Annual Bonus earned but unpaid as of the date of termination for any previously
      completed calendar year;

     

    (C) reimbursement
      for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by Executive in
      accordance with Company policy prior to the date of Executive's termination;
      and

     

    (D) such
      Employee Benefits, if any, as to which Executive may be entitled under the
      employee benefit plans of the Company (the amounts described in clauses (A)
      through (D) hereof being referred to as the "Accrued Rights").

     

    Following
      such termination of Executive's employment by the Company for Cause or
      resignation by Executive without Good Reason, except as set forth in this
      Section 7(a), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or
      any
      other benefits under this Agreement.

     

    b. Disability
      or Death.

     

    (i) The
      Employment Term and Executive's employment hereunder shall terminate upon
      Executive's death and if Executive becomes physically or mentally incapacitated
      and is therefore unable for a period of six (6) consecutive months or for an
      aggregate of nine (9) months in any twenty-four (24) consecutive month period
      to
      perform Executive's duties (such incapacity is hereinafter referred to as
      "Disability"). Any question as to the existence of the Disability of Executive
      as to which Executive and the Company cannot agree shall be determined in
      writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable to Executive
      and the Company. If Executive and the Company cannot agree as to a qualified
      independent physician, each shall appoint such a physician and those two
      physicians shall select a third who shall make such determination in writing.
      The determination of Disability made in writing to the Company and Executive
      shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of the Agreement.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (ii) Upon
      termination of Executive's employment hereunder for either Disability or death,
      Executive or Executive's estate (as the case may be) shall be entitled to
      receive:

     

    (A) the
      Accrued Rights; and

     

    (B) a
      pro
      rata portion of any Annual Bonus that the Executive would have been entitled
      to
      receive pursuant to Section 4 hereof in such year based upon the percentage
      of
      the calendar year that shall have elapsed through the date of Executive's
      termination of employment, payable when such Annual Bonus would have otherwise
      been payable had the Executive's employment not terminated,

     

    Following
      Executives termination of employment due to death or Disability, except as
      set
      forth in this Section 7(b), Executive or Executive's estate (as the case may
      be)
      shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under
      this Agreement.

     

    c. By
      the
      Company Without Cause or by Executive's Resignation with Good
      Reason.

     

    (i) The
      Employment Term and Executive's employment hereunder may be terminated by the
      Company without Cause or by Executive with Good Reason.

     

    (ii) For
      purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean:

     

    (A) Executive's
      relocation by the Company outside Orange County, California; or

     

    (B) a
      reduction of Executive's title as set forth in Section 2(a) hereof;
      or

     

    (C) a
      reduction of Executive's Base Salary (as increased from time to time) as set
      forth in Section 3(a) hereof; or

     

    (D) the
      failure of the Company to provide or cause to be provided to Executive any
      of
      the employee benefits described in Section 5 hereof;

     

    (E) a
      change
      in Executive's reporting relationship; or 

     

    (F) resignation
      after Executive reaches the age of 60; provided
      that
      none of the events described in clauses (A) through (E) of this Section 7(c)(ii)
      shall constitute Good Reason unless Executive shall have notified the Company
      in
      writing describing the events which constitute Good Reason and then only if
      the
      Company shall have failed to cure such event within thirty days after the
      Company's receipt of such written notice.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (iii) If
      Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (other than
      by
      reason of death or Disability), or by Executive with Good Reason, Executive
      shall be entitled to receive:

     

    (A) the
      Accrued Rights;

     

    (B) a
      pro
      rata portion of any Annual Bonus that the Executive would have been entitled
      to
      receive pursuant to Section 4 hereof in such year based upon the percentage
      of
      the calendar year that shall have elapsed through the date of Executive's
      termination of employment, payable when such Annual Bonus would have otherwise
      been payable had the Executive's employment not terminated; and

     

    (C) except
      in
      the case of Executive's resignation for Good Reason pursuant to clause
      (c)(ii)(F) of this Section 7, and subject to Executive's continued compliance
      with the provisions of Section 8 and 9, continued payment of the Base Salary
      until twelve 12 months after the date of such termination; provided
      that
      aggregate amount described in this clause (C) shall be reduced by the amount
      of
      any other cash severance or termination benefits payable to Executive under
      any
      other plans, programs or arrangements of the Company or its
      affiliates.

     

    Following
      Executive's termination of employment by the Company without Cause (other than
      by reason of Executive's death or Disability) or by Executive's resignation
      with
      Good Reason, except as set forth in this Section 7(c), Executive shall have
      no
      further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this
      Agreement.

     

    d. Notice
      of Termination.
      Any
      purported termination of employment by the Company or by Executive (other than
      due to Executive's death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination
      to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11(g) hereof. For purposes
      of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice which shall
      indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and
      shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to
      provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so
      indicated.

     

    8. Non-Competition.
      Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the
      businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly agrees as
      follows:

     

    a. Executive
      agrees that during the term of employment and until the first anniversary of
      the
      date of termination of Executive's employment with the Company or any subsidiary
      of the Company, as the case may be (the "Non-Competition
      Period"),
      the
      Executive will not directly or indirectly, (i) engage in any business that
      operates quick service restaurants that compete directly with the business
      of El
      Pollo Loco, Inc. or its Affiliates in any market in which El Pollo Loco, Inc.
      or
      its Affiliates operate restaurants or have targeted operating restaurants at
      the
      time of termination of Executive's employment (a "Competitive Business"), (ii)
      enter the employ of, or render any services (including in an advisory capacity,
      consulting capacity, or otherwise) to, any person engaged in a Competitive
      Business, (iii) acquire a financial interest in, or otherwise become actively
      involved with, any person engaged in a Competitive Business, directly or
      indirectly, as an individual, partner, shareholder, officer, director,
      principal, agent, trustee or consultant, or (iv) interfere with business
      relationships (whether formed before or after the date of this Agreement)
      between the Company or any of its Affiliates and customers, suppliers, partners,
      members or investors of the Company or its Affiliates. Notwithstanding the
      foregoing, Executive may, directly or indirectly own, solely as an investment,
      securities of any person engaged in Competitive Business which are publicly
      traded on a national or regional stock exchange or on the over-the-counter
      market if Executive (i) is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group
      which controls, such person and (ii) does not, directly or indirectly, own
      5% or
      more of any class of securities of such person.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    b. Executive
      further agrees that during the Non-Competition Period, Executive will not,
      directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or encourage any employee of the Company
      or
      its Affiliates to leave the employment of the Company or its Affiliates, (ii)
      solicit or encourage any employee who was employed by the Company or its
      Affiliates as of the date of Executive's termination of employment with the
      Company or who left the employment of the Company or its Affiliates within
      one
      year prior to or after the termination of Executive's employment with the
      Company, or (iii) solicit or encourage to cease to work with the Company or
      its
      Affiliates any consultant then under contract with the Company or its
      Affiliates.

     

    c. It
      is
      expressly understood and agreed that although Executive and the Company consider
      the restrictions contained in this Section 8 to be reasonable, if a final
      judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the
      time or territory or any other restriction contained in this Agreement is an
      unenforceable restriction against Executive, the provisions of this Agreement
      shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such
      maximum time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may
      judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable. Alternatively, if any court
      of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this Agreement
      is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it
      enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the
      other restrictions contained herein.

     

    9. Confidentiality.
      Executive will not at any time (whether during or after Executive's employment
      with the Company) disclose or use for Executive's own benefit or purposes or
      the
      benefit or purposes of any other person, firm, partnership, joint venture,
      association, corporation or other business organization, entity or enterprise
      other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade
      secrets, information, data, or other confidential information relating to
      customers, development programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales
      activities, promotion, credit and financial data, manufacturing processes,
      financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs of the Company generally,
      or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, provided
      that the
      foregoing shall not apply to information which is not unique to the Company
      or
      which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result
      of
      Executive's breach of this covenant; provided
      further
      that the foregoing shall not apply when Executive is required to divulge,
      disclose or make accessible such information by a court of competent
      jurisdiction or an individual duly appointed thereby, by any administrative
      body
      or legislative body (including a committee thereof) having supervisory authority
      over the business of the Company, or by any administrative body or legislative
      body (including a committee thereof) with jurisdiction to order Executive to
      divulge, disclose or make accessible such information. Executive agrees that
      upon termination of Executive's employment with the Company for any reason,
      he
      will return to the Company immediately all memoranda, books, papers, plans,
      information, letters and other data, and all copies thereof or therefrom, in
      any
      way relating to the business of the Company and its affiliates, except that
      he
      may retain personal notes, notebooks and diaries that do not contain
      confidential information of the type described in the preceding sentence.
      Executive further agrees that he will not retain or use for Executive's account
      at any time any trade names, trademark or other proprietary business designation
      used or owned in connection with the business of the Company or its
      affiliates.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    10. Specific
      Performance.
      Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company's remedies at law for a
      breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 8 or Section
      9
      would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, Executive agrees that,
      in
      the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies
      at
      law, the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled to cease making
      any payments or providing any benefit otherwise required by this Agreement
      and
      obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary
      restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable
      remedy which may then be available.

     

    11. Miscellaneous.

     

    a. Governing
      Law.
      This
      Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
      the
      State of California, without regard to conflicts of laws principles
      thereof.

     

    b. Entire
      Agreement/Amendments.
      This
      Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to
      the
      employment of Executive by the Company. There are no restrictions, agreements,
      promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the parties with respect
      to the subject matter herein other than those expressly set forth herein. This
      Agreement supersedes any other agreements or representations, oral or otherwise,
      express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof which have been
      made by either party. This Agreement may not be altered, modified, or amended
      except by written instrument signed by the parties hereto.

     

    c. No
      Waiver.
      The
      failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement
      on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party's rights or
      deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence
      to
      that term or any other term of this Agreement.

     

    d. Severability.
      In the
      event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be or
      become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality
      and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not
      be
      affected thereby.

     

    e. Assignment.
      This
      Agreement shall not be assignable by Executive. This Agreement may be assigned
      by the Company to a company which is a successor in interest to substantially
      all of the business operations of the Company. Such assignment shall become
      effective when the Company notifies the Executive of such assignment or at
      such
      later date as may be specified in such notice. Upon such assignment, the rights
      and obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations
      of such successor company, provided
      that any
      assignee expressly assumes the obligations, rights and privileges of this
      Agreement.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    f. Successors
      Binding Agreement.
      This
      Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon personal or legal
      representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributes,
      devises and legatees.

     

    g. Notice.
      For the
      purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for
      in
      the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
      when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt
      requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth
      below Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished
      to
      the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of
      address shall be effective only upon receipt.

     

    If
      to the
      Company:

    

    El
      Pollo
      Loco, Inc.

    3333
      Michelson Drive

    Suite
      550

    Irvine,
      CA 92612

    Attn:
      President

    

    With
      a
      copy to:

    

    Trimaran
      Capital Partners

    622
      Third
      Avenue, 35th
      Floor

    New
      York,
      NY 10017

    Attn:
      Steven Flyer

    

    If
      to
      Executive: To the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel
      records of the Company.

     

    h. Withholding
      Taxes.
      The
      Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal,
      state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any
      applicable law or regulation.

     

    i. Counterparts.
      This
      Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original,
      with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the
      same
      instrument.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
      the
      day and year first above written.

    
      	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	
            	
            	/s/
              Jerry
              Lovejoy
	 	
              
JERRY
              LOVEJOY

    

     

      
        	 	 	 
	 	CHICKEN
                ACQUISITION CORP., 
	 	
                on
                  behalf of its subsidiary, 

                EL
                  POLLO LOCO, INC.

              
	 	 
	
              	 
 	 
 
	
              	By:  	/s/
                Stephen E. Carley
	 	
                

                Name: Stephen
                  E. Carley

                Title: 
                  President

              

      

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Exhibit
      A

     

    Annual
      Bonus Calculation

     

    (i) Bonuses
      for any calendar year will be established by reference to budgeted "EBITDA"
      for
      such calendar year ("Budgeted EBITDA"), with EBITDA defined as the income of
      the
      Company before, without duplication, interest expense, amortization of deferred
      financing fees and acquisition-related bank/financing fees, income taxes,
      depreciation and amortization expense, before gains (or losses) on the sale
      of
      Company operated restaurants or other significant assets, after all bonuses
      including the Annual Bonus) and profit sharing expenses of the Company of any
      kind. Budgeted EBITDA will be established by the Company's Board of Directors
      (following annual plan reviews with the Company's management) within the first
      three months of each calendar year during the Employment Term.

     

    The
      bonus
      for any calendar year will in no event exceed 150% of the Target Bonus for
      such
      calendar year and will be calculated on the basis of the extent of attainment
      of
      Budgeted EBITDA for such calendar year as follows:

     

    
      	
              EBITDA
                as Percentage of Budgeted EBITDA

            	 	
              Percent
                of Target Bonus To Be Paid EBITDA

            
	
              Less
                than 90%

            	 	
              0%

            
	
              90%

            	 	
              25%

            
	
              100%

            	 	
              100%

            
	
              125%
                or more

            	 	
              150%

            

    

    

    For
      purposes of calculating bonuses in the event that EBITDA exceeds 90% of budgeted
      EBITDA but is less than 125% of Budgeted EBITDA, payout amounts shall be
      calculated in accordance with the following interpolative
      principles:

     

    
      	
              !

            	
              Between
                90% of Budgeted EBITDA and 100% of Budgeted EBITDA, the payout will
                be
                based on a linear sliding scale between 25% and 100% of the Target
                Bonus
                (e.g., at 95% of Budgeted EBITDA, the payout will equal 62.5% of
                the
                Target Bonus, and, at 98% of Budgeted EBITDA, the payout will equal
                85% of
                the Target Bonus); and

            

    

     

    
      	
              !

            	
              Between
                100% of Budgeted EBITDA and 125% of Budgeted EBITDA, the payout will
                be
                based on a linear sliding scale between 100% and 150% of the Target
                Bonus
                (e.g., at 110% of Budgeted EBITDA, the payout will equal 120% of
                the
                Target Bonus, and, at 120% of Budgeted EBITDA, the payout will equal
                140%
                of the Target Bonus). 

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Exhibit
      B

    

    [Attach
      Form of Option Agreement]

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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