Document:

exv10w2

Exhibit 10.2

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

by and among

TRONOX LLC

as Borrower

TRONOX INCORPORATED

TRONOX WORLDWIDE LLC

TRONOX FINANCE CORP.

CIMARRON CORPORATION

TRIPLE S REFINING CORPORATION

SOUTHWESTERN REFINING COMPANY, INC.

TRIANGLE REFINERIES, INC.

TRANSWORLD DRILLING COMPANY

TRIPLE S MINERALS RESOURCES CORPORATION

TRIPLE S, INC.

TRONOX HOLDINGS, INC.

TRONOX PIGMENTS (SAVANNAH) INC.

as Guarantors

THE LENDERS THAT ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO

as the Lenders,

and

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC

as the Agent

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC

as Sole Lead Arranger, Manager and Bookrunner

Dated as of February 14, 2011

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	1. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1.1 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	1.2 Accounting Terms
	 	 	1	 
	1.3 UCC
	 	 	1	 
	1.4 Construction
	 	 	2	 
	1.5 Schedules and Exhibits
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2. LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.1 Revolver Advances
	 	 	3	 
	2.2 [Reserved]
	 	 	5	 
	2.3 Borrowing Procedures and Settlements
	 	 	5	 
	2.4 Payments; Reductions and Increases of Commitments; Prepayments
	 	 	11	 
	2.5 Overadvances
	 	 	18	 
	2.6 Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations
	 	 	19	 
	2.7 Crediting Payments
	 	 	20	 
	2.8 Designated Account
	 	 	21	 
	2.9 Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations
	 	 	21	 
	2.10 Fees
	 	 	21	 
	2.11 Letters of Credit
	 	 	22	 
	2.12 LIBOR Option
	 	 	26	 
	2.13 Capital Requirements
	 	 	28	 
	2.14 Appointment of Administrative Borrower as Agent for Requesting Loans and
Receipts of Loans and Statements
	 	 	29	 
	2.15 Conversion of Guarantors to Borrower
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3. CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit
	 	 	30	 
	3.2 Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit
	 	 	30	 
	3.3 Maturity
	 	 	31	 
	3.4 Effect of Maturity
	 	 	31	 
	3.5 Early Termination by Borrowers
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.1 Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries
	 	 	31	 
	4.2 Due Authorization; No Conflict
	 	 	32	 
	4.3 Governmental Consents
	 	 	33	 
	4.4 Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens
	 	 	33	 
	4.5 Title to Assets; No Encumbrances
	 	 	33	 
	4.6 Jurisdiction of Organization; Location of Chief Executive Office;
Organizational Identification Number; Commercial Tort Claims
	 	 	34	 

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	4.7 Litigation
	 	 	34	 
	4.8 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	34	 
	4.9 No Material Adverse Change
	 	 	35	 
	4.10 Fraudulent Transfer
	 	 	35	 
	4.11 Employee Benefits
	 	 	35	 
	4.12 Environmental Condition
	 	 	35	 
	4.13 Intellectual Property
	 	 	36	 
	4.14 Leases
	 	 	36	 
	4.15 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
	 	 	36	 
	4.16 Complete Disclosure
	 	 	36	 
	4.17 Material Contracts
	 	 	37	 
	4.18 Patriot Act
	 	 	37	 
	4.19 Reserved
	 	 	37	 
	4.20 Payment of Taxes
	 	 	37	 
	4.21 Margin Equity Interests
	 	 	37	 
	4.22 Governmental Regulation
	 	 	38	 
	4.23 OFAC
	 	 	38	 
	4.24 Employee and Labor Matters
	 	 	38	 
	4.25 Term Loan Documents; Equity Contribution Documents
	 	 	38	 
	4.26 Confirmation Order
	 	 	39	 
	4.27 Eligible Accounts
	 	 	39	 
	4.28 Eligible Inventory
	 	 	40	 
	4.29 Locations of Inventory and Equipment
	 	 	40	 
	4.30 Inventory Records
	 	 	40	 
	4.31 Replacement Revolving Facility
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5.1 Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates
	 	 	40	 
	5.2 Collateral Reporting
	 	 	40	 
	5.3 Existence
	 	 	40	 
	5.4 Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	41	 
	5.5 Taxes
	 	 	41	 
	5.6 Insurance
	 	 	41	 
	5.7 Inspection
	 	 	41	 
	5.8 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	42	 
	5.9 Environmental
	 	 	42	 
	5.10 Disclosure Updates
	 	 	43	 
	5.11 Formation of Subsidiaries
	 	 	43	 
	5.12 Further Assurances
	 	 	43	 
	5.13 Lender Meetings
	 	 	44	 
	5.14 Material Contracts
	 	 	44	 
	5.15 Location of Inventory and Equipment
	 	 	44	 
	5.16 Dissolution of Triple S EMC
	 	 	44	 
	5.17 Conduct of Tronox Funding
	 	 	44	 
	5.18 Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title.
	 	 	45	 
	5.19 Consignment Agreements
	 	 	45	 

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	6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6.1 Indebtedness
	 	 	46	 
	6.2 Liens
	 	 	46	 
	6.3 Restrictions on Fundamental Changes
	 	 	46	 
	6.4 Disposal of Assets
	 	 	46	 
	6.5 Change Name
	 	 	47	 
	6.6 Nature of Business
	 	 	47	 
	6.7 Prepayments and Amendments
	 	 	47	 
	6.8 Change of Control
	 	 	48	 
	6.9 Restricted Junior Payments
	 	 	48	 
	6.10 Accounting Methods
	 	 	48	 
	6.11 Investments; Controlled Investments
	 	 	48	 
	6.12 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	49	 
	6.13 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	49	 
	6.14 Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests
	 	 	50	 
	6.15 Sales and Lease Backs
	 	 	50	 
	6.16 Certain Deposit Accounts
	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7. FINANCIAL COVENANTS
	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9.1 Rights and Remedies
	 	 	53	 
	9.2 Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10. WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10.1 Demand; Protest; etc
	 	 	54	 
	10.2 The Lender Group’s Liability for Collateral
	 	 	54	 
	10.3 Indemnification
	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	11. NOTICES
	 	 	55	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER
	 	 	56	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	13. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS
	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	13.1 Assignments and Participations
	 	 	57	 
	13.2 Successors
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	14. AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS
	 	 	60	 

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	14.1 Amendments and Waivers
	 	 	60	 
	14.2 Replacement of Certain Lenders
	 	 	63	 
	14.3 No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies
	 	 	63	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	15. AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP
	 	 	64	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	15.1 Appointment and Authorization of Agent
	 	 	64	 
	15.2 Delegation of Duties
	 	 	65	 
	15.3 Liability of Agent
	 	 	65	 
	15.4 Reliance by Agent
	 	 	65	 
	15.5 Notice of Default or Event of Default
	 	 	65	 
	15.6 Credit Decision
	 	 	66	 
	15.7 Costs and Expenses; Indemnification
	 	 	66	 
	15.8 Agent in Individual Capacity
	 	 	67	 
	15.9 Successor Agent
	 	 	67	 
	15.10 Lender in Individual Capacity
	 	 	68	 
	15.11 Collateral Matters
	 	 	68	 
	15.12 Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments
	 	 	69	 
	15.13 Agency for Perfection
	 	 	70	 
	15.14 Payments by Agent to the Lenders
	 	 	70	 
	15.15 Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents
	 	 	70	 
	15.16 Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other
Reports and Information
	 	 	71	 
	15.17 Several Obligations; No Liability
	 	 	72	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	16. TAXES
	 	 	72	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	17. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	 	 	75	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	17.1 Effectiveness
	 	 	75	 
	17.2 Section Headings
	 	 	75	 
	17.3 Interpretation
	 	 	75	 
	17.4 Severability of Provisions
	 	 	75	 
	17.5 Bank Product Providers
	 	 	75	 
	17.6 Debtor-Creditor Relationship
	 	 	76	 
	17.7 Counterparts; Electronic Execution
	 	 	77	 
	17.8 Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations
	 	 	77	 
	17.9 Confidentiality
	 	 	77	 
	17.10 Lender Group Expenses
	 	 	78	 
	17.11 Survival
	 	 	78	 
	17.12 USA PATRIOT Act
	 	 	78	 
	17.13 Integration
	 	 	79	 
	17.14 Ex-Im Bank Rules
	 	 	79	 

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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit A-1	 	Form of Assignment and Acceptance

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit B-1	 	Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit B-2	 	Form of Ex-Im Borrowing Base Certificate

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit B-3	 	Form of Bank Products Provider Letter Agreement

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit C-1	 	Form of Compliance Certificate

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit D-1	 	Form of Export-Related Revolving Credit Note

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit E-1	 	Form of Guarantor Conversion Notice

	 	 	 	 	 

	Exhibit L-1	 	Form of LIBOR Notice

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule A-1	 	Agent’s Account

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule A-2	 	Authorized Persons

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule C-1	 	Commitments

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule D-1	 	Designated Account

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule E-1	 	Inventory Locations

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule E-2	 	Existing Letters of Credit

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule E-3	 	Excluded Transferees

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule E-4	 	Eligible Mexican Account Requirements

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule F-1	 	Freight Forwarders

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule N-1	 	Non-Core Real Estate Assets

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule P-1	 	Permitted Investments

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule P-2	 	Permitted Liens

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule P-3	 	Permitted Indebtedness

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule P-4	 	Permitted Holders

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 1.1	 	Definitions

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	Schedule 3.1	 	Conditions Precedent

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.1(b)	 	Capitalization of Loan Parties

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.1(c)	 	Capitalization of Loan Parties’ Subsidiaries

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.6(a)	 	Jurisdictions of Organization

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.6(b)	 	Chief Executive Offices

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.6(c)	 	Organizational Identification Numbers

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.6(d)	 	Commercial Tort Claims

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.7(b)	 	Litigation

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.11	 	Benefit Plans

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.13	 	Intellectual Property

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.15	 	Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.17	 	Material Contracts

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 4.29	 	Locations of Inventory and Equipment

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 5.1	 	Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 5.2	 	Collateral Reporting

	 	 	 	 	 

	Schedule 6.12	 	Affiliate Transactions

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

     THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is entered into as of February 14, 2011 by and among
the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (each of such lenders, together with their
respective successors and permitted assigns, are referred to hereinafter as a “Lender” or a “US
Lender”, as that term is hereinafter further defined), Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors
and assigns in such capacity, “Agent”), Tronox LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Tronox”
or a “US Borrower” as hereinafter further defined), Tronox Incorporated, a Delaware corporation
(“Parent”), Tronox Worldwide LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Worldwide”), Tronox
Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Finance”), Cimarron Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation
(“Cimmaron”), Triple S Refining Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Triple S Refining”),
Southwestern Refining Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Southwestern”), Triangle Refineries,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Triangle”), Transworld Drilling Company, a Delaware corporation
(“Transworld”), Triple S Minerals Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Triple S
Minerals”), Triple S, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (“Triple S”), Tronox Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Holdings”), and Tronox Pigments (Savannah) Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Pigments”
and, together with Parent, Worldwide, Finance, Cimmaron, Triple S Refining, Southwestern, Triangle,
Transworld, Triple S Minerals, Triple S and Holdings, individually each, a “Guarantor” and
collectively, “Guarantors” as hereinafter further defined).

     The parties agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.

     1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
specified therefor on Schedule 1.1.

     1.2 Accounting Terms. Any accounting term used in this Agreement shall have, unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, the meaning customarily given in accordance with GAAP, and
all financial computations hereunder shall be computed unless otherwise specifically provided
herein, in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied and using the same method for inventory
valuation as used in the preparation of the financial statements of Parent most recently received
by Agent prior to the date hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in GAAP or
any interpretations or other pronouncements by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or
otherwise, the term “unqualified opinion” as used herein to refer to opinions or reports provided
by accountants shall mean an opinion or report that is unqualified and also does not include any
explanation, supplemental comment or other comment concerning the ability of the applicable person
to continue as a going concern or the scope of the audit. When used herein, the term “financial
statements” shall include the notes and schedules thereto. Whenever the term “Parent” is used in
respect of a financial covenant or a related definition, it shall be understood to mean Parent and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

     1.3 UCC. Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the UCC shall be
construed and defined as set forth in the UCC unless otherwise defined herein; provided,
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that to the extent that the UCC is used to define any term herein and such term is
defined differently in different Articles of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in
Article 9 of the UCC shall govern.

     1.4 Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the
singular include the plural, the terms “includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term
“or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase
“and/or.” The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in this Agreement
or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be,
as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as
the case may be. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments,
changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders,
and supplements set forth herein). The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the
same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein or in any other
Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Obligations , the Secured
Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement) or the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the
Guaranty) shall mean the repayment in Dollars in full in cash or immediately available funds (or,
(a) in the case of contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit,
providing Letter of Credit Collateralization, and (b) in the case of obligations with respect to
Bank Products (other than Hedge Obligations), providing Bank Product Collateralization) of all of
the Obligations (including the payment of any termination amount then applicable (or which would or
could become applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Obligations) under Hedge
Agreements provided by Hedge Providers) other than (i) unasserted indemnification Obligations, (ii)
any Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations) that, at such time, are allowed by the
applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid or cash
collateralized or otherwise are contingent, and (iii) any Hedge Obligations that, at such time, are
allowed by the applicable Hedge Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid
or are contingent or not yet due. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include
such Person’s successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in any
other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record. All references to
Borrowers, Guarantors, Agent, and Lenders pursuant to the definitions set forth in the recitals
hereto or Schedule 1.1 hereto, or to any other person herein or therein, shall include
their respective successors and assigns. An Event of Default shall exist or continue or be
continuing until such Event of Default is waived in accordance with Section 14.1 or is cured, if
such Event of Default is capable of being cured. All references to the term “good faith” used
herein when applicable to Agent or any Lender shall mean, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein or in the UCC, honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned. Borrowers
and Guarantors shall have the burden of proving any lack of good faith on the part of Agent or any
Lender alleged by any Borrower or Guarantor at any time. Unless otherwise indicated herein, all
references to time of day refer to Eastern Standard Time or Eastern daylight saving time, as in
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of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including”, the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through”
means “to and including”. This Agreement and other Loan Documents may use several different
limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All such limitations,
tests and measurements are cumulative and shall each be performed in accordance with their terms.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiations among and have been
reviewed by counsel to Agent and the other parties, and are the products of all parties.
Accordingly, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be construed against Agent or
Lenders merely because of Agent’s or any Lender’s involvement in their preparation. Unless the
context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise or Agent otherwise
determines, amounts expressed in US Dollars at any time when used with respect to Foreign
Subsidiaries or similar matters shall be deemed to mean the US Dollar Equivalent of such amounts at
such time.

     1.5 Schedules and Exhibits. All of the schedules and exhibits attached to this
Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.

2. LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.

     2.1 Revolver Advances

          (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and during the period from the date
hereof until the Maturity Date, each US Lender with a US Revolver Commitment agrees (severally, not
jointly or jointly and severally) to make revolving loans (“US Advances”) to US Borrowers which in
the aggregate at any one time outstanding will not exceed the lesser of:

          
     (i) such US Lender’s US Revolver Commitment, or

          
     (ii) such US Lender’s Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser of:

          
          (A) the Maximum US Revolver Amount less the sum of (1) the US Letter of Credit Usage at such
time, plus (2) the principal amount of Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time, and

          
          (B) the US Borrowing Base at such time less the sum of
(1) the US Letter of Credit Usage at
such time, plus (2) the principal amount of Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time;
provided, that, in no event shall any Lender be required to make an Advance if it
would cause the sum of US Revolver Usage and Ex-Im Revolver Usage at any time to exceed the Maximum
Revolver Amount at such time.

          
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and during the period from the date
hereof until the Ex-Im Maturity Date, each US Lender with an Ex-Im Revolver Commitment agrees
(severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make revolving loans (“Ex-Im Advances”) to US
Borrowers which in the aggregate at any one time outstanding will not exceed the lesser of:

         
      (i) such US Lender’s Ex-Im Revolver Commitment, or

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      (ii) such US Lender’s Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser of:

         
           (A) the Maximum Ex-Im Revolver Amount at such time, and

         
           (B) the Ex-Im Borrowing Base at such time; provided, that, in no event shall
any Lender be required to make an Advance if it would cause the sum of US Revolver Usage and Ex-Im
Revolver Usage at any time to exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount at such time.

         
 (c) Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1 may be repaid and, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, reborrowed at any time and from time to time during the term of this
Agreement. The outstanding principal amount of the Advances (other than the Ex-Im Advances),
together with interest and fees accrued on such Advances, shall be due and payable on the Maturity
Date or, if earlier, on the date on which they are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement. The outstanding principal amount of the Ex-Im Advances, together with interest
and fees accrued thereon, shall be due and payable on the Ex-Im Maturity Date or, if earlier, on
the date on which they are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

        
  (d) Anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents notwithstanding (but subject to the
immediately succeeding sentence), Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to establish,
increase, reduce, eliminate, or otherwise adjust reserves from time to time against the US
Borrowing Base, and/or the Ex-Im Borrowing Base in such amounts, and with respect to such matters,
as Agent in its Permitted Discretion shall deem necessary or appropriate, but in all cases without
duplication, including, without limitation (i) reserves in an amount equal to the Bank Product
Reserve Amount, (ii) reserves with respect to (A) amounts that Parent or its Subsidiaries are
required to pay under any Section of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and which Parent and
its Subsidiaries fail to pay when due and or (B) the amount of Priority Payables due and payable,
(iii) reserves in respect of amounts owing to the landlord, warehouseman or other operator of any
property at which any Revolving Loan Priority Collateral is located but for which Agent has not
received a Collateral Access Agreement; provided, that, the amount of the reserve
for any such property shall not exceed three (3) months of mortgage, rental or similar payments
payable by the Loan Parties for such property and, if a default under the applicable lease or other
agreement by the Loan Parties exists, an amount equal to the amounts due and payable under such
lease or other agreement (except that any of the foregoing amounts under this clause (iii) shall
from time to time (A) be eliminated with respect to a property upon the receipt by the Agent of a
Collateral Access Agreement for such property, (B) be adjusted upon the opening or closing of a
Collateral location subject to the limits described above, or (C) be adjusted upon any change
actually known to Agent in the amount of rental, mortgage or similar payments subject to the limits
described above), and (iv) reserves in respect of the amounts then due and owing to NGE under the
NGE Agreement; provided, that, the amount of such reserve under this clause (iv)
shall not exceed one month of servicing fees payable to NGE under the NGE Agreement and, if a
default under the NGE Agreement exists, an amount equal to the amounts due and payable to NGE under
the NGE Agreement; provided, further, that, any reserve established under
this clause (iv) shall be released promptly upon Agent’s receipt of reasonably satisfactory
evidence that Agent shall have received an aggregate amount of Environmental Insurance Receivables
Prepayments equal to the lesser of (A) 80% of the Eligible Insurance Accounts in existence on the
Closing Date or (B) $20,000,000. In each case such reserves shall be established against the US
Borrowing Base and/or the Ex-Im Borrowing Base (but without

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duplication of any such reserves), and
to the extent that a reserve is in respect of amounts that may be payable to third parties, Agent
may, in its Permitted Discretion, deduct such reserve from the
Maximum US Revolver Amount and/or the Maximum Ex-Im Revolver Amount (but without any
duplication). To the extent an event, circumstance or otherwise is addressed in (or a deduction is
taken pursuant to) the definitions of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory or Eligible Insurance
Accounts, Agent shall not establish a reserve for the same purpose.

          (e) Except in Agent’s discretion and with the consent of all Lenders, the aggregate amount of
the US Advances and Letters of Credit outstanding at any time (i) based on Eligible Inventory
consisting of work in process shall not exceed $5,000,000, (ii) based on Eligible Inventory
consisting of chemicals used or consumed in the manufacturing of inventory shall not exceed
$5,000,000, (iii) based on Eligible Inventory consisting of consigned inventory (including, without
limitation, consigned inventory in the possession of a consignee, consigned inventory in transit to
a consignee or any other consigned inventory) shall not exceed $12,500,000, (iv) based on Eligible
Inventory consisting of Eligible In-Transit Inventory shall not exceed $12,500,000, (v) based on
Eligible Ex-Im Accounts owing by Account Debtors located in Mexico shall not exceed $20,000,000,
and (v) based on Eligible Ex-Im Accounts owing by Account Debtors located in any country (other
than the United States, Canada or Mexico) shall not exceed $5,000,000.

     2.2 [Reserved]

     2.3 Borrowing Procedures and Settlements.

          (a) Procedure for Borrowing. Each Borrowing shall be made by a written request by an
Authorized Person delivered to Agent. Unless Swing Line Lender is not obligated to make a Swing
Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.3(b) below, such notice must be received by Agent no later than
1:00 p.m. on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date specifying (i) the amount of such
Borrowing, and (ii) the requested Funding Date, which shall be a Business Day; provided,
however, that if Swing Line Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Line Loan as to
a requested Borrowing, such notice must be received by Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. on the
Business Day prior to the date that is the requested Funding Date. At Agent’s election, in lieu of
delivering the above-described written request, any Authorized Person may give Agent telephonic
notice of such request by the required time. In such circumstances, Administrative Borrower agrees
that any such telephonic notice will be confirmed in writing within twenty-four (24) hours of the
giving of such telephonic notice, but the failure to provide such written confirmation shall not
affect the validity of the request.

          (b) Making of Swing Line Loans. In the case of a request for a US Advance and so long as
either (i) the aggregate amount of Swing Line Loans made since the last Settlement Date, minus the
amount of Collections or payments applied to Swing Line Loans since the last Settlement Date, plus
the amount of the requested US Advance does not exceed $5,000,000, or (ii) Swing Line Lender, in
its sole discretion, shall agree to make a Swing Line Loan notwithstanding the foregoing
limitation, Swing Line Lender shall make a US Advance in the amount of such requested Borrowing
(any such US Advance made solely by Swing Line Lender pursuant to this Section 2.3(b) being
referred to as a “Swing Line Loan” and such US Advances being referred to as “Swing Line Loans”)
available to US Borrowers on the Funding Date applicable thereto by transferring immediately
available funds to the Designated Account. Anything contained herein to the contrary

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notwithstanding, the Swing Line Lender may, but shall not be obligated to, make Swing Line Loans at
any time that one or more of the Lenders is a Defaulting Lender. Each Swing Line Loan shall be
deemed to be a US Advance hereunder and shall be subject to all the terms and conditions
(including Section 3) applicable to other US Advances; except, that, all payments
on any Swing Line Loan shall be payable to Swing Line Lender solely for its own account. Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.3(d)(ii), Swing Line Lender shall not make and shall not be
obligated to make any Swing Line Loan if Swing Line Lender has actual knowledge that (A) one or
more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 or 3.2 has not been satisfied
or would not be satisfied immediately after giving effect to such Swing Line Loan, or (B) the
requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability on the requested Funding Date for the applicable
Borrowing. Swing Line Lender shall not otherwise be required to determine whether the applicable
conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 have been satisfied on the Funding Date applicable
thereto prior to making any Swing Line Loan. The Swing Line Loans shall be secured by Agent’s
Liens, constitute US Advances and Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable
from time to time to US Advances that are Base Rate Loans.

          (c) Making of Loans.

               (i) In the event that Swing Line Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Line Loan, then
promptly after receipt of a request for a Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3(a), Agent shall notify
the Lenders, not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding the Funding Date
applicable thereto, by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of the requested
Borrowing. Each Lender shall make the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the requested
Borrowing available to Agent in immediately available funds, to Agent’s Account, not later than
10:00 a.m. on the Funding Date applicable thereto. After Agent’s receipt of the proceeds of such
Advances, Agent shall make the proceeds thereof available to Borrowers on the applicable Funding
Date by transferring immediately available funds equal to such proceeds received by Agent to the
Designated Account; provided, however, that subject to the provisions of Section
2.3(d)(ii), Agent shall not request any Lender to make, and no Lender shall have the obligation to
make, any Advance if (A) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section
3.1 or 3.2 has not been satisfied or would not be satisfied immediately after giving effect to such
Advance unless such condition has been waived, or (B) the requested Borrowing would exceed the
Availability on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing.

               (ii) Unless Agent receives notice from a Lender prior to 9:00 a.m. on the date of a Borrowing,
that such Lender will not make available as and when required hereunder to Agent for the account of
Borrowers the amount of that Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, Agent may assume that each
Lender has made or will make such amount available to Agent in immediately available funds on the
Funding Date and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to Borrowers on such date a corresponding amount. If any Lender shall not have made its
full amount available to Agent in immediately available funds and if Agent in such circumstances
has made available to Borrowers such amount, that Lender shall on the Business Day following such
Funding Date make such amount available to Agent, together with interest at the Defaulting Lender
Rate for each day during such period. A notice submitted by Agent to any Lender with respect to
amounts owing under this Section 2.3(c)(ii) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such
amount is so made available, such payment to Agent shall constitute such Lender’s Advance on the
date of Borrowing for all purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is not made

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available to Agent on the Business Day following the Funding Date, Agent will notify Administrative Borrower of
such failure to fund and, upon demand by Agent, Borrowers shall pay
such amount to Agent for Agent’s account, together with interest thereon for each day elapsed
since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the
time to the Advances composing such Borrowing.

          (d) Protective Advances and Optional Overadvances.

               (i) Any contrary provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document notwithstanding, but
subject to Section 2.3(d)(iv), Agent hereby is authorized by the Lenders, from time to time in
Agent’s sole discretion, (A) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, or (B) upon notice to Administrative Borrower at any time that any of the other applicable
conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 are not satisfied, to make Advances to, or for the
benefit of, Borrowers on behalf of the Lenders that Agent, in its Permitted Discretion deems
necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or (2) to
enhance the likelihood of repayment of the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations,
including Hedge Obligations) (any of the Advances described in this Section 2.3(d)(i) shall be
referred to as “Protective Advances”).

               (ii) Any contrary provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document notwithstanding, but
subject to Section 2.3(d)(iv), the Lenders hereby authorize Agent or Swing Line Lender, as
applicable, and either Agent or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may, but is not obligated to,
knowingly and intentionally, continue to make Advances (including Swing Line Loans) to Borrowers
notwithstanding that an Overadvance exists or thereby would be created, so long as (A) after giving
effect to such Advances, the outstanding US Revolver Usage does not exceed the US Borrowing Base by
more than ten (10%) percent of the Maximum Revolver Amount, (B) after giving effect to such
Advances, the outstanding US Revolver Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan
Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) does not exceed the Maximum US Revolver
Amount, (C) after giving effect to such Advances, the outstanding Ex-Im Revolver Usage does not
exceed the Ex-Im Borrowing Base and (D) after giving effect to such Advances, the outstanding Ex-Im
Revolver Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or
Lender Group Expenses) does not exceed the Maximum Ex-Im Revolver Amount. In the event Agent
obtains actual knowledge that the Ex-Im Revolver Usage or the US Revolver Usage exceeds the amounts
permitted by the immediately foregoing provisions, regardless of the amount of, or reason for, such
excess, Agent shall notify the Lenders as soon as practicable (and prior to making any (or any
additional) intentional Overadvances (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account
for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) unless Agent determines that prior notice would
result in imminent harm to the Collateral or its value, in which case Agent may make such
Overadvances and provide notice as promptly as practicable thereafter), and the Lenders with
Revolver Commitments thereupon shall, together with Agent, jointly determine the terms of
arrangements that shall be implemented with Borrowers intended to reduce, within a reasonable time,
the outstanding principal amount of the Advances to Borrowers to an amount permitted by the
preceding sentence. In such circumstances, if any Lender with a Revolver Commitment objects to the
proposed terms of reduction or repayment of any Overadvance, the terms of reduction or repayment
thereof shall be implemented according to the determination of the Required Lenders. In any event:
(1) if any unintentional Overadvance remains outstanding for more than sixty (60) days, unless
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immediately repay Advances in an
amount sufficient to eliminate all such unintentional Overadvances, and (2) after the date all such
Overadvances have been eliminated, there must be at
least five (5) consecutive days before intentional Overadvances are made unless otherwise
agreed to by the Required Lenders. The foregoing provisions are meant for the benefit of the
Lenders and Agent and are not meant for the benefit of Borrowers, which shall continue to be bound
by the provisions of Section 2.5. Each Lender with a Revolver Commitment shall be obligated to
settle with Agent as provided in Section 2.3(e) (or Section 2.3(g), as applicable) for the amount
of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any unintentional Overadvances by Agent reported to such Lender,
any intentional Overadvances made as permitted under this Section 2.3(d)(ii), and any Overadvances
resulting from the charging to the Loan Account of interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses.

               (iii) Each Protective Advance and each Overadvance shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder;
except, that, no Protective Advance or Overadvance shall be eligible to be a LIBOR
Rate Loan and, prior to Settlement therefor, all payments on the Protective Advances shall be
payable to Agent solely for its own account. The Protective Advances and Overadvances shall be
secured by Agent’s Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate
applicable from time to time to Advances that are Base Rate Loans. If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, Protective Advances shall be repayable on demand. Overadvances shall
be repayable in accordance with the terms of Section 2.5. The ability of Agent to make Protective
Advances is separate and distinct from its ability to make Overadvances and its ability to make
Overadvances is separate and distinct from its ability to make Protective Advances. For the
avoidance of doubt, the limitations on Agent’s ability to make Protective Advances do not apply to
Overadvances and the limitations on Agent’s ability to make Overadvances do not apply to Protective
Advances. The provisions of this Section 2.3(d) are for the exclusive benefit of Agent, Swing Line
Lender, and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit Borrowers in any way.

               (iv) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the
contrary: (A) no Overadvance or Protective Advance may be made by Agent if such Advance would
cause the aggregate principal amount of Overadvances and Protective Advances outstanding to exceed
an amount equal to ten (10%) percent of the Maximum Revolver Amount; and (B) to the extent any
Protective Advance causes the aggregate US Revolver Usage to exceed the Maximum US Revolver Amount
or causes the aggregate Ex-Im Revolver Usage to exceed the Maximum Ex-Im Revolver Amount, each such
Protective Advance shall be for Agent’s sole and separate account and not for the account of any
Lender and shall be entitled to priority in repayment in accordance with Section 2.4(b).

          (e) Settlement. It is agreed that each US Lender’s funded portion of the US Advances to US
Borrowers is intended by the US Lenders to equal, at all times, such US Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the outstanding US Advances. It is agreed that each US Lender’s funded portion of the Ex-Im
Advances intended by the US Lenders to equal, at all times, such US Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
outstanding Ex-Im Advances. Such agreement notwithstanding, Agent, Swing Line Lender, and the
other Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be for the benefit of Borrowers) that in order to
facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among the
Lenders as to the Advances, the Swing Line Loans, and the Protective Advances shall take place on a
periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:

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               (i) Agent shall request settlement (“Settlement”) with the Lenders on a weekly basis, or on a
more frequent basis if so determined by Agent (A) on behalf of Swing Line Lender, with respect to
the outstanding Swing Line Loans, (B) for itself, with respect to the outstanding
Protective Advances, and (C) with respect to Borrowers’ or their Subsidiaries’ Collections or
payments received, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, or other similar
form of transmission, of such requested Settlement, no later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day
immediately prior to the date of such requested Settlement (the date of such requested Settlement
being the “Settlement Date”). Such notice of a Settlement Date shall include a summary statement
of the amount of outstanding Advances, Swing Line Loans, and Protective Advances for the period
since the prior Settlement Date. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein (including
Section 2.3(g)): (1) if the amount of the Advances (including Swing Line Loans and Protective
Advances) made by a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender exceeds such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the Advances (including Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances) as of a Settlement Date, then
Agent shall, by no later than 12:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date, transfer in immediately available
funds to a Deposit Account of such Lender (as such Lender may designate), an amount such that each
such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share
of the Advances (including Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances), and (2) if the amount of the
Advances (including Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances) made by a Lender is less than such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances) as of
a Settlement Date, such Lender shall no later than 12:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date transfer in
immediately available funds to Agent’s Account, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon
transfer of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances
(including Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances). Such amounts made available to Agent under
clause (2) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be applied against the amounts of the
applicable Swing Line Loans or Protective Advances and, together with the portion of such Swing
Line Loans or Protective Advances representing Swing Line Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, shall
constitute Advances of such Lenders. If any such amount is not made available to Agent by any
Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto to the extent required by the terms hereof, Agent
shall be entitled to recover for its account such amount on demand from such Lender together with
interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate.

               (ii) In determining whether a Lender’s balance of the Advances, Swing Line Loans, and
Protective Advances is less than, equal to, or greater than such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
Advances, Swing Line Loans, and Protective Advances as of a Settlement Date, Agent shall, as part
of the relevant Settlement, apply to such balance the portion of payments actually received in good
funds by Agent with respect to principal, interest, fees payable by Borrowers and allocable to the
Lenders hereunder, and proceeds of Collateral.

               (iii) Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent Protective Advances or Swing Line Loans
are outstanding, may pay over to Agent or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, any Collections or
payments received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to
the reduction of the Advances, for application to the Protective Advances or Swing Line Loans.
Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent no Protective Advances or Swing Line Loans are
outstanding, may pay over to Swing Line Lender any Collections or payments received by Agent, that
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Advances,
for application to Swing Line Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances. If, as of any Settlement
Date, Collections or payments of Borrowers or their Subsidiaries received

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since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have been applied to Swing Line Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the Advances other than to Swing Line Loans, as provided for in the previous sentence, Swing Line
Lender shall pay to Agent for the accounts of the Lenders, and Agent shall pay
to the Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender if Agent has implemented the provisions of
Section 2.3(g)), to be applied to the outstanding Advances of such Lenders, an amount such that
each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have, as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata
Share of the Advances. During the period between Settlement Dates, Swing Line Lender with respect
to Swing Line Loans, Agent with respect to Protective Advances, and each Lender (subject to the
effect of agreements between Agent and individual Lenders) with respect to the Advances other than
Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances, shall be entitled to interest at the applicable rate or
rates payable under this Agreement on the daily amount of funds employed by Swing Line Lender,
Agent, or the Lenders, as applicable.

               (iv) Anything in this Section 2.3(e) to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that a
Lender is a Defaulting Lender, Agent shall be entitled to refrain from remitting settlement amounts
to the Defaulting Lender and, instead, shall be entitled to elect to implement the provisions set
forth in Section 2.3(g).

          (f) Notation. Agent, as a non-fiduciary agent for Borrowers, shall maintain a register
showing the principal amount of the Advances owing to each Lender, including the Swing Line Loans
owing to Swing Line Lender, and Protective Advances owing to Agent, and the interests therein of
each Lender, as described more fully in Section 13.1(h).

          (g) Defaulting Lenders. Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting Lender any
payments made by Borrowers to Agent for the Defaulting Lender’s benefit or any Collections or
proceeds of Collateral that would otherwise be remitted hereunder to the Defaulting Lender, and, in
the absence of such transfer to the Defaulting Lender, Agent shall transfer any such payments (i)
first, to Swing Line Lender to the extent of any Swing Line Loans that were made by Swing Line
Lender and that were required to be, but were not, repaid by the Defaulting Lender, (ii) second, to
the Issuing Lender, to the extent of the portion of a Letter of Credit Disbursement that was
required to be, but was not, repaid by the Defaulting Lender, (iii) third, to each non-Defaulting
Lender ratably in accordance with their Commitments (but, in each case, only to the extent that
such Defaulting Lender’s portion of an Advance (or other funding obligation) was funded by such
other non-Defaulting Lender), (iv) to a suspense account maintained by Agent, the proceeds of which
shall be, upon the request of Administrative Borrower for an Advance (subject to the satisfaction
of the condition set forth in Sections 3.1 and 3.2), made available, for the account of such
Defaulting Lender, to be re-advanced to or for the benefit of Borrowers as if such Defaulting
Lender had made its portion of such Advance hereunder, and (v) from and after the date on which all
other Obligations have been paid in full, to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with tier (M) of
Section 2.4(b)(ii) or in accordance with tier (E) of Section 2.4(b)(iii), as applicable. Subject
to the foregoing, Agent shall hold and re-lend to Borrowers for the account of such Defaulting
Lender the amount of all such payments received and retained by Agent for the account of such
Defaulting Lender. Solely for the purposes of voting or consenting to matters with respect to the
Loan Documents (including the calculation of Pro Rata Share in connection therewith) and for the
purpose of calculating the fees payable under Sections 2.10(b), such Defaulting Lender shall be
deemed not to be a “Lender” and such Lender’s Commitment shall be deemed to be zero. The
provisions of this Section 2.3(g) shall remain effective with respect to such Defaulting Lender
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non-Defaulting Lenders, Agent, and Borrowers shall
have waived, in writing, the application of this Section 2.3(g) to such Defaulting Lender, or (B)
the date on which such Defaulting Lender makes payment of all amounts that it was obligated to fund
hereunder, pays to Agent all amounts owing by Defaulting Lender in respect of the amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder, and, if
requested by Agent, provides adequate assurance of its ability to perform its future obligations
hereunder. The operation of this Section 2.3(g) shall not be construed to increase or otherwise
affect the Commitment of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the performance by such Defaulting Lender
or any other Lender of its duties and obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the
performance by Borrowers of their duties and obligations hereunder to Agent or to the Lenders other
than such Defaulting Lender. Any failure by a Defaulting Lender to fund amounts that it was
obligated to fund hereunder shall constitute a material breach by such Defaulting Lender of this
Agreement and shall entitle Borrowers, at their option, upon written notice to Agent, to arrange
for a substitute Lender to assume the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, such substitute Lender
to be reasonably acceptable to Agent. In connection with the arrangement of such a substitute
Lender, the Defaulting Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder, and agrees to
execute and deliver a completed form of Assignment and Acceptance in favor of the substitute Lender
(and agrees that it shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such document if it fails to do
so) subject only to being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations (other than Bank Product
Obligations, but including (1) all interest, fees, and other amounts that may be due and payable in
respect thereof, and (2) an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of the Letters of Credit);
provided, however, that any such assumption of the Commitment of such Defaulting
Lender shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of any of the Lender Groups’ or Borrowers’ rights
or remedies against any such Defaulting Lender arising out of or in relation to such failure to
fund. In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 2.3(g) and
any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is the intention of
the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent
possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict
that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 2.3(g) shall control
and govern.

          (h) Independent Obligations. All Advances (other than Swing Line Loans and Protective
Advances) shall be made by the Lenders contemporaneously and in accordance with their Pro Rata
Shares. It is understood that (i) no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other
Lender to perform its obligation to make any Advance (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor
shall any Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by any
other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by any Lender to perform its
obligations hereunder shall excuse any other Lender from its obligations hereunder.

     2.4 Payments; Reductions and Increases of Commitments; Prepayments.

          (a) Payments by Borrowers

               (i) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrowers shall be made to
Agent’s Account for the account of the Lender Group and shall be made in immediately available
funds, no later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Any payment received by Agent later
than 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business Day and any
applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue until such following Business Day.

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       (ii) Unless Agent receives notice from Borrowers prior to the date on which any payment
is due to the Lenders that Borrowers will not make such payment in full as and when required, Agent
may assume that Borrowers have made (or will make) such payment in full to Agent on such date in
immediately available funds and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such
Lender. If and to the extent Borrowers do not make such payment in full to Agent on the date when
due, each Lender severally shall repay to Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender,
together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day from the date such amount
is distributed to such Lender until the date repaid.

          (b) Apportionment and Application.

        
       (i) So long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise
provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all principal and interest payments received by
Agent shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders entitled to receive such payments (according
to the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments relate held by each
Lender) and all payments of fees and expenses received by Agent (other than fees or expenses that
are for Agent’s separate account or for the separate account of the Issuing Lender) shall be
apportioned ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the type of Revolving Commitment
or Obligation to which a particular fee or expense relates. All payments to be made hereunder by
Borrowers shall be remitted to Agent and all (subject to Section 2.4(b)(v), and Section 2.4(e))
such payments, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, shall be applied, so long as no
Application Event has occurred and is continuing, to reduce the balance of the Advances outstanding
and, thereafter, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled
thereto under applicable law.

       
        (ii) At any time that an Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as
otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all payments remitted to Agent in
respect of the Obligations (other than the Ex-Im Advances) and all proceeds of Collateral (other
than Foreign Accounts) received by Agent shall be applied as follows:

         
           (A) first, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements)
or indemnities then due to Agent under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,

         
           (B) second, to pay any fees or premiums then due to Agent under the Loan Documents
until paid in full,

         
           (C) third, to pay interest due in respect of all Protective Advances until paid in
full,

         
           (D) fourth, to pay the principal of all Protective Advances until paid in full,

         
           (E) fifth, ratably, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense
reimbursements) or indemnities then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, until paid
in full,

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                    (F) sixth, ratably, to pay any fees or premiums then due to any of the Lenders under
the Loan Documents until paid in full,

                    (G) seventh, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Swing Line Loans until paid in
full,

                    (H) eighth, to pay the principal of all Swing Line Loans until paid in full,

                    (I) ninth, ratably, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Advances (other than
Protective Advances and Ex-Im Advances) until paid in full,

                    (J) tenth, ratably (1) to pay the principal of all Advances (other than Ex-Im
Advances) until paid in full, (2) to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the benefit of Issuing Lender
(and for the ratable benefit of each of the Lenders that have an obligation to pay to Agent, for
the account of the Issuing Lender, a share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement), as cash
collateral in an amount up to one hundred five (105%) percent of the Letter of Credit Usage (to the
extent permitted by applicable law, such cash collateral shall be applied to the reimbursement of
any Letter of Credit Disbursement as and when such disbursement occurs and, if a Letter of Credit
expires undrawn, the cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Letter of Credit shall, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, be reapplied pursuant to this Section 2.4(b)(ii), beginning
with tier (A) hereof), and (3) ratably, to the Bank Product Providers based upon amounts then
certified by the applicable Bank Product Provider to Agent (in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent) to be due and payable to such Bank Product Providers on account of Bank Product Obligations
but only to the extent of the then Bank Product Reserve Amount then in effect with respect to such
Bank Product Obligations,

                    (K) eleventh, ratably, to the Bank Product Providers based upon amounts certified by
the applicable Bank Product Provider to Agent (in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) to be
due and payable on account of Bank Product Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations paid
pursuant to clause (J) above),

                    (L) twelfth, to pay any other Obligations other than Obligations owed to Defaulting
Lenders,

                    (M) thirteenth, ratably to pay any Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders; and

                    (N) fourteenth, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other
Person entitled thereto under applicable law.

               (iii) At any time that an Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as
otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all payments remitted to Agent in
respect of the Ex-Im Advances and all proceeds of Foreign Accounts received by Agent shall be
applied as follows:

                    (A) first, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements)
then due to Agent under the Loan Documents in connection with the collection or enforcement of
Foreign Accounts or the protection, preservation, sale or realization upon Foreign Accounts, until
paid in full,

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                    (B) second, ratably to pay any fees then due to any of the Lenders that has an Ex-Im
revolving Commitment or an outstanding Ex-Im Advance until paid in full,

                    (C) third, ratably, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Ex-Im Advances until
paid in full,

                    (D) fourth, to pay the principal of all Ex-Im Advances until paid in full,

                    (E) fifth, to pay any other Obligations other than Obligations owed to Defaulting
Lenders, to be applied pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii), beginning with tier (A),

                    (F) sixth, ratably to pay any Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders, and

                    (G) seventh, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person
entitled thereto under applicable law.

               (iv) Agent promptly shall distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the applicable wire
instructions received from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled to receive,
subject to a Settlement delay as provided in Section 2.3(e).

               (v) In each instance, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing, Section
2.4(b)(i) shall not apply to any payment made by Borrowers to Agent and specified by Borrowers to
be for the payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or prepayable) under any provision
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

               (vi) For purposes of Section 2.4(b)(ii) or (iii), “paid in full” of a type of Obligation means
payment in cash or immediately available funds of all amounts owing on account of such type of
Obligation, including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, default
interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements.

               (vii) In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 2.4
and any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent
possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict
that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, if the conflict relates to the provisions of Section 2.3(g)
and this Section 2.4, then the provisions of Section 2.3(g) shall control and govern, and if
otherwise, then the terms and provisions of this Section 2.4 shall control and govern.

          (c) Reduction and Termination of Commitments.

               (i) Revolver Commitments. The US Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
The Ex-Im Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the Ex-Im Maturity Date. Borrowers may reduce
the Revolver Commitments, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty; provided,
that, Borrowers shall not at any time reduce the Ex-Im Revolver Commitments to an amount
less than the sum of (A) the Ex-Im Revolver Usage as of such time plus (B) the principal amount of
all Ex-Im Advances not yet made as of such time as to which a request has been given by Borrowers
or Administrative Borrower; provided, further, that, Borrowers shall not at
any time reduce the US Revolving Commitments to an amount less than the sum of (x) the US Revolver

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Usage as of such time, plus (y) the principal amount of all US Advances not yet made as of such
time as to which a request has been given by Borrowers or Administrative Borrower under Section
2.3(a), plus (z) the amount of all Letters of Credit not yet issued as of such time as to which a
request has been given by Borrowers or Administrative Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11(a). Each such
reduction shall be in an amount which is not less than $2,000,000 (unless the Revolver Commitments
are being reduced to zero and the amount of the Revolver Commitments in effect immediately prior to
such reduction are less than $2,000,000), shall be made by providing not less than ten (10)
Business Days prior written notice to Agent (or such lesser number of Business Days as may be
acceptable to Agent), which notice shall specify whether such reduction is in respect of the Ex-Im
Revolver Commitment and/or the US Revolver Commitment and shall be irrevocable. Once reduced, the
Revolver Commitments may not be increased. Each such reduction of the Revolver Commitments shall
reduce the Revolver Commitments of each Lender proportionately in accordance with its Pro Rata
Share thereof.

               (ii) [Reserved]

          (d) Optional Prepayments.

               (i) Advances. Borrowers may prepay the principal of any Advance at any time in whole or in
part, without premium or penalty.

               (ii) [Reserved]

          (e) Mandatory Prepayments.

               (i) Borrowing Base. If, at any time, (A) the US Revolver Usage on such date exceeds the US
Borrowing Base, or (B) the Ex-Im Revolving Usage on such date exceeds the Ex-Im Borrowing Base (any
such excess being referred to as the “Borrowing Base Excess”), then Borrowers shall promptly, but
in any event, within one (1) Business Day prepay the Obligations in accordance with Section
2.4(f)(i) in an aggregate amount equal to the Borrowing Base Excess; provided,
that, to the extent that any portion of the Borrowing Base Excess arises as a direct result
of the establishment of reserves by Agent or changes by Agent to the criteria for Eligible
Accounts, Eligible Inventory or Eligible Insurance Accounts, Borrowers shall prepay the Obligations
in an amount equal to such portion of the Borrowing Base Excess within three (3) Business Days
following the receipt by Administrative Borrower of written notice of such establishment or change.

               (ii) Dispositions. Within one (1) Business Day of the date of receipt by any Loan Party of
the Net Cash Proceeds of any voluntary or involuntary sale or disposition by Parent or any
Subsidiary of Parent of any Revolving Loan Priority Collateral (including casualty losses or
condemnations but excluding sales or dispositions which qualify as Permitted Dispositions under
clauses (a), (b) or (o) of the definition of Permitted Dispositions), Borrowers shall prepay the
outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.4(f)(ii) in an amount
equal to one hundred (100%) percent of such Net Cash Proceeds (including condemnation awards,
insurance recoveries and payments in lieu thereof); provided, that, so long as (A)
no Cash Dominion Period exists, and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing or would result therefrom, (B) Administrative Borrower shall have given Agent prior
written notice of Borrowers’ intention to reinvest such monies in assets which constitute Revolving
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Collateral, (C) the monies are held in a Deposit Account in which Agent has a
perfected first-priority security interest, (D) the failure to promptly apply the Net Cash Proceeds
to prepay the Obligations will not result in a requirement that such Net Cash Proceeds be applied
to prepay any amounts owing under the Term Loan Documents, and (E) Borrowers or Guarantors, as applicable, complete such
reinvestment within 120 days after the initial receipt of such monies, then the Borrowers shall
have the option to apply such monies to reinvest in assets which constitute Revolving Loan Priority
Collateral unless and to the extent that such applicable period shall have expired without such
purchase being made, in which case any amounts remaining in the cash collateral account shall be
paid to the Agent and applied in accordance with Section 2.4(f)(ii). Nothing contained in this
Section 2.4(e)(ii) shall permit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of
any assets other than in accordance with Section 6.4.

               (iii) Environmental Insurance Receivables. Within one (1) Business Day of the date of receipt
by Borrowers or Guarantors of proceeds of Environmental Insurance Receivables, Borrowers shall (A)
prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.4(f)(ii) in
an amount equal to one hundred (100%) percent of such proceeds (each such prepayment, an
“Environmental Insurance Receivables Prepayment” and collectively, the “Environmental Insurance
Receivables Prepayments”) and (B) provide Agent with reasonably acceptable evidence that the source
of such Environmental Insurance Receivables Prepayment was the proceeds of Environmental Insurance
Receivables; provided, that, the obligation of Borrowers to prepay Obligations
pursuant to this Section 2.4(e)(iii) shall terminate after Borrowers shall have prepaid Obligations
pursuant to this Section 2.4(e)(iii) with proceeds of Environmental Insurance Receivables in an
aggregate amount of $20,000,000.

          (f) Application of Payments.

               (i) Each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(i) shall, (A) so long as no Application Event
shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first, to the outstanding principal
amount of the Advances until paid in full, and second, to cash collateralize the Letters of
Credit in an amount equal to one hundred five (105%) percent of the then extant Letter of Credit
Usage, and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the
manner set forth in Section 2.4(b)(ii) or 2.4(b)(iii), as applicable.

               (ii) Each prepayment of the Obligations pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(ii) or 2.4(e)(iii) above
shall (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first,
to the outstanding principal amount of the Advances, until paid in full, and second, to cash
collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to one hundred five (105%) percent of the
then extant Letter of Credit Usage and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be
continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.4(b)(ii) or 2.4(b)(iii), as applicable.

          (g) Increase of Commitments

               (i) Administrative Borrower may, at any time, so long as no Event of Default shall exist or
have occurred and be continuing, deliver a written request to Agent to increase the Maximum US
Revolver Amount. Any such written request shall specify the amount of the increase in the Maximum
US Revolver Amount that Borrowers are requesting, provided, that, (A) in no event
shall the aggregate amount of any such increase in the Maximum US Revolving Amount (the

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“Incremental Facility”) cause the Maximum US Revolver Amount to exceed $150,000,000, (B) such
request shall be for an increase of not less than $5,000,000, (C) any such request shall be
irrevocable and (D) in no event shall more than three (3) such written requests be delivered to
Agent during the term of the Agreement. All requests for an increase in the Maximum US Revolver
Amount shall include a corresponding request for an increase in the US Revolver Commitments.

               (ii) Upon the receipt by Agent of any such written request, Agent shall notify each of the
Lenders of such request and each Lender shall have the option (but not the obligation) to increase
the amount of its US Revolver Commitment by an amount up to its Pro Rata Share of the amount of the
increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount requested by Administrative Borrower as set forth in the
notice from Agent to such Lender. Each Lender shall notify Agent within fifteen (15) Business Days
after the receipt of such notice from Agent whether it is willing to so increase its US Revolver
Commitment, and if so, the amount of such increase; provided, that, (A) the minimum
increase in the US Revolver Commitments of each such Lender providing the additional Commitments
shall equal or exceed $1,000,000, and (B) no Lender shall be obligated to provide such increase in
its US Revolver Commitment and the determination to increase the US Revolver Commitment of a Lender
shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of such Lender. If the aggregate amount of the
increases in the US Revolver Commitments received from the Lenders does not equal or exceed the
amount of the increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount requested by Administrative Borrower, then
Agent may seek additional increases from Lenders or Commitments from such Eligible Transferees as
it may determine. In the event Lenders (or Lenders and any such Eligible Transferees, as the case
may be) have committed in writing to provide increases in their US Revolver Commitments or new US
Revolver Commitments in an aggregate amount in excess of the increase in the Maximum US Revolver
Amount requested by Borrowers or permitted hereunder, Agent shall then have the right to allocate
such commitments, first to Lenders and then to Eligible Transferees, in such amounts and manner as
Agent may determine, after consultation with Administrative Borrower. Additional Commitments for
the Incremental Facility shall be on the same terms and conditions as the Commitments on the date
hereof for US Advances.

               (iii) The Maximum US Revolver Amount shall be increased by the amount of the increase in US
Revolver Commitments from Lenders or new US Revolver Commitments from Eligible Transferees, with
corresponding increases in the US Revolver Commitments, in each case as selected in accordance with
Section 2.4(g)(ii) above, for which Agent has received Assignment and Acceptances forty-five (45)
days after the date of the request by Administrative Borrower for the increase or such earlier date
as Agent and Administrative Borrower may agree (but subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth below), whether or not the aggregate amount of the increase in US Revolver Commitments
and new US Revolver Commitments, as the case may be, equal or exceed the amount of the increase in
the Maximum US Revolver Amount requested by Administrative Borrower in accordance with the terms
hereof, effective on the date that each of the following conditions have been satisfied;

               (iv) Agent shall have received from each Lender or Eligible Transferee that is providing an
additional Commitment as part of the increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount, an Assignment and
Acceptance duly executed by such Lender or Eligible Transferee and each Borrower, provided,
that, the aggregate Commitments set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance(s) shall be not
less than $5,000,000;

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               (v) the conditions precedent to the making of Advances set forth in Section 4.2 shall be
satisfied as of the date of the increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount, both before and after
giving effect to such increase;

               (vi) Agent, at its option, shall have received an opinion of counsel to Borrowers and
Guarantors in form and substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to Agent addressing such
matters as Agent may reasonably request (including an opinion as to no conflicts with other
Indebtedness and a non-contravention opinion as to other documents and Indebtedness);

               (vii) such increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount on the date of the effectiveness thereof
shall not violate any applicable law, regulation or order or decree of any court or other
Governmental Authority and shall not be enjoined, temporarily, preliminarily or permanently;

               (viii) there shall have been paid to each Lender and Eligible Transferee providing an
additional Commitment in connection with such increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount all fees
and expenses arising under or related to this Agreement that are due and payable to such Person on
or before the effectiveness of such increase;

               (ix) as of the effective date of any such increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount, each
reference to the term Maximum US Revolver Amount (and US Revolver Commitments) herein and in any of
the other Loan Documents shall be deemed amended to mean the amount of the Maximum US Revolver
Amount (and US Revolver Commitments) after giving effect to the Incremental Facility as specified
in the most recent written notice from Agent to Administrative Borrower of the increase in the
Maximum US Revolver Amount (and US Revolver Commitments);

               (x) Effective on the date of each increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount pursuant to this
Section 2.4(g), each reference in this Agreement to an amount of Excess Availability or US Excess
Availability, shall, automatically and without any further action, be deemed to be increased so
that the ratio of each amount of Excess Availability or US Excess Availability to the amount of the
Maximum US Revolver Amount after such increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount remains the same
as the ratio of such amount of Excess Availability or US Excess Availability to the amount of the
Maximum US Revolver Amount prior to such increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount;

               (xi) Following the effective date of any increase in the Maximum US Revolver Amount pursuant
to this Section, Agent shall provide notice thereof to Lenders, and at Agent’s option, Borrowers,
Guarantors and Agent shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement providing for such increase in
the Maximum US Revolver Amount, the US Revolver Commitments and the increases in the Excess
Availability thresholds set forth in Section 2.4(g), and Agent is hereby authorized to enter into
such amendment on behalf of Lenders.

     2.5 Overadvances. If, at any time or for any reason, the amount of Obligations owed
by Borrowers to the Lender Group pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.11 is greater than any of the
limitations set forth in Section 2.1 or Section 2.11, as applicable (an “Overadvance”), Borrowers
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Agent to reduce the Obligations in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 2.4(b);
provided, that, if any Overadvance is caused solely by the establishment of a
reserve by Agent after the Closing Date or a modification by Agent after the Closing Date to the
criteria for Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory, Eligible Insurance Accounts or Eligible Mexican
Accounts (but in each case, without the prior written consent of Borrowers), Borrowers shall pay in cash,
within three (3) Business Days of the date Administrative Borrower receives written notice of such
reserve, the amount of such Overadvance. Borrowers promise to pay the Obligations (including
principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses) in full on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the
date on which the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations) become due and payable
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided, that, the outstanding principal
amount of the Ex-Im Advances, together with interest and fees accrued thereon, shall be due and
payable in full on the Ex-Im Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which the Obligations
(other than the Bank Product Obligations) become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.

     2.6 Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations.

          (a) Interest Rates. Except as provided in Section 2.6(c), all Obligations (except for undrawn
Letters of Credit) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall
bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof as follows:

               (i) if the relevant Obligation is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR
Rate plus the LIBOR Rate Margin, and

               (ii) otherwise, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Base Rate Margin.

          (b) Letter of Credit Fee. Borrowers shall pay Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
with a US Revolver Commitment, subject to any agreements between Agent and individual Lenders), a
Letter of Credit fee (in addition to the charges, commissions, fees, and costs set forth in Section
2.11(e)) which shall accrue at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate Margin times the Daily
Balance of the undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.

          (c) Default Rate. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and
at the election of the Required Lenders,

               (i) all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit) that have been charged to the Loan
Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof at a per
annum rate equal to 2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable thereunder,
and

               (ii) the Letter of Credit fee provided for in Section 2.6(b) shall be increased to 2
percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder.

          (d) Payment. Except to the extent provided to the contrary in Section 2.10 or Section
2.12(a), interest, Letter of Credit fees, all other fees payable hereunder or under any of the
other Loan Documents, and all costs, expenses, and Lender Group Expenses payable hereunder or under
any of the other Loan Documents shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the first (1st) day of
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month at any time that Obligations or Commitments are outstanding. Borrowers hereby authorize
Agent, from time to time without prior notice to Borrowers (or, solely in the case of Lender Group
Expenses relating to any visit and inspection pursuant to Section 5.7, upon not less than five (5)
Business Days’ prior written notice to Borrowers or in the case of any other Lender Group Expenses,
upon not less than fifteen (15) Business days’ prior written notice to Borrowers), to charge the
Loan Account for all interest, Letter of Credit fees, and all other fees payable hereunder or
under any of the other Loan Documents (in each case, as and when due and payable), all costs,
expenses, and Lender Group Expenses payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (in
each case, as and when incurred, but as to Lender Group Expenses relating to any visit and
inspection pursuant to Section 5.7 upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice
to Borrowers or in the case of any other Lender Group Expenses, upon not less than fifteen (15)
Business Days prior written notice to Borrowers), all charges, commissions, fees, and costs
provided for in Section 2.11(e) (as and when accrued or incurred, all fees and costs provided for
in Section 2.10 (as and when accrued or incurred), all other payments as and when due and payable
under any Loan Document or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any other
Obligations then due and payable, which amounts shall thereafter constitute Advances hereunder and
shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans. Any
interest, fees, costs, expenses, Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts payable hereunder or under
any other Loan Document or under any Bank Product Agreement that are charged to the Loan Account in
accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall thereafter constitute Advances hereunder
and shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans (unless
and until converted into LIBOR Rate Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).

          (e) Computation. All interest and fees chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be computed
on the basis of a 360 day year, in each case, for the actual number of days elapsed in the period
during which the interest or fees accrue. In the event the Base Rate is changed from time to time
hereafter, the rates of interest hereunder based upon the Base Rate automatically and immediately
shall be increased or decreased by an amount equal to such change in the Base Rate.

          (f) Intent to Limit Charges to Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event shall the interest rate or
rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the
highest rate permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final
determination, deem applicable. Borrowers and the Lender Group, in executing and delivering this
Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated
within it; provided, however, that, anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if said rate or rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum
allowable under applicable law, then, ipso facto, as of the date of this Agreement, Borrowers are
and shall be liable only for the payment of such maximum as allowed by law, and payment received
from Borrowers in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to reduce the
principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess.

     2.7 Crediting Payments. The receipt of any payment item by Agent shall not be
considered a payment on account unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately
available federal funds made to Agent’s Account or unless and until such payment item is honored
when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be honored when presented for payment,
then Borrowers shall be deemed not to have made such payment and interest shall be calculated
accordingly. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, any payment item shall be

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deemed received by Agent only if it is received into Agent’s Account on a Business Day on or before
2:00 p.m. If any payment item is received into Agent’s Account on a non-Business Day or after 2:00
p.m. on a Business Day, it shall be deemed to have been received by Agent as of the opening of
business on the immediately following Business Day.

     2.8 Designated Account. Agent is authorized to make the Advances, and Issuing Lender
is authorized to issue the Letters of Credit, under this Agreement based upon telephonic or other
instructions received from anyone purporting to be an Authorized Person or, without instructions,
if pursuant to Section 2.6(d). Each Borrower agrees to establish and maintain the Designated
Account with the Designated Account Bank for the purpose of receiving the proceeds of the Advances
requested by such Borrower, or on its behalf by Administrative Borrower, and made by Agent or the
Lenders hereunder. Unless otherwise agreed by Agent and Borrowers, any Advance or Swing Line Loan
requested by or on behalf of a Borrower and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be made to
the Designated Account.

     2.9 Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations. Agent shall maintain an
account on its books in the name of Borrowers (the “US Loan Account”) on which Borrowers shall be
charged with all Advances (including Protective Advances and Swing Line Loans) made by Agent, Swing
Line Lender, or the Lenders to Borrowers or for Borrowers’ account, the Letters of Credit issued or
arranged by Issuing Lender for Borrowers’ account, and with all other payment Obligations hereunder
or under the other Loan Documents, including, accrued interest, fees and expenses, and Lender Group
Expenses. In accordance with Section 2.7, the Loan Account will be credited with all payments
received by Agent from Borrowers or for Borrowers’ account. Agent shall render monthly statements
regarding the Loan Account to Borrowers, including principal, interest, fees, and including an
itemization of all charges and expenses constituting Lender Group Expenses owing, and such
statements, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and
constitute an account stated between Borrowers and the Lender Group unless, within thirty (30) days
after receipt thereof by Borrowers, Borrowers shall deliver to Agent written objection thereto
describing the error or errors contained in any such statements.

     2.10 Fees.

          (a) Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the account of Agent, as and when due and payable under
the terms of the Fee Letter, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter.

          (b) Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable account of those Lenders with Revolver
Commitments, on the first (1st) day of each month from and after the Closing Date up to the first
(1st) day of the month prior to the Payoff Date and on the Payoff Date, an unused line fee in an
amount equal to one-half of one (.50%) percent per annum times the result of (i) the aggregate
amount of the Revolver Commitments, less (ii) the average Daily Balance of the Revolver Usage
during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof); it being understood that, without
duplication, the outstanding amount of Swing Line Loans, Protective Advances and LC Usage shall be
included in the calculation of Revolver Usage for purposes of this clause (b).

          (c) If for any reason this Agreement is terminated on or prior to the first anniversary of the
Closing Date, in view of the impracticality and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages
and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of Lenders’ lost profits as a

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result thereof, Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable account of Lenders, upon the
effective date of such termination, an early termination fee in the amount equal to one (1%)
percent of the Maximum Revolver Amount; provided, that, such early termination fee
shall not be due and payable if, solely as a result of the establishment of discretionary reserves
by the Agent after the Closing Date but before the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the
amount of the Borrowing Base shall be reduced by more than 10% of the amount of the Borrowing Base on the Closing Date. Such early
termination fee shall be presumed to be the amount of damages sustained by Lenders as a result of
such early termination and each Borrower agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances
currently existing (including, but not limited to, the borrowings that are reasonably expected by
Borrowers hereunder and the interest, fees and other charges that are reasonably expected to be
received by Lenders hereunder). In addition, Lenders shall be entitled to such early termination
fee upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.4 or 8.5, even if Agent or
Lenders do not exercise their right to terminate this Agreement, but elects to provide financing to
Borrowers or permit the use of cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code.

          (d) Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the account of Ex-Im Bank, on the date of this Agreement
and on each anniversary thereof until such time as the Ex-Im Revolver Commitments have been
terminated or reduced to zero, a fee in an amount equal to the Ex-Im Bank Fee Rate times the Ex-Im
Revolver Commitments on the date such fee is due and payable.

     2.11 Letters of Credit

          (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request of Administrative
Borrower made in accordance herewith, the Issuing Lender agrees to issue, or to cause an Underlying
Issuer, as Issuing Lender’s agent, to issue, a requested Letter of Credit. If Issuing Lender, at
its option, elects to cause an Underlying Issuer to issue a requested Letter of Credit, then
Issuing Lender agrees that it will enter into arrangements relative to the reimbursement of such
Underlying Issuer (which may include, among, other means, by becoming an applicant with respect to
such Letter of Credit or entering into undertakings which provide for reimbursements of such
Underlying Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit; each such obligation or undertaking,
irrespective of whether in writing, a “Reimbursement Undertaking”) with respect to Letters of
Credit issued by such Underlying Issuer. By submitting a request to Issuing Lender for the
issuance of a Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested that Issuing Lender
issue or that an Underlying Issuer issue the requested Letter of Credit and to have requested
Issuing Lender to issue a Reimbursement Undertaking with respect to such requested Letter of Credit
if it is to be issued by an Underlying Issuer (it being expressly acknowledged and agreed by
Borrowers that Borrowers are and shall be deemed to be applicants (within the meaning of Section
5-102(a)(2) of the UCC) with respect to each Underlying Letter of Credit. Each request for the
issuance of a Letter of Credit, or the amendment, renewal, or extension of any outstanding Letter
of Credit, shall be made in writing by an Authorized Person and delivered to the Issuing Lender via
hand delivery, telefacsimile, or other electronic method of transmission reasonably in advance of
the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension. Each such request shall be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender and shall specify (i) the amount
of such Letter of Credit, (ii) the date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension of such
Letter of Credit, (iii) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, (iv) the name and address of
the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit, and (v) such other information (including, in the case of
an amendment, renewal, or extension, identification of the Letter of Credit to be so amended,
renewed, or extended) as shall be necessary to prepare,

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amend, renew, or extend such Letter of Credit. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuing Lender shall not be
obligated to issue or cause the issuance of a Letter of Credit or issue a Reimbursement Undertaking
in respect of an Underlying Letter of Credit at any time if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender at
such time unless Agent has received cash collateral from Borrowers in an amount equal to the Pro
Rata Share of such Defaulting Lender (calculated as in effect immediately prior to such Lender becoming a Defaulting Lender) of the face amount of
such Letter of Credit. The Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit or
a Reimbursement Undertaking in respect of an Underlying Letter of Credit, in either case, if any of
the following would result after giving effect to the requested issuance:

               (i) the US Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the US Borrowing Base less the outstanding
amount of US Advances (inclusive of Swing Line Loans), or

               (ii) the US Letter of Credit Usage would exceed $50,000,000, or

               (iii) the US Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Maximum US Revolver Amount less the
outstanding amount of US Advances (including Swing Line Loans), or

               (iv) the sum of the US Revolver Usage plus the Ex-Im Revolver Usage would exceed the Maximum
Revolver Amount.

Borrowers and the Lender Group hereby acknowledge and agree that all Existing Letters of Credit
shall constitute Letters of Credit issued for the account of US Borrowers under this Agreement on
and after the Closing Date with the same effect as if such Existing Letters of Credit were issued
by Issuing Lender or an Underlying Issuer at the request of Administrative Borrower, for and on
behalf of US Borrowers, on the Closing Date. Each Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Lender, including the requirement that the amounts payable
thereunder must be payable in Dollars. If Issuing Lender makes a payment under a US Letter of
Credit or an Underlying Issuer makes a payment under a US Underlying Letter of Credit, US Borrowers
shall pay to Agent an amount equal to the applicable Letter of Credit Disbursement on the date such
Letter of Credit Disbursement is made and, in the absence of such payment, the amount of the US
Letter of Credit Disbursement immediately and automatically shall be deemed to be a US Advance
hereunder and, initially, shall bear interest at the rate then applicable to US Advances that are
Base Rate Loans. If a Letter of Credit Disbursement is deemed to be an Advance hereunder,
Borrowers’ obligation to pay the amount of such Letter of Credit Disbursement to Issuing Lender
shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Advance. Promptly following receipt by Agent of
any payment from Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, Agent shall distribute such payment to the
Issuing Lender or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to Section 2.11(b) to
reimburse the Issuing Lender, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Lender as their interests may
appear.

          (b) Promptly following receipt of a notice of a US Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to
Section 2.11(a), each Lender with a US Revolver Commitment agrees to fund its Pro Rata Share of any
US Advance deemed made pursuant to Section 2.11(a) on the same terms and conditions as if Borrowers
had requested the amount thereof as an Advance and Agent shall promptly pay to Issuing Lender the
amounts so received by it from the Lenders. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit or a
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Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part
of the Issuing Lender or the Lenders with Revolver Commitments, the Issuing Lender shall be deemed
to have granted to each Lender with a US Revolver Commitment, and each Lender with a US Revolver
Commitment shall be deemed to have purchased, a participation in each US Letter of Credit issued by
Issuing Lender and each Reimbursement Undertaking with respect thereto, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Letter of
Credit or Reimbursement Undertaking, and each such Lender agrees to pay to Agent, for the account
of the Issuing Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Disbursement made by
Issuing Lender or an Underlying Issuer under the applicable US Letter of Credit. In consideration
and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender with a US Revolver Commitment hereby absolutely
and unconditionally agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, such Lender’s
Pro Rata Share of each US Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Lender or an Underlying
Issuer and not reimbursed by Borrowers on the date due as provided in Section 2.11(a), or of any
reimbursement payment required to be refunded to US Borrowers for any reason. Each Lender with a
Revolver Commitment acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to deliver to Agent, for the
account of the Issuing Lender, an amount equal to its respective Pro Rata Share of each Letter of
Credit Disbursement pursuant to this Section 2.11(b) shall be absolute and unconditional and such
remittance shall be made notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of an Event of Default or
Default or the failure to satisfy any condition set forth in Section 3. If any such Lender fails
to make available to Agent the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of a Letter of Credit
Disbursement as provided in this Section, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender and
Agent (for the account of the Issuing Lender) shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand
from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate until paid in full.

          (c) Borrowers hereby agree to jointly and severally indemnify, save, defend, and hold the
Lender Group and each Underlying Issuer harmless from any damage, loss, cost, expense, or
liability, and reasonable attorneys fees incurred by Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender
Group, or any Underlying Issuer arising out of or in connection with any Reimbursement Undertaking
or any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that Borrowers shall not be obligated
hereunder to indemnify for any loss, cost, expense, or liability that a court of competent
jurisdiction finally determines to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer. Borrowers
agree to be bound by the Underlying Issuer’s regulations and interpretations of any Letter of
Credit or by Issuing Lender’s interpretations of any Reimbursement Undertaking even though this
interpretation may be different from Borrowers’ own, and Borrowers understand and agree that none
of the Issuing Lender, the Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer shall be liable for any error,
negligence, or mistake, whether of omission or commission, in following Borrowers’ instructions or
those contained in the Letter of Credit or any modifications, amendments, or supplements thereto.
Borrowers understand that the Reimbursement Undertakings may require Issuing Lender to indemnify
the Underlying Issuer for certain costs or liabilities arising out of claims by Borrowers against
such Underlying Issuer. Borrowers hereby agree to jointly and severally indemnify, save, defend,
and hold Issuing Lender and the other members of the Lender Group harmless with respect to any
loss, cost, expense (including reasonable attorneys fees), or liability incurred by them as a
result of the Issuing Lender’s indemnification of an Underlying Issuer; provided,
however, that Borrowers shall not be obligated hereunder to indemnify for any such loss,
cost, expense, or liability to the extent that it is caused by the gross negligence or willful
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any other member of the Lender Group. Borrowers hereby
acknowledge and agree that none of the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or any
Underlying Issuer shall be responsible for delays, errors, or omissions resulting from the
malfunction of equipment in connection with any Letter of Credit.

          (d) Borrowers hereby authorize and direct any Underlying Issuer to deliver to the Issuing
Lender all instruments, documents, and other writings and property received by such Underlying
Issuer pursuant to such Underlying Letter of Credit and to accept and rely upon the Issuing
Lender’s instructions with respect to all matters arising in connection with such Underlying Letter
of Credit and the related application.

          (e) Any and all issuance charges, usage charges, commissions, fees, and costs incurred by the
Issuing Lender relating to Underlying Letters of Credit shall be Lender Group Expenses for purposes
of this Agreement and shall be reimbursable promptly, but in any event, within one (1) Business Day
by Borrowers to Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender; it being acknowledged and agreed by
Borrowers that, as of the Closing Date, the usage charge imposed by the Underlying Issuer is one
and one-quarter of one (1.25%) percent per annum times the undrawn amount of each Underlying Letter
of Credit, that such usage charge may be changed from time to time, and that the Underlying Issuer
also imposes a schedule of charges for amendments, extensions, drawings, and renewals.

          (f) If by reason of (i) any change after the Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, rule,
or regulation or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority, or (ii) compliance by the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or
Underlying Issuer with any direction, request, or requirement (irrespective of whether having the
force of law) of any Governmental Authority or monetary authority including, Regulation D of the
Federal Reserve Board as from time to time in effect (and any successor thereto):

                    (A) any reserve, deposit, or similar requirement is or shall be imposed or modified in respect
of any Letter of Credit issued or caused to be issued hereunder or hereby, or

                    (B) there shall be imposed on the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or
Underlying Issuer any other condition regarding any Letter of Credit or Reimbursement Undertaking,
and the result of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost to the Issuing
Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or an Underlying Issuer of issuing, making,
guaranteeing, or maintaining any Reimbursement Undertaking or Letter of Credit or to reduce the
amount receivable in respect thereof, then, and in any such case, Agent may, at any time within a
reasonable period after the additional cost is incurred or the amount received is reduced, notify
Administrative Borrower, and Borrowers shall pay within thirty (30) days after demand therefor,
such amounts as Agent may specify to be necessary to compensate the Issuing Lender, any other
member of the Lender Group, or an Underlying Issuer for such additional cost or reduced receipt,
together with interest on such amount from the date of such demand until payment in full thereof at
the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder; provided, however, that
Borrowers shall not be required to provide any compensation pursuant to this Section 2.11(f) for
any such amounts incurred more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date on which the
demand for payment of such amounts is first made to Borrowers; provided further,
however, that if an event or circumstance giving rise to such amounts is retroactive, then
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(180) day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period
of retroactive effect thereof. The determination by Agent of any amount due pursuant to this
Section 2.11(f), as set forth in a certificate setting forth the calculation thereof in reasonable
detail, shall, in the absence of manifest or demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and
binding on all of the parties hereto.

     2.12 LIBOR Option

          (a) Interest and Interest Payment Dates. In lieu of having interest charged at the rate based
upon the Base Rate, Borrowers shall have the option, subject to Section 2.12(b) below (the “LIBOR
Option”) to have interest on all or a portion of the Advances be charged (whether at the time when
made (unless otherwise provided herein), upon conversion from a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate
Loan, or upon continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan) at a rate of interest based
upon the LIBOR Rate. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be payable on the earliest of (i) the last
day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; (ii) the date on which all or any portion of the
Obligations become due and payable pursuant to the terms hereof, or (iii) the date on which this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof. On the last day of each applicable Interest
Period, unless Borrowers properly have exercised the LIBOR Option with respect thereto, the
interest rate applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan automatically shall convert to the rate of
interest then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the same type hereunder. At any time that an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, at the written election of the Required Lenders,
Borrowers no longer shall have the option to request that Advances bear interest at a rate based
upon the LIBOR Rate.

          (b) LIBOR Election.

               (i) Borrowers may, at any time and from time to time, so long as Borrowers have not received a
notice from Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default of the
election of the Required Lenders to terminate the right of Borrowers to exercise the LIBOR Option
during the continuance of such Event of Default, elect to exercise the LIBOR Option by notifying
Agent prior to 2:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days prior to the commencement of the proposed
Interest Period (the “LIBOR Deadline”). Notice of Borrowers’ election of the LIBOR Option for a
permitted portion of the Advances and an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by
delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline, or by telephonic
notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline (to be confirmed by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR
Notice received by Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. on the same day). Promptly upon its receipt of each
such LIBOR Notice, Agent shall provide a copy thereof to each of the affected Lenders.

               (ii) Each LIBOR Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrowers. In connection with each
LIBOR Rate Loan, Borrowers shall, jointly and severally indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the
Lenders harmless against any loss, cost, or expense actually incurred by Agent or any Lender as a
result of (A) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of an
Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (B) the
conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, or (C) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on the date
specified in any LIBOR Notice delivered pursuant hereto (such losses, costs, or expenses, “Funding
Losses”). A certificate of Agent or a Lender delivered to Administrative Borrower setting forth in
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entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrowers shall pay such amount to
Agent or the Lender, as applicable, within thirty (30) days of the date of its receipt of such
certificate. If a payment of a LIBOR Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the applicable
Interest Period would result in a Funding Loss, Agent may, in its sole discretion at the request of
Administrative Borrower, hold the amount of such payment as cash collateral in support
of the Obligations until the last day of such Interest Period and apply such amounts to the
payment of the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan on such last day, it being agreed that Agent has no
obligation to so defer the application of payments to any LIBOR Rate Loan and that, in the event
that Agent does not defer such application, Borrowers shall be obligated to pay any resulting
Funding Losses.

               (iii) Borrowers shall have not more than 6 LIBOR Rate Loans in effect at any given time.
Borrowers may only exercise the LIBOR Option for proposed LIBOR Rate Loans of at least $1,000,000.

          (c) Conversion. Borrowers may convert LIBOR Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans at any time;
provided, however, that in the event that LIBOR Rate Loans are converted or prepaid
on any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, including as a
result of any automatic prepayment through the required application by Agent of proceeds of
Borrowers’ and their Subsidiaries’ Collections in accordance with Section 2.4(b) or for any other
reason, including early termination of the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or any
portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, Borrowers shall, jointly and severally
indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders and their Participants harmless against any and
all Funding Losses in accordance with Section 2.12 (b)(ii).

          (d) Special Provisions Applicable to LIBOR Rate.

               (i) The LIBOR Rate may be adjusted by Agent with respect to any Lender on a prospective basis
to take into account any additional or increased costs to such Lender of maintaining or obtaining
any eurodollar deposits or increased costs, in each case, due to changes in applicable law
occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then applicable Interest Period, including changes
in tax laws (except changes of general applicability in corporate income tax laws but subject to
the terms of Section 16 which shall be controlling with respect to Taxes addressed in such Section)
and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor), which additional or increased costs would increase the cost of funding
or maintaining loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate. In any such event, the affected Lender
shall give Administrative Borrower and Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and
Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice
from the affected Lender, Administrative Borrower may, by notice to such affected Lender (A)
require such Lender to furnish to Administrative Borrower a statement setting forth the basis for
adjusting such LIBOR Rate and the method for determining the amount of such adjustment, or (B)
repay the LIBOR Rate Loans with respect to which such adjustment is made (together with any amounts
due under Section 2.12(b)(ii)).

               (ii) In the event that any change in market conditions or any law, regulation, treaty, or
directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall at any time
after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for
such Lender to fund or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans or to continue such funding or maintaining,

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or to determine or charge interest rates at the LIBOR Rate, such Lender shall give notice of such changed
circumstances to Agent and Administrative Borrower and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to
each other Lender and (A) in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding,
the date specified in such Lender’s notice shall be deemed to be the last day of the Interest
Period of such LIBOR Rate Loans, and interest upon the LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans, and (B)
Borrowers shall not be entitled to elect the LIBOR Option until such Lender determines that it
would no longer be unlawful or impractical to do so.

          (e) No Requirement of Matched Funding. Anything to the contrary contained herein
notwithstanding, neither Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required actually
to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest
accrues at the LIBOR Rate.

     2.13 Capital Requirements.

          (a) If, after the date hereof, any Lender determines that (i) the adoption of or change in any
law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital or reserve requirements for banks or bank
holding companies, or any change in the interpretation, implementation, or application thereof by
any Governmental Authority charged with the administration thereof, or (ii) compliance by such
Lender or its parent bank holding company with any guideline, request or directive of any such
entity regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law), has the effect of
reducing the return on such Lender’s or such holding company’s capital as a consequence of such
Lender’s Commitments hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such holding company
could have achieved but for such adoption, change, or compliance (taking into consideration such
Lender’s or such holding company’s then existing policies with respect to capital adequacy and
assuming the full utilization of such entity’s capital) by any amount deemed by such Lender to be
material, then such Lender may notify Administrative Borrower and Agent thereof. Following receipt
of such notice, Borrowers agree to pay such Lender on demand the amount of such reduction of return
of capital as and when such reduction is determined, payable within thirty (30) days after
presentation by such Lender of a statement in the amount and setting forth in reasonable detail
such Lender’s calculation thereof and the assumptions upon which such calculation was based (which
statement shall be deemed true and correct absent manifest error). In determining such amount,
such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Failure or delay on the part
of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such
Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided, that, Borrowers shall not be
required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.13(a) for any reductions in return
incurred more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies
Administrative Borrower of such law, rule, regulation or guideline giving rise to such reductions
and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further,
that if such claim arises by reason of the adoption of or change in any law, rule, regulation or
guideline that is retroactive, then the one hundred eighty (180) day period referred to above shall
be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

          (b) If any Lender requests additional or increased costs referred to in Section 2.12(d)(i) or
amounts under Section 2.13(a) (any such Lender, an “Affected Lender”), then such Affected Lender
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assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices or branches, if (i) in the
reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender, such designation or assignment would eliminate or
reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(i) or Section 2.13(a), as applicable, and (ii)
in the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender, such designation or assignment would not
subject it to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially
disadvantageous to it. Borrowers agree to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred by such Affected Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. If, after
such reasonable efforts, such Affected Lender does not so designate a different one of its lending
offices or assign its rights to another of its offices or branches so as to eliminate Borrowers’
obligation to pay any future amounts to such Affected Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(i) or
Section 2.13(a), as applicable, then Borrowers (without prejudice to any amounts then due to such
Affected Lender under Section 2.12(d)(i) or Section 2.13(a), as applicable) may, unless prior to
the effective date of any such assignment the Affected Lender withdraws its request for such
additional amounts under Section 2.12(d)(i) or Section 2.13(a), as applicable, may seek a
substitute Lender reasonably acceptable to Agent to purchase the Obligations owed to such Affected
Lender and such Affected Lender’s Commitments hereunder (a “Replacement Lender”), and if such
Replacement Lender agrees to such purchase, such Affected Lender shall assign to the Replacement
Lender its Obligations and Commitments, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, and
upon such purchase by the Replacement Lender, such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a
“Lender” for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Lender shall cease to be a “Lender” for
purposes of this Agreement.

     2.14 Appointment of Administrative Borrower as Agent for Requesting Loans and Receipts of
Loans and Statements.

          (a) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and constitutes Administrative Borrower as its
agent and attorney-in-fact to request and receive Advances and Letters of Credit pursuant to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents from Agent or any Lender in the name or on behalf of such
Borrower. Agent and Lenders may disburse the Advances to such bank account of Administrative
Borrower or a Borrower or otherwise make such Advances to a Borrower and provide such Letters of
Credit to a Borrower as Administrative Borrower may designate or direct, without notice to any
other Borrower or Guarantor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Agent may
at any time and from time to time require that Advances to or for the account of any Borrower be
disbursed directly to an operating account of such Borrower.

          (b) Administrative Borrower hereby accepts the appointment by Borrowers to act as the agent
and attorney-in-fact of Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.14. Administrative Borrower shall
ensure that the disbursement of any Advances to each Borrower requested by or paid to or for the
account of any Borrower, or the issuance of any Letter of Credit for a Borrower hereunder, shall be
paid to or for the account of such Borrower.

          (c) Each Borrower and other Guarantor hereby irrevocably appoints and constitutes
Administrative Borrower as its agent to receive statements on account and all other notices from
Agent and Lenders with respect to the Obligations or otherwise under or in connection with this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

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          (d) Any notice, election, representation, warranty, agreement or undertaking by or on behalf
of any other Borrower or any Guarantor by Administrative Borrower shall be deemed for all purposes
to have been made by such Borrower or Guarantor, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon and
enforceable against such Borrower or Guarantor to the same extent as if made directly by such
Borrower or Guarantor.

          (e) Administrative Borrower may resign as Administrative Borrower upon five (5) days prior
written notice to Borrowers and Agent. If Administrative Borrower resigns under this Agreement,
the Borrowers shall be entitled to appoint a successor Administrative Borrower. Upon the
acceptance of its appointment as successor Administrative Borrower hereunder, such successor
Administrative Borrower shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties of the retiring
Administrative Borrower and the term “Administrative Borrower” shall mean such successor
Administrative Borrower and the retiring Administrative Borrower’s appointment, powers, and duties
as Administrative Borrower shall be terminated. If no successor Administrative Borrower has
accepted appointment as Administrative Borrower by the date which is five (5) days following a
retiring Administrative Borrower’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Borrower’s
resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and Borrowers shall perform all of the
duties of Administrative Borrower hereunder until such time, if any, as Borrowers appoint a
successor Administrative Borrower as provided for above.

     2.15 Conversion of Guarantors to Borrower. If any Guarantor that is a Domestic
Subsidiary (a “Domestic Guarantor”) has Eligible Accounts, Eligible Ex-Im Accounts or Eligible
Inventory, Administrative Borrower may elect for such Guarantor to become a US Borrower by
executing and delivering to Agent a Guarantor Conversion Notice. Upon Agent’s receipt of a
Guarantor Conversion Notice, duly executed by Administrative Borrower and properly completed which
requests that a Domestic Guarantor become a US Borrower, Agent shall promptly countersign such
Guarantor Conversion Notice, whereupon such Domestic Guarantor shall automatically become a US
Borrower and shall cease to be a Guarantor.

3. CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT.

     3.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit. The obligation of each
Lender to make its initial extension of credit provided for hereunder is subject to the
fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent and the Lenders, of each of the conditions precedent set
forth on Schedule 3.1 (the making of such initial extension of credit by a Lender being
conclusively deemed to be its satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent ).

     3.2 Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit. The obligation of the Lender
Group (or any member thereof) to make any Advances hereunder (or to extend any other credit
hereunder) at any time shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:

          (a) the representations and warranties of Parent or its Subsidiaries contained in this
Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects
(except, that, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and
warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of
the date of such extension of credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent
that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date); and

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          (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
extension of credit, nor shall either result from the making thereof.

     3.3 Maturity. This Agreement shall be in full force and effect for a term ending on
February 13, 2015 (the “Maturity Date”). The foregoing notwithstanding, the Lender Group, upon the
election of the Required Lenders, shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this
Agreement immediately and without notice upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default.

     3.4 Effect of Maturity. On the Maturity Date, all commitments of the Lender Group to
provide additional credit hereunder shall automatically be terminated and all of the Obligations
immediately shall become due and payable without notice or demand and Borrowers shall be required
to repay all of the Obligations in full; provided, that, on the Ex-Im Maturity
Date, all commitments of the Lender Group to provide Ex-Im Advances shall automatically be
terminated and the outstanding principal amount of the Ex-Im Advances and all interest and fees
accrued thereon immediately shall become due and payable without notice or demand and shall be paid
by Borrowers in full. No termination of the obligations of the Lender Group (other than payment in
full of the Obligations and termination of the Commitments) shall relieve or discharge any Loan
Party of its duties, obligations, or covenants hereunder or under any other Loan Document and
Agent’s Liens in the Collateral shall continue to secure the Obligations and shall remain in effect
until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated. When all of
the Obligations have been paid in full and the Lender Group’s obligations to provide additional
credit under the Loan Documents have been terminated irrevocably, Agent will, at Borrowers’ sole
expense, execute and deliver any termination statements, lien releases, discharges of security
interests, and other similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable
form) as Borrowers may reasonably request to release, as of record, Agent’s Liens and all notices
of security interests and liens previously filed by Agent.

     3.5 Early Termination by Borrowers. Borrowers have the option, at any time upon ten
(10) Business Days prior written notice to Agent, to terminate this Agreement and terminate the
Commitments hereunder by repaying to Agent all of the Obligations in full.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

     In order to induce the Lender Group to enter into this Agreement, Borrowers jointly and
severally make the following representations and warranties to the Lender Group which shall be
true, correct, and complete, in all material respects (except, that, such materiality qualifier
shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or
modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the Closing Date, and shall be true, correct,
and complete, in all material respects (except, that, such materiality qualifier shall not be
applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by
materiality in the text thereof), as of the date of the making of each Advance made (or each Letter
of Credit issued) thereafter, as though made on and as of the date of such Advance or such issuance
(except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date)
and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:

     4.1 Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries

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          (a) Each Loan Party (i) is duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) is qualified to do business in any state where material
assets are located or where necessary to conduct its business, except where the failure to be in
good standing or so qualified could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change, and (iii) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry
on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Loan Documents
to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby.

          (b) Set forth on Schedule 4.1(b) is a complete and accurate description as of the Closing Date
of the authorized Equity Interests of each Loan Party, by class, and, as of the Closing Date, a
description of the number of shares of each such class that are issued and outstanding. Other than
as described on Schedule 4.1(b), as of the Closing Date, there are no subscriptions, options,
warrants, or calls relating to any shares of each Loan Party’s Equity Interests, including any
right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument. No Loan Party
is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire
any shares of its Equity Interests or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any of its
Equity Interests.

          (c) As of the Closing Date, set forth on Schedule 4.1(c) (as such Schedule may be
updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this
Agreement), is a complete and accurate list of the Loan Parties’ direct and indirect Subsidiaries,
showing: (i) the number of shares of each class of common and preferred Equity Interests
authorized for each of such Subsidiaries, and (ii) the number and the percentage of the outstanding
shares of each such class owned directly or indirectly by each Borrower. All of the outstanding
Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary has been validly issued and is fully paid and
non-assessable.

          (d) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1(c), as of the Closing Date, there are no
subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of any Loan Party’s Subsidiaries’
Equity Interests, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or
other instrument. Neither any Loan Party’s nor any Subsidiaries of any Loan Party is subject to
any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of
any Loan Party’s Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests or any security convertible into or exchangeable
for any such Equity Interests.

     4.2 Due Authorization; No Conflict.

          (a) As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part
of such Loan Party.

          (b) As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) violate any provision of federal,
state, or local law or regulation applicable to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, the Governing
Documents of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or
other Governmental Authority binding on any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, except to the extent
that any such violation could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Change, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due

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notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any agreement, document or instrument of any
Loan Party or its Subsidiaries except to the extent that any such conflict, breach or default could
not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change,
(iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any
assets of any Loan Party, other than Permitted Liens, or (iv) require any approval of any Loan
Party’s interest holders or any approval or consent of any Person under any agreement, document or
instrument of any Loan Party, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained on or prior
to the date hereof and that are still in force and effect and except, in the case of Material
Contracts, for consents or approvals, the failure to obtain could not individually or in the
aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

     4.3 Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery, and performance by each Loan
Party of the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not and will not require any registration with,
consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority,
other than registrations, consents, approvals, notices, or other actions that have been obtained on
or prior to the date hereof and that are still in force and effect and except for filings and
recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Agent for filing or
recordation, as of the Closing Date and except where the failure to obtain the foregoing could not
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

     4.4 Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens.

          (a) Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party
thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against
such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by
equitable principles relating to enforceability or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally.

          (b) Agent’s Liens are validly created, perfected under the laws of the United States (other
than (i) in respect of motor vehicles that are subject to a certificate of title and as to which
Agent has not caused its Lien to be noted on the applicable certificate of title, (ii) any Deposit
Accounts and Securities Accounts not subject to a Control Agreement as permitted by Section 6.11
and (iii) patents, copyrights or trademarks in respect of which no intellectual property security
agreement or similar agreement granting a security interest in the applicable intellectual property
has been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright
Office, as applicable), and first priority Liens (in the case of Revolving Loan Priority
Collateral) or second priority Liens (in the case of Term Loan Priority Collateral), subject only
to Permitted Liens for which priority is accorded by operation of law or other Permitted Liens
which are permitted to be senior to Agent’s Lien pursuant to this Agreement.

     4.5 Title to Assets; No Encumbrances. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries
has (i) good, sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in Real Property), (ii)
valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), and
(iii) good and marketable title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their
respective assets reflected in their most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section
5.1, in each case except (A) for assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements to
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hereby or (B) as individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Change. All of such assets are free and clear of Liens except for Permitted
Liens.

     4.6 Jurisdiction of Organization; Location of Chief Executive Office; Organizational
Identification Number; Commercial Tort Claims

          (a) The name of (within the meaning of Section 9-503 of the UCC) and jurisdiction of
organization of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date is set forth on
Schedule 4.6(a) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting
from transactions permitted under this Agreement).

          (b) The chief executive office of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is located at
the address indicated on Schedule 4.6(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time
to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement).

          (c) Each Loan Party’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ tax identification numbers and
organizational identification numbers, if any, as of the Closing Date, are identified on
Schedule 4.6(c) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes
resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement).

          (d) As of the Closing Date, no Loan Party holds any commercial tort claims that exceed
$250,000 in amount, except as set forth on Schedule 4.6(d).

     4.7 Litigation.

          (a) There are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of any Borrower,
after due inquiry, threatened in writing against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that
either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change.

          (b) Schedule 4.7(b) sets forth a complete and accurate description, with respect to
each of the actions, suits, or proceedings with asserted liabilities, or that could reasonably be
expected to result in liabilities, in an amount that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change that, as of the Closing Date, is pending or, to the knowledge of any
Borrower, after due inquiry, threatened against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, of (i) the
parties to such actions, suits, or proceedings, (ii) the nature of the dispute that is the subject
of such actions, suits, or proceedings, (iii) the status, as of the Closing Date, with respect to
such actions, suits, or proceedings, and (iv) whether any liability of the Loan Parties’ and their
Subsidiaries in connection with such actions, suits, or proceedings is covered by insurance.

     4.8 Compliance with Laws. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in
violation of any applicable laws, rules, regulations, executive orders, or codes (including
Environmental Laws) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Change, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final
judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state,
municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
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foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change.

     4.9 No Material Adverse Change. All historical financial statements for the periods
from December 31, 2008 through November 30, 2010 relating to the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries that have been delivered by Borrowers to Agent have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the lack of footnotes and being
subject to year-end audit adjustments and fresh start accounting) and present fairly in all
material respects, the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ consolidated financial condition as of
the date thereof and results of operations for the period then ended. Since entry of the
Confirmation Order, no event, circumstance, or change has occurred that has or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

     4.10 Fraudulent Transfer.

          (a) As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties, collectively, are Solvent.

          (b) No transfer of property is being made by any Loan Party and no obligation is being
incurred by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future
creditors of such Loan Party.

     4.11 Employee Benefits. As of the date hereof, no Loan Party, none of their
Subsidiaries, nor any of their ERISA Affiliates maintains or contributes to any Benefit Plan,
except as set forth on Schedule 4.11.

     4.12 Environmental Condition. Except with respect to the Henderson Legacy Conditions
(for which each Loan Party has received either a covenant not to sue or, the extent allowable under
applicable laws, a release from Governmental Authorities pursuant to the Environmental Claims
Settlement Agreement) and except where any of the following could not individually or in the
aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change, (a) no Loan Party’s nor any of
its Subsidiaries’ properties has ever been used by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in the disposal
of, or to produce, store, handle, treat, release, or transport, any Hazardous Materials, where such
disposal, production, storage, handling, treatment, release or transport was in violation of any
applicable Environmental Law, (b) to each Borrower’s knowledge, no Loan Party’s nor any of its
Subsidiaries’ properties has ever been designated or identified in any manner pursuant to any
environmental protection statute as a Hazardous Materials disposal site, (c) no Loan Party nor any
of its Subsidiaries has received written notice that a Lien arising under any Environmental Law has
attached to any properties owned or operated by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, and (d) no Loan
Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective currently owned or operated
facilities or ongoing operations is subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree, or
settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law or Environmental Liability,
except the Environmental Claims Settlement Agreement, the Environmental Response Trust Agreements
and the Anadarko Litigation Trust Agreement (as each such term is defined in the Chapter 11 Plan)
and any ancillary documents related thereto. Pursuant to the Environmental Claims Settlement
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not to sue or, to the extent allowable under applicable laws, a release from Governmental
Authorities with respect to the Henderson Legacy Conditions.

     4.13 Intellectual Property. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries own, or hold
licenses in or other rights to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights and patents that are
necessary to the conduct of its business as currently conducted, except where the failure to own,
hold licenses in, or otherwise have a right to use could not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Change, and attached hereto as Schedule
4.13 (as updated from time to time) is a true, correct, and complete listing of all material
trademarks registrations and applications, copyright registrations and applications, and patents
and patent applications as to which any Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries is the owner;
provided, however, that Borrowers may amend Schedule 4.13 to add additional
material intellectual property as described above which the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiary
may have acquired after the date hereof, so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to
Agent within thirty (30) days of the end of the calendar quarter in which such intellectual
property was acquired.

     4.14 Leases. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed
possession under all leases material to their business and to which they are parties or under which
they are operating, and, subject to Permitted Protests, all of such material leases are valid and
subsisting and to the Borrowers’ knowledge, no material default by the applicable Loan Party or its
Subsidiaries exists under any of them.

     4.15 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. Set forth on Schedule 4.15 (as
updated pursuant to the provisions of the Security Agreement from time to time) is a listing of all
of the Loan Parties’ Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts as of the Closing Date, including,
with respect to each bank or securities intermediary (a) the name and address of such Person, and
(b) the account numbers of the Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained with such Person.

     4.16 Complete Disclosure. All factual information taken as a whole (other than
forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and
general information about Borrowers’ industry) furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its
Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the
Schedules hereto or in the other Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and all other such factual information taken as a whole
(other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic
nature and general information about Borrowers’ industry) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of a
Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate, in all
material respects, on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not
incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not
misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such
information was provided. The Projections delivered to Agent on September 9, 2010 represent, and
as of the date on which any other Projections are delivered to Agent, such additional Projections
represent, Borrowers’ good faith estimate, on the date such Projections are or were delivered, of
the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ future performance for the periods covered thereby based
upon assumptions believed by Borrowers to be reasonable at the time of the delivery thereof to
Agent (it being understood that such Projections are subject to uncertainties and contingencies,
many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and are not to be
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assurances can be given that such Projections will be realized, and that actual results may
differ in a material manner from such Projections).

     4.17 Material Contracts. Set forth on Schedule 4.17 (as such Schedule may be
updated from time to time in accordance herewith) is a list of the Material Contracts of each Loan
Party and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that
Borrowers may amend Schedule 4.17 to add additional Material Contracts so long as such
amendment occurs by written notice to Agent on the date that Borrowers provides a Compliance
Certificate. Except for matters which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, each Material Contract (other than
those that have expired at the end of their normal terms) is in full force and effect and is
binding upon and enforceable against the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiary and, to Borrowers’
knowledge, after due inquiry, each other Person that is a party thereto in accordance with its
terms and is not in default due to the action or inaction of the applicable Loan Party or
Subsidiary.

     4.18 Patriot Act. To the extent applicable, each Loan Party is in compliance, in all
material respects, with the (a) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign
assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V,
as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (b)
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001) (the “Patriot Act”). No part of the proceeds of the loans made
hereunder will be used by any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates, directly or indirectly, for
any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political
party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to
obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United
States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

     4.19 Reserved.

     4.20 Payment of Taxes. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.5, all tax
returns and reports of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them
have been timely filed, and all taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all
governmental assessments, fees and charges upon a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries or upon their
respective assets that are due and payable have been paid when due and payable. No Borrower knows
of any proposed tax assessment against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is not being
actively contested by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary diligently, in good faith, and by
appropriate proceedings; provided such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall
be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.

     4.21 Margin Equity Interests. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged
principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Equity Interests. No part of the proceeds of the
loans made to Borrowers will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin Equity Interests or to
extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock or for any
purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the
United States Federal Reserve.

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     4.22 Governmental Regulation. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to
regulation under the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other
federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which
may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. No Loan Party nor any of
its Subsidiaries is a “registered investment company” or a company “controlled” by a “registered
investment company” or a “principal underwriter” of a “registered investment company” as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

     4.23 OFAC. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the
country or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC. No Loan
Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (b) has its
assets located in Sanctioned Entities, or (c) derives revenues from investments in, or
transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Entities. No proceeds of any loan or other
financial accommodation made or provided hereunder will be used to fund any operations in, finance
any investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned
Entity.

     4.24 Employee and Labor Matters. Except as could not individually or in the aggregate
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change, there is (a) no unfair labor practice
complaint pending or, to the knowledge of any Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of any Loan Party before any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration
proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of any Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of any Loan Party which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement, (b)
no strike, slowdown, work stoppage or other material labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of
any Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, or (c) to the
knowledge of Loan Parties, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees
of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party and no union organizing activity taking place
with respect to any of the employees of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party. No
Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party has incurred any liability or obligation under the
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or similar state law, which remains unpaid or
unsatisfied, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
The hours worked and payments made to employees of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan
Party have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable legal
requirements, except to the extent such violations could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. All material payments due from any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party on account of wages and employee health and welfare
insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Loan Parties,
except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

     4.25 Term Loan Documents; Equity Contribution Documents.

          (a) As of the Closing Date, Borrowers have delivered to Agent true and correct copies of the
Term Loan Agreement and the other material Term Loan Documents. As of the Closing Date, no party
to the Term Loan Documents which is a Loan Party or an Affiliate thereof is in default in the
performance or compliance with any provisions thereof. The Term Loan Documents are in full force
and effect as of the Closing Date and have not been terminated, rescinded or withdrawn as of such
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delivery and performance of the Term Loan Documents do not and will not require any
registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any
Governmental Authority, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still
in full force and effect.

          (b) As of the Closing Date, Borrowers have delivered to Agent true and correct copies of the
Equity Commitment Agreement and the other material Equity Contribution Documents. As of the
Closing Date, no party to the Equity Contribution Documents is in default in the performance or
compliance with any provisions thereof and the Equity Contribution Documents comply in all material
respects with all applicable laws. The Equity Contribution Documents are in full force and effect
as of the Closing Date and have not been terminated, rescinded or withdrawn as of such date. Other
than the entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Confirmation Order, the execution, delivery and
performance of the Equity Contribution Documents do not and will not require any registration with,
consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority,
other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in full force and
effect.

     4.26 Confirmation Order. Borrowers have delivered to Administrative Borrower a
complete and correct copy of the Chapter 11 Plan and the Confirmation Order (including all
schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other documents
delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith). Borrowers and Guarantors are not in
default in the performance of or compliance with any provisions of the Chapter 11 Plan. The
Chapter 11 Plan is in full force and effect as of the date hereof and has not been terminated,
rescinded or withdrawn, and the Effective Date has occurred. The Confirmation Order is a Final
Order and is in full force and effect, and has not been amended, modified or stayed. All
conditions to confirmation and effectiveness of the Chapter 11 Plan have been satisfied or validly
waived pursuant to the Chapter 11 Plan (other than conditions consisting of the effectiveness of
this Agreement). No court of competent jurisdiction has issued any injunction, restraining order
or other order which prohibits consummation of the transactions described in the Confirmation Order
and no governmental or other action or proceeding has been commenced, seeking any injunction,
restraining order or other order which seeks to void or otherwise modify the transactions described
in the Confirmation Order.

     4.27 Eligible Accounts. As to each Account that is identified by Borrowers as an
Eligible Account or Eligible Foreign Account in a Borrowing Base Certificate or Ex-Im Borrowing
Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Account is (a) a bona fide existing payment obligation of
the applicable Account Debtor created by the sale of Inventory or the rendition of services to such
Account Debtor in the ordinary course of a Borrower’s business, (b) owed to a Borrower without any
known defenses, disputes, rights of setoff, counterclaims, or rights of return or cancellation, and
(c) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than
Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts or Eligible Foreign
Accounts, as applicable. As to each Environmental Insurance Receivable that is identified by
Borrowers as an Eligible Insurance Account in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such
Environmental Insurance Receivable is (a) a bona fide existing payment obligations of the
Environmental Insurer pursuant to the Environmental Insurance Policy, (b) owed to Worldwide
without any known defenses, disputes, offsets, counterclaims, or rights of return or cancellation
(except as identified by the Borrower in the Borrowing Base Certificate), and (c) not excluded as
ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than Agent-discretionary
criteria) set forth in the definition of Eligible Insurance Accounts.

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     4.28 Eligible Inventory. As to each item of Inventory that is identified by
Borrowers as Eligible Inventory or Eligible In-Transit Inventory in a Borrowing Base Certificate
submitted to Agent, such Inventory is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the
excluding criteria (other than Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the definition of
Eligible Inventory or Eligible In-Transit Inventory, as applicable.

     4.29 Locations of Inventory and Equipment. The Inventory and Equipment (other
than vehicles or Equipment in-transit or out for repair or Inventory in-transit) of the Loan
Parties are not stored with a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party except as identified on
Schedule 4.29 (as such Schedule may be updated pursuant to Section 5.15) and are located only at,
or in-transit between or to, the locations identified on Schedule 4.29 (as such Schedule may be
updated pursuant to Section 5.15).

     4.30 Inventory Records. Each Loan Party keeps correct and accurate records
consistent with past practices itemizing and describing the type, quality, and quantity of its
Inventory and the book value thereof.

     4.31 Replacement Revolving Facility. This Agreement constitutes a “Replacement
Revolving Facility” under and as defined in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the date
hereof, and as of the Closing Date, there exists no other Replacement Revolving Facility.

     4.32 Indebtedness to Specified Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, no Loan Party
has any Indebtedness for borrowed money owing to any of the Specified Subsidiaries.

5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

     Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Commitments and
payment in full of the Obligations, the Loan Parties shall and shall cause each of their
Subsidiaries to comply with each of the following:

     5.1 Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates. Deliver to Agent, for
distribution to each Lender, each of the financial statements, reports, and other items set forth
on Schedule 5.1 no later than the times specified therein. In addition, each Borrower
agrees that no Subsidiary of a Loan Party will have a fiscal year different from that of Borrowers.
In addition, each Borrower agrees to maintain a system of accounting that enables Borrowers to
produce financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

     5.2 Collateral Reporting. Provide Agent with each of the reports set forth on
Schedule 5.2 at the times specified therein. In addition, Borrowers agree to use
commercially reasonable efforts in cooperation with Agent to facilitate and implement a system of
electronic collateral reporting in order to provide electronic reporting of each of the items set
forth on such Schedule.

     5.3 Existence. Except as otherwise permitted in Section 6.3 or 6.4, at all times
maintain and preserve in full force and effect (a) its existence and (b) all rights and franchises,
licenses and permits material to its business; except (in the case of this clause (b)) where the
failure so to maintain or preserve could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

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     5.4 Maintenance of Properties. Maintain and preserve all of its assets that are
necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition,
ordinary wear, tear, and casualty excepted and Permitted Dispositions excepted, and comply with the
material provisions of all material leases to which it is a party as lessee, so as to prevent the
loss or forfeiture thereof, unless such provisions are the subject of a Permitted Protest, in each
case except where the failure to do any of the foregoing could not individually or in the aggregate
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change

     5.5 Taxes. Cause all material assessments and material taxes imposed, levied, or
assessed against any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or in respect
of any of its income, businesses, or franchises to be paid in full, before delinquency or before
the expiration of any extension period, except to the extent that the validity of such assessment
or tax shall be the subject of a Permitted Protest and so long as, in the case of an assessment or
tax that has become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such contest proceedings operate to stay
the sale of any portion of the Collateral to satisfy such assessment or tax. The Loan Parties will
and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to make timely payment or deposit of all material tax
payments and withholding taxes required of them by applicable laws, including those laws concerning
F.I.C.A., F.U.T.A., state disability, and local, state, and federal income taxes, except where the
failure to make such payment or deposit could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

     5.6 Insurance. At Borrowers’ expense, maintain, with financially sound and
reputable insurers, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance,
business interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or
damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of Parent and its Subsidiaries as are
customarily carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation
engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with
such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be
reasonable and customary for such Persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Borrower’s and Guarantors will maintain or cause to be maintained (a) flood insurance with respect
to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National
Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and (b) replacement value casualty insurance on the
Collateral under such policies of insurance, with such insurance companies, in such amounts, with
such deductibles, and covering such risks as are at all times carried or maintained under similar
circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses. Each such policy
of insurance shall (i) name Agent as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear,
(ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable endorsement,
satisfactory in form and substance to Agent, that names Agent as the loss payee thereunder and
provide for at least thirty days’ prior written notice to Agent of any modification or cancellation
of such policy. Administrative Borrower shall give Agent prompt notice of any loss exceeding
$750,000 covered by its casualty or business interruption insurance.

     5.7 Inspection. Permit Agent and each of its duly authorized representatives or
agents to visit any domestic properties of any Loan Party and inspect any of its assets
constituting Revolving Loan Priority Collateral or books and records, to conduct appraisals and
valuations of assets included in the Borrowing Base, to examine and make copies of its books and
records, and to discuss its affairs, finances, and accounts with, and to be advised as to the same
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employees at such reasonable times and intervals as Agent may
designate and, so long as no Event of Default exists, with reasonable prior notice to Administrative
Borrower; provided, that, so long as no Event of Default exists, Loan Parties’
shall not be liable for (a) the costs and expenses of more than two (2) inventory appraisals
during each fiscal year (exclusive of the appraisals delivered pursuant to Schedule 3.1) or (b)
the costs and expenses of more than two (2) such visits and inspections (or, if Excess Availability
is less than $25,000,000, three (3) such visits and inspections) during each fiscal year (exclusive
of the visits and inspections conducted pursuant to Schedule 3.1).

     5.8 Compliance with Laws. Comply with the requirements of all applicable laws,
rules, regulations, and orders of any Governmental Authority (except Environmental Laws which are
covered by Section 5.9), other than laws, rules, regulations, and orders the non-compliance with
which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change.

     5.9 Environmental. Except (in the case of clause (a) or (b) below) where the
failure to do any of the following could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Change:

          (a) Keep any property either owned or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan
Party, free of any Environmental Liens or post bonds or other financial assurances sufficient to
satisfy the obligations or liability evidenced by such Environmental Liens,

          (b) Comply with Environmental Laws and provide to Agent documentation of such compliance which
Agent reasonably requests in writing; (provided, that, the obligations of each Loan
Party and its Subsidiaries to comply with Environmental Laws with respect to the Henderson Legacy
Environmental Conditions shall be subject to the terms of the Environmental Claims Settlement
Agreement),

          (c) Promptly notify Agent of any release, except with respect to the Henderson Legacy
Conditions, of which any Borrower has knowledge of a Hazardous Material in any reportable quantity
from or onto property owned or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party and
take any Remedial Actions required by applicable Environmental Law to abate said release or
otherwise to come into compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Environmental Law,
except for such release which could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Change (provided, that, the obligations of each Loan Party
and its Subsidiaries to take Remedial Actions required by Environmental Laws with respect to the
Henderson Legacy Environmental Conditions shall be subject to the terms of the Environmental Claims
Settlement Agreement), and

          (d) Promptly, but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of its receipt thereof, provide
Agent with written notice of any of the following: (i) written notice that an Environmental Lien
has been filed against any material real or personal property of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
of any Loan Party, (ii) commencement of any Environmental Action or written notice that an
Environmental Action will be filed against any Loan Party, and (iii) written notice of a violation,
citation, or other administrative order from a Governmental Authority
under Environmental Laws which (in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above) could individually
or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

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     5.10 Disclosure Updates. Promptly and in no event later than seven (7) Business
Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify Agent if any written information, exhibit, or report
furnished to Agent or the Lenders contained, at the time it was furnished, any untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained
therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which made. The foregoing to the contrary
notwithstanding, any notification pursuant to the foregoing provision will not cure or remedy the
effect of the prior untrue statement of a material fact or omission of any material fact nor shall
any such notification have the effect of amending or modifying this Agreement or any of the
Schedules hereto.

     5.11 Formation of Subsidiaries. At the time that any Loan Party forms any direct
or indirect Subsidiary or acquires any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary after the Closing
Date, such Loan Party shall (a) within twenty (20) days of such formation or acquisition (or such
later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion) cause any such new Domestic Subsidiary to
provide to Agent a joinder to this Agreement, the Guaranty and the Security Agreement, together
with such other security documents (including mortgages with respect to any Real Property owned in
fee of such new Domestic Subsidiary with a fair market value of at least $2,000,000 or, if a
mortgage on any Real Property has been or will be granted to Term Loan Agent, then without regard
to the fair market value of such Real Property) as well as appropriate financing statements (and
with respect to all property subject to a mortgage, fixture filings), all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Agent (including being sufficient to grant Agent a first or, in the case
of Term Loan Priority Collateral, second priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in and to the
assets of such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary), (b) within twenty (20) days of such formation
or acquisition (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion) provide to Agent a
pledge agreement (or an addendum to the Security Agreement) and appropriate financing statements,
pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such new Subsidiary reasonably
satisfactory to Agent and provide to Agent or, for so long as any Indebtedness under the Term Loan
Documents is outstanding, Term Loan Agent appropriate certificates and powers; provided,
that, only sixty-five (65%) percent of the total outstanding voting Equity Interests of any
first tier Subsidiary of any Loan Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary (and none of the Equity
Interests of any Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary) shall be required to be pledged (which
pledge shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of such Subsidiary if Term Loan Agent has
requested or received a pledge governed by such laws), and (c) within ten (10) days of such
formation or acquisition (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion) provide
to Agent all other documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory
to Agent, which in its opinion is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the
applicable documentation referred to above (including policies of title insurance or other
documentation with respect to all Real Property owned in fee and subject to a mortgage). Any
document, agreement, or instrument executed or issued pursuant to this Section 5.11 shall be a Loan
Document.

     5.12 Further Assurances. At any time upon the reasonable request of Agent,
execute or deliver to Agent any and all financing statements, fixture filings, security agreements,
pledges, assignments, endorsements of certificates of title, mortgages, deeds of trust, opinions
of counsel, and all other documents (the “Additional Documents”) that Agent may reasonably request in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, to create, perfect, and continue to perfect Agent’s
Liens in all of the assets of each Loan Party (whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired,
tangible or intangible, real or personal), to create and perfect Liens in favor of Agent in any
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owned Real Property acquired by any Loan Party after the Closing Date with a fair market value
in excess of $2,000,000 as of the date of the acquisition thereof by such Loan Party or, if a
mortgage on any Real Property has been or will be granted to Term Loan Agent, then without regard
to the fair market value of such Real Property, and in order to fully consummate all of the
transactions contemplated hereby and under the other Loan Documents. To the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, each Loan Party authorizes Agent, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, to execute any such Additional Documents in the applicable Loan
Party’s name, as applicable, and authorizes Agent to file such executed Additional Documents in any
appropriate filing office. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Loan Party
shall take such actions as Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the
Obligations are guarantied by the Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets of
each Loan Party and all of the outstanding Equity Interests of Loan Parties (other than Parent) and
Loan Parties’ first tier Subsidiaries (subject to the exceptions and limitations contained in
Section 5.11 of this Agreement and elsewhere in the Loan Documents with respect to any Foreign
Subsidiary).

     5.13 Lender Meetings. At the request of Agent or of the Required Lenders and upon
reasonable prior notice, hold an annual meeting (at a mutually agreeable location (taking into
account the travel costs associated therewith) and time or, at the option of Agent, by conference
call) with all Lenders who choose to attend such meeting at which meeting shall be reviewed the
financial results of the previous fiscal year and the financial condition of Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries and the projections presented for the current fiscal year of Borrowers to the extent
then available (it being understood that material non-public information may be disseminated at
such meeting).

     5.14 Material Contracts. Provide Agent with, promptly, and in any event within
ten Business Days after (i) any Material Contract is terminated or amended in a manner that is
materially adverse to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or (ii) any new
Material Contract is entered into, a written statement describing such event.

     5.15 Location of Inventory and Equipment. Keep each Loan Parties’ Inventory and
Equipment (other than vehicles and Inventory and Equipment that is in-transit or out for repair)
only at the locations identified on Schedule 4.29 and their chief executive offices only at
the locations identified on Schedule 4.6(b); provided, however, that
Borrowers may amend Schedule 4.29 or Schedule 4.6(b) so long as such amendment
occurs by written notice to Agent within ten (10) days of the date on which such Inventory or
Equipment is moved to such new location or such chief executive office is relocated and so long as
such new location is within the continental United States, and so long as, at the time of such
written notification, Administrative Borrower uses its commercially reasonable efforts to provide
Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect thereto.

     5.16 Dissolution of Triple S EMC. By no later than July 31, 2011, (a) dissolve
Triple S EMC and transfer all of the assets (including any interest in Equity Interests) of Triple
S EMC to a Loan Party and (b) provide reasonably satisfactory evidence of the foregoing to Agent.

     5.17 Conduct of Tronox Funding. Cause Tronox Funding to (a) not engage in any
business other than, at its option, act as a special purpose vehicle in connection with the
securitization of Accounts to the extent permitted under this Agreement, (b) not create, incur,
guarantee, assume or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness for borrowed money or (c) not

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create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist any Lien with respect to any of its assets which secure
any Indebtedness for borrowed money.

     5.18 Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title.

          (a) Cause all bills of lading or other documents of title relating to Inventory purchased by a
Borrower which are outside the United States of America and in transit to the premises of a Loan
Party or the premises of a Freight Forwarder in the United States of America (i) to be issued in a
form so as to constitute negotiable documents as such term is defined in the UCC and (ii) other
than those relating to goods being purchased pursuant to a Letter of Credit, to be issued either to
the order of Agent or such other person as Agent may from time to time designate for such purpose
as consignee or Borrower as consignee, as Agent may specify.

          (b) Cause there to be no more than three (3) originals of any bills of lading and other
documents of title relating to Inventory being purchased by a Borrower which are outside the United
States of America and in transit to the premises of a Loan Party or the premises of a Freight
Forwarder in the United States of America. As to any such bills of lading or other documents of
title, (i) two (2) of the originals of each of such bill of lading or other document of title shall
be delivered to such Freight Forwarder as Borrowers may specify and that is party to a Collateral
Access Agreement and (ii) one (1) original of each such bill of lading or other document of title
shall be delivered to Borrower or, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), if an Event of Default
shall exist, to Agent or such other Person as Agent may direct from time to time. To the extent
that the terms of this Section have not been satisfied as to any Inventory, such Inventory shall
not constitute Eligible In-Transit Inventory.

          (c) Each Borrower and Guarantor hereby irrevocably designate and appoint Agent (and all
persons designated by Agent) as such Borrower’s and Guarantor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
and authorizes Agent, in such Borrower’s, Guarantor’s or Agent’s name, to (i) clear Inventory
through the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (formerly the Customs Service) or other
domestic or foreign export control authorities in such Borrower’s or Guarantor’s name, Agent’s name
or the name of Agent’s designee, and to sign and deliver to customs officials powers of attorney in
such Borrower’s or Guarantor’s name for such purpose, and to complete in such Borrower’s or
Guarantor’s or Agent’s name, any necessary documents in connection therewith and (ii) endorse and
negotiate any bill of lading or other document of title with respect to such goods naming such
Borrower or Guarantor as consignee to Agent or its designee.

     5.19 Consignment Agreements. Provide Agent with, promptly, and in any event
within five Business Days after (a) any consignment agreement between a Borrower and PPG or
Sherwin-Williams is amended in any manner that is adverse to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
in any material respect or (b) any new agreement relating to the consignment arrangements
between a Borrower and PPG or Sherwin-Williams is entered into, describing such event, together
with copies of such amendments or new agreements delivered to Agent.

6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

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     Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Commitments and
payment in full of the Obligations, the Loan Parties will not and will not permit any of their
Subsidiaries to do any of the following:

     6.1 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, guarantee, or otherwise
become or remain, directly or indirectly, liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except for
Permitted Indebtedness; provided, that, in no event will any Loan Party create, incur, suffer to
exist, guarantee or otherwise become or remain, directly or indirectly, liable with respect to any
Indebtedness for borrowed money owing to any of the Specified Subsidiaries unless Agent shall have
received the Intercompany Subordination Agreement which has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Specified Subsidiary as a Payee thereunder.

     6.2 Liens. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, any
Lien on or with respect to any of its assets, of any kind, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
or any income or profits therefrom, except for Permitted Liens.

     6.3 Restrictions on Fundamental Changes.

          (a) Other than in order to consummate a Permitted Acquisition, enter into any merger,
consolidation, reorganization, or recapitalization, or reclassify its Equity Interests, except for
(i) any merger between Loan Parties; provided, that, a Borrower must be the
surviving entity of any such merger to which it is a party (except if a Borrower merges into a
Domestic Guarantor, such Domestic Guarantor may be the surviving entity so long as such Domestic
Guarantor becomes a Borrower contemporaneously with the completion of such merger), (ii) any merger
between a Loan Party and Subsidiaries of any Loan Party that are not Loan Parties so long as such
Loan Party is the surviving entity of any such merger, and (iii) any merger between Subsidiaries of
Parent, which Subsidiaries are not Loan Parties,

          (b) Liquidate, wind up, or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), except
for (i) the liquidation or dissolution of non-operating Subsidiaries of Parent with nominal assets
and nominal liabilities, (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of a Loan Party (other than Parent or
any Borrower) or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of any Loan Party so long as all of the assets
(including any interest in any Equity Interests) of such liquidating or dissolving Loan Party or
Subsidiary are contemporaneously transferred to a Loan Party that is not liquidating or dissolving
of, if the liquidating, winding-up or dissolving entity is not a Loan Party, then such assets may
be transferred to any Subsidiary of the Parent, or (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of a
Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party (other than any such Subsidiary the Equity Interests
of which (or any portion thereof) is subject to a Lien in favor of Agent) so long as all of the
assets of such liquidating or dissolving Subsidiary are contemporaneously transferred to a
Subsidiary of Parent that is not liquidating or dissolving, or

          (c) Suspend or go out of a substantial portion of its or their business, except as permitted
pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) above or in connection with the transactions permitted pursuant to
Section 6.4.

     6.4 Disposal of Assets. Other than Permitted Dispositions, Permitted Investments,
or transactions expressly permitted by Sections 6.3 and 6.11, convey, sell, lease, license, assign,

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transfer, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into an agreement to convey, sell, lease, license,
assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of) any of Parent’s assets or the assets of any Subsidiary
of Parent.

     6.5 Change Name. Change the name of Parent or the name of any Subsidiary of
Parent, organizational identification number, state of organization or organizational identity;
provided, however, that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may change their names
upon at least ten (10) days prior written notice to Agent of such change.

     6.6 Nature of Business. Make any change in the nature of its or their business as
presently conducted or acquire any properties or assets that are not reasonably related to the
conduct of such business activities; provided, however, that the foregoing shall
not prevent any Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent from engaging in any business that is reasonably
related or ancillary to its or their business.

     6.7 Prepayments and Amendments.

          (a) Except in connection with Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1.

               (i) optionally prepay, redeem, defease, purchase, or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, other than (A) the Obligations in accordance
with this Agreement, (B) Permitted Intercompany Advances owing to a Loan Party, (C) Indebtedness of
a Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party but solely to the extent prepaid, redeemed,
defeased, purchased or acquired by a Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party and (D) the
Indebtedness permitted by clauses (c), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (p) and (x) of the
definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided, that, both before and immediately
after giving effect to each such prepayment, redemption, defeasance, purchase or acquisition
pursuant to this clause (D), (1) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (2) in
the case of Indebtedness permitted by clause (m) or (p) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness, Borrowers shall have Excess Availability of not less than $40,000,000, and (3) in the
case of Indebtedness permitted by clause (c), (g) or (x) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness, no Specified Availability Period shall exist,

               (ii) make any payment on account of Indebtedness that has been contractually subordinated
in right of payment to the Obligations if such payment is not permitted at such time under the
subordination terms and conditions, or

          (b) Directly or indirectly, amend, modify, or change any of the terms or provisions of

               (i) any agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing evidencing or
concerning Permitted Indebtedness other than (A) the Obligations in accordance
with this Agreement, (B) Permitted Intercompany Advances, (C) Indebtedness permitted under
clauses (c), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l) and (x) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness and
(D) Indebtedness permitted under clause (p) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness except and
to the extent that such amendment, modification or change pursuant to this clause (D) would violate
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,

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               (iii) the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries or
first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries if the effect thereof, either individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

     6.8 Change of Control. Cause, permit, or suffer, directly or indirectly, any
Change of Control.

     6.9 Restricted Junior Payments. Make any Restricted Junior Payment;
provided, however, that, so long as it is not in contravention of law,

          (a) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent may declare and pay dividends or other
distributions to its parent; provided, that, no Loan Party may pay dividends to a
Person that is not a Loan Party,

          (b) Parent and its Subsidiaries may repurchase Equity Interests held by employees pursuant to
any employee stock ownership plan thereof upon the termination, retirement or death of any such
employee in accordance with the provisions of such plan; provided, that, as to any
such repurchase, each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) as of the date of the payment
for such repurchase and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall exist or have
occurred and be continuing, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all payments for such repurchases in
any calendar year shall not exceed $500,000;

          (c) [Reserved];

          (d) Borrowers may make Restricted Junior Payments to Parent, to the extent necessary to permit
Parent (i) to pay general administrative costs and expenses, legal and accounting fees and other
general corporate and overhead expenses incurred by Parent in the ordinary course of business, (ii)
pay franchise taxes and other taxes or fees required in each case to maintain its corporate
existence, (iii) pay taxes which are due and payable by Parent as part of a consolidated group or
due to ownership of any interests in Subsidiaries that are not treated as corporations for
applicable tax purposes, in each case, to the extent such taxes are attributable to the Loan
Parties, (iv) pay auditing fees and expenses, (iv) pay directors fees, expenses and indemnities
owing to directors of Parent and (v) pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with a public
offering;

          (e) any Subsidiary of Parent may make Restricted Junior Payments to any Loan Party; and

          (f) any Subsidiary may make regularly scheduled payments of interest in respect of any
Permitted Seller Notes in accordance with the terms of, and only to the extent permitted by, the
subordination agreement between Agent and the holder of such Permitted Seller Note.

     6.10 Accounting Methods. Modify or change its fiscal year or its method of
accounting (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP or the then-applicable requirements).

     6.11 Investments; Controlled Investments. Except for Permitted Investments,
directly or indirectly, make or acquire any Investment or incur any liabilities (including
contingent obligations) for or in connection with any Investment.

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     6.12 Transactions with Affiliates. Directly or indirectly enter into or permit to
exist any transaction with any Affiliate of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent except for:

          (a) transactions (other than the payment of management, consulting, monitoring or advisory
fees) between any Loan Party, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of Parent or a Subsidiary of
Parent, on the other hand, so long as such transactions (i) are fully disclosed to Agent prior to
the consummation thereof, if they involve one or more payments by any Loan Party in excess of
$1,000,000 for any single transaction or series of related transactions, and (ii) are no less
favorable, taken as a whole, to such Loan Party than would be obtained in an arm’s length
transaction with a non-Affiliate,

          (b) so long as it has been approved by Parent’s board of directors or the board of directors
of its applicable Subsidiary (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, any
indemnity provided for the benefit of directors (or comparable managers) of Parent or its
applicable Subsidiary,

          (c) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar
governing body) of Parent and its Subsidiaries;

          (d) the payment of reasonable compensation, severance, or employee benefit arrangements to
employees, officers, and outside directors of Parent’s and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business,

          (e) transactions permitted by Section 6.3, Section 6.9 or Section 6.11, or any Permitted
Intercompany Advance,

          (f) transactions between or among US Loan Parties,

          (g) transactions between or among non-Loan Party Subsidiaries,

          (h) the Kwinana Investment;

          (i) transactions described on Schedule 6.12; and,

          (j) the Permitted Transaction.

     6.13 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of any loan made hereunder for any purpose
other than (a) on the Closing Date, (i) to repay a portion of the outstanding principal amount of
the New Term Loan (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) and
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (ii) to fund payments in order to substantially consummate the
Chapter 11 Plan, and (iii) to pay transactional fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection
with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(including the fees and expenses associated with the Chapter 11 Plan), and (b) thereafter,
consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, for its lawful and permitted purposes, including
but not limited to the financing of ongoing working capital, capital expenditures and general
corporate needs of the Borrowers, and the making of loans to other Subsidiaries and Affiliates in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. No Loan Party shall use any of the proceeds of any
Ex-Im Advance, directly or indirectly, for any purpose not permitted by Section 2.01 of the
Borrower Agreement.

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     6.14 Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests. Except for the issuance or sale
of common stock or Permitted Preferred Equity Interests, issue or sell or enter into any agreement
or arrangement for the issuance and sale of any of its Equity Interests.

     6.15 Sales and Lease Backs. Directly or indirectly become or remain liable as lessee
or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal
or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which such Loan Party (a) has sold or
transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries), or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which
has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Loan Party to any Person (other than Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease, other than the Henderson Sale-Leaseback, the
Verve Sale-Leaseback and any similar transaction relating to the Savannah, Georgia facility.

     6.16 Certain Deposit Accounts. Deposit or otherwise remit cash or other amounts into
the Settlement Escrow Account, the Working Capital Escrow Account or the Reinvestment Accounts
(each as defined in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), except to the extent
expressly required by the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

7. FINANCIAL COVENANTS. 

     Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Commitments and
payment in full of the Obligations (other than unasserted indemnification obligations):

          (a) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. During any Compliance Period, the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio, for the most recently ended period of twelve consecutive months for which Agent has
received financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries (each a “Test Period”), commencing
with the period of twelve consecutive months ending on November 30, 2010, shall not be less than
1.0:1.0; provided, that, if Loan Parties are required to maintain a Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for any Test Period of not less than 1.0:1.0 pursuant to this Section 7, then either
(i) the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR of Borrowers for such Test Period shall not be less than the
Specified EBITDAR Percentage of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR of Parent and its Subsidiaries
for such Test Period or (ii) the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR of Borrowers during such Test Period
shall not be less than the Specified EBITDAR Threshold for such Test Period.

          (b) [Reserved].

          (c) Certain Calculations. With respect to any period during which a Permitted Acquisition or
a Permitted Disposition has occurred (each a “Subject Transaction”), for purposes of determining
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7(a), Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR
and the components of Consolidated Interest Expense and Fixed Charges shall be calculated with
respect to such period on a pro forma basis (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events
which are directly attributable to a specific transaction, are factually supportable and are
expected to have a continuing impact, in each case determined on a basis consistent with Article 11
of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act and as interpreted by the staff of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, which would include cost savings resulting from head count
reduction, closure of facilities and similar restructuring charges, which pro forma adjustments
shall be certified by the chief financial officer or chief executive officer of Parent and shall be
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satisfactory to Agent) using the historical financial statements of any business so acquired
or to be acquired or sold or to be sold and the consolidated financial statements of Parent and its
Subsidiaries which shall be reformulated as if such Subject Transaction, and any Indebtedness
incurred or repaid in connection therewith, had been consummated or incurred or repaid at the
beginning of such period (and assuming that such Indebtedness bears interest during any portion of
the applicable measurement period prior to the relevant acquisition at the weighted average of the
interest rates applicable to outstanding Base Rate Loans incurred during such period).

8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

     Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event of default (each, an “Event
of Default”) under this Agreement:

     8.1 If any Loan Party fails to pay when due and payable (whether at maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) (a) all or any portion of the Obligations consisting of interest, fees, or charges
due the Lender Group (including the reimbursement of Lender Group Expenses) or other amounts (other
than any portion thereof constituting principal) constituting Obligations and such failure
continues for a period of three (3) Business Days, or (b) all or any portion of the principal of
the Obligations;

8.2 If any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries:

          (a) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of (i)
Sections 5.1 (other than with respect to clauses (h), (i), (j), (l), (m), (n) and (o) of Schedule
5.1), 5.2 (other than with respect to clauses (p), (q) and (s) of Schedule 5.2), 5.3 (solely if a
Loan Party is not in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization), 5.6, 5.7 (solely if a Loan
Party refuses to allow Agent or its representatives or agents to visit a Loan Party’s properties,
inspect its assets or books or records, examine and make copies of its books and records, or
discuss a Loan Party’s affairs, finances, and accounts with officers and employees of Loan
Parties), 5.11 or 5.15 of this Agreement, (ii) Sections 6.1 through 6.15 of this Agreement, (iii)
Section 7 of this Agreement, or (iv) Section 6 of the Security Agreement;

          (b) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in (i) Section 5.10
of this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of ten (10) days after the earlier of (A)
the date on which such failure first became known to any officer of any Loan Party or (B) the date
on which written notice thereof is given to Administrative Borrower by Agent or (ii) any of
Sections 5.3 (other than if a Loan Party is not in good standing in its jurisdiction of
organization), 5.4, 5.5, 5.8, 5.12 and 5.13 of this Agreement and such failure continues for a
period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (A) the date on which such failure shall first
become known to any officer of any Loan Party or (B) the date on which written notice thereof is
given to a Loan Party by Agent; or

          (c) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement,
or in any of the other Loan Documents, in each case, other than any such covenant or agreement that
is the subject of another provision of this Section 8 (in which event such other provision of this
Section 8 shall govern), and such failure continues for a period of thirty (30) days after the
earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of any Loan
Party or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof is given to a Loan Party by Agent;

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     8.3 If one or more judgments, orders, or awards for the payment of money involving an
aggregate amount of $2,500,000, or more (except to the extent covered (other than to the extent of
customary deductibles) by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has not denied coverage) is
entered or filed against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or with respect to any of their
respective assets, and either (a) there is a period of thirty (30) consecutive days at any time
after the entry of any such judgment, order, or award during which (i) the same is not discharged,
satisfied, vacated, or bonded pending appeal, or (ii) a stay of enforcement thereof is not in
effect, or (b) enforcement proceedings are commenced upon such judgment, order, or award which are
not stayed;

     8.4 If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries,
except for an Insolvency Proceeding commenced by or with respect to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party to effectuate a liquidation or dissolution of such Subsidiary which is permitted by Section
6.3(b) hereof;

     8.5 (a) If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against a Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries and any of the following events occur: (a) such Loan Party or such Subsidiary
consents to the institution of such Insolvency Proceeding against it, (b) the petition commencing
the Insolvency Proceeding is not timely controverted, (c) the petition commencing the Insolvency
Proceeding is not dismissed within sixty (60) calendar days of the date of the filing thereof, (d)
an interim trustee is appointed to take possession of all or any substantial portion of the
properties or assets of, or to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of, such Loan
Party or its Subsidiary, or (e) an order for relief shall have been issued or entered therein;

     8.6 [Reserved];

     8.7 (a) If there is a default in one or more agreements to which a Loan Party is a party with
one or more third Persons relative to a Loan Party’s Indebtedness involving an aggregate amount of
$2,500,000 or more, and such default (i) occurs at the final maturity of the obligations
thereunder, or (ii) results in a right by such third Person, irrespective of whether exercised, to
accelerate the maturity of such Loan Party’s obligations thereunder, or (b) if there is a default
in one or more agreements to which a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party is a party with one or
more third Persons relative to the Indebtedness of a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party involving
an aggregate amount of $2,500,000 or more and such default (i) occurs at the final maturity of the
obligations thereunder or (ii) such Indebtedness has been accelerated or otherwise declared to be
due and payable;

     8.8 If any warranty, representation, certificate, statement, or Record made herein or in any
other Loan Document or delivered in writing by a Loan Party to Agent or any Lender in connection
with this Agreement or any other Loan Document proves to be untrue in any material respect (except,
that, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that
already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the date of issuance or
making or deemed making thereof;

     8.9 If the obligation of any Guarantor under the Guaranty is limited in any material respect
or terminated by operation of law or by such Guarantor (other than in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement);

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     8.10 If the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document that purports to create a Lien,
shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and (except to the extent of
Permitted Liens for which priority is accorded by operation of law or other Permitted Liens which
are permitted to be senior to Agent’s Lien pursuant to this Agreement) first priority Lien on the
Collateral covered thereby, except (a) as a result of a disposition of the applicable Collateral in
a transaction permitted under this Agreement, (b) with respect to Collateral the aggregate value of
which, for all such Collateral, does not exceed at any time, $2,500,000, or (c) as the result of an
action or failure to act on the part of Agent;

     8.11 The validity or enforceability of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason
(other than solely as the result of an action or failure to act on the part of Agent) be declared
to be null and void, or a proceeding shall be commenced by Parent or its Subsidiaries, or by any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Parent or its Subsidiaries, seeking to establish
the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or any Loan Party shall deny that any Loan Party has
any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Loan Document;

     8.12 If there is a default by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries under the Chapter 11
Plan or the Confirmation Order which default continues for more than the applicable cure period, if
any, with respect thereto; or

     8.13 If any Loan Party of any of its Subsidiaries fails to observe or perform in any material
respect any of the terms or conditions of any order or stipulation entered by or with the
Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Case applicable to it.

9. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

     9.1 Rights and Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event
of Default, Agent may, and, at the instruction of the Required Lenders, shall (in each case under
clauses (a) or (b) by written notice to Administrative Borrower), in addition to any other rights
or remedies provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or by applicable law, do any
one or more of the following:

          (a) Declare all or any portion of the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations),
whether evidenced by this Agreement or by any of the other Loan Documents immediately due and
payable, whereupon the same shall become and be immediately due and payable and Borrowers shall be
obligated to repay all of such Obligations in full, without presentment, demand, protest, or
further notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by
Borrowers;

          (b) Declare all or any portion of the Commitments terminated, whereupon the Commitments so
terminated shall immediately be terminated together with the corresponding amount of (i) any
obligation of any Lender hereunder to make Advances, (ii) the obligation of the Swing Line Lender
to make Swing Line Loans, and (iii) the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of
Credit; and

          (c) exercise all other rights and remedies available to Agent or the Lenders under the Loan
Documents or applicable law.

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The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
described in Section 8.4 or Section 8.5, in addition to the remedies set forth above, without any
notice to Borrowers or any other Person or any act by the Lender Group, the Commitments shall
automatically terminate and the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations), inclusive of
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all fees and all other amounts owing under this
Agreement or under any of the other Loan Documents, shall automatically and immediately become due
and payable and Borrowers shall be obligated to repay all of such Obligations in full, without
presentment, demand, protest, or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by
Borrowers.

     9.2 Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies of the Lender Group under this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be cumulative. The Lender
Group shall have all other rights and remedies not inconsistent herewith as provided under the UCC,
by law, or in equity. No exercise by the Lender Group of one right or remedy shall be deemed an
election, and no waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default shall be deemed a continuing
waiver. No delay by the Lender Group shall constitute a waiver, election, or acquiescence by it.

10. WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION.

     10.1 Demand; Protest; etc. Each Loan Party waives demand, protest, notice of protest,
notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, nonpayment at maturity, release,
compromise, settlement, extension, or renewal of documents, instruments, chattel paper, and
guarantees at any time held by the Lender Group on which any Loan Party may in any way be liable.

     10.2 The Lender Group’s Liability for Collateral. Each Loan Party hereby agrees that:
(a) so long as Agent complies with its obligations, if any, under the UCC, the Lender Group shall
not in any way or manner be liable or responsible for: (i) the safekeeping of the Collateral, (ii)
any loss or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause, (iii) any
diminution in the value thereof, or (iv) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee,
forwarding agency, or other Person, and (b) all risk of loss, damage, or destruction of the
Collateral shall be borne by Loan Parties.

     10.3 Indemnification. Each Loan Party shall pay and jointly and severally indemnify,
defend, and hold the Agent-Related Persons, the Lender-Related Persons, and each Participant (each,
an “Indemnified Person”) harmless (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against any and
all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs,
penalties, and damages, and all reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of attorneys,
experts, or consultants and all other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith
or in connection with the enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are incurred and
irrespective of whether suit is brought), at any time asserted against, imposed upon, or incurred
by any of them (a) in connection with or as a result of or related to the execution and delivery
(provided, that, no Loan Party shall be liable for costs and expenses (including
attorneys fees) of any Lender (other than WFCF) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting,
reviewing, administering or syndicating the Loan Documents), enforcement, performance, or
administration (including any restructuring or workout with respect hereto) of this Agreement, any
of the other Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the monitoring
of Parent and its Subsidiaries’ compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents (provided,
however, that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall not extend to (i) disputes
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solely between or among the Lenders and their respective Affiliates; it being understood and
agreed that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall extend to disputes between and among Agent
on the one hand, and one or more Lenders, or one or more of their Affiliates, on the other hand in
connection with or as a result of or related to any of the Loan Documents), (b) with respect to
any investigation, litigation, or proceeding related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or
the use of the proceeds of the credit provided hereunder (irrespective of whether any Indemnified
Person is a party thereto), or any act, omission, event, or circumstance in any manner related
thereto, and (c) in connection with or arising out of any presence or release of Hazardous
Materials at, on, under, to or from any assets or properties owned, leased or operated by Parent or
a Subsidiary of Parent or any Environmental Actions, Environmental Liabilities or Remedial Actions
related in any way to any such assets or properties of Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent (each and
all of the foregoing, the “Indemnified Liabilities”). The foregoing to the contrary
notwithstanding, no Loan Party shall have any obligation to any Indemnified Person under this
Section 10.3 with respect to any Indemnified Liability resulting from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of any Indemnified Person or its officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or
agents as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to a final, non-appealable
judgment. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the
Obligations. If any Indemnified Person makes any payment to any other Indemnified Person with
respect to an Indemnified Liability as to which a Loan Party was required to indemnify the
Indemnified Person receiving such payment, the Indemnified Person making such payment is entitled
to be indemnified and reimbursed by such Loan Party with respect thereto.

11. NOTICES.

     Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands relating to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other
informational documents which may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall be personally
delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested),
overnight courier, electronic mail (at such email addresses as a party may designate in accordance
herewith), or telefacsimile. In the case of notices or demands to any Borrower or Agent, as the
case may be, they shall be sent to the respective address set forth below:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	If to a Loan Party:
	 	Tronox Incorporated

One Leadership Square, Suite 300

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-7109

Attn: General Counsel

Fax No. 405-302-4706
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	with copies to:
	 	Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Leonard Klingbaum, Esq. 

Fax No.: 212-446-6460
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to Agent:
	 	Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC

150 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

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	 	 	 	Attn: Portfolio Manager

Fax No.: (312) 332-0424
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	with copies to:
	 	Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, P.C.

230 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10169

Attn: Michael Barocas, Esq.

Fax No.: (212) 682-6104

     Any party hereto may change the address at which they are to receive notices hereunder, by
notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the other party. All notices or demands sent in
accordance with this Section 11, shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of actual
receipt or three (3) Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail; provided,
that, (a) notices sent by overnight courier service shall be deemed to have been given
when received, (b) notices by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent
(except, that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall
be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient)
and (c) notices by electronic mail shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an
acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as
available, return email or other written acknowledgment).

12. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.

          (a) THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO
THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION,
INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND
THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO
SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.

          (b) THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE OF NEW
YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL
OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT
ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. EACH BORROWER
AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT
EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT
ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 12(b).

          (c) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH LOAN PARTY AND EACH MEMBER OF THE
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RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF
ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT
CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH
LOAN PARTY AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND
EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO
A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

13. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS.

     13.1 Assignments and Participations.

          (a) With the prior written consent of Administrative Borrower, which consent of Administrative
Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, and shall not be required (i)
if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) in connection with any merger or
consolidation of a Lender, or (iii) in connection with an assignment to a Person that is a Lender
or an Affiliate (other than individuals) of a Lender and with the prior written consent of Agent,
which consent of Agent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, and shall not be
required in connection with an assignment to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate (other than
individuals) of a Lender, any Lender may assign and delegate to one or more assignees so long as
such prospective assignee is an Eligible Transferee (each, an “Assignee”; provided,
however, that no Loan Party or Affiliate of a Loan Party shall be permitted to become an
Assignee) all or any portion of the Obligations, the Commitments and the other rights and
obligations of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, in a minimum amount
(unless waived by Agent) of $5,000,000 (except such minimum amount shall not apply to (A) an
assignment or delegation by any Lender to any other Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender or (B) a
group of new Lenders, each of which is an Affiliate of each other or a Related Fund of such new
Lender to the extent that the aggregate amount to be assigned to all such new Lenders is at least
$5,000,000); provided, however, that Loan Parties and Agent may continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee
until (1) written notice of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses, and
related information with respect to the Assignee, have been given to Administrative Borrower and
Agent by such Lender and the Assignee, (2) such Lender and its Assignee have delivered to
Administrative Borrower and Agent an Assignment and Acceptance and Agent has notified the assigning
Lender of its receipt thereof in accordance with Section 13.1(b), and (3) unless waived by Agent,
the assigning Lender or Assignee has paid to Agent for Agent’s separate account a processing fee in
the amount of $3,500.

          (b) From and after the date that Agent notifies the assigning Lender (with a copy to
Administrative Borrower) that it has received an executed Assignment and Acceptance and, if
applicable, payment of the required processing fee, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant
to such Assignment and Acceptance, shall be a “Lender” and shall have the rights and obligations of
a Lender under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the assigning Lender shall, to the extent that rights
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such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (except with respect to Section 10.3)
and be released from any future obligations under this Agreement (and in the case of an Assignment
and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a
party hereto and thereto); provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall
release any assigning Lender from obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement,
including such assigning Lender’s obligations under Section 15 and Section 17.9(a).

          (c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder
and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as
follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes
no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution,
legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of Loan Parties
or the performance or observance by Loan Parties of any of their obligations under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (iii) such Assignee confirms that it has
received a copy of this Agreement, together with such other documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and
Acceptance, (iv) such Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon Agent, such assigning
Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under this Agreement, (v) such Assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such actions and to
exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to Agent,
by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto,
and (vi) such Assignee agrees that it will perform all of the obligations which by the terms of
this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

          (d) Immediately upon Agent’s receipt of the required processing fee, if applicable, and
delivery of notice to the assigning Lender pursuant to Section 13.1(b), this Agreement shall be
deemed to be amended to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of
the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the Commitments arising therefrom. The Commitment
allocated to each Assignee shall reduce such Commitments of the assigning Lender pro tanto.

          (e) Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more commercial banks, financial institutions,
or other Persons (a “Participant”) participating interests in all or any portion of its
Obligations, its Commitment, and the other rights and interests of that Lender (the “Originating
Lender”) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that (i)
the Originating Lender shall remain a “Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and the Participant receiving the participating interest in the Obligations, the
Commitments, and the other rights and interests of the Originating Lender hereunder shall not
constitute a “Lender” hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the Originating Lender’s
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the Originating Lender shall remain
solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (iii) Loan Parties, Agent, and the
Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Originating Lender in connection with
the Originating Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(iv) no Lender shall transfer

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or grant any participating interest under which the Participant has the right to approve any
amendment to, or any consent or waiver with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
except to the extent such amendment to, or consent or waiver with respect to this Agreement or of
any other Loan Document would (A) extend the final maturity date of the Obligations hereunder in
which such Participant is participating, (B) reduce the interest rate applicable to the Obligations
hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (C) release all or substantially all of the
Collateral or guaranties (except to the extent expressly provided herein or in any of the Loan
Documents) supporting the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (D)
postpone the payment of, or reduce the amount of, the interest or fees payable to such Participant
through such Lender (other than a waiver of default interest), or (E) change the amount or due
dates of scheduled principal repayments or prepayments or premiums, and (v) all amounts payable by
Borrowers hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation;
except, that, if amounts outstanding under this Agreement are due and unpaid, or
shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of set off in respect of its
participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if the amount of
its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement. The rights
of any Participant only shall be derivative through the Originating Lender with whom such
Participant participates and no Participant shall have any rights under this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents or any direct rights as to the other Lenders, Agent, Borrowers, the Collections of
Parent or the Subsidiaries of Parent, the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Obligations.
No Participant shall have the right to participate directly in the making of decisions by the
Lenders among themselves.

          (f) In connection with any such assignment or participation or proposed assignment or
participation or any grant of a security interest in, or pledge of, its rights under and interest
in this Agreement, a Lender may, subject to the provisions of Section 17.9, disclose all documents
and information which it now or hereafter may have relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries and
their respective businesses.

          (g) Any other provision in this Agreement notwithstanding, any Lender may at any time create a
security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of its rights under and interest in this
Agreement in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal
Reserve Bank or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 CFR §203.24, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce
such pledge or security interest in any manner permitted under applicable law.

          (h) Agent (as a non-fiduciary agent on behalf of each Borrower) shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained, a register (the “Register”) on which it enters, in book entry form, the name and
address of each Lender as the registered owner of the Advances (and the principal amount thereof
and stated interest thereon) held by such Lender (each, a “Registered Loan”). A Registered Loan
(and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be assigned or sold in whole or in part
only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register (and each registered note shall
expressly so provide) and any assignment or sale of all or part of such Registered Loan (and the
registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by registration of such
assignment or sale on the Register, together with the surrender of the registered note, if any,
evidencing the same duly endorsed by (or accompanied by a written instrument of assignment or sale
duly executed by) the holder of such registered note, whereupon, at the request of the designated
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transferee(s), one or more new registered notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall
be issued to the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s). Prior to the registration of assignment
or sale of any Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any evidencing the same), Borrowers
shall treat the Person in whose name such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any,
evidencing the same) is registered as the owner thereof for the purpose of receiving all payments
thereon and for all other purposes, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In the case of any
assignment by a Lender of all or any portion of its Advances to an Affiliate of such Lender or a
Related Fund of such Lender, and which assignment is not recorded in the Register, the assigning
Lender, on behalf of Borrowers, shall maintain a register comparable to the Register.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Advances are registered
obligations and the right, title and interest of the Lenders in and to such Advances shall be
transferable only in accordance with the terms hereof. This Section 13.1(h) shall be construed so
that the Advances are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections
163(f), 871(h)(2), and 881(c)(2) of the IRC.

          (i) In the event that a Lender sells participations in the Registered Loan, such Lender, as a
non-fiduciary agent on behalf of Borrowers, shall maintain (or cause to be maintained) a register
meeting the requirements of 26 CFR §5f.103-1(c) on which it records, in book-entry form, the name
of all participants in the Registered Loans held by it (and the principal amount (and stated
interest thereon) of the portion of such Registered Loans that is subject to such participations)
(the “Participant Register”). A Registered Loan (and the Registered Note, if any, evidencing the
same) may be participated in whole or in part only by registration of such participation on the
Participant Register (and each registered note shall expressly so provide). Any participation of
such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by
the registration of such participation on the Participant Register.

          (j) Agent shall make a copy of the Register (and each Lender shall make a copy of its
Participant Register in the extent it has one) available for review by Administrative Borrower from
time to time as Administrative Borrower may reasonably request.

     13.2 Successors. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors and assigns of each of the parties; provided, however, that no Loan
Party may assign this Agreement or any rights or duties hereunder without the Lenders’ prior
written consent and any prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void ab initio. No consent to
assignment by the Lenders shall release any Loan Party from its Obligations. A Lender may assign
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and its rights and duties hereunder and thereunder
pursuant to Section 13.1 and, except as expressly required pursuant to Section 13.1, no consent or
approval by any Loan Party is required in connection with any such assignment.

14. AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS.

     14.1 Amendments and Waivers.

          (a) No amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document (other than Bank Product Agreements or the Fee Letter), and no consent with respect
to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by Agent at the written request of the Required
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effective, but only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;
provided, however, that no such waiver, amendment, or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by all of the Lenders directly affected thereby and all of the Loan Parties that
are party thereto, do any of the following:

               (i) increase the amount of or extend the expiration date of any Commitment of any Lender or
amend, modify, or eliminate the last sentence of Section 2.4(c)(i),

               (ii) postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any
payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts due hereunder or under any other Loan
Document,

               (iii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest on, any loan or other extension of
credit hereunder, or reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document (except (A) in connection with the waiver of applicability of Section 2.6(c) (which waiver
shall be effective with the written consent of the Required Lenders), and (B) that any amendment or
modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not
constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or a reduction of fees for purposes of this clause
(iii)),

               (iv) amend, modify, or eliminate this Section or any provision of this Agreement providing for
consent or other action by all Lenders,

               (v) other than as permitted by Section 15.11, release Agent’s Lien in and to any of the
Collateral,

               (vi) amend, modify, or eliminate the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share”,

               (vii) contractually subordinate any of Agent’s Liens,

               (viii) other than in connection with a merger, liquidation, dissolution or sale of such Person
expressly permitted by the terms hereof or the other Loan Documents, release any Borrower or any
Guarantor from any obligation for the payment of money or consent to the assignment or transfer by
any Borrower or any Guarantor of any of its rights or duties under this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents,

               (ix) amend, modify, or eliminate any of the provisions of Section 2.4(b)(i), (ii) or (iii), or
Section 2.4(e)(i),

               (x) amend, modify, or eliminate any of the provisions of Section 13.1(a) to permit a Loan
Party or an Affiliate of a Loan Party to be permitted to become an Assignee, or

               (xi) amend, modify, or eliminate the definition of Borrowing Base or Ex-Im Borrowing Base or
any of the defined terms (including the definitions of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Insurance
Accounts, Eligible Inventory, and Eligible In-Transit Inventory), that are used in such definition
to the extent that any such change results in more credit being made available to any Borrower
based upon the Borrowing Base or Ex-Im Borrowing Base, but not otherwise.

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          (b) No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive
(i) the definition of, or any of the terms or provisions of, the Fee Letter, without the written
consent of Agent and Administrative Borrower (and shall not require the written consent of any of
the Lenders), and (ii) any provision of Section 15 pertaining to Agent, or any other rights or
duties of Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of
Agent, Administrative Borrower, and the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the consent of Loan Parties and Lenders
shall not be required for the exercise by Agent of any of its rights under this Agreement in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement with respect to reserves, or the Borrowing Base or
Ex-Im Borrowing Base or any of the defined terms (including the definitions of Eligible Accounts,
Eligible Insurance Accounts, Eligible Inventory and Eligible In-Transit Inventory) that are used
therein.

          (c) No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive
any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Issuing Lender, or any
other rights or duties of Issuing Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without
the written consent of Issuing Lender, Agent, Administrative Borrower, and the Required Lenders,

          (d) No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive
any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Swing Line Lender, or any
other rights or duties of Swing Line Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
without the written consent of Swing Line Lender, Agent, Administrative Borrower, and the Required
Lenders,

          (e) Anything in this Section 14.1 to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) any amendment,
modification, elimination, waiver, consent, termination, or release of, or with respect to, any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates only to the relationship of the
Lender Group among themselves, and that does not affect the rights or obligations of Borrowers,
shall not require consent by or the agreement of any Loan Party, and (ii) any amendment, waiver,
modification, elimination, or consent of or with respect to any provision of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document may be entered into without the consent of, or over the objection of, any
Defaulting Lender.

          (f) Anything in this Section 14.1 to the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement may be
amended with the written consent of Agent, Borrowers and the Lenders providing the Replacement
Revolving Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of any portion of the outstanding
Advances (“Refinanced Revolving Loans”) with a replacement revolving loan facility (“Replacement
Revolving Loans”) hereunder; provided, that (i) the aggregate amount of commitments
for such Replacement Revolving Loans shall not exceed the aggregate amount of commitments for such
Refinanced Term Loans, (ii) the Base Rate Margin and the Libor Rate Margin with respect to such
Replacement Revolving Loans (together with the letter of credit fees and unused line fees
applicable to such Replacement Revolving Loans) shall not be higher than those in effect for such
Refinanced Revolving Loans for such Refinanced Revolving Loans immediately prior to such
refinancing, (iii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Replacement Revolving Loans shall
not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Revolving Loans at the
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Revolving Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders
providing such Replacement Revolving Loans than, those applicable to such Refinanced Loans, except
to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the
latest final maturity of the Advances in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.

     14.2 Replacement of Certain Lenders.

          (a) If (i) any action to be taken by the Lender Group or Agent hereunder requires the consent,
authorization, or agreement of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby and if such action has
received the consent, authorization, or agreement of the Required Lenders but not of all Lenders or
all Lenders affected thereby, or (ii) any Lender makes a claim for compensation under Section 16,
then Administrative Borrower or Agent, upon at least five (5) Business Days prior irrevocable
notice, may permanently replace any Lender that failed to give its consent, authorization, or
agreement (a “Holdout Lender”) or any Lender that made such a claim for compensation (a “Tax
Lender”) with one or more Replacement Lenders, and the Holdout Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable,
shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder. Such notice to replace the Holdout Lender
or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall specify an effective date for such replacement, which date
shall not be later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date such notice is given.

          (b) Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender or Tax Lender, as
applicable, and each Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance,
subject only to the Holdout Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, being repaid in full its share of
the outstanding Obligations (without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever, but including
(i) all interest, fees and other amounts that may be due in payable in respect thereof, and (ii) an
assumption of its Pro Rata Share of the Letters of Credit). If the Holdout Lender or Tax Lender,
as applicable, shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior
to the effective date of such replacement, Agent may, but shall not be required to, execute and
deliver such Assignment and Acceptance in the name or and on behalf of the Holdout Lender or Tax
Lender, as applicable, and irrespective of whether Agent executes and delivers such Assignment and
Acceptance, the Holdout Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall be deemed to have executed and
delivered such Assignment and Acceptance. The replacement of any Holdout Lender or Tax Lender, as
applicable, shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 13.1. Until such time as one or
more Replacement Lenders shall have acquired all of the Obligations, the Commitments, and the other
rights and obligations of the Holdout Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents, the Holdout Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall remain obligated to
make the Holdout Lender’s or Tax Lender’s, as applicable, Pro Rata Share of Advances and to
purchase a participation in each Letter of Credit, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such
Letters of Credit.

     14.3 No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by Agent or any Lender to exercise
any right, remedy, or option under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or delay by Agent or
any Lender in exercising the same, will operate as a waiver thereof. No waiver by Agent or any
Lender will be effective unless it is in writing, and then only to the extent specifically stated.
No waiver by Agent or any Lender on any occasion shall affect or diminish Agent’s and each Lender’s
rights thereafter to require strict performance by Loan Parties of any provision of this Agreement.
Agent’s and each Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be
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15. AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP.

     15.1 Appointment and Authorization of Agent. Each Lender hereby designates and
appoints WFCF as its agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby
irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider
shall be deemed to designate, appoint, and authorize) Agent to execute and deliver each of the
other Loan Documents on its behalf and to take such other action on its behalf under the provisions
of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties
as are expressly delegated to Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent agrees to act as agent for
and on behalf of the Lenders (and the Bank Product Providers) on the conditions contained in this
Section 15. Any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other
Loan Document notwithstanding, Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those
expressly set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents, nor shall Agent have or be deemed to
have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender (or Bank Product Provider), and no implied
covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against Agent. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents with reference to Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or
express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is
used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only a
representative relationship between independent contracting parties. Each Lender hereby further
authorizes (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be
deemed to authorize) Agent to act as the secured party under each of the Loan Documents that create
a Lien on any item of Collateral. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, Agent
shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising
any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions that Agent expressly is
entitled to take or assert under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of any other provision of the Loan Documents
that provides rights or powers to Agent, Lenders agree that Agent shall have the right to exercise
the following powers as long as this Agreement remains in effect: (a) maintain, in accordance
with its customary business practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the
Obligations, the Collateral, the Collections of Parent and its Subsidiaries, and related matters,
(b) execute or file any and all financing or similar statements or notices, amendments, renewals,
supplements, documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with
respect to the Loan Documents, (c) make Advances, for itself or on behalf of Lenders, as provided
in the Loan Documents, (d) exclusively receive, apply, and distribute the Collections of Parent
and its Subsidiaries as provided in the Loan Documents, (e) open and maintain such bank accounts
and cash management arrangements as Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance with the
Loan Documents for the foregoing purposes with respect to the Collateral and the Collections of
Parent and its Subsidiaries, (f) perform, exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and
remedies of the Lender Group with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries, the Obligations, the
Collateral, the Collections of Parent and its Subsidiaries, or otherwise related to any of same as
provided in the Loan Documents, and (g) incur and pay such Lender Group Expenses as Agent may deem
necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions and powers pursuant
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     15.2 Delegation of Duties. Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys in fact and shall be
entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Agent shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney in fact that it selects as
long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.

     15.3 Liability of Agent. None of the Agent-Related Persons shall (a) be liable for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders (or
Bank Product Providers) for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Parent
or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of Parent, or any officer or director thereof, contained in this
Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document
referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of Parent or any Subsidiary of
Parent or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) to
ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in,
or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the books and records or
properties of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent.

     15.4 Reliance by Agent. Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected
in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter,
telegram, telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission, telex or telephone message,
statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have
been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal
counsel (including counsel to Borrowers or counsel to any Lender), independent accountants and
other experts selected by Agent. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any
action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless Agent shall first receive such advice
or concurrence of the Lenders as it deems appropriate and until such instructions are received,
Agent shall act, or refrain from acting, as it deems advisable. If Agent so requests, it shall
first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders (and, if it so elects, the Bank
Product Providers) against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason
of taking or continuing to take any such action. Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in
acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance
with a request or consent of the Required Lenders and such request and any action taken or failure
to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders (and Bank Product Providers).

     15.5 Notice of Default or Event of Default. Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to
defaults in the payment of principal, interest, fees, and expenses required to be paid to Agent for
the account of the Lenders and, except with respect to Events of Default of which Agent has actual
knowledge, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Administrative Borrower
referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default, and stating that such
notice is a “notice of default.” Agent promptly will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such
notice or of any Event of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge. If any Lender obtains
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knowledge of any Event of Default, such Lender promptly shall notify the other Lenders and
Agent of such Event of Default. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for giving any notices to
its Participants, if any. Subject to Section 15.4, Agent shall take such action with respect to
such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Required Lenders in accordance with
Section 9; provided, however, that unless and until Agent has received any such
request, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such
action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.

     15.6 Credit Decision. Each Lender (and Bank Product Provider) acknowledges that none
of the Agent-Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by
Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of Parent and its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related
Person to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider). Each Lender represents (and by entering into a
Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to represent) to Agent that it
has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such due
diligence, documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and
investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of any Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document, and all applicable
bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to
enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to any Borrower. Each Lender also represents (and
by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to represent)
that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to
the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness
of any Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document. Except for notices, reports, and
other documents expressly herein required to be furnished to the Lenders by Agent, Agent shall not
have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender (or Bank Product Provider) with any credit or
other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other
condition or creditworthiness of any Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document that may
come into the possession of any of the Agent-Related Persons. Each Lender acknowledges (and by
entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge)
that Agent does not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis
(except to the extent, if any, that is expressly specified herein) to provide such Lender (or Bank
Product Provider) with any credit or other information with respect to any Borrower, its Affiliates
or any of their respective business, legal, financial or other affairs, and irrespective of whether
such information came into Agent’s or its Affiliates’ or representatives’ possession before or
after the date on which such Lender became a party to this Agreement (or such Bank Product Provider
entered into a Bank Product Agreement).

     15.7 Costs and Expenses; Indemnification. In the event Agent is not reimbursed by
Parent or its Subsidiaries for Lender Group Expenses incurred by Agent, each Lender hereby agrees
that it is and shall be obligated to pay to Agent such Lender’s ratable share thereof. Whether or
not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each of the Lenders, on a ratable basis,
shall indemnify and defend the Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf
of Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of Borrowers to do so) from and against any and
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Indemnified Liabilities; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for
the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting
solely from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct nor shall any Lender be liable for
the obligations of any Defaulting Lender in failing to make an Advance or other extension of credit
hereunder. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Agent upon demand for
such Lender’s ratable share of any costs or out of pocket expenses (including attorneys,
accountants, advisors, and consultants fees and expenses) incurred by Agent in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment, or enforcement (whether
through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or
responsibilities under, this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the extent that Agent is not
reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrowers. The undertaking in this Section shall
survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the resignation or replacement of Agent.

     15.8 Agent in Individual Capacity. WFCF and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue
letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank Products to, acquire
equity interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory,
underwriting, or other business with Borrowers and their Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other
Person party to any Loan Document as though WFCF were not Agent hereunder, and, in each case,
without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the
Lender Group acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider
shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such activities, WFCF or its Affiliates may
receive information regarding each Borrower or its Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan
Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Borrowers or such other Person
and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers),
and the Lenders acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product
Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a
waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver Agent will use its reasonable best efforts
to obtain), Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The terms
“Lender” and “Lenders” include WFCF in its individual capacity.

     15.9 Successor Agent. Agent may resign as Agent upon thirty (30) days prior written
notice to the Lenders (unless such notice is waived by the Required Lenders) and Administrative
Borrower (unless such notice is waived by Administrative Borrower) and without any notice to the
Bank Product Providers. If Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall be
entitled, with (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the consent of
Administrative Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned),
appoint a successor Agent for the Lenders (and the Bank Product Providers). If, at the time that
Agent’s resignation is effective, it is acting as the Issuing Lender or the Swing Line Lender, such
resignation shall also operate to effectuate its resignation as the Issuing Lender or the Swing
Line Lender, as applicable, and it shall automatically be relieved of any further obligation to
issue Letters of Credit, to cause the Underlying Issuer to issue Letters of Credit, or to make
Swing Line Loans. If no successor Agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the
resignation of Agent, Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and Administrative
Borrower, a successor Agent. If Agent has breached or failed to perform any provision of this
Agreement or of applicable law in any material respect, the Required Lenders may agree in writing
to remove and replace Agent with a successor Agent from among the Lenders with (so long as no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing) the consent of Administrative Borrower (such consent not
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delayed, or conditioned). In any such event, upon the acceptance of its appointment as
successor Agent hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties
of the retiring Agent and the term “Agent” shall mean such successor Agent and the retiring Agent’s
appointment, powers, and duties as Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Agent’s
resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 15 shall inure to its benefit as to
any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement. If no
successor Agent has accepted appointment as Agent by the date which is thirty (30) days following a
retiring Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless
thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of Agent hereunder until
such time, if any, as the Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above.

     15.10 Lender in Individual Capacity. Any Lender and its respective Affiliates may
make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank
Products to, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust,
financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with Borrowers and their Subsidiaries and
Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though such Lender were not a Lender
hereunder without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group (or the Bank
Product Providers). The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank
Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to
such activities, such Lender and its respective Affiliates may receive information regarding their
or its Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to
confidentiality obligations in favor of any Borrower or such other Person and that prohibit the
disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders acknowledge (and by entering into a
Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such
circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver
such Lender will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), such Lender shall not be under any
obligation to provide such information to them.

     15.11 Collateral Matters.

          (a) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement,
each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent to release any Lien on any
Collateral (i) upon the termination of the Commitments and payment and satisfaction in full by
Borrowers of all of the Obligations, (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if a
release is required or desirable in connection therewith in a transaction permitted pursuant to
Section 6.4 of this Agreement and if so requested by Agent Administrative Borrower certifies to
Agent that the sale or disposition is permitted under Section 6.4 (and Agent may rely conclusively
on any such certificate, without further inquiry), (iii) constituting property in which Parent or
its Subsidiaries owned no interest at the time Agent’s Lien was granted nor at any time thereafter,
or (iv) constituting property leased to Parent or its Subsidiaries under a lease that has expired
or is terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement. The Loan Parties and the Lenders
hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product
Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders,
in connection with the exercise of rights or remedies following the occurrence and during
continuance of an Event of Default, to credit bid and purchase (either directly or through one or
more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted by
Agent under the provisions of the UCC, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC, at
any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363 of
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or foreclosure conducted by Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with
applicable law. Each Lender (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product
Provider) agrees that, except with the written consent of Agent and the Required Lenders, it will
not exercise any right that it might otherwise have to credit bid at any sales of all or any
portion of the Collateral conducted under the provisions of the Code or the Bankruptcy Code, or in
connection with foreclosure sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral. Except as provided
above, Agent will not execute and deliver a release of any Lien on any Collateral without the prior
written authorization of (A) if the release is of all or substantially all of the Collateral, all
of the Lenders (without requiring the authorization of the Bank Product Providers), or (B)
otherwise, the Required Lenders (without requiring the authorization of the Bank Product
Providers). Upon request by Agent or Administrative Borrower at any time, the Lenders will (and if
so requested, the Bank Product Providers will) confirm in writing Agent’s authority to release any
such Liens on particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 15.11;
provided, however, that (1) Agent shall not be required to execute any document
necessary to evidence such release on terms that, in Agent’s opinion, would expose Agent to
liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Lien
without recourse, representation, or warranty, and (2) such release shall not in any manner
discharge, affect, or impair the obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being
released) upon (or obligations of Borrowers in respect of) all interests retained by Loan Parties,
including, the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the
Collateral. The Lenders further hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product
Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent, at its option and in its
sole discretion, to subordinate any Lien granted to or held by Agent under any Loan Document to the
holder of any Permitted Lien on such property if such Permitted Lien secures Permitted Purchase
Money Indebtedness.

          (b) Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any of the Lenders (or the Bank Product
Providers) to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Parent or its Subsidiaries or is
cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that Agent’s Liens have been properly
or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, or enforced or are entitled to any
particular priority, or that any particular items of Collateral meet the eligibility criteria
applicable in respect thereof or whether to impose, maintain, reduce, or eliminate any particular
reserve hereunder or whether the amount of any such reserve is appropriate or not, or to exercise
at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to
continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agent
pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the
Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, subject to the terms and conditions
contained herein, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion given
Agent’s own interest in the Collateral in its capacity as one of the Lenders and that Agent shall
have no other duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider) as to any of
the foregoing, except as otherwise provided herein.

     15.12 Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments.

          (a) Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written consent of
Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request
of Agent, set off against the Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to Parent or its
Subsidiaries or any deposit accounts of Parent or its Subsidiaries now or hereafter maintained with
such Lender. Each of the Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested
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so in writing by Agent, take or cause to be taken any action, including, the commencement of
any legal or equitable proceedings to enforce any Loan Document against any Borrower or any
Guarantor or to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the
Collateral.

          (b) If, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff, or
otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations, except for
any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from Agent pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, or (ii) payments from Agent in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all such
distributions by Agent, such Lender promptly shall (A) turn the same over to Agent, in kind, and
with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to Agent, or in immediately
available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the
Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (B) purchase,
without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to
the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the
Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares; provided, however, that to the
extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it,
those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the
applicable portion of the purchase price paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party,
but without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required to pay interest in
connection with the recovery of the excess payment.

     15.13 Agency for Perfection. Agent hereby appoints each other Lender (and each Bank
Product Provider) as its agent (and each Lender hereby accepts (and by entering into a Bank Product
Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to accept) such appointment) for the purpose
of perfecting Agent’s Liens in assets which, in accordance with Article 8 or Article 9, as
applicable, of the UCC can be perfected by possession or control. Should any Lender obtain
possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify Agent thereof, and, promptly
upon Agent’s request therefor shall deliver possession or control of such Collateral to Agent or in
accordance with Agent’s instructions.

     15.14 Payments by Agent to the Lenders. All payments to be made by Agent to the
Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) shall be made by bank wire transfer of immediately available
funds pursuant to such wire transfer instructions as each party may designate for itself by written
notice to Agent. Concurrently with each such payment, Agent shall identify whether such payment
(or any portion thereof) represents principal, premium, fees, or interest of the Obligations.

     15.15 Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents. Each member of the Lender
Group authorizes and directs Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each
member of the Lender Group agrees (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product
Provider shall be deemed to agree) that any action taken by Agent in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral and the exercise by Agent of
its powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably
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     15.16 Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other
Reports and Information. By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender:

          (a) is deemed to have requested that Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes
available, a copy of each field audit or examination report respecting Parent or its Subsidiaries
(each, a “Report”) prepared by or at the request of Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
and Agent shall so furnish each Lender with such Reports,

          (b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that Agent does not (i) make any representation or
warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information
contained in any Report,

          (c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or
examinations, that Agent or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only
specific information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries and will rely significantly upon Parent
and its Subsidiaries’ books and records, as well as on representations of Borrowers’ personnel,

          (d) agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding Parent and
its Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a
confidential manner in accordance with Section 17.9, and

          (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this
Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold Agent and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any
action the indemnifying Lender may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender
may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that
the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to any Borrower, or the indemnifying Lender’s
participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a loan or loans of a Borrower, and (ii)
to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a
Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and
other amounts (including, attorneys fees and costs) incurred by Agent and any such other Lender
preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or
part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.

In addition to the foregoing: (A) any Lender may from time to time request of Agent in writing
that Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or document provided by Parent or its
Subsidiaries to Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by Parent or such Subsidiary to
such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such
Lender, (B) to the extent that Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to
request additional reports or information from Parent or its Subsidiaries, any Lender may, from
time to time, reasonably request Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lender’s notice
to Agent, whereupon Agent promptly shall request of Administrative Borrower the additional reports
or information reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon receipt thereof from Administrative
Borrower or such Subsidiary, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, and (C)
any time that Agent renders to Administrative Borrower a statement regarding the Loan Account,
Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each Lender.

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     15.17 Several Obligations; No Liability. Notwithstanding that certain of the Loan
Documents now or hereafter may have been or will be executed only by or in favor of Agent in its
capacity as such, and not by or in favor of the Lenders, any and all obligations on the part of
Agent (if any) to make any credit available hereunder shall constitute the several (and not joint)
obligations of the respective Lenders on a ratable basis, according to their respective
Commitments, to make an amount of such credit not to exceed, in principal amount, at any one time
outstanding, the amount of their respective Commitments. Nothing contained herein shall confer
upon any Lender any interest in, or subject any Lender to any liability for, or in respect of, the
business, assets, profits, losses, or liabilities of any other Lender. Each Lender shall be solely
responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters relating to the Loan Documents to the
extent any such notice may be required, and no Lender shall have any obligation, duty, or liability
to any Participant of any other Lender. Except as provided in Section 15.7, no member of the
Lender Group shall have any liability for the acts of any other member of the Lender Group. No
Lender shall be responsible to any Borrower or any other Person for any failure by any other Lender
(or Bank Product Provider) to fulfill its obligations to make credit available hereunder, nor to
advance for such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) or on its behalf, nor to take any other action
on behalf of such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) hereunder or in connection with the financing
contemplated herein.

16. TAXES.

          (a) All payments made by Loan Parties hereunder or under any other Loan Document will be made
without setoff, counterclaim, or other defense. In addition, all such payments will be made free
and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future Taxes, and in the
event any deduction or withholding of Taxes is required, Loan Parties shall comply with the next
sentence of this Section 16(a). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, each Loan Party agrees to
pay the full amount of such Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every
payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including any amount
paid pursuant to this Section 16(a) after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes,
will not be less than the amount provided for herein; provided, however, that no Loan Party shall
be required to increase any such amounts if the increase in such amount payable results from
Agent’s or such Lender’s own willful misconduct or gross negligence (as finally determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction). Loan Parties will furnish to Agent as promptly as possible after
the date the payment of any Tax is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts
evidencing such payment by Loan Parties.

          (b) Each Loan Party agrees to pay any present or future stamp, value added or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges, or similar levies that arise from any payment
made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, performance, recordation, or filing of, or
otherwise with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, which payments shall be made
to the applicable Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable laws.

          (c) If a Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption or reduction from United
States withholding tax, such Lender or Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent, to deliver to
Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) one of the
following on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a
Participant, on or before such Participant acquires the participation) and at such other times as
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be necessary in the reasonable determination of Parent or Agent to confirm that payments to
such Lender or Participant may be made without, or at a reduced rate, of withholding:

               (i) Any Foreign Lender or Participant that is entitled to claim an exemption from, or
reduction in, United States withholding tax shall deliver to the Agent two completed originals of
(1) either United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY (together with
any applicable underlying forms), or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto; (2) in
the case of a Foreign Lender claiming exemption from or reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax
under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the IRC with respect to payments of “portfolio interest,” (A) a
statement of the Lender or Participant that it is not a (I) a “bank” as described in Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the IRC, (II) a ten (10%) percent shareholder of a Borrower (within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the IRC), or (III) a controlled foreign corporation related to a Borrower
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the IRC, and (B) a properly completed and executed
IRS Form W-8BEN or Form W-8IMY (with proper attachments); or (3) any other document prescribed by
the Internal Revenue Service certifying as to the entitlement of such Foreign Lender to such
exemption, or reduced rate, from United States withholding tax with respect to all payments to be
made to such Foreign Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; or

               (ii) If such Lender is a Domestic Lender, two original completed Internal Revenue Service
Forms W-9 certifying as to such Lender’s entitlement to full exemption from United States
withholding tax, or otherwise proving that it is entitled to such an exemption.

Each Lender or Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration or
obsolescence of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of a
Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) of any change in circumstances which
would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.

          (d) If a Lender or Participant claims an exemption from withholding tax in a jurisdiction
other than the United States, such Lender or such Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent and
Parent, to deliver to Agent and Parent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting
the participation only) any such form or forms, as may be required under the laws of such
jurisdiction as a condition to exemption from, or reduction of, foreign withholding or backup
withholding tax before receiving its first payment under this Agreement, but only if such Lender or
such Participant is legally able to deliver such forms, provided, however,
that nothing in this Section 16(d) shall require a Lender or Participant to disclose any
information that it deems to be confidential (including without limitation, its tax returns). Each
Lender and each Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration or
obsolescence of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent and Parent (or, in the
case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) of any change in
circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.

          (e) If a Lender or Participant claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax and
such Lender or Participant sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or
part of the Obligations of Borrowers to such Lender or Participant, such Lender or Participant
agrees to notify Agent (or, in the case of a sale of a participation interest, to the Lender
granting the participation only) of the percentage amount in which it is no longer the beneficial
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Obligations of Borrowers to such Lender or Participant. To the extent of such percentage
amount, Agent will treat such Lender’s or such Participant’s documentation provided pursuant to
Section 16(c) or 16(d) as no longer valid. With respect to such percentage amount, such
Participant or Assignee may provide new documentation, pursuant to Section 16(c) or 16(d), if
applicable. Each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Section 16 with respect to its participation in any portion of the Commitments and the Obligations
so long as such Participant complies with the obligations set forth in this Section 16 with respect
thereto.

          (f) If a Lender or a Participant is entitled to a reduction in the applicable withholding tax,
Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the Lender granting the participation) may withhold from
any interest payment to such Lender or such Participant an amount equivalent to the applicable
withholding tax after taking into account such reduction. If the forms or other documentation
required by Section 16(c) or 16(d) are not delivered to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to
the Lender granting the participation), then Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the Lender
granting the participation) may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender or such
Participant not providing such forms or other documentation an amount equivalent to the applicable
withholding tax.

          (g) If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority of the United States or other jurisdiction
asserts a claim that Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the Lender granting the
participation) did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender
or any Participant due to a failure on the part of the Lender or any Participant (because the
appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to
notify Agent (or such Participant failed to notify the Lender granting the participation) of a
change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax
ineffective, or for any other reason) such Lender shall indemnify and hold Agent harmless (or, in
the case of a Participant, such Participant shall indemnify and hold the Lender granting the
participation harmless) for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by Agent (or, in the case of
a Participant, the Lender granting the participation), as tax or otherwise, including penalties and
interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to Agent (or,
in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) under this Section 16,
together with all costs and expenses (including attorneys fees and expenses). The obligation of
the Lenders and the Participants under this subsection shall survive the payment of all Obligations
and the resignation or replacement of Agent.

          (h) If Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of
any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Loan Parties or with respect to which the Loan
Parties have paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 16, so long as no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, it shall pay over such refund to the Loan Parties (but only to the
extent of payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Loan Parties under this Section 16 with
respect to Taxes giving rise to such a refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of Agent or such
Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority
with respect to such a refund); provided, that, the Loan Parties, upon the request
of Agent or such Lender, agree to repay the amount paid over to the Loan Parties (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges, imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority, other than
such penalties, interest or other charges imposed as a result of the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of Agent or such Lender hereunder) to Agent or such Lender in the event Agent or such
Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything
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contrary, this Section 16 shall not be construed to require Agent or any Lender to make
available its tax returns (or any other information which it deems confidential) to Borrowers or
any other Person.

          (i) Any Lender or Participant claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section
16 shall use its reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and requirements of law)
to change the jurisdiction of its lending office if such a change would reduce any such additional
amounts (or any similar amount that may thereafter accrue) and would not, in the sole determination
of such Lender or Participant, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender or Participant.

          (j) If a payment made to Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document would
be subject to withholding tax imposed by FATCA if Agent or such Lender fails to comply with
applicable reporting and other requirements of FATCA, Agent or such Lender shall deliver to Parent
and Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or as reasonably requested by Parent
or Agent, (A) two accurate, complete and signed certifications prescribed by applicable law or
reasonably satisfactory to Parent and Agent that establish that such payment is exempt from
withholding tax imposed by FATCA and (B) any other documentation reasonably requested by Parent or
Agent sufficient for Parent and Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine
that Agent or such Lender has complied with such applicable reporting and other requirements of
FATCA.

17. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

     17.1 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective when
executed by Administrative Borrower, Agent, and each Lender whose signature is provided for on the
signature pages hereof.

     17.2 Section Headings. Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for
convenience only. Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each
Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.

     17.3 Interpretation. Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein
shall be construed against the Lender Group or Loan Parties, whether under any rule of construction
or otherwise. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be
construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish
fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.

     17.4 Severability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable
from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal
enforceability of any specific provision.

     17.5 Bank Product Providers. Each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed a third party
beneficiary hereof and of the provisions of the other Loan Documents for purposes of any reference
in a Loan Document to the parties for whom Agent is acting. Agent hereby agrees to act as agent
for such Bank Product Providers and, by virtue of entering into a Bank Product Agreement, the
applicable Bank Product Provider shall be automatically deemed to have appointed Agent as its agent
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the rights and benefits of each Bank Product Provider under the Loan Documents consist
exclusively of such Bank Product Provider’s being a beneficiary of the Liens and security interests
(and, if applicable, guarantees) granted to Agent and the right to share in payments and
collections out of the Collateral as more fully set forth herein. In addition, each Bank Product
Provider, by virtue of entering into a Bank Product Agreement, shall be automatically deemed to
have agreed that Agent shall have the right, but shall have no obligation, to establish, maintain,
relax, or release reserves in respect of the Bank Product Obligations and that if reserves are
established there is no obligation on the part of Agent to determine or insure whether the amount
of any such reserve is appropriate or not. In connection with any such distribution of payments or
proceeds of Collateral, Agent shall be entitled to assume no amounts are due or owing to any Bank
Product Provider unless such Bank Product Provider has provided a written certification (setting
forth a reasonably detailed calculation) to Agent as to the amounts that are due and owing to it
and such written certification is received by Agent a reasonable period of time prior to the making
of such distribution. Agent shall have no obligation to calculate the amount due and payable with
respect to any Bank Products, but may rely upon the written certification of the amount due and
payable from the relevant Bank Product Provider. In the absence of an updated certification, Agent
shall be entitled to assume that the amount due and payable to the relevant Bank Product Provider
is the amount last certified to Agent by such Bank Product Provider as being due and payable (less
any distributions made to such Bank Product Provider on account thereof). Loan Parties may obtain
Bank Products from any Bank Product Provider, although no Loan Party is required to do so. Each
Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that no Bank Product Provider has committed to provide any Bank
Products and that the providing of Bank Products by any Bank Product Provider is in the sole and
absolute discretion of such Bank Product Provider. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no provider or holder of any Bank Product shall have any
voting or approval rights hereunder (or be deemed a Lender) solely by virtue of its status as the
provider or holder of such agreements or products or the Obligations owing thereunder, nor shall
the consent of any such provider or holder be required (other than in their capacities as Lenders,
to the extent applicable) for any matter hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents,
including as to any matter relating to the Collateral or the release of Collateral or Guarantors.
Each Hedge Provider shall, prior to the consummation of each transaction under any Hedge Agreement,
(i) notify Agent in writing of its status as a Hedge Provider and (ii) if, at the time that such
Hedge Provider enters into such transaction, such Hedge Provider is also a party to (or an
Affiliate of a party to) the Term Loan Agreement, elect, as between its Lien on the Revolving Loan
Party Collateral and its Lien on the Term Loan Priority Collateral, which Lien will be a first
priority Lien and which Lien will be a second priority Lien (in each case, subject to Liens
permitted to be prior to such Liens hereunder or under the Term Loan Agreement), which election
must be notified to Agent in writing (it being understood and agreed that any such Person that
elects to have its lien on the Term Loan Priority Collateral be a first priority Lien shall not
constitute a “Hedge Provider” for purposes of this Agreement).

     17.6 Debtor-Creditor Relationship. The relationship between the Lenders and Agent, on
the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor. No
member of the Lender Group has (or shall be deemed to have) any fiduciary relationship or duty to
any Loan Party arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions
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the Lender Group, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, by virtue of any
Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein.

     17.7 Counterparts; Electronic Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and
delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement
by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as
delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed
counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also
shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis mutandis.

     17.8 Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations. If the incurrence or payment of the
Obligations by any Borrower or Guarantor or the transfer to the Lender Group of any property should
for any reason subsequently be asserted, or declared, to be void or voidable under any state or
federal law relating to creditors’ rights, including provisions of the Bankruptcy Code relating to
fraudulent conveyances, preferences, or other voidable or recoverable payments of money or
transfers of property (each, a “Voidable Transfer”), and if the Lender Group is required to repay
or restore, in whole or in part, any such Voidable Transfer, or elects to do so upon the reasonable
advice of its counsel, then, as to any such Voidable Transfer, or the amount thereof that the
Lender Group is required or elects to repay or restore, and as to all reasonable costs, expenses,
and attorneys fees of the Lender Group related thereto, the liability of each Borrower and
Guarantor automatically shall be revived, reinstated, and restored and shall exist as though such
Voidable Transfer had never been made.

     17.9 Confidentiality.

          (a) Agent and Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that
material, non-public information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries, their operations, assets,
and existing and contemplated business plans (“Confidential Information”) shall be treated by Agent
and the Lenders in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the Lenders to
Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except: (i) to attorneys for and other advisors,
accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group (“Lender Group
Representatives”), (ii) to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group (including
the Bank Product Providers), provided, that, any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall
have agreed in writing for the benefit of Borrowers to receive such information hereunder subject
to the terms of this Section 17.9, (iii) as may be required by regulatory authorities so long as
such authorities are informed of the confidential nature of such information, (iv) as may be
required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation;
provided, that, (A) prior to any disclosure under this clause (iv), the disclosing
party agrees to provide Administrative Borrower with prior notice thereof, to the extent that it is
practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior
notice to Administrative Borrower pursuant to the terms of the applicable statute, decision, or
judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation and (B) any disclosure under this clause (iv)
shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such statute,
decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation, (v)

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as may be agreed to in advance by Administrative Borrower or as requested or required by any
Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, provided,
that, (A) prior to any disclosure under this clause (v) the disclosing party agrees to
provide Administrative Borrower with prior notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to
do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior notice to
Administrative Borrower pursuant to the terms of the subpoena or other legal process and (B) any
disclosure under this clause (v) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as
may be required by such governmental authority pursuant to such subpoena or other legal process,
(vi) as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as
a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or the Lenders or the Lender Group Representatives),
(vii) in connection with any assignment, participation or pledge of any Lender’s interest under
this Agreement, provided, that, any such assignee, participant, or pledgee shall
have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section, (viii) in
connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which such
litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to the rights or duties of such parties
under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, that, prior to any
disclosure to any Person (other than any Loan Party, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective
Affiliates, or their respective counsel) under this clause (viii) with respect to litigation
involving any Person (other than Loan Parties, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective
Affiliates, or their respective counsel), the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrowers with
prior notice thereof, and (ix) in connection with, and to the extent reasonably necessary for, the
exercise of any secured creditor remedy under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document.

          (b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Agent may provide information
concerning the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to loan
syndication and pricing reporting services.

     17.10 Lender Group Expenses. Loan Parties agree to pay any and all Lender Group
Expenses promptly after demand therefor by Agent and agrees that their obligations contained in
this Section 17.10 shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other Obligations.

     17.11 Survival. All representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the
Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon
by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and
the making of any loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made
by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that Agent, the Issuing Lender, or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full
force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any loan or any fee or any
other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is
outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.

     17.12 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot
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 Patriot Act.

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     17.13 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, reflects
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and
shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, before the date
hereof. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, all Bank Product Agreements, if any, are
independent agreements governed by the written provisions of such Bank Product Agreements, which
will remain in full force and effect, unaffected by any repayment, prepayments, acceleration,
reduction, increase, or change in the terms of any credit extended hereunder, except as otherwise
expressly provided in such Bank Product Agreement.

     17.14 Ex-Im Bank Rules. Each Loan Party acknowledges that Lenders are willing to make
the Ex-Im advances available to US Borrower because Ex-Im Bank is willing to guarantee payment of a
significant portion of the Ex-Im Advances pursuant to the Ex-Im Guarantee. Accordingly, in the
event of any inconsistency between the Ex-Im Guarantee or any of the other Ex-Im Bank Documents and
any of the Loan Documents, the provision that is more stringent, burdensome or restrictive upon the
Loan Parties shall control solely for so long as any Ex-Im Advances are outstanding. This
Agreement is supplemental to the Borrower Agreement and the Fast Track Borrower Supplement and
constitutes the “Loan Agreement” under the Borrower Agreement. The facility for Ex-Im Advances
hereunder constitutes the “Loan Facility” under the Borrower Agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered
as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRONOX LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	TRONOX WORLDWIDE LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	TRONOX FINANCE CORP.

CIMARRON CORPORATION

TRIPLE S REFINING CORPORATION

SOUTHWESTERN REFINING COMPANY, INC.

TRANSWORLD DRILLING COMPANY

TRIPLE S MINERALS RESOURCES CORPORATION

TRIPLE S, INC.

TRONOX HOLDINGS, INC.

TRIANGLE REFINERIES, INC.

TRONOX PIGMENTS (SAVANNAH) INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	TRONOX INCORPORATED

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 

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1

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,

as Agent and a Lender

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 

2exv10w3

Exhibit 10.3

SENIOR SECURED SUPER-PRIORITY DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION AND EXIT

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

dated as of October 21, 2010

among

TRONOX INCORPORATED,

TRONOX WORLDWIDE LLC,

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF TRONOX WORLDWIDE LLC,

as Guarantors,

VARIOUS LENDERS,

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,

as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner,

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,

as Syndication Agent,

and

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 

$425,000,000 Senior Secured Super-Priority

Debtor-In-Possession and Exit Credit Facilities

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 	 	2	 
	1.1. Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	1.2. Accounting Terms
	 	 	41	 
	1.3. Interpretation, Etc.
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2. LOANS
	 	 	42	 
	2.1. Term Loans
	 	 	42	 
	2.2. [Intentionally Omitted]
	 	 	42	 
	2.3. Use of Proceeds
	 	 	42	 
	2.4. Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes
	 	 	43	 
	2.5. Interest on Loans
	 	 	43	 
	2.6. Conversion/Continuation
	 	 	44	 
	2.7. Default Interest
	 	 	45	 
	2.8. Fees; Call Premium
	 	 	45	 
	2.9. Scheduled Payments
	 	 	46	 
	2.10. Voluntary Prepayments
	 	 	46	 
	2.11. Mandatory Prepayments
	 	 	46	 
	2.12. Application of Prepayments
	 	 	49	 
	2.13. General Provisions Regarding Payments
	 	 	50	 
	2.14. Ratable Sharing
	 	 	51	 
	2.15. Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans
	 	 	51	 
	2.16. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy
	 	 	53	 
	2.17. Taxes; Withholding, Etc.
	 	 	54	 
	2.18. Obligation to Mitigate
	 	 	56	 
	2.19. Defaulting Lenders
	 	 	56	 
	2.20. Removal or Replacement of a Lender
	 	 	57	 
	2.21. Super Priority Nature of Obligations and Lenders’ Liens
	 	 	58	 
	2.22. Payment of Obligations
	 	 	59	 
	2.23. No Discharge; Survival of Claims
	 	 	59	 
	2.24. Release
	 	 	59	 
	2.25. Waiver of any Priming Rights and Non-Consensual Use of Cash Collateral
	 	 	59	 
	2.26. Working Capital Escrow Account, Settlement Escrow Account and
Reinvestment Accounts
	 	 	60	 
	2.27. Term Loan Commitment Increase
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	 	 	61	 
	3.1. Closing Date
	 	 	62	 
	3.2. Conditions to Withdrawals from Working Capital Escrow Account and
Settlement Escrow Account
	 	 	65	 
	3.3. [Reserved.]
	 	 	67	 
	3.4. Exit Facility Option
	 	 	67	 
	3.5. Conditions to Exit Facility Option
	 	 	67	 
	3.6. Conversion to Exit Facility
	 	 	72	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	73	 
	4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification
	 	 	73	 
	4.2. Equity Interests and Ownership
	 	 	73	 
	4.3. Due Authorization
	 	 	73	 

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	4.4. No Conflict
	 	 	74	 
	4.5. Governmental Consents
	 	 	74	 
	4.6. Binding Obligation
	 	 	74	 
	4.7. Historical Financial Statements
	 	 	74	 
	4.8. Projections
	 	 	74	 
	4.9. No Material Adverse Effect
	 	 	75	 
	4.10. Adverse Proceedings, Etc.
	 	 	75	 
	4.11. Payment of Taxes
	 	 	75	 
	4.12. Properties
	 	 	75	 
	4.13. Environmental Matters
	 	 	75	 
	4.14. No Defaults
	 	 	77	 
	4.15. Material Contracts
	 	 	77	 
	4.16. Governmental Regulation
	 	 	77	 
	4.17. Margin Stock
	 	 	77	 
	4.18. Employee Matters
	 	 	77	 
	4.19. Employee Benefit Plan
	 	 	78	 
	4.20. Certain Fees
	 	 	78	 
	4.21. Solvency
	 	 	78	 
	4.22. Compliance with Statutes, Etc.
	 	 	78	 
	4.23. Disclosure
	 	 	78	 
	4.24. Reorganization Matters; Secured, Super-Priority Obligations
	 	 	78	 
	4.25. PATRIOT Act
	 	 	80	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	80	 
	5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports
	 	 	80	 
	5.2. Existence
	 	 	85	 
	5.3. Payment of Taxes and Claims
	 	 	85	 
	5.4. Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	85	 
	5.5. Insurance
	 	 	85	 
	5.6. Books and Records; Inspections
	 	 	86	 
	5.7. Lenders Meetings
	 	 	86	 
	5.8. Compliance with Laws
	 	 	86	 
	5.9. Environmental
	 	 	86	 
	5.10. Subsidiaries
	 	 	88	 
	5.11. Additional Material Real Estate Assets
	 	 	88	 
	5.12. Further Assurances
	 	 	88	 
	5.13. Cash Management
	 	 	89	 
	5.14. Plan Support Agreement
	 	 	89	 
	5.15. Plan of Reorganization
	 	 	89	 
	5.16. Consultant
	 	 	90	 
	5.17. Adverse Motions
	 	 	90	 
	5.18. Post-Closing Covenants
	 	 	90	 
	5.19. Maintenance of Ratings
	 	 	90	 
	5.20. Sale Covenant
	 	 	90	 
	5.21. Excess Working Capital
	 	 	90	 
	5.22. Environmental Insurance Proceeds
	 	 	91	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	91	 
	6.1. Indebtedness
	 	 	91	 
	6.2. Liens
	 	 	94	 
	6.3. No Further Negative Pledges
	 	 	96	 

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	6.4. Restricted Junior Payments
	 	 	97	 
	6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions
	 	 	97	 
	6.6. Investments
	 	 	97	 
	6.7. Financial Covenants
	 	 	99	 
	6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions
	 	 	100	 
	6.9. Disposal of Subsidiary Interests
	 	 	101	 
	6.10. Sales and Lease-Backs
	 	 	102	 
	6.11. Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates
	 	 	102	 
	6.12. Conduct of Business
	 	 	102	 
	6.13. Permitted Activities of Holdings
	 	 	102	 
	6.14. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents, Additional
Facility Credit Documents, Approved Budget
	 	 	103	 
	6.15. Amendments or Waivers of with Respect to Certain Indebtedness
	 	 	103	 
	6.16. Fiscal Year
	 	 	103	 
	6.17. Chapter 11 Claims
	 	 	103	 
	6.18. Critical Vendor and Other Payments
	 	 	103	 
	6.19. Kwinana Investment
	 	 	104	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7. GUARANTY
	 	 	104	 
	7.1. Guaranty of the Obligations
	 	 	104	 
	7.2. Contribution by Guarantors
	 	 	104	 
	7.3. Payment by Guarantors
	 	 	105	 
	7.4. Liability of Guarantors Absolute
	 	 	105	 
	7.5. Waivers by Guarantors
	 	 	106	 
	7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc.
	 	 	107	 
	7.7. Subordination of Other Obligations
	 	 	108	 
	7.8. Continuing Guaranty
	 	 	108	 
	7.9. Authority of Guarantors or Borrower
	 	 	108	 
	7.10. Financial Condition of Borrower
	 	 	108	 
	7.11. Bankruptcy, Etc.
	 	 	108	 
	7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor
	 	 	109	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	 	 	109	 
	8.1. Events of Default
	 	 	109	 
	8.2. Carve-Out Events
	 	 	113	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9. AGENTS
	 	 	114	 
	9.1. Appointment of Agents
	 	 	114	 
	9.2. Powers and Duties
	 	 	114	 
	9.3. General Immunity
	 	 	114	 
	9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as Lender
	 	 	116	 
	9.5. Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment
	 	 	116	 
	9.6. Right to Indemnity
	 	 	117	 
	9.7. Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
	 	 	117	 
	9.8. Collateral Documents and Guaranty
	 	 	119	 
	9.9. Withholding Taxes
	 	 	120	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	120	 
	10.1. Notices
	 	 	120	 
	10.2. Expenses
	 	 	122	 
	10.3. Indemnity
	 	 	122	 

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	10.4. Set-Off
	 	 	123	 
	10.5. Amendments and Waivers
	 	 	123	 
	10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations
	 	 	125	 
	10.7. Certain Undertakings with Respect to Securitization Subsidiaries
	 	 	128	 
	10.8. Independence of Covenants
	 	 	129	 
	10.9. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements
	 	 	129	 
	10.10. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	129	 
	10.11. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside
	 	 	129	 
	10.12. Severability
	 	 	129	 
	10.13. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights
	 	 	129	 
	10.14. Headings
	 	 	130	 
	10.15. APPLICABLE LAW
	 	 	130	 
	10.16. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
	 	 	130	 
	10.17. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	130	 
	10.18. Confidentiality
	 	 	131	 
	10.19. Usury Savings Clause
	 	 	132	 
	10.20. Counterparts
	 	 	132	 
	10.21. Effectiveness; Entire Agreement
	 	 	132	 
	10.22. PATRIOT Act
	 	 	133	 
	10.23. Electronic Execution of Assignments
	 	 	133	 
	10.24. No Fiduciary Duty
	 	 	133	 
	10.25. Parties Including Trustees; Bankruptcy Court Proceedings
	 	 	133	 
	10.26. Conflict Between this Agreement and the Orders
	 	 	134	 

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	APPENDICES:

	 	 	A	 	 	Term Loan Commitments
	 

	 	 	B	 	 	Notice Addresses
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SCHEDULES:

	 	 	1.1(a)	 	 	Environmental Claimants
	 

	 	 	1.1(b)	 	 	Non-Core Real Estate Assets
	 

	 	 	1.1(c)	 	 	Products
	 

	 	 	1.1(d)	 	 	Limitations on Eligible Assignees
	 

	 	 	3.5(i)	 	 	Certain Consents
	 

	 	 	3.5(v)	 	 	Mortgaged Property
	 

	 	 	4.1	 	 	Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification
	 

	 	 	4.2	 	 	Equity Interests and Ownership
	 

	 	 	4.12	 	 	Real Estate Assets
	 

	 	 	4.13	 	 	Environmental Matters
	 

	 	 	4.15	 	 	Material Contracts
	 

	 	 	4.20	 	 	Certain Fees
	 

	 	 	6.1	 	 	Certain Indebtedness
	 

	 	 	6.2	 	 	Certain Liens
	 

	 	 	6.3	 	 	Certain Negative Pledges
	 

	 	 	6.5	 	 	Certain Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions
	 

	 	 	6.6	 	 	Certain Investments
	 

	 	 	6.11	 	 	Certain Affiliate Transactions
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBITS:

	 	 	A-1	 	 	Funding Notice
	 

	 	 	A-2	 	 	Conversion/Continuation Notice
	 

	 	 	B	 	 	Term Loan Note
	 

	 	 	C	 	 	Compliance Certificate
	 

	 	 	D	 	 	Assignment Agreement
	 

	 	 	E	 	 	Certificate re Non-Bank Status
	 

	 	 	F-1	 	 	Closing Date Certificate
	 

	 	 	F-2	 	 	Solvency Certificate
	 

	 	 	G	 	 	Counterpart Agreement
	 

	 	 	H	 	 	Pledge and Security Agreement
	 

	 	 	I	 	 	Mortgage
	 

	 	 	J	 	 	Landlord Waiver and Consent Agreement
	 

	 	 	K	 	 	Intercompany Note
	 

	 	 	L	 	 	Plan Support Agreement
	 

	 	 	M	 	 	Approved Budget
	 

	 	 	N	 	 	Interim Order
	 

	 	 	O	 	 	Initial Cash Flow Forecast
	 

	 	 	P	 	 	Variance Report
	 

	 	 	Q	 	 	Cash Management Order
	 

	 	 	R	 	 	Settlement Account Escrow Agreement
	 

	 	 	S	 	 	Working Capital Account Escrow Agreement
	 

	 	 	T	 	 	Joinder Agreement
	 

	 	 	U	 	 	Form of Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement
	 

	 	 	V	 	 	Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Term Sheet

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SENIOR SECURED SUPER-PRIORITY DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION AND EXIT

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

          This SENIOR SECURED SUPER-PRIORITY DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION AND EXIT CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of October 21, 2010 is entered into by and among TRONOX WORLDWIDE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (or such entity that becomes Borrower hereunder pursuant to Section 3.6 herein, as applicable, the “Borrower”),
TRONOX INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER, as Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto from time to time, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC (“GS Lending Partners”), as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner (in such capacity, the “Arranger”), GS LENDING PARTNERS, as Syndication Agent (in such capacity, “Syndication Agent”),
GS LENDING PARTNERS, as Administrative Agent (together with its permitted successor in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) and as Collateral Agent (together with its permitted successor in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”).

RECITALS:

          WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth
for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;

          WHEREAS, on January 12, 2009 (the “Petition Date”), Borrower, certain of Borrower’s existing
Domestic Subsidiaries and Tronox Luxembourg S.ar.l., a Subsidiary of Borrower organized under the
laws of Luxembourg (“Tronox Luxembourg”) commenced Chapter 11 Cases, which were administratively
consolidated as Chapter 11 Case No. 09-10156 (each, a “Chapter 11 Case” and collectively, the
“Chapter 11 Cases”), by filing separate voluntary petitions for reorganization under the Bankruptcy
Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy
Court”). Borrower, its Domestic Subsidiaries and Tronox Luxembourg continue to operate their
businesses and manage their properties as debtors and debtors-in-possession pursuant to Sections
1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code;

          WHEREAS, after the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, Borrower obtained a senior secured
super-priority debtor-in-possession and exit credit facility in an aggregate amount of $425,000,000
pursuant to a Senior Secured Super-Priority Debtor-In-Possession and Exit Credit and Guaranty
Agreement, dated as of December 24, 2009, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement,
dated as of June 24, 2010 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing DIP Credit Agreement”), among Borrower,
Holdings, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and GS Lending Partners, as administrative
agent and collateral agent thereunder;

          WHEREAS, Lenders have agreed to provide a senior secured super-priority term loan facility to
Borrower that is convertible on the Exit Facility Conversion Date to a secured exit facility upon
the satisfaction (or waiver) of certain conditions, consisting of $425,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of Term Loans;

          WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Term Loans will be used to repay the Existing Indebtedness of the
Credit Parties in full;

          WHEREAS, Borrower has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of Secured Parties, First Priority Liens on substantially all of its assets,
including a pledge of all of the Equity Interests of each of its Domestic Subsidiaries and 65% of
all the Equity Interests of each of its first tier Foreign Subsidiaries, subject to the terms of
the Interim Order and

 

 

Final Order;

          WHEREAS, Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the obligations of Borrower hereunder and to
secure their respective Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured
Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of their respective assets, including a pledge
of all of the Equity Interests of each of their respective Domestic Subsidiaries (including
Borrower) and 65% of all the Equity Interests of each of their respective first tier Foreign
Subsidiaries, subject to the terms of the Interim Order and Final Order; and

          WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed (a) to grant an option to Borrower to cause the DIP Facility
to be converted to the Exit Facility on the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization and (b) to
permit the Borrower to obtain additional Term Loans on the Exit Facility Conversion Date, in each
case subject to certain terms and conditions set forth herein.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

          1.1. Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals,
exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:

          “ABL Collateral” means all now owned or hereafter acquired:

          (i) “accounts” and “payment intangibles,” other than “payment intangibles” (in each
case, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) which constitute identifiable proceeds of
Collateral which is not ABL Collateral;

          (ii) “deposit accounts” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), “securities accounts” (as
defined in Article 8 of the UCC), including all monies, “uncertificated securities,” and
“securities entitlements” (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) contained therein (including
all cash, marketable securities and other funds held in or on deposit in either of the
foregoing), “instruments” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), including intercompany notes
of Subsidiaries, and “chattel paper” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC);

          (iii) general intangibles pertaining to the other items of property included within
clauses (i), (ii), (iv) and (v) of this definition of ABL
Collateral, including, without limitation, all contingent rights with respect to warranties
on accounts which are not yet “payment intangibles” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC);

          (iv) “records” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), “supporting obligations” (as
defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and related “letters of credit” (as defined in Article 5 of
the UCC), commercial tort claims or other claims and causes of action, in each case, to the
extent related primarily to any of the foregoing and clause (v) below;

          (v) all “inventory” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), including inventory,
merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held for sale or lease or are
furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service, or that constitute raw
materials, work in process, finished goods, returned goods, or materials or supplies of any
kind used or consumed or to be used or consumed in the processing, production, packaging,
promotion, delivery or shipping of the same, including all supplies and embedded software;
and

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          (vi) substitutions, replacements, accessions, products and proceeds (including, without
limitation, insurance proceeds, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and
proceeds of suit) of any or all of the foregoing;

provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the ABL Collateral shall not include the
Settlement Escrow Account, the Working Capital Escrow Account, the Reinvestment Accounts or any
Intellectual Property (other than a royalty free license to use any and all Intellectual Property
as necessary to collect all “accounts” or sell “inventory” or other amounts owing with respect to
ABL Collateral at any time in connection with enforcement).

          “Acceptable Sale Transaction” as defined in Section 5.20.

          “Accession and Novation Agreement” as defined in Section 3.6(a).

          “Ad Hoc Committee” means the ad hoc committee of unsecured holders of Senior Notes.

          “Additional Facility Credit Documents” means, collectively, the Replacement Facility Credit
Documents and the Alternative Facility Credit Documents.

          “Adjusted Eurodollar Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an
Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (and rounding
upward to the next whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) (i) (a) the rate per annum (rounded to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate
which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays an average British Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rate (such page currently being LIBOR01 page) for deposits (for
delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars,
determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate
Determination Date, or (b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a)
does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the
rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by Administrative
Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays an average British
Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such
period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (c) in the event the rates
referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per
annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the offered quotation rate to first class banks
in the London interbank market by GS Lending Partners or an Affiliate thereof for deposits (for
delivery on the first day of the relevant period) in Dollars of amounts in same day funds
comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Term Loan of Administrative Agent, in its
capacity as a Lender, for which the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate is then being determined with
maturities comparable to such period as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such
Interest Rate Determination Date, by (ii) an amount equal to (a) one minus (b) the
Applicable Reserve Requirement; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate shall at no time be less than 2.0% per annum.

          “Administrative Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.

          “Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding, hearing (in each case, whether
administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not
purportedly on behalf of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by
any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claims), whether
pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or
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its Subsidiaries or any property of Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries.

          “Affected Lender” as defined in Section 2.15(b).

          “Affected Loans” as defined in Section 2.15(b).

          “Affiliate” means (i) as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person and (ii) solely with respect
to the “Eligible Assignee” definition, any Person that directly or indirectly owns more than 15% of
the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes. For the purposes of this definition, “control”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common
control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power (i) to vote 10% or more (or solely with respect to the “Eligible Assignee” definition, 15% or
more) of the Securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person
or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities
or by contract or otherwise.

          “Affiliated Lender” means (i) any Lender, together with its Affiliates, that
possesses, directly or indirectly, the power (a) to vote 15% or more of the Securities having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holdings or (b) to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of Holdings, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise; and (ii) any Lender, together with its Affiliates, that
directly or indirectly owns more than 15% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes, it
being understood that so long as such Person is an Affiliated Lender it shall have no right (A) to
consent to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other such action with respect to any of
the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (B) to require any Agent or other Lender
to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to this Agreement or any
other Credit Document, (C) otherwise vote on any matter related to this Agreement or any other
Credit Document, (D) attend any meeting with any Agent or Lender or receive any information from
any Agent or Lender or (E) make or bring any claim, in its capacity as Lender, against the Agent or
any Lender with respect to the duties and obligations of such Persons under the Credit Documents,
but no amendment, modification or waiver shall deprive any Affiliated Lender of its share of any
payments which the Lenders are entitled to share on a pro rata basis hereunder.

          “Agent” means each of (a) Administrative Agent, (b) Syndication Agent, (c) Collateral Agent,
(d) each Arranger and (e) any other Person appointed under the Credit Documents to serve in an
agent or similar capacity.

          “Agent Affiliates” as defined in Section 10.1(b).

          “Aggregate Amounts Due” as defined in Section 2.14.

          “Aggregate Payments” as defined in Section 7.2.

          “Agreement” means this Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, as it may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

          “Alternative Facility” means any revolving credit facility, working capital facility,
Permitted Securitization or accounts receivable facility (including letters of credit and
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto and Interest Rate Agreements and/or Currency
Agreements secured thereunder) incurred by any Foreign Subsidiary (or Securitization Subsidiary) of
Borrower and secured by Alternative Facility Liens that are permitted to be incurred hereunder;
provided, that (i) on or before the

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date on which such Indebtedness is incurred by any
Foreign Subsidiary, such Indebtedness is designated by Borrower, in a certificate of an Authorized
Officer delivered to Administrative Agent, as “Alternative Facility Debt” and (ii) no Credit Party
has guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support with respect to such
Alternative Facility except to the extent the incurrence of guarantee obligations or giving of
credit support is otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement, it being understood and
agreed that, if a Foreign Subsidiary organized under the laws of The Netherlands becomes a borrower
under a Replacement Revolving Facility and grants Liens to the Replacement Revolving Agent of the
type described in the definition of “Alternative Facility Liens” to secure its obligations
thereunder and the Borrower or any other Credit Party agrees to guarantee such obligations and
secure such guarantee by granting to the Replacement Revolving Agent a Lien on the ABL Collateral,
the portion of such Replacement Revolving Facility in respect of which such Foreign Subsidiary is a
Borrower and that is secured by such Liens shall constitute an “Alternative Facility” for all
purposes under this Agreement; provided that such Foreign Subsidiary shall not guarantee
the obligations of any other Person party to such Replacement Revolving Facility, including the
portion constituting an
Alternative Facility.

          “Alternative Facility Agent” means any collateral agent or similar representative of the
secured parties under any Alternative Facility.

          “Alternative Facility Credit Documents” means, collectively, the definitive loan documentation
governing any Alternative Facility.

          “Alternative Facility Liens” means Liens granted to an Alternative Facility Agent under any
Alternative Facility, at any time, upon the current assets (including assets similar to those
described in the definition of “ABL Collateral”) of any Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower.

          “Anadarko Litigation” means (i) the litigation known as Tronox Incorporated et al. v. Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation et al., Case No. 09-1198 (ALG), and all related Environmental Claims, claims,
actions, appeals, judgments, decisions, orders, awards, decrees or equitable relief of every kind,
nature or description or (ii) any other Environmental Claim asserted by Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation and their respective past or present parents, Subsidiaries,
Affiliates, predecessors, successors, directors, officers or representatives (collectively
“Anadarko Parties”) against a Credit Party or by a Credit Party against the Anadarko Parties that
(A) relates to any Environmental Legacy Liabilities or (B) is otherwise related to environmental
matters, in either case (A) or (B) associated with the creation and formation of Borrower as a
spin-off from Kerr-McGee Corporation.

          “Applicable Margin” means (i) in the case of any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, a rate equal
to 4.00% per annum or (ii) in the case of any Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate equal to
5.00% per annum.

          “Applicable Reserve Requirement” means, at any time, for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the maximum
rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including any basic marginal, special,
supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto
against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is defined in Regulation D) under regulations
issued from time to time by the Board of Governors or other applicable banking regulator. Without
limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other
reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (i) any category of
liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the applicable Adjusted Eurodollar Rate
or any other interest rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (ii) any category of extensions of
credit or other assets which include Eurodollar Rate Loans. A Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed
to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements
without benefits of credit for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be

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available from time to
time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.

          “Approved Budget” means the Initial Approved Budget, as it may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified in accordance with Section 6.14.

          “Approved Electronic Communications” means any notice, demand, communication, information,
document or other material that any Credit Party provides to Administrative Agent pursuant to any
Credit Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to Agents or Lenders
by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 10.1(b).

          “Arranger” as defined in the preamble hereto.

          “Asset Sale” means a sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback,
assignment, conveyance, exclusive license (as licensor or sublicensor), transfer or other
disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor
Subsidiary, by a Foreign Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary or by a Foreign Subsidiary to a
Guarantor or Borrower), in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of
Holdings’ or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real,
personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
created, leased or licensed, including the Equity Interests of any of Holdings’ Subsidiaries, other
than (i) inventory (or other assets) sold, leased or licensed out in the ordinary course of
business (excluding any such sales, leases or licenses out by operations or divisions discontinued
or to be discontinued), (ii) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice, (iii) transfers of property contemplated by the Plan of
Reorganization, (iv) sales of Securitization Assets to one or more Securitization Subsidiaries in
connection with a Permitted Securitization, (v) the disposition of Cash and Cash Equivalents in the
ordinary course of business. For the avoidance of doubt, a grant or pledge by any Credit Party or
Foreign Subsidiary of a security interest in such Person’s assets shall not constitute an Asset
Sale and (vi) sales or other dispositions of ABL Collateral during any time when a Replacement
Revolving Facility shall be in effect to the extent permitted by such Replacement Revolving
Facility.

          “Asset Sale Proceeds Reinvestment Account” means, (a) prior to the Exit Facility Conversion
Date, an Escrow Account and, (b) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, a Deposit Account
maintained by Borrower with a financial institution selected by Administrative Agent, which Deposit
Account is subject to a Control Agreement, and which Escrow Account or Deposit Account, as
applicable, shall have no amounts on deposit therein other than with respect to any Net Asset Sale
Proceeds required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 2.11(a); provided
that, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent, Borrower shall not be permitted to
withdraw or transfer any amounts on deposit in such Asset Sale Proceeds Reinvestment Account other
than in accordance with Section 2.11(a).

          “Assignment Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form
of Exhibit D with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by Administrative
Agent.

          “Assignment Effective Date” as defined in Section 10.6(b).

          “Authorized Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of
chairman of the board (if an officer), chief executive officer, president, vice president (or the
equivalent thereof), chief financial officer or treasurer of such Person; provided that the
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assistant secretary of such Person shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to
Administrative Agent as to the authority of such Authorized Officer.

          “Available Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount
of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Credit
Parties as of such date (excluding any proceeds in the Working Capital Escrow Account, Settlement
Escrow Account and the Reinvestment Accounts) that, in each case, are free and clear of all Liens
(other than Liens in favor of Administrative Agent, the Replacement Facility Agent, any Alternative
Facility Agent and Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(b), (c), (d),
(i) and (j)); provided that for purposes of Section 6.19, Available
Cash shall also include (i) the aggregate amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents included
in the consolidated balance sheet of the wholly-owned Foreign Subsidiaries of Borrower as of such
date and (ii) the aggregate amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents included in the
consolidated balance sheet of Tronox Western Australia Pty Ltd. and Tronox Pigments Ltd. as of such
date, in each case, that are free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens in
favor of Administrative Agent, the Replacement Facility Agent and any Alternative Facility
Agent and Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(b), (c), (d), (i)
and (j)) and obligations owing pursuant to the TiWest Joint Venture Agreements or otherwise
owing to a joint venturer; and (b) the aggregate amount of Cash and Cash Equivalents included in
the Working Capital Escrow Account and the Reinvestment Accounts as of such date.

          “Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as
applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases, as now and hereafter in effect, or any applicable successor
statute.

          “Bankruptcy Court” as defined in the recitals hereto.

          “Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) the Prime Rate in
effect on such day and (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%.
Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate
shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate, respectively; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Base Rate shall at no time be less than 3.0% per annum. On any day that Base Rate Loans are
outstanding, in no event shall the Base Rate be less than the sum of (i) the Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate (after giving effect to any Adjusted Eurodollar Rate “floor”) that would be payable on such
day for a Eurodollar Rate Loan with a one-month interest period plus (ii) the difference between
the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Loans and the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans.

          “Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base
Rate.

          “Beneficiary” means each Agent, Lender and Lender Counterparty.

          “Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System,
or any successor thereto.

          “Borrower” as defined in the preamble hereto; provided, however, that (a)
prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, “Borrower” shall refer solely to Tronox Worldwide LLC,
as debtor-in-possession, and (b) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, “Borrower” shall
refer solely to the reorganized Tronox Worldwide LLC, or such other Person, if any, that becomes
Borrower under the Exit Facility pursuant to Section 3.6.

          “Borrowing Base” means, on any date of determination, to the extent the Replacement

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Revolving
Facility or any Alternative Facility contains a borrowing base (or similar borrowing limitation),
the borrowing base under the Replacement Revolving Facility or such Alternative Facility.

          “Business” means (i) worldwide, the business of developing, researching, processing,
manufacturing, distributing, marketing and selling the Products and (ii) in Australia, the business
of mining of, and exploration for, raw materials required to produce the Products.

          “Business Day” means (i) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal
holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located
in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close and (ii) with
respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate or any Eurodollar Rate Loans, the term “Business Day” means any day which is a
Business Day described in clause (i) and which is also a day for trading by and between
banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

          “Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real,
personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be
accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

          “Carry Over Amount” as defined in Section 6.7(c).

          “Carve-Out” as defined in the Interim Order or the Final Order, as then in effect;
provided, however, that if at any time that any Credit Party is a party to a
Replacement Revolving Facility, not more than a pro rata share of the Carve-Out (obtained by
dividing (a) the Term Loan Exposure by (b) the sum of Term Loan Exposure plus the exposure under
the Replacement Revolving Facility) may be funded from proceeds of the Term Priority Collateral.

          “Carve-Out Account” means a segregated cash collateral account to be established at, and
maintained with, the Collateral Agent.

          “Carve-Out Cap” means $5,000,000.

          “Carve-Out Event” as defined in Section 8.2.

          “Carve-Out Event Notice” means a written notice delivered by Administrative Agent to Borrower
and its lead counsel, the U.S. Trustee, and lead counsel to each of the Committees expressly
stating that the Carve-Out Cap is invoked, which notice may be delivered following the commencement
of enforcement of rights under the Credit Documents.

          “Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit Account.

          “Cash Collateral” as defined in the Interim Order or the Final Order, as then in effect.

          “Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, any of the following: (i)
marketable securities (a) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and
principal by the United States Government or (b) issued by any agency of the United States the
obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case
maturing within one year after such date; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of
the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the
time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s;
(iii) commercial paper maturing no more than six months from the

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date of creation thereof and
having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1
from Moody’s; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances (or, in the case of Foreign
Subsidiaries, the foreign equivalent thereof) maturing within six months after such date and issued
or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States
of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (a) is at least “adequately
capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulatory) and (b) has
Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $500,000,000; and (v) shares of
any money market mutual fund that (a) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in
the types of investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (b) has net
assets of not less than $3,000,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P
or Moody’s; provided, that, in the case of any Investment by a Foreign Subsidiary, “Cash
Equivalents” shall also include: (i) direct obligations of the sovereign nation (or any agency
thereof) in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or in obligations
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign nation (or any agency thereof) and (ii)
investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (i) through (v) above of
foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings
described in such clauses or
equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies.

          “Cash Flow Forecast” as defined in Section 5.1(e).

          “Cash Management Order” means that certain order issued by the Bankruptcy Court on February 6,
2009 and attached hereto as Exhibit Q.

          “Certificate re Non-Bank Status” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
E.

          “Change of Control” means, at any time after the date hereof, (i) any Person or “group”
(within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) other than the Permitted
Holders (a) shall have acquired beneficial ownership or control of 40% or more on a fully diluted
basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the Equity Interests of Holdings or (b) shall have
obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the board of
directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings; (ii) Holdings shall cease to beneficially own
and control 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interest in the Equity
Interests of Borrower; (iii) the majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of
directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings cease to be occupied by Persons who either (a)
were members of the board of directors of Holdings on the Closing Date or (b) were nominated for
election by the board of directors of Holdings, a majority of whom were directors on the Closing
Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved by a majority of such
directors; or (iv) any “change of control” or similar event under the Replacement Revolving
Facility shall occur. For avoidance of doubt, no Change of Control shall be deemed to have
occurred solely by virtue of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Plan of
Reorganization or any change of the composition of the board of directors (or similar governing
body) in connection with the issuance of the New Money Investment and any such directors shall be
deemed to have been directors on the Closing Date for purposes of this definition.

          “Chapter 11 Case” and “Chapter 11 Cases” as defined in the recitals hereto.

          “Claim” has the meaning specified in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

          “Closing Date” means October 21, 2010.

          “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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          “Closing Date Certificate” means a Closing Date Certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit F-1.

          “Collateral” means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including
Equity Interests) in which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents
as security for the Obligations.

          “Collateral Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.

          “Collateral Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Replacement Revolving
Intercreditor Agreement, if any, the Mortgages, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the
Settlement Account Escrow Agreement, the Working Capital Account Escrow Agreement, the Reinvestment
Account Escrow Agreements, the Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreements, if any, and
prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the Interim Order or the Final Order, whichever is then
in effect, and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by or on
behalf or at the request of any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents in order to grant to, or perfect in favor of, Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
Secured Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as security
for the Obligations.

          “Collateral Questionnaire” means a certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to Collateral
Agent that provides information with respect to the personal or mixed property of each Credit
Party.

          “Committees” means collectively, (a) the Unsecured Creditors Committee, (b) any other
statutory committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases, and (c) the Ad Hoc Committee, and each of
such Committees shall be referred to herein as a “Committee”.

          “Commodity Hedging Agreements” means, whether physically or financially settled, any agreement
providing for swaps, futures or forwards, natural gas purchase or sale agreements, and options and
any other similar derivative agreements (such as and including written puts), each with respect to,
or involving the purchase, sale, or hedge of any natural gas price or price indices for any such
commodities.

          “Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit C.

          “Confidential Information Memorandum” as defined in Section 9.3(a).

          “Confirmation Order” means an order of the Bankruptcy Court, in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders, confirming the Plan of Reorganization
and approving the Plan of Reorganization-related solicitation procedures.

          “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR” means, for any period, an amount determined for Holdings and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to:

          (i) Consolidated Net Income, plus, to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, the
sum, without duplication, of amounts for (a) consolidated interest expense, (b) provisions for
Taxes based on income, (c) total depreciation expense, (d) total accretion and amortization
expense, (e) Restructuring Costs in an aggregate amount not to exceed (x) with respect to the
period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Exit Facility Conversion Date, $20,000,000
and (y) thereafter, $10,000,000, (f) any unusual or non-recurring expenses or losses in an amount
not to exceed $5,000,000 from the Closing

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Date to the date of determination, (g) non-cash charges
reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any additions to bad debt reserves or bad debt expense
and any such non-Cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential
Cash charge in any future period or amortization of a prepaid Cash charge that was paid in a prior
period, but including for such period (1) write-downs of property, plant and equipment and other
assets, (2) impairment of intangible assets, (3) loss resulting from cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle, (4) compensation charges arising from stock options, restricted stock grants
or other equity incentive programs, and any pension, post-retirement medical and other retirement
related expenses (5) net foreign currency reevaluation of intercompany indebtedness and
remeasurement losses or gains related to the balance sheet of Holdings, Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, (6) loss on sale of accounts receivable under asset securitization programs (to the
extent comparable to interest expense), (7) provisions for asset retirement obligations, (8)
provisions for environmental restoration and Remedial Action (net of reimbursements received) to
the extent representing an accrual for future Cash expenses, (9) expenses and charges related to
the discontinued operations with respect to the period commencing 12 months prior the Closing Date
and ending on the Exit Conversion Date and (10) net non-cash mark-to-market charges relating to
hedging contracts), (h) Transaction Costs, (i) the
termination fee and related expenses payable pursuant to that certain Asset and Equity
Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2009, among Holdings and certain of its Subsidiaries and
Huntsman Corporation and certain of its Subsidiaries, and (j) net cash expenditures in respect of
discontinued operations, excluding Remedial Actions, in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 with respect to the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Exit
Facility Conversion Date.

          minus, (ii) without duplication and to the extent included in the statement of such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (A) interest income (except to the extent
deducted in determining Consolidated Interest Expense), (B) other non-Cash gains increasing
Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-Cash gain to the extent it
represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential Cash gain in any prior period);
provided that any Cash received with respect to any non-Cash items of income (other than
any extraordinary gains) for any prior period shall be added in computing Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDAR for the period in which such Cash is received, (C) any unusual or non-recurring income or
gains (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, gains on the sale of assets outside of the ordinary course
of business), (D) any other non-cash income arising from the cumulative effect of changes in
accounting principle and income tax benefit, and (E) after the Exit Facility Conversion Date,
provision for environmental restoration and Remedial Action for continuing operations added back
pursuant to clause (g)(8) of this definition to the extent actually paid in Cash.

          For the purposes of this definition, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries for the months ended prior to the Closing Date specified below shall be deemed to be
the amounts set forth below with respect to such months.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Month Ending	 	Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR
	October 31, 2009
	 	$	17,285,000	 
	November 30, 2009
	 	$	13,520,000	 
	December 31, 2009
	 	$	12,326,000	 
	January 31, 2010
	 	$	11,076,000	 
	February 28, 2010
	 	$	13,818,000	 
	March 31, 2010
	 	$	15,830,000	 
	April 30, 2010
	 	$	16,006,000	 
	May 31, 2010
	 	$	15,288,000	 
	June 30, 2010
	 	$	16,981,000	 
	July 31, 2010
	 	$	21,842,000	 
	August 31, 2010
	 	$	16,873,000	 
	September 30, 2010
	 	$	21,609,000	 

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          “Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures
of Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis that, in
accordance with GAAP, are included in “purchase of property and equipment” or similar items, or
which should otherwise be capitalized, reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries; provided that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not
include (i) any expenditures for replacements and substitutions for fixed assets, capital assets or
equipment to the extent made with Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds invested pursuant to
Section 2.11(b) or with Net Asset Sale Proceeds invested pursuant to Section
2.11(a), (ii) the Kwinana Investment, (iii) any expenditures that are accounted for as capital
expenditures of such Person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding Holdings,
Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof) and for which neither Holdings, Borrower nor any Subsidiary has
provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or
obligation to such third party or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period),
(iv) the
purchase price of any Permitted Acquisition, and (v) any expenditures which are made with the
aggregate amount of net cash proceeds received by Holdings from the sale or issuance of Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests and in connection with an initial public
offering of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates); provided that, at the time
of such capital expenditure using the net cash proceeds from the sale or issuance of Equity
Interests, Borrower shall deliver a certificate of an Authorized Officer stating that all or a
portion of such capital expenditure is being made from the proceeds of such sale or issuances.

          “Consolidated Current Assets” means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of a
Person and its Subsidiaries (excluding any Securitization Subsidiary) on a consolidated basis that
may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding Cash and Cash
Equivalents.

          “Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as at any date of determination, the total
liabilities of a Person and its Subsidiaries (excluding any Securitization Subsidiary) on a
consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP,
excluding the current portion of long term debt.

          “Consolidated Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount (if positive) equal to:

          (i) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) Consolidated Net
Income, plus, (b) to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without
duplication, of amounts for non-Cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income, including for
depreciation and amortization (excluding any such non-Cash charge to the extent that it represents
(x) an accrual or reserve for potential Cash charge in any future period or amortization of a
prepaid Cash charge that was paid in a prior period or (y) an adjustment for fresh start
accounting), plus (c) the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment, minus

          (ii) the sum, without duplication, of (a) the amounts for such period paid from Internally
Generated Cash of (1) scheduled repayments of Indebtedness for borrowed money (excluding repayments
of outstanding loans under any Replacement Revolving Facility or Alternative Facility except to the
extent the commitments thereunder are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) and
scheduled repayments of obligations under Capital Leases (excluding any interest expense portion
thereof), and (2) Consolidated Capital Expenditures, plus (b) other non-Cash gains
increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-Cash gain to the extent
it represents

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(x) the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential Cash gain in any prior period
or (y) an adjustment for fresh start accounting); minus

          (iii) any voluntary repayment of the Loans.

          As used in clause (ii) of this definition, “scheduled repayments of Indebtedness” do
not include mandatory prepayments or voluntary prepayments.

          “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, total interest expense (including that
portion attributable to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and capitalized interest) of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness
of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
owed with respect to letters of credit and net costs under Interest Rate Agreements, but excluding,
however, any amount not payable in Cash and any amounts referred to in Sections 2.8(a), (e)
or (f); provided that as of each date of determination on and prior to December 31,
2010, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be
calculated for the period from the Closing Date to the date of determination divided by the
number of days in such period and multiplied by 365. For avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Interest
Expense shall exclude interest charges on tax assessments and trade payables.

          “Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, (i) the net income (or loss) of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period
determined in conformity with GAAP, minus (ii) (a) the income (or loss) of any Person
(other than a Subsidiary of Holdings) in which any other Person (other than Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other
distributions actually paid to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries by such Person during such
period, (b) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of
Holdings or is merged into or consolidated with Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or that
Person’s assets are acquired by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) the income of any
Subsidiary of Holdings to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the
terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, (d) any after-tax gains or losses
attributable to Asset Sales or returned surplus assets of any Pension Plan, and (e) (to the extent
not included in clauses (a) through (d) above) any net extraordinary gains or net
extraordinary losses (in each case, other than Restructuring Costs).

          “Consolidated Total Debt” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate stated balance
sheet amount of all Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (including the principal amount
of all outstanding Indebtedness of all Securitization Subsidiaries) (or, if higher, the par value
or stated face amount of all such Indebtedness (other than zero coupon Indebtedness) determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding undrawn letters of credit (to the
extent included in such balance sheet amount) and guaranties (to the extent a demand for payment
has not been made), in each case, to the extent permitted by this Agreement.

          “Consolidated Working Capital” means, as at any date of determination, the result of (a)
Consolidated Current Assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries minus (b) Consolidated Current
Liabilities of Holdings and its Subsidiaries.

          “Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment” means, for any period on a consolidated
basis, the amount (which may be a negative number) by which Consolidated Working Capital as of the
beginning of such period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of
such period. In calculating the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment there shall be excluded
(x) the effect

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of reclassification during such period of current assets to long term assets and
current liabilities to long term liabilities and the effect of any Permitted Acquisition during
such period; provided that there shall be included with respect to any Permitted
Acquisition during such period an amount (which may be a negative number) by which the Consolidated
Working Capital acquired in such Permitted Acquisition as at the time of such acquisition exceeds
(or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital at the end of such period and (y) adjustments for
fresh start accounting.

          “Consultant” as defined in Section 5.16.

          “Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued
by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or
other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound
or to which it or any of its properties is subject.

          “Contributing Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.

          “Control Agreement” means, with respect to any Deposit Account, including any Reinvestment
Account, any Securities Account (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement), and any
Commodity Account (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement), an agreement, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, among the Collateral Agent and/or the
financial institution at which such Deposit Account is maintained or with which such entitlement or
contract is carried and each applicable Credit Party effective to grant “control” (as defined under
the UCC) of such Deposit Account, Reinvestment Accounts, Securities Account or Commodity Account to
the Collateral Agent.

          “Conversion/Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as
the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.

          “Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-2.

          “Counterpart Agreement” means a Counterpart Agreement delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to
Section 5.10 substantially in the form of Exhibit G with such amendments or
modifications as may be reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.

          “Counterparty” means a party to a Commodity Hedging Agreement that is not any of Holdings,
Borrower or its Subsidiaries.

          “Credit Document” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents and
all other documents, certificates, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by or on behalf
or at the request of a Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent or any Lender in connection
herewith on or after the date hereof.

          “Credit Facility” means the DIP Facility and, on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date,
the Exit Facility, as applicable.

          “Credit Party” means each Person (other than any Securitization Subsidiary, any Agent or any
Lender or any other representative thereof) from time to time party to a Credit Document.

          “Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures
contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement,

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each of which
is for the purpose of hedging the Australian Dollar and Euro (and any other currency as may
otherwise be agreed to by Administrative Agent) foreign currency risk associated with Holdings’ and
its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes.

          “Custodial Trusts” means one or more custodial trusts to be created in connection with
environmental and/or tort claims filed by the Credit Parties, Environmental Claimants or other
Persons in the Chapter 11 Cases as contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization.

          “Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute an Event of Default.

          “Default Period” means, with respect to any Insolvency Defaulting Lender, the period
commencing on the date such Lender became an Insolvency Defaulting Lender and ending on the
earliest of the following dates: (i) the date on which all the Obligations are declared or become
immediately due and payable and (ii) the date that such Insolvency Defaulting Lender ceases to hold
any portion of the Loans.

          “Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings
and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a
negotiable certificate of deposit.

          “DIP Facility” means, prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the credit facilities
provided by the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement.

          “Discharged Rights and Obligations” as defined in Section 3.6(a)(i).

          “Disclosure Statement” means, with respect to the Plan of Reorganization, a related disclosure
statement in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, together with any amendments,
supplements or other modifications thereto reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.

          “Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms
of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily
redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests which are not otherwise Disqualified Equity
Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at the option of
the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interests which are not otherwise Disqualified
Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (iii) provides for the scheduled payments or dividends in
Cash, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity
Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that
is 91 days after the Maturity Date, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), if
as a result of a change of control or asset sale, so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon
the occurrence of such a change of control or asset sale event are subject to the prior payment in
full of all Obligations.

          “DOJ” means the United States Department of Justice.

          “Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the United States of America.

          “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

          “Eligible Assignee” means any Person other than a natural Person that is (i) a Lender, an

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Affiliate of any Lender or a Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single
Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), or (ii) a commercial bank, insurance company,
investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in
Regulation D under the Securities Act) and which extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary
course of business; provided, neither (i) any Credit Party nor any Affiliate thereof (other
than an Affiliated Lender) nor (ii) any Person identified on Schedule 1.1(d) shall be an
Eligible Assignee.

          “Eligible Commodity Hedging Agreement” means any Commodity Hedging Agreement entered into by
any Credit Party with respect to natural gas which, at the time such Commodity Hedging Agreement is
entered into, (a) is structured such that the Counterparty’s exposure, when combined with all other
Commodity Hedging Agreements outstanding with such Counterparty, is expected to respond to broad
changes in commodity prices in the same direction as the value of the underlying commodities,
services or other property or assets that are subject to such Commodity Hedging Agreements and (b)
has a term that shall not extend more than two years from the date such Commodity Hedging Agreement
is entered into.

          “Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is or, within the last six years, was
sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, Holdings, any of its
Subsidiaries or, solely with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan covered under Title IV of ERISA,
any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.

          “Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable
water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources or
as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.

          “Environmental Claim” means any notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand,
abatement order or other legally binding order or directive (conditional or otherwise) by any
Governmental Authority or any other Person arising (i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual
or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with any Hazardous Material
(including any actual or alleged presence, Release or exposure related thereto) or any actual or
alleged Environmental Liability; or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury,
threat or harm to human health and safety, natural resources or the Environment arising from any
Hazardous Material or related to any Environmental Law.

          “Environmental Claimant” means (i) the DOJ, (ii) each state or municipality (including any
agency or instrumentality thereof) having or asserting any Environmental Claims against any Credit
Party that has timely filed a proof of claim in the Chapter 11 Cases and (iii) any Native American
tribal government or intertribal organization having or asserting any Environmental Claims against
any Credit Party that has timely filed a proof of claim in the Chapter 11 Cases, in each case,
including without limitation those Persons set forth on Schedule 1.1(a).

          “Environmental Claims Settlement Agreement” as defined in the Equity Commitment Agreement as
in effect on the date hereof.

          “Environmental Laws” means any and all foreign, domestic, federal, state or local laws,
statutes, ordinances, codes, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, decrees, directives, legally
binding judicial and administrative orders, common law (at law or in equity), or any other
requirements of Governmental Authorities, in each case having the force or effect of law, imposing
liability or standards of conduct relating to (i) environmental matters, including pollution,
preservation, remediation or the protection of the environment or natural resources, or the
emission of greenhouse gases; (ii) the

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generation, use, treatment, storage, transportation or
disposal of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials; or (iii) occupational safety and health or the
protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare from environmental hazards.

          “Environmental Legacy Liabilities” means any and all Environmental Claims or Environmental
Liabilities, whether now existing or hereinafter arising, in each case, related to (a) any actual
or alleged exposure to Hazardous Materials (including asbestos, benzene or creosote) that occurred
on or prior to the Petition Date or otherwise related to products manufactured, or environmental
contamination caused, on or prior to the Petition Date other than in connection with the operation
of the Facilities, (b) the presence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any
real property other than the Facilities, including any Environmental Legacy Property, on or prior
to the Petition Date or (c) the Henderson Legacy Contamination.

          “Environmental Legacy Property” means any real property, other than the Facilities, that (a)
was owned, operated or leased, or to which Hazardous Materials were sent for disposal, on or prior
to the Petition Date by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors
or Affiliates, (b) was owned, operated or leased by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their
respective predecessors or Affiliates prior to the creation and formation of Borrower as a
spin-off from Kerr-McGee Corporation, or (c) is owned, operated or leased by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates and is located in Henderson, Nevada.

          “Environmental Liabilities” means any direct, indirect, pending or threatened liability,
claim, loss, damage, punitive damage, consequential damage, criminal liability, fine, penalty,
interest, cost, expense, deficiency, obligation or responsibility, whether known or unknown,
arising under or relating to any Environmental Laws, or Remedial Actions, or any Release or
threatened Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, including costs and liabilities for any
Remedial Action, personal injury, property damage, natural resource damages, court costs, and fees,
disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants and costs of investigations and
feasibility studies.

          “Environmental Settlement Documents” as defined in the Equity Commitment Agreement as in
effect on the date hereof.

          “Equity Commitment Agreement” means that certain Equity Commitment Agreement, dated as of
August 27, 2010, among Holdings and certain members of the Ad Hoc Committee party thereto, as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof and in accordance with Section 6.14 hereof.

          “Equity Interests” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests
in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests,
and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire
any of the foregoing.

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

          “ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any corporation which is a member of a
controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code
of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is
a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section
414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an
affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code
of

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which that Person, any corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or
business described in clause (ii) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Holdings
or any such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity
was an ERISA Affiliate of Holdings or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after
such period for which Holdings or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code
or ERISA.

          “ERISA Event” means (i) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and
the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the
provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation) which could reasonably be
expected to result in a material liability; (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard
of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived
in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due
date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any
Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the
provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a
notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of
ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by Holdings, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or
more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to
Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or
4064 of ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the
occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination
of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of
liability on Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant
to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA;
(vii) the withdrawal of Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of
ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefore, or the receipt by
Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any
Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of
ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA;
(viii) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on Holdings,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of material fines, penalties,
taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409,
Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (ix)
the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee
Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against Holdings, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit
Plan; (x) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan
(or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any
trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code; or (xi) the imposition of a lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code or ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code.

          “Escrow Account” means a segregated escrow account maintained in the name of Administrative
Agent by the Escrow Agent, which escrow account shall be maintained in accordance with an Escrow
Agreement.

          “Escrow Agent” means Goldman Sachs Bank USA or such other financial institution as
Administrative Agent shall approve in its sole discretion.

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          “Escrow Agreement” means an escrow agreement providing for terms and conditions
acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion pursuant to which an Escrow Account is
maintained for the benefit of Administrative Agent.

          “Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate.

          “Event of Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 8.1.

          “Excess Availability” means on any date of determination,

          (i) at any time that neither the Replacement Revolving Facility nor any Alternative Facility
is outstanding, Available Cash; and

          (ii) at any time that the Replacement Revolving Facility or any Alternative Facility is
outstanding, the sum of:

          (a) Available Cash; and

          (b) (x) if the Replacement Revolving Facility or such Alternative Facility
contains a Borrowing Base, the lesser of (A) the aggregate commitments under the
Replacement Revolving Facility and the aggregate commitments under such Alternative
Facility; and (B) the Borrowing Base under the Replacement Revolving Facility or such
Alternative Facility, in each case; or (y) if the Replacement Revolving Facility or such
Alternative Facility does not contain a Borrowing Base, the aggregate commitments under
the Replacement Revolving Facility and the aggregate commitments under such Alternative
Facility; in each case, less (i) any availability blocks and any reserves
imposed thereunder by such Replacement Facility Agent and such Alternative Facility and
(ii) any outstanding loans and letter of credit obligations under the Replacement
Revolving Facility or an Alternative Facility.

          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and
any successor statute.

          “Excluded Real Estate Asset” means any real property owned, operated or used by Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates on or prior to the Petition Date that (a) is
not, as of the Petition Date, used in connection with the Business (excluding the Non-Core Real
Estate Assets), (b) is located in Soda Springs, Idaho, Henderson, Nevada or Savannah, Georgia
(excluding the Non-Core Real Estate Assets) or (c) in the case of any leased real property, real
property subject to any lease that has been rejected or will be rejected pursuant to Section 365 of
the Bankruptcy Code on or before the consummation of the Plan of Reorganization.

          “Excluded Taxes” means with respect to any Lender (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), in each case imposed on any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between
such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than such connection arising solely from
any Lender having executed, delivered, become a party to, or performed its obligations or received
a payment under, or enforced or received a security interest under, the Credit Documents); (b) any
branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction in which any Lender is located; (c) (i) taxes that are directly attributable to the
failure (other than as a result of a change in any
requirement of law rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or
application thereof

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by any Governmental Authority) by any Lender to deliver the documentation
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.17(c) and (ii) withholding taxes to the
extent that the obligation to withhold amounts existed on the date that such Person became a
“Lender” under this Agreement in the capacity under which such Person makes a claim under
Section 2.17(b), except in each case to the extent such Person is a direct or indirect
assignee of any other Lender that was entitled, at the time the assignment to such Person became
effective, to receive additional amounts under Section 2.17(b); and (d) any United States
federal withholding tax that would not have been imposed but for a failure by such recipient (or
any financial institution through which any payment is made to such recipient) to comply with the
applicable requirements of FATCA.

          “Existing Credit Parties” as defined in Section 3.6(a).

          “Existing DIP Credit Agreement” as defined in the recitals hereto.

          “Existing Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness and other obligations (other than contingent
obligations) outstanding under the Existing DIP Credit Agreement.

          “Exit Facility” means, on or after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the credit facilities
provided by the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement.

          “Exit Facility Conversion Date” means the first date on which the Plan of Reorganization
becomes effective, the Exit Facilities Option has been exercised and the conditions to the
effectiveness of the Exit Facility as set forth in Section 3.5 are satisfied.

          “Exit Facility Option” as defined in Section 3.4.

          “Exxaro Sands” means Exxaro Australia Sands Pty Ltd, a company incorporated under the laws of
Western Australia.

          “Facility” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements
located thereon) owned, leased, operated or used by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their Affiliates on or after the Petition Date, other than the Excluded Real Estate Assets.

          “Fair Market Value” means the current value that would be attributed to the Securitization
Assets by an independent and unaffiliated third party purchasing the Securitization Assets in an
arms-length sale transaction, as determined in good faith by the board of directors of Borrower.

          “Fair Share” as defined in Section 7.2.

          “Fair Share Contribution Amount” as defined in Section 7.2.

          “FATCA” means sections 1471, 1472, 1473 or 1474 of the Code and the United States Treasury
Regulations or published guidance with respect thereto.

          “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal,
rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged
by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the
Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the
Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so
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next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall
be the average rate charged to Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined
by Administrative Agent.

          “Final Order” means, collectively, an order (in substantially the form of the Interim Order
with only such modifications as are satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent (in
its sole discretion)) of the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code
entered in the Chapter 11 Cases, approving, on a final basis, this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents, as to which no stay has been entered and which has not been reversed, vacated or
overturned, and which has not been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in any respect
adverse to the Lenders without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent and from which no
appeal or motion to reconsider has been timely filed, or if timely filed, such appeal or motion to
reconsider has been dismissed or denied unless Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders waives
such requirement in writing.

          “Financial Officer Certification” means, with respect to the financial statements for which
such certification is required, the certification of the chief financial officer, chief executive
officer or chief restructuring officer of Holdings that such financial statements fairly present,
in all material respects, the financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the dates
indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated,
subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.

          “Financial Plan” as defined in Section 5.1(k).

          “First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral
pursuant to any Collateral Document, that (i) such Lien is senior to all other Liens with respect
to all Collateral other than, at any time a Credit Party is party to a Replacement Revolving
Facility, the ABL Collateral and such Collateral is not subject to any junior Liens other than
Permitted Liens, and (ii) at any time a Credit Party is party to a Replacement Revolving Facility,
such Lien is junior only to the Liens of the secured parties under such Replacement Revolving
Facility with respect to the ABL Collateral, but only to the extent and on the terms set forth in
the Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement, and is senior to all other Liens and such
Collateral is not subject to any junior Liens other than Permitted Liens.

          “Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.

          “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of Holdings and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of
each calendar year.

          “Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Estate Asset subject to a mortgage in favor of
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, and located in an area designated by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.

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

          “Funding Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.

          “Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.

          “GAAP” means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in Section
1.2, United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date of
determination thereof.

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          “Governmental Authority” means any foreign, federal, state, provincial, local, national or
other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or
instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any
government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the
United States, or a foreign entity or government.

          “Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive,
certification, registration, approval, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental
Authority.

          “Grantor” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

          “GS Lending Partners” as defined in the preamble hereto.

          “Guaranteed Obligations” as defined in Section 7.1.

          “Guarantor” means each of Holdings and each Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings (other than (a)
Borrower, (b) so long as all of its assets are contemplated to be transferred to one or more
Custodial Trusts pursuant to the Plan, Tronox Pigments (Savannah) Inc., a Georgia corporation, (c)
so long as it owns or possesses no material assets, Tronox Funding LLC, (d) until such time as it
shall become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower, Triple S Environmental Management Corp., and
(e) any Securitization Subsidiary), in each case as a debtor-in-possession; provided,
however, that on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, “Guarantor” shall refer
solely to each of the reorganized Holdings and each reorganized Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings
(other than the reorganized Borrower) or such other Person that becomes a guarantor with respect to
the Exit Facility pursuant to Section 3.6.

          “Guarantor Subsidiary” means each Guarantor other than Holdings.

          “Guaranty” means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Section 7.

          “Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, pollutant, radioactive material or waste,
contaminant, waste, material or substance which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any
Environmental Laws.

          “Hedge Agreement” means an Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency Agreement entered into with a
Lender Counterparty.

          “Henderson Lease Documents” as defined in Section 5.9(d).

          “Henderson Legacy Contamination” means the presence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on
or under or emanating from the owned Real Estate Asset located in Henderson, Nevada or other real
property currently or previously owned, operated or leased by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates prior to the Petition Date located in
Henderson, Nevada, including all soil and groundwater contamination present as of the Petition Date
or resulting from any leaching, seeping, migration or other expansion of any such contamination
after the Petition Date.

          “Henderson Sale-Leaseback” as defined in Section 5.9(d).

          “Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time

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or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender
which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which
may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than
applicable laws now allow.

          “Historical Financial Statements” means as of the Closing Date, (i) the audited financial
statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2007, (ii) the
unaudited financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ended December
31, 2009 and each of the Fiscal Quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2010, and (iii)
the Historical Monthly Statements, and in each case, certified by the chief financial officer,
chief executive officer or chief restructuring officer of Holdings that they fairly present, in all
material respects, the financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the dates
indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated.

          “Historical Monthly Statements” means the unaudited financial statements of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries as of the most recent month ended after the date of the most recent audited financial
statements and at least 30 days prior to the Closing Date, consisting of a balance sheet and the
related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows, for each month
ended after December 31, 2008 and certified by the chief financial officer, chief executive officer
or chief restructuring officer of Holdings that they fairly present, in all material respects, the
financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of
their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated.

          “Holdings” as defined in the preamble hereto.

          “IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as in effect from time to time which
are adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board.

          “Increased Amount Date” as defined in Section 2.27.

          “Increased-Cost Lender” as defined in Section 2.20.

          “Increased Rate” as defined in Section 2.27.

          “Indebtedness” means, as applied to any Person, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for
borrowed money; (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly
classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP; (iii) notes payable and
drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for
borrowed money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of
property or services, including any earn-out obligations (excluding any such obligations incurred
under ERISA), which purchase price is (a) due more than six months from the date of incurrence of
the obligation in respect thereof or (b) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument; (v) all
indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless
of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is
nonrecourse to the credit of that Person; (vi) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for
the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of
drawings; (vii) Disqualified Equity Interests, (viii) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement
(otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making,
discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another; (ix)
any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance to an
obligee that the indebtedness of the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any agreement
relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in part)
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respect thereof; (x) any liability of such Person for an obligation of another
through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire
such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such
obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or
otherwise) or (b) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial
condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (a) or
(b) of this clause (x), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in
clause (ix) above; and (xi) all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange
traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including under any Interest Rate Agreement or
Currency Agreement, in each case, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or
otherwise; provided, in no event shall obligations under any Hedge Agreement be deemed
“Indebtedness” for any purpose under Section 6.7 unless such obligations relate to a
derivatives transaction which has been terminated.

          “Indemnified Liabilities” means, collectively, any and all liabilities (including
Environmental Liabilities), obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages),
penalties, claims (including Environmental Claims), actions, judgments, suits, costs (including the
costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or
other Remedial Action required under Environmental Law or otherwise reasonably necessary to remove,
remediate, clean up or abate, or otherwise related to the presence or Release of, any Hazardous
Materials), expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative,
administrative or judicial proceeding or hearing commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or
not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees
or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct, indirect, special
or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or
regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and
Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be
imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or
arising out of (i) this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby (including the Lenders’ agreement to make the Term Loans, the syndication of the
credit facilities provided for herein or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, or any
enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other
realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)); (ii) any fee letter,
work fee or syndication letter delivered by any Agent or any Lender to Borrower with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) any Environmental Claim or Environmental
Liability relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity,
operation, land ownership, or practice of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries; or (iv) any
Environmental Legacy Liability.

          “Indemnified Taxes” means any Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

          “Indemnitee” as defined in Section 10.3.

          “Information” as defined in Section 9.3(a).

          “Initial Approved Budget” as defined in Section 3.1(t).

          “Initial Cash Flow Forecast” as defined in Section 3.1(u).

          “Insolvency Defaulting Lender” means any Lender who (i) has been adjudicated as, or determined
by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Person or its assets to be,
insolvent, (ii) becomes the subject of an insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization proceeding, or (iii) becomes the subject of an appointment of a receiver, intervenor or

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conservator under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect; provided that a Lender shall not be
an Insolvency Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition by a Governmental
Authority or an instrumentality thereof of any Equity Interest in such Lender or a parent company
thereof.

          “Installment” as defined in Section 2.9.

          “Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Reinvestment Account” means (a) prior to the Exit Facility
Conversion Date, an Escrow Account and (b) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, a
Deposit Account maintained by Borrower with a financial institution selected by Administrative
Agent, which Deposit Account is subject to a Control Agreement, and which Escrow Account or Deposit
Account, as applicable, shall have no amounts on deposit therein other than with respect to any Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section
2.11(b); provided that, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent,
Borrower shall not be permitted to withdraw or transfer any amounts on deposit in such
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Reinvestment Account other than in accordance with Section
2.11(b).

          “Intellectual Property” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

          “Intellectual Property Security Agreements” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

          “Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit K
evidencing Indebtedness owed among Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries.

          “Interest Coverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (i)
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR for the four-Fiscal Quarter period then ended to (ii) Consolidated
Interest Expense for such four-Fiscal Quarter period.

          “Interest Payment Date” means with respect to (a) any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, (i) prior
to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the last day of each month, commencing on the first such date
to occur after the Closing Date, and (ii) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, each
March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing on the first such date to
occur after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, and in each case the final maturity date of such
Loan; and (b) any Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period
applicable to such Loan; provided, in the case of each Interest Period of longer than (i)
one month, at any time prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, “Interest Payment Date” shall
also include each date that is one month, or an integral multiple thereof, after the commencement
of such Interest Period and (ii) three months, at any time on or after the Exit Facility Conversion
Date, “Interest Payment Date” shall also include each date that is three months, or an integral
multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period.

          “Interest Period” means, in connection with a Eurodollar Rate Loan, an interest period of
one-, two- or three-months, or, at any time on or after the Exit Facility Conversion Date,
six-months, in each case, as selected by Borrower in the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, (i) initially, commencing on the Closing Date or on the
Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and (ii) thereafter, commencing on the
day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided, (a) if an
Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period
shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such
month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a
day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of
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Period) shall, subject to clause (c), of this definition, end on the last
Business Day of a calendar month; and (c) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the
Loans shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

          “Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement,
interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the interest rate exposure associated with
Holdings’ and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes.

          “Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that
is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

          “Interim Order” as defined in Section 3.1(v)(i).

          “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof
and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.

          “Internally Generated Cash” means, with respect to any period, any Cash of Holdings or any
Subsidiary generated during such period, excluding Net Asset Sale Proceeds, Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds and any Cash that is generated from an incurrence of Indebtedness,
an issuance of Equity Interests or a capital contribution.

          “Investment” means (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by Holdings or any
of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any other Person
(other than a Guarantor Subsidiary); (ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase
or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of Holdings from any Person (other than Holdings
or any Guarantor Subsidiary), of any Equity Interests of such Person; (iii) any direct or indirect
loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses,
drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital
contributions by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person (other than Holdings or
any Guarantor Subsidiary), including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other
Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary
course of business and (iv) all investments consisting of any exchange traded or over the counter
derivative transaction, including any Interest Rate Agreement and Currency Agreement, whether
entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise. The amount of any Investment of the
type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) shall be the original cost of
such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for
increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such
Investment.

          “Joinder Agreement” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit T.

          “Joint Venture” means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in
corporate, partnership or other legal form; provided, in no event shall any corporate
Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party.

          “Kwinana Investment” means the payments from Tronox Australia to Exxaro Sands pursuant to that
certain development agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, among Exxaro Sands, Tronox Australia,
Yalgoo, Tronox LLC, Synthetic Rutile Holdings Pty Ltd and Pigment Holdings Pty Ltd (for purposes of
this definition, the “Development Agreement”) in order to make any payment to obtain the
proportional interest in the expansion pursuant to the terms of the Development Agreement.

          “Landlord Consent and Estoppel” means, with respect to any Leasehold Property, a
letter, certificate or other instrument in writing from the lessor under the related lease,
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among other things, the landlord consents to the granting of a Mortgage on such
Leasehold Property by the Credit Party tenant, such Landlord Consent and Estoppel to be in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion, but in any event
sufficient for Collateral Agent to obtain a Title Policy with respect to such Mortgage.

          “Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement” means a Landlord Waiver and Consent
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J with such amendments or modifications as
may be reasonably acceptable to Collateral Agent.

          “Leasehold Property” means any leasehold interest of any Credit Party as lessee under any
lease of real property, other than any such leasehold interest designated from time to time by
Collateral Agent in its sole discretion as not being required to be included in the Collateral.

          “Lender” means each financial institution listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender,
and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement.

          “Lender Counterparty” means, after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, each Lender, each Agent
and each of their respective Affiliates counterparty to a Hedge Agreement (including any Person who
is an Agent or a Lender (and any Affiliate thereof) as of the Closing Date but subsequently,
whether before or after entering into a Hedge Agreement, ceases to be an Agent or a Lender, as the
case may be); it being understood and agreed, however, that any such Person shall, prior to the
consummation of each transaction under any such Hedge Agreement, (a) notify the Collateral Agent in
writing of its status as a Lender Counterparty and (b) if, at the time that such Person enters into
such transaction, such Person is also a party to (or an Affiliate of a party to) the Replacement
Revolving Facility, elect, as between its Lien on the Collateral and its Lien on the ABL
Collateral, which Lien will be a first priority Lien and which Lien will be a second priority Lien
(in each case, subject to Liens permitted to be prior to such Liens hereunder or under the
Replacement Revolving Facility), which election must be notified to the Collateral Agent in writing
(it being understood and agreed that any such Person that elects to have its lien on the ABL
Collateral be a first priority Lien shall not constitute a “Lender Counterparty” for purposes of
this Agreement).

          “Leverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (i) Consolidated
Total Debt as of such day (excluding any proceeds on deposit in the Working Capital Escrow Account
on such day) to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on
such date.

          “Lien” means (i) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the nature thereof) and any option,
trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing and
(ii) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with
respect to such Securities.

          “Loan” means a Term Loan.

          “Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to
time.

          “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on and/or material adverse
developments with respect to (i) the business, operations, properties, assets or financial
condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (other than those events typically
resulting from the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the announcement of the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, those events
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resulting from the emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases, or any other events disclosed in
Holdings’ filings with the SEC prior to or on November 17, 2009); (ii) the ability of the Credit
Parties, taken as a whole, to fully and timely perform their Obligations; (iii) the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability against a Credit Party of a Credit Document to which it
is a party; or (iv) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent
and any Lender or any Secured Party under any Credit Document.

          “Material Contract” means any contract or other arrangement to which Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Credit Documents and any Additional Facility Credit
Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          “Material Real Estate Asset” means (i) (a) any fee-owned Real Estate Asset having a fair
market value in excess of $2,000,000 as of the date of the acquisition thereof and (b) all
Leasehold Properties other than those with respect to which the aggregate payments under the term
of the lease are less than $1,000,000 per annum or (ii) any Real Estate Asset that Requisite
Lenders acting reasonably have determined is material to the business, operations, properties,
assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Holdings or any Subsidiary thereof,
including Borrower.

          “Maturity Date” means the earliest of (i) December 31, 2010 (or (x) February 15, 2011, if the
outer dates for termination of the Plan Support Agreement and the Equity Commitment Agreement have
been extended to a date that is no earlier than February 15, 2011 or (y) such earlier date that is
after December 31, 2010 but prior to February 15, 2011 if, on such date, either the Plan Support
Agreement or the Equity Commitment Agreement has terminated or otherwise ceases to be in full force
and effect); provided, that if the Exit Facility Option is exercised pursuant to
Section 3.4, such date shall be extended to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii)
the date on which all Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration
or otherwise, and (iii) with respect to the DIP Facility only, the effective date of any plan of
reorganization confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court in any Chapter 11 Case other than the Plan of
Reorganization.

          “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Services, Inc.

          “Mortgage” means a Mortgage substantially in the form of Exhibit I, as it may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.

          “Mortgaged Property” as defined in Section 3.5(v)(i).

          “Multiemployer Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as
defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

          “NAIC” means The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any successor thereto.

          “Narrative Report” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such narrative
report is required, a narrative report describing the operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
in the form prepared for presentation to senior management thereof for the applicable month, Fiscal
Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the
end of such period to which such financial statements relate.

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(i) Cash payments (including (x) any Cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by
monetization of, a note receivable (including by way of milestone payment) or otherwise, but only
as and when so received and (y) any dividend or other distribution received by a Credit Party in
connection with the sale or disposition of a Non-Core Real Estate Asset by the Joint Venture that
owns such Non-Core Real Estate Asset) received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries from such
Asset Sale, minus (ii) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset
Sale (but exclusive of the fees and expenses of the Committees incurred prior to the Exit Facility
Conversion Date), including (a) income or gains Taxes payable by the seller as a result of any gain
recognized in connection with such Asset Sale, (b) payment of the outstanding principal amount of,
premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured
by (x) at any time prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, a Lien senior to the Liens securing
the DIP Facility or a Lien on assets not constituting Collateral or (y) at any time on or after the
Exit Facility Conversion Date, any Lien, in each case, on the stock or assets in question and that
is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale or a Lien on assets
not constituting Collateral and (c) a reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or
contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in
respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with
such Asset Sale; provided that upon release of any such reserve, the amount released shall
be considered Net Asset Sale Proceeds.

          “Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” means an amount equal to: (i) any Cash payments or
proceeds received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (a) under any casualty insurance policy in
respect of a covered loss thereunder or (b) as a result of the taking of any assets of Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or
otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of
such a taking, minus (ii) (a) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by Holdings or any
of its Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of Holdings or
such Subsidiary in respect thereof, and (b) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with
any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this definition, including
income taxes payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith; provided,
however, that clauses (ii)(a) and (b) shall exclude any fees and expenses
of the Committees incurred prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date.

          “Net Mark-to-Market Exposure” of a Person means, as of any date of determination, the excess
(if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from Hedge
Agreements or other Indebtedness of the type described in clause (xi) of the definition
thereof. As used in this definition, “unrealized losses” means the fair market value of the cost
to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the date of
determination (assuming the Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness were to be terminated as of
that date), and “unrealized profits” means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of
replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the date of determination (assuming
such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness were to be terminated as of that date).

          “New Credit Parties” as defined in Section 3.6.

          “New Money Investment” means the proceeds, in an amount not less than $185,000,000, of (i) the
rights offering of the reorganized Holdings in respect of its common stock and, (ii) to the extent
applicable, the commitment by certain Unsecured Claim Holders to fund and/or backstop the funding
of such rights offering, which rights offering shall be in form and substance (including, without
limitation, the terms of the subscription by and/or backstop of, the applicable Unsecured Claim
Holders) satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

          “New Term Loan” as defined in Section 2.27.

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          “New Term Loan Commitment” as defined in Section 2.27.

          “New Term Loan Lender” as defined in Section 2.27.

          “Non-Consenting Lender” as defined in Section 2.20.

          “Non-Core Real Estate Assets” means the surplus real estate held by Tronox LLC in Henderson,
Nevada as set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) and the equity interests held by Tronox LLC in Basic
Management, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Landwell Company, LP.

          “Non-Public Information” means information which has not been disseminated in a manner making
it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD.

          “Non-US Lender” as defined in Section 2.17(c).

          “Note” means a Term Loan Note.

          “Notice” means a Funding Notice, a Withdrawal Certificate or a Conversion/ Continuation
Notice.

          “Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of each Credit Party, including
obligations from time to time owed to Agents (including former Agents), the Arranger, Lenders or
any of them under any Credit Document and Lender Counterparties under any Hedge Agreement, whether
for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy
with respect to such Credit Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is
allowed against such Credit Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), payments
for early termination of Hedge Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, including
all such Obligations as may be novated in accordance with Section 3.6.

          “Obligee Guarantor” as defined in Section 7.7.

          “Organizational Documents” means (i) with respect to any corporation or company, its
certificate, memorandum or articles of incorporation, organization or association, as amended, and
its by-laws, as amended, (ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate or
declaration of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended, (iii)
with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, and (iv) with
respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization, as amended, and its
operating agreement, as amended. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other
Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or
similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to
a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.

          “Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other
excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies (and interest, fines, penalties and additions
related thereto, but excluding Excluded Taxes) arising from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other
Credit Document.

          “PATRIOT Act” as defined in Section 3.1(p).

          “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.

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          “Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is
subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.

          “Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition at any time by Borrower or any of its
wholly-owned Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of
the assets of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any
Person; provided,

               (i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

               (ii) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material
respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable
Governmental Authorizations;

               (iii) in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests, all of the Equity Interests
(except for any such Securities in the nature of directors’ qualifying shares required
pursuant to applicable law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed
Subsidiary of Borrower in connection with such acquisition shall be owned 100% by Borrower
or a Guarantor Subsidiary thereof, and Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as
of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, each of the actions set forth in
Sections 5.10 and/or 5.11, as applicable;

               (iv) Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenants
set forth in Section 6.7 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such
acquisition as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended (as determined in
accordance with Section 6.7(d));

               (v) if such acquisition is for an aggregate cash purchase price amount in excess of
$5,000,000, Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent (A) at least 5 Business
Days prior to such proposed acquisition, (i) a Compliance Certificate evidencing compliance
with Section 6.7 as required under clause (iv) above and (ii) all other
relevant financial information with respect to such acquired assets, including the aggregate
consideration for such acquisition and any other information required to demonstrate
compliance with Section 6.7 and (B) promptly upon request by Administrative Agent,
(i) a copy of the purchase agreement related to the proposed Permitted Acquisition (and any
related documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent) and (ii) quarterly and
annual financial statements of the Person whose Equity Interests or assets are being
acquired for the twelve (12) month period immediately prior to such proposed Permitted
Acquisition, including any audited financial statements that are available;

               (vi) any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith shall be in
same business or lines of business in which Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries are engaged as
of the Closing Date or similar or related businesses;

               (vii) if such Person shall have generated positive cash flow for the
four-Fiscal-Quarter period most recently ended prior to the date of such acquisition,
Holdings shall demonstrate a pro forma Leverage Ratio, after giving effect to such
acquisition, of at least .25% less than the then-applicable Leverage Ratio permitted as of
the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter pursuant to Section 6.7 and
otherwise, Holdings shall demonstrate a pro forma Leverage Ratio, after giving effect to such acquisition, of at least .50% less
than the then-applicable Leverage Ratio permitted as of the last day of the immediately
preceding Fiscal Quarter pursuant to Section 6.7; and

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               (viii) if such acquisition is for an aggregate cash purchase price amount in excess of
$10,000,000, Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that Excess
Availability of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the date of consummation of such
acquisition (after giving effect to any payments required in connection with the
consummation of such acquisition) is equal to or greater than $40,000,000.

          “Permitted Holders” means, as of any date of determination, the Backstop Parties (as defined
in the Equity Commitment Agreement) at such time party to the Equity Commitment Agreement, together
with any affiliated fund under common management or control of any such Backstop Party; provided
that from and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the Permitted Holders shall be the Permitted
Holders as of the Exit Facility Conversion Date.

          “Permitted Liens” means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2.

          “Permitted Reinvestment Period” means (x) in the case of Net Asset Sale Proceeds received
prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the twelve (12)-month period following the Exit
Facility Conversion Date and (y), in the case of Net Asset Sale Proceeds received on or after the
Exit Facility Conversion Date, the twelve (12) month-period following receipt thereof.

          “Permitted Securitization” means a Securitization that complies with the following criteria:
(i) the cash portion of the initial purchase price paid by the Securitization Subsidiary to
Holdings and its Subsidiaries at closing for the Securitization Assets is at least 80% of the Fair
Market Value of the Securitization Assets at such time, (ii) the aggregate Investment by Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries in the Securitization Subsidiary does not exceed the customary
investment required in the securitization market and (iii) the Seller’s Retained Interest and all
proceeds thereof shall constitute Collateral (to the extent such interest is required to be
Collateral hereunder) and all necessary steps to perfect a security interest in such Seller’s
Retained Interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties are taken by Holdings and its
Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, if such Securitization is entered into by a Foreign
Subsidiary of Borrower, Seller’s Retained Interest shall not be required to be Collateral.

          “Permitted Seller Notes” means any promissory note issued by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to a seller in any Permitted Acquisition constituting part of the purchase price
thereof (or to a third party lender in connection with any Permitted Acquisition); provided
that such Indebtedness (i) is on market terms, (ii) is unsecured, (iii) is expressly subordinated
to the prior payment in full in cash of Obligations on customary terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and (iv) has a scheduled maturity of at least six months
beyond the scheduled maturity of the Loans.

          “Permitted Transaction” means a one-time transaction pursuant to which Holdings, the Borrower
or any Guarantor effectuates an Investment in (a) all of the Equity Interests of one or more
Persons organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia and (b) any related assets owned by such Person or an
Affiliate of such Person; provided that (x) each of the conditions set forth in clauses
(i) through (viii) of the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” would be satisfied as
if such transaction constituted a Permitted Acquisition and (y) the consideration for such
transaction shall consist only of (A) the issuance of Equity Interests and (B) the payment of other
consideration to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 6.6 of this Agreement.

          “Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general
partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies,
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Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business
trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.

          “Petition Date” as defined in the recitals hereto.

          “Plan of Reorganization” means the First Amended Joint Plan Of Reorganization Of Tronox
Incorporated Et Al. Pursuant To Chapter 11 Of The Bankruptcy Code filed with the Bankruptcy Court
on September 1, 2010, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and
together with all exhibits, schedules, annexes, supplements and other attachments thereto;
provided that any amendment, supplement or modification to such plan of reorganization and
any exhibit, schedule, annex, supplement or other attachment thereto shall be consistent with the
terms of the Plan Support Agreement, and the Equity Commitment Agreement and contain such other
terms that either (x) are not inconsistent with, or do not conflict with, the terms of the Credit
Documents, the Interim Order or the Final Order and do not adversely affect the Lenders’ interests,
Liens, rights, remedies, benefits or other protections under the Credit Documents, Interim Order or
Final Order or (y) are acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

          “Plan Support Agreement” means that certain Plan Support Agreement, dated as of August 27,
2010, by and among Holdings, the Unsecured Creditors Committee, certain holders of Senior Notes
party thereto, Michael E. Carroll, in his sole capacity as a member of the Unsecured Creditors
Committee and holder of a Tort Claim (as defined therein), Rio Algom Mining, LLC, in its sole
capacity as a member of the Unsecured Creditors Committee with respect to Sections 3(a)(v)
and 3(a)(vi) thereof only, and the attorneys for certain parties, as representatives of
such parties, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L, together with all exhibits,
supplements, annexes, schedules and any other attachments thereto, in each case as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Plan
Support Agreement and in accordance with Section 6.14 hereof.

          “Platform” as defined in Section 5.1(q).

          “Pledge and Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement to be executed by
Borrower and each Guarantor substantially in the form of Exhibit H, as it may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof.

          “Post-Petition” means the time period beginning immediately upon the filing of the Chapter 11
Cases.

          “Pre-Petition” means the time period prior to the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases.

          “Pre-Petition Credit Agreement” as defined in the recitals hereto.

          “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest quoted in the print edition of The Wall Street
Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate (currently defined as the base rate on corporate
loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s thirty (30) largest banks), as in effect from time to
time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best
rate actually charged to any customer. Agent or any other Lender may make commercial loans or
other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.

          “Principal Office” means, for Administrative Agent, such Person’s “Principal Office” as set
forth on Appendix B, or such other office or office of a third party or sub-agent, as
appropriate, as such Person may from time to time designate in writing to Borrower, Administrative Agent and
each Lender.

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          “Products” means the products developed, researched, manufactured (including mining and
exploring for raw materials for manufacture), distributed, marketed or sold by the Business,
including those set forth on Schedule 1.1(c).

          “Professional Fees” means all accrued, but unpaid professional fees, costs expenses and
disbursements incurred by the Credit Parties and the Committees.

          “Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a)
the Term Loan Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders.

          “Projections” as defined in Section 4.8.

          “Public Lenders” means Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information
with respect to Holdings, its Subsidiaries or their securities.

          “Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or
otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party in any real property.

          “Record Document” means, with respect to any Leasehold Property, (i) the lease evidencing such
Leasehold Property or a memorandum thereof, executed and acknowledged by the owner of the affected
real property, as lessor, or (ii) if such Leasehold Property was acquired or subleased from the
holder of a Recorded Leasehold Interest, the applicable assignment or sublease document, executed
and acknowledged by such holder, in each case in form sufficient to give such constructive notice
upon recordation and otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent.

          “Recorded Leasehold Interest” means a Leasehold Property with respect to which a Record
Document has been recorded in all places necessary or desirable, in Collateral Agent’s reasonable
judgment, to give constructive notice of such Leasehold Property to third-party purchasers and
encumbrances of the affected real property.

          “Refinanced Term Loans” as defined in Section 10.5(d).

          “Register” as defined in Section 2.4(b).

          “Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time.

          “Regulation FD” means Regulation FD as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act and Exchange Act as in effect from time to time.

          “Reinvestment Accounts” means, collectively, the Asset Sale Proceeds Reinvestment Account and
the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Reinvestment Account.

          “Reinvestment Account Escrow Agreement” means an Escrow Agreement pursuant to which the Asset
Sale Proceeds Account or the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account, as applicable, is maintained
prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and in accordance with
Section 6.14 hereof.

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investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same
investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

          “Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping,
deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material
into the Environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other
closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the migration of any Hazardous
Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.

          “Released Parties” as defined in Section 2.24.

          “Releasing Parties” as defined in Section 2.24.

          “Remaining Proceeds” as defined in Section 2.11(a)(ii).

          “Remedial Action” means (a) “response” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §
9601(24), and (b) all other actions required pursuant to any Environmental Law or by any
Governmental Authority, voluntarily undertaken or otherwise reasonably necessary to (i) clean up,
investigate, sample, evaluate, monitor, remediate, remove, correct, contain, treat, abate or in any
other way address any Hazardous Material; (ii) prevent the Release or threat of Release, or
minimize the further Release or migration, of any Hazardous Material; or (iii) perform studies and
investigations in connection with, or as a precondition to, or to determine the necessity of the
activities described in, clauses (i) or (ii) above.

          “Replacement Facility Agent” means any collateral agent or similar representative of the
secured parties under any Replacement Revolving Facility.

          “Replacement Facility Credit Documents” means, collectively, the definitive loan documentation
governing the Replacement Revolving Facility.

          “Replacement Lender” as defined in Section 2.20.

          “Replacement Revolving Facility” means an asset-based or cash flow revolving credit facility
(including letters of credit and reimbursement obligations with respect thereto and any Interest
Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements secured thereunder) incurred by Borrower or any Guarantor or
a Permitted Securitization incurred by a Securitization Subsidiary, in each case secured by
Replacement Revolving Liens that are permitted to be incurred hereunder; provided, that on
or before the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred:

          (a) such Indebtedness is designated by Borrower, in a certificate of an Authorized
Officer delivered to the Collateral Agent, as “Replacement Revolving Facility”; and

          (b) the collateral agent or other representative with respect to such Indebtedness, the
Collateral Agent, Borrower and each applicable Guarantor, has duly executed and delivered a
Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement.

          “Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement entered into
by the Collateral Agent in connection with the Replacement Revolving Facility, if any,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit U or containing the terms set
forth in Exhibit V or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the applicable Credit Parties party to the subject
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Facility Agent for such Replacement Revolving Facility, as amended, supplemented, modified, restated, renewed or replaced (whether upon or after
termination or otherwise), in whole or in part from time to time; provided that in no event
shall the Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement provide for the priority of Liens other
than in the manner set forth in the definition of “Replacement Revolving Liens” without the consent
of the Requisite Lenders.

          “Replacement Revolving Liens” means Liens granted to the Replacement Facility Agent under the
Replacement Revolving Facility, at any time, upon (i) ABL Collateral of Borrower or any Guarantor
and (ii) if requested by the Replacement Facility Agent, Collateral other than ABL Collateral,
which Liens in the case of this clause (ii) are junior in priority to the Liens on such
Collateral purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents to the Collateral Agent.

          “Replacement Term Loans” as defined in Section 10.5(d).

          “Requested Settlement Account Withdrawal Date” as defined in Section 3.2(b).

          “Requested Working Capital Withdrawal Date” as defined in Section 3.2(a).

          “Requisite Lenders” means, at any time of determination, one or more Lenders having or holding
Term Loan Exposure representing more than 50% of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders;
provided that each Affiliated Lender is automatically deemed to have voted any Term Loan
Exposure held by such Affiliated Lender in favor of any amendment, waiver, consent or other
modification pro rata according to the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders holding Term
Loan Exposure (other than Affiliated Lenders) that have voted in favor of such amendment, waiver,
consent or other modification.

          “Restricted Junior Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect,
on account of any shares of any class of stock of Holdings, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent of Borrower or Holdings) now or hereafter
outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the holders of
that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other
acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of Holdings or
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) now or
hereafter outstanding; (iii) 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 stock of Holdings,
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent of Borrower or
Holdings) now or hereafter outstanding; (iv) any management or similar fees payable to any
equityholders; and (v) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on,
or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance),
sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, the Senior Notes and the Permitted Seller Notes.

          “Restructuring Costs” means any and all of (i) costs and expenses in respect of the
termination or settlement of executory contracts, (ii) other non-Cash charges in respect of other
Pre-Petition obligations, (iii) professional costs, fees and expenses incurred by Holdings,
Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, (iv) fees, costs and expenses
in connection with any plant shutdown, (v) severance costs incurred in connection with any
workforce reduction and (vi) fees, costs and expenses with respect to any management incentive,
employee retention or similar plans to the extent approved by the Bankruptcy Court, in each case
solely to the extent incurred prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date or incurred after the Exit
Facility Conversion Date but relating solely to implementation of the Plan of Reorganization.

          “Sale Order” as defined in Section 5.20.

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          “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a Division of The McGraw -Hill Companies, Inc.

          “Secured Parties” means the Agents, Lenders and the Lender Counterparties and shall include,
without limitation, all former Agents and Lenders and Lender Counterparties to the extent that any
Obligations owing to such Persons were incurred while such Persons were Agents, Lenders or Lender
Counterparties and such Obligations have not been paid or satisfied in full.

          “Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates,
certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options,
warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured,
convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as
“securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim
certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire,
any of the foregoing.

          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any
successor statute.

          “Securitization” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by a Subsidiary
of Borrower pursuant to which such Subsidiary sells, conveys, assigns, grants an interest in or
otherwise transfers to a Securitization Subsidiary, Securitization Assets (and/or grants a security
interest in such Securitization Assets transferred or purported to be transferred to such
Securitization Subsidiary), and which Securitization Subsidiary finances the acquisition of such
Securitization Assets with the cash proceeds of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by such
Securitization Subsidiary or the realization of proceeds from the Securitization Assets in the
ordinary course of business, or any similar arrangement with respect to the monetization of
receivables reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, it being understood that a
Securitization may involve periodic transfers or pledges of accounts receivable in which new
Securitization Assets, or interests therein, are transferred or pledged upon collection of
previously transferred or pledged Securitization Assets, or interests therein; provided
that any such transactions shall otherwise comply with the requirements of this Agreement relating
to Securitizations.

          “Securitization Assets” means any accounts receivable owed to a Subsidiary of Borrower
(whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) arising in the ordinary course of
business from the sale of goods or services, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all
contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts
receivable, all proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract rights)
which are of the type customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are
customarily granted in connection with securitizations of accounts receivable and which are sold,
transferred or otherwise conveyed by such Subsidiary to a Securitization Subsidiary.

          “Securitization Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of Borrower that engages in no activities other
than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and that is designated by the board of
directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings (as provided below) as a Securitization
Subsidiary and: (1) has no Indebtedness or other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) that: (a)
are guaranteed by Holdings, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) are recourse to or obligate
Holdings, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any way or create a Lien on, or otherwise encumber
or restrict, the Collateral in any way; or (c) subjects any property or assets of Holdings,
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the
satisfaction thereof; (2) has no contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking (except in connection with a Permitted
Securitization) with Holdings, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than on terms no less
favorable to Holdings, Borrower or such Subsidiaries than those that might be obtained at the time
from Persons that are not Affiliates of Borrower, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of
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servicing accounts receivables; (3) neither Holdings, Borrower nor any
of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to maintain or preserve the Securitization Subsidiary’s
financial condition or cause the Securitization Subsidiaries to achieve certain levels of operating
results and (4) does not commingle its funds or assets with those of Borrower or any other Credit
Party, in each case, other than Standard Securitization Undertakings. Any such designation by the
board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings will be evidenced to Administrative
Agent by filing with Administrative Agent a certified copy of the resolution of the board of
directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings giving effect to such designation and an
officers’ certificate certifying, to such officer’s knowledge and belief after consulting with
counsel, that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

          “Seller’s Retained Interest” means the debt or equity interests held by a Subsidiary of
Borrower in a Securitization Subsidiary to which Securitization Assets have been transferred,
including any such debt or equity received as consideration for or as a portion of the purchase
price for the Securitization Assets transferred, or any other instrument through which a Subsidiary
of Borrower has rights to or receives distributions in respect of any residual or excess interest
in the Securitization Assets.

          “Senior Note Indenture” means the Senior Note Indenture entered into by Borrower and Tronox
Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, in connection with the issuance of Senior Notes, as the same
may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with Section 6.15.

          “Senior Notes” means the 9.5% senior unsecured notes of Borrower and Tronox Finance Corp., a
Delaware corporation, due November 28, 2012 issued from time to time pursuant to the Senior Note
Indenture.

          “Settlement Account Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow and Security Agreement (Settlement)
substantially in the form of Exhibit R or otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

          “Settlement Account Withdrawal” as defined in Section 3.2(b).

          “Settlement Escrow Account” means an Escrow Account maintained in accordance with the
Settlement Account Escrow Agreement which shall have no amounts on deposit therein other than the
amounts required to be on deposit therein pursuant to Section 3.1(x) and which amounts
shall be available solely to fund a portion of the Custodial Trusts on the Exit Facility Conversion
Date.

          “Solvency Certificate” means a Solvency Certificate of the chief financial officer, if any (or
alternatively chief executive officer or chief restructuring officer) of Holdings substantially in
the form of Exhibit F-2.

          “Solvent” means, with respect to a Person, that as of the date of determination, both (i) (a)
the sum of such Person’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair
saleable value of such Person’s present assets; (b) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably small
in relation to its business as contemplated on the Exit Facility Conversion Date and reflected in
the Projections; and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe (nor
should it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as
they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (ii) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given
that term and similar terms under the Bankruptcy Code and applicable laws relating to fraudulent
transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability
at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances
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the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or
matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for
accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).

          “Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants,
repurchase obligations and indemnities entered into by Holdings, Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries which are customary for a seller or servicer of assets transferred in connection with
a Securitization.

          “Subject Transaction” as defined in Section 6.7(d).

          “Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total
voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors,
managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a
combination thereof; provided, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any
Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of
the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.

          “Syndication Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.

          “Tax” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction
or withholding of any nature imposed by a Governmental Authority.

          “Term Loan” means a Term Loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a).

          “Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Term Loan
on the Closing Date, and “Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the
aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Term Loan Commitment is set forth on Appendix A or in the
applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and
conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is
$425,000,000.

          “Term Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the
outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of such Lender; provided, at any time prior
to the making of any of the Term Loans, the Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such
Lender’s Term Loan Commitment.

          “Term Loan Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B, as it may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

          “Term Priority Collateral” means Collateral other than the ABL Collateral.

          “Terminated Lender” as defined in Section 2.20.

          “Title Policy” as defined in Section 3.5(v)(iv).

          “Tiwest Joint Venture” means the joint venture arrangement governed by the Tiwest Joint
Venture Agreements.

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          “Tiwest Joint Venture Agreements” means, collectively, (a) that certain Cooljarloo Mining
Joint Venture Agreement, dated as of November 3, 1988, by and among Yalgoo, Tronox Australia and
the other parties thereto, as amended by that certain Amending Deed to the Cooljarloo Mining Joint
Venture Agreement, dated as of March 26, 1991, by and among Yalgoo, Tronox Australia and the other
parties thereto; (b) that certain Processing Joint Venture Agreement, dated as of November 3, 1988,
by and among Yalgoo, Tronox Australia and the other parties thereto, as amended by that certain
Amending Deed to the Processing Joint Venture Agreement, dated as of March 26, 1991, by and among
Yalgoo, Tronox Australia and the other parties thereto as further amended by the Supplemental Deed
to Processing Joint Venture Agreement, dated June 30, 2008, by and among Yalgoo, Tronox Australia,
Exxaro Sands and the other parties; (c) that certain Jurien Exploration Joint Venture Agreement,
dated as of March 9, 1989, by and among Exxaro Sands, Tific Pty Ltd, Tronox Australia and the other
parties thereto; (d) that certain Co-Operation Deed, dated as of November 3, 1988, by and among
Exxaro Sands, Tronox Australia and the other parties thereto; (e) that certain Operations
Management Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1988, as amended by that certain Supplemental Deed
to the Operations Management Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2008, by and among Yalgoo, Tronox
Australia and the other parties thereto; (f) that certain Development Agreement, dated March 25,
2008, by and among Tronox LLC, Tronox Australia, Yalgoo, Exxaro Sands and other parties thereto;
(g) that certain Mineral Sands (Cooljarloo) Mining and Processing Agreement, dated November 8,
1988, by and among the State of Western Australia, Yalgoo, Tronox Australia, and the other parties
thereto and (h) any other agreements related thereto.

          “Transaction Costs” means the fees, costs and expenses payable by Holdings, Borrower or any of
Borrower’s Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Existing DIP Credit
Agreement, the Credit Documents or any Additional Credit Facility Documents, including any success
or transaction fees payable by Holdings to its advisors and to the advisors engaged by or on behalf
of the Committees.

          “Transactions” means, collectively, (i) the refinancing of the Existing Indebtedness and (ii)
the entering into of the Credit Documents.

          “Tronox Australia” means Tronox Western Australia Pty Ltd, a company incorporated under the
laws of Western Australia.

          “Tronox Luxembourg” as defined in the recitals hereto.

          “Trust Payments” means the cash payments required to be made to the Custodial Trusts in
accordance with the Plan of Reorganization.

          “Type of Loan” means either a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

          “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

          “Unsecured Claim Holders” means holders of unsecured claims of the Credit Parties that are
members of the Ad Hoc Committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases.

          “Unsecured Creditors Committee” means the official committee of unsecured creditors appointed
in the Chapter 11 Cases.

          “U.S. Lender” as defined in Section 2.17(c).

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               “Variance Report” as defined in Section 5.1(e).

               “Verve Sale-Leaseback” means any sale-leaseback of the Verve co-generation facility located in
Western Australia.

               “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the
number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the
amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments
of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such
payment by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

               “Withdrawal Certificate” means a certificate in the form attached to the Working Capital
Account Escrow Agreement or the Settlement Account Escrow Agreement, as applicable.

               “Working Capital Account Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow and Security Agreement (Working
Capital) substantially in the form of Exhibit S or otherwise on terms and conditions
satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, as it may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and in
accordance with Section 6.14 hereof.

               “Working Capital Escrow Account” means an Escrow Account maintained in accordance with the
Working Capital Account Escrow Agreement which shall have no amounts on deposit therein other than
the amounts required to be on deposit therein pursuant to Section 3.1(x); provided
that, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent, Borrower shall not be permitted to
withdraw or transfer any amounts on deposit in such Working Capital Escrow Account other than in
accordance with Section 3.1(x).

               “Working Capital Escrow Amount” means $90,000,000, subject to any adjustment or reduction
pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.

               “Working Capital Withdrawal” as defined in Section 3.2(a).

               “Yalgoo” means Yalgoo Minerals Pty. Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Western
Australia.

          1.2. Accounting Terms.

               (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and
other information required to be delivered by Holdings to Lenders pursuant to Section
5.1(a), 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in
effect at the time of such preparation (and delivered together with the reconciliation statements
provided for in Section 5.1(e), if applicable). Subject to the foregoing, calculations in
connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting
principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the Historical Financial
Statements.

               (b) If at any time any change in GAAP or adoption of fresh-start accounting would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in this Agreement and either
Borrower or Requisite Lenders shall so request, Administrative Agent and Borrower shall
negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof
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change in GAAP (subject to the approval of Requisite Lenders); provided
that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance
with GAAP, as applicable, prior to such change therein and (ii) Borrower shall provide the
reconciliation statements required by Section 5.1(g).

          1.3. Interpretation, Etc. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise
requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to
any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an
Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. The use herein of the
word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be
construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth
immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting
language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used
with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall
within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. The terms lease and
license shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable.

          SECTION 2. LOANS

          2.1. Term Loans.

               (a) Term Loan Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender
severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Term Loan to Borrower in an amount equal to the
amount of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment. Borrower may make only one borrowing under the Term
Loan Commitment, which shall be on the Closing Date. Any amount borrowed under this Section
2.1 and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Subject to Sections
2.10 and 2.11, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Loans shall be paid in
full no later than the Maturity Date. Each Lender’s Term Loan Commitment shall terminate
immediately and without further action on the Closing Date after giving effect to the funding of
such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment on such date.

               (b) Borrowing Mechanics for Loans. Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a
fully executed Funding Notice no later than one Business Day prior to the Closing Date or such
shorter period of time acceptable to Administrative Agent. Promptly upon receipt by
Administrative Agent of such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
proposed borrowing.

          2.2. [Intentionally Omitted].

          2.3. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans shall be applied by Borrower to repay
the Existing Indebtedness of the Credit Parties in full. No portion of the proceeds of the Loans
shall be used (x) in any manner that causes or might cause the borrowing of the Loans or the
application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of
Governors or any other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange Act or (y) to collateralize or secure Borrower’s Hedging
Agreements or any other hedging arrangements. Nothing herein shall in any way prejudice or prevent
any Agent or the Lenders from objecting, for any reason, to any requests, motions, or applications
made in the Bankruptcy Court, including any application of final allowances of compensation for
services rendered or reimbursement of expenses incurred under Sections 105(a), 330 or 331 of the
Bankruptcy Code, by any party in interest. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not use the
proceeds of the Loans (i) for any purpose that is prohibited under the Bankruptcy Code or by the
Interim or Final Order, which ever is then in effect, or (ii) to commence or prosecute or join in
any action against any Agent or Lender seeking (x) to avoid, subordinate or recharacterize the
Obligations or any of the Collateral Agent’s Liens, (y) any monetary, injunctive or other
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connection with the Credit Documents, or (z) to prevent or restrict the exercise by any Agent or Lender of any of their
respective rights or remedies under the Credit Documents.

          2.4. Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes.

               (a) Lenders’ Evidence of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an
account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of Borrower to such Lender, including the amounts
of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such
recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower, absent manifest error; provided,
that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect
any Borrower’s Obligations in respect of any applicable Loans; and provided
further, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records,
the recordations in the Register shall govern.

               (b) Register. Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall
maintain at its Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of
Lenders and the Loans of each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The Register shall be
available for inspection by Borrower or any Lender (with respect to any entry relating to such
Lender’s Loans) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
Administrative Agent shall record, or shall cause to be recorded, in the Register the Loans in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6, and each repayment or prepayment in
respect of the principal amount of the Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and
binding on Borrower and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided, failure to make any
such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Borrower’s Obligations in
respect of any Loan. Borrower hereby designates Administrative Agent to serve as Borrower’s agent
solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.4, and
Borrower hereby agrees that, to the extent Administrative Agent serves in such capacity,
Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents, sub-agents and affiliates
shall constitute “Indemnitees.”

               (c) Notes. If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Borrower (with a copy
to Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date or at any time
thereafter, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so
specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section
10.6) on the Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing Date, promptly
after Borrower’s receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes to evidence such Lender’s Loan, payable
to such Lender or its registered assigns.

          2.5. Interest on Loans.

               (a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Loan shall, subject to Section 2.27,
bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether
by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows:

               (1) if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin; or

               (2) if a Eurodollar Rate Loan, at the Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

               (b) The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan, and the Interest
Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, shall be selected by Borrower and notified to
Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice,
as the case may be. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or

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Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with
the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for
that day such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.

               (c) In connection with Eurodollar Rate Loans there shall be no more than five (5) Interest
Periods outstanding at any time. In the event Borrower fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan
or a Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or the applicable
Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (if outstanding as a Eurodollar Rate Loan) will be
automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then-current Interest Period
for such Loan (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or (if not then outstanding)
will be made as, a Base Rate Loan). In the event Borrower fails to specify an Interest Period for
any Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or the applicable
Conversion/Continuation Notice, Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of
one month. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate
Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent
manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall
apply to the Eurodollar Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the
applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone
confirmed in writing) to Borrower and each Lender.

               (d) Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.5(a) shall be computed (i) in the case of
Base Rate Loans on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as the case may be, and (ii) in the
case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number
of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the
date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or,
with respect to a Loan, the last Interest Payment Date with respect to such Loan or, with respect
to a Base Rate Loan being converted from a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such
Eurodollar Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date
of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or,
with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion
of such Base Rate Loan to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded;
provided, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest
shall be paid on that Loan.

               (e) Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan (i) shall accrue on a daily
basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect to interest
accrued on and to each such payment date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable
in arrears upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued
on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in
arrears at maturity of the Loans, including final maturity of the Loans; provided, however, with respect
to any voluntary prepayment of a Base Rate Loan, accrued interest shall instead be payable on the
applicable Interest Payment Date.

          2.6. Conversion/Continuation.

               (a) Subject to Section 2.15 and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and then be continuing, Borrower shall have the option:

               (i) to convert at any time all or any part of any Loan equal to $5,000,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of
Loan; provided, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may only be converted on the expiration of
the Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan unless Borrower shall pay all
amounts due under Section 2.15 in connection with any such conversion; or

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               (ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan,
to continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000,000 in excess of that amount as a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

               (b) Subject to Section 3.2(c), Borrower shall deliver a Conversion/ Continuation
Notice to Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one Business
Day in advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a conversion to a Base Rate Loan)
and at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the
case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Loan). Except as otherwise
provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination
Date, and Borrower shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith.

          2.7. Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
and without further notice, motion or application to, hearing before, or order from the Bankruptcy
Court, the principal amount of all Loans outstanding and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts owed hereunder, shall
thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code or other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable on demand at a rate that is 2% per annum in
excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans (or,
in the case of any such fees and other amounts, at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the
interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans); provided, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, upon the expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such
increase in interest rate is effective such Eurodollar Rate Loans shall thereupon become Base Rate
Loans and shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2% per annum in
excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance
of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.7 is not a permitted
alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or
otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent or any Lender.

          2.8. Fees; Call Premium.

               (a) Borrower agrees to pay on the Closing Date to each Lender party to this Agreement on the
Closing Date, as fee compensation for the funding of such Lender’s Loan, a closing fee in an
amount equal to 1.0% of the stated principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loan to be funded on the
Closing Date.

               (b) [Reserved.]

               (c) [Reversed.]

               (d) [Reserved.]

               (e) In the event all or any portion of the Loans are repaid for any reason (other than any
repayments pursuant to Section 2.9 or Section 2.11(b) or (e)) (or
repriced or effectively refinanced through any amendment of this Agreement) after the Closing
Date, such repayments or repricings will be made at (i) 101.0% of the principal amount of the
Loans repaid or repriced if such repayment or repricing occurs on or prior to the date that is
twelve months after the Closing Date, and (ii) at par thereafter.

               (f) In addition to any of the foregoing fees, Borrower agrees to pay to Agents such other
fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon.

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          2.9. Scheduled Payments. Commencing on March 31, 2011, the principal amounts of the Term
Loans shall be repaid in consecutive quarterly installments of 0.25% of the principal amount of
such Term Loans with the remaining principal amount of the outstanding Term Loans together with all
other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto to be paid in full no later than the Maturity
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each scheduled payment of the principal amount of the Term
Loans, including on the Maturity Date (each such payment, an “Installment”) shall be reduced in
connection with any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Loans in accordance with Sections
2.10, 2.11 and 2.12, as applicable.

          2.10. Voluntary Prepayments.

               (a) Any time and from time to time:

               (i) with respect to Base Rate Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business
Day in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples
of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount; and

               (ii) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any
Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount.

               (b) All such prepayments shall be made:

               (i) upon not less than one Business Day’s prior written or telephonic notice in the
case of Base Rate Loans; and

               (ii) upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice
in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans;

in each case given to Administrative Agent by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date required
and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed by delivery of written notice thereof to
Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such original notice for
Loans by telefacsimile or telephone to each Lender). Upon the giving of any such notice, the
principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the
prepayment date specified therein. Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in
Section 2.12(a).

          2.11. Mandatory Prepayments.

               (a) Asset Sales.

          (i) No later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds (other than Net Asset Sale Proceeds
contemplated in clause (ii) below), Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.12(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds;
provided, that (A) no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section
2.11(a)(i) in respect of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds (other than with respect to the
Net Asset Sale Proceeds of the sale of any Non-Core Real Estate Assets) in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $35,000,000 from the Closing Date through the applicable date of
determination so long as Holdings shall have delivered to Administrative Agent no later than
the first Business Day following the date of receipt of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds a
certificate of an Authorized Officer certifying that (x) no Default or Event of Default has
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reinvest (or
commit in writing to reinvest) such Net Asset Sale Proceeds in Collateral of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries (other than ABL Collateral) during the Permitted Reinvestment Period and
(B) no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.11(a)(i) in respect
of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of the sale of the Non-Core Real Estate Assets in an amount
not to exceed $50,000,000 from the Closing Date through the applicable date of
determination, so long as Holdings shall have delivered to Administrative Agent no later
than the first Business Day following the date of receipt of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds a
certificate of an Authorized Officer certifying that (x) no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, and (y) Holdings and its Subsidiaries intend to reinvest (or
commit in writing to reinvest) such Net Asset Sale Proceeds in the business of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries during the Permitted Reinvestment Period; provided further,
(A) all such Net Asset Sale Proceeds shall be held in the Asset Sale Proceeds Reinvestment
Account pending reinvestment in accordance with this Section 2.11(a)(i) until the
earlier of (x) the expiration of the applicable Permitted Reinvestment Period or, solely to
the extent that such Net Asset Sale Proceeds have been committed in writing to be invested
during such Permitted Reinvestment Period, ninety days after the expiration of such
Permitted Reinvestment Period, and (y) the Maturity Date and (B) on and after the delivery
by Administrative Agent of a Carve-Out Event Notice in accordance with Section 8.2,
all such Net Asset Sale Proceeds (up to the amount of the Carve-Out Cap) shall be deposited
into the Carve-Out Account and shall be reserved for payment of amounts due and owing to
Committees in accordance with Section 8.2; provided, however, that
any Net Asset Sale Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower from a sale or
other disposition of property or assets otherwise permitted under the Credit Documents shall
be excluded from this prepayment obligation to the extent applicable law or regulation
prohibits transfer of such proceeds to Borrower or a Guarantor or such transfer would render
such Foreign Subsidiary insolvent or reasonably likely to become insolvent or result in an
adverse tax consequence; provided, further, if such Net Asset Sale Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower are not subject to the
restrictions described in the immediately preceding proviso, the Borrower shall cause such
Foreign Subsidiary to distribute such Net Asset Sale Proceeds to the Borrower promptly after
receipt thereof.

               (ii) No later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds received pursuant to the transactions
contemplated by Section 6.8(m), Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.12(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Asset Sale
Proceeds; provided that, (A) if Holdings has delivered to Administrative Agent, no
later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt of such Net Asset Sale
Proceeds a certificate of an Authorized Officer certifying that (x) no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, and (y) Holdings and its Subsidiaries intend to (A)
reinvest (or commit in writing to reinvest) up to 50% of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds (such
amount of Net Asset Sale Proceeds, the “Remaining Proceeds”) in Collateral of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries (other than ABL Collateral) during the Permitted Reinvestment Period and/or
(B) use such Remaining Proceeds to pay Taxes required to be paid on the portion of such Net
Asset Sale Proceeds prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.11(a)(ii), then the Borrower
shall not be required to make the foregoing prepayment with the Remaining Proceeds;
provided, however, that all such Remaining Proceeds shall, (1) to the extent
applicable law or regulation does not prohibit transfer of such Remaining Proceeds to the
Asset Sale Proceeds Reinvestment Account or such transfer to the Asset Sale Proceeds
Reinvestment Account would not render such Foreign Subsidiary insolvent or reasonably likely
to become insolvent and would not result in an adverse tax consequence, be transferred to
and held in the Asset Sale Proceeds Reinvestment Account pending reinvestment and/or payment
of applicable Taxes in accordance with this Section 2.11(a)(i) until the earlier of
(x) the expiration of the applicable Permitted Reinvestment Period or, solely to the extent
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Proceeds have been committed in writing to be invested during such
Permitted Reinvestment Period, ninety days after the expiration of such Permitted
Reinvestment Period, and (y) the Maturity Date or, (2) to the extent applicable law or
regulation prohibits transfer of such Remaining Proceeds to the Asset Sale Proceeds
Reinvestment Account or such transfer to the Asset Sale Proceeds Reinvestment Account would
render such Foreign Subsidiary insolvent or reasonably likely to become insolvent and would
result in an adverse tax consequence, then such Remaining Proceeds shall be segregated by
the applicable Subsidiary of the Borrower in a separate account of such Subsidiary and shall
not be commingled with any other assets of such Subsidiary pending reinvestment and/or
payment of applicable Taxes in accordance with this Section 2.11(a)(i) until the
earlier of (x) the expiration of the applicable Permitted Reinvestment Period or, solely to
the extent that such Net Asset Sale Proceeds have been committed in writing to be invested
during such Permitted Reinvestment Period, ninety days after the expiration of such
Permitted Reinvestment Period, and (y) the Maturity Date.

               (b) Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds. No later than the first Business Day following
the date of receipt by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or Administrative Agent as loss payee,
of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.12(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds;
provided, that no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.11(b),
so long as Holdings shall have delivered to Administrative Agent no later than the first Business
Day following the date of receipt of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds a certificate of an
Authorized Officer certifying that (A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, and (B) Holdings and its Subsidiaries intend to reinvest such Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in the Collateral of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than ABL
Collateral) during the Permitted Reinvestment Period; provided, further, all such
Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds shall be held in the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds
Reinvestment Account pending reinvestment in Collateral (other than ABL Collateral) until the earlier of
(x) the expiration of the applicable Permitted Reinvestment Period and (y) the Maturity Date;
provided,however, that any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds received by a
Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower shall be excluded from this prepayment obligation to the extent
applicable law or regulation prohibits transfer of such proceeds to Borrower or a Guarantor or
such transfer would render such Foreign Subsidiary insolvent or reasonably likely to become
insolvent or result in an adverse tax consequence; provided, further, if such Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower are not subject to
the restrictions described in the immediately preceding proviso, the Borrower shall cause such
Foreign Subsidiary to distribute such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds to the Borrower promptly
after receipt thereof.

               (c) Issuance of Equity Securities. On the date of receipt by Holdings of any Cash
proceeds from a capital contribution to, or the issuance of any Equity Interests of, Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries (other than (i) pursuant to any employee stock or stock option
compensation plan, (ii) on the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the issuance of Equity Interests in
connection with the New Money Investment pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, and (iii) any
issuance of Equity Interests in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, the Permitted Transaction
and Consolidated Capital Expenditures, excluding any issuance constituting an initial public
offering of the Equity Interests of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates), Borrower
shall prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 75% of such proceeds, net of underwriting
discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including
reasonable legal fees and expenses; provided during any period in which the Leverage Ratio
(determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 5.1(d) calculating the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently
ended Fiscal Quarter) shall be (x) 3.00:1.00 or less, Borrower shall only be required to make the
prepayments otherwise required hereby in an amount equal to 50% of such net proceeds and (y)
2.00:1.00 or less, Borrower shall only be required to may the prepayments

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otherwise required
hereby in an amount equal to 25% of such net proceeds.

               (d) Issuance of Debt. On the first Business Day following receipt by Holdings or any
of its Subsidiaries of any Cash proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries (other than with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
pursuant to Section 6.1), Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section
2.12(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts
and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable
legal fees and expenses.

               (e) Consolidated Excess Cash Flow. In the event that there shall be Consolidated
Excess Cash Flow for any Fiscal Year ending after the Exit Facility Conversion Date (with respect
to the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2011, Consolidated Excess Cash Flow shall be computed for
the period from the Exit Facility Conversion Date to December 31, 2011), Borrower shall, subject
to the Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement, no later than ninety days after the end of
such Fiscal Year, prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.12(b) in an aggregate amount
equal to 75% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow; provided, that if, as of the last day
of the most recently ended Fiscal Year, the Leverage Ratio (determined for any such period by
reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating
the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year) shall be (x) 3.00:1.00 or less,
Borrower shall only be required to make the prepayments otherwise required hereby in an amount
equal to 50% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow or (y) 2.00:1.00 or less, Borrower shall only
be required to make the prepayments otherwise required hereby in an amount equal to 25% of such
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow.

               (f) Prepayment Certificate. Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans pursuant
to Sections 2.11(a) through 2.11(e), Borrower shall deliver to Administrative
Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net proceeds
or Consolidated Excess Cash Flow, as the case may be. In the event that Borrower shall
subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set forth in such
certificate, Borrower shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal
to such excess, and Borrower shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a
certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.

               (g) Replacement Revolving Facility; Alternative Facility. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in Sections 2.11(a) and 2.11(b), if the Replacement Revolving
Facility or any Alternative Facility has been incurred, to the extent a prepayment is required
under the Replacement Revolving Facility and any such Alternative Facility due to any Net Asset
Sale Proceeds or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds constituting the proceeds of ABL Collateral,
no prepayment shall be required under Sections 2.11(a) and 2.11(b).

          2.12. Application of Prepayments.

               (a) Application of Voluntary Prepayments by Type of Loans. Any prepayment of any Loan
pursuant to Section 2.10 shall be applied as specified by Borrower in the applicable
notice of prepayment; provided, in the event Borrower fails to specify the Loans to which
any such prepayment shall be applied, such prepayment shall be applied to prepay the scheduled
remaining Installments of principal of the Term Loans in direct order of maturity.

               (b) Application of Mandatory Prepayments by Type of Loans. Any amount required to be
prepaid pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) through 2.11(e) above shall be applied to
prepay Term Loans on a pro rata basis to the remaining scheduled Installments of principal on such
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               (c) Application of Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Rate Loans.
Any prepayment of Loans shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof
before application to Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount
of any payments required to be made by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.15(c).

          2.13. General Provisions Regarding Payments.

               (a) All payments by Borrower of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made
in Dollars in same day funds, without defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any
restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on the date due at the Principal Office of Administrative Agent for the account of
Lenders; for purposes of computing interest and fees, funds received by Administrative Agent after
that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by Borrower on the next succeeding
Business Day.

               (b) All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan shall be accompanied by
payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments
(and, in any event, any payments in respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and payable
with respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest then due and payable before
application to principal.

               (c) Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such
Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due
hereunder, together with all other amounts due thereto, including all fees payable with respect
thereto, to the extent received by Administrative Agent.

               (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/ Continuation Notice
is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of
its Pro Rata Share of any Eurodollar Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in
apportioning payments received thereafter.

               (e) Whenever any payment to be made hereunder with respect to any Loan shall be stated to be
due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day.

               (f) Administrative Agent shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder that is
not made in same day funds prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) to be a non-conforming
payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received by Administrative Agent until
the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and (ii) the applicable next Business
Day. Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic notice to Borrower and each applicable
Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may
constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section
8.1(a). Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming
payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from
the date of such payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the rate determined
pursuant to Section 2.7 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such
amount is paid in full.

               (g) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived, and the
maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.1, all
payments or proceeds received by Agents in respect of any of the Obligations, shall be applied in
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the application arrangements described in Section 9.2 of the Pledge and
Security Agreement.

          2.14. Ratable Sharing. Except as otherwise provided herein, Lenders hereby agree among
themselves that if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary
prepayment of Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of
any right of set-off, consolidation or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the
enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a
deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, including with respect to the Chapter
11 Cases, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal,
interest, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under the other
Credit Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate Amounts Due” to such Lender) which is greater than
the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other
Lender, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify
Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion
of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each
seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such
payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate
Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them;
provided, if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such
purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of
Borrower or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall
be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a
participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, consolidation, set-off
or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by Borrower to that holder with respect
thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder.
The provisions of this Section 2.14 shall not be construed to apply to (a) any payment made
by Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (b) any
payment obtained by any Lender as consideration for the assignment or sale of a participation in
any of its Loans or other Obligations owed to it.

          2.15. Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans.

               (a) Inability to Determine Applicable Interest Rate. In the event that
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and
binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to any
Eurodollar Rate Loans, that by reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank market
adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such Loans
on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, Administrative Agent
shall on such date give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower
and each Lender of such determination, whereupon (i) no Loans may be made as, or converted to,
Eurodollar Rate Loans until such time as Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and Lenders that
the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and (ii) any Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice given by Borrower with respect to the Loans in respect of which
such determination was made shall be deemed to be rescinded by Borrower.

               (b) Illegality or Impracticability of Eurodollar Rate Loans. In the event that on
any date any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and
binding upon all parties hereto) that the making, maintaining or continuation of its Eurodollar
Rate Loans (i) has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any
law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such
treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though
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occurring after the date hereof which materially and adversely affect the
London interbank market or the position of such Lender in that market, then, and in any such
event, such Lender shall be an “Affected Lender” and it shall on that day give notice (by e-mail
or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and Administrative Agent of such determination
(which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). If
Administrative Agent receives a notice from (x) any Lender pursuant to clause (i) of the
preceding sentence or (y) a notice from Lenders constituting Requisite Lenders pursuant to
clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, then (1) the obligation of the Lenders (or, in the
case of any notice pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender) to make
Loans as, or to convert Loans to, Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall
be withdrawn by each Affected Lender, (2) to the extent such determination by the Affected Lender
relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice or
a Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Lenders (or in the case of any notice pursuant to clause
(i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender) shall make such Loan as (or continue such Loan as
or convert such Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan, (3) the Lenders’ (or in the case of
any notice pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender’s) obligations to
maintain their respective outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans (the “Affected Loans”) shall be
terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then in effect with
respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law, and (4) the Affected Loans shall
automatically convert into Base Rate Loans on the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination by an Affected
Lender as described above relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Borrower
pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, Borrower shall have the option,
subject to the provisions of Section 2.15(c), to rescind such Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice as to all Lenders by giving written or telephonic notice (promptly
confirmed by delivery of written notice thereof) to Administrative Agent of such rescission on the
date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described above (which
notice of rescission Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender).

               (c) Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. Borrower
shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth
the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities
(including any interest paid or payable by such Lender to Lenders of funds borrowed by it to make
or carry its Eurodollar Rate Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in
connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated
profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such
Lender) a borrowing of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a
Funding Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing, or a conversion to or continuation of any
Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Conversion/Continuation
Notice or a telephonic request for conversion or continuation; (ii) if any prepayment or other
principal payment of, or any conversion of, any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans occurs on a date
prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan; or (iii) if any prepayment of
any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given
by Borrower.

               (d) Booking of Eurodollar Rate Loans. Any Lender may make, carry or transfer
Eurodollar Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an
Affiliate of such Lender.

               (e) Assumptions Concerning Funding of Eurodollar Rate Loans. Calculation of all
amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.15 and under Section 2.16 shall
be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant Eurodollar Rate Loans
through the purchase of a Eurodollar deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to
clause (i) of the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate in an amount equal to the amount
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maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and
through the transfer of such Eurodollar deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a
domestic office of such Lender in the United States of America; provided, however,
each Lender may fund each of its Eurodollar Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing
assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this
Section 2.15 and under Section 2.16.

          2.16. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.

               (a) Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes. Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.17 (which shall be controlling with respect to Indemnified Taxes addressed
therein), in the event that any Lender shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest
error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any law, treaty or
governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change therein or in the interpretation,
administration or application thereof (including the introduction of any new law, treaty or
governmental rule, regulation or order), or any determination of a court or governmental
authority, in each case that becomes effective after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender
with any guideline, request or directive issued or made after the date hereof
by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not
having the force of law): (i) subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending office) to any
additional cost (other than Excluded Taxes) with respect to this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or any payments to such Lender
(or its applicable lending office) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable
hereunder; (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal,
emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, compulsory loan, FDIC
insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or
for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition
of funds by, any office of such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with
respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate); or (iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or
affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or its obligations hereunder or the
London interbank market; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such
Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount received
or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office) with respect thereto; then, in any
such case, Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to
in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a
different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its sole discretion shall
determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction
in amounts received or receivable hereunder. Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy
to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for
calculating the additional amounts owed to such Lender under this Section 2.16(a), which
statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.

               (b) Capital Adequacy Adjustment. In the event that any Lender shall have determined
that the adoption, effectiveness, phase-in or applicability after the Closing Date of any law,
rule or regulation (or any provision thereof) regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or
in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any
Lender (or its applicable lending office) with any guideline, request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority,
central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on
the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with
reference to, such Lender’s Loans, or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans to a
level below that which such Lender or such controlling corporation could have achieved but for
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applicability, change or compliance (taking into
consideration the policies of such Lender or such controlling corporation with regard to capital
adequacy), then from time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Borrower from such
Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence, Borrower shall pay to such Lender such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such controlling corporation on an
after-tax basis for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to
Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for
calculating the additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.16(b), which
statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.

          2.17. Taxes; Withholding, Etc.

               (a) Payments to Be Free and Clear. All sums payable by or on behalf of any Credit
Party hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall (except to the extent required by law)
be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Indemnified
Taxes.

               (b) Withholding of Taxes. If any Credit Party or any other Person is required by law
to make any deduction or withholding on account of any Indemnified Tax from any sum paid or
payable by any Credit Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Credit
Documents: (i) Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in
any such requirement as soon as Borrower becomes aware of it; (ii) Borrower shall pay any such
Indemnified Tax before the date on which penalties attach thereto in accordance with applicable
law; (iii) the sum payable by such Credit Party in respect of which the relevant deduction,
withholding or payment is required shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that,
after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment, Administrative Agent or such Lender,
as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no
such deduction, withholding or payment been required or made; and (iv) within thirty days after
paying any sum from which it is required by law to make any deduction or withholding, and within
thirty days after the due date of payment of any Indemnified Tax which it is required by
clause (ii) above to pay, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence
satisfactory to the other affected parties of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the
remittance thereof to the relevant taxing or other authority; provided, no such additional
amount shall be required to be paid to any Lender (other than a Lender that becomes a Lender
pursuant to Section 2.20) under clause (iii) above except to the extent that any
change after the date hereof (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on
the Closing Date) or after the effective date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which such
Lender became a Lender (in the case of each other Lender) in any such requirement for a deduction,
withholding or payment as is mentioned therein shall result in an increase in the rate of such
deduction, withholding or payment from that in effect at the date hereof or at the date of such
Assignment Agreement, as the case may be, in respect of payments to such Lender; provided,
further, that additional amounts shall be payable to a Lender to the extent such Lender’s
assignor was entitled to receive such additional amounts.

               (c) Evidence of Exemption From U.S. Withholding Tax. Each Lender that is not a
United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code)
for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “Non-US Lender”) shall deliver to Administrative Agent for
transmission to Borrower, on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each Lender listed on
the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior to the date of the Assignment
Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and at such
other times as may be necessary in the determination of Borrower or Administrative Agent (each in
the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (i) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI and/or W-8IMY (or, in each case, any successor forms), properly completed and
duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue
Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not subject to
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United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such
Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Credit Documents, or
(ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” or other Person described in Section 881(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, a Certificate of Non-Bank Status together with two original copies of Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such
Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably
requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of
United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest payable
under any of the Credit Documents. Each Lender that is a United States person (as such term is
defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for United States federal income tax
purposes (a “U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to Administrative Agent and Borrower on or prior to the
Closing Date (or, if later, on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party to this
Agreement) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form),
properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such U.S. Lender is entitled
to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax, or otherwise proving that it is
entitled to such an exemption. In addition, if a payment made to a Lender or the Administrative
Agent with respect to the Credit Documents would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax
imposed by FATCA if such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, fails 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 or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the
Borrower any documentation required by law or reasonably requested by the Borrower sufficient for
the Borrower to comply with its obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender or the
Administrative Agent has complied with such applicable reporting requirements. Each Lender
required to deliver any forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States
federal income tax withholding matters pursuant to this Section 2.17(c) hereby agrees,
from time to time after the initial delivery by such Lender of such forms, certificates or other
evidence, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or
other evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such Lender shall promptly
deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower two new original copies of Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI and/or W-8IMY (or, in each case, any successor form), or a
Certificate re Non-Bank Status and two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or
any successor form), as the case may be, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and
such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by
Borrower to confirm or establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of
United States federal income tax with respect to payments to such Lender under the Credit
Documents, or notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms,
certificates or other evidence. Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to
any Lender under Section 2.17(b)(iii) if such Lender shall have failed (1) to deliver the
forms, certificates or other evidence referred to in this Section 2.17(c), or (2) to
notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates
or
other evidence, as the case may be; provided, if such Lender shall have satisfied the
requirements of this Section 2.17(c) on the Closing Date or on the date of the Assignment
Agreement pursuant to which it became a Lender, as applicable, nothing in this last sentence of
Section 2.17(c) shall relieve Borrower of its obligation to pay any additional amounts
pursuant this Section 2.17 in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable
law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation,
administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer legally able to deliver forms,
certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender is not
subject to withholding as described herein.

               (d) Refunds. If Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion,
that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by Borrower or with
respect to which Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it
shall pay over such refund to Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or
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paid, by Borrower under this Section 2.17(d) with respect to the Taxes
giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of Administrative Agent or such
Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority
with respect to such refund); provided that Borrower, upon the request of Administrative
Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to Borrower (plus any penalties,
interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to Administrative Agent
or such Lender in the event Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund
to such Governmental Authority. This Section 2.17(d) shall not be construed to require
Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to Borrower or any other Person.

               (e) Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.17(b), Borrower shall timely pay all
Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authorities in accordance with applicable law and shall
deliver to Administrative Agent official receipts or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent in respect of any Other Taxes payable hereunder promptly
after payment of such Other Taxes.

               (f) Borrower shall indemnify Administrative Agent and any Lender for the full amount of
Indemnified Taxes (including, without limitation, Other Taxes), in each case arising in connection
with payments made under this Agreement or any other Credit Document (including any such
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under
this Section 2.17) paid by Administrative Agent or Lender or any of their respective
Affiliates and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not
such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the
relevant Governmental Authority; provided, that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate
any Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.17(f) for penalties,
interest or other additions with respect to any Tax paid more than 180 days prior to the date that
such Lender or the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower, in writing, of the Tax, and of such
Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s intention to claim compensation therefor. Such payment
shall be due within thirty (30) days of the Borrower’s receipt of such certificate.

          2.18. Obligation to Mitigate. Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the
officer of such Lender responsible for administering its Loans becomes aware of the occurrence of
an event or the existence of a condition that would cause such Lender to become an Affected Lender
or that would entitle such Lender to receive payments under Section 2.15, 2.16 or
2.17, it will, to the extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender and
any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts to (a) make, issue, fund or
maintain its Loans, including any Affected Loans, through another office of such Lender, or (b)
take such other measures as such Lender may deem reasonable, if as a result thereof the
circumstances which would cause such Lender to be an Affected Lender would cease to exist or the
additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to
Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 would be materially reduced and if, as
determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, the making, funding or maintaining of such Loans
through such other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case may be, would not
otherwise adversely affect such Loans or the interests of such Lender; provided, such
Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to this Section 2.18
unless Borrower agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of
utilizing such other office as described above. A certificate as to the amount of any such
expenses payable by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.18 (setting forth in reasonable
detail the basis for requesting such amount) submitted by such Lender to Borrower (with a copy to
Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

          2.19. Defaulting Lenders. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the
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with respect to such Insolvency Defaulting Lender, such Insolvency Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not
to be a “Lender” for purposes of any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to any provision of
the Credit Documents that requires the approval of Requisite Lenders. During any Default Period
with respect to an Insolvency Defaulting Lender, any amounts that would otherwise be payable to
such Insolvency Defaulting Lender under the Credit Documents (including, without limitation,
voluntary and mandatory prepayments and fees) may, in lieu of being distributed to such Insolvency
Defaulting Lender, at the written direction of Borrower to Administrative Agent, be retained by
Administrative Agent to collateralize indemnification and reimbursement obligations of such
Insolvency Defaulting Lender in an amount reasonably determined by Administrative Agent.
Performance by Borrower of its obligations hereunder and the other Credit Documents shall not be
excused or otherwise modified as a result of any Lender becoming an Insolvency Defaulting Lender or
the operation of this Section 2.19. The rights and remedies against an Insolvency
Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.19 are in addition to other rights and remedies
which Borrower may have against such Insolvency Defaulting Lender as a result of it becoming an
Insolvency Defaulting Lender and which Administrative Agent or any Lender may have against such
Insolvency Defaulting Lender with respect thereto. Administrative Agent shall not be required to
ascertain or inquire as to the existence of any Insolvency Defaulting Lender.

          2.20. Removal or Replacement of a Lender. Anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, in the event that: (a) (i) any Lender (an “Increased-Cost Lender”) shall give
notice to Borrower that such Lender is an Affected Lender or that such Lender is entitled to
receive payments under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, (ii) the circumstances
which have caused such Lender to be an Affected Lender or which entitle such Lender to receive such
payments shall remain in effect, and (iii) such Lender shall fail to withdraw such notice within
five Business Days after Borrower’s request for such withdrawal; or (b)(i) any Lender shall become
an Insolvency Defaulting Lender, (ii) the Default Period for such Insolvency Defaulting Lender
shall remain in effect, and (iii) such Insolvency Defaulting Lender shall fail to cure the default
as a result of which it has become a Insolvency Defaulting Lender within five Business Days after
Borrower’s request that it cure such default; or (c) in connection with any proposed amendment,
modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the provisions hereof as
contemplated by Section 10.5(b), the consent of Requisite Lenders shall have been obtained
but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders (each a “Non-Consenting Lender”) whose consent
is required shall not have been obtained; then, with respect to each such Increased-Cost Lender,
Insolvency Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender (the “Terminated Lender”), Borrower may, by
giving written notice to Administrative Agent and any Terminated Lender of its election to do so,
elect to cause such Terminated Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably agrees) to
assign its outstanding Loans, if any, in full to one or more Eligible Assignees (each a
“Replacement Lender”) in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 and Borrower shall
pay the fees, if any, payable thereunder in connection with any such assignment from a Terminated
Lender; provided, (1) on the date of such assignment, the Replacement Lender shall pay to
Terminated Lender an amount equal to the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all
accrued interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Terminated Lender, (B) an amount equal to all
unreimbursed drawings that have been funded by such Terminated Lender, together with all then
unpaid interest with respect thereto at such time and (C) an amount equal to all accrued, but
theretofore unpaid fees owing to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.8; (2) on the
date of such assignment, Borrower shall pay any amounts payable to such Terminated Lender pursuant
to Section 2.15(c), 2.16 or 2.17; or otherwise as if it were a prepayment
(including for purposes of Section 2.8(e)) and (3) in the event such Terminated Lender is a
Non-Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to
each matter in respect of which such Terminated Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender. Upon the
prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender, if any, such Terminated Lender shall no
longer constitute a “Lender” for purposes hereof; provided, any rights of such Terminated
Lender to indemnification hereunder shall survive as to such Terminated Lender. Each Lender agrees
that if Borrower exercises its option hereunder to cause an assignment by such Lender as a
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Lender, such Lender shall, promptly after receipt of written
notice of such election, execute and deliver all documentation necessary to effectuate such
assignment in accordance with Section 10.6. In the event that a Lender does not comply
with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence within one Business Day after receipt
of such notice, each Lender hereby authorizes and directs Administrative Agent to execute and
deliver such documentation as may be required to give effect to an assignment in accordance with
Section 10.6 on behalf of a Non-Consenting Lender or Terminated Lender and any such
documentation so executed by Administrative Agent shall be effective for purposes of documenting an
assignment pursuant to Section 10.6.

          2.21. Super Priority Nature of Obligations and Lenders’ Liens. At all times prior to the Exit
Facility Conversion Date:

               (a) The priority of Secured Parties’ Liens on the Collateral owned by Credit Parties shall be
set forth in the Interim Order and Final Order, whichever is then in effect.

               (b) All Obligations shall constitute administrative expenses of Credit Parties in the Chapter
11 Cases, with administrative priority and senior secured status under Sections 364(c)(1),
364(c)(2), 364(c)(3) and 364(d)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, all as set forth in, and qualified
entirely by, the Interim Order and the Final Order. Subject to the Carve-Out, such administrative
claim shall have priority over all other costs and expenses of the kinds specified in, or ordered
pursuant to, Sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 546(c), 726, 1114
or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, and shall at all times be senior to
the rights of Credit Parties, the estates of Credit Parties, and any successor trustee or estate
representative in the Chapter 11 Cases or any subsequent proceeding or case under the Bankruptcy
Code; provided, that such super-priority administrative claim shall be pari passu with the
super-priority administrative claim of the Replacement Facility Agent pursuant to the Replacement
Revolving Facility, if any. The Liens granted to Secured Parties on the Collateral owned by
Credit Parties, and the priorities accorded to the Obligations shall have the priority and senior
secured status afforded by Sections 364(c)(1), 364(c)(2), 364(c)(3) and 364(d)(1) of the
Bankruptcy Code (all as more fully set forth in the Interim Order and Final Order, whichever is
then in effect) senior to all claims and interests other than the Carve-Out and to the extent
provided in any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement, the ABL Liens securing the
Obligations (as defined in the Replacement Revolving Facility as in effect on the date hereof or
as amended in accordance with any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement) and as otherwise
provided in the Interim Order and the Final Order.

               (c) The Secured Parties’ Liens on the Collateral owned by Credit Parties and Secured Parties’
respective administrative claims under Sections 364(c)(1), 364(c)(2), 364(c)(3) and 364(d)(1) of
the Bankruptcy Code afforded the Obligations shall also have priority over any claims arising
under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code subject and subordinate only to the Carve-Out and to
the extent provided in any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement, the Liens securing the
Obligations (as defined in the Replacement Revolving Facility as in effect on the date hereof or
as amended in accordance with any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement). Except as set
forth herein, any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement or in the Interim Order and Final
Order, whichever is then in effect, no other claim having a priority superior or pari passu to
that granted to Secured Parties by the Interim Order and Final Order, whichever is then in effect,
shall be granted or approved while any Obligations under this Agreement remain outstanding.
Except for the Carve-Out, no costs or expenses of administration shall be imposed against
Administrative Agent, Lenders, any other Secured Party or any of the Collateral under Sections 105
or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise, and each of the Credit Parties hereby waives for
itself and on behalf of its estate in bankruptcy, any and all rights under Sections 105 or 506(c)
of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise, to assert or impose or seek to assert or impose, any such
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          2.22. Payment of Obligations. Upon the maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) of any
of the Obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, the Agents and
Lenders shall be entitled to immediate payment of such Obligations without further application to
or order of the Bankruptcy Court.

          2.23. No Discharge; Survival of Claims. Holdings and Borrower, on behalf of itself and its
Subsidiaries, agree that (a) the Obligations hereunder shall not be discharged by the entry of the
Confirmation Order or any other order confirming any plan of reorganization of any or all of Holdings, Borrower and their respective
Subsidiaries (and each of Holdings and Borrower, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, pursuant
to Section 1141(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, hereby waives any such discharge) and (b) the
super-priority administrative claim granted to the Agents and Lenders pursuant to the Interim Order
and Final Order and described therein and the Liens granted to the Agents pursuant to the Interim
Order and Final Order and described therein shall not be affected in any manner by the entry of the
Confirmation Order any other order confirming any plan of reorganization of any or all of Holdings,
Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries.

          2.24. Release. Subject to and qualified entirely by the Interim Order or Final Order, as
applicable, Holdings and Borrower, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, hereby acknowledges
that neither Holdings, Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any defense, counterclaim, offset,
recoupment, cross-complaint, claim or demand of any kind or nature whatsoever that can be asserted
to reduce or eliminate all or any part of the Credit Parties’ liability to repay the Secured
Parties as provided in this Agreement or to seek affirmative relief or damages of any kind or
nature from any Secured Party, solely in its capacity as a Secured Party. Borrower, in its own
right and with respect to its Subsidiaries and the Credit Parties’ bankruptcy estates, and on
behalf of all their respective successors, assigns, Subsidiaries and any Affiliates and any Person
acting for and on behalf of, or claiming through them, (collectively, the “Releasing Parties”),
hereby fully, finally and forever release and discharge each Secured Party and all of each Secured
Party’s past and present officers, directors, servants, agents, attorneys, assigns, heirs, parents,
subsidiaries, and each Person acting for or on behalf of any of them (collectively, the “Released
Parties”) of and from any and all past, present and future actions, causes of action, demands,
suits, claims, liabilities, Liens, lawsuits, adverse consequences, amounts paid in settlement,
costs, damages, debts, deficiencies, diminution in value, disbursements, expenses, losses and other
obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether in law, equity or otherwise (including,
without limitation, those arising under Sections 541 through 550 of the Bankruptcy Code and
interest or other carrying costs, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and
expenses, and incidental, consequential and punitive damages payable to third parties), whether
known or unknown, fixed or contingent, direct, indirect, or derivative, asserted or unasserted,
foreseen or unforeseen, suspected or unsuspected, now existing, heretofore existing or which may
heretofore accrue against any of the Released Parties, whether held in a personal or representative
capacity, and which are based on any act, fact, event or omission or other matter, cause or thing
occurring at or from any time prior to and including the date hereof in any way, directly or
indirectly arising out of, connected with or relating to this Agreement, the other Credit
Documents, the Plan Support Agreement, the Interim Order, the Final Order, the Disclosure Statement
or the Plan of Reorganization and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and all other
agreements, certificates, instruments and other documents and statements (whether written or oral)
related to any of the foregoing.

          2.25. Waiver of any Priming Rights and Non-Consensual Use of Cash Collateral. Upon the
Closing Date, and on behalf of themselves and their estates, and for so long as any Obligations
shall be outstanding, each of Holdings and Borrower, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries,
hereby irrevocably waives (i) any right, pursuant to Sections 364(c) or 364(d) of the Bankruptcy
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otherwise, to grant, or to seek Bankruptcy Court approval of the granting of, any Lien of
equal or greater priority than the Liens securing the Obligations, or to grant, or to seek
Bankruptcy Court approval of the granting of, a claim of equal or greater priority than the
Obligations, except as permitted hereunder and under the Interim Order and Final Order, and (ii)
except as provided herein and in the Interim Order or Final Order, any right, pursuant to Section
363 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, to use, or to seek Bankruptcy Court approval of the use
of, Collateral proceeds or any other cash collateral (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code) in any
manner not permitted by the Credit Documents or otherwise without the consent of Administrative Agent.

          2.26. Working Capital Escrow Account, Settlement Escrow Account and Reinvestment Accounts.

               (a) On the Closing Date, the amount on deposit in the Working Capital Escrow Account shall be
the amount that was on deposit in such account immediately prior to the Closing Date pursuant to
the Existing DIP Credit Agreement. If the Borrower obtains a Replacement Revolving Facility or
Alternative Facility on or prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, then on the date on which
such Replacement Revolving Facility or Alternative Facility is consummated, all amounts on deposit
in the Working Capital Escrow Account shall be transferred to the Settlement Escrow Account, and
the Working Capital Escrow Account shall be closed.

               (b) Except as set forth in clause (a) above, amounts on deposit in the Working
Capital Escrow Account shall be released for general corporate and working capital purposes of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 3.2. Amounts on deposit in the
Settlement Escrow Account shall be released on the Exit Facility Conversion Date (after giving
effect to any transfer of funds to the Settlement Escrow Account from the Working Capital Escrow
Account pursuant to clause (a) above) and applied, as specified by Borrower in writing in
advance of the Exit Facility Conversion Date, (i) to fund a portion of the Custodial Trusts on the
Exit Facility Conversion Date and (ii) for general corporate and working capital purposes on and
after the Exit Facility Conversion Date.

               (c) If the Maturity Date occurs prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, all proceeds in
the Settlement Escrow Account and the Working Capital Escrow Account on the Maturity Date shall be
used to repay the Term Loans in full.

          2.27. Term Loan Commitment Increase. On or prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, and
only if the Borrower or any Guarantor has not obtained a Replacement Revolving Facility or
Alternative Facility, Borrower may by written notice to Administrative Agent elect to request the
establishment of one new term loan commitment (the “New Term Loan Commitment”) in an amount not in
excess of $90,000,000. Such notice shall specify (A) the date (the “Increased Amount Date”) on
which Borrower proposes that the New Term Loan Commitment shall be effective, which shall be a date
not less than 10 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to Administrative
Agent and (B) the identity of each Lender or other Person that is an Eligible Assignee (each, a
“New Term Loan Lender”) to whom Borrower proposes any portion of such New Term Loan Commitment be
allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided that Administrative Agent may elect
or decline to arrange such New Term Loan Commitment in its sole discretion and any Lender
approached to provide all or a portion of the New Term Loan Commitment may elect or decline, in its
sole discretion, to provide a New Term Loan Commitment. Such New Term Loan Commitment shall become
effective as of such Increased Amount Date; provided that (1) no Default or Event of
Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Term
Loan Commitment; (2) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with each
of the covenants set forth in Section 6.7 as of the last day of the most recently ended
Fiscal Quarter after giving effect to such New Term Loan Commitment; (3) the representations and
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shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects to the extent that such representation and warranty is
already qualified by materiality) on and as of the Increased Amount Date to the same extent as
though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties
specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall
have been true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects to the extent that such
representation and warranty is already qualified by materiality) on and as of such earlier date;
(4) the New Term Loan Commitment shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements
executed and delivered by Borrower, the New Term Loan Lenders and Administrative Agent, each of which shall be recorded
in the Register, and each New Term Loan Lender shall be subject to the requirements set forth in
Section 2.17(c); (5) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section
2.15(c) in connection with the New Term Loan Commitment; and (6) the Borrower shall deliver or
cause to be delivered any legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by Administrative
Agent in connection with any such transaction. The New Term Loans made on the Increased Amount
Date shall be designated a separate series of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.

               On the Increased Amount Date, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and
conditions, (i) each New Term Loan Lender shall make a Loan to Borrower (collectively, the “New
Term Loan”) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender
shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment and the New Term Loan
made pursuant thereto.

               Immediately upon receipt thereof, the Borrower shall cause 100% of the proceeds of the New
Term Loans to be deposited in the Settlement Escrow Account for further application in accordance
with Section 2.26.

               The terms and provisions of the New Term Loan and New Term Loan Commitment shall be, except as
otherwise set forth herein or in the Joinder Agreement, identical to the Term Loans. In any event,
the yield applicable to the New Term Loan shall be determined by Borrower and the applicable new
Lenders and shall be set forth in each applicable Joinder Agreement; provided
however that the yield applicable to the New Term Loans (after giving effect to all upfront
or similar fees or original issue discount payable with respect to such New Term Loans) shall not
be greater than the applicable yield payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement as amended
through the date of such calculation with respect to Term Loans (including any upfront fees or
original issue discount payable to the initial Lenders hereunder), plus 0.50% per annum
unless the interest rate with respect to the Term Loans is increased so as to cause the then
applicable yield under this Agreement on the Term Loans to equal the yield then applicable to the
New Term Loans (after giving effect to all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount
payable with respect to such New Term Loans), minus 0.50%; provided,
however, if, within 120 day after the funding of the New Term Loans, the Borrower repays
the entire principal amount of such New Term Loans with the proceeds of a Replacement Revolving
Facility substantially contemporaneously with the receipt of such proceeds (it being understood and
agreed that any such repayment of the New Term Loans made substantially contemporaneously with the
receipt of such proceeds of a Replacement Revolving Facility shall not be subject to the ratable
sharing provisions set forth in Section 2.14), to the extent that the interest rate with
respect to the Term Loans was increased pursuant to the foregoing proviso (such increased margins,
the “Increased Rate”), then, from and after the date of such repayment in full of the New Term
Loans, the interest rate that will apply to the Term Loans shall be the interest rate applicable to
the Term Loans prior to giving effect to the Increased Rate. Each Joinder Agreement may, without
the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of Administrative Agent to effect the
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          SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

          3.1. Closing Date. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the Closing Date is
subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following
conditions on or before the Closing Date:

               (a) Credit Documents. Administrative Agent shall have received sufficient copies of
each Credit Document (other than the Collateral Documents to be delivered after the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 3.1(g)(ii) and Section 3.5) as Administrative Agent shall
request, originally executed and delivered by each applicable Credit Party. Administrative Agent
and Collateral Agent shall be satisfied, each in their sole discretion, with the form and
substance of the Schedules and Exhibits hereto.

               (b) Organizational Documents; Incumbency. Administrative Agent shall have received,
in respect of each Credit Party, (i) sufficient copies of each Organizational Document as
Administrative Agent shall request, and, to the extent applicable, certified as of the Closing
Date or a recent date prior thereto by the appropriate Governmental Authority; (ii) signature and
incumbency certificates of the officers of such Credit Party; (iii) resolutions of the board of
directors (or similar governing body) of such Credit Party approving and authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it
is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the Closing Date, certified as of the
Closing Date by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without
modification or amendment; (iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental
Authority of such Credit Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation dated
the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto; and (v) such other documents as Administrative
Agent may reasonably request.

               (c) Organizational and Capital Structure. The organizational structure and capital
structure of Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall be as set forth on Schedule 4.1.

               (d) Closing Date. Borrower shall have satisfied the conditions precedent in this
Section 3.1, and the Lenders shall have made the Loans, on or before 5:00 p.m. (New York
time) on December 24, 2010.

               (e) Existing Indebtedness. Administrative Agent shall be satisfied, in its sole
discretion, that:

               (i) on the Closing Date, Holdings, Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have (i) repaid
in full all Existing Indebtedness, (ii) terminated any commitments to lend or make other
extensions of credit thereunder, (iii) delivered to Administrative Agent all documents or
instruments necessary to release all Liens securing Existing Indebtedness or other
obligations of Holdings, Borrower and its Subsidiaries thereunder being repaid on the
Closing Date and (iv) made arrangements satisfactory to Administrative Agent with respect to
the cancellation or cash collateralization of any outstanding letters of credit; and

               (ii) all Indebtedness of Holdings, Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the
Existing Indebtedness and the Loans) and any Liens securing the same that are outstanding
immediately prior to the Closing Date shall not exceed the amounts set forth on Schedule
6.1.

               (f) Governmental Authorizations and Consents. Each Credit Party shall have obtained
all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are necessary
or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and each of
the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Administrative Agent. All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action
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or threatened by any competent authority which would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose
adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents or the financing
thereof and no action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or
appeal with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any applicable
agency to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have expired.

          (g) Personal Property Collateral. In order to create in favor of Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of Secured Parties, or to evidence such creation, a valid, perfected First
Priority security interest in the personal property Collateral in the United States, each Credit
Party shall have delivered to Collateral Agent:

               (i) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent of the compliance by each Credit Party of
their obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents
(including their obligations to authorize UCC financing statements, and execute and deliver
originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper and any agreements governing deposit
and/or securities accounts as provided therein); including (A) the results of a recent
search, by a Person satisfactory to Collateral Agent, of all effective UCC financing
statements (or equivalent filings) made with respect to any personal or mixed property of
any Credit Party in the appropriate jurisdictions, together with copies of all such filings
disclosed by such search, and (B) UCC termination statements (or similar documents) duly
authorized and, if applicable, executed by all applicable Persons for filing in all
applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to terminate any effective UCC financing
statements (or equivalent filings) disclosed in such search (other than any such financing
statements in respect of Permitted Liens);

               (ii) the certificates evidencing all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests
owned by the Credit Parties and pledged pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, which
certificates shall be accompanied by undated instruments of transfer duly executed in blank,
and such other instruments and documents as shall be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion
of Administrative Agent, desirable under applicable law to perfect (subject to certain
Permitted Liens) the First Priority security interest of the Collateral Agent in such Equity
Interests; provided that, to the extent the terms of the Interim Order provide for a
perfected security interest in such Equity Interests, the Credit Parties shall be permitted
to deliver such certificates to Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after the
Closing Date or such longer period as may be agreed to by Administrative Agent, but in any
event, no longer than 15 Business Days after the Closing Date;

               (iii) evidence that each Credit Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any other
action, executed and delivered or caused to be executed and delivered any other agreement,
document and instrument and made or caused to be made any other filing and recording (other
than as set forth herein), including UCC financing statements, reasonably required by
Collateral Agent; and

               (iv) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent that Borrower has retained, at its sole
cost and expense, a service provider acceptable to Collateral Agent for the tracking of all
UCC financing statements of Borrower and the Guarantors and that will provide notification
to Collateral Agent of, among other things, the upcoming lapse or expiration thereof.

          (h) Financial Statements; Projections. Administrative Agent shall have received from
Holdings (i) the Historical Monthly Statements, (ii) pro forma consolidated balance sheets of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the Closing Date, and reflecting the consummation of the
Transaction, the related financings and the other transactions contemplated by the Credit
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to the Closing Date, which pro forma financial statements shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (iii) the Projections.

          (i) Opinion of Counsel to Credit Parties. Agents and Lenders and their respective
counsel shall have received originally executed copies of the favorable written opinion of
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for Credit Parties, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (and each Credit Party hereby instructs
such counsel to deliver such opinions to Agents and Lenders).

          (j) Fees. Borrower shall have paid to each Agent the fees payable on or before the
Closing Date referred to in Sections 2.8(a) and (f) and all expenses payable
pursuant to Section 10.2 which have accrued to the Closing Date.

          (k) Closing Date Certificate. Holdings and Borrower shall have delivered to
Administrative Agent an originally executed Closing Date Certificate, together with all
attachments thereto.

          (l) No Litigation. Other than the Chapter 11 Cases and the Anadarko Litigation,
there shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation, proceeding, hearing or other
legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or
Governmental Authority with respect to the Existing Indebtedness, the DIP Facility or that, in the
reasonable opinion of Administrative Agent, singly or in the aggregate, materially impairs the
Transaction, the financing thereof or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Credit
Documents or that could have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (m) Completion of Proceedings. All partnership, corporate and other proceedings
taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents
incidental thereto not previously found acceptable by Administrative Agent and its counsel shall
be satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent and such counsel, and Administrative
Agent and such counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified copies of
such documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

          (n) Letter of Direction. Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed
letter of direction from Borrower addressed to Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and
Lenders, directing the disbursement on the Closing Date of the proceeds of the Term Loans.

          (o) Minimum EBITDAR. The pro forma financial statements delivered to the Lender
pursuant to Section 3.1(h)(ii) shall show pro forma Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to the Transactions (calculated with such
additional adjustments that Administrative Agent agrees are appropriate) for the twelve-month
period ended September 30, 2010, and for the latest twelve-month period for which financial
statements are available, of not less than $160,000,000.

          (p) Patriot Act. At least 10 days prior to the Closing Date, the Lenders shall have
received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under
applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) the
“PATRIOT Act”).

          (q) Funding Notice. Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed and
delivered Funding Notice no later than one Business Day prior to the Closing Date or such shorter

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period of time acceptable to Administrative Agent.

          (r) No Default. As of the Closing Date, no event shall have occurred and be
continuing or would result from the consummation of the Transactions that would constitute an
Event of Default or a Default.

          (s) Plan Support Agreement and Equity Commitment Agreement. Each of the Plan Support
Agreement and the Equity Commitment Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the
parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent except in
accordance with the respective provisions thereof.

          (t) Initial Approved Budget. Administrative Agent shall have received an initial cash
flow budget for a period from the Closing Date to the Maturity Date (as in effect on the Closing
Date) substantially in the form of Exhibit M attached hereto (the “Initial Approved
Budget”) or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

          (u) Cash Flow Forecast. Administrative Agent shall have received an initial statement
of sources and uses of Cash of Borrower and its Subsidiaries from the first day of the week in
which the Closing Date occurs through the last day of the week that is 13 weeks thereafter
substantially in the form of Exhibit O or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent (the “Initial Cash Flow Forecast”).

          (v) Interim Order and Other Bankruptcy Court Filings. Administrative Agent shall
have received a signed copy of an order of the Bankruptcy Court in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit N or with such changes as shall be satisfactory to Administrative Agent
in its sole discretion (the “Interim Order”), which shall have been duly entered on the docket,
and the Interim Order shall be in full force and effect on or before 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on
October 27, 2010, and shall not have been vacated, reversed, modified, amended or stayed without
the written consent of Requisite Lenders and, if the Interim Order is the subject of a pending
appeal in any respect, neither the making of the Loans nor the performance by the Credit Parties
of their respective obligations under the Credit Documents shall be the subject of a presently
effective stay pending appeal.

          (w) Excess Availability. Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory
evidence that as of the Closing Date, and after giving effect to all payments to be made upon
consummation of the Transactions, that Excess Availability of Holdings and its Subsidiaries is
equal to or greater than $58,000,000.

          (x) Escrow Accounts. The Settlement Account Escrow Agreement shall be in full force
and effect, and the amount on deposit in the Settlement Escrow Account shall not be less than
$35,000,000, and (ii) the Working Capital Account Escrow Agreement shall be in full force and
effect.

     3.2. Conditions to Withdrawals from Working Capital Escrow Account and Settlement Escrow Account.

          (a) Conditions Precedent to Withdrawal from Working Capital Escrow Account. Borrower
shall have the right to make withdrawals from the Working Capital Escrow Account (a “Working
Capital Withdrawal”) for the working capital and general corporate purposes of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in the manner set forth in the Working Capital Escrow Agreement (unless otherwise
agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent), and Administrative Agent shall direct the Escrow
Agent to make such Working Capital Withdrawal, subject to the satisfaction of the following
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precedent on or prior to the date of each such proposed withdrawal (such date, the “Requested
Working Capital Withdrawal Date”):

               (i) Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed Withdrawal Certificate
signed by an Authorized Officer of Borrower no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at
least one Business Day prior to the Requested Working Capital Withdrawal Date and Borrower
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly confirm by telephone Administrative
Agent’s receipt of such Withdrawal Certificate; and

               (ii) Except with respect to withdrawals contemplated in Section 2.26(a),
Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed certificate of an Authorized
Officer certifying that:

                    (A) the ratio of (x) the net (after reserves maintained in conformity with
GAAP) book value of accounts receivable and inventory of the Credit Parties as of
the date of the most recent monthly financial statements delivered by Holdings to
Lenders pursuant to Section 5.1(a) to (y) the difference between the Working
Capital Escrow Amount and the aggregate principal amount of the Working Capital
Escrow Account as of the Requested Working Capital Withdrawal Date after giving
effect to such Working Capital Withdrawal shall be no less than 1.50:1.00;

                    (B) after giving pro forma effect to the intended application of proceeds of
the Working Capital Withdrawal to be made on the Requested Working Capital
Withdrawal Date, the aggregate Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit Parties
(excluding proceeds in the Working Capital Escrow Account, the Settlement Escrow
Account and the Reinvestment Accounts) shall not exceed $45,000,000; and

                    (C) as of such Requested Working Capital Withdrawal Date, no event shall have
occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of such Working
Capital Withdrawal (and the use of proceeds thereof) that would constitute an Event
of Default or a Default.

          (b) Conditions Precedent to Withdrawal from Settlement Escrow Account. Borrower shall
have the right to make withdrawals from the Settlement Escrow Account (a “Settlement Account
Withdrawal”) in order to fund one or more custodial accounts and for general corporate and working
capital purposes on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date in the manner set forth in the
Settlement Account Escrow Agreement (unless otherwise agreed to by Borrower and Administrative
Agent) and Administrative Agent shall direct the Escrow Agent to make such Settlement Account
Withdrawal, subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or prior to the
date of each such proposed withdrawal (such date, the “Requested Settlement Account Withdrawal
Date”):

               (i) Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed Withdrawal Certificate
signed by an Authorized Officer of Borrower no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at
least one Business Day prior to the Requested Settlement Account Withdrawal Date and
Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly confirm by telephone
Administrative Agent’s receipt of such Withdrawal Certificate; and

               (ii) Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed certificate of an
Authorized Officer certifying that as of such Requested Settlement Account Withdrawal Date,
no event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of such
Settlement Account Withdrawal (and the use of proceeds thereof) that would constitute an
Event of Default or a Default.

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               (c) Notices. Any Notice shall be executed by an Authorized Officer in a writing
delivered to Administrative Agent. In lieu of delivering a Notice, Borrower may give
Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed Working Capital
Withdrawal, Settlement Account Withdrawal or conversion/continuation, as the case may be;
provided each such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of the
applicable Notice to Administrative Agent on or before the close of business on the date that the
telephonic notice is given. In the event of a discrepancy between the telephone notice and the
written Notice, the written Notice shall govern. In the case of any Notice that is irrevocable
once given, if Borrower provides telephonic notice in lieu thereof, such telephone notice shall
also be irrevocable once given. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any
liability to Borrower in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that Administrative
Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other person
authorized on behalf of Borrower or for otherwise acting in good faith.

          3.3. [Reserved.]

          3.4. Exit Facility Option. The Lenders hereby grant Borrower the option (the “Exit Facility
Option”) to cause the DIP Facility to be converted to an Exit Facility in accordance with
Section 3.6 upon the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization, such option being
subject to the conditions of Section 3.5 of this Agreement.

          3.5. Conditions to Exit Facility Option. On or prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date,
the obligations of each Lender to continue to make or hold Loans and to extend the maturity thereof
beyond the Maturity Date then in effect are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance
with Section 10.5, of the following conditions on or before the Exit Facility Conversion
Date:

               (a) the Exit Facility Conversion Date shall occur not later than the Maturity Date as in
effect immediately prior to the exercise by Borrower of the Exit Facility Option;

               (b) Collateral Agent shall have received:

               (i) a completed Collateral Questionnaire dated as of a date on or about the Exit
Facility Conversion Date and executed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party,
together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including (A) the results of a recent
search, by a Person satisfactory to Collateral Agent, of all effective UCC financing
statements (or equivalent filings) made with respect to any personal or mixed property of
any Credit Party in the jurisdictions specified in the Collateral Questionnaire, together
with copies of all such filings disclosed by such search, and (B) UCC termination statements
(or similar documents) duly authorized and, if applicable, executed by all applicable
Persons for filing in all applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to terminate any
effective (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated to occur on the Exit
Facility Conversion Date) UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) disclosed in such
search (other than any such financing statements in respect of Permitted Liens);

               (ii) with respect to any New Credit Parties, and otherwise to the extent not
previously provided in connection with the DIP Facility, opinions of counsel (which counsel
shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) with respect to the creation and
perfection of the security interests in favor of Collateral Agent in such Collateral and
such other matters governed by the laws of each jurisdiction in which any Credit Party or
any personal property Collateral is located as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in
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delivered on the Closing Date with such changes as the Collateral Agent or
Administrative Agent may reasonably require;

               (iii) with respect to any New Credit Parties, and otherwise to the extent not
previously provided in connection with the DIP Facility, the certificates evidencing all of
the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned by the Credit Parties and pledged pursuant
to the Pledge and Security Agreement, which certificates shall be accompanied by undated
instruments of transfer duly executed in blank, and such other instruments and documents as
shall be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable under
applicable law to perfect (subject to certain Permitted Liens) the First Priority security
interest of the Collateral Agent in such Equity Interests; and

               (iv) evidence that each Credit Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any
other action, executed and delivered or caused to be executed and delivered any other
agreement, document and instrument and made or caused to be made any other filing and
recording (other than as set forth herein), including UCC financing statements, reasonably
required by Collateral Agent to the extent necessary to maintain or cause the perfection of
the Liens granted under the Credit Documents (to the extent required thereunder).

          (c) Collateral Agent shall have received endorsements from Borrower’s insurance broker naming
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, as additional insured and loss payee
thereunder to the extent required under Section 5.5.

          (d) All partnership, corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incidental thereto not previously delivered
and found acceptable by Administrative Agent and its counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to Administrative Agent and such counsel, and Administrative Agent and such
counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified copies of such documents
as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

          (e) Borrower shall have paid to Administrative Agent, for the account of Administrative Agent
and the Lenders, as applicable, all properly documented fees and expenses (including reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel payable hereunder) due and payable on or before the Exit Facility
Conversion Date).

          (f) (i) The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation Order and (x) the time to
appeal the Confirmation Order or to seek review, rehearing or certiorari with respect to the
Confirmation Order must have expired, (y) unless otherwise waived by Administrative Agent, no
appeal or petition for review, rehearing or certiorari with respect to the Confirmation Order may
be pending, and (z) the Confirmation Order must otherwise be in full force and effect, and shall
not have been vacated, reversed, modified, amended or stayed in any respect that, in the good
faith judgment of Administrative Agent, is adverse to any or all of Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders without the written consent of Administrative Agent, (ii) the
Plan of Reorganization and all documents filed in connection therewith (x) shall contain terms
that either (A) are not inconsistent with, or do not conflict with, the terms of the Credit
Documents, the Interim Order or the Final Order and do not adversely affect the Lenders’
interests, Liens, rights, remedies, benefits or other protections under the Credit Documents, or
(B) are acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, (y) shall have become effective
in accordance with its terms, and (z) shall not have been modified, altered, amended or otherwise
changed or supplemented in any respect that, in the good faith judgment of Administrative Agent,
is adverse to any or all of Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders without the
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effectiveness of the Plan of Reorganization (other than the conversion of the DIP Facility to
the Exit Facility pursuant hereto) shall have been satisfied or shall be satisfied substantially
simultaneously with the conversion of the DIP Facility to the Exit Facility or waived (with the
prior written consent of Administrative Agent if in the good faith judgment of Administrative
Agent such waiver is adverse to any or all of Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders), and (iv) the transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization and the
Confirmation Order to occur on the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization and the
Confirmation Order shall be consummated on the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization (and
pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, the Existing Credit Parties and the New Credit Parties and
their respective property shall have been discharged from, and have no further liability with
respect to, Claims and Liens against the Existing Credit Parties (including, without limitation,
with respect to Environmental Claimants, Environmental Legacy Liabilities and other Environmental
Claims) provided in the Plan of Reorganization) and substantially simultaneously with the
occurrence of the Exit Facility Conversion Date.

          (g) Administrative Agent shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and any
other applicable financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last month and
Fiscal Quarter ended at least 45 days prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date for which
financial statements are available, together with a Financial Officer Certification of Borrower
certifying that such balance sheet and other financial statements accurately present the financial
position of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in accordance with GAAP (to the extent applicable), as
of such date subject to changes resulting from fresh-start accounting and normal year-end
adjustments.

          (h) Administrative Agent shall have received an originally executed copy of the favorable
written opinions (substantially similar to those delivered on the Closing Date with such changes
as Administrative Agent may reasonably require) of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for Credit
Parties, dated as of the Exit Facility Conversion Date (and each Credit Party hereby instructs
such counsel to deliver such opinions to Administrative Agent and the Lenders).

          (i) After giving effect to the consummation of the Plan of Reorganization, each entity
proposed to be a Credit Party subsequent to the Exit Facility Conversion Date shall have obtained
(i) all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are
necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents, except for
those consents and Governmental Authorizations the failure of which to so obtain would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) those consents set forth on
Schedule 3.5(i), and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. After giving effect to the
consummation of the Plan of Reorganization, no change in law or regulation shall be applicable in
the reasonable judgment of Administrative Agent that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose
materially adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents or the
financing thereof. All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being
taken or threatened by any competent authority would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose
materially adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents or the
financing thereof and no action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing,
reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for
any applicable agency to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have
expired.

          (j) [Reserved.].

          (k) Borrower shall have given, and the Lenders shall have received, not less than ten
Business Days’ prior written notice of the exercise of the Exit Facility Option.

          (l) Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate from the chief

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financial officer, if any (or alternatively chief executive officer or chief restructuring
officer) of Holdings, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the confirmation of the Plan of
Reorganization, the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the occurrence of
the Exit Facility Conversion Date.

          (m) Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section
6.7(a) and (b) as of the most recent Fiscal Quarter-end for which financial statements
are available prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date.

          (n) Administrative Agent shall have received the Accession and Novation Agreement, executed
and delivered in accordance with Section 3.6(a).

          (o) As of the Exit Facility Conversion Date, after giving effect to the consummation of the
Plan of Reorganization (including the occurrence of the Exit Facility Conversion Date), the
representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true
and correct in all material respects on and as of the Exit Facility Conversion Date to the same
extent as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and
warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and
warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier
date.

          (p) As of the Exit Facility Conversion Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing
or would result from the exercise by Borrower of the Exit Facility Option that would constitute an
Event of Default or a Default.

          (q) Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that Excess Availability
of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the Exit Facility Conversion Date (after giving effect to
any payments required in connection with the consummation of the Plan of Reorganization and the
Exit Facility Conversion Date) is equal to or greater than $58,000,000.

          (r) The Henderson Lease Documents shall have been entered into and be in full force and
effect.

          (s) Concurrently with the consummation of the Plan of Reorganization, (a) all pre-existing
Indebtedness of the Credit Parties (other than the Term Loans and the Indebtedness and other
obligations outstanding under the Replacement Revolving Facility or any Alternative Facility)
shall have been satisfied or otherwise treated in the manner specified in the Plan of
Reorganization, and all Liens and security interests related thereto, to the extent required by
the Plan of Reorganization, shall have been terminated or released, (b) the respective
Indebtedness of the Credit Parties and any Liens securing same that are outstanding immediately
after the consummation of the Plan of Reorganization shall not exceed the amount contemplated by
the Plan of Reorganization, (c) no default shall have occurred and be continuing under the
Replacement Revolving Facility immediately prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, and (d)
there shall not occur as a result of, and after giving effect to, the Exit Facility Option and the
Revolving Exit Facility Option, a default (or any event which with the giving of notice or lapse
of time or both will be a default) under any of the reorganized Credit Parties’ debt instruments
and other material agreements.

          (t) Holdings shall have (i) received the net proceeds of the New Money Investment, the gross
amount of which shall be no less than $185,000,000, and such New Money Investment shall otherwise
be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and (ii) contributed the
same to Borrower as cash common equity, and the net proceeds thereof shall be used to fund, in
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reorganized Credit Parties shall have the funds necessary to make the Trust Payments in full
on the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization (and all sources of such funds shall be in an
amount and in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion) and
such funds shall be used to fund, together with the New Money Investment, the Trust Payments in
full.

          (u) All Environmental Claimants shall have signed a settlement or other agreement, in each
case, setting forth and confirming their respective agreements to release and/or covenant not to
sue the reorganized Credit Parties (and any other Credit Parties under the Exit Facility) from and
against any liability in respect of any Environmental Claims (on the terms and conditions set
forth in the Plan of Reorganization and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Administrative Agent), and the Environmental Settlement Documents shall be in full force and
effect, be a legally valid and binding obligation of each party thereto and all notice and comment
periods required under applicable law with respect thereto shall have expired.

          (v) In order to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected First Priority
security interest in certain Real Estate Assets, Collateral Agent shall have received from
Borrower and each applicable Guarantor:

               (i) fully executed and notarized Mortgages, in proper form for recording in all
appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, encumbering each Real Estate Asset
listed in Schedule 3.5(v) (each, a “Mortgaged Property”);

               (ii) an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to
Collateral Agent) in each state in which a Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the
enforceability of Mortgages to be recorded in such state and such other matters as
Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Collateral Agent;

               (iii) to the extent available after the use of commercially reasonable efforts by the
Credit Parties, in the case of each Leasehold Property that is a Material Real Estate Asset,
(1) a Landlord Consent and Estoppel and (2) evidence that such Leasehold Property is a
Recorded Leasehold Interest;

               (iv) (A) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies with all endorsements requested by
Collateral Agent or unconditional commitments therefor issued by one or more title companies
reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent with respect to each Mortgaged Property (each, a
“Title Policy”), in amounts not less than the fair market value of each Mortgaged Property,
together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto, dated not more
than thirty days prior to the Closing Date and copies of all recorded documents listed as
exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, each in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Collateral Agent and (B) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent that such
Credit Party has paid to the title company or to the appropriate governmental authorities
all expenses and premiums of the title company and all other sums required in connection
with the issuance of each Title Policy and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage
recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgages for each
Mortgaged Property in the appropriate real estate records;

               (v) flood certifications with respect to all Mortgaged Properties and evidence of flood
insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that
participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with any

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applicable regulations of the Board of Governors, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Collateral Agent; and

               (vi) ALTA surveys of all Mortgaged Properties which are not Leasehold Properties,
certified to Collateral Agent.

               (w) Administrative Agent shall have received from Borrower and each applicable Guarantor
fully executed and notarized Intellectual Property Security Agreements, in proper form for filing
or recording in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and/or the U.S. Copyright Office, as
applicable memorializing and recording the Lien on the U.S. Intellectual Property owned by any
Credit Party and listed in Schedule 5.2 to the Pledge and Security Agreement.

               (x) Borrower shall have caused the depositary institution maintaining each Deposit Account
(other than (x) payroll accounts and (y) accounts holding Cash and Cash Equivalents of no more
than $2,500,000 as of the close of business on each Business Day) to enter into a customary
Control Agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, pursuant to which such
institution shall agree to comply with Administrative Agent’s instructions with respect to the
disposition of funds in such Deposit Account upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default.

          3.6. Conversion to Exit Facility. (a) Pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization and upon the
effective date thereof, the reorganized Borrower and the reorganized Guarantors and/or certain
other newly-formed entities (the “New Credit Parties”) which are reasonably acceptable to
Administrative Agent shall have purchased or otherwise acquired substantially all of the Facilities
and other related operating assets (other than property subject to the Environmental Legacy
Liabilities, except for the Facilities located in Henderson, Nevada and Savannah, Georgia, of
Borrower and the Guarantors) (the Persons in such capacities as of the time immediately prior to
the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the “Existing Credit Parties”). In the event that Borrower
exercises the Exit Facility Option and upon (i) the execution and delivery by the New Credit
Parties and the Existing Credit Parties of an accession, assumption and novation agreement in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (the “Accession and Novation
Agreement”) and (ii) the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) of
the other conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.5:

               (i) each of (x) the Existing Credit Parties and (y) Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall be released from further obligations towards one
another under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and their respective rights
against one another shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);

               (ii) each of (x) the New Credit Parties and (y) Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the Lenders shall, by novation, assume obligations towards one another and/or
acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations
only insofar as that each New Credit Party and Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
and the Lenders shall have assumed and/or acquired the same respective obligations and
rights in place of each Existing Credit Party (in each case as either Borrower or Guarantor,
as specified in the Accession and Novation Agreement) and Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders; and each New Credit Party shall become a party hereto as
the “Borrower” or as a “Guarantor”, as applicable;

               (iii) Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall retain the same
rights and obligations among themselves as they would have had the New Credit Parties at all
times been Existing Credit Parties; and

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               (iv) on and following the Exit Facility Conversion Date the defined terms “Borrower”,
“Guarantor” and “Credit Parties” shall be construed to refer to each applicable New Credit
Party, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.6(a).

               (b) Each of the Existing Credit Parties, the New Credit Parties, Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall take such actions and execute and deliver such agreements,
instruments or other documents (at the sole joint and several cost and expense of the Existing
Credit Parties and the New Credit Parties) as Administrative Agent may reasonably request and
solely as are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Section 3.6 including
amending or amending and restating this Agreement to remove those provisions that apply solely to
the period prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date; provided, however that the consent
of, or other action by, any of the Lenders or Agents is not a condition precedent to the
effectiveness of the Accession and Novation Agreement and the provisions of Section
3.6(a).

          SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     In order to induce Agents and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make each Loan to be
made thereby, each Credit Party represents and warrants to each Agent and Lender, on the Closing
Date and the Exit Facility Conversion Date that the following statements are true and correct (it
being understood and agreed that the representations and warranties made on the Closing Date are
deemed to be made concurrently with the consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereby):

          4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification. Each of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization as identified in Schedule 4.1, (b) has all requisite power and
authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted, upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Interim Order, to enter into
the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby,
and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing (or with respect to Foreign Subsidiaries,
to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) in every jurisdiction where
its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in
jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not
be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

          4.2. Equity Interests and Ownership. The Equity Interests of each of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, as of the date hereof, there is no existing option,
warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is
a party requiring, and there is no membership interest or other Equity Interests of Holdings or any
of its Subsidiaries outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of any additional membership interests or other Equity
Interests of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or other Securities convertible into, exchangeable
for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, a membership interest or other Equity
Interests of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.2 correctly sets forth the
ownership interest of Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries as of
the Closing Date.

          4.3. Due Authorization. (A) On the Closing Date, upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the
Interim Order, the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Credit Party that is a party thereto and (B)
on the Exit Facility Conversion Date, upon entry of the Bankruptcy Court of the Confirmation Order,
the execution, delivery and performance of any Credit Documents entered into on such date, have
been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Credit Party that is a party
thereto.

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          4.4. No Conflict. (A) On the Closing Date, upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Interim
Order, and (B) on the Exit Facility Conversion Date, upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the
Confirmation Order, in each case, the execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the
Credit Documents entered into on such date and to which such Credit Parties are parties and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Credit Documents do not and will not (a)
violate (i) any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any of the Organizational Documents of Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (iii) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government
binding on Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or
constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries; (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any
Liens created under any of the Credit Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, on behalf of the
Secured Parties and any Liens created under any Additional Facility Credit Documents in favor of
the Replacement Facility Agent or any Alternative Facility Agent, as the case may be); or (d)
require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any Person
under any Contractual Obligation of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such approvals
or consents which will be obtained on or before the Closing Date and disclosed in writing to
Lenders.

          4.5. Governmental Consents. (A) On the Closing Date, upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court of
the Interim Order, and (B) on the Exit Facility Conversion Date, upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court
of the Confirmation Order, in each case, the execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties
of the Credit Documents entered into on such date and to which such Credit Parties are parties and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Credit Documents do not and will not
require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or
by, any Governmental Authority except for entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Interim Order and
except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered
to Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, as of the Closing Date.

          4.6. Binding Obligation. (A) On the Closing Date, upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the
Interim Order, and (B) on the Exit Facility Conversion Date, upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court of
the Confirmation Order, in each case, each Credit Document entered into on such date has been duly
executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is a party thereto and, upon entry by the
Bankruptcy Court of the Interim Order, is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Credit
Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or
limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

          4.7. Historical Financial Statements. The Historical Financial Statements (other than
restatements due to environmental or tort liabilities) were prepared in conformity with GAAP and
fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, on a consolidated basis, of the
Persons described in such financial statements as at the respective dates thereof and the results
of operations and cash flows, on a consolidated basis, of the entities described therein for each
of the periods then ended, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements, to
changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.

          4.8. Projections. On and as of the Closing Date, the projections of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the period commencing with the Closing Date through December 31, 2013 (the
“Projections”) are based on good faith estimates and assumptions made by the management of
Holdings; provided, the Projections are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results
during the period or periods covered by the Projections may differ from such Projections and that
the differences may be material; provided, further, as of the Closing Date,
management of Borrower believed that the Projections were reasonable and attainable.

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          4.9. No Material Adverse Effect. Since September 30, 2008, other than the filing of the
Chapter 11 Cases, no event, circumstance or change has occurred that has caused or evidences, or
could reasonably be expected to result in, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.

          4.10. Adverse Proceedings, Etc. Except for the Chapter 11 Cases, there are no Adverse
Proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any applicable
laws that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs,
injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign,
that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

          4.11. Payment of Taxes. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.3, all
Post-Petition tax returns and reports of Holdings and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any
of them have been timely filed, and all Post-Petition Taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and
payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon Holdings and its Subsidiaries
and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises which are due and
payable have been paid when due and payable. Holdings knows of no proposed tax assessment against
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries which is not being actively contested by Holdings or such
Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; provided, such reserves or other
appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made
or provided therefor.

          4.12. Properties.

               (a) Title. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries has (i) good and legal title to (in
the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of
leasehold interests in real or personal property), (iii) valid licensed or other rights in (in the
case of licensed or other interests in Intellectual Property) and (iv) good title to (in the case
of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in their
respective Historical Financial Statements (as restated) referred to in Section 4.7 and in
the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1, in each case
except for assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course
of business or as otherwise permitted under Section 6.8. Except as permitted by this
Agreement, all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens other than Permitted Liens.

               (b) Real Estate. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.12 contains a true,
accurate and complete list of (i) all Real Estate Assets, and (ii) all leases, subleases or
assignments of leases (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals or
extensions of any thereof) affecting each Real Estate Asset of any Credit Party, regardless of
whether such Credit Party is the landlord or tenant (whether directly or as an assignee or
successor in interest) under such lease, sublease or assignment. Each agreement listed in
clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence is in full force and effect and Holdings
does not have knowledge of any default that has occurred and is continuing thereunder, and each
such agreement constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of each applicable Credit
Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to
or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles.

          4.13. Environmental Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13 hereto:

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          (a) Current Operations. Other than with respect to either Environmental Legacy
Liabilities or exceptions that could not reasonably be expected to either (x) result in liability
in excess of $20,000,000 or (y) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect:

               (i) Holdings and its Subsidiaries (A) are and have been in compliance with all
applicable Environmental Laws, and (B) have obtained, and maintained in full force and
effect, all Governmental Authorizations arising under Environmental Laws that are necessary
for the conduct of the Business and the Tiwest Joint Venture in compliance with
Environmental Laws;

               (ii) neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any unresolved written
notice, report or other written communication regarding any actual or alleged material
violation of Environmental Laws or any unresolved actual or alleged Environmental
Liabilities relating to the Business, the Facilities or the Tiwest Joint Venture;

               (iii) no Release affecting the Business, any Facility or the Tiwest Joint Venture has
occurred or is occurring at or from any of the Facilities or by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries on any other property that requires notice to any Governmental Authority, any
form of Remedial Action under applicable Environmental Law, or that could reasonably be
expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim;

               (iv) neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has by law or contract agreed to,
assumed or retained any material Environmental Liability or responsibility for any
Environmental Claim, including under any lease, purchase agreement, sale agreement, joint
venture agreement or other binding corporate or real estate document or agreement related to
the Business, the Facilities or the Tiwest Joint Venture; and

               (v) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings and Borrower, threatened
Environmental Claims related to the Business, the Facilities or the Tiwest Joint Venture
and, to the knowledge of Holdings and Borrower, there are no violations of Environmental Law
or Releases that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of any such Environmental
Claim; and

               (vi) the Products are being, or have been, pre-registered and registered within the
meaning of the Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation,
Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals of the European Union and all rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, and do and will comply with all statutory and EC
requirements and regulations relating to the Products or to the sale of the Products in the
European Union.

          (b) Environmental Legacy Liabilities.

               (i) Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Environmental Legacy
Liabilities, except for any such Environmental Legacy Liabilities that could not reasonably
be expected to after entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Final Order (A) result in
liability in excess of $20,000,000, or (B) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.

               (ii) Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has Released any Hazardous Materials
in a manner, location or quantity that could reasonably be expected to commingle with, or to
exacerbate, any Henderson Legacy Contamination, except for such Release that would not
reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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               (c) Holdings has provided Administrative Agent, or its agents or consultants, with access to
all significant environmental reports, data (including in relation to energy consumption, energy
generation and emissions of greenhouse gases to the extent such data exists), documents, studies,
analyses, investigations, audits and reviews in the possession or control of, or otherwise
reasonably available to, Holdings or its Subsidiaries as necessary to reasonably disclose to any
material Environmental Liabilities with respect to any Facility.

               (d) No material Lien has been recorded or, to the knowledge of Holdings and Borrower,
threatened by any Governmental Authority under any Environmental Law with respect to any Facility.

This Section 4.13 contains the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of
Holdings with respect to any environmental, health or safety matters, including without limitation
any arising under any Environmental Laws.

          4.14. No Defaults. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained
in any of its Post-Petition Contractual Obligations other than as a result of the filing of the
Chapter 11 Cases (and any payment default directly related to such filing), and no condition exists
which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, could constitute such a default,
except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          4.15. Material Contracts. Schedule 4.15 contains a true, correct and complete list of
all the Material Contracts in effect on the Closing Date, and as of the Closing Date, except as
described on Schedule 4.15, all such Material Contracts are in full force and effect and no
Post-Petition defaults currently exist thereunder other than as a result of the filing of the
Chapter 11 Cases (and any payment default directly related to such filing as of the Closing Date).

          4.16. Governmental Regulation. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to
regulation under the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other
federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which
may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. Neither Holdings nor any
of its Subsidiaries is a “registered investment company” or a company “controlled” by a “registered
investment company” or a “principal underwriter” of a “registered investment company” as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

          4.17. Margin Stock. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any Margin Stock.

          4.18. Employee Matters. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair
labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (a)
no unfair labor practice complaint pending against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the
best knowledge of Holdings and Borrower, threatened against any of them before the National Labor
Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective
bargaining agreement that is so pending against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best
knowledge of Holdings and Borrower, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage
in existence or threatened involving Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) to the best
knowledge of Holdings and Borrower, no union representation question existing with respect to the
employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of Holdings and
Borrower, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter
specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the
aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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          4.19. Employee Benefit Plan. Employee Benefit Plan. Except as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect Holdings, each of its Subsidiaries and,
with respect to a Pension Plan, each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with
all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan,
and have performed all their obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan. Each Employee Benefit
Plan which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has either
received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that such
Employee Benefit Plan is so qualified or may rely on a favorable opinion letter issued by the
Internal Revenue Service, and, to the knowledge of Holdings and each Subsidiary of Holdings,
nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter which would cause such
Employee Benefit Plan to lose its qualified status. Except for any liability which is in effect
immediately prior to or arises during the Chapter 11 Cases and which is discharged in the Chapter
11 Cases, no material liability to the PBGC (other than required premium payments and required
minimum funding contributions), the Internal Revenue Service, any Employee Benefit Plan or any
trust established under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by Holdings, any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. Except for any event which arises due to or
during the Chapter 11 Cases and which will be discharged in the Chapter 11 Cases, no ERISA Event
has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.

          4.21. Certain Fees. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.20, no broker’s or finder’s fee
or commission will be payable with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, except as
payable to Agents and Lenders.

          4.22. Solvency. On the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the Credit Parties taken as a whole are
and, upon the incurrence of any Obligation by any Credit Party on any date on or after the Exit
Facility Conversion Date on which this representation and warranty is made, will be Solvent.

          4.23. Compliance with Statutes, Etc. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries is in material
compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions
imposed by, all Governmental Authorities, in respect of the conduct of its business and the
ownership of its property, except such non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          4.24. Disclosure. No representation or warranty of any Credit Party contained in any Credit
Document or in any other documents, certificates or written statements furnished to any Agent or
Lender by or on behalf of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries for use in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
a material fact (known to Holdings or Borrower, in the case of any document not furnished by either
of them) necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in
light of the circumstances in which the same were made. Any projections and pro forma financial
information contained in such materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions
believed by Holdings or Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by Lenders
that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results
during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results.

          4.25. Reorganization Matters; Secured, Super-Priority Obligations. On and after the Closing
Date and until the Exit Facility Conversion Date:

               (a) The Chapter 11 Cases were commenced on the Petition Date in accordance with

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applicable law and proper notice has been given of (x) the motion seeking approval of the
Credit Documents and the Interim Order and Final Order, (y) the hearing for the approval of the
Interim Order, and (z) promptly after the scheduling thereof, the hearing for the approval of the
Final Order.

               (b) The provisions of the Credit Documents and the Interim Order (with respect to the period
prior to entry of the Final Order) or the Final Order (with respect to the period on and after
entry of the Final Order), as the case may be, are effective to create in favor of the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and perfected Liens on and security
interests in all right, title and interest in the Collateral, having the priority provided for
herein and in the Interim Order (with respect to the period prior to entry of the Final Order) or
the Final Order (with respect to the period on and after entry of the Final Order), as the case
may be, and enforceable against the Credit Parties.

               (c) Pursuant to subclause (c)(2) of Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Interim Order
(with respect to the period prior to entry of the Final Order) or the Final Order (with respect to
the period on and after entry of the Final Order), as the case may be, all Obligations are secured
by a perfected First Priority Lien on all unencumbered Collateral.

               (d) Pursuant to subclause (c)(3) of Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Interim Order
(with respect to the period prior to entry of the Final Order) or the Final Order (with respect to
the period on and after entry of the Final Order), as the case may be, all Obligations are secured
by a junior Lien on all Collateral (x) that is subject to valid, perfected and unavoidable Liens
in existence as of the Petition Date or (y) that is subject to valid Liens in existence on the
Petition Date that are perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by Section 546(b) of
the Bankruptcy Code, in each case, solely to the extent such Liens were senior to the Liens
securing the Existing Indebtedness, after giving effect to any intercreditor or subordination
agreements.

               (e) Pursuant to subclause (d) of Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Interim Order
(with respect to the period prior to entry of the Final Order) or the Final Order (with respect to
the period on and after entry of the Final Order), as the case may be, all Obligations are secured
by a senior priming Lien on all Collateral that is senior to (x) all Liens securing the Existing
Indebtedness (which Liens are required to be released on the Closing Date) and (y) all Liens that
are junior to the Liens securing the Existing Indebtedness, after giving effect to any
intercreditor or subordination agreements.

               (f) Pursuant to clause (c)(1) of Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Interim Order and
the Final Order, all Obligations and all other obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit
Documents at all times shall constitute allowed super-priority administrative expense claims in
the Chapter 11 Cases having priority over all other costs and expenses of the kinds specified in,
or ordered pursuant to, Sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 546(c),
726, 1114 or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, and shall at all times be
senior to the rights of Credit Parties, the estates of Credit Parties, and any successor trustee
or estate representative in the Chapter 11 Cases or any subsequent proceeding or case under the
Bankruptcy Code, subject only to the Carve-Out; provided, that such super-priority
administrative claim shall be pari passu with the super-priority administrative claim of the
Replacement Facility Agent pursuant to the Replacement Facility Credit Documents.

               (g) The Interim Order (with respect to the period prior to entry of the Final Order) or the
Final Order (with respect to the period on and after entry of the Final Order), as the case may
be, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, are in full force and effect and have
not been vacated, reversed, modified, amended or stayed without the prior written consent of
Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders.

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          4.26. PATRIOT Act. To the extent applicable, each Credit Party is in compliance, in all
material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign
assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V,
as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the
PATRIOT Act. No part of the proceeds of the Term Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for
any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political
party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to
obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United
States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

          SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that, until payment in full of all Obligations, each
Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform (including, with
respect to Section 5.3 and Section 5.6, any Securitization Subsidiary), all
covenants in this Section 5.

          5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports. Holdings will deliver to Administrative Agent
and Lenders:

               (a) Monthly Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the
end of each month ending after the Closing Date (or 45 days after the end of each month, in the
case of the month in which the Exit Facility Conversion Date occurs and the immediately succeeding
month), except for the last month of each Fiscal Quarter and of each Fiscal Year, commencing with
the month in which the Closing Date occurs, (i) the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such month and for the
period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such month, setting forth
in each case in comparative form (to the extent such comparison is capable of being produced) the
corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, commencing with
the first month for which such corresponding figures are available, to the extent prepared on a
monthly basis, all in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a
Narrative Report with respect thereto and (ii) reports with respect to non-ordinary course asset
sales, facility closures and other matters reasonably requested by the Lenders;

               (b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within 45
days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year (or 60 days after the end of the
Fiscal Quarter, in the case of the Fiscal Quarter in which the Exit Facility Conversion Date
occurs), commencing with the Fiscal Quarter in which the Closing Date occurs, the consolidated
balance sheets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the
related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current
Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form (to
the extent such comparison is capable of being produced) the corresponding figures for the
corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, commencing with the first Fiscal Quarter for
which such corresponding figures are available, and, for the first four Fiscal Quarters after the
Closing Date, the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan for the applicable Fiscal Year,
all in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative Report
with respect thereto;

               (c) Annual Financial Statements. (i)(A) As soon as available, and in any event
within 90 days after the end of the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2010, the unaudited
consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and
the related

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unaudited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form (to the
extent such comparison is capable of being produced) the corresponding figures for the previous
Fiscal Year, commencing with the first Fiscal Year for which such corresponding figures are
available, and the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan, if any, covered by such
financial statements, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a
Narrative Report with respect thereto and, (B) as soon as available, (1) the audited consolidated
balance sheets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related
audited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form (to the extent
such comparison is capable of being produced) the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal
Year, commencing with the first Fiscal Year for which such corresponding figures are available,
and the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan, if any, covered by such financial
statements, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative
Report with respect thereto and, (2) with respect to such audited consolidated financial
statements, a report thereon of Grant Thornton LLP or other independent certified public
accountants of recognized national or regional standing selected by Holdings, and reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent (which report and/or the accompanying financial statements
shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit, and shall state that such
consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial position of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of
their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on
a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements)
and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial
statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) together with a
written statement by such independent certified public accountants stating (1) that their audit
examination has included a review of the terms of Section 6.7 of this Agreement and the
related definitions, (2) to the extent the accountants agree to so provide, whether, in connection
therewith, any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default under
Section 6.7 has come to their attention and, if such a condition or event has come to
their attention, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, and (3) that nothing has
come to their attention that causes them to believe that the information contained in any
Compliance Certificate is not correct or that the matters set forth in such Compliance Certificate
are not stated in accordance with the terms hereof (such a report and written statement, an
“Auditor’s Report”); and (ii) as soon as available, and in any event within 90 days after the end
of each Fiscal Year ending on or after December 31, 2011, the audited consolidated balance sheets
of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related audited
consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form (to the extent
such comparison is capable of being produced) the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal
Year, commencing with the first Fiscal Year for which such corresponding figures are available,
and the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan, if any, covered by such financial
statements, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative
Report with respect thereto, and, (ii) with respect to such audited consolidated financial
statements, an Auditor’s Report;

               (d) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of financial statements of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 5.1(a), 5.1(b) and
5.1(c), a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate; provided that
Holdings shall not be required to provide a Compliance Certificate together with the financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) following the Exit Facility Conversion
Date;

               (e) Cash Flow Forecast and Variance Report. Prior to the Exit Facility Conversion
Date, if on any date Excess Availability of Holdings and its Subsidiaries is less than
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not later than 7:00 P.M. New York City time on each Thursday (or if any such Thursday is not
a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) thereafter, (i) a supplement to the Initial Cash
Flow Forecast extending the Initial Cash Flow Forecast for an additional week (each, a “Cash Flow
Forecast”) and (ii) a comparison of each line item set forth in the most recent Cash Flow Forecast
for the week most recently ended on a Wednesday against the actual performance for such week with
respect to each line item, including actual cash receipts, disbursements and total available
liquidity and borrowing availability (and on a cumulative basis from the Closing Date to the date
of such report), in the form attached as Exhibit P or otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent (a “Variance Report”), in each case with written explanations
of material variances, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and
certified by the chief financial officer, if any (or alternatively chief executive officer or
chief restructuring officer) of Holdings that such Cash Flow Forecast and Variance Report have
been prepared in good faith and based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time when
prepared;

               (f) Approved Budget. Prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, at Borrower’s
election, proposed updates to the most recent Approved Budget; provided, that the Credit
Parties shall continue to be subject to and governed by the terms of the Approved Budget then in
effect;

               (g) Statements of Reconciliation after Change in Accounting Principles. If, as a
result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in the preparation of
the Historical Financial Statements, the consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or 5.1(c) will differ in any
material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered
pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made,
then (unless, in the case of “fresh start” accounting changes contemplated to occur on the Exit
Facility Conversion Date there is no adverse impact to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR), together
with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements of
reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent;

               (h) Notice of Default. Promptly upon any officer of Holdings or Borrower obtaining
knowledge (i) of any condition or event that constitutes or will constitute with the passage of
time a Default or an Event of Default or that notice has been given to Holdings or Borrower with
respect thereto; (ii) that any Person has given any notice to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries
or taken any other action with respect to any event or condition set forth in Section
8.1(m); or (iii) of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either
in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of an Authorized Officer
specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying
the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of
Default, Default, default, event or condition, and what action Borrower has taken, is taking and
proposes to take with respect thereto;

               (i) Notice of Litigation. Promptly upon any officer of Holdings or Borrower
obtaining knowledge of (i) any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Borrower
to Lenders, or (ii) any development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either
clause (i) or (ii) could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
or seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain
relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, written notice thereof together with
such other information as may be reasonably available to Holdings or Borrower to enable Lenders
and their counsel to evaluate such matters;

               (j) ERISA. (i) Promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming
occurrence of any ERISA Event, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action
Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is taking
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take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal
Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto; and (ii) with
reasonable promptness upon the request of Administrative Agent, copies of (1) each Schedule SB
(Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by Holdings, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to each Pension Plan; (2) all notices received by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event;
and (3) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee
Benefit Plan;

               (k) Financial Plan. On and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, as soon as
practicable and in any event no later than thirty days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year,
(i) a consolidated plan and financial forecast for each Fiscal Quarter of such Fiscal Year,
including a forecasted consolidated balance sheet and forecasted consolidated statements of income
and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for each such Fiscal Quarter of such Fiscal Year,
and an explanation of the assumptions on which such forecasts are based and, (ii) a consolidated
plan and financial forecast for each of the two subsequent Fiscal Years, including a forecasted
consolidated balance sheet and forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash flows of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries for each such Fiscal Year, and an explanation of the assumptions on
which such forecasts are based (each plan delivered pursuant to clause (i) or (ii)
above, a “Financial Plan”);

               (l) Insurance Report. As soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after
the end of each Fiscal Year, a certificate from Borrower’s insurance broker(s) in form and
substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent outlining all material insurance coverage
maintained as of the date of such certificate by Holdings and its Subsidiaries;

               (m) Notice Regarding Material Contracts. Promptly, and in any event within ten
Business Days (i) after any Material Contract of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is terminated
or amended in a manner that is materially adverse to Holdings or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be, or (ii) any new Material Contract is entered into, a written statement describing such event,
with copies of such material amendments or new contracts, delivered to Administrative Agent (to
the extent such delivery is permitted by the terms of any such Material Contract;
provided, no such prohibition on delivery shall be effective if it were bargained for by
Holdings or its applicable Subsidiary with the intent of avoiding compliance with this Section
5.1(m)), and an explanation of any actions being taken with respect thereto;

               (n) Information Regarding Collateral. (a) Borrower will furnish to Collateral Agent
prompt written notice of any change (i) in any Credit Party’s corporate name, (ii) in any Credit
Party’s identity or corporate structure, (iii) in any Credit Party’s jurisdiction of organization
or (iv) in any Credit Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or state organizational
identification number. Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the
preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or
otherwise that are required in order for Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such
change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral as
contemplated in the Collateral Documents. Borrower also agrees promptly to notify Collateral
Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed or otherwise impaired or
adversely affected;

               (o) Annual Collateral Verification. Within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal
Year, commencing with the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2011, Borrower shall deliver to
Collateral Agent a certificate of its Authorized Officer (i) either confirming that there has been
no change in the information set forth in the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this
Section and/or identifying such changes and (ii) certifying that all Uniform Commercial Code
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fixtures filings, as applicable) and all supplemental Intellectual Property Security
Agreements or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, have been filed of record in
each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant
to clause (n) above (or in the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this
Section 5.1(o)) to the extent necessary to effect, protect and perfect the security
interests under the Collateral Documents (to the extent perfection may be achieved by the
foregoing filings) for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate
(except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such
period);

               (p) Other Information. (A) Promptly upon their becoming available, copies of (i) all
financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by
Holdings to its security holders acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of Holdings to its
security holders, (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and
prospectuses, if any, filed by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or
with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Governmental Authority, (iii) all press
releases and other statements made available generally by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to
the public concerning material developments in the business of Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iv) all pleadings, motions, applications and judicial information filed by or on
behalf of Credit Parties with the Bankruptcy Court or provided to the U.S. Trustee (or any monitor
or interim receiver, if any, appointed in any Chapter 11 Case) or the Committee, at the time such
document is filed with the Bankruptcy Court, or provided by or to the U.S. Trustee or the
Committee, (v) all proposed orders and pleadings related to this Agreement or any Replacement
Facility Credit Document, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, any plan of reorganization or liquidation and/or any disclosure statement
related to such plan and all documents filed with the Bankruptcy Court of distributed to any
Committee, and (B) such other information and data with respect to Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or any
Lender including, without limitation, with respect to (x) the Anadarko Litigation and (y)
negotiations with respect to the Plan of Reorganization;

               (q) Certification of Public Information. Holdings, Borrower and each Lender
acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be Public Lenders and, if documents or notices
required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 or otherwise are being distributed
through IntraLinks/IntraAgency, SyndTrak or another relevant website or other information platform
(the “Platform”), any document or notice that Holdings or Borrower has indicated contains
Non-Public Information shall not be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such
Public Lenders. Each of Holdings and Borrower agrees to clearly designate all information
provided to Administrative Agent by or on behalf of Holdings or Borrower which is suitable to make
available to Public Lenders. If Holdings or Borrower has not indicated whether a document or
notice delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 contains Non-Public Information,
Administrative Agent reserves the right to post such document or notice solely on that portion of
the Platform designated for Lenders who wish to receive material non-public information with
respect to Holdings, its Subsidiaries and their securities;

               (r) Replacement Revolving Facility. Concurrently with the delivery thereof, Holdings
and Borrower shall deliver copies of all reports and other information provided to the agents and
lenders under the Replacement Revolving Facility and shall provide notice of all conference calls
and meetings of the Credit Parties and the lenders under such Replacement Revolving Facility to
the extent not prohibited by the Replacement Facility Agent or any such lenders; and

               (s) Chapter 11 Cases. As soon as practicable in advance of filing with the Bankruptcy
Court, the Credit Parties shall provide to Administrative Agent and each Lender copies of all
pleadings, notices, orders, agreements, and all other documents served, filed or entered, as the
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connection with, or in relation to, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Credit Documents, or any
Additional Facility Credit Documents, or in each case, the transactions contemplated thereunder.
Borrower shall give, on a timely basis as specified in the Interim Order or the Final Order, as
applicable, all notices required to be given to all parties specified in the Interim Order or
Final Order, as applicable.

          5.2. Existence. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.8 or as contemplated by
the Plan of Reorganization, each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at
all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all rights and franchises,
licenses and permits material to its business; provided, no Credit Party (other than
Borrower with respect to existence) or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any
such existence, right or franchise, licenses and permits if such Person’s board of directors (or
similar governing body) shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the
conduct of the business of such Person, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any
material respect to such Person or to Lenders.

          5.3. Payment of Taxes and Claims. To the extent permitted by the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise
provided by the Bankruptcy Court, each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries
(including any Securitization Subsidiary) to, pay all material Post-Petition Taxes imposed upon it
or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises
before any penalty or fine accrues thereon, and all Post-Petition claims (including claims for
labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law
have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when any penalty
or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided, no such Post-Petition Tax or
Post-Petition claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as (a) adequate reserve or other appropriate
provision, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, and (b) in
the case of a Tax or claim which has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such
contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Collateral to
satisfy such Tax or claim. No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other than
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries).

          5.4. Maintenance of Properties. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted, all material tangible properties used or useful in the business of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate
repairs, renewals and replacements thereof.

          5.5. Insurance. Holdings will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and
reputable insurers, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance,
business interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or
damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as may
customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established
reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to
self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and
conditions as shall be customary for such Persons. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Holdings will maintain or cause to be maintained (a) flood insurance with respect to
each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood
Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and (b) replacement value casualty insurance on the
Collateral under such policies of insurance, with such insurance companies, in such amounts, with
such deductibles, and covering such risks as are at all times carried or maintained under similar
circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses. Each such policy
of insurance shall (i) name Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as an additional
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interests may appear, (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss
payable clause or endorsement, satisfactory in form and substance to Collateral Agent, that names
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as the loss payee thereunder and provide for at
least thirty days’ prior written notice to Collateral Agent of any modification or cancellation of
such policy.

          5.6. Books and Records; Inspections. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries (including any Securitization Subsidiary) to, keep proper books of record and accounts
in which full, true and correct entries in conformity in all material respects with GAAP shall be
made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Each Credit
Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries (including any Securitization Subsidiary) to,
permit any authorized representatives designated by any Lender to visit and inspect any of the
properties of any Credit Party and any of its respective Subsidiaries (including any Securitization
Subsidiary), to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their financial and accounting
records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers
and independent public accountants, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during
normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested.

          5.7. Lenders Meetings.

               (a) Holdings and Borrower will, upon the request of Administrative Agent or Requisite
Lenders, participate in a meeting of Administrative Agent and Lenders once each Fiscal Year to be
held at Borrower’s corporate offices (or at such other location as may be agreed to by Borrower
and Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent.

               (b) Borrower shall cause Administrative Agent and the Lenders to be permitted to participate
in all conference calls and meetings of the Credit Parties and the lenders under the Replacement
Revolving Facility to the extent not prohibited by the Replacement Facility Agent or any of such
lenders.

          5.8. Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party will comply, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries and all other Persons, if any, on or occupying any Facilities to comply, with the
requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
(except with respect to Environmental Laws which are covered in Section 5.9), noncompliance
with which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.

          5.9. Environmental.

               (a) Environmental Disclosure. Holdings will deliver to Administrative Agent and
Lenders:

               (i) promptly upon the occurrence thereof, written notice describing in reasonable
detail (1) any Release of Hazardous Materials that could reasonably be expected to require a
Remedial Action or give rise to Environmental Liabilities or Environmental Claims that could
reasonably be expected to either result in liability in excess of $20,000,000 or,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (2) any Environmental
Claim brought against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected
to either result in liability in excess of $20,000,000 or, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect, including any Environmental Claims related to the Release or
presence of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials, and (3) Holdings’ or Borrower’s
discovery of any occurrence or condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity
of any Facility that could cause such Facility or any part thereof to be subject to any
material restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use thereof under any
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excess of $20,000,000 or, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect;

               (ii) as soon as practicable following the sending or receipt thereof by Holdings or any
of its Subsidiaries, a copy of any and all written communications with any Governmental
Authority or other Person with respect to (1) any Environmental Claims that could reasonably
be expected to either result in liability in excess of $20,000,000 or, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (2) any Release of Hazardous Materials that
could reasonably be expected to either result in liability in excess of $20,000,000 or,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and (3) any request for
information from any Governmental Authority that suggests such Governmental Authority is
investigating whether Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries may be potentially responsible for
any Release of Hazardous Materials that could reasonably be expected to either result in
liability in excess of $20,000,000 or, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect;

               (iii) prompt written notice describing in reasonable detail (1) any proposed
acquisition of stock, assets, or property by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that could
reasonably be expected to expose Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to, or result in,
Environmental Liability or Environmental Claims that could reasonably be expected to either
result in liability in excess of $20,000,000 or have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect and (2) any proposed action to be taken by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries to modify current operations in a manner that could reasonably be expected to
subject Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to any additional material Environmental
Liabilities or other material obligations or requirements under any Environmental Laws or
affect the ability of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to maintain in full force and
effect all material Governmental Authorizations required under any Environmental Laws for
their respective operations which in case could either result in liability in excess of
$20,000,000 or, could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect; and

               (iv) with reasonable promptness, such other documents and information as from time to
time may be reasonably requested in writing by Administrative Agent in relation to any
matters disclosed pursuant to this Section 5.9(a).

               (b) Remedial Action. Each Credit Party shall promptly take, and shall cause each of
its Subsidiaries to promptly take, any and all actions necessary to (i) cure any violation of
applicable Environmental Laws by such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries that could
reasonably be expected to either result in liability in excess of $20,000,000 or have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) conduct any Remedial Action that
may be required pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws by such Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries (including, prior to entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Final Order, with respect
to any Environmental Legacy Liabilities) that could reasonably be expected to either result in
liability in excess of $20,000,000 or have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect, and (iii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Claim against such Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries and discharge any obligations it may have to any Person
thereunder where failure to do so could reasonably be expected to either result in liability in
excess of $20,000,000 or have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

               (c) Environmental Compliance. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries promptly to, use and operate all of its Facilities in compliance with all
Environmental Laws, obtain and maintain in full force and effect all necessary Governmental
Authorizations required pursuant to any Environmental Laws, and conduct all Remedial Actions
required by, and in accordance with, applicable Environmental Laws except for any failures to
comply, obtain, maintain or conduct in each case except where the failure to comply would not
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liability in excess of $20,000,000 or, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.

               (d) Henderson Sale-Leaseback. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to, pursuant to the terms of the Plan of
Reorganization, (A) transfer title to any owned Real Estate Asset located in Henderson, Nevada to
another Person (excluding the Non-Core Real Estate Assets), (B) not retain any liability or
responsibility with respect to the Henderson Legacy Contamination following entry by the
Bankruptcy Court of the Final Order (excluding the Non-Core Real Estate Assets) and (C) lease,
pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (the “Henderson Lease Documents”) only that portion of such property as reasonably necessary
to conduct the Business following entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Final Order (excluding the
Non-Core Real Estate Assets) (collectively, the “Henderson Sale-Leaseback”).

          5.10. Subsidiaries. In the event that any Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower
(other than any Securitization Subsidiary), Borrower shall (a) promptly cause such Domestic
Subsidiary to become a Guarantor hereunder and a Grantor under the Pledge and Security Agreement by
executing and delivering to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent a Counterpart Agreement, and
(b) take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such
documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates reasonably requested by Collateral Agent,
including those which are similar to those described in Sections 3.1(b), 3.1(g),
3.1(i) and 3.5(v). In the event that any Person becomes a Foreign Subsidiary of
Borrower, and the ownership interests of such Foreign Subsidiary are owned by Borrower or by any
Domestic Subsidiary thereof, Borrower shall, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to, deliver,
all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in
Section 3.1(b), and Borrower shall take, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to take,
all of the actions referred to in Section 3.1(g)(i) necessary to grant and to perfect a
First Priority Lien in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, under the
Pledge and Security Agreement in 65% of such ownership interests. With respect to each such
Subsidiary, Borrower shall promptly send to Administrative Agent written notice setting forth with
respect to such Person (i) the date on which such Person became a Subsidiary of Borrower, and (ii)
all of the data required to be set forth in Schedules 4.1 and 4.2 with respect to
all Subsidiaries of Borrower; and such written notice shall be deemed to supplement Schedule
4.1 and 4.2 for all purposes hereof.

          5.11. Additional Material Real Estate Assets. At any time after the Exit Facility Conversion
Date, in the event that any Credit Party acquires a Material Real Estate Asset, or a Real Estate
Asset owned or leased on the Exit Facility Conversion Date becomes a Material Real Estate Asset,
other than the Mortgaged Properties, and such interest has not otherwise been made subject to the
Lien of the Collateral Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties,
then such Credit Party shall promptly take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be
executed and delivered, all such mortgages, documents, instruments, agreements, opinions and
certificates, including those which are similar to those described in Sections 3.1(g) and
Section 3.5(v) with respect to each such Material Real Estate Asset that Collateral Agent
shall reasonably request to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured
Parties, a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected First
Priority security interest in such Material Real Estate Assets. In addition to the foregoing, at
any time after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, Borrower shall, at the request of Collateral
Agent, deliver, from time to time, to Collateral Agent, such appraisals as are required by law or
regulation of Real Estate Assets with respect to which Collateral Agent has been granted a Lien.

          5.12. Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time upon the request of Administrative
Agent, each Credit Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such
further documents and do such other acts and things as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may
reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Credit Documents. In furtherance
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not in limitation of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall take such actions as
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that
the Obligations are guarantied by the Guarantors and are secured by the Collateral including all of
the outstanding Equity Interests of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (subject to limitations contained
in the Credit Documents with respect to Foreign Subsidiaries).

          5.13. Cash Management.

               (a) (i) Prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, Holdings and its Domestic Subsidiaries
shall establish and maintain cash management systems in accordance with the Interim Order (with
respect to the period prior to the entry of the Final Order) and the Final Order (with respect to
the period on and after entry of the Final Order), as the case may be, and otherwise acceptable to
Administrative Agent, and shall comply with the terms of the Cash Management Order except with
respect to non-material changes to such cash management system as may be required in the ordinary
course of business and (ii) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, (A) if the Borrower or
any Guarantor has obtained a Replacement Revolving Facility, Holdings and its Domestic Subsidiaries
shall establish and/or maintain cash management systems in accordance with the Replacement Facility
Credit Documents; provided that such cash management systems shall in any event be
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, or, (B) if the Borrower or any Guarantor has not
obtained a Replacement Revolving Facility, Holdings and its Domestic Subsidiaries shall maintain
cash management systems consistent with the cash management systems required to be maintained
pursuant to clause (a)(i) above or otherwise acceptable Administrative Agent.

               (b) At any time that the Replacement Revolving Facility is outstanding, proceeds of the
Term Priority Collateral shall not be commingled with proceeds of the ABL Collateral.

          5.14. Plan Support Agreement. Until entry of the Confirmation Order approving the Plan of
Reorganization by the Bankruptcy Court, the Credit Parties shall (a) comply in all material
respects with the terms of the Plan Support Agreement and (b) not take all action that would create
a Termination Event under, and as defined in, the Plan Support Agreement.

          5.15. Plan of Reorganization.

               (a) The Credit Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts during the pendency of the
Chapter 11 Cases to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval of, and/or confirmation of, and/or
consummate, as the case may be, the Plan of Reorganization and related Disclosure Statement.

               (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in clause (a) above, the
Credit Parties shall have obtained Bankruptcy Court approval of the Disclosure Statement and the
Confirmation Order and ensured that the following actions have been taken with respect to the Plan
of Reorganization in accordance with the following schedule:

               (i) on or prior to December 15, 2010 (or, if the Maturity Date of the DIP Facility has
been extended to February 15, 2011 pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof,
on or prior to January 31, 2011), the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation
Order; and

               (ii) on or prior to December 31, 2010 (or, if the Maturity Date of the DIP Facility has
been extended to February 15, 2011 pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof,
on or prior to February 15, 2011), the Plan of Reorganization shall have become effective in
accordance with its terms.

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          5.16. Consultant. Until the Exit Facility Conversion Date, Borrower and Holdings shall, and
shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, (a) grant Administrative Agent (and its counsel), the
Lenders, and consultants and advisors to Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders (the “Consultant”)
with access to information (including historical information) and personnel, including, without
limitation, regularly scheduled meetings with senior management and other company advisors, and (b)
grant the Consultant access to all other information reasonably requested by the Consultant.

          5.17. Adverse Motions. The Credit Parties shall promptly and diligently oppose (1) all
motions or other pleadings filed by persons in the Bankruptcy Court that seek to lift the stay on
the Collateral (other than motions filed by Administrative Agent and the Lenders relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Replacement Facility Agent or the
Alternative Facility Agent to the extent permitted in any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor
Agreement and other than with respect to Collateral the value of which is not material to the
Credit Parties) and (2) all other motions filed by Persons in the Bankruptcy Court that, if
granted, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Administrative Agent or
any Lender (in their capacity as such) or any material portion of the Collateral.

          5.18. Post-Closing Covenants. Prior to receipt of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds or Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds permitted to be reinvested in accordance with Section
2.11(a) or 2.11(b), as applicable, Borrower shall establish the Reinvestment Accounts.

          5.19. Maintenance of Ratings. (a) At all times on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date,
Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain (a) a public corporate family rating
from Moody’s, (b) a public corporate credit rating from S&P and (c) a public credit rating for the
Exit Facility from each of Moody’s and S&P.

          5.20. Sale Covenant. If the Obligations have not been paid in full in cash on the Maturity
Date, and the Exit Facility Conversion Date has not then occurred, then upon the written request of
Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders in their respective sole
discretion), then until all Obligations have been paid in full in cash, the Credit Parties shall
use commercially reasonable efforts (i) to market the sale of the Credit Parties’ respective assets
and businesses on terms
and conditions acceptable to Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders (in their sole
discretion if such sale will not pay the Obligations in full in cash on the closing date thereof,
or in their reasonable discretion if such sale will pay the Obligations in full in cash on the
closing date thereof) (any such sale transaction or series of sale transactions that are acceptable
to Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders as provided above, collectively, an “Acceptable
Sale Transaction”), and pursuant to sale procedures acceptable to Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion, (ii) seek the entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court, in form and
substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, approving the bidding
procedures, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion, for the sale of the Credit Parties’ respective assets and businesses, (iii) negotiate
and prepare the documentation of any Acceptable Sale Transaction, which documentation shall be in
form and substance, acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, (iv) seek the entry
of an order of the Bankruptcy Court, in form and substance, satisfactory to Administrative Agent in
its reasonable discretion (the “Sale Order”), approving an Acceptable Sale Transaction, subject to
higher and better offers that either would repay in full in cash the Obligations or are as
otherwise acceptable to Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders in their respective sole
discretion, and (v) after obtaining the entry of the Sale Order, consummate the Acceptable Sale
Transaction as soon as practicable, and, subject to any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor
Agreement, remit to Administrative Agent all proceeds from the Acceptable Sale Transaction for
application to the Obligations.

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Business Day,
the following Business Day), until the earlier to occur of (a) the repayment of the New Term Loans
and (b) the date on which the Borrower or any Guarantor obtains a Replacement Revolving Facility,
(i) Borrower shall make a payment to the Working Capital Escrow Account in an amount (if a positive
number) by which (i) the aggregate amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit
Parties on such date that are free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens in favor of
Administrative Agent (excluding any proceeds in the Working Capital Escrow Account, the Settlement
Escrow Account and the Reinvestment Accounts) and the Liens permitted pursuant to Sections
6.2(b), (c), (d), (i) and (j) exceeds (ii) the sum of
(x) $15,000,000, plus (y) the anticipated working capital needs of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the next Business Day; provided, that (i) Borrower shall not be required
to make such payment at any time the proceeds in the Working Capital Escrow Account exceed the
Working Capital Escrow Amount; and (ii) an Authorized Officer of Borrower shall deliver to
Administrative Agent a certificate demonstrating compliance with this Section 5.21.

          5.22. Environmental Insurance Proceeds. With respect to receivables arising under the
Pollution Legal Liability Select Clean-Up Cost Capt Insurance Policy, Policy No. PLS-CCC 619-0315
(the “Environmental Policy”), issued by AIU to Holdings (the “Environmental Insurance
Receivables”), from and after the date on which a Replacement Revolving Facility is made available
to Holdings and/or the Guarantors that (a) constitutes an asset-based revolving credit facility
under which Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC is the Replacement Facility Agent therefor (but not
any Replacement Revolving Facility under which any other Person is the Replacement Facility Agent
therefor) and (b) provides that at least $20,000,000 of such Environmental Insurance Receivables
are included as eligible receivables in the borrowing base, the Credit Parties shall cause the
insurance administrator for such Environmental Policy to (i) pay the first $20,000,000 of proceeds
received in respect of such Environmental Insurance Receivables after such date to the Replacement
Facility Agent and all proceeds thereafter to the Collateral Agent for application in accordance
with Section 2.11(b) and (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent and the Replacement Facility
Agent, on the first day of each calendar month, a report, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, setting forth in reasonable detail the amount of proceeds in
respect of the Environmental Insurance Receivables received by such administrator
in the immediately preceding month and the amount and identity of the Persons to whom such
amounts were paid out during such month.

          SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that, until payment in full of all Obligations, such
Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in
this Section 6.

          6.1. Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly
or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:

               (a) the Obligations;

               (b) Indebtedness in respect of Investments permitted under Sections 6.6(b),
(d), (e) and (f); provided, (i) all such Indebtedness shall be
evidenced by the Intercompany Note, and, if owed to a Credit Party, shall be subject to a First
Priority Lien pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, (ii) all such Indebtedness shall be
unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of the Obligations pursuant
to the terms of the Intercompany Note and (iii) any payment by any such Guarantor Subsidiary under
any guaranty of the Obligations shall result in a pro tanto reduction of the amount of any
Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Borrower or to any of its Subsidiaries for whose benefit
such payment is made;

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               (c) prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes;

               (d) Indebtedness incurred by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries arising from agreements
providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or from
guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of
Borrower or any such Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements in connection with Permitted
Acquisitions or permitted dispositions of any business, assets or Subsidiary of Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries;

               (e) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guaranties, performance,
surety, statutory, appeal or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;

               (f) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and otherwise in
connection with deposit accounts;

               (g) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, guaranties in the ordinary course of
business of the obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries;

               (h) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, (i) guaranties by Borrower of
Indebtedness of a Guarantor Subsidiary, (ii) guaranties by a Guarantor Subsidiary of Indebtedness
of Borrower or another Guarantor Subsidiary or (iii) guaranties by a Foreign Subsidiary of
Indebtedness of another Foreign Subsidiary, in each case, with respect to Indebtedness otherwise
permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.1; provided, that if the
Indebtedness that is being guarantied is unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations, the
guaranty shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations;

               (i) Indebtedness described in Schedule 6.1, but not any extensions, renewals or
replacements of such Indebtedness (it being understood that the principal amount of such
Indebtedness may increase or decrease as a result of a change to the applicable currency rate then
in effect) except, on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, (i) renewals and extensions
expressly provided for in the agreements evidencing any such Indebtedness as the same are in
effect on the date of this Agreement and (ii) refinancings and extensions of any such Indebtedness
if the terms and conditions thereof are not materially less favorable to the obligor thereon or to
Lenders than the Indebtedness being refinanced or extended, and the average life to maturity
thereof is greater than or equal to that of the Indebtedness being refinanced or extended;
provided, such Indebtedness permitted under the immediately preceding clause (i)
or (ii) above shall not (A) include Indebtedness of an obligor that was not an obligor
with respect to the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced, (B) exceed in a principal
amount the Indebtedness, plus capitalized interest thereon, OID and related fees, being renewed,
extended or refinanced or (C) be incurred, created or assumed if any Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;

               (j) Indebtedness of Borrower or its Subsidiaries with respect to Capital Leases in an
aggregate amount not to exceed (i) at any time prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date,
$5,000,000 and (ii) at any time thereafter, $7,500,000;

               (k) purchase money Indebtedness of Borrower or its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $30,000,000 at any time; provided, any such Indebtedness (i) shall be secured only
by the asset acquired after the Petition Date in connection with the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, and (ii) shall constitute not less than 75% of the aggregate consideration paid with
respect to such asset;

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               (l) Indebtedness (including letter of credit reimbursement obligations) of Borrower or its
Subsidiaries with respect to leasing of rail cars constituting Capital Leases in an aggregate
amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $20,000,000;

               (m) Indebtedness of one or more Credit Parties in respect of the Replacement Revolving
Facility and Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries of Borrower in respect of one or
more Alternative Facilities with one or more third parties in an aggregate principal amount
outstanding not to exceed at any time $150,000,000 (less an amount equal to the original
principal amount of the New Term Loans, if any, made hereunder (unless the Credit Parties have,
substantially contemporaneously with obtaining such Replacement Revolving Facility and/or
Alternative Facilities, prepaid the Loans with all or a portion of the proceeds of such
Replacement Revolving Facility and/or Alternative Facilities (which prepayment shall be applied in
accordance with Section 2.12(b) as if it were a mandatory prepayment hereunder), in which
case the amount to be deducted from $150,000,000 shall be an amount equal to the difference
between (1) the original principal amount of the New Term Loans, minus (2) the amount of
Loans prepaid pursuant to this clause)); provided that,

               (i) in respect of the Replacement Revolving Facility, the Credit Parties, the
Collateral Agent and the Replacement Facility Agent shall enter into a Replacement Revolving
Intercreditor Agreement and such Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement shall be in
full force and effect so long as any such Indebtedness remains outstanding; and

               (ii) the terms and provisions of the Replacement Revolving Facility and any Alternative
Facility shall be reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.

               (n) Indebtedness in the form of deferred cash payment obligations undertaken pursuant to the
Plan of Reorganization to Pre-Petition unsecured creditors with respect to their Claims;

               (o) the financing of insurance premiums in customary amounts consistent with past practices;

               (p) Indebtedness with respect to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

               (q) Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries of Borrower organized in Germany with respect to German
Old Age Part Time Workers Act (Altersteilzeitgesetz) in an aggregate principal amount not
exceeding the U.S. dollar equivalent of €3,000,000;

               (r) (i) in addition to letter of credit issued under any Replacement Revolving Facility
and/or Alternative Facility, letters of credit issued for the account of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries that are outstanding on the Closing Date (and renewals, extensions and replacements
thereof) and (ii) other letters of credit issued for the account of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal face amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time;

               (s) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, other unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time;

               (t) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, the Henderson Sale-Leaseback and the Verve
Sale-Leaseback and any similar arrangement with respect to the Savannah, Georgia facility;

               (u) (t) (i) Indebtedness under Currency Agreements for the purpose of hedging Australian
Dollar/U.S. Dollar exposure and (ii) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, Indebtedness
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Currency
Agreements; provided, that such Eligible Commodity Hedging Agreements shall be unsecured;

               (v) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, Permitted Seller Notes in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $75,000,000 at any time;

               (w) Indebtedness constituting operating leases or other non-Capital Leases which have been
recharacterized as Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP or IFRS;

               (x) Indebtedness of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, or is
merged or consolidated with or into Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in a transaction otherwise
permitted under this Agreement, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any
time outstanding for all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (w), and
extensions, renewals, refinancing, refunding and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not
increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than any such increase not exceeding the
amount of any fees, premium, if any, and financing costs relating to such refinancing);
provided that (i) such Indebtedness (other than any such extension, renewal, refinancing,
refunding or replacement) exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created
in contemplation of such event, (ii) other than guaranties permitted by paragraph (h) of
this Section 6.1, neither Holdings, Borrower or any Subsidiaries shall be liable for such
Indebtedness and (iii) Holdings is in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the
incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, with the covenants contained in
Section 6.7 (as determined in accordance with Section 6.7(f)); and

               (y) Indebtedness assumed in connection with the Permitted Transaction so long as (i) such
Indebtedness is nonrecourse to all Credit Parties and to the assets of all Credit Parties other
than the assets acquired pursuant to the Permitted Transaction (but only to the extent such
Indebtedness was recourse to such assets immediately prior to the consummation of the Permitted
Transaction) and (ii)
such Indebtedness, if assumed by a Person that is not a Credit Party, is nonrecourse to all
Persons (including the Credit Parties) other than the Person assuming such Indebtedness (and with
respect to the recourse to such Person assuming such indebtedness, such recourse shall be limited
in the same manner that such Indebtedness was limited recourse to the holder of such Indebtedness
immediately prior to the consummation of the Permitted Transaction).

From and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the foregoing exceptions in clauses (a)
through (w) above shall not include any Pre-Petition Indebtedness of Domestic Subsidiaries
except to the extent expressly provided in the Plan of Reorganization.

          6.2. Liens. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property
or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts
receivable) of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
created or licensed, or any income, profits or royalties therefrom, or file or permit the filing
of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with
respect to any such property, asset, income, profits or royalties under the UCC of any State or
under any similar recording or notice statute or under any applicable intellectual property laws,
rules or procedures, except:

               (a) Liens in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties granted pursuant to
any Credit Document and other Liens created under the Interim Order and Final Order, as then in
effect;

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being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in accordance with GAAP with
respect thereto have been provided on the consolidated books of Holdings;

               (c) statutory Liens of landlords, banks (and rights of set-off), of carriers, warehousemen,
mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law (other than any such
Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA or a violation of
Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of
business (i) for amounts not yet overdue or (ii) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the
case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of five days) are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if
any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts;

               (d) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the
performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government
contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations
(exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Indebtedness), so long as no
foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to any portion of the
Collateral on account thereof;

               (e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or
irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere in any material respect
with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries;

               (f) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate permitted
hereunder;

               (g) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;

               (h) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements
relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of
business;

               (i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

               (j) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or
agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;

               (k) non-exclusive outbound licenses of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other Intellectual
Property rights granted by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;

               (l) Liens described in Schedule 6.2;

               (m) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Sections 6.1(j) and
(k); provided, any such Lien shall encumber only the asset acquired with the
proceeds of such Indebtedness;

               (n) (i) Liens on (x) the ABL Collateral of Borrower or any Guarantor securing obligations
under the Replacement Revolving Facility and (y) if requested by the Replacement Facility

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Agent,
Collateral other than ABL Collateral, which Liens in the case of this clause (y) are
junior in priority to the Liens on such Collateral purported to be granted pursuant to the
Collateral Documents to the Collateral Agent, in each case, under the terms provided in the
Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) Alternative Facility Liens;

               (o) the Carve-Out;

               (p) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of premiums
with respect thereto as provided in Section 6.1(n);

               (q) Liens consisting of customary rights of set-off for bankers liens on amounts on deposit
at banks or other financial institutions, to the extent arising by operation of law or otherwise,
incurred in the ordinary course of business;

               (r) judgment Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under
Section 8.1(h) hereof;

               (s) Liens of a collection bank arising in the ordinary course of business under §4-208 of the
Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction;

               (t) Liens on Cash and Cash Equivalents arising in connection with the cash collateralization
of letters of credit in an amount not to exceed 105% of the aggregate face amount of the letters
of credit permitted pursuant to Section 6.1(q);

               (u) after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, other Liens on assets other than the
Collateral, or other Liens subordinated to the Liens of the Collateral Agent under this
Agreement and any Replacement Revolving Liens, securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;

               (v) Liens on assets of the Subsidiaries of Borrower organized in Germany securing
Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(p); and.

               (w) Liens on assets assumed in connection with the Permitted Transaction, so long as such
Liens do not encumber any assets except the assets acquired pursuant to the Permitted Transaction.

From and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the foregoing exceptions in clauses (a)
through (v) above shall not include any Pre-Petition Liens except to the extent expressly provided
in the Plan of Reorganization.

          6.3. No Further Negative Pledges. Except with respect to (a) specific property encumbered to
secure payment of particular Indebtedness or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with
respect to a permitted Asset Sale, (b) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting
assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses and similar agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business (provided that such restrictions are
limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such
leases, licenses or similar agreements, as the case may be), (c) prior to the Exit Facility
Conversion Date, each of the Senior Notes, (d) any Alternative Facility and, subject to any
Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement, the Replacement Revolving Facility, (e) restrictions
identified on Schedule 6.3, (f) restrictions in any Pre-Petition agreement that are
unenforceable during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, and (g) any restriction existing prior
to the consummation of the Permitted Transaction relating to the assets acquired in connection
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prohibiting
the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations.

          6.4. Restricted Junior Payments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries through any manner or means or through any other Person to, directly or indirectly,
declare, order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum
for any Restricted Junior Payment except that (a) any Subsidiary of Borrower may declare and pay
dividends or make other distributions ratably to its equity holders, (b) any Credit Party may make
Restricted Junior Payments to the extent permitted or required by the Plan of Reorganization, (c)
Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holdings, to the extent necessary to permit
Holdings (i) to pay general administrative costs and expenses, legal and accounting fees and other
general corporate and overhead expenses incurred by Holdings in the ordinary course of business,
(ii) pay franchise taxes and other Tax obligations or fees required in each case to maintain its
corporate existence, (iii) pay Taxes which are due and payable by Holdings as part of a
consolidated group or due to ownership of any interests in Subsidiaries that are not treated as
corporations for applicable Tax purposes, in each case, to the extent such Taxes are attributable
to Borrower and Subsidiaries of Borrower, (iv) pay auditing fees and expenses, (v) pay directors
fees, expenses and indemnities owing to directors of Holdings and (vi) pay fees and expenses
incurred in connection with an initial public offering but, prior to the Exit Facility Conversion
Date, only to the extent permitted by, and up to the amount set forth in, the Approved Budget, and
(d) Borrower may make regularly scheduled payments of interest in respect of the Permitted Seller
Notes in accordance with the terms of, and only to the extent required by, the agreement pursuant
to which such Permitted Seller Note was issued.

          6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. Except as provided herein, or the Interim
Order, Final Order or the Confirmation Order, or as required by the Bankruptcy Code, no Credit
Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of
any Subsidiary of Borrower to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such
Subsidiary’s Equity Interests owned by Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, (b) repay or
prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower,
(c) make loans or advances to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, or (d) transfer, lease
or license any of its property or assets to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower other than
restrictions (i) in agreements evidencing Indebtedness permitted by (x) Section 6.1(k) that
impose restrictions on the property so acquired, (y) Section 6.1(c) and (z) Section
6.1(l), (ii) by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other
transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar agreements entered
into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) that are or were created by virtue of any transfer
of, agreement to transfer or option or right with respect to any property, assets or Equity
Interests not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement or (iv) described on Schedule 6.5.

          6.6. Investments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including any Joint Venture,
except:

               (a) Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;

               (b) Investments owned as of the Closing Date and any renewals, replacements, refinancing or
refundings thereof, in any Subsidiary of Borrower and Investments made after the Closing Date in
Borrower and any wholly-owned Guarantor Subsidiary of Borrower; provided, that any
renewal, replacement, refinancing or refunding of intercompany loans by a Credit Party made to a
Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note,

               (c) Investments (i) in any Securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction

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thereof from financially troubled account debtors and (ii) deposits, prepayments and other credits
to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries;

               (d) loans or advances (A) made (x) by Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary to Borrower or any
Guarantor Subsidiary and (y) by any Subsidiary to Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary, and (B)
made by any Foreign Subsidiary to any other Foreign Subsidiary;

               (e) intercompany loans made by Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary to any Foreign Subsidiary
other than Tronox Australia in an aggregate amount not to exceed $35,000,000 at any time
outstanding; provided, (i) all such intercompany loans shall be evidenced by the
Intercompany Note, and shall be subject to a perfected First Priority Lien pursuant to the Pledge
and Security Agreement and (ii) any such intercompany loan shall be renewed, replaced, refinanced
or refunded so long as such intercompany loan continues to be evidenced by an Intercompany Note;

               (f) other Investments (which may consist of intercompany loans, equity contributions or other
Investments) made by Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary to any Foreign Subsidiary other than
Tronox Australia in an aggregate amount not to exceed $7,500,000 at any time outstanding;

               (g) loans and advances to employees of Holdings and its Subsidiaries made in connection with
Borrower’s credit card program as in effect on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding and made in the ordinary course of business;
provided that no payments shall be made on any such loans or advances unless such payment
is being made to Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiaries;

               (h) Permitted Acquisitions permitted pursuant to Section 6.8;

               (i) Investments described in Schedule 6.6;

               (j) Investments in a Securitization Subsidiary made in connection with an Alternative
Facility to the extent permitted under Section 6.1(l);

               (k) (i) Currency Agreements for the purpose of hedging Australian Dollar/U.S. Dollar exposure
which constitute Investments and (ii) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, Hedge
Agreements and Eligible Commodity Hedging Agreements which constitute Investments;
provided that Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of an Authorized
Officer of Holdings notifying Administrative Agent of the entry into any such Hedge Agreement;

               (l) the Kwinana Investment made in accordance with Section 6.19;

               (m) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or
settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the
ordinary course of business;

               (n) on or after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, other Investments in an aggregate amount
(plus the amount of any distributions on, proceeds of, or other returns thereon) not to exceed
$15,000,000 during the period from the Exit Facility Conversion Date until the Maturity Date; and

               (o) the Permitted Transaction.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Credit Party make any Investment which

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results in or facilitates in any manner any Restricted Junior Payment not otherwise permitted under
the terms of Section 6.4.

          6.7. Financial Covenants.

               (a) Leverage Ratio. Holdings shall not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day
of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the first Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date, to
exceed the correlative ratio indicated:

	 	 	 
	Fiscal Quarter Ending	 	Total Leverage Ratio
	December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2011

	 	4.25:1.00
	March 31, 2012 through December 31, 2012

	 	4.00:1.00
	March 31, 2013 through December 31, 2013

	 	3.75:1.00
	March 31, 2014 and thereafter

	 	3.50:1.00

               (b) Interest Coverage Ratio. Holdings shall not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio
as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the first Fiscal Quarter ending after the
Closing Date, to be less than the correlative ratio indicated:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Fiscal Quarter Ending	 	Interest Coverage Ratio	 
	December 31, 2010 and thereafter
	 	 	2.50:1.00	 

               (c) Maximum Consolidated Capital Expenditures. Holdings shall not, and shall not
permit its Subsidiaries to, make or incur Consolidated Capital Expenditures, in any Fiscal Year,
in an aggregate amount for Holdings and its Subsidiaries in excess of $55,000,000;
provided, that such amount for any Fiscal Year shall be increased by an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of such amount for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year over the actual
amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures expended for such previous Fiscal Year (the “Carry
Over Amount”); provided, that the Carry Over Amount shall not be greater than $15,000,000
in any Fiscal Year; provided, further, that any such Carry Over Amount shall be
used in the immediately following Fiscal Year before the amount scheduled for such following
Fiscal Year has been expended.

               (d) Certain Calculations. With respect to any period during which a Permitted
Acquisition or an Asset Sale has occurred (each, a “Subject Transaction”), for purposes of
determining compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Section 6.7,
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR and the components of Consolidated Interest Expense shall be
calculated with respect to such period on a pro forma basis (including pro forma adjustments
arising out of events which are directly attributable to a specific transaction, are factually
supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case determined on a basis
consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act and as
interpreted by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which would include cost
savings resulting from head count reduction, closure of facilities and similar restructuring
charges, which pro forma adjustments shall be certified by the chief financial officer, if any (or
alternatively chief executive officer or chief restructuring officer) of Holdings) using the
historical financial statements of any business so acquired or to be acquired or sold or to be
sold and the consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries which shall be
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therewith, had been consummated or incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period (and
assuming that such Indebtedness bears interest during any portion of the applicable measurement
period prior to the relevant acquisition at the weighted average of the interest rates applicable
to outstanding Loans incurred during such period).

     6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions. No Credit Party shall, nor
shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation,
or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey,
sell, lease or license, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series
of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever,
whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, created, leased or licensed, or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or
other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and capital expenditures in the ordinary
course of business) the business, property or fixed assets of, or stock or other evidence of
beneficial ownership of, any Person or any division or line of business or other business unit of
any Person, except:

               (a) (1) any Subsidiary of Borrower may be merged with or into Borrower or any Guarantor
Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property
or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction
or a series of transactions, to Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary; provided, in the
case of such a merger, Borrower or such Guarantor Subsidiary, as applicable shall be the
continuing or surviving Person and (2) any non-Guarantor Subsidiary may be merged with or into any
other non-Guarantor Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or part of its
assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in on transaction or a
series of transactions, to any other non-Guarantor Subsidiary;

               (b) sales or other dispositions of assets that do not constitute Asset Sales;

               (c) (i) Asset Sales consisting of sales of Securitization Assets to one or more
Securitization Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Securitization and (ii) Asset Sales
(exclusive of those referenced in the preceding clause (i)), the proceeds of which are
less than $75,000,000 from the Closing Date until the date of determination; provided (1)
the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market
value thereof (determined in good faith by the board of directors of Holdings (or similar
governing body)), (2) no less than 100% thereof shall be paid in Cash, and (3) the Net Asset Sale
Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.11(a);

               (d) sales or other dispositions of the Non-Core Real Estate Assets; provided (1) the
consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market
value thereof (determined in good faith by the board of directors of Borrower (or similar
governing body)), (2) no less than 100% thereof shall be paid in Cash, and (3) the Net Asset Sale
Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.11(a);

               (e) disposals of obsolete, worn out or surplus property;

               (f) any license of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice, or abandonment or disposition in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice, of Intellectual Property no longer material to the conduct of the business of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

               (g) the discount, write-off or sale of overdue accounts receivables, in each case in the
ordinary course of business;

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                    (h) (i) prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, Permitted Acquisitions, the cash
purchase price for which constitutes less than $10,000,000 in the aggregate from the Closing Date
to the date of determination; provided, in respect of acquisition targets not domiciled
within the United States, the consideration for such Persons or assets shall not exceed more than
$2,500,000 in the aggregate from the Closing Date to the date of determination; and

                         (ii) on and after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the following Permitted Acquisitions (it
being understood that a Permitted Acquisition may be made using any combination of clauses
(A) through (C) below, as determined by the Borrower):

          (A) Permitted Acquisitions, the cash purchase price for which constitutes (x)
less than $20,000,000 with respect to each individual acquisition, and (y) less than
$40,000,000 in the aggregate from the Exit Facility Conversion Date to the date of
determination; provided, in respect of acquisition targets not domiciled
within the United States, the consideration for such Persons or assets shall not
exceed more than $2,500,000 in the aggregate from the Closing Date to the date of
determination;

          (B) any Permitted Acquisition; provided that the pro forma Leverage
Ratio (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Leverage Ratio as of
the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter prior to the consummation of
such acquisition) shall be less than 2.00:1.00; and

          (C) any Permitted Acquisition, which is made with the aggregate amount of net
cash proceeds received by Holdings from the sale or issuance of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Equity Interests and in connection with an initial public
offering of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates); provided
that, at the time of such acquisition using the net cash proceeds from the sale or
issuance of Equity Interests, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of an
Authorized Officer stating all or a portion of such acquisition is being made from
equity proceeds;

               (i) Investments (including, without limitation, the Permitted Transaction) made in
accordance with Section 6.6;

               (j) transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization;

               (k) the sale or disposition of owned Real Estate Assets (i) located in Henderson, Nevada
pursuant to the Henderson Sale-Leaseback, (ii) pursuant to the Verve Sale-Leaseback and (ii)
located in Savannah, Georgia;

               (l) the subordination of the Liens on the ABL Collateral securing the Replacement Revolving
Facility to the extent required by the Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement; and

               (m) the sale by Tronox Australia to Yalgoo of Tronox Australia’s participating interest in
the Tiwest Joint Venture.

     6.9. Disposal of Subsidiary Interests. Except for any sale of all of its interests in the Equity
Interests of any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.8, no
Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) directly or indirectly sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or
dispose of any Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries, except to qualify directors if required
by applicable law; or (b) permit any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly to sell,

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assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries, except
to another Credit Party (subject to the restrictions on such disposition otherwise imposed
hereunder), or to qualify directors if required by applicable law.

          6.10. Sales and Lease-Backs. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with
respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, which such Credit Party (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to
transfer to any other Person (other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries), or (b) intends to
use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been or is to be sold or
transferred by such Credit Party to any Person (other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) in
connection with such lease, other than the Henderson Sale-Leaseback, the Verve Sale-Leaseback and
any similar transaction relating to the Savannah, Georgia facility.

          6.11. Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction
(including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service)
with any Affiliate of Holdings on terms that are less favorable to Holdings or that Subsidiary, as
the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such a
holder or Affiliate; provided, the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) any
transaction between Borrower and any Guarantor Subsidiary; (b) reasonable and customary fees paid
to members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(c) compensation arrangements for officers and other employees of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
entered into in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization; (d)
transactions described in Schedule 6.11; (e) transactions with one or more Securitization
Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Securitization; (f) the Kwinana Investment; (g)
Restricted Junior Payments permitted pursuant to Section 6.4; (h) Investments permitted
pursuant to Section 6.6; (i) transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization and
(j) the Permitted Transaction.

          6.12. Conduct of Business. From and after the Closing Date, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than (i) the businesses engaged in
by such Credit Party on the Closing Date and similar or related businesses and (ii) such other
lines of business as may be consented to by Requisite Lenders.

          6.13. Permitted Activities of Holdings. Holdings shall not (a) incur, directly or indirectly, any
Indebtedness or any other obligation or liability whatsoever other than the Indebtedness and
obligations under the Plan of Reorganization, this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any
Additional Facility Credit Documents; (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or
assets now owned or hereafter acquired, created, leased or licensed by it other than the Liens
created under the Collateral Documents to which it is a party or permitted pursuant to Section
6.2; (c) engage in any business or activity or own any assets other than (i) holding 100% of
the Equity Interests of Borrower, (ii) performing its obligations and activities incidental thereto
under the Credit Documents, and to the extent not inconsistent therewith, any Replacement
Facility Credit Documents; (iii) performing its obligations and activities incidental to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization or in connection with
the issuance of the New Money Investment; and (iv) making Restricted Junior Payments and
Investments to the extent permitted by this Agreement; (d) consolidate with or merge with or into,
or convey, transfer, lease or license all or substantially all its assets to, any Person; (e) sell
or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries; (f) create or acquire any
Subsidiary or make or own any Investment in any Person other than Borrower; or (g) fail to hold
itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons.

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          6.14. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents, Additional Facility Credit Documents,
Approved Budget. Except as set forth in Section 6.15 or otherwise pursuant to the Plan of
Reorganization, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) agree to
any material amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, any of its
Organizational Documents that would adversely affect the Lenders or their rights in the good faith
judgment of Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders after the Closing Date without obtaining
the prior written consent of Requisite Lenders to such amendment, restatement, supplement or other
modification or waiver, (ii) agree to any amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification
to, or waiver of, or make any payment consistent with an amendment thereof or change thereto, (x)
any Replacement Facility Credit Document other than as permitted under any Replacement Revolving
Intercreditor Agreement or (y) any Alternative Facility Credit Document that would adversely affect
the Lenders or their rights after the Closing Date in the good faith judgment of the Administrative
Agent or the Requisite Lenders without obtaining the prior written consent of Requisite Lenders to
such amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification or waiver, (iii) agree to any
amendment, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, the Approved Budget without obtaining
the prior written approval of Administrative Agent in its sole discretion or (iv) agree to any
amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, any of the Plan Support
Agreement, the Equity Commitment Agreement, the Environmental Settlement Documents, the New Money
Investment, the Reinvestment Account Escrow Agreement or the Working Capital Account Escrow
Agreement that would adversely affect the Lenders or their rights after the Closing Date without
obtaining the prior written consent of Requisite Lenders to such amendment, restatement, supplement
or other modification or waiver.

          6.15. Amendments or Waivers of with Respect to Certain Indebtedness. Except pursuant to the Plan of
Reorganization, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or
otherwise change the terms of the Senior Notes, or make any payment consistent with an amendment
thereof or change thereto, if the effect of such amendment or change is to increase the interest
rate on such Senior Notes, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or
interest are due thereon, change any event of default or condition to an event of default with
respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such event of default or increase any grace period
related thereto), change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof, or if the
effect of such amendment or change, together with all other amendments or changes made, is to
increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on
the holders of such Senior Notes (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf) which would
be adverse to any Credit Party or Lenders.

          6.16. Fiscal Year. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to change its
Fiscal Year-end from December 31.

          6.17. Chapter 11 Claims. Prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, no Credit Party shall, nor
shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, suffer to exist or permit any other
super-priority administrative claim which is pari passu with or senior to the claims of Secured
Parties against the Credit Parties, except as set forth in the Interim Order and Final Order, as
then in effect, or, with respect to any Replacement Revolving Facility, as set forth in an order of
the Bankruptcy Court with respect thereto.

          6.18. Critical Vendor and Other Payments. No Credit Party shall make (i) any Pre-Petition “critical
vendor” payments or other payments on account of any creditor’s Pre-Petition unsecured claims, (ii)
payments on account of claims or expenses arising under Section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code,
(iii) payments in respect of a reclamation program or (iv) payments under any management incentive
plan or on account of claims or expenses arising under Section 503(c) of the Bankruptcy Code,
except in each case in amounts and on terms and conditions that (a) are approved by order of the

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Bankruptcy Court and (b) are expressly permitted by any Approved Budget.

          6.19. Kwinana Investment. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, make the Kwinana
Investment unless, at the time of making such investment, (i) the pro forma Leverage Ratio of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Leverage Ratio as of the
last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter prior to the making of such investment) is
2.75:1.00 or less, and (ii) Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the
Excess Availability of Holdings and its Subsidiaries at the time of making such investment is equal
to or greater than $40,000,000 after giving effect to such investment and any payments related
thereto.

          SECTION 7. GUARANTY

          7.1. Guaranty of the Obligations. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2, Guarantors
jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty to Administrative Agent for
the ratable benefit of the Beneficiaries the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations
when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration,
acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of
the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively,
the “Guaranteed Obligations”).

          7.2. Contribution by Guarantors. All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively,
the “Contributing Guarantors”), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under
this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a
Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under this Guaranty such that its Aggregate Payments exceeds its
Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of
the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantor’s
Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. “Fair Share” means, with respect to a
Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the
Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Contributing Guarantor to (ii) the aggregate of
the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to
all Contributing Guarantors multiplied by (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or
before such date by all Funding Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations
Guaranteed. “Fair Share Contribution Amount” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of
any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing
Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations hereunder or thereunder subject
to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United
States Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law; provided, solely for
purposes of calculating the “Fair Share Contribution Amount” with respect to any Contributing
Guarantor for purposes of this Section 7.2, any assets or liabilities of such Contributing
Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any
rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities
of such Contributing Guarantor. “Aggregate Payments” means, with respect to a Contributing
Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all
payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of
this Guaranty (including in respect of this Section 7.2), minus (2) the aggregate amount of
all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other
Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 7.2. The amounts payable as
contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or
distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. The allocation among Contributing
Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Section 7.2 shall not be construed in
any way to limit the liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor is a third
party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 7.2.

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          7.3. Payment by Guarantors. Subject to Section 7.2, Guarantors hereby jointly and
severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any
Beneficiary may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the
failure of Borrower to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due,
whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise
(including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section
362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be
paid, in Cash, to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to
the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued
and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for Borrower’s
becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed
Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Borrower for such interest in the related
bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Beneficiaries as aforesaid.

          7.4. Liability of Guarantors Absolute. Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are
irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance
which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in
full of the Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the
generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:

               (a) this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectability. This
Guaranty is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a contract of surety;

               (b) subject to any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement, Administrative Agent may
enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of
any dispute between Borrower and any Beneficiary with respect to the existence of such
Event of Default;

               (c) the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of
Borrower and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the
obligations of Borrower, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against
such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Borrower or any of such other
guarantors and whether or not Borrower is joined in any such action or actions;

               (d) payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall
in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor’s liability for any portion of the
Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
if Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantor’s
covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to
release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is
not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such
Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect
of the Guaranteed Obligations;

               (e) any Beneficiary, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and
without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction,
limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s liability hereunder, from time
to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change
the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle,
compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or
substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate
the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other
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Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the
Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle,
rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any
other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed
Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of
such Beneficiary in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of
sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Beneficiary may have against any
such security, in each case as such Beneficiary in its discretion may determine consistent
herewith or the applicable Hedge Agreement and any applicable security agreement, including
foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or
not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates
to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any
Guarantor against any other Credit Party or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi)
exercise any other rights available to it under the Credit Documents or any Hedge Agreements; and

               (f) this Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and
enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or
termination for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including
the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or
knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or
election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of
law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or
remedy (whether arising under the Credit Documents or any Hedge Agreements, at law, in equity or
otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with
respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii)
any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent
to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of
default) hereof, any of the other Credit Documents, any of the Hedge Agreements or any agreement
or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed
Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Credit
Document, such Hedge Agreement or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii)
the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from
any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Credit Documents or any of the
Hedge Agreements or from the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to
the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed
Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though any
Beneficiary might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed
Obligations; (v) any Beneficiary’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the
corporate structure or existence of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding
restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of
a security interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) any
defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which Borrower may allege or assert against any Beneficiary in
respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty,
payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii)
any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in
any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations.

          7.5. Waivers by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of Beneficiaries: (a)
any right to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor,
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Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from
Borrower, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any
balance of any Deposit Account or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favor of any Credit
Party or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary
whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any
disability or other defense of Borrower or any other Guarantor including any defense based on or
arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of Borrower
or any other Guarantor from any cause other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c)
any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety
must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal;
(d) any defense based upon any Beneficiary’s errors or omissions in the administration of the
Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (e) (i) any principles or
provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof
and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of
any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement
hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence
and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest
or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of
protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof,
notices of default hereunder, the Hedge Agreements or any agreement or instrument related thereto,
notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement
related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Borrower and notices of any of the matters
referred to in Section 7.4 and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or
benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate
guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms hereof.

          7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc. Until the Guaranteed Obligations shall
have been indefeasibly paid in full, each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or remedy,
direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower or any other
Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such
Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in
equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including (a) any right of
subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have
against Borrower with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to
participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have
against Borrower, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or
security now or hereafter held by any Beneficiary. In addition, until the Guaranteed Obligations
shall have been indefeasibly paid in full, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of
contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of
the Guaranteed Obligations, including any such right of contribution as contemplated by Section
7.2. Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the
exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth
herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any
rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Borrower or
against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against
any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Beneficiary may have
against Borrower, to all right, title and interest any Beneficiary may have in any such collateral
or security, and to any right any Beneficiary may have against such other guarantor. If any amount
shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification
or contribution rights at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been finally and
indefeasibly paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of
Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of
Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.

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          7.7. Subordination of Other Obligations. Any Indebtedness of Borrower or any Guarantor now or
hereafter held by any Guarantor (the “Obligee Guarantor”) is hereby subordinated in right of
payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such Indebtedness collected or received by the
Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust
for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the
Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of
the Obligee Guarantor under any other provision hereof.

          7.8. Continuing Guaranty. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until
all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably
waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed
Obligations.

          7.9. Authority of Guarantors or Borrower. It is not necessary for any Beneficiary to inquire into
the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Borrower or the officers, directors or any agents acting
or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.

          7.10. Financial Condition of Borrower. Any Loan may be continued from time to time, and any Hedge Agreements may be entered into
from time to time, in each case without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of
the financial or other condition of Borrower at the time of any such grant or continuation or at
the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, as the case may be. No Beneficiary shall have any
obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantor’s assessment,
of the financial condition of Borrower. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information
from Borrower on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of Borrower and its ability
to perform its obligations under the Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements, and each Guarantor
assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Borrower
and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each
Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of any Beneficiary to disclose any
matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of Borrower now known or
hereafter known by any Beneficiary.

          7.11. Bankruptcy, Etc. (a) So long as any Guaranteed Obligations remain outstanding, no Guarantor
shall, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent acting pursuant to the
instructions of Requisite Lenders, commence or join with any other Person in commencing any
bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency case or proceeding (other than the Chapter 11 Cases) of or
against Borrower or any other Guarantor. The obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall not be
reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or
proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of Borrower or any other Guarantor or by any defense
which Borrower or any other Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any
court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding.

               (b) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the
Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding referred to
in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases
to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or proceeding, such
interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or
proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is
the intention of Guarantors and Beneficiaries that the Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed
by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order
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portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors
or similar Person to pay Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent in
respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding is
commenced.

               (c) In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by
Borrower, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and
effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s)
are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent
transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute
Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder.

          7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor. If all of the Equity Interests of any Guarantor
or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by
merger or consolidation) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, the Guaranty of such
Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be
discharged and released without any further action by any Beneficiary or
any other Person effective as of the time of such Asset Sale.

          SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

          8.1. Events of Default. If any one or more of the following conditions or events shall occur:

               (a) Failure to Make Payments When Due. Failure by Borrower to pay (i) when due any
installment of principal of any Loan, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of
voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise; or (ii) any interest on any Loan or
any fee or any other amount due hereunder within three days after the date due; or

               (b) Breach of Certain Covenants. Failure of any Credit Party to perform or comply
with any term or condition contained in Section 2.3, Sections 5.1(a), (b),
(c), (d), (e), (f), (h)(i) or (s), Section
5.2, Section 5.9, Section 5.14, Section 5.15, Section 5.17,
Section 5.18, Section 5.20, Section 5.21 or Section 6; or

               (c) Breach of Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty, certification or
other statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or in any statement
or certificate at any time given by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in writing
pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material
respect as of the date made or deemed made; or

               (d) Other Defaults Under Credit Documents. Any Credit Party shall default in the
performance of or compliance with any term contained herein or any of the other Credit Documents,
other than any such term referred to in any other Section of this Section 8.1, and such
default shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty days after the earlier of (i) an
officer of such Credit Party becoming aware of such default or (ii) receipt by Borrower of notice
from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or

               (e) Material Contracts. Prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, except for
defaults occasioned by the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases and defaults resulting from obligations
with respect to which the Bankruptcy Code prohibits any Credit Party from complying or permits any
Credit Party not to comply, a material default or breach occurs under any Post-Petition Material
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               (f) Involuntary Bankruptcy, Appointment of Receiver, Etc. Other than the Chapter 11
Cases, (i) a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect
of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under
any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, which
decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable
federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the
premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other
officer having similar powers over Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or over all or a
substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have occurred the
involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment,
execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property
of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and any such event described in this clause (ii)
shall continue for sixty days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged; or

               (g) Voluntary Bankruptcy, Appointment of Receiver, Etc. Other than the Chapter 11
Cases, (i) Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with respect
to it or shall commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of
an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a
voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by
a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii)
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in
writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the board of directors (or
similar governing body) of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (or any committee thereof) shall
adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to
herein or in Section 8.1(f); or

               (h) Judgments and Attachments. Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment
or similar process individually or in the aggregate in excess of (x) prior to the Exit Facility
Conversion Date, $2,500,000 and (y) on or after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, $10,000,000 (in
each case, to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and
unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) shall be entered or filed against
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall remain
undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty days (or in any event later
than five days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder); or

               (i) Dissolution. Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Credit
Party decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Credit Party and such order shall remain
undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty days; or

               (j) Employee Benefit Plans. (i) There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which
individually or in the aggregate results in or might reasonably be expected to result in liability
of Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in excess of an
amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) there exists
any fact or circumstance that reasonably could be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien
or security interest pursuant to Section 430(k) or 436 of the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA; or

               (k) Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or

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               (l) Guaranties, Collateral Documents and other Credit Documents. At any time after
the execution and delivery thereof, (i) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the satisfaction
in full of all Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance
with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its
obligations thereunder, (ii) this Agreement or any Collateral Document ceases to be in full force
and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or
thereof or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or
shall be declared null and void, or Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid
and perfected Lien (if any to the extent perfection may be achieved by the filing of Uniform
commercial Code financing statements and the entry of the Interim Order or Final Order, as the
case may be) in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents with the
priority required by the relevant Collateral Document, in each case for any reason other than the
failure of Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to take any action within its control, or (iii)
any Credit Party shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document in writing or
deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by
Lenders, under any Credit Document to which it is a party or shall contest the validity or
perfection of any Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents; or

               (m) Defaults in Other Agreements.

                    (i) Prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date, except for defaults occasioned by the
filing of the Chapter 11 Cases and defaults resulting from obligations with respect to which
the Bankruptcy Code prohibits any Credit Party from complying or permits any Credit Party
not to comply, a default or breach occurs under any agreement, document or instrument
entered into either (x) Pre-Petition and which is assumed after the Petition Date or is not
subject to the automatic stay provisions of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (y)
Post-Petition, to which any Credit Party is a party that is not cured within any applicable
grace period therefor, and such default or breach (i) involves the failure to make any
payment when due in respect of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any Credit
Party in excess of $2,500,000 in the aggregate, or (ii) causes such Indebtedness, or permits
any holder of such Indebtedness or a trustee to cause such Indebtedness, to become due prior
to its stated maturity or prior to its regularly scheduled dates of payment; or

                    (ii) (A) On or after the Exit Facility Conversion Date, failure of any Credit Party or
any of their respective Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any
other amount, including any payment in settlement, payable in respect of one or more items
of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 8.1(a)) in an
aggregate principal amount (or Net Mark-to-Market Exposure) of $10,000,000 or more, in each
case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor; or (B) breach or default by any
Credit Party with respect to any other material term of (1) one or more items of
Indebtedness in the individual or aggregate principal amounts (or Net Mark-to-Market
Exposure) referred to in clause (A) above or (2) any loan agreement, mortgage,
indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness, in each case beyond
the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to
cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of
such holder or holders), to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due and
payable (or subject to a compulsory repurchase or redeemable) prior to its stated maturity
or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be; or

               (n) New Money Investment. The expiration or termination of the Equity Commitment
Agreement shall occur or the commitment of any of the Backstop Parties (as defined in the Equity
Commitment Agreement) to fund the New Money Investment on the Exit Facility Conversion Date shall
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               (o) The Chapter 11 Cases. Prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date:

                    (i) entry of an order or filing of a motion by any Credit Party, or any Credit Party
supporting the entry of an order or filing of a motion, (A) authorizing, approving, granting
or seeking additional Post-Petition financing under Section 364(c) or (d) of the Bankruptcy
Code other than Indebtedness permitted under this Agreement or as provided in the Interim
Order and/or Final Order, (ii) granting any Lien upon or affecting any Collateral other than
Liens permitted under this Agreement, (C) entry of an order dismissing, or any Credit Party
seeking the dismissal of, any of the Chapter 11 Cases or converting any of the Chapter 11
Cases to a Chapter 7 case, (D) appointing a Chapter 11 trustee or an examiner in any of the
Chapter 11 Cases having enlarged powers (beyond those set forth under Sections 1106(a)(3)
and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code), (E) granting, any other super-priority Claim senior to or
pari passu with the super-priority Claims of Administrative Agent and Lenders (except in
favor of the Replacement Facility Agent and secured parties under the Replacement Revolving
Facility), (F) modifying the Additional Facility Credit Documents in any manner materially
adverse to the Agents and the Lenders, (G) authorizing or approving any other action
materially adverse to the Secured Parties or their rights
and remedies or their interest in any material portion of the Collateral, (H) granting
relief from the automatic stay to permit any secured creditor (other than the Secured
Parties) to enforce or otherwise take action with respect to any material Collateral, or (I)
permitting the use of cash collateral without the prior written consent of Administrative
Agent, except as set forth in the Interim Order or Final Order, whichever is then in effect;
or

                    (ii) the payment by any Credit Party of any Pre-Petition Claim without the prior
written consent of Administrative Agent other than the Pre-Petition Facilities on the
Closing Date or unless such payment is otherwise permitted; or

                    (iii) the commencement of any action against any of the Secured Parties (solely in
their capacities as such under the Credit Documents) by or on behalf of any Credit Party or
any of its Affiliates, officers or employees; or

                    (iv) the Interim Order (prior to entry of the Final Order) shall cease to be in full
force and effect or shall have been reversed, modified, amended, stayed, vacated or subject
to a stay pending appeal, in the case of any modification or amendment, without the prior
written consent of Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders; or

                    (v) the Final Order shall not have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court on or before
the date that is 45 days after the entry of the Interim Order; or

                    (vi) the Final Order shall cease to be in full force and effect or shall have been
reversed, modified, amended, stayed, vacated or subject to stay pending appeal, in the case
of any modification or amendment, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent
and Requisite Lenders; or

                    (vii) after entry thereof, the Confirmation Order shall cease to be in full force and
effect or shall have been reversed, modified, amended, stayed, vacated or subject to stay
pending appeal, in the case of any modification or amendment that is adverse to the Lenders
(as determined in the good faith judgment of Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders),
without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders; or

                    (viii) breach by any Credit Party of any provisions of the Interim Order or the
Final Order or, upon entry of the Confirmation Order, the Confirmation Order; or

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          (ix) the allowance of any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or
otherwise against any or all of the Secured Parties and the Collateral, or against any or
all of Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Collateral securing the Obligations; or

          (x) the filing of any plan of reorganization or related disclosure statement other
than the Plan of Reorganization and the Disclosure Statement, or the filing of any direct or
indirect amendment to the Plan of Reorganization or the Disclosure Statement, or the entry
of an order confirming any such plan of reorganization (other than the Plan of
Reorganization) or approving any such disclosure statement (other than the Disclosure
Statement) or approving any such amendment to the Plan of Reorganization or Disclosure
Statement, in each case without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent and
Requisite Lenders, to the extent such plan, disclosure statement or amendment would, if
approved, permit the Credit Parties to satisfy the Obligations other than in Cash in full on
the Maturity Date; or

          (xi) there shall arise, (x) any claim having priority over any or all administrative
expenses of the kind specified in clause (b) of Section 503 or clause (b) of Section 507 of
the Bankruptcy Code (other than the Carve-Out) or (y) any Lien on the Collateral having a
priority senior to or pari passu with the Liens and security interests granted herein,
except as expressly provided herein, in the Interim Order or the Final Order, whichever is
then in effect; or

          (xii) (x) the Plan Support Agreement shall be terminated by any party thereto or shall
otherwise cease to be in full force and effect, or shall have been amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified in any manner that in the good faith judgment of Administrative Agent and
Requisite Lenders adversely affects the interests, rights or remedies of any or all of the
Agents, the Arranger and the Lenders, or (y) any party to the Plan Support Agreement shall
have breached the Plan Support Agreement in any manner that in the good faith judgment of
Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders adversely affects the interests, rights or
remedies of any or all of the Agents, the Arranger and the Lenders,

THEN, subject to any notice requirements in the Interim Order or Final Order, as applicable (1)
upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g),
automatically, and (2) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of
Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) Requisite Lenders, upon notice to Borrower by
Administrative Agent, (A) each of the following shall immediately become due and payable, in each
case without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by each Credit Party: (I) the unpaid principal amount of and accrued
interest on the Loans and (II) all other Obligations; and (B) Administrative Agent may cause
Collateral Agent to enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to Collateral
Documents.

          8.2. Carve-Out Events. Upon the commencement of enforcement of remedies by Administrative Agent
and Requisite Lenders under the Credit Documents, following an Event of Default, and delivery by
Administrative Agent of a Carve-Out Event Notice, the obligation of the Credit Parties to pay
Professional Fees incurred for periods on and after delivery of such Carve-Out Event Notice in
excess of the Carve-Out Cap shall automatically terminate (a “Carve-Out Event”) and after the first
Business Day following delivery by Administrative Agent of the Carve-Out Event Notice, to the
extent allowed at any time, whether by Interim Order, Final Order, procedural order or otherwise,
Borrower may pay Professional Fees incurred by the Credit Parties and the Unsecured Creditors
Committee on and after delivery of such Carve-Out Event Notice, but any such Professional Fees
incurred after the first Business Day following delivery of such Carve-Out Event Notice shall not exceed the Carve-Out Cap, and the Carve-Out shall not be
available for the Professional Fees of the Ad Hoc Committee incurred after the first Business Day
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that so
long as the Carve-Out Event Notice has not been delivered or with respect to Professional Fees
incurred prior to the delivery of the Carve-Out Notice (or if such Carve-Out Notice has been
rescinded), the Credit Parties shall be permitted to pay, as the same may become due and payable,
Professional Fees (including of the Ad Hoc Committee) allowed and payable under 11 U.S.C. §330 and
§331, and the same shall not reduce the Carve-Out Cap. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein shall be construed to impair the ability of any party to object to the fees and expenses of
Committees.

          SECTION 9. AGENTS

          9.1. Appointment of Agents. GS Lending Partners is hereby appointed Syndication Agent hereunder,
and each Lender hereby authorizes GS Lending Partners to act as Syndication Agent in accordance
with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. GS Lending Partners is hereby appointed
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and each
Lender hereby authorizes GS Lending Partners to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in
accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent hereby agrees to act
in its capacity as such upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Credit
Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Section 9 are solely for the benefit of
Agents and Lenders and no Credit Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of
the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act
solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any
obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries. Syndication Agent, without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any
and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates. As of the Closing Date,
GS Lending Partners, in its capacity as Syndication Agent, shall not have any obligations but shall
be entitled to all benefits of this Section 9. Each of Syndication Agent and any Agent
described in clause (e) of the definition thereof may resign from such role at any time,
with immediate effect, by giving prior written notice thereof to Administrative Agent and Borrower.

          9.2. Powers and Duties. Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such
Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other
Credit Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent by the terms hereof and
thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each
Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified herein and the
other Credit Documents. Each Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such
duties by or through its agents or employees. No Agent shall have, by reason hereof or any of the
other Credit Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender; and nothing herein or
any of the other Credit Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as
to impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect hereof or any of the other Credit Documents
except as expressly set forth herein or therein.

          9.3. General Immunity.

               (a) No Responsibility for Certain Matters. No Agent shall be responsible to any
Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or
sufficiency hereof or any other Credit Document or for any representations, warranties,
recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any
financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents
furnished or made by any Agent to Lenders or by or on behalf of any Credit Party to any Agent or
any Lender in connection with the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or
for the financial condition or business affairs of any Credit Party or any other Person liable for
the payment of any Obligations, nor shall any Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the
performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements
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use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to
the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Default or to make any disclosures
with respect to the foregoing. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the amount of
outstanding Loans or the component amounts thereof. Borrower acknowledges that prior to the
Closing Date, it assisted GS Lending Partners, in its capacity as Arranger (with “left” side
designation), in connection with the syndication of the Facilities, including, without limitation
preparing (i) one or more information packages regarding the business, operations, financial
projections and prospects of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Confidential
Information Memorandum”), (ii) the Initial Cash Flow Forecast, (ii) the Initial Approved Budget,
and (iii) all information relating to the transactions contemplated hereunder prepared by or on
behalf of Holdings and its Subsidiaries deemed reasonably necessary by GS Lending Partners to
complete the syndication of the Facilities. Borrower acknowledges that it is solely responsible
for the contents of any such Confidential Information Memorandum, the Initial Cash Flow Forecast,
the Initial Approved Budget and all other information, documentation or materials delivered to GS
Lending Partners by or on behalf of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection therewith
(collectively, the “Information”) and acknowledges that GS Lending Partners will be using and
relying upon the Information without independent verification thereof.

               (b) Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its officers, partners, directors,
employees or agents shall be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by any Agent under
or in connection with any of the Credit Documents except to the extent caused by such Agent’s
gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction. Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the
taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of
the other Credit Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it
hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions in respect
thereof from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions
under Section 10.5) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Requisite Lenders (or such
other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed)
refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such
instructions. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) each Agent shall be
entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or
document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper
Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and
judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for Holdings and its Subsidiaries), accountants,
experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of
action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed)
refraining from acting hereunder or any of the other Credit Documents in accordance with the
instructions of Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such
instructions under Section 10.5).

               (c) Delegation of Duties. Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its
duties and exercise its rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other Credit Document
by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent
and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by
or through
their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of this
Section 9.3 and of Section 9.6 shall apply to any the Affiliates of Administrative
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. All of the
rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of
this Section 9.3 and of Section 9.6 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the
Affiliates of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as
if such sub-agent and Affiliates were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
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be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits
and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of
the rights and benefits of a third party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to
enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to
indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all
of Credit Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including
exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) shall not be modified or amended without the
consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to Administrative
Agent and not to any Credit Party, Lender or any other Person and no Credit Party, Lender or any
other Person shall have any rights, directly or indirectly, as a third party beneficiary or
otherwise, against such sub-agent.

          9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as Lender. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect
any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its
individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans, each
Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same
as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term
“Lender” shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its
individual capacity. Any Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own
securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other
business with Holdings or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified
herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Borrower for services in connection
herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.

          9.5. Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.

               (a) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation
of the financial condition and affairs of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with Loans
hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the
creditworthiness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries. No Agent shall have any duty or
responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any
such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any
time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy
of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.

               (b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, an Assignment
Agreement or a Joinder Agreement and funding its Loans on the Closing Date or funding any New Term
Loans, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and
approved, each Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent,
Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable, on the Closing Date or as the date of funding of such
new Term Loans. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges
that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Pledge and
Security Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder or
under any other Collateral Document are subject to the provisions of any Replacement Revolving
Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the terms of any Replacement
Revolving Intercreditor Agreement (on the one hand), this Agreement or any Collateral Documents
(on the other hand), the terms of any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement shall govern
and control.

               (c) In connection with any assignment to or by an Affiliated Lender pursuant to this
Agreement, such Affiliated Lender shall make representations and warranties to Administrative
Agent and the Lenders that, as of the effective date of such assignment, it is not in possession
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information regarding any Credit Party, its assets, its ability to perform its Obligations
or any other matter that may be material to a decision by any Lender to enter into any Assignment
and Acceptance, or participate in any of the transactions contemplated thereby, that has not
previously been disclosed to Administrative Agent and the Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges that
Affiliated Lenders are Eligible Assignees hereunder and may purchase Loans hereunder from Lenders
from time to time, subject to the restrictions set forth in the definition of Affiliated Lender.

               (d) Each Lender agrees that at any time, it possesses, directly or indirectly, the power
(i) to vote 15% or more of the Securities having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors of Holdings or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
Holdings, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise, such
Lender will be deemed an “Affiliated Lender” for all purposes under this Agreement. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender acknowledges and agrees that so long as it
qualifies as an Affiliated Lender, it will not be able (a) to consent to any amendment,
modification, waiver, consent or other such action with respect to any of the terms of this
Agreement or any other Credit Document, (b) to require any Agent or other Lender to undertake any
action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to this Agreement or any other Credit
Document, (c) otherwise vote on any matter related to this Agreement or any other Credit Document,
(d) attend any meeting with any Agent or Lender or receive any information from any Agent or
Lender or (e) make or bring any claim, in its capacity as Lender, against the Agent or any Lender
with respect to the duties and obligations of such Persons under the Credit Documents, but no
amendment, modification or waiver shall deprive any Affiliated Lender of its share of any payments
which the Lenders are entitled to share on a pro rata basis hereunder.

          9.6. Right to Indemnity. Each Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to
indemnify each Agent, to the extent that such Agent shall not have been reimbursed by any Credit
Party, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of
any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent
(i) in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the
other Credit Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Agent in any way relating to or arising
out of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents and (ii) in connection with (A) the obtaining
of approval of the Credit Documents by the Bankruptcy Court and (B) the preparation and review of
pleadings, documents and reports related to any Chapter 11 Case and any subsequent case under
Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, attendance at meetings, court hearings or conferences related to
any Chapter 11 Case and any subsequent case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, and general
monitoring of any Chapter 11 Case and any subsequent case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code;
provided, no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting
from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose
shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for
additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such
additional indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any
Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action,
judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof;
and provided further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to
indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment,
suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence.

          9.7. Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. (a) Administrative Agent shall have the
right to resign at any time by giving prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower and
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concurrent instruments in writing delivered to Borrower and Administrative Agent and signed by
Requisite Lenders. Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution to
act as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable
satisfaction of Borrower and Requisite Lenders, and Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become
effective on the earliest of (i) 30 days after delivery of the notice of resignation, (ii) the
acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by Borrower and Requisite Lenders or (iii) such
other date, if any, agreed to by Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation or any
such removal, if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the retiring
Administrative Agent, Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to
Borrower, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If neither Requisite Lenders nor
Administrative Agent have appointed a successor Administrative Agent, Requisite Lenders shall be
deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of
the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that, until a successor Administrative Agent is
so appointed by Requisite Lenders or Administrative Agent, any collateral security held by
Administrative Agent in its role as Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the
Collateral Documents shall continue to be held by the retiring Collateral Agent as nominee until
such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative
Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent and the retiring or removed Administrative
Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums, Securities and
other items of Collateral held under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other
documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the
successor Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such
successor Administrative Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other
actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor
Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon
such retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder. Except as provided above, any resignation or removal of GS Lending Partners or its
successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute the resignation or
removal of GS Lending Partners or its successor as Collateral Agent. After any retiring or removed
Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of
this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by
it while it was Administrative Agent hereunder. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed
pursuant to this Section shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor
Collateral Agent for all purposes hereunder.

               (b) In addition to the foregoing, Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving prior
written notice thereof to Lenders and the Grantors, and Collateral Agent may be removed at any
time with or without cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to
the Grantors and Collateral Agent signed by Requisite Lenders. Administrative Agent shall have
the right to appoint a financial institution as Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the
reasonable satisfaction of Borrower and Requisite Lenders and Collateral Agent’s resignation shall
become effective on the earliest of (i) 30 days after delivery of the notice of resignation, (ii)
the acceptance of such successor Collateral Agent by Borrower and Requisite Lenders or (iii) such
other date, if any, agreed to by Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation or any
such removal, Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to
Administrative Agent, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Until a successor Collateral Agent
is so appointed by Requisite Lenders or Administrative Agent, any collateral security held by
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Credit Documents shall continue to be
held by the retiring Collateral Agent as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent
is appointed. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor
Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested
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or removed Collateral Agent
under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, and the retiring or removed Collateral Agent
under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Collateral Agent all sums,
Securities and other items of Collateral held hereunder or under the Collateral Documents,
together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the
performance of the duties of the successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the
Collateral Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Collateral Agent or otherwise
authorize the filing of such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as
may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Collateral
Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such retiring or
removed Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement
and the Collateral Documents. After any retiring or removed Collateral Agent’s resignation or
removal hereunder as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral
Documents shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under
this Agreement or the Collateral Documents while it was the Collateral Agent hereunder.

          9.8. Collateral Documents and Guaranty.

               (a) Agents under Collateral Documents and Guaranty. Each Secured Party hereby
further authorizes Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for
the benefit of Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of Secured Parties with
respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral, any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement and the
other Collateral Documents; provided that neither Administrative Agent nor Collateral
Agent shall owe any fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty, duty of care, duty of disclosure or any other
obligation whatsoever to any holder of Obligations with respect to any Hedge Agreement. Subject
to Section 10.5, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party,
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable may execute any documents or instruments
necessary to (i) in connection with a sale or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement,
release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of such sale or other
disposition of assets or to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to
give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented, (ii) subordinate the
Collateral Agent’s Liens on the ABL Collateral in connection with the incurrence of the
Replacement Revolving Facility, or (iii) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty pursuant to
Section 7.12 or with respect to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be
required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented. Each Secured
Party understands, acknowledges and agrees that arrangements may be put in place whereby the ABL
Collateral may be sold pursuant to a Replacement Revolving Facility, which arrangements, if in
existence, shall be subject
to terms and conditions of a Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement. The terms of
each Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement may provide, in the event of any conflict
between the terms of such Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement and any of the Credit
Documents, the provisions of such Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and
control. Each Secured Party authorizes and instructs Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to
enter into the Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Secured Parties in
accordance with this Agreement and to take all actions (and execute all documents) required (or
deemed advisable) by it in accordance with the terms of such Replacement Revolving Intercreditor
Agreement.

               (b) Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guaranty. Anything contained in any
of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower, Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any
right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being
understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all
powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by Collateral
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by Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral
pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, Collateral Agent or any Lender may be
the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition
and Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties (but not any Lender or
Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Requisite Lenders shall otherwise
agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment
of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to
use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any
collateral payable by Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition.

               (c) Rights under Hedge Agreements. No Hedge Agreement will create (or be deemed to
create) in favor of any Lender Counterparty that is a party thereto any rights in connection with
the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor under the
Credit Documents except as expressly provided in Section 10.5(c)(ii) of this Agreement and
Section 9.2 of the Pledge and Security Agreement. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral,
such Lender Counterparty shall be deemed to have appointed Collateral Agent as its agent and
agreed to be bound by the Credit Documents as a Secured Party, subject to the limitations set
forth in this clause (c).

               (d) Release of Collateral and Guarantees, Termination of Credit Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Credit Document, when all
Obligations (other than obligations in respect of any Hedge Agreement) have been paid in full,
upon request of Borrower, Administrative Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of,
any Lender, or any affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Hedge Agreement) take such
actions as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release
all guarantee obligations provided for in any Credit Document, whether or not on the date of such
release there may be outstanding Obligations in respect of Hedge Agreements. Any such release of
guarantee obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations
shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations
guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of Borrower or any Guarantor,
or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee
or similar officer for, Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or
otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

          9.9. Withholding Taxes. To the extent required by any applicable law, Administrative Agent may
withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the Internal
Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that Administrative Agent did
not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the
appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to
notify Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or
reduction of, withholding tax ineffective or for any other reason, such Lender shall indemnify
Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by Administrative Agent as
Tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all expenses (including
legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred.

          SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

          10.1. Notices. 

               (a) Notices Generally. Any notice or other communication herein required or
permitted to be given to a Credit Party, Syndication Agent, Collateral Agent or Administrative
Agent, shall be sent to such Person’s address as set forth on Appendix B or in the other relevant
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Document, and in the case of any Lender, the address as indicated on Appendix B or
otherwise indicated to Administrative Agent in writing. Except as otherwise set forth in
paragraph (b) below, each notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally
served or sent by telefacsimile (except for any notices sent to Administrative Agent) or United
States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or
by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of telefacsimile, or three
Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly
addressed; provided, no notice to any Agent shall be effective until received by such
Agent; provided further, any such notice or other communication shall at the
request of Administrative Agent be provided to any sub-agent appointed pursuant to Section
9.3(c) as designated by Administrative Agent from time to time.

               (b) Electronic Communications.

               (i) Notices and other communications to Lenders hereunder may be delivered or
furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites,
including the Platform) pursuant to procedures approved by Administrative Agent;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to
Section 2 if such Lender, as applicable, has notified Administrative Agent that it
is incapable of receiving notices under such Section by electronic communication.
Administrative Agent or Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved
by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular
notices or communications. Unless Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices
and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return
receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement);
provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal
business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been
sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices
or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon
the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the
foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available
and identifying the website address therefor.

               (ii) Each Credit Party understands that the distribution of material through an
electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other
risks associated with such distribution and agrees and assumes the risks associated with
such electronic distribution, except to the extent caused by the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of Administrative Agent, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction.

               (iii) The Platform and any Approved Electronic Communications are provided “as is”
and “as available”. None of the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents, advisors or representatives (the “Agent Affiliates”) warrant the
accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications or the
Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Platform and
the Approved Electronic Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or
statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose,
non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects is made
by the Agent Affiliates in connection with the Platform or the Approved Electronic
Communications.

               (iv) Each Credit Party, each Lender and each Agent agrees that Administrative Agent
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Platform in accordance with Administrative Agent’s customary document retention procedures
and policies.

               (v) Any notice of Default or Event of Default may be provided by telephone if
confirmed promptly thereafter by delivery of written notice thereof.

               (c) Private Side Information Contacts. Each Public Lender agrees to cause at least
one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private
Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in
order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s
compliance procedures and applicable law, including United States federal and state securities
laws, to make reference to information that is not made available through the “Public Side
Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain Non-Public Information with respect to
Holdings, its Subsidiaries or their securities for purposes of United States federal or state
securities laws.

          10.2. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Borrower
agrees to pay promptly (a) all documented, actual and reasonable costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Credit Documents and any
consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; (b) all the costs of furnishing all
opinions by counsel for Borrower and the other Credit Parties; (c) the reasonable, documented fees,
expenses and disbursements of counsel to Agents (in each case including allocated costs of internal
counsel) in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of the
Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and any other
documents or matters requested by Borrower; (d) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses of
creating, perfecting, recording, maintaining and preserving Liens in favor of Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of Secured Parties, including filing and recording fees, expenses and Taxes, stamp or
documentary taxes, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of counsel to each Agent and of counsel providing any opinions that any Agent or
Requisite Lenders may request in respect of the Collateral or the Liens created pursuant to the
Collateral Documents; (e) all the actual and reasonable costs, fees, expenses and disbursements of
any auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers; (f) all the actual and reasonable costs and
expenses (including the reasonable, documented fees, expenses and disbursements of any appraisers,
consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by Collateral Agent and its counsel) in
connection with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral; (g) all other actual and
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by each Agent in connection with the syndication of the Term
Loans and Term Loan Commitments and the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and any
consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and (h) after the occurrence of a
Default or an Event of Default, all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
(including allocated costs of internal counsel) and costs of settlement, incurred by any Agent and
Lenders in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from any Credit Party
hereunder or under the other Credit Documents by reason of such Default or Event of Default
(including in connection with the sale, lease or license of, collection from, or other realization
upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty) or in connection with any
refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a
“work-out” or pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy cases or proceedings.

          10.3. Indemnity.

               (a) In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 10.2, whether or not
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, each Credit Party agrees to defend
(subject to Indemnitees’ selection of counsel), indemnify, pay and hold harmless, each Agent and
Lender and the officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, advisors, employees, agents,
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of each Agent and each Lender (each, an “Indemnitee”), from and against
any and all Indemnified Liabilities; provided, no Credit Party shall have any obligation
to any Indemnitee hereunder with respect to any Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such
Indemnified Liabilities arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnitee,
in each case, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction. To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set
forth in this Section 10.3 may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are
violative of any law or public policy, the applicable Credit Party shall contribute the maximum
portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and
satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by Indemnitees or any of them.

               (b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each
Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against each Lender, each Agent, the Arranger and their
respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or
actual damages) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by
any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any
way related to, this Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in
connection therewith, and Holdings and Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon
any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected
to exist in its favor.

               (c) The indemnification pursuant to this Section 10.3 shall expressly survive the
effective date of the Plan of Reorganization or any other plan of reorganization confirmed by the
Bankruptcy Court.

          10.4. Set-Off. Subject to any notice requirements in the Interim Order (with respect to the period
prior to the entry of the Final Order) or the Final Order (with respect to the period on and after entry of
the Final Order), in addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not
by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default each Lender is
hereby authorized, in each case notwithstanding the provisions of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy
Code, and without any application, motion or notice to, hearing before, or order from, the
Bankruptcy Court, by each Credit Party at any time or from time to time subject to the consent of
Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), without notice to
any Credit Party or to any other Person (other than Administrative Agent), any such notice being
hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general
or special, including Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or
unmatured, but not including trust accounts) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing
by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party against and on account of
the obligations and liabilities of any Credit Party to such Lender, and participations therein and
under the other Credit Documents, including all claims of any nature or description arising out of
or connected hereto, and participations therein or with any other Credit Document, irrespective of
whether or not (a) such Lender shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of or the
interest on the Loans or any amounts in respect of any other amounts due hereunder shall have
become due and payable pursuant to Section 2 and although such obligations and liabilities,
or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured.

          10.5. Amendments and Waivers.

               (a) Requisite Lenders’ Consent. Subject to the additional requirements of
Sections 10.5(b) and (c), no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any
provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom,
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without the written concurrence of Requisite Lenders;
provided that Administrative Agent may, with the consent of Borrower only, amend, modify
or supplement this Agreement to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, so long as
such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender.

               (b) Affected Lenders’ Consent. Without the written consent of each Lender that
would be directly affected thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, or consent shall be
effective if the effect thereof would:

               (i) amend the definition of “Maturity Date”;

               (ii) waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not prepayment);

               (iii) reduce the rate of interest on any Loan (other than any waiver of any increase
in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.7) or any fee or
any premium payable hereunder;

               (iv) extend the time for payment of any such interest or fees;

               (v) reduce the principal amount of any Loan;

               (vi) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 10.5(b),
Section 10.5(c) or any other provision of this Agreement that expressly provides
that the consent of all Lenders is required;

               (vii) amend the definition of “Requisite Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share”;
provided, with the consent of Requisite Lenders, additional extensions of credit
pursuant hereto may be included in the determination of “Requisite Lenders” or “Pro Rata
Share” on substantially the same basis as the Term Loan Commitments and the Term Loans are
included on the Closing Date;

               (viii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all
of the Guarantors from the Guaranty except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents; or

               (ix) except in connection with assignments and transfers to a New Credit Party as
contemplated under Section 3.6(a) made upon the consummation of the Plan of
Reorganization, consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its
rights and obligations under any Credit Document;

provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, all Lenders shall be deemed directly
affected thereby with respect to any amendment described in clauses (vi),
(vii), (viii) and (ix).

               (c) Other Consents. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any
provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom,
shall:

               (i) [Intentionally Omitted];

               (ii) amend, modify or waive this Agreement or the Pledge and Security Agreement so as
to alter the ratable treatment of Obligations arising under the Credit Documents and
Obligations arising under Hedge Agreements or the definition of “Lender Counterparty,”
“Hedge Agreement,” “Obligations,” or “Secured Obligations” (as defined in any applicable

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Collateral Document (other than any Replacement Revolving Intercreditor Agreement)) in each
case in a manner adverse to any Lender Counterparty with Obligations then outstanding
without the written consent of any such Lender Counterparty;

               (iii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 9 as the
same applies to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights
or obligations of any Agent, in each case without the consent of such Agent.

               (d) Refinancing Amendments. In addition, notwithstanding Sections
10.5(a), (b) and (c), this Agreement may be amended with the written consent
of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the Replacement Term Loans (as
defined below) to permit the refinancing of any portion of the outstanding Term Loans (“Refinanced
Term Loans”) with a replacement term loan (“Replacement Term Loans”) hereunder; provided
that (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the
aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans, (ii) the Applicable Margin with respect
to such Replacement Term Loans (or similar interest rate spread applicable to such Replacement
Term Loans) shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term Loans (or
similar interest rate spread applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans) immediately prior to such
refinancing, (iii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not
be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of
such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has
been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the Term Loans) and (iv) all other terms applicable
to such Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the
Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than, those applicable to such Refinanced Term
Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any
period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in
effect immediately prior to such refinancing.

               (e) Execution of Amendments, Etc. Administrative Agent may, but shall have no
obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or
consents on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any
Credit Party in any case shall entitle any Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand
in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent
effected in accordance with this Section 10.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the
time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by a Credit Party, on such Credit Party.

               (f) Amendment and Restatement. In connection with the exercise of the Exit
Facilities Option, to facilitate reference to the provisions of this Agreement, each Lender
executing this Agreement hereby authorizes Administrative Agent, on its behalf, to enter into an
amendment and restatement of this Agreement on or about the Exit Facility Conversion Date, at
Administrative Agent’s option in order to delete provisions relating to the DIP Facility and in
connection with the incurrence of the Replacement Revolving Facility, to facilitate reference to
the provisions of this Agreement, each Lender executing this Agreement hereby authorizes
Administrative Agent, on its behalf, to enter into an amendment and restatement of this Agreement
on or about the date of incurrence of the Replacement Revolving Facility, at Administrative
Agent’s option in order to make more specific the references to the Replacement Revolving
Facility; provided that in each case, any such amendment and restatement shall be
distributed to each Lender.

          10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations.

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respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the
successors and assigns of Lenders. No Credit Party’s rights or obligations hereunder nor any
interest therein may be assigned or delegated by any Credit Party without the prior written
consent of all Lenders except as set forth in Section 3.6(a). 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 and, to the extent expressly contemplated
hereby, Affiliates of each of the Agents and Lenders and other Indemnitees) any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

               (b) Register. Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall deem and treat the
Persons listed as Lenders in the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding Term Loan
Commitments and Term Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer
of any such Term Loan Commitment or Term Loan shall be effective, in each case, unless and until
recorded in the Register following receipt of a fully executed Assignment Agreement effecting the
assignment or transfer thereof, together with the required forms and certificates regarding Tax
matters and any fees payable in connection with such assignment, in each case, as provided in
Section 10.6(d). Each assignment shall be recorded in the Register promptly following
receipt by Administrative Agent of the fully executed Assignment Agreement and all other necessary
documents and approvals, prompt notice thereof shall be provided to Borrower and a copy of such
Assignment Agreement shall be maintained, as applicable. The date of such recordation of a
transfer shall be referred to herein as the “Assignment Effective Date.” Any request, authority
or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or
consent, is listed in the Register as a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent
holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding Term
Loan Commitments or Term Loans. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the Obligations are registered obligations and the right, title and interest of the
Lenders in and to such Obligations shall be transferable only in accordance with the terms hereof.
This Section 10.6(b) shall be construed so that the Obligations are at all times
maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of
the Code.

               (c) Right to Assign. Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign
or transfer all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including all or
a portion of its Term Loan Commitment or Term Loans owing to it or other Obligations subject to
Section 9.5(c) (provided, however, that pro rata assignments shall not be
required and each assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all rights and
obligations under and in respect of any applicable Loan and any related Term Loan Commitments):

               (i) to any Person meeting the criteria of clause (i) of the definition of the
term of “Eligible Assignee” upon the giving of notice to Borrower and Administrative Agent;
and

               (ii) to any Person meeting the criteria of clause (ii) of the definition of
the term of “Eligible Assignee” upon giving of notice to Borrower and Administrative Agent;
provided, further each such assignment pursuant to this Section
10.6(c)(ii) shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $1,000,000 (or such lesser
amount as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent or as shall constitute the
aggregate amount of the Loan of the assigning Lender) with respect to the assignment of
Loans.

               (d) Mechanics. Assignments and assumptions of Term Loans and Term Loan Commitments
by Lenders shall be effected by manual execution and delivery to Administrative Agent of an
Assignment Agreement. Assignments made pursuant to the foregoing provision shall be effective as
of the Assignment Effective Date. In connection with all assignments there shall be delivered to
Administrative Agent such forms, certificates or other evidence, if any, with respect to United
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federal income tax withholding matters as the assignee under such Assignment Agreement may
be required to deliver pursuant to Section 2.17(c).

               (e) Representations and Warranties of Assignee. Each Lender, upon execution and
delivery hereof or upon succeeding to an interest in the Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans, as
the case may be, represents and warrants as of the Closing Date or as of the Assignment Effective
Date that (i) it is an Eligible Assignee; (ii) it has experience and expertise in the making of or
investing in commitments or loans such as the applicable Term Loan Commitments or Term Loans, as
the case may be; and (iii) it will make or invest in, as the case may be, its Term Loan
Commitments or Term Loans for its own account in the ordinary course and without a view to
distribution of such Term Loan Commitments or Term Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the
provisions of this Section 10.6, the disposition of such Term Loan Commitments or Term
Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control).

               (f) Effect of Assignment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section
10.6, as of the “Assignment Effective Date” (i) the assignee thereunder shall have the rights
and obligations of a “Lender” hereunder to the extent of its interest in the Term Loans and Term
Loan Commitments as reflected in the Register and shall thereafter be a party hereto and a
“Lender” for all purposes hereof; (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that
rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to the assignee, relinquish its rights (other
than any rights which survive the termination hereof under Section 10.9) and be released
from its obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an assignment covering all or the remaining
portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder, such
Lender shall cease to be a party hereto on the Assignment Effective Date; provided,
anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, such assigning
Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of all indemnities hereunder as specified
herein with respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a
Lender hereunder); and (iii) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note
hereunder, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly
thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to Administrative Agent for
cancellation, and thereupon Borrower shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so requested by the
assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with
appropriate insertions, to reflect the new outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning
Lender.

               (g) Participations.

               (i) Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell one or more participations
to any Person (other than Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates) in all
or any part of its Term Loan Commitments, Term Loans or in any other Obligation.

               (ii) The holder of any such participation, other than an Affiliate of the Lender
granting such participation, shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to
take any action hereunder except with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver that
would (A) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan or Note in which such participant
is participating, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees
thereon (except in connection with a waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in
interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of the
participant’s participation over the amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that
a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the Term Loan
Commitment shall not constitute a change in the terms of such participation, and that an
increase in any Term Loan Commitment or Term Loan shall be permitted without the consent of
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as a result thereof),
(B) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement or (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral
under the Collateral Documents or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the
Guaranty (in each case, except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents) supporting the
Loans hereunder in which such participant is participating.

               (iii) Borrower agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.15(c), 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were a
Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this
Section; provided, (x) a participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under Section 2.16 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have
been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such participant, unless
the sale of the participation to such participant is made with Borrower’s prior written
consent and (y) a participant that would be a Non-US Lender if it were a Lender shall not be
entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless Borrower is notified of the
participation sold to such participant and such participant agrees, for the benefit of
Borrower, to comply with Section 2.17 as though it were a Lender; provided,
further that, except as specifically set forth in clauses (x) and
(y) of this sentence, nothing herein shall require any notice to Borrower or any
other Person in connection with the sale of any participation. To the extent permitted by
law, each participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.4 as
though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender shall, acting for this purpose
as an agent of the Borrower, maintain at one of its offices a register meeting the
requirements of 26 CFR §5f.103-1(c) for the recordation in book entry form of the names and
addresses of its participants, and the amount and terms of its participations,
provided that no Lender shall be required to disclose or share the information
contained in such register with the Borrower or any other party, except as required by
applicable law.

               (h) Certain Other Assignments and Participations. In addition to any other
assignment or participation permitted pursuant to this Section 10.6 any Lender may assign,
pledge and/or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its Loans, the other Obligations
owed by or to such Lender, and its Notes, if any, to secure obligations of such Lender including
any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors
and any operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank; provided, that no Lender,
as between Borrower and such Lender, shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a
result of any such assignment and pledge, and provided further, that in no event
shall the applicable Federal Reserve Bank, pledgee or trustee, be considered to be a “Lender” or
be entitled to require the assigning Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder.

          10.7. Certain Undertakings with Respect to Securitization Subsidiaries. Each of the Lenders and the
Agents agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all
the obligations of the Securitization Subsidiary in connection with and under a Securitization, (i)
the Secured Parties shall not be entitled, whether before or after the occurrence of any Event of
Default, to (A) institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, any
Securitization Subsidiary any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, (B) transfer and register the
Equity Interests of any Securitization Subsidiary or any other instrument evidencing any Seller’s
Retained Interest in the name of a Secured Party or any designee or nominee thereof, (C) foreclose
such security interest regardless of the bankruptcy or insolvency of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, (D) exercise any voting rights granted or appurtenant to such capital stock of any
Securitization Subsidiary or any other instrument evidencing any Seller’s Retained Interest or (E)
enforce any right that the holder of any such Equity Interest of any Securitization Subsidiary or
any other instrument evidencing any Seller’s Retained Interest might otherwise have to liquidate,
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and
(ii) the Secured Parties hereby waive and release any right to require (A) that any Securitization
Subsidiary be in any manner merged, combined, collapsed or consolidated with or into Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries, including by way of substantive consolidation in a bankruptcy case or (B)
that the status of any Securitization Subsidiary as a separate entity be in any respect
disregarded. Each of the Lenders, the Agents and the Arranger agrees and acknowledges that the
agent acting on behalf of the holders of securitization indebtedness of the Securitization
Subsidiary is an express third party beneficiary with respect to this Section 10.7 and such
agent shall have the right to enforce compliance by the Secured Parties, the Lenders, the Agents,
and the Arranger with this Section 10.7.

          10.8. Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that
if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it
would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another
covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken
or condition exists.

          10.9. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and
agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of the Loans.
Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of each Credit
Party set forth in Sections 2.15(c), 2.16, 2.17, 10.2, 10.3
and 10.4 and the agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 2.14, 9.3(b) and
9.6 shall survive the payment of the Loans.

          10.10. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of any Agent or any Lender in
the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall
impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence
therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude
other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers
and remedies given to each Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to
and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law
or in any of the other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements. Any forbearance or failure
to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any
such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the
further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.

          10.11. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. Neither any Agent nor any Lender shall be under any
obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person or against or in
payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Credit Party makes a payment or
payments to Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders), or
any Agent or Lender enforces any security interests or exercises any right of setoff, and such
payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to
be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state or
federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the
obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies
therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such
payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

          10.12. Severability. In case any provision in or obligation hereunder or under any other Credit
Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in
any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

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

          10.14. Headings. Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only
and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

          10.15. APPLICABLE LAW. TO THE EXTENT NOT GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE,
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

          
10.16. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. AT ALL TIMES PRIOR TO THE EXIT FACILITY CONVERSION DATE, ALL PARTIES HERETO SUBMIT TO
 THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT, OR IN THE EVENT THAT THE BANKRUPTCY COURT DOES NOT
 HAVE OR DOES NOT EXERCISE JURISDICTION, THEN IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE,
 COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK. SUBJECT TO THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SENTENCE AND CLAUSE (E) OF THE FOLLOWING
 SENTENCE, ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER CREDIT
 DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE
 STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IMMEDIATELY SUCCEEDING SENTENCE. BY EXECUTING
 AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH CREDIT PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY
 (A) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, AT ALL TIMES ON AND AFTER THE EXIT FACILITY CONVERSION DATE,
 THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; (B) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS;
 (C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR ANY OTHER SUCH
 COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY AT
 ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.1; (D) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN
 CLAUSE (C) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY IN ANY
 SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES
EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (E) AGREES THAT AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE
RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY
CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS
UNDER ANY COLLATERAL DOCUMENT OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT.

          10.17. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE
RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE

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OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS
LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE SCOPE OF THIS
WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT
AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS,
BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT
EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE
TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND
REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND
VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS
IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A
MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 10.17 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS,
SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS
OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY
BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

          10.18. Confidentiality. Each Agent and each Lender shall hold all non-public information
regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their businesses identified as such by Borrower and
obtained by such Agent or such Lender pursuant to the requirements hereof in accordance with such
Agent’s and such Lender’s customary procedures for handling confidential information of such
nature, it being understood and agreed by Borrower that, in any event, Administrative Agent may
disclose such information to the Lenders and each Agent and each Lender may make (i) disclosures of
such information to Affiliates of such Lender or Agent and to their respective agents and advisors
(and to other Persons authorized by a Lender or Agent to organize, present or disseminate such
information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section
10.18), (ii) disclosures of such information reasonably required by any bona fide or potential
assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or
participation of Loans or any participations therein or by any direct or indirect contractual
counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction
relating to Borrower and its obligations (provided, such assignees, transferees,
participants, counterparties and advisors are advised of and agree to be bound by either the
provisions of this Section 10.18 or other provisions at least as restrictive as this
Section 10.18), (iii) disclosure to any rating agency when required by it; provided that,
prior to any disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the
confidentiality of any confidential information relating to Credit Parties received by it from any
Agent or any Lender, (iv) disclosures in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or
under any other Credit Document and (v) disclosures required or requested by any governmental
agency or representative thereof or by the NAIC or pursuant to legal or judicial process;
provided, unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender and
each Agent shall make reasonable efforts to notify Borrower in writing of any request by any
governmental agency or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with any
examination of the financial condition or other routine examination of such Lender by such
governmental agency) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such
information. In addition, each Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement
and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to
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Agents and the Lenders in connection with the
administration and management of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, each party (and each of their respective employees,
representatives or other agents) may disclose to any and all persons without limitation of any
kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
all materials of any kind (including opinions and other tax analyses) that are provided to any such
party relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. However, any information relating to the
tax treatment or tax structure shall remain subject to the confidentiality provisions hereof (and
the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent reasonably necessary to enable the parties
hereto, their respective Affiliates, and their and their respective Affiliates’ directors and
employees to comply with applicable securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” means any
facts relevant to the federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement but does not include information relating to the identity of any of the parties hereto or
any of their respective Affiliates.

          10.19. Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest
rate charged with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection
therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful
Rate. If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this
Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the outstanding amount of the Loans made
hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due
hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of
interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if when the
Loans made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the
increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due
hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in
effect, then to the extent permitted by law, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent an amount
equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would
have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, it is the intention of Lenders and Borrower to conform strictly to any applicable usury
laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which
constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled
automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lender’s option be applied to the outstanding
amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to Borrower.

          10.20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

          10.21. Effectiveness; Entire Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto and receipt by Borrower and Administrative Agent of written notification of
such execution and authorization of delivery thereof; provided that the Borrower shall have
executed a counterpart hereof on or before 5 p.m. (New York time) on December 24, 2009. The Credit
Documents embody the entire agreement of the parties and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings relating to the subject matter hereof and any prior letter of interest, fee letter,
confidentiality and similar agreements involving any Credit Party, any Agent, any Lender and any of
their respective Affiliates relating to a financing of substantially similar form, purpose or
effect. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any other Credit Document, the
terms of this Agreement shall govern (unless such terms of such other Credit Documents are
necessary to comply with applicable Requirements of Law, in which case such terms shall govern to
the extent necessary to comply therewith). NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IF ANY PROVISION IN THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT CONFLICTS WITH ANY PROVISION IN THE INTERIM ORDER (WITH
RESPECT TO THE PERIOD PRIOR TO THE ENTRY OF THE FINAL ORDER) OR THE FINAL ORDER (WITH RESPECT TO
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AND AFTER ENTRY OF THE FINAL ORDER), THE PROVISION IN THE INTERIM ORDER OR THE FINAL
ORDER, AS THE CASE MAY BE, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

          10.22. PATRIOT Act. Each Lender and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any
Lender) hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it
is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which
information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will
allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Credit Party in
accordance with the PATRIOT Act.

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

          10.24. No Fiduciary Duty. Each Agent, each Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely
for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”), may have economic interests that conflict with
those of the Credit Parties, their stockholders and/or their affiliates. Each Credit Party agrees
that nothing in the Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary
or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and
such Credit Party, its stockholders or its affiliates, on the other. The Credit Parties
acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (including the
exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions
between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection
therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of any Credit Party, its stockholders or its affiliates with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or
the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising
or will advise any Credit Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other
obligation to any Credit Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Credit Documents
and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Credit
Party, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other Person. Each Credit Party acknowledges
and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed
appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such
transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Credit Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered
advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Credit
Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

          10.25. Parties Including Trustees; Bankruptcy Court Proceedings. This Agreement, the other
Credit Documents, and all Liens and other rights and privileges created hereby or pursuant hereto
or to any other Credit Document shall be binding upon each Credit Party, the estate of each Credit
Party, and any trustee, other estate representative or any successor in interest of any Credit
Party in any Chapter 11 Case or any subsequent case commenced under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
Code. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be binding upon, and inure to the
benefit of, the successors of the Agents and the Lenders and their respective assigns, transferees
and endorsees. The Liens created by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be and
remain valid and perfected in the event of the substantive consolidation or conversion of any
Chapter 11 Case or any other bankruptcy case of any Credit Party to a case under Chapter 7 of the
Bankruptcy Code or in the event of dismissal of any Chapter 11 Case or the release of any
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Court for any reason, without the necessity that
any Agent file financing statements or otherwise perfect its Liens under applicable law. No Credit
Party may assign, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise convey its rights, benefits, obligations or
duties hereunder or under any of the other Credit Documents without the prior express written
consent of the Agents and the Lenders except as set forth in Section 3.6(a). Any such
purported assignment, transfer, hypothecation or other conveyance by any Credit Party without the
prior express written consent of the Agents and the Lenders shall be void. The terms and
provisions of this Agreement are for the purpose of defining the relative rights and obligations of
each Credit Party, the Agents and Lenders with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and
no Person shall be a third party beneficiary of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement
or any of the other Credit Documents.

          10.26. Conflict Between this Agreement and the Orders. In the event of any inconsistency
between the provisions of this Agreement and the Interim Order or Final Order, as applicable, the
provisions of the Interim Order or Final Order, as applicable, shall prevail.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRONOX WORLDWIDE LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRONOX INCORPORATED

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRONOX FINANCE CORP.

CIMARRON CORPORATION

TRIPLE S REFINING CORPORATION

SOUTHWESTERN REFINING COMPANY, INC.

TRIANGLE REFINERIES, INC.

TRANSWORLD DRILLING COMPANY

TRIPLE S MINERALS RESOURCES CORPORATION

TRIPLE S, INC.

TRONOX LLC

TRONOX HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Tronox Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and a Lender

 	 
	 	By:  	

 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 

[Tronox Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

 

 

APPENDIX A

TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Term Loan Commitments

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Tranche B	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Term Loan Commitment	 	 	Pro	 
	Lender	 	(Closing Date)	 	 	Rata Share	 
	GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC
	 	$	425,000,000.00	 	 	 	100	%
	Total
	 	$	425,000,000.00	 	 	 	100	%

APPENDIX A

 

 

APPENDIX B

TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Notice Addresses

TRONOX INCORPORATED (and its Subsidiaries)

TRONOX INCORPORATED

3301 N.W. 150th Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73134

Attention: General Counsel

in each case, with a copy to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Leonard Klingbaum

Facsimile: 212-446-6460

APPENDIX B-1

 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,

Administrative Agent’s Principal Office and as Lender:

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

30 Hudson Street, 36th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302

Attention: SBD Operations

Attention: Lauren Day

Email: gsd.link@gs.com and ficc-sbdagency-nydallas@ny.email.gs.com

with a copy to:

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

Facsimile: 212-902-3000

Attention: Greg Berube and Blake Longstaff

and

Latham & Watkins LLP

233 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 5800

Chicago, IL 60606

Attention: Richard Levy

Facsimile: 312-876-7692

APPENDIX B-2

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