Document:

Exhibit 10.1

Exhibit 10.1

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated as of
February 23, 2010 by and
between Verint Systems Inc., (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”) and
Dan Bodner (“Executive”) (collectively, the “Parties” and each, a “Party”).

WHEREAS, the Company currently employs Executive as its President and Chief Executive Officer
(the “Position”) and desires to continue to employ Executive in the Position, pursuant to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Executive desires to continue such employment pursuant to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement;

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

1. Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, certain
capitalized terms in this Agreement and Annex A hereto (which annex is incorporated by
reference herein), are defined in Section 18 of this Agreement.

2. Term of Employment. Subject to the provisions of Section 9 and Annex
A to this Agreement, the term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof (the
“Effective Date”) and shall continue through January 31, 2012 (as the same may be extended
below, the “Employment Term”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement; provided, however, that commencing with January 31, 2012, and on each
anniversary thereafter (each an “Extension Date”), the Employment Term shall be
automatically extended for an additional one-year period, unless the Company or Executive provides
the other Party hereto 90 days prior written notice before the next Extension Date that the
Employment Term shall not be so extended.

3. Position.

a. During the Employment Term, Executive shall serve in the capacity of the Position. In
such Position, Executive shall have such authorities, duties and responsibilities of the type
customarily performed by persons serving in such Position at corporations of the size, type and
nature of the Company and its Subsidiaries. During the Employment Term, Executive shall report
directly to the Board and his principal place of employment shall be at the Company’s corporate
headquarters in Melville, New York.

b. During the Employment Term, Executive will devote substantially all of Executive’s full
business time and reasonable best efforts to the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder and
will not engage in any other business, profession or occupation for compensation or otherwise
which would conflict or interfere with the rendition of such services either directly or
indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Board; provided that Executive shall not be
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corporation or for-profit entity or serving on the boards or advisory committees of a
reasonable number of trade associations or charitable organizations, in all cases consistent with
the Company’s Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee Charter, (ii) engaging in charitable
activities and community affairs and (iii) managing his personal and family investments and
affairs provided that, in the aggregate, such activities do not conflict or interfere with the
performance of Executive’s duties hereunder or conflict with Sections 10, 11, or 12
hereof.

c. During the Employment Term, Executive shall continue to serve as a member of the Board.
If requested, Executive shall also serve as an executive officer and/or member of the board of
directors of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries without additional compensation.

4. Base Salary. During the Employment Term, the Company shall pay Executive a base
salary at the annual rate indicated in Schedule I, payable in regular installments in
accordance with the Company’s payroll practices for executive officers of the Company (but in all
events no less frequently than semi-monthly). Executive shall be entitled to such increases (but
not decreases) in Executive’s base salary, if any, as may be determined from time to time in the
sole discretion of the Committee. Executive’s annual base salary, as in effect from time to time
after any increase (but not decrease), is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Salary.”

5. Annual Bonus; Annual Long-Term Incentive Awards.

a. Annual Bonus. With respect to the fiscal year beginning with February 1, 2009
(“FY 2009”) and each full fiscal year during the Employment Term, Executive shall be
entitled to receive an annual cash bonus award, with a target bonus opportunity set forth on
Schedule I, based upon the achievement of performance goals established by the Committee;
provided that in no event shall such targets or the method for determining payouts based on the
degree to which such targets are attained be less favorable to Executive than those applying to
other executive officers of the Company generally for the applicable fiscal year. Executive’s
target bonus opportunity, as in effect from time to time after any increase (but not decrease), is
hereinafter referred to as the “Target Bonus.” If Executive or the Company and its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, achieves the targeted performance goals for the applicable
fiscal year, Executive shall be paid his Target Bonus. If Executive or the Company and its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, exceeds or does not meet such targeted performance goals,
Executive shall be paid, respectively, an annual bonus in excess of the Target Bonus or less than
the Target Bonus. The determination as to whether the performance goals have been achieved shall
be made in the sole discretion of the Committee and, to the extent Section 162(m) of the Code is
applicable, shall be consistent with and subject to the requirements set forth in Section 162(m)
of the Code with respect to individuals who are “covered employees” within the meaning of Section
162(m). Executive shall be entitled to such increases (but not decreases) in the Target Bonus, if
any, as may be determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Committee. Executive’s
annual bonus award for the applicable fiscal year is hereinafter referred to as the “Annual
Bonus.” The Annual Bonus will be paid in cash to Executive no later than the date annual
bonuses are generally paid to executive officers of the Company, but in all events no later than
the later of the 15th calendar day of the third month following the end of Executive’s
first taxable year in which the right to payment is no longer subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” (within the meaning of Section 409A) or the
15th calendar day of the third month following the end of the Company’s first taxable
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b. Annual Long-Term Incentive Awards. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be
entitled to receive annual equity and/or long-term incentive awards at the time such awards are
generally made by the Company to executive officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a basis
no less favorable than such awards are made to other members of senior management (including with
respect to the form of award, the vesting and forfeiture conditions and the value of the award as
a percentage of total annual compensation) and consistent with past practices for awarding equity
to Executive. Upon a Change in Control (as defined herein or in the applicable stock incentive
compensation plan), if outstanding equity awards held by all senior executives of the Company are
not assumed in connection with such Change in Control, all Executive’s outstanding equity awards
shall vest and become non-forfeitable, with any outstanding stock options immediately vesting and
becoming exercisable, the restriction period (including any vesting requirements) on any
restricted stock and restricted stock units held by Executive shall lapse, and any other vesting
requirements or conditions with respect to the foregoing or other equity-based awards (including
any “phantom” awards) held by Executive shall lapse and be disregarded. For purposes of this
Section 5(b), an equity award shall be considered assumed if, and only if, each of the following
conditions are met: (i) stock options and stock appreciation rights are converted into a
replacement award in a manner that complies with Section 409A and preserves the intrinsic value of
the equity award on the date of the Change in Control; (ii) restricted stock units and restricted
stock awards are converted into a replacement award covering a number of shares of common stock of
the entity effecting the Change in Control (or a successor or parent corporation), as determined
on a basis no less favorable to the holder of such award than the treatment applied to
shareholders generally; provided that to the extent that any portion of the consideration received
by holders of the Company common stock in the Change in Control transaction is not in the form of
the common stock of such entity (or a successor or parent corporation), the number of shares
covered by the replacement award shall be based on the average of the high and low selling prices
of the common stock of such entity (or a successor or parent corporation) that is the subject of
the replacement award on the established stock exchange on the trading day immediately preceding
the date of the Change in Control; (iii) the replacement award contains provisions for scheduled
vesting, attainability of performance targets (if applicable) and treatment on termination of
employment (including the definition of Cause and Good Reason as set forth in the controlling
document) that are no less favorable to the holder than the underlying award being replaced
(including taking into account any provisions of any employment agreement), and all other terms of
the replacement award (other than the security and number of shares represented by the replacement
award) are no less favorable to the holder than the underlying award; and (iv) the security
represented by the replacement award is of a class that is publicly held and traded on an
established stock exchange. In the event Executive’s awards are assumed in connection with a
Change in Control in accordance with this Section 5(b), his underlying award(s), and any
replacement award(s), shall be treated no less favorably than the standards set forth in clauses
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6. Employee Benefits. During the Employment Term, the Company shall pay or provide
Executive employee benefits, and Executive (and his eligible dependents) shall be
entitled to participate in all employee benefit and perquisite plans, programs, policies or
arrangements (including, without limitation, life insurance, disability insurance, 401(k) Company
match and health and welfare benefits), in a manner no less favorable, in the aggregate, than other
executive officers of the Company generally participate in such benefits or perquisites. Executive
shall also be entitled to the payments and benefits set forth in Section 2 and 4 of Annex A
attached hereto.

7. Business Expenses; Perquisites; Vacation.

a. Expenses. During the Employment Term, reasonable business expenses incurred by
Executive in the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder shall be reimbursed by the Company in
accordance with Company policies and subject to Section 17(h)(iii) hereof.

b. Perquisites. During the Employment Term, the Company shall provide Executive with
the perquisites indicated on Schedule I, if any, subject to Section 17(h)(iii)
hereof.

c. Vacation. Unless a greater amount is provided on Schedule I, during the
Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to the number of weeks of paid vacation per calendar
year provided for under the Company’s regular vacation policy based on Executive’s tenure with the
Company.

8. Clawback. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if the Company’s financial
statements for FY 2009 and thereafter for any fiscal year for which Executive certified such
financials as Chief Executive Officer of the Company are restated due to material noncompliance, as
a result of misconduct by Executive, with any financial reporting requirement under the U.S.
securities laws applicable to such fiscal year, Executive shall, at the request of the Committee,
return or forfeit, as applicable, all or a portion (but no more than one-hundred percent (100%)) of
any bonus or any incentive award (including equity awards) made to Executive during the Employment
Term as incentive for the specific fiscal year or years (in the case of equity awards granted
during the Employment Term, the portion of the award vested during such fiscal year or years)
required to be restated for FY 2009 and thereafter. For example, if Executive is granted an award
in FY 2010 (and which was also granted during the Employment Term) that vests in installments based
on performance in FY 2011 and 2012, and the Company’s financial
statements for FY 2011 which
Executive certified as Chief Executive Officer of the Company are required, as a result of
misconduct by Executive, to be restated due to material noncompliance with any financial reporting
requirements as set forth above, the portion of the award which vests
in FY 2011 based on
achievement of the performance targets for FY 2011 shall be subject to clawback in accordance with
this Section 8, but the portion of the award which vests
in FY 2012 shall not be subject to
forfeiture or clawback. Or, if based on the same facts as set forth in the preceding sentence,
Executive is paid a bonus in FY 2011 for performance in FY 2010, such bonus shall be subject to
clawback in accordance with this Section 8, but not any bonus paid for any other fiscal
year. The amount to be recovered from Executive shall be the amount by which the bonus or
incentive compensation award exceeded the amount that would have been payable to Executive had the
financial statements been initially filed as restated (including, but not limited to, the entire
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Committee. The Committee shall determine whether the Company shall effect any such recovery
(i) by seeking repayment from Executive, (ii) by reducing (subject to applicable law, including
Section 409A, and the terms and conditions of the applicable plan, program or arrangement) the
amount that would otherwise be payable to Executive under any compensatory plan, program or
arrangement maintained by the Company, (iii) by withholding payment of future increases in
compensation (including the payment of any discretionary bonus amount) or grants of compensatory
awards that would otherwise have been made in accordance with the Company’s compensation practices,
or (iv) by any combination of the foregoing.

9. Termination. The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be
terminated by either Party at any time and for any reason; provided that Executive will be
required to give the Company 60 days advance written notice of any resignation of Executive’s
employment and the Company shall be required to give Executive 60 days advance written notice of
any termination other than for Cause. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
except as otherwise provided in Annex A, the provisions of this Section 9 shall
exclusively govern Executive’s rights upon termination of employment with the Company and its
affiliates.

a. Termination by the Company for Cause or by Executive’s Resignation Without Good Reason
(Whether or Not in Connection With a Change in Control).

(i) The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company
for Cause (as defined below), which termination shall be effective immediately after the Board
achieves the required vote and provides a Notice of Termination to Executive, and shall terminate
automatically at the end of the notice period upon Executive’s resignation without Good Reason (as
defined in Section 9(b)).

(ii) For purposes of this Agreement and Annex A, “Cause” shall mean, during
the Employment Term, Executive’s: (A) (i) conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a
felony or (ii) indictment for a crime involving dishonesty, fraud, or moral turpitude which is
materially harmful to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including reputational harm); (B)
willful and intentional breach of Executive’s obligations to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or pursuant to this Agreement, which is materially harmful to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (C) willful misconduct, or any willful dishonest or willful fraudulent act by
Executive in connection with Executive’s performance of his duties for the Company which is
materially harmful to the Company; (D) material violation of any U.S. federal securities laws,
rules or regulations, as determined by a U.S. court or any other U.S. governmental body of
competent jurisdiction; (E) material violation of any material Company policy or procedure provided
to Executive, including without limitation a material violation of the Company’s Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics and the Company’s policies on harassment, discrimination or substance abuse,
resulting in material and demonstrable harm to the Company; or (F) gross neglect of his material
duties for the Company which is materially harmful to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
provided that no act, or failure to act, on the part of Executive will be deemed to be “willful”
unless done, or omitted to be done, by Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief
that Executive’s act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company and its
Subsidiaries. No termination for Cause shall qualify as a termination for Cause under this
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of Executive’s employment hereunder. Executive shall be given written notice by the Board of
its intention to terminate him for Cause within 120 days of the Company learning of such event or
events giving rise to such termination, with such notice (1) to state in detail the particular
act(s) or failure(s) to act that constitute the grounds on which the proposed termination for Cause
is based and, (2) with respect to clauses (B), (C), (E), or (F), Executive is given no less than 15
days to cure same following Executive’s receipt from the Board of such written notice and if
Executive cures such event(s) within such time period, no Cause termination for such event(s) shall
take place. In addition, no termination for Cause shall qualify as a termination for Cause under
this Agreement unless made pursuant to a vote of three-quarters of the members of the Board
(determined without including Executive) to terminate Executive’s employment for Cause, at a
meeting of the Board held for such purpose, where Executive and Executive’s counsel had an
opportunity, on at least 15 days notice, to be heard before the Board. Any termination of
Executive’s employment for Cause shall be subject to de novo review pursuant to Section
17(b) hereof.

(iii) If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, or if Executive
resigns without Good Reason (other than upon Disability) under this Section 9(a), the
Company shall pay or provide to Executive:

	 	A.	 	the Base Salary through the date of termination of Executive’s
employment;
	 
	 	B.	 	any Annual Bonus earned, but unpaid, as of the date of
termination of Executive’s employment for any preceding fiscal year, paid in
accordance with Section 5;
	 
	 	C.	 	to the extent permitted by the Company’s vacation policy or to
the extent required by applicable law, payment for accrued but unused vacation;
	 
	 	D.	 	reimbursement, within sixty (60) days following submission by
Executive to the Company of appropriate supporting documentation, for any
unreimbursed business expenses and any other reimbursements or payments
expressly due but unpaid under this Agreement;
	 
	 	E.	 	any amounts owed to Executive prior to the date of termination
but not yet paid under Section 6 of this Agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof; any amounts owed to Executive under Sections 17(b)
and 17(c) of this Agreement and Section 2 and Section 4
of Annex A in accordance with the terms thereof; and such other
amounts, entitlements or benefits, if any, owed to Executive under any
applicable plan, program, policy, arrangement of or other agreement with the
Company (or any affiliate thereof), including, without limitation, pursuant to
any indemnification agreement, deferred compensation, retirement, equity and/or
long-term incentive plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement, in
accordance with the terms thereof (the amounts described in clauses (A) through
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Following such termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause or resignation
by Executive without Good Reason (other than upon Disability) under this Section 9(a),
except as set forth in this Section 9(a)(iii), Executive shall have no further rights to
any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.

b. Termination by the Company Without Cause or Resignation by Executive for Good Reason
(Whether or Not in Connection With a Change in Control).

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

(ii) For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any of the
following events without Executive’s prior written consent: (A) a significant reduction in
Executive’s authorities, duties, position, titles or reporting status; (B) the assignment to
Executive of duties inconsistent with Executive’s status as Position or an adverse alteration in
the nature of Executive’s duties and/or responsibilities, reporting relationships, positions,
titles or authority; (C) a material reduction by the Company in Executive’s Base Salary or Target
Bonus; (D) the relocation of Executive’s place of employment or the Company’s corporate
headquarters by more than 25 miles from their location as of the Effective Date; (E) any failure to
elect Executive to the Board and to the Position or removal of Executive from the Board or as
President or Chief Executive Officer of the Company (other than for Cause in accordance with this
Agreement); (F) following a Change in Control or the Company’s shares ceasing to be publicly
traded, failure of Executive to be a member of the board of directors and chief executive officer
of the successor or acquiring entity (including the ultimate parent of such entity); (G) any change
in reporting structure such that Executive reports to someone other than the Board (or following a
Change in Control, reorganization, or the Company’s shares ceasing to be publicly traded, the board
of directors of any successor or acquiring entity (or the ultimate parent entity)) or any executive
officer of the Company does not report directly to Executive, (H) a material breach by the Company
of any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement between Executive and Company and its
Subsidiaries or (I) any failure by the Company to obtain the assumption in writing of any
obligation of the Company or any affiliate to perform any agreement between Executive and the
Company or any affiliate by any successor to all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,
whether by operation of law or contractually, as of the date of such transaction, provided
that the events described in this Section 9(b)(ii) shall, except with respect to the
foregoing clauses (D), (E) or (I), constitute Good Reason only if the Company fails to cure such
event within 30 days after receipt from Executive of written notice of the event which constitutes
Good Reason; provided, further, that “Good Reason” shall cease to exist for an
event on the 120th calendar day following the later of its occurrence or Executive’s actual
knowledge thereof, unless Executive has given the Company written notice thereof prior to such
date, however, if Executive does not claim Good Reason as a result of an event within such period,
Executive shall not be deemed to have waived the right to claim Good Reason upon the occurrence of
a subsequent (or similar) event; provided, further, that except as otherwise
provided in clause (F) or (G), no Good Reason shall exist solely as a result of (x) the Company’s
equity securities ceasing to be publicly traded or (y) the Board’s determination from time to time
that Executive shall cease to be an executive officer or member of the board of directors of any of
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(iii) If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (other than by
reason of death or Disability) or if Executive resigns for Good Reason, under this Section
9(b), the Company shall pay:

A. the Accrued Rights; and

B. subject to Section 16:

(1) A lump sum cash payment of Base Salary (as in effect on the date of termination of
Executive’s employment consistent with this Agreement, or if higher, as of the date immediately
prior to the first event or circumstance constituting Good Reason in connection with such
departure) equal to the number of months set forth on Schedule I, payable on the 60th
calendar day following the termination of Executive’s employment.

(2) a lump sum cash payment of a pro rata portion of the Annual Bonus that Executive would
have been entitled to receive pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof for the fiscal year in which
Executive’s termination date occurs, based upon the percentage of the fiscal year that shall have
elapsed through the date of Executive’s termination of employment and based on Executive’s
performance as if he attained the targets and the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’, as applicable,
actual performance for the applicable performance period (based on the Committee’s good faith
determination of the achievement of the applicable performance targets; provided that in no event
shall the Committee exercise negative discretion with respect to Executive in excess of that
applied to active executive officers of the Company generally for the applicable fiscal year) and
as if Executive had remained employed until the date annual bonuses are paid by the Company,
payable at the same time bonuses are paid to other executive officers of the Company generally for
such fiscal year, but no later than the date set forth in Section 5(a) (the “Pro Rata
Bonus”).

(3) A lump sum cash payment equal to the percentage set forth on Schedule I of the
Target Bonus (which shall be the highest of the Target Bonus (a) as in effect on the date of
termination of Executive’s employment consistent with this Agreement, (b) as of the date
immediately prior to the first event or circumstance constituting Good Reason in connection with
such departure or (c) in the case of a Change in Control Termination, as in effect for the year
immediately prior to the year in which a Change in Control occurs), payable on the 60th calendar
day following termination of Executive’s employment.

(4) For the number of months set forth in Schedule I, following the date of
termination of employment, the Company will reimburse Executive for the cost (on a grossed-up
basis) of maintaining health benefits under a group health plan of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries for Executive and his eligible dependents provided that (i) Executive timely elects
the continuation of group health plan benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1985 (“COBRA”), (ii) Executive makes a monthly payment to the Company in an amount
equal to the monthly premium payments (both the employee and employer portion) required to maintain
such coverage, and (iii) such reimbursement by the Company is paid consistent with Section
17(h)(iii) hereof, including paying any gross-up payment promptly but in no event later than
the end of Executive’s taxable year following the year in which the reimbursement by the Company is
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that this coverage will count towards the Company’s and such group health plan’s obligation to
provide Executive with the right to continuation coverage pursuant to COBRA and that Executive will
be able to continue such coverage at Executive’s own expense for the balance of the period provided
under COBRA. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing will not cover any short term or long term
disability insurance benefits.

(5) Continuation of any other benefits as may be set forth in Schedule I for the
period set forth on such Schedule I.

(6) As of Executive’s termination date, all outstanding equity awards shall vest and become
non-forfeitable, with any outstanding stock options immediately vesting and becoming exercisable
(and with all stock options remaining exercisable for three years following Executive’s termination
date (but no later than the original term)) the restriction period (including any vesting
requirements) on any restricted stock and restricted stock units held by Executive shall lapse, and
any other vesting requirements or conditions with respect to the foregoing or other equity-based
awards (including any “phantom” awards) held by Executive shall lapse and be disregarded, and such
awards shall be settled in accordance with the terms of the plan and/or the applicable award
agreement; provided that (i) in event Executive holds one or more “tandem” awards, only one
side of each such tandem award shall vest (pursuant to the terms and conditions of such awards) and
(ii) notwithstanding the terms of the plan or the applicable award agreements, if the Company
determines that the settlement of some or all of such awards in stock is not feasible at such time
(for legal, regulatory, or other reasons), such awards will instead be settled in cash or
cash-cancelled based on the fair market value of the Company’s stock at such time (as determined in
good faith by the Board); all amounts or shares payable or deliverable under this paragraph to be
paid or delivered to Executive on the 60th calendar day following termination of
Executive’s employment, unless such award is subject to Section 409A as a “deferral of
compensation” in which event such award shall be paid or delivered in accordance with the
applicable award agreement or plan or, with respect to stock options, at the time the options are
exercised.

Following Executive’s termination of employment under this Section 9(b) by the Company
without Cause (other than by reason of Executive’s death or Disability) or by Executive’s
resignation for Good Reason, in each case, which does not qualify as a Change in Control
Termination, except as set forth in this Section 9(b)(iii), Executive shall have no further
rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement unless Executive’s
termination is also a Change in Control Termination. In this event, Executive shall be entitled
to the additional payments, benefits or entitlements under Annex A.

c. Termination Upon Death (Whether or Not in Connection With a Change in Control).

(i) The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon Executive’s
death.

(ii) Upon termination of Executive’s employment hereunder upon Executive’s death, the Company
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	 	A.	 	the Accrued Rights;
	 
	 	B.	 	a lump sum cash payment of the Pro Rata Bonus, if any, payable
as provided in Section 9(b);
	 
	 	C.	 	For the number of months set forth in Schedule I,
following the date of termination of employment, the Company will reimburse
Executive’s spouse and eligible dependents for the cost (on a grossed-up basis)
of maintaining health benefits for Executive’s spouse and eligible dependents
under a group health plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided
that (i) Executive’s spouse and/or legal guardian for Executive’s eligible
dependents timely elects the continuation of group health plan benefits under
COBRA, (ii) Executive’s spouse and/or legal guardian for Executive’s eligible
dependents makes a monthly payment to the Company in an amount equal to the
monthly premium payments (both the employee and employer portion) required to
maintain such coverage, and (iii) such reimbursement by the Company is paid
consistent with Section 17(h)(iii) hereof, including paying any
gross-up payment promptly but in no event later than the end of Executive’s
taxable year following the year in which the reimbursement by the Company is
due hereunder. The Parties acknowledge that this coverage will count towards
the Company’s and such group health plan’s obligation to provide Executive’s
spouse and eligible dependents with the right to continuation coverage pursuant
to COBRA and that Executive’s spouse and/or eligible dependents will be able to
continue such coverage at their own expense for the balance of the period
provided under COBRA. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing will not cover
any short term or long term disability insurance benefits;
	 
	 	D.	 	Continuation of any other benefits as may be set forth in
Schedule I for the period set forth on such Schedule I.

Following Executive’s termination of employment due to death, except as set forth in this
Section 9(c)(ii), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other
benefits under this Agreement.

d. Termination Upon Disability (Whether or Not in Connection With a Change in
Control).

(i) The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company
if Executive becomes physically or mentally incapacitated and is therefore unable for a period of
six (6) consecutive months or for an aggregate of nine (9) months in any twenty-four (24)
consecutive month period to perform Executive’s duties (such incapacity referred to as
“Disability”).

(ii) Upon termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for Disability, the Company shall
pay or provide Executive:

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	 	B.	 	a lump sum cash payment of the Pro Rata Bonus, if any, payable
as provided in Section 9(b);
	 
	 	C.	 	a lump sum cash payment equal to the greater of (i) six (6)
months or (ii) the number of full and partial months from the date of
termination of employment and until the date on which Executive would be
eligible to receive benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan
applicable to Executive (but in no event more than 12 months) (such greater
period, the “Overlap Period”) of the Base Salary, as in effect on the
date of termination of Executive’s employment consistent with this Agreement,
payable on the 60th calendar day following termination of Executive’s
employment;
	 
	 	D.	 	For a period equal to the Overlap Period following the date of
termination of employment, the Company will reimburse Executive for the cost
(on a grossed-up basis) of maintaining health benefits under a group health
plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for Executive and his eligible
dependents, provided that (i) Executive timely elects the continuation of group
health plan benefits under COBRA, (ii) Executive makes a payment to the Company
in an amount equal to the monthly premium payments (both the employee and
employer portion) required to maintain such coverage, and (iii) such
reimbursement by the Company is paid consistent with Section 17(h)(iii)
hereof, including paying any gross-up payment promptly but in no event later
than the end of Executive’s taxable following the year in which the
reimbursement from the Company is due hereunder. The Parties acknowledge that
this coverage will count towards the Company’s and such group health plan’s
obligation to provide Executive with the right to continuation coverage
pursuant to COBRA and that Executive will be able to continue such coverage at
Executive’s own expense for the balance of the period provided under COBRA.
For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing will not cover any short term or long
term disability insurance benefits;
	 
	 	E.	 	Continuation of any other benefits as may be set forth in
Schedule I for the period set forth on such Schedule I.

Following Executive’s termination of employment due to Disability, except as set forth in this
Section 9(d)(ii), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other
benefits under this Agreement.

e. Termination by the Company Without Cause or Resignation by Executive for Good Reason
Which Qualifies as a Change in Control Termination (as defined in Annex A). If the Employment
Term and Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by the Company without Cause or by
Executive’s resignation for Good Reason, in either case, in a manner that qualifies as a Change in
Control Termination within the meaning of Annex A, Executive shall be entitled to the
payments, benefits and entitlements under Section 9(b)(iii) as well as the additional
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f. Expiration of Employment Term. In the event that the Company elects not to extend
the Employment Term pursuant to Section 2, such event will cause a termination of
Executive’s employment without Cause upon the expiration of the Employment Term and Executive
shall be entitled to the payments, benefits and entitlements pursuant to Section 9(b)(iii)
and, if the Employment Term expires (as a result of the Company’s failure to elect to extend the
Employment Term) during the time period set forth in clauses (a) or (b) of the definition of
Change in Control Termination in Annex A or if such notice of non-renewal would otherwise
constitute a termination without Cause for purposes of determining a Change in Control Termination
under Annex A, the additional payments, benefits and entitlements pursuant to Annex A.

g. Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of employment by the Company or
by Executive (other than due to Executive’s death) shall be communicated by written Notice of
Termination to the other Party hereto in accordance with Section 17(j) hereof. For
purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall
indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon (or note that the
termination is without Cause) and, unless the notice indicates that the termination is without
Cause or by Executive without Good Reason, shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so
indicated. For purposes of termination of Executive’s employment in the case of Disability, the
date of termination shall be thirty (30) days from receipt by Executive of the Notice of
Termination, provided Executive has not returned to full-time performance of Executive’s duties
during such 30-day period.

h. Board/Committee Resignation. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any
reason, if applicable, Executive shall automatically cease to serve on the Board (and any
committees thereof) and the board of directors (and any committees thereof) of any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries and does hereby resign from all such positions effective on such
termination date. In addition, upon request of the Company, Executive will promptly take all
other actions, and will sign such other documents, as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of
this paragraph.

i. No Mitigation; No Offset. In the event of any termination of Executive’s
employment under this Section 9 or Annex A, Executive shall be under no obligation
to seek other employment and there shall be no offset against amounts due to Executive under this
Agreement or Annex A on account of any compensation attributable to any subsequent
employment that Executive may obtain. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for
in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may
have against Executive or others; provided that the foregoing shall in no way limit the Company’s
remedies contemplated by Section 16.

j. Return of Company Property. On or immediately after the date of any termination
of Executive’s employment, Executive or Executive’s personal representative shall immediately
return all property of the Company and its Subsidiaries in Executive’s possession, including but
not limited to all computer equipment (hardware and software), telephones, facsimile machines,
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and car keys, credit cards, office keys, security access cards, badges, identification cards,
and all copies (including drafts) of any documentation or information (however stored) relating to
the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, its customers, and clients, or its
prospective customers and clients. Subject to Section 14, Executive shall be entitled to
retain, for legal, financial and tax purposes only, (i) memorabilia and/or photos in his
possession or control relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, (ii)
personal papers and diaries, calendars and rolodexes or personal contact list, and personal files,
(iii) information showing his compensation or relating to reimbursement of expenses, (iv)
information that he reasonably believes may be needed for legal, financial or tax purposes, (v)
copies of plans, programs and agreements relating to his employment, or termination thereof, with
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any of their affiliates) and (vi) minutes, presentation
materials and personal notes from any meeting of the Board (or the board of any Company
Subsidiary), or any committee thereof, while he was a member of such board.

k. Waiver and Release. As a condition precedent to receiving the compensation and
benefits provided under Sections 9(b), 9(e) and 9(f) Executive shall
execute the waiver and release attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A (the
“Release”). If the Release has not been executed and delivered to the Company within
sixty (60) calendar days following the date upon which Executive’s employment terminates, the
Company will cease to have any obligations to make any payments or provide any benefits under
Sections 9(b), 9(e) or 9(f), other than the Accrued Rights and Executive’s
right to continued benefits under COBRA at Executive’s own cost.

10. Non-Competition.

a. During the Restricted Period, Executive will not himself perform, or provide management
of, supervision of, or advice on any person’s, firm’s, partnership’s, joint venture’s,
association’s, corporation’s or other business organization’s, entity’s or enterprise’s
(“Person’s”) performance of, Competitive Responsibilities. The term “Competitive
Responsibilities” means duties and responsibilities that (x) are the same as or substantially
similar to the duties and responsibilities Executive performed on behalf of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries within the two (2) year period prior to Executive’s termination date and (y)
involve the development, marketing, distribution, sale, or support of products or services that
are competitive with the products or services offered by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
reporting segments as of Executive’s termination date.

b. In addition to the restrictions in Section 10(a) above, during the Restricted
Period, Executive will not engage in any activity, whether as an officer, director, employee,
consultant, partner, principal, member, shareholder, owner, or agent on behalf of any Restricted
Entity. The term “Restricted Entity” means the companies that are listed on Exhibit
B (including any Subsidiaries, divisions or controlled affiliates thereof if such
Subsidiaries, divisions or controlled affiliates are engaged in activities competitive with the
products or services offered by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or reporting segments as of
Executive’s termination date). The Company may, prior to either Party providing the other with
written notice of termination of Executive’s employment, update Exhibit B on a semi-annual
basis between March 25th and April 5th and October 25th and
November 5th of each fiscal year of the Company. When updated, Exhibit B shall
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Entities, each of which develops, markets, distributes, sells, or supports products or
services that are competitive with the products or services offered by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or reporting segments (or which entity, as determined in good faith by the Board,
intends, within 12 months following the date of such updating, to develop, market, distribute,
sell or support products or services offered by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
reporting segments), in each case, as of the date of such updating, and shall include the name of
the entity, subsidiary, division, reporting segment or affiliate which is engaged in the
competitive activity. The Company shall provide Executive with a new Exhibit B within 5
business days after it has been updated in accordance herewith. If Executive provides services
to, or holds an equity or partnership interest in, an entity or Person which is not a Restricted
Entity as of the date he first provides such services or holds such interest and, thereafter, such
entity is acquired by, or merges with, a Restricted Entity, Executive shall be permitted to
continue to provide services to, or hold an equity or partnership interest in, the entity or
Person which is not a Restricted Entity, provided that Executive does not provide services to the
Restricted Entity. For the avoidance of doubt, an entity and its subsidiaries, divisions,
reporting segments, affiliates and other members of its controlled group shall be deemed to be a
single entity for the purposes of the list of Restricted Entities on Exhibit B.

c. It shall not be a breach of this Section 10 for Executive to provide services to an entity
or Person, or hold an equity or partnership interest in an entity or Person, that is not itself a
Restricted Entity, but has a division, business unit, reporting segment or investment that is a
Restricted Entity, so long as Executive demonstrates to the Company’s good faith and reasonable
satisfaction that Executive does not and will not, directly or indirectly, provide services or
advice to such division, business unit, reporting segment or investment that is the Restricted
Entity. For purposes of this clause (c), Executive shall be deemed to have satisfied the
requirement that he “demonstrates to the Company’s good faith and reasonable satisfaction” if (i)
he provides a written statement to the Company no later than 5 days after he commences providing
such services or holding such interest that he will not, directly or indirectly, provide services
or advice to the division, business unit, reporting segment, or investment, as the case may be,
that is a Restricted Entity and (ii) the Company does not notify Executive within 15 days
following receipt of such statement that Executive does not satisfy the requirement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, subject to any more restrictive policy
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries applicable to employees or executives generally as of
Executive’s termination date, Executive may own, directly or indirectly, solely as an investment,
securities of any Person engaged in the business of the Company or its affiliates which are
publicly traded on a national or regional stock exchange or on the over-the-counter market if
Executive: (A) is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such Person
and (B) does not, directly or indirectly, own 2% or more of any class of securities of such
Person.

11. Non-Solicitation of Customers. During the Restricted Period, Executive will not,
whether on Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with Person, directly or
indirectly solicit or assist in soliciting in competition with the Company or its Subsidiaries as
of Executive’s termination date, the business of any Client: (i) with whom Executive had personal
contact or dealings on behalf of the Company or its affiliates; or (ii) with whom employees
reporting directly to Executive have had personal contact or dealings on behalf of the Company or
its Subsidiaries. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a “Client” shall mean (i) each
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or vendor of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries in the 24 months prior to the termination
of Executive’s employment, and (ii) each Active Prospect of the Company or its Subsidiaries as of
the date of Executive’s termination date and listed on the Company’s most recent pipeline
report(s) compiled by the Company per its normal business processes prior to the termination of
Executive’s employment, provided such Active Prospects are identified on a separate list given to
Executive by the Company no later than 20 days following his termination of employment. For
purposes of this Section 11, an “Active Prospect” is a prospect that the Company, in good faith,
reasonably believes is more likely than not to make an order either with the Company or one of its
competitors within three fiscal quarters following the fiscal quarter in which the prospect list is
generated.

12. Non-Solicitation of Personnel. During the Restricted Period, Executive will not,
whether on Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any Person, directly or
indirectly: (i) solicit or encourage any employee of the Company or its affiliates to leave the
employment of the Company or its affiliates; or (ii) solicit from or encourage any consultant then
under contract with the Company or its affiliates to cease to work with the Company or its
affiliates. In addition to the restrictive covenants contained in the preceding sentence, for six
months following the termination of Executive’s employment, Executive will not, whether on
Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any Person, directly or indirectly
hire any Senior Employee who was employed by the Company or its affiliates as of the date of
Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or with respect to any employee who was
interviewed by Executive prior to his termination of employment and who had an offer to become a
Senior Employee at the time of Executive’s termination of employment) or who left the employment of
the Company or its affiliates coincident with, or within one year prior to, the termination of
Executive’s employment with the Company, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Senior
Employee who is (or was) terminated by the Company without cause or who resigns for good reason (as
defined in such Senior Employee’s employment contract, if any, with the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries). For purposes of the preceding sentence, “Senior Employee” shall mean any
Senior Vice President of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or any employee of the Company or
one of its Subsidiaries who reported directly to Executive

13. Interpretation of Covenants. It is expressly understood and agreed that although
Executive and the Company consider the restrictions contained in Sections 10, 11, and 12 to
be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that
the time or territory or any other restriction contained in this Agreement is an unenforceable
restriction against Executive, the provisions of this Agreement or Annex A shall not be
rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to
such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable.
Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this
Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable,
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14. Confidentiality.

a. Executive will not at any time (whether during or after Executive’s employment with the
Company), other than in connection with performance of Executive’s duties under this Agreement,
(A) retain or use for the benefit, purposes or account of Executive or any Person other than the
Company and its affiliates; or (B) disclose, divulge, reveal, communicate, share, transfer or
provide access to any Person outside the Company and its affiliates (other than its professional
advisers who are bound by confidentiality obligations), any non-public, proprietary or
confidential information — including without limitation trade secrets, know-how, research and
development, software, databases, inventions, processes, formulae, technology, designs and other
intellectual property, information concerning finances, investments, profits, pricing, costs,
products, services, vendors, customers, clients, partners, investors, personnel, compensation,
recruiting, training, advertising, sales, marketing, promotions, government and regulatory
activities and approvals — concerning the past, current or future business, activities and
operations of the Company, its Subsidiaries or affiliates and/or any third party that has
disclosed or provided any of same to the Company on a confidential basis, which Executive knows or
should have known is confidential (“Confidential Information”) without the prior written
authorization of the Company.

b. “Confidential Information” shall not include any information that is (A) generally
known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Executive’s breach of this covenant
or any breach of other confidentiality obligations by third parties; (B) made legitimately
available to Executive by a third party without breach of any confidentiality obligation; or (C)
required by law or by any court or administrative or legislative agency or committee to be
disclosed; provided that, unless otherwise prohibited by law or regulation, Executive
shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such requirement, disclose no more information
than is so required, and cooperate, at the Company’s expense, with any attempts by the Company to
obtain a protective order or similar treatment. In addition, Executive shall not be prohibited
from disclosing Confidential Information solely and exclusively as the facts or causes of actions
require in connection with any litigation or arbitration with respect to his rights or obligations
under this Agreement or any other agreement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
affiliates.

c. Upon termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, Executive
shall (A) cease and not thereafter commence use of any Confidential Information or intellectual
property (including without limitation, any patent, invention, copyright, trade secret, trademark,
trade name, logo, domain name or other source indicator) owned or used by the Company, its
Subsidiaries or affiliates; (B) subject to Section 9(j), immediately destroy, delete, or
return to the Company, at the Company’s option, all originals and copies in any form or medium
(including memoranda, books, papers, plans, computer files, letters and other data) in Executive’s
possession or control (including any of the foregoing stored or located in Executive’s office,
home, laptop or other computer, whether or not Company property) that contain Confidential
Information or otherwise relate to the business of the Company, its affiliates and Subsidiaries,
except that Executive may retain only those portions of any personal notes, notebooks and diaries
that do not contain any Confidential Information; and (C) notify and fully cooperate with the
Company regarding the delivery or destruction of any other Confidential Information in Executive’s possession of which
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d. During the Employment Term, Executive shall comply with all relevant policies and
guidelines of the Company including regarding the protection of confidential information and
intellectual property and potential conflicts of interest. Executive acknowledges that the
Company may amend any such policies and guidelines from time to time, and that Executive remains
at all times during the Employment Term bound by the most current version.

15. Assignment of Intellectual Property.

a. Executive agrees that upon conception and/or development of any idea, discovery,
invention, improvement, software, writing or other material or design during the Employment Term
that: (i) relates to the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) relates to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development,
or (iii) results from any work performed by Executive for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
Executive will assign to the Company (or its designee) the entire right, title and interest in and
to any such idea, discovery, invention, improvement, software, writing or other material or
design.

b. Executive has no obligation to assign any idea, discovery, invention, improvement,
software, writing or other material or design that Executive conceives and/or develops entirely on
Executive’s own time without using the Company’s or its affiliates’ equipment, supplies,
facilities, or trade secret information unless the idea, discovery, invention,
improvement, software, writing or other material or design either: (i) relates to the business of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) relates to the Company’s or any of it’s
Subsidiaries’ actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (iii) results from
any work performed by Executive for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

c. In order to determine the rights of Executive and the Company in any idea, discovery,
invention, improvement, software, writing or other material, and to ensure the protection of the
same, Executive agrees that during the Employment Term Executive will disclose immediately and
fully to the Company any idea, discovery, invention, improvement, software, writing or other
material or design conceived, made or developed by Executive solely or jointly with others during
the Employment Term. The Company agrees to keep any such disclosures confidential. Executive
also agrees to record descriptions of all work in the manner directed by the Company and agrees
that all such records and copies, samples and experimental materials will be the exclusive
property of the Company.

d. Executive agrees that at the reasonable request of the Company, but at the Company’s sole
expense, Executive will execute a written assignment of the idea, discovery, invention,
improvement, software, writing or other material or design to the Company (or its designee)
covered by this Section 15 and will assign to the Company (or its designee) any application for
letters patent or for trademark registration made thereon, and to any common-law or statutory
copyright therein; and that upon reasonable request Executive will do whatever may be necessary or
desirable to enable the Company (or its designee), at the Company’s sole expense, to secure any patent, trademark, copyright, or other property right therein in the
United States and in any foreign country, and any division, renewal, continuation, or continuation
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e. In the event the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, and in any event after ten
business days of exerting such reasonable efforts, to secure Executive’s signature on a written
assignment to the Company of any application for letters patent or to any common-law or statutory
copyright or other property right therein with respect to matters covered by this Section 15,
whether because of Executive’s physical or mental incapacity or for any other reason whatsoever,
Executive irrevocably designates and appoints the Chief Legal Officer and/or General Counsel of
the Company as Executive’s attorney-in-fact to act on Executive’s behalf to execute and file any
such application and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution and
issuance of such letters patent, copyright or trademark.

f. Executive acknowledges that to the extent permitted by law, all work papers, reports,
documentation, drawings, photographs, negatives, tapes and masters therefor, prototypes and other
materials (hereinafter, “items”), including without limitation, any and all such items generated
and maintained on any form of electronic media, generated by Executive during Executive’s
employment with the Company shall be considered a “work made for hire” and that ownership of any
and all copyrights in any and all such items shall belong to the Company. To the extent an item
is copyrightable, the item will recognize the Company as the copyright owner, will contain all
proper copyright notices, e.g., “(creation date) Verint Systems Inc., All Rights Reserved,” and
will be in condition to be registered or otherwise placed in compliance with registration or other
statutory requirements throughout the world.

16. Specific Performance. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s
remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Sections 10, 11,
12 or 14 would be inadequate and the Company would suffer irreparable damages as a
result of such breach or threatened breach. In recognition of this fact, Executive agrees that in
the event of such a breach or threatened breach by Executive, in addition to any remedies at law,
the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled to seek equitable relief in the form of
specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction or any
other equitable remedy which may then be available. In addition, Executive agrees that in the
event of a willful and material breach of Sections 10, 11, 12 or 14 by Executive,
in addition to any remedies at law, the Company may cease making any payments or providing any
benefit otherwise required by this Agreement and Annex A (other than Accrued Rights) if,
and only if, the Company has provided Executive with written notice of acts or events giving rise
to this forfeiture and Executive fails to cure the acts or events within 30 days after his receipt
of such written notice. To the extent that the Company ceases making payments or providing benefits
otherwise required by this Agreement and Annex A prior to a breach or threatened breach by
Executive as described in the preceding sentence, Executive shall not be required to comply with
Sections 10, 11, and 12 of this Agreement as of the date the Company ceases to make such
payment or provide such benefit, provided that Executive has provided the Company with written
notice of the Company’s failure to provide the payment or benefits otherwise required by this
Agreement and the Company fails to cure the acts or events within 30 days after the receipt of such
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17. Miscellaneous.

a. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
Subject to Section 17(b), the Parties agree that the state and federal courts located in
the State of New York shall have jurisdiction in any action, suit or proceeding based on or
arising out of this Agreement and the Parties hereby: (a) submit to the personal jurisdiction of
such courts; (b) consent to service of process in connection with any action, suit or proceeding;
(c) agree that venue is proper and convenient in such forum; and (d) waive any other requirement
(whether imposed by statute, rule of court or otherwise) with respect to personal jurisdiction,
subject matter jurisdiction, venue, or service of process.

b. Arbitration; Legal Fees. Any disputes arising under or in connection with this
Agreement or Annex A shall be resolved by binding arbitration, to be held in New York City
in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules and procedures of the American Arbitration
Association. Executive and the Company shall mutually select the arbitrator. If Executive and
the Company cannot agree on the selection of an arbitrator, each Party shall select an arbitrator
and the two arbitrators shall select a third arbitrator who shall resolve the dispute. Judgment
upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof
(and not limited by Section 17(a)). Other than as provided in Annex A, all
arbitration costs and all other costs, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees
incurred by each Party (including pursuant to Section 16 hereof), shall be borne by the Company;
provided, however, that if (i) the arbitrator finds that Executive’s claims are
frivolous or without merit or (ii) the Company obtains any equitable relief described in Section
16, then with respect to such claims or relief the arbitration costs shall be shared equally by
the Parties and all other costs shall be borne by the Party incurring such cost.

c. Indemnification. (i) The Company agrees that if Executive is made a party to, is
threatened to be made a party to, receives any legal process in, or receives any discovery request
or request for information in connection with, any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director, officer, employee, consultant or agent of the Company, Comverse or any of their
affiliates, or is or was serving at the request of, or on behalf of, the Company or Comverse as a
director, officer, member, employee, consultant or agent of another corporation, limited liability
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans, whether or not the basis of such Proceeding is Executive’s alleged action
in an official capacity while serving as a director, officer, member, employee, consultant or
agent of the Company or other entity, the Company and its successors and/or assigns will
indemnify, hold harmless and defend Executive to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by the
Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws or, if greater, by applicable law, against any
and all costs, expenses, liabilities and losses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees
reasonably incurred, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be
paid in settlement and any reasonable cost and fees incurred in enforcing his rights to
indemnification or contribution, advancement of expenses or coverage under directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policies) incurred or suffered by Executive in connection therewith,
and such indemnification shall continue as to Executive even though he has ceased to be a
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other entity and shall inure to the benefit of Executive’s heirs, executors and
administrators. The Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, provided that Executive provides
notice to the Company prior to retaining counsel in connection with any Proceeding) incurred by
him in connection with any Proceeding promptly after receipt by the Company of a written request
for such reimbursement and appropriate documentation associated with these expenses. Such request
shall include an undertaking by Executive to repay the amount of such advance if it shall
ultimately be determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction
that he is not entitled to be indemnified against such costs and expenses. The Company also
agrees to have any successor to all or substantially all of its business or assets to expressly
agree to assume the Company’s obligations under this Section 17(c).

(ii) Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel or
stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any Proceeding concerning
payment of amounts claimed by Executive under Section 17(c)(i) above that indemnification
of Executive is proper because he has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor a determination
by the Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel or stockholders) that Executive has
not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption or inference that Executive
has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(iii) The Company agrees to continue and maintain a directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance policy covering Executive at a level, and on terms and conditions, no less favorable to
him than the coverage the Company provides other similarly-situated executives or directors until
such time as suits against Executive are no longer permitted by law. In all events, Executive
shall be covered, in respect of Executive’s activities as an officer, director or employee of the
Company or any of its affiliates, by the Company’s (or any of its affiliates’) directors and
officers liability insurance policy with a top rated insurer with the usual coverage (with respect
to scope and period) and deductibles in a total policy amount not to be less than $10,000,000 or
other comparable policies, if any, obtained by the Company’s (or any of its affiliates’)
successors, to the fullest extent permitted by such policies.

(iv) Nothing in this Section 17(c) shall be construed as reducing or waiving any right
to indemnification, or advancement of expenses or coverage under any directors’ and officers’
liability insurance policies Executive would otherwise have under the Company’s or any affiliate’s
certificate of incorporation or by-laws or under applicable law or pursuant to the Indemnification
Agreement between Executive and the Company dated as of May 10, 2002 (the “Indemnification
Agreement”).

d. Entire Agreement/Amendments. This Agreement and Annex A and the
Indemnification Agreement between the Company contains the entire understanding of the Parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes (other than outstanding equity, long-term
incentive awards or deferred compensation arrangements except as provided herein) any other
agreements between Executive and the Company (or any of its affiliates). There are no
restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the Parties with
respect to the subject matter herein other than those expressly set forth herein. This Agreement
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signed by the Parties hereto. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this
Agreement (including Annex A) and any other provision of any plan, program, policy,
arrangement or other agreement of the Company or any of its affiliates, including without
limitation Comverse, the provisions of this Agreement (including Annex A), to the extent
more favorable, shall apply.

e. No Waiver. The failure of a Party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of
this Agreement or Annex A on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such Party’s
rights or deprive such Party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term
or any other term of this Agreement or Annex A. Any waiver of this Agreement or Annex
A to be effective must be in writing specifically referencing the provision being waived and
signed by the Party against whom the waiver is being enforced.

f. Severability; Survival. In the event that any one or more of the provisions of
this Agreement or Annex A shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement
or Annex A shall not be affected thereby. Any such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provision shall be replaced by other provisions which are as similar as possible in terms to such
invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable provisions but are valid and enforceable (but without
expanding the time period or the scope of any restriction in Sections 10, 11 or 12
hereof). Subject to any limits on applicability contained therein, Sections 6 and 8-19
and Annex A shall survive and continue in full force in accordance with their terms
notwithstanding any termination of the Employment Term.

g. Assignment. This Agreement and Annex A, and all of Executive’s rights and
obligations hereunder, shall not be assignable or transferable by Executive without the consent of
the Company, other than Executive’s rights to payments or benefits hereunder, which may be
transferred only by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement and Annex
A, and all of the Company’s rights and obligations hereunder, shall not be assignable or
transferable by the Company without the consent of Executive except that such rights or
obligations may be assigned or transferred pursuant to a merger or consolidation in which the
Company is not the continuing entity, or the sale or liquidation of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company; provided, however, that the assignee or transferee is
the successor to all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and such assignee or
transferee assumes the liabilities, obligations and duties of the Company, as contained in this
Agreement and Annex A, either contractually or as a matter of law. In the event of
Executive’s death while any payment, benefit or entitlement is due to him hereunder, such payment,
benefit or entitlement shall be paid or provided to his designated beneficiaries, or if there are
no such beneficiaries, to his estate.

h. Compliance with Section 409A.

(i) The Parties intend that any amounts payable under this Agreement and Annex A, and
the Company’s and Executive’s exercise of authority or discretion hereunder comply with the
provisions of Section 409A so as not to subject Executive to the payment of the additional tax,
interest and any tax penalty which may be imposed under Section 409A. In furtherance thereof, to
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subject to payment of the additional tax, interest and tax penalty under Section 409A, the
Parties agree to amend this Agreement and Annex A if permitted under Section 409A in a
manner which does not impose any additional taxes, interests or penalties on Executive in order to
bring this Agreement and Annex A into compliance with Section 409A, without materially
changing the economic value of the arrangements under this Agreement and Annex A to either
Party, and thereafter the Parties will interpret its provisions in a manner that complies with
Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no particular tax result for Executive with respect
to any income recognized by Executive in connection with this Agreement or Annex A is
guaranteed.

(ii) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement or Annex A to the contrary, if
Executive is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A and determined pursuant to
policies adopted by the Company consistent with Section 409A) at the time of Executive’s separation
from service and if any portion of the payments or benefits to be received by Executive upon
separation from service would be considered deferred compensation under Section 409A and cannot be
paid or provided to Executive without his incurring taxes, interest or penalties under Section
409A, amounts that would otherwise be payable pursuant to this Agreement and Annex A (the
“Delayed Payments”) and benefits that would otherwise be provided pursuant to this
Agreement and Annex A (the “Delayed Benefits”), in each case, during the six-month
period immediately following Executive’s separation from service (such period, the “Delay
Period”) will instead be paid or made available on the earlier of (i) the first day of the
seventh month following the date of Executive’s separation from service and (ii) Executive’s death
(the applicable date, the “Permissible Payment Date”). The Company will also reimburse
Executive for the after-tax cost incurred by Executive in independently obtaining any Delayed
Benefits (the “Additional Delayed Payments”), with any gross-up payment being paid to
Executive promptly but in no event later than the end of Executive’s taxable year immediately
following the year in which this gross-up payment is due.

(iii) With respect to any amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or the provision of
any in-kind benefits under this Agreement or Annex A, to the extent such payment or benefit
constitutes “deferred compensation” under Section 409A or is required to be included in Executive’s
gross income for federal income tax purposes, such expenses (including expenses associated with
in-kind benefits) shall be reimbursed by the Company no later than December 31st of the year
following the year in which Executive incurs the related expenses. In no event shall the
reimbursements or in-kind benefits to be provided by the Company in one taxable year affect the
amount of reimbursements or in-kind benefits to be provided in any other taxable year, nor shall
Executive’s right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits be subject to liquidation or exchange for
another benefit.

(iv) Each payment under this Agreement and Annex A is intended to be a “separate
payment” and not of a series of payments for purposes of Section 409A.

(v) A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any
provision of this Agreement and Annex A providing for the payment of any amounts or
benefits subject to Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment unless such
termination is also a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A), and
notwithstanding anything contained herein the contrary, the date on which such separation from
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i. Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement and Annex A, notices and all
other communications provided for in the Agreement and Annex A shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered by hand or overnight courier or (ii)
three days after it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Agreement, or to
such other address as either Party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

If to the Company:

Verint Systems Inc.

330 South Service Road

Melville, NY 11747

Attention: Chief Legal Officer (or, in the event there is no Chief
Legal Officer, the Corporate Secretary)

If to Executive:

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

j. Representations. Executive hereby represents to the Company that the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by Executive and the performance by Executive of Executive’s duties
hereunder shall not constitute a breach of, or otherwise contravene, the terms of any employment
agreement or other written agreement to which Executive is a party or otherwise bound with respect
to agreements with prior employers. The Company represents and warrants to Executive that it is
fully authorized and empowered to enter into this Agreement, including Annex A, and that
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement (including Annex A) will not
violate any agreement between it and any other person, firm or organization.

k. Cooperation. Subject to his other business and personal commitments, following
termination of his employment, Executive shall, upon reasonable request and at the Company’s sole
expense, provide Executive’s reasonable cooperation in connection with any action or proceeding
(or any appeal from any action or proceeding) which relates to events occurring during Executive’s
employment hereunder and of which Executive has knowledge; provided that such cooperation is not
adverse to Executive’s legal interests. In no event shall Executive be required to provide
cooperation on more than thirty (30) days in any one calendar year.

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

m. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same
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18. Definitions. In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms
shall have the following meanings when used herein with initial capitalization:

a. “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

b. A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if the event set forth in
any one of the following subparagraphs shall have occurred:

	 	i.	 	the acquisition by any Non-Verint Person,
entity or affiliated group (other than Comverse), in one or a series
of transactions, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Company,
or the acquisition of all the common stock of the Company (other than
equity held by employees which is assumed in such transaction)
following which the common stock of the Company is no longer publicly
traded;
	 
	 	ii.	 	the requirement that any Non-Verint Person,
entity or affiliated group (other than Comverse) consolidate with its
financial results the financial results of the Company;
	 
	 	iii.	 	a merger, combination, amalgamation,
consolidation, spin-off or any other transaction in which the holders
of the Company’s common stock immediately prior to such transaction do
not hold in respect of their holdings of such stock 50% or more of the
voting power of the merged, combined, amalgamated, consolidated,
spun-off or other resulting entity;
	 
	 	iv.	 	a sale or other disposition, in one or a
series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company (including its Subsidiaries); or
	 
	 	v.	 	during any period of two consecutive years,
Incumbent Directors cease to constitute at least a majority of the
board. “Incumbent Directors” shall mean: (1) the directors
who were serving at the beginning of such two-year period, (2) any
directors whose election or nomination was approved by the directors
referred to in clause (1) or by a director approved under this clause
(2), and (3) at any time that Comverse owns a majority of the voting
power of the Company, any director nominated by Comverse.

c. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

d. “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board.

e. “Comverse” shall mean Comverse Technology, Inc.

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g. “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time.

h. “Non-Verint Person” means “Person” as defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange
Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, but excluding (A) the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, (B) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company or any of its affiliates, (C) an underwriter temporarily holding
securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (D) a corporation owned, directly or
indirectly, by the shareowners of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company.

i. “Restricted Period” means the period of the Employment Term plus a period equal to
(i) 18 months following the date Executive ceases to be employed by the Company, if Executive’s
employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or if Executive resigns for Good Reason or
(ii) 12 months following the date Executive ceases to be employed by the Company, if Executive’s
employment terminates for any other reason.

j. “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final
regulation, or any other guidance, promulgated with respect to Section 409A by the U.S.
Department of Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.

k. “Subsidiary” of any Person means another Person (other than a natural Person), an
aggregate amount of the voting securities, other voting ownership or voting partnership interests,
of which is sufficient to elect at least a majority of the Board or other governing body (or, if
there are no such voting interests, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) is owned
directly or indirectly by such first Person.

19. Signatories. For purposes of Sections 9 and 17 hereof and
Annex A hereto, Verint Americas Inc. agrees that if the Company is unable to perform all or
part of its obligations under this Agreement (including Annex A) then Verint Americas Inc. will
perform such obligations of the Company in the same manner and to the same extent the Company would
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement effective as of the day
and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	VERINT SYSTEMS INC.	 	 	 	EXECUTIVE
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/ Peter Fante	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Dan Bodner	 
	 

	 	Name: Peter Fante	 	 	 	 	 	Name: 	Dan Bodner	 
	 

	 	Title:   Chief Legal Officer	 	 	 	 	 	Title: 	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	VERINT AMERICAS INC.	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/ Peter Fante	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name: Peter Fante	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:   Director	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

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Exhibit A

RELEASE

This RELEASE (“Release”) dated this
__________________
day between Verint Systems
Inc. (the “Company”), and
__________________

(“Executive”).

WHEREAS, the Company and Executive previously entered into an employment agreement dated

 _________, 20__

(the “Employment Agreement”)

WHEREAS, Executive’s employment with the Company (has been) (will be) terminated effective

__________________; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9 and/or Annex A of the Employment Agreement,
Executive is entitled to certain compensation and benefits upon such termination, contingent upon
the execution of this Release;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements contained herein and in
the Employment Agreement, the Company and Executive agree as follows:

1. Executive, on Executive’s own behalf and on behalf of Executive’s heirs, estate and
beneficiaries, does hereby release the Company, and any of its affiliates, and each past or present
officer, director, agent, or employee of any such entities (but with respect to any individual or
agent, only in connection with such individual’s or agent’s official capacity with the Company or
any affiliate and not in his or its personal capacity), from any and all claims made, to be made,
or which might have been made of whatever nature, whether known or unknown, from the beginning of
time, including those that arose as a consequence of Executive’s employment with the Company or an
affiliate thereof, or arising out of the severance of such employment relationship, or arising out
of any act committed or omitted during or after the existence of such employment relationship, all
up through and including the date on which this Release is executed, including, but not limited to,
those which were, could have been or could be the subject of an administrative or judicial
proceeding filed by Executive or on Executive’s behalf under federal, state, local or other law,
whether by statute, regulation, in contract or tort, and including, but not limited to, every claim
for front pay, back pay, wages, bonus, benefits, any form of discrimination (including but not
limited to, every claim of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual preference,
disability or age discrimination), wrongful termination, emotional distress, pain and suffering,
breach of contract, compensatory or punitive damages, interest, attorney’s fees, reinstatement or
reemployment. If any court rules that such waiver of rights to file, or have filed on Executive’s
behalf, any administrative or judicial charges or complaints is ineffective, Executive agrees not
to seek or accept any money damages or any other relief upon the filing of any such administrative
or judicial charges or complaints relating to any claim released by him herein. Executive
relinquishes any right to future employment with the Company or its affiliates and the Company and
its affiliates shall have the right to refuse to re-employ Executive without liability. Executive
acknowledges and agrees that even though claims and facts in addition to those now known or
believed by Executive to exist may subsequently be discovered, it is Executive’s intention to fully
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Executive may have against the Company and the persons and entities described above, whether
known, unknown or suspected.

2. The Company and Executive acknowledge and agree that the release contained in Paragraph 1
does not, and shall not be construed to, release or limit the scope of any existing obligation of
the Company or any other person or entity (i) to indemnify, advance expenses to, and hold Executive
harmless pursuant to applicable law or to the fullest extent permitted under the bylaws and/or
certificate of incorporation of Company, the Employment Agreement, the indemnification agreement
between the Company and Executive dated as of May 10, 2002 (as amended from time to time) and, if
greater, the policies and procedures of Company that are presently in effect, or otherwise, (ii) to
cover Executive under any applicable directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies or
pursuant to Section 17(c) of the Employment Agreement, (iii) to Executive with respect to the
compensation, benefits and entitlements due following termination pursuant to Section 9 or
Annex A of the Employment Agreement, (iv) with respect to any rights of Executive under, arising or
preserved by the Employment Agreement (including Annex A) which survive termination of his
employment, (v) to Executive and Executive’s eligible, participating dependents or beneficiaries
under any existing group welfare or retirement plan of the Company in which Executive and/or such
dependents are participants, or (vi) with respect to any other vested benefits or entitlements
under the benefit plans, programs, policies, arrangements or agreements of the Company or any of
its affiliates (including without limitation, Comverse), including without limitation any equity
and/or long-term incentive compensation plans, programs, policies, arrangements or agreements, in
accordance with the terms of such plans, programs, policies, arrangements or related award
agreements.

3. Executive acknowledges that Executive has been provided at least 21 days to review the
Release and has been advised to review it with an attorney of Executive’s choice. In the event
Executive elects to sign this Release prior to this 21 day period, Executive agrees that it is a
knowing and voluntary waiver of Executive’s right to wait the full 21 days. Executive further
understands that Executive has seven days after the signing hereof to revoke this Release by so
notifying the Company in writing, such notice to be received by the Corporate Secretary within the
7 day period. Executive further acknowledges that Executive has carefully read this Release, knows
and understands its contents and its binding legal effect. Executive acknowledges that by signing
this Release, Executive does so of Executive’s own free will and act and that it is Executive’s
intention that Executive be legally bound by its terms.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Executive has executed this Release on the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

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Exhibit B

(Restricted Entities)

“Restricted Entities” shall mean the following companies, including any Subsidiaries,
divisions, or controlled affiliates thereof:

	 	1.	 	NICE
	 
	 	2.	 	Autonomy
	 
	 	3.	 	Aspect
	 
	 	4.	 	Genesys
	 
	 	5.	 	Milestone
	 
	 	6.	 	Genetec
	 
	 	7.	 	March Networks
	 
	 	8.	 	Bosch Security Systems (video security business only)
	 
	 	9.	 	ETI
	 
	 	10.	 	JSI
	 
	 	11.	 	SS8
	 
	 	12.	 	Pen-Link
	 
	 	13.	 	Dedicated Microcomputer Limited
	 
	 	14.	 	Pelco
	 
	 	15.	 	Cisco Systems (video security business only)
	 
	 	16.	 	United Technologies Corp. (video security business only)
	 
	 	17.	 	Honeywell International (video security business only)
	 
	 	18.	 	Adsacom Inc.
	 
	 	19.	 	RCS S.R.L.
	 
	 	20.	 	Trovicor

 

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Annex A

CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS

If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive for Good
Reason (i.e., excluding a termination by the Company for Cause, by Executive without Good Reason,
or as a result of death or Disability):

(a) upon, or within 24 months following, a Change in Control, or

(b) at a time when the Company or Comverse is party to an agreement, the consummation of
which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control (whether or not a Change in
Control actually occurs), or

(c) within the 6 month period preceding the entrance by the Company or Comverse into an
agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control
(whether or not a Change in Control actually occurs), and such termination is made in
contemplation of or in connection with the potential Change in Control, or

(d) within the 9 month period preceding the consummation of a Change in Control, and such
termination is made in contemplation of or in connection with the potential Change in
Control, or

(e) in connection with a Board resolution or consent authorizing the payment of the amounts
and benefits described in this Annex A,

(each, a “Change in Control Termination”), the Company shall pay Executive the
amounts, and provide Executive the benefits, described in the balance of this Annex A
(collectively, the “Change in Control Payments”) in addition to any other severance
payments or benefits otherwise payable to Executive under Section 9(b) of the Agreement
(unless otherwise indicated in Annex A), plus the Accrued Rights.

For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Sections 2 and 4 of this
Annex A shall apply and be operative regardless of whether or not Executive’s employment is
terminated and the entirety of this Annex A shall form a part of the Agreement whether or
not referred to by the body of the Agreement.

For purposes of this Annex A (other than as provided in Section 2(i) of this
Annex A), no payment that would otherwise be made and no benefit that would otherwise be
provided, in each case, that would constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section
409A, upon a termination of employment shall be made or provided unless and until such termination
of employment is also a “separation from service,” as determined in accordance with Section 409A.

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a. A lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of (i) the Base Salary (as in effect on the date
of termination of Executive’s employment, or if higher, as of the date
immediately prior to the first event or circumstance constituting Good Reason in connection with
such departure) and (ii) the Target Bonus (which shall be the highest of the Target Bonus (a) as
in effect on the date of termination of Executive’s employment consistent with this Agreement, (b)
as of the date immediately prior to the first event or circumstance constituting Good Reason in
connection with such departure or (c) as in effect for the year immediately prior to the year in
which a Change in Control occurs), payable to Executive on the 60th calendar day
following (w) termination of Executive’s employment in the case of clauses (a) and (b) of the
definition of “Change in Control Termination”, (x) the execution of the agreement referenced in
clause (c) of the definition of “Change in Control Termination” in the case of such clause (c),
(y) the occurrence of the Change in Control in the case of clause (d) of the definition of “Change
in Control Termination” and (z) the Board resolution in the case of clause (e) of the definition
of “Change in Control Termination”.

b. In lieu of the pro-rata bonus due under Section 9(b)(iii)(B)(2) of the Agreement,
a lump sum cash payment of a bonus equal to a pro rata portion of the Target Bonus (which shall be
the highest of the Target Bonus (a) as in effect on the date of termination of Executive’s
employment consistent with this Agreement, (b) as of the date immediately prior to the first event
or circumstance constituting Good Reason in connection with such departure or (c) as in effect for
the year immediately prior to the year in which a Change in Control occurs), if any, that
Executive would have been entitled to receive pursuant to Section 5 of the Agreement in
such year (if such year had been completed) based upon the percentage of the fiscal year that
shall have elapsed through the date of Executive’s termination of employment, payable to Executive
on the 60th calendar day following (w) termination of Executive’s employment in the
case of clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of “Change in Control Termination”, (x) the
execution of the agreement referenced in clause (c) of the definition of “Change in Control
Termination” in the case of such clause (c), (y) the occurrence of the Change in Control in the
case of clause (d) of the definition of “Change in Control Termination” and (z) the Board
resolution in the case of clause (e) of the definition of “Change in Control Termination”.

2. Gross Up

a. Anything in the Agreement or Annex A to the contrary notwithstanding, if any
payment, entitlement, benefit or distribution (other than the Gross-Up payments provided for in
this Annex A) (or any combination thereof) by the Company or any of its affiliates or by
any person or entity effecting the change in control) to or for the benefit of Executive, whether
paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Annex
A, or otherwise (including, without limitation, pursuant to or by reason of any other
agreement, policy, plan, program or arrangement, including without limitation any stock option,
performance share, performance unit, stock appreciation right or similar right, or the lapse or
termination of any restriction on or the vesting or exercisability of any of the foregoing) (all
such payments, entitlements, benefits and distributions, including the Change in Control Payments,
being hereinafter referred to as the “Total Payments”), would be subject to the excise tax
imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or to any similar tax
imposed by state or local law, or any interest or penalties with respect to such tax (such tax or
taxes, together with any such interest and penalties, being hereafter collectively referred to as
the “Excise Tax”), then Executive will be entitled to receive an additional
payment or payments (collectively, a “Gross-Up Payment”). The Gross-Up Payment will be in
an amount such that, after payment by Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties
imposed with respect to such taxes), including any Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment,
Executive retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Total
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b. Subject to the provisions of Section 2(f) of this Annex A, all
determinations required to be made under this Annex A, including whether an Excise Tax is
payable by Executive, Executive’s applicable tax rates and deductions, and the amount of such
Excise Tax and whether a Gross-Up Payment is required to be paid by the Company to Executive and
the amount of such Gross-Up Payment, if any, will be made by a nationally recognized accounting
firm (the “National Firm”) selected by Executive and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
Executive will direct the National Firm to submit its determination and detailed supporting
calculations to both the Company and Executive within 30 calendar days after the Change in Control
or termination of Executive’s employment, if applicable, and any such other time or times as may
be requested by the Company or Executive. If the National Firm determines that any Excise Tax is
payable by Executive, the Company will pay the required Gross-Up Payment to Executive as provided
in Section 2(h). If the National Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by
Executive with respect to any material benefit or amount (or portion thereof), it will, at the
same time as it makes such determination, furnish the Company and Executive with an opinion that
Executive has substantial authority not to report any Excise Tax on Executive’s federal, state or
local income or other tax return with respect to such benefit or amount. As a result of the
uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code and the possibility of similar
uncertainty regarding applicable state or local tax law at the time of any determination by the
National Firm hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments that will not have been made by the
Company should have been made (an “Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations
required to be made hereunder. In the event that the Company exhausts or fails to pursue its
remedies pursuant to Section 2(f) of this Annex A and Executive thereafter is
required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, Executive will direct the National Firm to determine
the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and to submit its determination and detailed
supporting calculations to both the Company and Executive as promptly as possible. Any such
Underpayment will be promptly paid by the Company to, or for the benefit of, Executive after
receipt of such determination and calculations as provided in Section 2(h) of this
Annex A.

c. The Company and Executive will each provide the National Firm access to and copies of any
books, records and documents in the possession of the Company or Executive, as the case may be,
reasonably requested by the National Firm, and otherwise cooperate with the National Firm in
connection with the preparation and issuance of the determinations and calculations contemplated
by this Annex A. Any determination by the National Firm as to the amount of the Gross-Up
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d. The federal, state and local income or other tax returns filed by Executive will be
prepared and filed on a consistent basis with the determination of the National Firm with respect
to the Excise Tax payable by Executive. Executive will report and make proper payment of the
amount of any Excise Tax, and at the request of the Company,
provide to the Company true and correct copies (with any amendments) of Executive’s federal income
tax return as filed with the Internal Revenue Service and corresponding state and local tax
returns, if relevant, as filed with the applicable taxing authority, and such other documents
reasonably requested by the Company, evidencing such payment. If prior to the filing of
Executive’s federal income tax return, or corresponding state or local tax return, if relevant,
the National Firm determines that the amount of the Gross-Up Payment should be reduced, Executive
will within ten business days pay to the Company the amount of such reduction.

e. The fees and expenses of the National Firm for its services in connection with the
determinations and calculations contemplated by this Annex A will be borne by the Company.
If such fees and expenses are initially paid by Executive, the Company will reimburse Executive
the full amount of such fees and expenses after receipt from Executive of a statement therefor and
reasonable evidence of Executive’s payment thereof as provided in Section 2(h) of this
Annex A.

f. Executive will notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service
or any other taxing authority that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of a
Gross-Up Payment. Such notification will be given as promptly as practicable but no later than 10
business days after Executive actually receives notice of such claim and Executive will further
apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to
be paid (in each case, to the extent known by Executive). Executive will not pay such claim prior
to the expiration of the 30-calendar-day period following the date on which Executive gives such
notice to the Company or, if earlier, the date that any payment of amount with respect to such
claim is due. If the Company notifies Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such period
that it desires to contest such claim, Executive will:

	 	(i)	 	provide the Company with any written records
or documents in Executive’s possession relating to such claim
reasonably requested by the Company;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	take such action in connection with
contesting such claim as the Company reasonably requests in writing
from time to time, including without limitation accepting legal
representation with respect to such claim by an attorney competent in
respect of the subject matter and reasonably selected by the Company;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	reasonably cooperate with the Company in
good faith in order effectively to contest such claim; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	permit the Company to participate in any
proceedings relating to such claim;

 

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provided, however, that the Company will bear and pay directly all costs and
expenses (including interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and will
indemnify and hold harmless Executive, on an after-tax basis, for and against any Excise Tax or
income or other tax, including interest and penalties with respect thereto, imposed as a result of
such
representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of
this Section 2(f), the Company will control all proceedings taken in connection with the
contest of any claim contemplated by this Section 2(f) and, at its sole option, may pursue
or forego any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the
taxing authority in respect of such claim (provided, however, that Executive may participate
therein at Executive’s own cost and expense) and may, at its option and to the extent permitted by
applicable law, either pay the tax claimed on behalf of Executive and direct Executive to sue for
a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and Executive agrees to prosecute such
contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction
and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company determines; provided, however,
that if the Company pays the tax claimed and direct Executive to sue for a refund, the Company
will indemnify and hold Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income
or other tax, including interest or penalties with respect thereto, imposed with respect to such
payment or with respect to any imputed income in connection with such payment; and
provided further, however, that any extension of the statute of
limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of Executive with respect to which
the contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount.
Furthermore, the Company’s control of any such contested claim will be limited to issues with
respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder and Executive will be entitled to
settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or
any other taxing authority.

g. If, after the payment by the Company of an amount on Executive’s behalf pursuant to
Section 2(f) of this Annex A, Executive receives any refund with respect to such
claim, Executive will (subject to the Company’s complying with the requirements of Section
2(f) of this Annex A) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund received
(together with any interest paid or credited thereon after any taxes applicable thereto). If,
after the payment by the Company of an amount on Executive’s behalf pursuant to Section
2(f) of this Annex A, a determination is made that Executive is not entitled to any
refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify Executive in writing of its
intent to contest such denial or refund prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days after such
determination, then the amount of such payment shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of
the Gross-Up Payment required to be paid by the Company to Executive pursuant to this Annex
A.

h. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Annex A to the contrary, but subject
to Section 17(h) of the Agreement, all taxes and expenses described in this Annex
A will be paid or reimbursed within five business days after Executive submits evidence of
incurrence of such taxes and/or expenses, provided that in all events such reimbursement will be
made on or before the last day of the year following (a) the year in which the applicable taxes
are remitted or expenses are incurred or (b) in the case of reimbursement of expenses incurred due
to a tax audit or litigation in which there is no remittance of taxes, the year in which the audit
is completed or there is a final and nonappealable settlement or other resolution of the
litigation, in accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(v). Executive will be required
to submit all requests for reimbursements no later than 30 days prior to the last day for
reimbursement described in the prior sentence. Each provision of reimbursements pursuant to this
Annex A will be considered a separate payment and not one of a series of payments for
purposes of Section 409A. Any expense reimbursed by the Company in one taxable year in no
event will affect the amount of expenses required to be reimbursed by the Company in any other
taxable year.

 

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i. The Company’s obligation to make the Gross-Up Payment under Section 2(a) of this
Annex A will not be conditioned upon termination of Executive’s employment.

3. If Executive’s employment terminates and such termination is a Change in Control
Termination, then notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 above, the
Company shall deposit any and all cash amounts payable or shares (or cash proceeds thereof)
deliverable to Executive under Section 9(b)(iii) of the Agreement and Sections 1(a)
(including any amount due under Section 9(b)(iii) if a Delayed Payment would result in the
payment being made after the Change in Control), 1(b), or 2(a) of this Annex A
(including any estimated Delayed Payments (as defined in Section 17(h)) and estimated
Additional Delayed Payments (as defined in Section 17(h))) into an irrevocable grantor
trust (established pursuant to a trust agreement approved by the Board in good faith) (the
“Grantor Trust”)) not later than the 10th business day following Executive’s termination
date. From and after such time until the payment of all amounts from the Grantor Trust, the
Company shall deposit additional amounts into the Grantor Trust on a monthly basis equal to the
interest accrued on the cash amounts contained therein (including the interest paid previously) at
the United States five-year Treasury Rate, and the amounts and property held in the Grantor Trust
shall be paid/delivered to Executive (in accordance with the terms of the Grantor Trust) on the
payment/delivery dates specified in Section 9(b)(iii) of the Agreement or Sections
1 and 2 of this Annex A, or if required by Section 17(h), on the
Permissible Payment Date (as defined in Section 17(h)).

4. The Company shall pay to Executive all reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by
Executive in disputing any issue under Section 9(e) or Section 9(f) (but only with respect to
Section 9(f) in connection with any payments under Section 9(b)(iii) or Annex A as a Change in
Control Termination) or this Annex A relating to the termination of Executive’s employment
or in seeking in good faith to interpret, obtain or enforce any benefit or right provided by
Section 9(e) or Section 9(f) (but only with respect to Section 9(f) in connection with any payments
under Section 9(b)(iii) or Annex A as a Change in Control Termination) or this Annex A, in
each case, regardless of the outcome. Such payments shall be made within five days (but in any
event no later than December 31st of the year following the year in which Executive incurs the
expenses) after delivery of Executive’s written requests for payment accompanied with such evidence
of fees and expenses incurred as the Company reasonably may require, provided that (a) the amount
of such legal fees and expenses that the Company is obligated to pay in any given calendar year
shall not affect the legal fees and expenses that the Company is obligated to pay in any other
calendar year, (b) Executive’s right to have the Company pay such legal fees and expenses may not
be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit, and (c) Executive shall not be entitled to
reimbursement unless Executive has submitted an invoice for such fees and expenses at least ten
days before the end of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which such fees and
expenses were incurred.

 

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Schedule I

to Employment Agreement

Name of Executive: Dan Bodner

	 	1.	 	Position: President and Chief Executive Officer
	 
	 	2.	 	Base Salary: $600,000 (or any increased amount)
	 
	 	3.	 	Target Bonus: $600,000
	 
	 	4.	 	Perquisites: The Company will pay Executive an annual allowance of $20,000 for
legal, tax preparation and financial planning services, payable once each calendar
year. The Company will provide Executive with a Company-owned or leased vehicle and
related insurance and other incidental expenses that are comparable to the vehicle,
insurance and expenses provided to Executive on the Effective Date, for Executive’s
professional and personal use.
	 
	 	5.	 	Weeks of paid vacation (if other than per the Company’s normal policy): 20
days.
	 
	 	6.	 	Months of severance pursuant to Section 9(b)(iii): 18 months
	 
	 	7.	 	Multiplier for Target Bonus in the event of severance pursuant to Section
9(b)(iii): 150%
	 
	 	8.	 	Months of COBRA reimbursement on termination without Cause, resignation for
Good Reason, or death (unless otherwise specified in the body of the Agreement): 18
months.
	 
	 	9.	 	Other continued benefits on termination without Cause, resignation for Good
Reason, death or Disability: months of continuation of such benefits: 18 months.

 

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Exhibit
10.32

Execution Version

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of August 5, 2009

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

THE ISSUERS PARTY HERETO,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Swing Line Lender,

and

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Agent

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

Lead Arranger and Bookrunner

$22,000,000 364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

 

 

 

Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.01 Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02 Accounting Terms
	 	 	24	 
	Section 1.03 Rules of Construction
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE LOANS
	 	 	26	 
	Section 2.01 The Facility
	 	 	26	 
	Section 2.02 Reductions of and Increases in Aggregate Commitment
	 	 	34	 
	Section 2.03 Notice and Manner of Borrowing
	 	 	36	 
	Section 2.04 Non-Receipt of Funds by Agent
	 	 	37	 
	Section 2.05 [Intentionally Deleted]
	 	 	38	 
	Section 2.06 Conversions and Renewals
	 	 	38	 
	Section 2.07 Interest
	 	 	39	 
	Section 2.08 Interest Rate Determination
	 	 	40	 
	Section 2.09 Fees
	 	 	40	 
	Section 2.10 Notes
	 	 	40	 
	Section 2.11 Prepayments
	 	 	41	 
	Section 2.12 Method of Payment
	 	 	41	 
	Section 2.13 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	42	 
	Section 2.14 Yield Protection
	 	 	42	 
	Section 2.15 Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations
	 	 	43	 
	Section 2.16 Availability of Eurodollar Loans
	 	 	44	 
	Section 2.17 Funding Indemnification
	 	 	44	 
	Section 2.18 Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity
	 	 	44	 
	Section 2.19 Extension of Termination Date
	 	 	44	 
	Section 2.20 Replacement of Certain Lenders
	 	 	46	 
	Section 2.21 Swing Line
	 	 	48	 
	Section 2.22 Facility Letters of Credit
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	 	 	58	 
	Section 3.01 Conditions Precedent to Closing Date
	 	 	58	 
	Section 3.02 Conditions Precedent to Cash Secured Option
	 	 	59	 
	Section 3.03 Conditions Precedent to Secured Borrowing Base Option
	 	 	61	 
	Section 3.04 Conditions Precedent to All Loans
	 	 	61	 
	Section 3.05 Conditions Precedent to Facility Letters of Credit
	 	 	62	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	62	 
	Section 4.01 Incorporation, Formation, Good Standing, and Due Qualification
	 	 	62	 
	Section 4.02 Power and Authority
	 	 	63	 
	Section 4.03 Legally Enforceable Agreement
	 	 	63	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	Section 4.04 Financial Statements
	 	 	63	 
	Section 4.05 Labor Disputes and Acts of God
	 	 	64	 
	Section 4.06 Other Agreements
	 	 	64	 
	Section 4.07 Litigation
	 	 	64	 
	Section 4.08 No Defaults on Outstanding Judgments or Orders
	 	 	64	 
	Section 4.09 Ownership and Liens
	 	 	65	 
	Section 4.10 Subsidiaries and Ownership of Stock
	 	 	65	 
	Section 4.11 ERISA
	 	 	65	 
	Section 4.12 Operation of Business
	 	 	65	 
	Section 4.13 Taxes
	 	 	66	 
	Section 4.14 Laws; Environment
	 	 	66	 
	Section 4.15 Investment Company Act
	 	 	67	 
	Section 4.16 OFAC
	 	 	67	 
	Section 4.17 Accuracy of Information
	 	 	67	 
	Section 4.18 Security Documents
	 	 	68	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	69	 
	Section 5.01 Maintenance of Existence
	 	 	69	 
	Section 5.02 Maintenance of Records
	 	 	69	 
	Section 5.03 Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	69	 
	Section 5.04 Conduct of Business
	 	 	69	 
	Section 5.05 Maintenance of Insurance
	 	 	69	 
	Section 5.06 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	70	 
	Section 5.07 Right of Inspection
	 	 	70	 
	Section 5.08 Reporting Requirements
	 	 	70	 
	Section 5.09 [Intentionally Deleted]
	 	 	72	 
	Section 5.10 Environment
	 	 	72	 
	Section 5.11 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	73	 
	Section 5.12 Ranking of Obligations
	 	 	73	 
	Section 5.13 Taxes
	 	 	73	 
	Section 5.14 [Intentionally Deleted]
	 	 	73	 
	Section 5.15 New Subsidiaries
	 	 	73	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	74	 
	Section 6.01 Liens
	 	 	74	 
	Section 6.02 Secured Debt
	 	 	75	 
	Section 6.03 Mergers, Etc
	 	 	76	 
	Section 6.04 Leases
	 	 	76	 
	Section 6.05 Sale and Leaseback
	 	 	76	 
	Section 6.06 Sale of Assets
	 	 	76	 
	Section 6.07 Investments
	 	 	77	 
	Section 6.08 Guaranties, Etc
	 	 	78	 
	Section 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	78	 
	Section 6.10 [Intentionally Deleted]
	 	 	79	 
	Section 6.11 [Intentionally Deleted]
	 	 	79	 
	Section 6.12 Non-Guarantors
	 	 	79	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	Section 6.13 Negative Pledge
	 	 	79	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII FINANCIAL COVENANTS
	 	 	79	 
	Section 7.01 Minimum Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
	 	 	79	 
	Section 7.02 Leverage Ratio
	 	 	79	 
	Section 7.03 Interest Coverage Ratio
	 	 	80	 
	Section 7.04 Minimum Liquidity
	 	 	80	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	 	 	80	 
	Section 8.01 Events of Default
	 	 	80	 
	Section 8.02 Set Off
	 	 	84	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX AGENCY PROVISIONS
	 	 	85	 
	Section 9.01 Authorization and Action
	 	 	85	 
	Section 9.02 Liability of Agent
	 	 	85	 
	Section 9.03 Rights of Agent Individually
	 	 	86	 
	Section 9.04 Independent Credit Decisions
	 	 	87	 
	Section 9.05 Indemnification
	 	 	87	 
	Section 9.06 Successor Agent
	 	 	88	 
	Section 9.07 Sharing of Payments, Etc
	 	 	88	 
	Section 9.08 Withholding Tax Matters
	 	 	89	 
	Section 9.09 Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Managing Agents or Co-Agents
	 	 	89	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	89	 
	Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc
	 	 	89	 
	Section 10.02 Notices, Etc
	 	 	90	 
	Section 10.03 No Waiver
	 	 	92	 
	Section 10.04 Costs, Expenses, and Taxes
	 	 	92	 
	Section 10.05 Integration
	 	 	93	 
	Section 10.06 Indemnity
	 	 	93	 
	Section 10.07 CHOICE OF LAW
	 	 	94	 
	Section 10.08 Severability of Provisions
	 	 	94	 
	Section 10.09 Counterparts
	 	 	94	 
	Section 10.10 Headings
	 	 	94	 
	Section 10.11 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
	 	 	94	 
	Section 10.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	95	 
	Section 10.13 Governmental Regulation
	 	 	95	 
	Section 10.14 No Fiduciary Duty
	 	 	95	 
	Section 10.15 Confidentiality
	 	 	95	 
	Section 10.16 USA Patriot Act Notification
	 	 	98	 
	Section 10.17 Register
	 	 	98	 
	Section 10.18 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc
	 	 	99	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
	 	 	99	 
	Section 11.01 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	99	 

iii

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	Section 11.02 Assignments
	 	 	99	 
	Section 11.03 Participations
	 	 	100	 
	Section 11.04 Pledge to Federal Reserve Bank
	 	 	101	 

LIST OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Schedule	 	Description	 	Reference
	Schedule I

	 	Commitments
	 	 2.01
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule II

	 	[Intentionally Deleted]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule III

	 	Guarantors
	 	Definition
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule IV

	 	Secured Borrowing Base Conditions
	 	Definition
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule V

	 	Metropolitan Statistical Areas
	 	 1.01
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 4.07

	 	Claims
	 	 4.07
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 4.10

	 	Subsidiaries of Borrower
	 	 4.10
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 4.14

	 	Environmental Matters
	 	 4.10, 5.06, 5.10, 8.01(10)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 5.16

	 	Post-Closing Matters
	 	 5.16

	 	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit	 	Description	 	Reference
	Exhibit A-1
	 	Form of Amended and Restated Guaranty	 	Definition
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A-2
	 	Form of Cash Collateral Agreement	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A-3
	 	Form of Amended and Restated
Collateral Agreement	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B
	 	Form of Note	 	Definition
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit C
	 	Commitment and Acceptance	 	2.02.2(a)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit D
	 	Form of Certificate for Borrowings
and Facility Letters of Credit	 	2.22.3(iii), 3.02

iv

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit	 	Description	 	Reference
	Exhibit E
	 	Opinion of Borrower’s Counsel	 	3.01(5)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit F
	 	Assignment Agreement	 	11.02(b)(ii)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit G
	 	Form of Officer’s Certification	 	Schedule IV

v

 

          AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 5, 2009 among BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders that are signatories hereto, the Issuers that
are signatories hereto, CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association, as Swing Line Lender, and
CITIBANK, N.A., a Delaware corporation, as Agent (the “Agent”) for the Lenders and the Issuers.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

          (1) The Borrower entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of July 25, 2007 (the
“Original Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the several lenders party thereto as lenders and
as issuers, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent, as modified by (i) the First
Amendment, (ii) that certain Second Limited Waiver dated as of June 30, 2009, (iii) the Second
Amendment, (iv) the Third Amendment, (v) that certain Third Limited Waiver dated as of May 4, 2009,
and (vi) the Fourth Amendment, each entered into among the Borrower, the several lenders party
thereto as lenders and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent (the Original Credit
Agreement, as so modified, and as heretofore otherwise amended, supplemented or otherwise modified,
being hereinafter referred to as the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

          (2) Pursuant to that certain Successor Agency and Amendment Agreement dated as of the date
hereof among Wachovia Bank, National Association, Citibank, N.A., the lenders and issuers under the
Existing Credit Agreement, the Borrower and the Guarantors (as hereinafter defined), Wachovia Bank,
National Association resigned as agent under the Existing Credit Agreement and Citibank, N.A. was
appointed as successor agent.

          (3) The Borrower, the Lenders, the Issuers and the Agent desire to amend and restate the
Existing Credit Agreement in the manner hereinafter set forth.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth,
the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

     Section 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
following meanings (terms defined in the singular shall have the same meaning when used in the
plural and vice versa):

          “ABR Loan” means a Loan which bears interest at the Alternate Base Rate, other than a Swing
Line Loan.

          “Acceptable Appraisal” means an appraisal commissioned by and addressed to the Agent
(reasonably acceptable to the Agent as to form, assumptions, substance, and appraisal

 

 

date), prepared by a qualified professional appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Agent, and
complying in all material respects with the requirements of the Federal Financial Institutions
Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.

          “Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or
after the date of this Agreement by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any
going concern or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person or division thereof, whether
through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one
transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in
number of votes or by percentage of voting power) of the Common Equity of another Person.

          “Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations” means, for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than those Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors), the
sum of (a) the cash generated by (or used in) operating activities, as calculated on the quarterly
financial statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis for such
period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, such amount being reflected in the line item
designated “Net Cash (used in) provided by operating activities” on the Borrower’s quarterly
financial statements, plus (b) Interest Incurred of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis for such four consecutive fiscal quarters, as determined in accordance with
GAAP.

          “Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan for any Interest Period, an
interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the
LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

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

          “Affected Lender” is defined in Section 2.20(a).

          “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person (1) which directly or
indirectly controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person; (2) which directly or indirectly beneficially owns or holds five percent
(5%) or more of any class of voting equity interests of such Person or any Subsidiary of such
Person; or (3) five percent (5%) or more of the voting equity interests of which is directly or
indirectly beneficially owned or held by such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person. The term
“control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.

2

 

          “Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the opening paragraph of this Agreement.

          “Agent’s Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter dated August 3, 2009 from the Agent and
Arranger to the Borrower and accepted by the Borrower.

          “Aggregate Commitment” means, at any time after the Effective Date, the aggregate Commitments
of all the Lenders.

          “Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit” means, at any time, the sum of the aggregate
principal amount of all Loans (including all Swing Line Loans) and the Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations, in each case outstanding at such time.

          “Agreement” means the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended and restated by this Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time; except that any reference to the date of this Agreement shall mean the date of this Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement.

          “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, the sum of (a) a rate per annum equal to the greater
of (i) the Base Rate in effect on such day and (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on
such day plus 1/2 of 1%, plus (b) the Applicable Margin. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due
to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and
including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.

          “Amended and Restated Guaranty” means the Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of the date
hereof among each Guarantor identified on Schedule III and the Agent, substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit A-1.

          “Applicable Letter of Credit Rate” means, as at any date of determination, a rate per annum
equal to the then effective Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans.

          “Applicable Margin” means, as at any date of determination, the margin indicated below for the
applicable type of Loan for each of the Cash Secured Option and the Secured Borrowing Base Option,
as applicable:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Pricing Option
	 	Eurodollar Loans	 	Base Rate Loans
	Cash Secured Option
	 	 	1.50	%	 	 	0.50	%
	Secured Borrowing Base
Option
	 	 	6.00	%	 	 	5.00	%

3

 

          “Appraised Value” means, with respect to any Real Property or any portion thereof, the
appraised value of such Real Property or portion thereof set forth in the most-recent Acceptable
Appraisal obtained by the Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents. The Appraised Value of (a) a Real
Property shall be adjusted to take into account any portion that has been sold or otherwise
transferred, and (b) a portion of a Real Property shall be calculated based upon the Acceptable
Appraisal for such Real Property and allocated to such portion of such Real Property by the
Borrower based upon a reasonable methodology approved by the Agent, including a methodology to
reflect the value of ongoing or completed construction of Housing Units and improvements to Lots
Under Development.

          “Approved Electronic Communications” means each Communication that the Borrower or any
Guarantor is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Agent pursuant to any Loan
Document or the transactions contemplated therein, including any financial statement, financial and
other report, notice, request, certificate and other information material; provided,
however, that, solely with respect to delivery of any such Communication by the Borrower or
any Guarantor to the Agent and without limiting or otherwise affecting either the Agent’s right to
effect delivery of such Communication by posting such Communication to the Approved Electronic
Platform or the protections afforded hereby to the Agent in connection with any such posting,
“Approved Electronic Communication” shall exclude (i) any notice of borrowing, letter of credit
request, notice of conversion or continuation, and any other notice, demand, communication,
information, document and other material relating to a request for a new, or a conversion of an
existing, Borrowing, (ii) any notice of prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11 and any other notice
relating to the payment of any principal or other amount due under any Loan Document prior to the
scheduled date therefor, (iii) all notices of any Default or Event of Default and (iv) any notice,
demand, communication, information, document and other material required to be delivered to satisfy
any of the conditions set forth in Article III or any other condition to any Borrowing or other
extension of credit hereunder or any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement.

          “Approved Electronic Platform” is defined in Section 10.02(d).

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

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          “Arranger” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

          “Assignment and Assumption” is defined in Section 11.02(b)(ii).

          “Base Indenture 2001” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Senior Notes”.

          “Base Indenture 2002” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Senior Notes”.

          “Base Indenture 2004” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Senior Notes”.

          “Base Rate” means the fluctuating rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank, N.A. in New
York, New York from time to time as its base rate.

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

          “BMC” means Beazer Mortgage Corporation, a Delaware corporation and Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of
the Borrower.

          “Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Loans of the same type made, renewed or converted
on the same day.

          “Business Day” means (i) with respect to any Borrowing, payment or rate selection of
Eurodollar Loans, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in New
York City for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities and on which
dealings in United States dollars are carried on in the London interbank market and (ii) for all
other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in New
York City for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities.

          “Capital Lease” means all leases which have been or should be capitalized on the books of the
lessee in accordance with GAAP.

          “Cash Collateral Account” means the Account (as such term is defined in the Cash Collateral
Agreement) maintained under the Cash Collateral Agreement.

          “Cash Collateral Agreement” means the Cash Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered
by the Borrower in accordance with Section 3.01, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.

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          “Cash Equivalents” means:

          (a) certificates of deposit, time deposits, bankers acceptances, and other obligations placed
with commercial banks organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof, or branches or agencies of foreign banks licensed under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof, having a short-term rating of not less than A- by each of Moody’s and
S&P at the time of acquisition, and having a maturities of not more than one year; provided
that the aggregate principal Investment at any one time in any one such institution shall not
exceed the Borrower’s specified investment limit for such institution under the Borrower’s
investment policy as in effect from time to time;

          (b) direct obligation of the United States or any agency thereof with maturities of one year
or less from the date of acquisition;

          (c) money market funds provided that such funds (A) have total net assets of at least $2
billion, (B) have investment objectives and policies that substantially conform with the Borrower’s
investment policy as in effect from time to time, (C) purchase only first-tier or U.S. government
obligations as defined by Rule 2a-7 of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, and (D) otherwise comply with such Rule 2a-7; provided that
the aggregate principal Investment at any one time in any one such money market fund shall not
exceed $100,000,000, if the Investment is to be for more than three Business Days;

          (d) investments in other short-term securities permitted as investments under the Borrower’s
investment policy in effect from time to time and consented to by Required Lenders.

          “Cash Secured Option” means the option of the Borrower to designate pursuant to Section 2.03
that availability of the Facility will be conditioned upon Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of
Credit at all times being fully secured by Unrestricted Cash Collateral under the Cash Collateral
Agreement in an amount equal to or greater than 105% of the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of
Credit.

          “Change of Control” means any of the following: (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or (except for an Internal
Reorganization) of a Significant Guarantor or Significant Subsidiary, as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act) in one or a series of transactions; (ii) the acquisition by any Person or group
of fifty percent (50%) or more of the aggregate voting power of all classes of Common Equity of the
Borrower or (except for an Internal Reorganization) of a Significant Guarantor or Significant
Subsidiary in one transaction or a series of related transactions; (iii) the liquidation or
dissolution of the Borrower or (except for an Internal Reorganization) of a Significant Guarantor
or Significant Subsidiary; (iv) any transaction or a series of related transactions (as a result of
a

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tender offer, merger, consolidation or otherwise but excluding an Internal Reorganization)
that results in, or that is in connection with, (a) any Person or group acquiring “beneficial
ownership” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of fifty
percent (50%) or more of the aggregate voting power of all classes of Common Equity of the
Borrower, a Significant Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary, or of any Person or group that
possesses “beneficial ownership” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the aggregate voting power of all classes of Common
Equity of the Borrower, a Significant Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary, or (b) less than fifty
percent (50%) (measured by the aggregate voting power of all classes) of the Common Equity of the
Borrower being registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act; (v) a majority of the
Board of Directors of the Borrower, a Significant Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary, not being
comprised of persons who (a) were members of the Board of Directors of such Borrower, Significant
Guarantor or Significant Subsidiary, as of the date of this Agreement (“Original Directors”), or
(b) were nominated for election or elected to the Board of Directors of such Borrower, Significant
Guarantor, or Significant Subsidiary, with the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the
directors who themselves were Original Directors or who were similarly nominated for election or
elected; or (vi) with respect to any Significant Guarantor or Significant Subsidiary which is not a
corporation, any loss by the Borrower of the right or power directly, or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, to control the activities of any such Significant Guarantor or Significant
Subsidiary. Nothing herein contained shall modify or otherwise affect the provisions of Section
6.06.

          “Closing Date” is defined in Section 3.01.

          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations and published interpretations thereof.

          “Collateral” means all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon
which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.

          “Collateral Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement dated as of the
date hereof among the Borrower, each Guarantor identified on Schedule III and the Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3.

          “Collateral Shortfall Amount” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.01.

          “Commitment” means, for each of the Lenders, the obligation of such Lender to make Loans and
to purchase participations in Facility Letters of Credit in the aggregate not exceeding the amount
set forth in Schedule I hereto as its “Commitment,” as such amount may be decreased from time to
time pursuant to the terms of Section 2.02.1 or increased pursuant to

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Section 2.02.2; provided, however, that the Commitment of a Lender may not be
increased without its prior written approval.

          “Commitment and Acceptance” is defined in Section 2.02.2(a).

          “Common Equity” of any Person means any and all shares, rights to purchase, warrants or
options (whether or not currently exercisable), participations, or other equivalents of or
interests in (however designated) the equity (which includes, but is not limited to, common stock,
preferred stock and partnership and joint venture interests) of such Person (excluding any debt
securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, such equity) to the extent that the foregoing is
entitled to (i) vote in the election of directors of such Person or (ii) if such Person is not a
corporation, vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners,
managers or other persons that will control the management and policies of such Person.

          “Commonly Controlled Entity” means an entity, whether or not incorporated, which is under
common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code.

          “Communications” means each notice, demand, communication, information, document and other
material provided for under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document or otherwise
transmitted between the parties hereto relating this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the
Borrower or any Guarantor or their respective Affiliates, or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents including, without limitation, all Approved Electronic
Communications.

          “Consolidated Debt” means the Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis (but shall not include Debt of any Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor, except
to the extent that such Debt is guaranteed by the Borrower or a Guarantor).

          “Consolidated Tangible Assets” of the Borrower means, as of any date, the total amount of
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (less applicable reserves) on a consolidated basis at
the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such date (or on such date if such date is the
last day of the fiscal quarter), as determined in accordance with GAAP, less (i) Intangible Assets
and (ii) appropriate adjustments on account of minority interests of other Persons holding equity
Investments in Subsidiaries, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, as would be
reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the
fiscal quarter immediately preceding such date (or on such date if such date is the last day of the
fiscal quarter), prepared in accordance with GAAP.

          “Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” of the Borrower means, at any date, the consolidated
stockholders’ equity of the Borrower determined in accordance with GAAP, less Intangible Assets,
all determined as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for

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which financial statements have been delivered (or were required to have been delivered)
pursuant to Section 5.08(1) or (2).

          “Construction Inspector” means the architectural or engineering firm or such party which the
Agent shall designate to perform various services on behalf of the Agent and the Lenders. The
services to be performed by the Construction Inspector shall include inspections, review of the
plans and all proposed changes to them, preparation of a “cost breakdown” construction analysis,
periodic inspections of construction work for conformity with the plans, approval of draw requests
and the issuance of reports and certifications solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders
and shall not impose upon the Agent or any Lender any obligation to make inspections, or to correct
or require any other Person to correct any defects, or to notify any Person with respect to such
defects.

          “Debt” means, without duplication, with respect to any Person (1) indebtedness or liability
for borrowed money, including, without limitation, subordinated indebtedness (other than trade
accounts payable and accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business); (2) obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments; (3) obligations for the
deferred purchase price of property (including, without limitation, seller financing of any
Inventory) or services, provided, however, that Debt shall not include (A)
obligations with respect to options to purchase real property that have not been exercised, or (B)
trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business that are no more than 90 days overdue;
(4) obligations as lessee under Capital Leases to the extent that the same would, in accordance
with GAAP, appear as liabilities in the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet; (5) current
liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits under Plans and incurred withdrawal liability
under any Multiemployer Plan; (6) reimbursement obligations under letters of credit (including
contingent obligations with respect to letters of credit not yet drawn upon); (7) obligations under
acceptance facilities; (8) all guaranties, endorsements (other than for collection or deposit in
the ordinary course of business), and other contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds
for payment, to supply funds to invest in any other Person or entity, or otherwise to assure a
creditor against loss, provided, however, that “Debt” shall not include guaranties
of performance obligations; (9) obligations secured by any Liens on any property of such Person,
whether or not the obligations have been assumed; and (10) net liabilities under interest rate
swap, exchange or cap agreements (valued as the termination value thereof, computed in accordance
with a method approved by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and agreed to by such
Person in the applicable agreement).

          “Default” means any of the events specified in Section 8.01, whether or not any requirement
for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.

          “Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its Loans or
participations in Facility Letters of Credit within three (3) Business Days of the date

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required to be funded by it hereunder, which failure has not been cured, (b) otherwise failed
to pay to the Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within
three (3) Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, which
failure has not been cured, or (c) (i) become insolvent or has a parent company that has become or
is insolvent or (ii) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a
receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in
furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or
appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken
any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such
proceeding or appointment.

          “Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance” means any valuation allowance applied to deferred tax
assets as determined in accordance with GAAP and included in the financial statements of the
Borrower.

          “Disqualified Stock” means any equity interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of
any event, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date which is six months after the Termination
Date, (b) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for
(i) debt securities or (ii) any equity interests referred to in (a) above, in each case at any time
on or prior to the date which is six months after the Termination Date, or (c) contains any
repurchase obligation which may come into effect prior to payment in full of all Obligations and
termination of all Commitments; provided, however, that any equity interests that would not
constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of
any security into or for which such equity interests is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable)
the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem such equity interests upon the occurrence of a
change in control or an asset sale occurring prior to the Termination Date shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock if such equity interests provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem any
such equity interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the repayment in full of the Obligations
and termination of all Commitments.

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

          “EBITDA” means, for any period, on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(other than those Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors), the sum of the amounts for such period of
(i) Net Income (but excluding from such Net Income for the applicable period any income derived
from any Investment in a Joint Venture referred to in Section 6.07(10) to the extent that such
income exceeds the cash distributions thereof received by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other
than those Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors) in such period), plus (ii) charges against
income for foreign, federal, state and local taxes, plus (iii) Interest Expense,
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(iv) depreciation, plus (v) amortization expense, including, without limitation,
amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets and amortization of deferred compensation
expense, plus (vi) extraordinary losses (and all other non-cash items reducing Net Income,
including but not limited to impairment charges for land and other long-lived assets and option
deposit forfeitures), minus (vii) interest income, minus (viii) extraordinary gains
(and any unusual gains and non-cash credits arising in or outside of the ordinary course of
business not included in extraordinary gains that have been included in the determination of such
Net Income), all determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “Entitled Land” means all Lots that are neither Lots Under Development nor Finished Lots.

          “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and the regulations and published interpretations thereof.

          “Eurodollar Loan” means any Loan when and to the extent that the interest rate therefor is
determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.

          “Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to a Eurodollar Loan for the relevant Interest Period,
the sum of (a) the Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to such Interest Period plus (b) the Applicable
Margin.

          “Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 8.01, provided that any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been
satisfied.

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

          “Extension Request” is defined in Section 2.19(a).

          “Facility” means the revolving credit and letter of credit facilities described in Section
2.01, together with the Swing Line facility described in Section 2.21.

          “Facility Increase” is defined in Section 2.02.2(a).

          “Facility Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit issued by an Issuer for the account of
the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.22.

          “Facility Letter of Credit Collateral Account” is defined in Section 2.22.13.

          “Facility Letter of Credit Fee” means a fee, payable with respect to each Facility Letter of
Credit issued by an Issuer, in an amount per annum equal to the product of (i) the

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Applicable Letter of Credit Rate (determined as of the date on which the quarterly installment
of such fee is due) and (ii) the undrawn outstanding amount of such Facility Letter of Credit,
which fee shall be calculated in the manner provided in Section 2.22.7.

          “Facility Letter of Credit Obligations” means, at any date, the sum of (i) the aggregate
undrawn face amount of all outstanding Facility Letters of Credit, and (ii) the aggregate amount
paid by an Issuer on any Facility Letters of Credit to the extent (if any) not reimbursed by the
Borrower or by the Lenders under Section 2.22.4.

          “Facility Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the Aggregate Commitment.

          “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for each day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
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, as published for such day (or, if
such day is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the
average of the quotations at approximately 11:00 A.M. New York City time on such day on such
transactions received by the Agent from three Federal Funds brokers of recognized standing selected
by the Agent in its sole discretion.

          “Financial Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit of the Borrower or a Guarantor that is
not a Performance Letter of Credit.

          “Finished Lots” means Lots in respect of which a building permit, from the applicable local
governmental authority, has been or could be obtained; provided, however, that the
term “Finished Lots” shall not include any Land upon which the construction of a Housing Unit has
commenced.

          “First Amendment” means the Waiver and First Amendment, dated as of October 10, 2007, to and
under the Original Credit Agreement.

          “First Amendment Effective Date” means the date that the First Amendment becomes effective in
accordance with its terms.

          “Fourth Amendment” means the Fourth Amendment, dated as of the date hereof, to and under the
Original Credit Agreement.

          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States in effect from time
to time (subject to the provisions of Section 1.02).

          “Guarantor” means (a) the Subsidiaries of Borrower identified on Schedule III hereto
and (b) any Person that, pursuant to a Supplemental Guaranty, guarantees the Obligations.

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          “Guaranty” means (a) the Amended and Restated Guaranty or (b) a Supplemental Guaranty.

          “Housing Unit” means a dwelling, including the Land on which such dwelling is located, whether
such dwelling is a Single Family Housing Unit or a Multifamily Housing Unit (including condominiums
but excluding mobile homes), which dwelling is either under construction or completed and is (or,
upon completion of construction thereof, will be) available for sale.

          “Housing Unit Under Contract” means a Housing Unit owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary as to
which the Borrower or such Subsidiary has a bona fide contract of sale, in a form
customarily employed by the Borrower or such Subsidiary and reasonably satisfactory to the Agent
with a Person who is not an Affiliate, under which contract no defaults then exist and not less
than $1,000.00 toward the purchase price has been paid; provided, however, that in
the case of any Housing Unit the purchase of which is to be financed in whole or in part by a loan
insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration, the
required minimum down payment shall be the amount (if any) required under the rules of the relevant
agency.

          “Housing Unit Closing” means a closing of the sale of a Housing Unit by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary (including any company or other entity acquired in an Acquisition by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary) to a bona fide purchaser for value that is not an Affiliate.

          “Incur” means to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee, extend the
maturity of or otherwise become liable with respect to any Debt; provided, however, that neither
the accrual of interest (whether such interest is payable in cash or kind) nor the accretion of
original issue discount shall be considered an Incurrence of Debt.

          “Intangible Assets” means, at any time, the amount (to the extent reflected in determining
consolidated stockholders equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) of (i) Investments in any
Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors and (ii) all unamortized debt discount and expense,
unamortized deferred charges, good will, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights and all other items which would be treated as intangibles on a consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.

          “Interest Coverage Ratio” means, for any period, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) the sum (on a
consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than those Subsidiaries that are
not Guarantors)) of all interest incurred (whether expensed or capitalized), less the amount of
interest income for such period.

          “Interest Deficit” is defined in Section 2.08(b).

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          “Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total interest expense of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (other than those Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors), whether paid directly or
amortized through cost of sales (including the interest component of Capital Leases).
Notwithstanding that GAAP may otherwise provide, the Borrower shall not be required to include in
Interest Expense the amount of any premium paid to prepay Debt.

          “Interest Incurred” means, for any period, the sum (on a consolidated basis for the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries (other than those Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors)) of all interest
incurred (whether expensed or capitalized) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, less the amount of
interest income for such period.

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

          “Internal Reorganization” means any reorganization between or among the Borrower and any
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries or between or among any Subsidiary and one or more other Subsidiaries or
any combination thereof by way of liquidations, mergers, consolidations, conveyances, assignments,
sales, transfers and other dispositions of all or substantially all of the assets of a Subsidiary
(whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions); provided that (a) the
Borrower shall preserve and maintain its status as a validly existing corporation and (b) all
assets, liabilities, obligations and guarantees of any Subsidiary party to such reorganization will
continue to be held by such Subsidiary or be assumed by the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of the Borrower.

          “Inventory” means all Housing Units, Lots, goods, merchandise and other personal property
wherever located to be used for or incorporated into any Housing Unit.

          “Inventory Valuation Date” means the last day of the most recent calendar month of the
Borrower with respect to which the Borrower is required to have delivered a Secured Borrowing Base
Certificate pursuant to Section 5.08(6) and Section 2.01.2(b)(ix).

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          “Investment” has the meaning provided therefor in Section 6.07. The amount of any Investment
shall include (a) in the case of any loan or advance, the outstanding amount of such loan or
advance and (b) in the case of any equity Investment, the amount of the “net equity investment” as
determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “Issuance Date” means the date on which a Facility Letter of Credit is issued, amended or
extended.

          “Issuer” means, with respect to each Facility Letter of Credit Citibank, N.A. or such other
Lender selected by the Borrower with the approval of the Agent to issue such Facility Letter of
Credit, provided such other Lender consents to act in such capacity.

          “Joint Venture” means any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or a
Subsidiary holds any stock, partnership interest, joint venture interest, limited liability company
interest or other equity interest.

          “Land” means land owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, which land is being developed or is
held for future development or sale.

          “Lenders” means each of the Persons listed on Schedule I and any other Person that
shall have become a party hereto pursuant to a Commitment and Acceptance or pursuant to an
Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to
an Assignment and Assumption.

          “Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the Lending Office of such Lender (or of
an affiliate of such Bank) heretofore designated in writing by such Lender to the Agent or such
other office or branch of such Lender (or of an affiliate of such Lender) as that Lender may from
time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent as the office or branch at which its Loans (or
Loans of a type designated in such notice) are to be made and maintained.

          “Letter of Credit” of a Person means a letter of credit or similar instrument which is issued
by a financial institution upon the application of such Person or upon which such Person is an
account party or for which such Person is in any way liable.

          “Lender Party” means any Lender, any Issuer or the Swing Line Lender.

          “Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) an amount equal to (i) Consolidated
Debt minus (ii) the excess (if any) of (A) the average of the month-end balances of
Unrestricted Cash for the fiscal quarter then, or most recently, ended, over (B) $20,000,000 to
(b) Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.

          “LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan for any Interest Period, the rate
appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page, or on any successor or substitute page of

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such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Agent
from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar
deposits in the London interbank market, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a
maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such
time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Loan for such
Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of Citibank, N.A. in
immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

          “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or preference, priority,
or other security agreement or preferential arrangement, charge, or encumbrance of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or
comparable law of any jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing).

          “Loan” means, with respect to a Lender, a Loan made by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.1
and any conversion or continuation thereof and, unless the context otherwise indicates, shall
include Swing Line Loans made pursuant to Section 2.21.

          “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties, the Security Documents, the
Reimbursement Agreements, and any and all documents delivered hereunder or pursuant hereto.

          “Loan Party” means the Borrower and each Guarantor.

          “Lots” means all Land owned by the Borrower and/or a Subsidiary which is zoned by the
municipality in which such real property is located for residential building and use, and with
respect to which the Borrower or such Subsidiary has obtained all necessary approvals for its
subdivision for Housing Units; provided, however, that the term “Lots” shall not
include any Land upon which the construction of a Housing Unit has commenced.

          “Lots Under Development” means Lots with respect to which construction of streets or other
subdivision improvements has commenced but which are not Finished Lots.

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

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          “Mortgaged Property” means the real estate of the Loan Parties, as to which the Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders has been granted a Lien pursuant to a Mortgage.

          “Mortgages” means each of the mortgages, deeds of trust and similar instruments (including any
spreader, amendment, restatement or similar modification of any existing Mortgage) made by any Loan
Party in favor of the Agent or for the benefit of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Borrower.

          “Multiemployer Plan” means a plan described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA in respect of which
the Borrower, a Subsidiary or a Commonly Controlled Entity is an “employer” as defined in Section
3(5) of ERISA.

          “Multifamily Housing Unit” means any residential dwelling that has twenty (20) or more units
or four (4) or more stories.

          “Net Income” means, for any period, the net earnings (or loss) after taxes of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period.

          “New Lender” means a Lender or other entity (in each case approved by the Agent, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) that elects, upon request by Borrower, to issue a
Commitment or, in the case of an existing Lender, to increase its existing Commitment, pursuant to
Section 2.02.2.

          “Note” means a promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, executed
and delivered by the Borrower payable to the order of a Lender in the amount of its Commitment,
including any amendment, modification, restatement, renewal or replacement of such promissory note.

          “Obligations” means (a) the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Loans
and the Notes, (b) the due and punctual payment of the Facility Letter of Credit Obligations, and
(c) the due and punctual payment of fees, expenses, reimbursements, indemnifications and other
present and future monetary obligations of the Borrower and each Guarantor to the Lenders or to any
Lender, the Agent, any Issuer or any indemnified party, in each case arising under the Loan
Documents.

          “Participant” is defined in Section 11.03.

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

          “Performance Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit of the Borrower or a Guarantor that
is issued for the benefit of a municipality, other governmental authority, utility,

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water or sewer authority, or other similar entity for the purpose of assuring such beneficiary
of the Letter of Credit of the proper and timely completion of construction work.

          “Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition (other than by means of a hostile takeover,
hostile tender offer or other similar hostile transaction) of a business or entity engaged
primarily in the business of home building; provided that, immediately before and after giving
effect to such Acquisition, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

          “Permitted Secured Debt Conditions” means, with respect to any Secured Debt permitted to be
incurred under Section 6.02, the collective reference to the following conditions: (i) no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) all representations and warranties
shall be true and correct in all material respects immediately prior to, and immediately after
giving effect to, the incurrence of such Secured Debt and (iii) all covenants in Article VII shall
continue to be in compliance immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Secured
Debt.

          “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company,
trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental
authority, or other entity of whatever nature.

          “Plan” means any pension plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA and in respect of which
(a) the Borrower or a Subsidiary or a Commonly Controlled Entity is an “employer” as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA and (b) the Borrower or a Subsidiary has any material liability;
provided, however, that the term “Plan” shall not include any Multiemployer Plan.

          “Prohibited Transaction” means any transaction set forth in Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code that could subject the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any material liability.

          “Pro Rata Share” means, at any time for any Lender, the ratio that such Lender’s Commitment
bears to the Aggregate Commitment; provided, however, that if the Aggregate
Commitment has terminated or been terminated in full, the Pro Rata Share shall be the ratio that
(x) the sum of such Lender’s outstanding Loans and Facility Letter of Credit Obligations bears to
(y) the sum of all outstanding Loans and Facility Letter of Credit Obligations; and
provided, further, that this definition is subject to the provisions of Section
2.02.2(c) (if and when applicable).

          “Quarterly Payment Date” means October 1, 2009 and the first day of each January, April, July
and October thereafter.

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          “Real Property” means all of those plots, pieces or parcels of land now owned, leased or
hereafter acquired or leased by a Loan Party (the “Land”), together with the right, title
and interest of such Loan Party in and to the streets, the land lying in the bed of any streets,
roads or avenues, opened or proposed, in front of, the air space and development rights pertaining
to the Land and the right to use such air space and development rights, all rights of way,
privileges, liberties, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances belonging or in any way
appertaining thereto, all fixtures, all easements now or hereafter benefiting the Land and all
royalties and rights appertaining to the use and enjoyment of the Land necessary for the
residential development of such Land, together with all of the buildings and other improvements now
or hereafter erected on the Land, and any fixtures appurtenant thereto. It is understood that any
calculation of the book value of Real Property shall be calculated as of the month end last
reported in a Secured Borrowing Base Certificate.

          “Receivables” means the net proceeds payable to, but not yet received by, the Borrower or a
Subsidiary following a Housing Unit Closing.

          “Refinancing Debt” means Debt that refunds, refinances or extends any applicable Debt
(“Refinanced Debt”) but only to the extent that (i) the Refinancing Debt is subordinated in right
of payment to or pari passu in right of payment with the Obligations to the same extent as
such Refinanced Debt, if at all, (ii) such Refinancing Debt is in an aggregate amount that is equal
to or less than the sum of (A) the aggregate amount then outstanding under the Refinanced Debt,
plus (B) accrued and unpaid interest on such Refinanced Debt, plus (C) reasonable
fees and expenses incurred in obtaining such Refinancing Debt, it being understood that this clause
(ii) shall not preclude the Refinancing Debt from being a part of a Debt financing that includes
other or additional Debt otherwise permitted herein, (iii) such Refinancing Debt is Incurred by the
same Person that initially Incurred such Refinanced Debt or by another Person of which the Person
that initially Incurred such Refinanced Debt is a Subsidiary, and (iv) such Refinancing Debt is
Incurred within 60 days after such Refinanced Debt is so refunded, refinanced or extended.

          “Register” is defined in Section 10.17.

          “Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as
from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or official
interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to reserve requirements applicable to member
banks of the Federal Reserve System.

          “Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as
from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of
said Board of Governors relating to the extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing
or carrying margin stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.

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          “Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as
from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of
said Board of Governors relating to the extension of credit by foreign lenders for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying margin stock (as defined therein).

          “Reimbursement Agreement” means, with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit, such form of
application therefor and form of reimbursement agreement therefor (whether in a single or several
documents, taken together) as the applicable Issuer may employ in the ordinary course of business
for its own account, with the modifications thereto as may be agreed upon by such Issuer and the
Borrower and as are not materially adverse (in the reasonable judgment of such Issuer and the
Agent) to the interests of the Lenders; provided, however, in the event of any
conflict between the terms of any Reimbursement Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of this
Agreement shall control.

          “Rejecting Lender” is defined in Section 2.19(a).

          “Rejecting Lender’s Termination Date” is defined in Section 2.19(a).

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

          “Replacement Lender” is defined in Section 2.20.

          “Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to
a Plan (excluding any such event with respect to which the PBGC has waived the 30-day notice
requirement).

          “Required Lenders” means Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares are equal to or greater than 66-2/3%.

          “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services.

          “Second Amendment” means the Second Amendment, dated as of October 26, 2007, to and under the
Original Credit Agreement.

          “Secured Borrowing Base” means, with respect to any date of determination, an amount equal to
the sum of (x) 100% of Unrestricted Cash then held in the Cash Collateral Account plus (y)
22.5% of all other Secured Borrowing Base Assets, valued at the lesser of book or Appraised Value;
provided, however, that (i) if any Secured Borrowing Base Asset is subject to a
Lien permitted under Section 6.01(7), the book and Appraised Value of such Secured Borrowing Base
Asset shall be reduced by (A) the amount to be paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any
profit sharing, deferred consideration, marketing or similar agreement with

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the seller of such Secured Borrowing Base Assets if the amount due under such agreement is a
determined dollar amount or (B) if the amount to be paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary under
any profit sharing, deferred consideration, marketing or similar agreement with the seller of such
Secured Borrowing Base Asset is a percentage of book value or gross sales price of such Secured
Borrowing Base Asset, the agreed upon percentage multiplied by the book value of such Secured
Borrowing Base Asset; (ii) if any Secured Borrowing Base Asset is subject to a Lien to secure a
repurchase right permitted under Section 6.01(8), the book and Appraised Value of such Secured
Borrowing Base Asset shall be reduced by the amount (if any) by which the value of such Secured
Borrowing Base Asset in the Secured Borrowing Base exceeds the repurchase price; (iii) not more
than 30% of the total aggregate Secured Borrowing Base shall be comprised of Finished Lots; and
(iv) not more than 50% of the total aggregate Secured Borrowing Base shall be comprised of
Speculative Housing Units.

          “Secured Borrowing Base Assets” means those assets of the Loan Parties with respect to which
the Secured Borrowing Base Conditions shall have been satisfied.

          “Secured Borrowing Base Certificate” means a written certificate in a form acceptable to the
Required Lenders setting forth the amount of the Secured Borrowing Base with respect to the
calendar month most recently completed, certified as true and correct by the Chief Financial
Officer or other officer of the Borrower.

          “Secured Borrowing Base Conditions” means those conditions set forth on Schedule IV.

          “Secured Borrowing Base Option” means the option of the Borrower to designate pursuant to
Section 2.03 that availability of the Facility will be conditioned upon Aggregate Outstanding
Extensions of Credit at all times being fully secured by Secured Borrowing Base Assets.

          “Secured Debt” means all Debt of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding the
Obligations and Debt owing to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) that is secured by a Lien on
assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including amounts owing under letter of credit
reimbursement arrangements, purchase money indebtedness, secured project loans and junior Lien
Debt.

          “Security Documents” means the collective reference to the Cash Collateral Agreement, the
Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the
Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the Obligations of the Loan Parties
under any Loan Document.

          “Senior Debt” means the Senior Notes or, if the Senior Notes are refinanced, the Refinancing
Debt with respect thereto.

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          “Senior Indentures” means the Base Indenture 2001, the Base Indenture 2002, the Base Indenture
2004, the Supplemental Indentures and any other Indenture hereafter entered into by the Borrower
pursuant to which the Borrower Incurs any Refinancing Debt with respect to any of the Senior Notes.

          “Senior Notes” means (i) the 8-3/8% Senior Notes due 2012 of the Borrower issued in the
original principal amount of $350,000,000, pursuant to the Indenture dated April 17, 2002 (the
“Base Indenture 2002”) and First Supplemental Indenture dated April 17, 2002, (ii) the
8-5/8% Senior Notes due 2011 of the Borrower issued in the original principal amount of
$200,000,000 pursuant to the Indenture dated May 21, 2001 (the “Base Indenture 2001”) and
First Supplemental Indenture dated May 21, 2001, (iii) the 61/2% Senior Notes due 2013 of the
Borrower issued in the original principal amount of $200,000,000 pursuant to the Base Indenture
2002 and Second Supplemental Indenture dated November 13, 2003, (iv) the 4-5/8% Convertible Senior
Notes due 2024 of the Borrower issued in the original principal amount of $180,000,000 pursuant to
the Indenture dated June 8, 2004 (the “Base Indenture 2004”), (v) the 6-7/8% Senior Notes
due 2015 of the Borrower issued in the original principal amount of $350,000,000 pursuant to the
Base Indenture 2002 and Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated June 8, 2005, and (vi) the 8.125% Senior
Notes due 2016 of the Borrower issued in the original principal amount of $275,000,000 pursuant to
the Base Indenture 2002 and the Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated June 6, 2006.

          “Significant Guarantor” means, at any date of determination thereof, any Guarantor that
(together with its Subsidiaries) accounts for ten percent (10%) or more of the Consolidated
Tangible Assets as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter then ended and ten percent
(10%) or more of the consolidated net revenues for the twelve-month period ending on the last day
of the most recent fiscal quarter then ended, in each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole. Such percentage shall be determined on the basis of financial reports that shall
be available not later than 25 days (or, in the case of the last fiscal quarter of the fiscal year,
35 days) following the end of such fiscal quarter.

          “Significant Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination thereof, any Subsidiary that
(together with its Subsidiaries) accounts for five percent (5%) or more of the Consolidated
Tangible Assets as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter then ended and five percent
(5%) or more of the consolidated net revenues for the twelve-month period ending on the last day of
the most recent fiscal quarter then ended, in each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole. Such percentage shall be determined on the basis of financial reports that shall be
available not later than 25 days (or, in the case of the last fiscal quarter of the fiscal year, 35
days) following the end of such fiscal quarter.

          “Single Family Housing Unit” means any residential dwelling that is not a Multifamily Housing
Unit.

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          “Speculative Housing Unit” means any Housing Unit owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary that
is not a Housing Unit Under Contract.

          “Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is
the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum
reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed
as a decimal established by the Board to which the Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding
(currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve
percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be
deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without
benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time
to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate
shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve
percentage.

          “Subsidiary” means, as to the Borrower or a Guarantor, in the case of a corporation, a
corporation of which shares of stock having ordinary voting power (other than stock having such
power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other managers of such corporation are at the time owned, or the management of which
is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by
the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, or in the case of an entity which is not a
corporation, the activities of which are controlled directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be.

          “Supplemental Guaranty” means a Supplemental Guaranty in the form provided for in, and
attached to, the form of Amended and Restated Guaranty attached hereto as Exhibit A.

          “Supplemental Indentures” means the Supplemental Indentures identified in the definition of
the term “Senior Notes”.

          “Swing Line Commitment” means the commitment of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans
pursuant to Section 2.21(a). The Swing Line Commitment is in the amount of $5,000,000.

          “Swing Line Lender” means Citibank, N.A. or any assignee to which Citibank, N.A. assigns the
Swing Line Commitment in accordance with Section 11.02.

          “Swing Line Loan” is defined in Section 2.21(a).

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          “Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities with respect to the foregoing, imposed by the
United States. but excluding, in the case of each Lender or applicable Lending Office, the Issuer
and the Agent, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, and franchise taxes
imposed on it, by (i) the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender, the Issuer or the Agent
is incorporated or organized or (ii) the jurisdiction in which the Agent’s, Issuer’s or such
Lender’s principal executive office or such Lender’s applicable Lending Office is located and (b)
taxes that are in effect and would apply at the time such Person becomes a Lender, Issuer or Agent
hereunder.

          “Termination Date” means August 4, 2010, subject, however, to earlier termination in whole of
the Aggregate Commitment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and to extension of such date as
provided in Section 2.19.

          “Third Amendment” means the Third Amendment, dated as of August 7, 2008, to and under the
Original Credit Agreement.

          “Title Companies” means Security Title Insurance Company, a Vermont corporation, and Beazer
Title Agency, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, each of which is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of Borrower.

          “UHIC” means United Homes Insurance Corporation, a Vermont corporation and Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower.

          “Unrestricted Cash” of a Person means the cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person that would
not be identified as “restricted” on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP, except to the extent such cash is identified as “restricted” as a result of the Liens
pursuant to the Security Documents.

          “Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means (i) a Subsidiary, of which one hundred percent
(100%) of the outstanding Common Equity (except for directors’ qualifying shares or certain
minority interests owned by other Persons solely due to local law requirements that there be more
than one stockholder, but which interest is not in excess of what is required for such purpose) is
owned directly by such Person or through one or more other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person, or (ii) any entity other than a corporation in which such Person, directly or indirectly,
owns all of the outstanding Common Equity of such entity.

     Section 1.02 Accounting Terms. (a) All accounting terms not specifically defined
herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP consistent with those applied in the preparation
of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.04, and all financial data submitted pursuant
to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with such principles.

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          (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in determining the
Borrower’s compliance with the provisions of Article VII hereof, GAAP shall not include
modifications of generally accepted accounting principles that become effective after the date
hereof.

     Section 1.03 Rules of Construction. (a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.

          (b) Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms.

          (c) The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”.

          (d) The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
“shall”.

          (e) Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument
or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (ii) any reference
herein to any person shall be construed to include such person’s successors and assigns (subject to
any restrictions on such assignments set forth herein), (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder”, and words of similar import shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its
entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles,
Sections, Schedules and Exhibits shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and
Schedules and Exhibits to, this Agreement, (v) 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, and (vi) any reference to any law, rule or regulation shall be construed to mean that
law, rule or regulation as amended and in effect from time to time.

          (f) Each covenant in this Agreement shall be given independent effect, and the fact that any
act or omission may be permitted by one covenant and prohibited or restricted by any other covenant
(whether or not dealing with the same or similar events) shall not be construed as creating any
ambiguity, conflict or other basis to consider any matter other than the express terms hereof in
determining the meaning or construction of such covenants and the enforcement thereof in accordance
with their respective terms.

          (g) This Agreement is being entered into by and between competent and sophisticated parties
who are experienced in business matters and represented by legal counsel and other advisors, and
has been reviewed by the parties and their legal counsel and other

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advisors. Therefore, any ambiguous language in this Agreement will not be construed against
any particular party as the drafter of the language.

ARTICLE II

AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE LOANS

     Section 2.01 The Facility.

          Section 2.01.1 Revolving Credit Facility. (a) On and after the Closing Date and prior
to the Termination Date, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in reliance
upon the representations and warranties of the Borrower herein set forth, each Lender severally
agrees to make Loans to the Borrower, provided that (i) in no event may the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Loans (including, in the case of the Swing Line Lender,
outstanding Swing Line Loans) and the Facility Letter of Credit Obligations of any Lender exceed
its Commitment, and (ii) in no event may the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Loans, (including all outstanding Swing Line Loans) and the Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations exceed the Aggregate Commitment.

               (b) On and after the Closing Date and prior to the Termination Date, each Lender severally
agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties of Borrower herein set forth, to participate in Facility Letters of
Credit issued pursuant to Section 2.22 for the account of the Borrower, provided that (i)
in no event may the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans and Facility Letter of
Credit Obligations of any Lender exceed its Commitment and (ii) in no event may the aggregate
amount of all Facility Letter of Credit Obligations exceed the lesser of (A) the Facility Letter of
Credit Sublimit and (B) an amount equal to the Aggregate Commitment minus the sum of all
outstanding Loans (including all outstanding Swing Line Loans).

               (c) Loans hereunder (other than Swing Line Loans) shall be made ratably by the several Lenders
in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. Participations in Facility Letters of Credit
hereunder shall be ratable among the several Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata
Shares.

               (d) All Obligations shall be due and payable by the Borrower on the Termination Date unless
such Obligations shall sooner become due and payable pursuant to Section 8.01 or as otherwise
provided in this Agreement.

               (e) Each Borrowing which shall not utilize the Aggregate Commitment in full shall be in an
amount not less than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) in the case of a Borrowing
consisting of Eurodollar Loans and One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the case of a
Borrowing consisting of ABR Loans. Each Borrowing shall consist of a Loan made by each Lender in
the proportion of its Pro Rata Share. Within the limits of the Aggregate

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Commitment, the Borrower may borrow, repay pursuant to Section 2.11, and reborrow Loans under
this Section 2.01. On such terms and conditions, the Loans may be outstanding as ABR Loans or
Eurodollar Loans. Each type of Loan shall be made and maintained at the applicable Lender’s
Lending Office for such type of Loan. The failure of any Lender to make any requested Loan to be
made by it on the date specified for such Loan shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation
(if any) to make such Loan on such date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Lender to make such Loan to be made by such other Lender. The provisions of this
Section 2.01.1(e) shall not apply to Swing Line Loans.

               (f) No Loan shall be made at any time that any Swing Line Loan is outstanding, except for
Loans that are used, on the day on which made, to repay in full the outstanding principal balance
of the Swing Line Loans.

          Section 2.01.2 Facility Options.

          (a) Cash Secured Option.

     (i) On and after the date that the conditions set forth in Section 3.02 have been
satisfied or waived by the Agent and the Lenders, the Cash Secured Option shall apply to
the Facility and be in effect when elected by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.01.2(c). During all times that the Cash Secured Option applies to the
Facility, no Loan shall be made, and no Facility Letter of Credit shall be issued or
amended, if after giving effect to the incurrence of such Loan or the issuance or
amendment of such Facility Letter of Credit, the amount of Unrestricted Cash held in the
Cash Collateral Account under the Cash Collateral Agreement would be less than 105% of
the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit at such date; provided that, a
Loan shall not be deemed to have increased the amount of the Aggregate Outstanding
Extensions of Credit to the extent that the proceeds of such Loan are immediately used
to repay a Swing Line Loan theretofore included in the calculation of Aggregate
Outstanding Extensions of Credit.

     (ii) Not more than once during each calendar month, the Borrower may request that
the Agent release any amount of Unrestricted Cash held in the Cash Collateral Account
under the Cash Collateral Agreement in excess of an amount equal to 105% of the then
Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit to the Borrower and the Agent shall promptly
release such excess amount, subject to the terms of the Cash Collateral Agreement.

          (b) Secured Borrowing Base Option.

     (i) On and after the date that the conditions set forth in Section 3.03 have been
satisfied or waived by the Agent and the Lenders, the Borrower may elect

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pursuant to Section 2.01.2(c) to have the Secured Borrowing Base Option apply to
the Facility. During all times that the Secured Borrowing Base Option applies to the
Facility, (A) the Secured Borrowing Base must exceed the Aggregate Outstanding Extension
of Credit as of the most recent date of determination, and (B) no Loan shall be made,
and no Facility Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, if after giving effect to
the incurrence of such Loan or the issuance or amendment of such Facility Letter of
Credit, the then effective Secured Borrowing Base does not exceed the Aggregate
Outstanding Extensions of Credit as of the most recent date of determination;
provided that, a Loan shall not be deemed to have increased the amount of the
Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit to the extent that the proceeds of such Loan
are immediately used to repay a Swing Line Loan theretofore included in the calculation
of Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit.

     (ii) The Borrower may, upon not less than seven days’ prior notice, request in
writing that the Agent release its Liens on Mortgaged Properties or any portion thereof
that the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party has a Housing Unit under Contract to be
sold in the ordinary course of business with a closing date that is within thirty days
of the requested release. In the event that the Agent receives such request in
accordance herewith, then the Agent shall release its Liens on such Mortgaged Property
(or the portion thereof, including any related personal property) within five Business
Days prior to the date of the Housing Unit Closing so long as no Default has occurred.
Upon the release of the Agent’s Liens on any portion of the Mortgaged Properties, such
portion of the Mortgaged Properties shall no longer be included in the calculation of
the Secured Borrowing Base as reflected in the next Secured Borrowing Base Certificate
to be delivered by the Borrower. The Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and
warranted to the Agent and the Lenders that as of the effective date of each release the
Secured Borrowing Base, after giving effect to such release and all other releases of
Mortgaged Property since the date of the most recent Secured Borrowing Base Certificate,
exceeds the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit as of the effective date of such
release. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Secured Borrowing Base value of a
Housing Unit requested to be released under this Section 2.01.2(b)(ii) plus the
aggregate Secured Borrowing Base value of all Housing Units previously released by the
Agent under this Section 2.01.2(b)(ii) during any period between delivery of the Secured
Borrowing Base Certificate then in effect and the next Secured Borrowing Base
Certificate scheduled to be delivered by the Borrower exceeds 10% of the value of the
aggregate Borrowing Base Assets (excluding Unrestricted Cash) used in the calculation of
the Secured Borrowing Base, then the Agent shall have no obligation to deliver such
requested release until the Borrower shall have provided to the Agent an updated Secured
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Borrowing Base, after giving effect to such additional requested release, would
exceed the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit.

     (iii) With respect to Unrestricted Cash or Mortgaged Property included in the
calculation of the Secured Borrowing Base, from time to time, the Borrower may request
in writing (which in the case of any release of Unrestricted Cash in exchange for the
pledge of Mortgaged Property, shall include a certification that any such Unrestricted
Cash released shall be paid in immediately available funds to the Loan Party which shall
have pledged such Mortgaged Property substituting therefor), that the Agent release its
Lien on (x) such Unrestricted Cash, (y) such Mortgaged Property (or any portion thereof,
including any related personal property) in order to substitute one or more Mortgaged
Properties in lieu thereof or (z) on Unrestricted Cash or Mortgaged Property (or any
portion thereof, including any related personal property), or any combination thereof as
the Borrower may determine in its sole discretion at any time that the Secured Borrowing
Base exceeds the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit as of the most recent date
of determination in an amount not to exceed such excess. In the event that the Agent
receives such request in accordance herewith, then (A) so long as no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (B) either (I) after giving
effect to such release and any substitution of Mortgaged Properties (or any portion
thereof) the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit does not exceed the Secured
Borrowing Base, or (II) the Required Lenders approve such release, the Agent shall,
within ten days of such request, release its Lien on such Unrestricted Cash or such
Mortgaged Property (or any portion thereof, including any related personal property);
provided that (X) if Unrestricted Cash is subject to the request for release,
(Y) in the case of a release described in clause (z) above or (Z) if Mortgaged Property
subject to the request for a release constitutes more than 10% of the book value of the
aggregate Secured Borrowing Base Assets used in the calculation of the Secured Borrowing
Base, then the Borrower shall provide to the Agent an updated Secured Borrowing Base
Certificate evidencing compliance with the Secured Borrowing Base as described above.
Any Unrestricted Cash released hereunder in exchange for Mortgaged Property shall be
paid in immediately available funds to the Loan Party which shall have pledged such
Mortgaged Property substituting therefor. Upon the release of the Agent’s Liens on any
Unrestricted Cash or Mortgaged Property, such Unrestricted Cash or Mortgaged Property
shall no longer be included in the calculation of the Secured Borrowing Base.

     (iv) A Loan Party may, without the consent of any Lender, the Agent or any other
Person, (A) make immaterial dispositions (including, but not limited to, lot line
adjustments) of portions of any Mortgaged Property for dedication or public use to, or
permit the creation of Liens to secure the levy of special assessments in favor of,
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associations, (B) make immaterial dispositions of portions of the Mortgaged
Property to third parties for the purpose of resolving any encroachment issues, (C)
grant easements, restrictions, covenants, reservations and rights-of-way for resolving
minor encroachment issues or for access, water and sewer lines, telephone, cable and
internet lines, electric lines or other utilities or for other similar purposes, and (D)
consent to or join in any land use or other development approval documents (including
subdivision plats, easements and the like) provided that such disposition, grant or
consent is usual and customary in the normal course of the Borrower’s development
business and otherwise does not materially impair the value, utility or operation of the
applicable Mortgaged Property. In connection with any disposition or creation of any
Lien or any grant or consent permitted pursuant to this Section, the Agent shall execute
and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered any instrument reasonably necessary or
appropriate in the case of the dispositions referred to above to release the portion of
the Mortgaged Property affected by such disposition from the Lien of the applicable
Mortgage, or to subordinate the Lien of the applicable Mortgage, or acknowledge that the
Lien of any Mortgage is subordinate, to such Liens, easements, restrictions, covenants,
reservations and rights-of-way or other similar grants, or to evidence such consent or
joinder, in each case upon receipt by the Agent of (x) five Business Days’ prior written
notice thereof; (y) a copy of the applicable instrument or instruments of disposition or
subordination; and (z) a certificate from an officer of the Borrower stating that such
disposition is usual and customary in the normal course of the Borrower’s development
business and otherwise does not materially impair the value, utility or operation of the
applicable Mortgaged Property.

     (v) The Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that (A) upon satisfaction of the
Permitted Secured Debt Conditions, all of the security interests and Liens shall be
deemed to be forever released, discharged and terminated on the applicable Collateral
being pledged to the secured party providing the Secured Debt only to the extent such
Secured Debt is permitted under Section 6.02 (it being understood that, in the case of
this clause (A), no Liens shall be released, discharged or terminated on Collateral
included in the Secured Borrowing Base and the proceeds thereof) and (B) upon the
occurrence of the Termination Date and payment in full of the all outstanding
Obligations (or, with respect to outstanding Facility Letters of Credit, cash
collateralization or other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to Issuer thereof and
the Agent) all of the security interests in, and Liens on, the Collateral, shall be
deemed to be forever released, discharged and terminated. From and after the date that
the Permitted Secured Debt Conditions shall have been satisfied or the Termination Date
shall have occurred and all outstanding Obligations shall have been paid in full (or,
with respect to outstanding Facility Letters of Credit, cash collateralized or provided
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to Issuer thereof and the Agent), the Agent shall (x) execute (as applicable) and
deliver Uniform Commercial Code termination statements (and to, the extent permitted
under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, does hereby
authorize the Loan Parties from and after the date that the Permitted Secured Debt
Conditions shall have been satisfied to file, or cause to be filed, such termination
statements), intellectual property release documents and such other instruments of
release and discharge pertaining to the security interests and other Liens granted to
the Agent pursuant to the Security Documents in any of the Collateral being so released
as the Borrower may reasonably request to effectuate, or reflect of public record, the
release and discharge of all such security interests and Liens and (y) deliver promptly
all Collateral in its possession to the extent that the Liens on such Collateral are
being released, discharged or terminated. All of the foregoing deliveries shall be at
the expense of the Borrower, with no liability to the Agent or any Lender, and with no
representation or warranty by or recourse to the Agent or any Lender.

     (vi) The Agent will be entitled to obtain, and at the request of Required Lenders
shall obtain, at Borrower’s expense a new Acceptable Appraisal of each Real Property (or
any portion thereof) included in the Secured Borrowing Base, but not more than once
every twelve (12) months during the term of this Agreement; provided that, in
addition to the foregoing, the Agent will be entitled to obtain, at the Borrower’s
expense, additional Acceptable Appraisals of any such Real Property (or any portion
thereof) if (x) an Event of Default exists or (y) an appraisal is required under
applicable Law.

     (vii) The Secured Borrowing Base shall be administered by the Agent in accordance
with such requirements as may be established by the Agent from time to time.
Administration of the Secured Borrowing Base shall include, without limitation:

	 	(A)	 	Inspections. The Agent, Construction
Inspector or their respective employees, agents or representatives shall
be entitled to inspect the Collateral included in the Secured Borrowing
Base from time to time, as follows: (I) at the Agent’s option, but
typically no more than once each quarter, the Construction Inspector may
review the inventory status from the financial records of the Loan
Parties, which will include sales reports, copies of contracts, paid
invoices, etc.; (II) at the Agent’s option, a portion of the vertical
construction will be selected at random, but extensions will not be
predicated upon satisfactory inspections prior to the extension of such
credit; (III) at the Agent’s option, at least once each quarter, the
Construction Inspector may review up to 5% of the Housing

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	 	 	 	Units of two divisions of the Loan Parties included in the Secured
Borrowing Base; (IV) land development work for Mortgaged Properties
in which Loan proceeds are requested to be advanced will be inspected
periodically by the Construction Inspector at the Agent’s sole
discretion; and (V) material negative variances will be discussed
with the Borrower and, if not satisfactorily resolved, will be
reflected in the current month’s Secured Borrowing Base Certificate.
All inspections made by the Agent, Construction Inspector or their
respective employees, agents or representatives, shall be made solely
and exclusively for the protection and benefit of the Lenders and
neither the Borrower nor any other Person shall be entitled to claim
any loss or damage against the Agent, the Construction Inspector, any
Lender or any of their respective employees, agents or
representatives for failure to properly discharge any alleged duties
of the Agent.

	 	(B)	 	Work-in-Progress Documentation. The
Agent shall be entitled to inspect not more than once each quarter the
documentation with respect to all work-in-progress including, without
limitation, sales contracts, end loan commitments, buyer deposits, lot
purchase closing statements, certificates of occupancy, notices of
commencement, etc. Further, the Agent may request such documentation
monthly with respect to a random sample pool of such documentation.
	 
	 	(C)	 	Budget. Upon request of the Agent from
time to time, a budget setting forth the estimates of the total cost of
construction for specific Housing Units included in the Secured
Borrowing Base shall be provided by the Borrower to the Agent, at the
Borrower’s sole expense.
	 
	 	(D)	 	Plan and Cost Review. Upon request of
the Agent from time to time, plans and cost budgets with respect to land
development work in respect of Mortgaged Properties included in the
Secured Borrowing Base shall be provided by the Borrower to the Agent,
at the Borrower’s expense.
	 
	 	(E)	 	Title Updates. The Agent may require,
from time to time, such title updates (including without limitation,
ownership and encumbrance reports) with respect to the Collateral in the
Secured Borrowing Base to confirm the lien status of such Collateral (in
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	 	 	 	first lien on and security interest in such Collateral subject only
to Permitted Encumbrances), as the Agent deems reasonably prudent all
at the Borrower’s sole expense.

     (viii) The Borrower shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses associated with any
of the actions taken under this Section 2.01.2(b) including, without limitation, (A) all
reasonable fees and charges with respect to any appraisal, re-appraisal, and survey
costs, (B) title insurance charges and premiums, (C) title search or examination costs,
including abstracts, abstractors’ certificates and uniform commercial code searches,
(D) judgment and tax lien searches for each Loan Party, (E) reasonable fees and costs of
environmental investigations site assessments and remediations, (F) recordation taxes,
documentary taxes, transfer taxes and mortgage taxes, and (G) filing and recording fees.

     (ix) The Secured Borrowing Base shall be calculated at the times and in the manner
set forth below in this Section:

	 	(A)	 	Within thirty-five (35) days after the end of
each calendar month, beginning with the calendar month ending July 31,
2009, and at such other times as the Agent or the Required Lenders may
reasonably require, the Borrower shall provide the Agent with a Secured
Borrowing Base Certificate showing the Borrower’s calculations of the
components of the Secured Borrowing Base together with all documentation
and other data supporting such calculations as the Agent may require.
The Agent shall have a period of five Business Days following receipt of
a Secured Borrowing Base Certificate to notify the Borrower of its
disapproval thereof. Failure of the Agent to so notify the Borrower
within such five Business Day period shall be deemed approval and such
Secured Borrowing Base as set forth in such Secured Borrowing Base
Certificate shall be effective as of the date approved (or deemed
approved) by the Agent. The amount so approved (or deemed approved)
shall constitute the Secured Borrowing Base until such time as a new
Secured Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered and approved in
accordance with this Section.
	 
	 	(B)	 	In the event that the Agent timely notifies the
Borrower of its disapproval of a Secured Borrowing Base Certificate,
then the Agent shall notify the Borrower in writing of the amount of the
Secured Borrowing Base as reasonably determined by the Agent and the
basis of such determination, and the effective date thereof

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	 	 	 	(which shall be the date of the giving of such notice by the Agent),
and such amount shall thereupon and thereafter constitute the Secured
Borrowing Base which shall remain in effect until such time as a new
Secured Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered and approved in
accordance with this Section.

	 	(C)	 	Each determination of the Secured Borrowing Base
in accordance with this Section shall be binding and conclusive upon the
parties hereto, provided that the Lenders are not bound to rely
on information and figures provided by the Borrower if the Agent
reasonably determines in good faith that it would be inappropriate to do
so. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to restrict the Borrower
from submitting additional Secured Borrowing Base Certificates to the
Agent for its approval at times other than those required hereunder.

          (c) Designation of Facility Option. Not more than once during each calendar month,
the Borrower may by written notice the Agent elect to designate that the Secured Borrowing Base
Option shall apply in substitution for the Cash Secured Option then in effect, or designate that
the Cash Secured Option shall apply in substitution for the Secured Borrowing Base Option then in
effect, as the case may be. Any such notice designating that the Secured Borrowing Base Option
shall apply shall be accompanied by a Secured Borrowing Base Certificate dated as of the date of
such notice. Any such designation shall apply to the Facility until a different designation is
made by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.01.3. No such designation shall be required for
the Cash Secured Option to apply to the Facility prior to the date that the conditions set forth in
Section 3.03 have been satisfied or waived by the Agent and the Lenders.

     Section 2.02 Reductions of and Increases in Aggregate Commitment.

          Section 2.02.1 Reduction of Aggregate Commitment. The Borrower shall have the right,
upon at least three (3) Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce
in part the unused portion of the Aggregate Commitment, provided that each partial
reduction shall be in the amount of at least Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000), and provided
further that no reduction shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto, and to any
prepayment made therewith, the sum of (i) the outstanding and unpaid principal amount of the Loans
and (ii) the Facility Letter of Credit Obligations shall exceed the Aggregate Commitment. Each
reduction in part of the unused portion of each Lender’s Commitment shall be made in the proportion
that such Commitment bears to the total amount of the Aggregate Commitment. Any Commitment, once
reduced or terminated, may not be reinstated (except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01(v)) and
may not be increased (except in accordance with Section 2.02.2).

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     Section 2.02.2 Increase in Aggregate Commitment.

          (a) Request for Facility Increase. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to
time, request, by notice to the Agent, the Agent’s approval of an increase of the Aggregate
Commitment (a “Facility Increase”) within the limitations hereafter described, which request shall
set forth the amount of each such requested Facility Increase. Within twenty (20) days of such
request, the Agent shall advise the Borrower of its approval or disapproval of such request;
failure to so advise the Borrower shall constitute disapproval. If the Agent approves any such
Facility Increase, then the Aggregate Commitment may be increased (up to the amount of such
approved Facility Increase, in the aggregate) by having one or more New Lenders increase the amount
of their then existing Commitments or become Lenders, subject to and in accordance with this
provisions of this Section 2.02.2. Any Facility Increase shall be subject to the following
limitations and conditions: (i) any increase (in the aggregate) in the Aggregate Commitment, any
increase in any Commitment and any new Commitment shall (unless otherwise agreed to by the Borrower
and the Agent) not be less than $5,000,000 (and (unless otherwise agreed to by the Borrower and the
Agent) shall be in integral multiples of $1,000,000 if in excess thereof); (ii) no Facility
Increase pursuant to this Section 2.02.2 shall increase the Aggregate Commitment to an amount in
excess of $700,000,000; (iii) the Borrower and each New Lender shall have executed and delivered a
commitment and acceptance (the “Commitment and Acceptance”) substantially in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, and the Agent shall have accepted and executed the same; (iv) the
Borrower shall have executed and delivered to the Agent such Note or Notes as the Agent shall
require to reflect such Facility Increase; (v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent
opinions of counsel (substantially similar to the forms of opinions provided for in
Section 3.01(6), modified to apply to the Facility Increase and each Note and Commitment and
Acceptance executed and delivered in connection therewith); (vi) the Guarantors shall have
consented in writing to the Facility Increase and shall have agreed that their Guaranties continue
in full force and effect; and (vii) the Borrower and each New Lender shall otherwise have executed
and delivered such other instruments and documents as the Agent shall have reasonably requested in
connection with such Facility Increase. The form and substance of the documents required under
clauses (iii) through (vii) above shall be fully acceptable to the Agent. The Agent shall provide
written notice to all of the Lenders hereunder of any Facility Increase.

          (b) New Lenders’ Loans and Participation in Facility Letters of Credit. Upon the
effective date of any increase in the Aggregate Commitment pursuant to the provisions hereof (the
“Increase Date”), which Increase Date shall be mutually agreed upon by the Borrower, each New
Lender and the Agent, (i) such New Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally
purchased and received, without recourse or warranty from the Lenders, an undivided interest and
participation in any Facility Letter of Credit then outstanding, ratably, such that each Lender
(including each New Lender) holds a participation interest in each such Facility Letter of Credit
in the amount of its then Pro Rata Share thereof; (ii) on such Increase Date, the Borrower shall
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in a like amount from the Lenders (including the New Lender); (iii) such New Lender shall not
participate in any then outstanding Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan; (iv) if the Borrower shall at
any time on or after such Increase Date convert or continue any Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan that
was outstanding on such Increase Date, the Borrower shall be deemed to repay such Loan on the date
of the conversion or continuation thereof and then to re-borrow as a Loan a like amount on such
date so that the New Lender shall make a Loan on such date in the amount of its Pro Rata Share of
such Borrowing; and (v) such New Lender shall make its Pro Rata Share of all Loans made on or after
such Increase Date (including those referred to in clauses (ii) and (iv) above) and shall otherwise
have all of the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder on and after such Increase Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of a Default prior to the date on which such New
Lender is holding its Pro Rata Share of all Loans hereunder, such New Lender shall, upon notice
from the Agent given on or after the date on which the Obligations are accelerated or become due
following such Default, pay to the Agent (for the account of the other Lenders, to which the Agent
shall pay their ratable shares thereof upon receipt) a sum equal to such New Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of each Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan then outstanding with respect to which such New Lender
does not then hold an interest; such payment by such New Lender shall constitute an ABR Loan
hereunder.

          (c) Required Lenders. Solely for purposes of the calculation of Pro Rata Shares as
used in the definition of “Required Lenders,” until such time as a New Lender holds its Pro Rata
Share of all outstanding Loans (if any), the amount of such New Lender’s new Commitment or the
increased amount of its Commitment shall be excluded from the amount of the Commitments and
Aggregate Commitment and there shall be included in lieu thereof at any time an amount equal to the
sum of the outstanding Loans and the participation interests in Facility Letters of Credit held by
such New Lender with respect to its new Commitment or the increased amount of its Commitment.

          (d) No Obligation to Increase Commitment. Nothing contained herein shall constitute,
or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment or agreement on the part of the Borrower or the Agent to
give or grant any Lender the right to increase its Commitment hereunder at any time or a commitment
or agreement on the part of any Lender to increase its Commitment hereunder at any time, and no
Commitment of a Lender shall be increased without its prior written approval.

     Section 2.03 Notice and Manner of Borrowing. The Borrower shall give the Agent notice
of any Loans under this Agreement, on the Business Day of each ABR Loan, and at least three (3)
Business Days before each Eurodollar Loan, specifying: (1) the date of such Loan; (2) the amount of
such Loan; (3) the type of Loan (whether an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan); and (4) in the case of
a Eurodollar Loan, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto, provided,
however, that (a) no Interest Period may extend beyond the Termination Date and (b) not
more than eight (8) Interest Periods for Eurodollar Loans may be outstanding at any one time. All
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given not later than 11:00 A.M. New York City time on the day specified above for such notice.
The Agent shall notify each Lender of each such notice not later than noon New York City time on
the date it receives such notice from the Borrower if such notice is received by the Agent at or
before 11:00 A.M. New York City time. In the event such notice from the Borrower is received after
11:00 A.M. New York City time, it shall be treated as if received on the next succeeding Business
Day, and the Agent shall notify each Lender of such notice as soon as practicable but not later
than noon New York City time on the next succeeding Business Day. Not later than 2:00 P.M. New
York City time on the date of such Loans, each Lender will make available to the Agent in
immediately available funds, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Loans. After the Agent’s receipt
of such funds, on the date of such Loans and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set
forth in Article III, the Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower in immediately
available funds by crediting the amount thereof to the Borrower’s account with the Agent. The
provisions of this Section 2.03 shall not apply to Swing Line Loans.

     Section 2.04 Non-Receipt of Funds by Agent. (a) Unless the Agent shall have received
notice from a Lender prior to the date (in the case of a Eurodollar Loan), or by 1:00 P.M. New York
City time on the date (in the case of an ABR Loan), on which such Lender is to provide funds to the
Agent for a Loan to be made by such Lender that such Lender will not make available to the Agent
such funds, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such funds available to the Agent on the
date of such Loan in accordance with Section 2.03 and the Agent in its sole discretion may, but
shall not be obligated to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such
date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent such Lender shall not have given the notice
provided for above and shall not have made such funds available to the Agent, such Lender agrees to
repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount
is repaid to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for three (3) Business Days and
thereafter at the Alternate Base Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Agent such corresponding
amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender’s applicable Loan for purposes of this
Agreement. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Agent’s demand
therefor, the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall immediately pay such
corresponding amount to the Agent with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is
made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Agent, at the rate of
interest applicable at the time to such proposed Loan. Nothing set forth in this Section shall
affect the rights of the Borrower with respect to any Lender that defaults in the performance of
its obligation to make a Loan hereunder.

          (b) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which
any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full,
the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on such date and
the Agent in its sole discretion may, but shall not be obligated to, in reliance upon such
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amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent the Borrower shall not
have so made such payment in full to the Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Agent forthwith on
demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the
date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the
Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for three Business Days and thereafter at the Alternate
Base Rate.

          (c) The provisions of this Section 2.04 shall not apply to Swing Line Loans.

     Section 2.05 [Intentionally Deleted].

     Section 2.06 Conversions and Renewals. The Borrower may elect from time to time to
convert all or a part of one type of Loan into another type of Loan or to renew all or part of a
Loan by giving the Agent notice at least one (1) Business Day before conversion into an ABR Loan,
and at least three (3) Business Days before the conversion into or renewal of a Eurodollar Loan,
specifying: (1) the renewal or conversion date; (2) the amount of the Loan to be converted or
renewed; (3) in the case of conversions, the type of Loan to be converted into; and (4) in the case
of renewals of or a conversion into a Eurodollar Loan, the duration of the Interest Period
applicable thereto; provided that (a) the minimum principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan
outstanding after a renewal or conversion shall be One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) and the minimum
amount of each ABR Loan outstanding after a renewal or conversion shall be Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000) and in each case in integral multiples of $100,000 if in excess of such
minimum amounts; (b) Eurodollar Loans may be converted on a Business Day that is not the last day
of the Interest Period for such Loan only if the Borrower pays on the date of conversion all
amounts due pursuant to Section 2.17; (c) the Borrower may not renew a Eurodollar Loan or convert
an ABR Loan into a Eurodollar Loan at any time that a Default has occurred that is continuing; (d)
no Interest Period may extend beyond the Termination Date; and (e) not more than eight (8) Interest
Periods for Eurodollar Loans may be outstanding at any one time. At all times that Secured
Borrowing Base Option applies to the Facility, each such notice shall be accompanied by a Secured
Borrowing Base Certificate dated as of the date of such notice. All conversions and renewals shall
be made in the proportion of the Lenders’ respective Pro Rata Shares. All notices given by the
Borrower under this Section 2.06 shall be irrevocable and shall be given not later than 11:00 A.M.
New York City time on the day which is not less than the number of Business Days specified above
for such notice. The Agent shall notify each Lender of each such notice not later than noon
Charlotte, North Carolina time on the date it receives such notice from the Borrower if such notice
is received by the Agent at or before 11:00 A.M. New York City time. In the event such notice from
the Borrower is received after 11:00 A.M. New York City time, it shall be treated as if received on
the next succeeding Business Day, and the Agent shall notify each Lender of such notice as soon as
practicable but not later than noon New York time on the next succeeding Business Day.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrower shall fail to give the Agent the notice as specified
above for the renewal or conversion of a Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the Interest Period
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Eurodollar Loan shall automatically be converted into an ABR Loan on the last day of the
Interest Period for such Loan. The provisions of this Section 2.06 shall not apply to Swing Line
Loans.

     Section 2.07 Interest. (a) The Borrower shall pay interest to the Agent, for the
account of the applicable Lender or Lenders on the outstanding and unpaid principal amount of the
Loans at the following rates:

     (i) If an ABR Loan or Swing Line Loan, then at a rate per annum equal to the
Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to time as interest accrues; and

     (ii) If a Eurodollar Loan, then at a rate per annum for the Interest Period
applicable to such Eurodollar Loan equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest
Period.

          (b) Any change in the interest rate based on the Alternate Base Rate resulting from a change
in the Alternate Base Rate shall be effective (without notice) as of the opening of business on the
day on which such change in the Alternate Base Rate becomes effective. Interest on each Eurodollar
Loan shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed.
Interest on each ABR Loan and Swing Line Loan calculated on the basis of the Base Rate shall be
calculated on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days (as appropriate) for the actual number of days
elapsed and interest on each ABR Loan and Swing Line Loan calculated based on the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days
elapsed.

          (c) Interest on the Loans shall be paid (in an amount set forth in a statement delivered by
the Agent to the Borrower, provided, however, that the failure of the Agent to
deliver such statement shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower
hereunder) in immediately available funds to the Agent at the office of Agent from time to time
designated by it in writing for the account of the applicable Lending Office of each applicable
Lender as follows:

	 	(1)	 	For each ABR Loan and Swing Line Loan on the first day of each calendar
month commencing on the first such date after such Loan is made;
	 
	 	(2)	 	For each Eurodollar Loan, on the last day of the Interest Period with
respect thereto, except that, if such Interest Period is longer than three months,
interest shall also be paid on the last day of the third month of such Interest
Period; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	If not sooner paid, then on the Termination Date or such earlier date
as the Loans may be due or declared due hereunder.

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          (d) Any principal amount of any Loan not paid when due (at maturity, by acceleration, or
otherwise) shall bear interest thereafter until paid in full, payable on demand, at a rate per
annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate or the applicable Eurodollar Rate, as the case may be, for
such Loan in effect from time to time as interest accrues, plus two percent (2%) per annum.

     Section 2.08 Interest Rate Determination. (a) The Agent shall determine each Adjusted
LIBO Rate. The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the Lenders of the applicable
interest rate determined by the Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

          (b) If the provisions of this Agreement or any Note would at any time require payment by the
Borrower to a Lender of any amount of interest in excess of the maximum amount then permitted by
the law applicable to any Loan, the interest payments to such Lender shall be reduced to the extent
necessary so that such Lender shall not receive interest in excess of such maximum amount. If, as
a result of the foregoing a Lender shall receive interest payments hereunder or under a Note in an
amount less than the amount otherwise provided hereunder, such deficit (hereinafter called
“Interest Deficit”) will cumulate and will be carried forward (without interest) until the
termination of this Agreement. Interest otherwise payable to a Lender hereunder and under a Note
for any subsequent period shall be increased by the maximum amount of the Interest Deficit that may
be so added without causing such Lender to receive interest in excess of the maximum amount then
permitted by the law on the applicable Loans. The amount of the Interest Deficit relating to the
Loans shall be treated as a prepayment premium (to the extent permitted by law) and paid in full at
the time of any optional prepayment by the Borrower to the applicable Lenders of all the applicable
Loans at that time outstanding pursuant to Section 2.11. The amount of the Interest Deficit
relating to the applicable Loans at the time of any complete payment of the Loans at that time
outstanding (other than an optional prepayment thereof pursuant to Section 2.11) shall be canceled
and not paid.

     Section 2.09 Fees. (a) The Borrower shall pay to each Issuer of a Facility Letter of
Credit the fee to paid by the Borrower to such Issuer on the date of the issuance of such Facility
Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.22.7.

          (b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender the Facility Letter
of Credit Fees pursuant to Section 2.22.7.

          (c) The Borrower shall pay to the Agent such additional fees as are specified in the Agent’s
Fee Letter.

     Section 2.10 Notes. All Loans made by each Lender under this Agreement shall be
evidenced by, and repaid with interest in accordance with, a single Note of the Borrower in
substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, in each case duly completed, dated the date of
this Agreement and payable to such Lender for the account of its applicable Lending Office, such

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Note to represent the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans made by such Lender. Each
Lender is hereby authorized by the Borrower, but no Lender shall be required, to endorse on the
schedule attached to the Note or Notes held by it the amount and type of such applicable Loan and
each renewal, conversion, and payment of principal amount received by such applicable Lender for
the account of its applicable Lending Office on account of its applicable Loans, which endorsement
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive as to the outstanding balance of such Loans
made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to make such notation with
respect to any Loan or renewal, conversion, or payment shall not limit or otherwise affect the
obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement or the Note or Notes held by such Lender. All
Loans shall be repaid on the Termination Date.

     Section 2.11 Prepayments. (a) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Agent not later
than noon New York City time on the date of prepayment in the case of ABR Loans and at least three
(3) Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent in the case of Eurodollar Loans, prepay (including,
without limitation, all amounts payable pursuant to the terms of Section 2.17) the Loans in whole
or in part with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid,
provided that (1) each partial payment shall be in a principal amount of not less than One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in the case of a Eurodollar Loan and Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000) in the case of an ABR Loan; and (2) Eurodollar Loans may be prepaid only on the
last day of the Interest Period for such Loans; provided, however, that such
prepayment of Eurodollar Loans may be made on any other Business Day if the Borrower pays at the
time of such prepayment all amounts due pursuant to Section 2.17. Upon receipt of any such
prepayments, the Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed the Pro Rata Share of such
prepayment to each Lender for the account of its applicable Lending Office, except that prepayments
of Swing Line Loans shall be made solely to the Swing Line Lender.

          (b) The Borrower shall immediately upon a Change in Control prepay the Notes in full and all
accrued interest to the date of such prepayment, and in the case of Eurodollar Loans all amounts
due pursuant to Section 2.17.

          (c) If (i) (A) during any time that the Cash Secured Option applies to the Facility, the
amount of Unrestricted Cash held in the Cash Collateral Account under the Cash Collateral Agreement
at any time is less than 105% of the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit at such time, or
(B) during any time that the Secured Borrowing Base Option applies to the Facility, the amount of
the Secured Borrowing Base as determined by the most recent Secured Borrowing Base Certificate is
less than the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit, or (ii) at any time, the Aggregate
Outstanding Extensions of Credit exceeds the Available Commitments, then the Borrower shall within
two (2) Business Days thereafter prepay Loans and/or cash collateralize the Facility Letter of
Credit Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to any such shortfall.

     Section 2.12 Method of Payment. The Borrower shall make each payment under this
Agreement and under any of the Notes not later than noon New York city time on the date when

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due in lawful money of the United States to the Agent for the account of the applicable
Lending Office of each Lender (or, in the case of Swing Line Loans, for the account of the Swing
Line Lender) in immediately available funds. The Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be
distributed (1) the Pro Rata Share of such payments of principal and interest with respect to Loans
(other than Swing Line Loans) in like funds to each Lender for the account of its applicable
Lending Office, (2) such payments of principal and interest with respect to Swing Line Loans solely
to the Swing Line Lender and (3) other fees payable to any Lender to be applied in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement. If any such payment is not received by a Lender on the Business Day
on which the Agent received such payment (or the following Business Day if the Agent’s receipt
thereof occurs after 3:00 P.M. New York City time, such Lender shall be entitled to receive from
the Agent interest on such payment at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for three Business Days and
thereafter at the Alternate Base Rate (which interest payment shall not be an obligation for the
Borrower’s account, including under Section 10.04 or Section 10.06). The Borrower hereby
authorizes each Lender, if and to the extent payment is not made when due under this Agreement or
under any of the Notes, to charge from time to time against any account of the Borrower with such
Lender any amount as due. Whenever any payment to be made under this Agreement or under any of the
Notes shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be included in the computation
of the payment of interest and the commitment fee, as the case may be, except, in the case of a
Eurodollar Loan, if the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another
calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

     Section 2.13 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans hereunder shall be used by
the Borrower (a) for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the
Guarantors to the extent permitted in this Agreement and (b) to repay Swing Line Loans. The
Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, use any part of such proceeds for the purpose of
repaying the Senior Notes or for purchasing or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of
Regulation U or to extend credit to any Person for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such
margin stock, or for any purpose which violates, or is inconsistent with, Regulation X.

     Section 2.14 Yield Protection. If any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental
rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law), or any
interpretation thereof, or the compliance of any Lender or Issuer therewith,

     (i) subjects any Lender or Issuer or any applicable Lending Office to any tax,
duty, charge or withholding on or from payments due from the Borrower (excluding federal
taxation of the overall net income of any Lender or Issuer or applicable Lending
Office), or changes the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender or Issuer in respect
of its Loans or Facility Letters of Credit or other amounts due it hereunder, or

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     (ii) imposes or increases or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance
charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for
the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or Issuer or any applicable Lending
Office (other than reserves and assessments taken into account in determining the
interest rate applicable to Loans), or

     (iii) imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to
any Lender or Issuer or any applicable Lending Office of making, funding or maintaining
loans or issuing or participating in letters of credit or reduces any amount receivable
by any Lender or Issuer or any applicable Lending Office in connection with loans, or
requires any Lender or Issuer or any applicable Lending Office to make any payment
calculated by reference to the amount of loans held, letters of credit issued or
interest received by it, by an amount deemed material by such Lender or Issuer,

then, within fifteen (15) days of demand by such Lender or Issuer, the Borrower shall pay such
Lender or Issuer that portion of such increased expense incurred or reduction in an amount received
which such Lender or Issuer reasonably determines is attributable to making, funding and
maintaining its Loans and its Commitment and issuing or participating in Letters of Credit.

     Section 2.15 Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations. If a Lender or Issuer
determines the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or Issuer,
any Lending Office of such Lender or Issuer or any corporation controlling such Lender or Issuer is
increased as a result of a Change, then, within 10 days of demand by such Lender or Issuer, the
Borrower shall pay such Lender or Issuer the amount necessary to compensate for any shortfall in
the rate of return on the portion of such increased capital which such Lender or Issuer determines
is attributable to this Agreement, its Loans or its obligation to make Loans hereunder (after
taking into account such Lender’s or Issuer’s policies as to capital adequacy); provided,
however, that a Lender or Issuer shall impose such cost upon the Borrower only if such
Lender or Issuer is generally imposing such cost on its other borrowers having similar credit
arrangements. “Change” means (i) any change after the date of this Agreement in the Risk- Based
Capital Guidelines or (ii) any adoption of or change in any other law, governmental or
quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) after the date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or Issuer or any Lending Office or any
corporation controlling any Lender or Issuer. “Risk-Based Capital Guidelines” means (i) the
risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United States on the date of this Agreement,
including transition rules, and (ii) the corresponding capital regulations promulgated by
regulatory authorities outside the United States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle
Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices Entitled “International Convergence of
Capital Measurements and Capital Standards,” including transition rules, and any amendments to such
regulations adopted prior to the date of this Agreement.

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     Section 2.16 Availability of Eurodollar Loans. If any Lender determines that
maintenance of its Eurodollar Loans at the Lending Office selected by the Lender would violate any
applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive, whether or not having the force of law (and it is
not reasonably possible for the Lender to designate an alternate Lending Office without being
adversely affected thereby), or if the Required Lenders determine that (i) deposits of a type and
maturity appropriate to match fund Eurodollar Loans are not available or (ii) the interest rate
applicable to Eurodollar Loans does not accurately reflect the cost of making or maintaining such
Eurodollar Loans, then the Agent shall suspend the availability of Eurodollar Loans and require any
Eurodollar Loans to be repaid.

     Section 2.17 Funding Indemnification. If any payment of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a
date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period, whether because of acceleration,
prepayment or otherwise, or a Eurodollar Loan is not made on the date specified by the Borrower for
any reason other than default by the Lenders, the Borrower will indemnify each Lender for any loss
or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom, including, without limitation, any loss or cost in
liquidating or employing deposits required to fund or maintain the Eurodollar Loan.

     Section 2.18 Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity. To the extent reasonably
possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending Office with respect to its Eurodollar
Loans to reduce any liability of the Borrower to such Lender under Sections 2.14 and 2.15 or to
avoid the unavailability of Eurodollar Loans. Each Lender shall deliver a written statement of
such Lender as to the amount due, if any, under Sections 2.14, 2.15 or 2.17. Such written
statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations upon which such Lender determined
such amount and shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest
error. Determination of amounts payable under such Sections in connection with a Eurodollar Loan
shall be calculated as though each Lender funded its Eurodollar Loan through the purchase of a
deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the deposit used as a reference in determining
the Eurodollar Rate applicable to such Loan, whether in fact that is the case or not. Unless
otherwise provided herein, the amount specified in the written statement shall be payable on demand
after receipt by the Borrower of the written statement. The obligations of the Borrower under
Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.17 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this
Agreement.

     Section 2.19 Extension of Termination Date. (a) Not more than once in any fiscal
year of the Borrower, the Borrower may request an extension of the Termination Date to a date that
is 364 days after the then scheduled Termination Date by submitting a request for an extension to
the Agent not earlier than 45 days prior to the then scheduled Termination Date. At the time of or
prior to the delivery of such request, the Borrower shall propose to the Agent the amount of the
fees that the Borrower would agree to pay with respect to such extension if approved by the
Lenders. Promptly upon (but not later than five Business Days after) the Agent’s receipt and
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“Extension Request”), the Agent shall deliver to each Lender a copy of; and shall request each
Lender to approve, the Extension Request. Each Lender approving the Extension Request shall
deliver its written approval no earlier than 30 days prior to the then scheduled Termination Date.
If the written approval of the Extension Request by the Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares equal or
exceed 66-2/3% in the aggregate is received by the then scheduled Termination Date, the Termination
Date shall be extended to a date that is 364 days after the then scheduled Termination Date but
only with respect to the Lenders that have given such written approval. Except to the extent that
a Lender that did not give its written approval to such Extension Request (“Rejecting Lender”) is
replaced as provided in Section 2.20, prior to the Termination Date (as determined prior to such
Extension Request), then on such date (the “Rejecting Lender’s Termination Date”) (i) the
Commitment of each such Rejecting Lender shall terminate, (ii) the Aggregate Commitment shall be
reduced by the aggregate amount of such terminated Commitments and (iii) all Loans and other
Obligations to each such Rejecting Lender shall be paid in full by the Borrower. If the sum of the
principal balance of all Loans outstanding and all Facility Letter of Credit Obligations following
the payment provided for in clause (iii) above exceeds the Aggregate Commitment (as reduced as
provided in clause (ii) above), the Borrower shall, on the Rejecting Lender’s Termination Date,
repay outstanding Loans or cause to be canceled, released and returned to the applicable Issuer
outstanding Facility Letters of Credit in the amounts necessary to cause the sum of the principal
balance of all Loans outstanding and all Facility Letter of Credit Obligations to equal but not
exceed the Aggregate Commitment (as reduced).

          (b) Within ten days of the Agent’s notice to the Borrower that the Lenders whose Pro Rata
Shares equal or exceed 66-2/3% in the aggregate have approved an Extension Request, the Borrower
shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender that has approved the Extension Request the
applicable extension fees specified in the Extension Request.

          (c) If Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares equal or exceed 66-2/3% in the aggregate approve the
Extension Request, the Borrower, upon notice to the Agent and any Rejecting Lender, may, subject to
the provisions of the last sentence of Section 2.19(d), terminate the Commitment of such Rejecting
Lender (or such portion of such Commitment as is not assigned to a Replacement Lender in accordance
with Section 2.20), which termination shall occur as of a date set forth in such Borrower’s notice
but in no event more than thirty (30) days following such notice (subject to the provisions of
Section 2.20(b)). The termination of a Rejecting Lender’s Commitment shall be effected in
accordance with Section 2.19(d).

          (d) If the Borrower elects to terminate the Commitment of a Rejecting Lender pursuant to
Section 2.19(c), the Borrower shall pay to the Rejecting Lender all Obligations due and owing to it
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans owed to such Rejecting Lender, together with accrued
interest thereon through the date of such termination, amounts payable under Sections 2.14 and 2.15
and the fees payable to such Rejecting Lender under Section 2.09(b).

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Upon request by the Borrower or the Agent, the Rejecting Lender will deliver to the Borrower
and the Agent a letter setting forth the amounts payable to the Rejecting Lender as set forth
above. Upon the termination of such Rejecting Lender’s Commitment and payment of the amounts
provided for in the immediately preceding sentence, the Borrower shall have no further obligations
to such Rejecting Lender under this Agreement and such Rejecting Lender shall cease to be a Lender,
provided, however, that such Rejecting Lender shall continue to be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.17, 10.04 and 10.06, as well as to any fees accrued for its
account hereunder not yet paid, and shall continue to be obligated under Section 9.05 with respect
to obligations and liabilities accruing prior to the termination of such Rejecting Lender’s
Commitment. If, as a result of the termination of the Rejecting Lender’s Commitment, any payment
of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period,
the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (including any Rejecting Lender)
any loss or cost incurred by the Lenders (including any Rejecting Lender) resulting therefrom in
accordance with Section 2.17. Upon the effective date of the termination of the Rejecting Lender’s
Commitment, the Aggregate Commitment shall be reduced by the amount of the terminated Commitment of
the Rejecting Lender, and each other Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally
purchased and received (subject to the provisions of the last sentence of this Section 2.19(d)),
without recourse or warranty, from the Rejecting Lender, an undivided interest and participation in
any Facility Letter of Credit then outstanding, ratably, such that each Lender (excluding the
Rejecting Lender but including any Replacement Lender that acquires an interest in the Facility
hereunder from such Rejecting Lender) holds a participation interest in each Facility Letter of
Credit in proportion to the ratio that such Rejecting Lender’s Commitment (upon the effective date
of such termination of the Rejecting Lender’s Commitment) bears to the Aggregate Commitment (as
reduced by the termination of such Rejecting Lender’s Commitment or a part thereof).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, upon the termination of the Commitment of such Rejecting Lender
under this Section 2.19(d), the sum of the outstanding principal balance of the Loans and the
Facility Letter of Credit Obligations would exceed the Aggregate Commitment (as reduced), the
Borrower may not terminate such Rejecting Lender’s Commitment unless the Borrower, on or prior to
the effective date of such termination, prepays, in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, outstanding Loans or causes to be canceled, released and returned to the applicable
Issuer outstanding Facility Letters of Credit in sufficient amounts such that, on the effective
date of such termination, the sum of the outstanding principal balance of the Loans and the
Facility Letter of Credit Obligations does not exceed the Aggregate Commitment (as reduced).

     Section 2.20 Replacement of Certain Lenders. (a) In the event a Lender (“Affected
Lender”): (i) shall have requested compensation from the Borrower under Sections 2.14 or 2.15 to
recover additional costs incurred by such Lender that are not being incurred generally by the other
Lenders, (ii) shall have delivered a notice pursuant to Section 2.16 claiming that such Lender is
unable to extend Eurodollar Loans to the Borrower for reasons not generally applicable to the other
Lenders, (iii) shall have invoked Section 10.13 or (iv) is a Rejecting Lender pursuant

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to Section 2.19, then, in any such case, the Borrower or the Agent may effect the replacement
of such Affected Lender in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.20, provided,
however, that if the replacement of such Affected Lender is by reason of clause (iv) above,
the replacement of such Affected Lender shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.20(b). The
Borrower or the Agent may elect to replace an Affected Lender and make written demand on such
Affected Lender (with a copy to the Agent in the case of a demand by the Borrower and a copy to the
Borrower in the case of a demand by the Agent) for the Affected Lender to assign, and, if a
Replacement Lender (as hereinafter defined) notifies the Affected Lender of its willingness to
purchase the Affected Lender’s interests in the Facility and the Agent and the Borrower consent
thereto in writing, then such Affected Lender shall assign pursuant to one or more duly executed
Assignment and Assumption in substantially and in all material respects in the form and substance
of Exhibit F five (5) Business Days after the date of such demand, to one or more financial
institutions that comply with the provisions of Section 11.02 that the Borrower or the Agent, as
the case may be, shall have engaged for such purpose (each a “Replacement Lender”), all (or, to the
extent required or permitted under Section 2.20(b), a part) of such Affected Lender’s rights and
obligations (from and after the date of such assignment) under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents in accordance with Section 11.02. The Agent agrees, upon the occurrence of such events
with respect to an Affected Lender and upon the written request of the Borrower, to use its
reasonable efforts to obtain commitments from one or more financial institutions to act as a
Replacement Lender. As a condition to any such assignment, the Affected Lender shall have
concurrently received, in cash, all amounts (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.20(b)) due
and owing to the Affected Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, including, without
limitation, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans owed to such Lender, together
with accrued interest thereon through the date of such assignment, amounts payable under
Sections 2.14 and 2.15 with respect to such Affected Lender and the fees payable to such Affected
Lender under Section 2.09(b); provided that upon such Affected Lender’s replacement, such
Affected Lender shall (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.20(b)) cease to be a party hereto
but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.17, 10.04 and 10.06, as
well as to any fees accrued for its account hereunder and not yet paid, and shall continue to be
obligated under Section 9.05 with respect to obligations and liabilities accruing prior to the
replacement of such Affected Lender.

          (b) In the event that the Affected Lender is a Rejecting Lender, the Borrower may elect to
have a part of the Rejecting Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents assigned pursuant to this Section 2.20, provided that the Borrower also
elects, pursuant to Section 2.19(c), to terminate the entire amount of such Rejecting Lender’s
Commitment not so assigned, which termination shall be effective on the date on which such
assignment of the Rejecting Lender’s rights and obligations is consummated under this Section 2.20.

          (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, each Replacement
Lender must be approved by the Agent in its sole discretion.

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     Section 2.21 Swing Line. (a) The Swing Line Lender agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, to make loans (“Swing Line Loans”) to the Borrower from time to
time during the period from the date of this Agreement, up to but not including the Termination
Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the lesser of (i) the
Swing Line Commitment or (ii) the amount by which the Swing Line Lender’s Commitment exceeds the
sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans made by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to
Section 2.01.1 and (B) the Swing Line Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Facility Letter of
Credit Obligations, subject in each case to the limitations set forth in Section 2.01.3.

               (b) Each Swing Line Loan which shall not utilize the Swing Line Commitment in full shall be in
an amount not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) and, if in excess thereof, in integral
multiples of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). Within the limits of the Swing Line Commitment, the
Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 2.21.

               (c) The Borrower shall give the Swing Line Lender notice of any request for a Swing Line Loan
not later than 3:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day of such Swing Line Loan,
specifying the amount of such requested Swing Line Loan. Each such notice shall be accompanied by
a Secured Borrowing Base Certificate dated as of the date of such notice (and by the notice
provided for in Section 2.21(d)). All notices given by the Borrower under this Section 2.21(c)
shall be irrevocable. Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the
Swing Line Lender will make the Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower in immediately available
funds by crediting the amount thereof to the Borrower’s account with the Swing Line Lender.

               (d) On the fifth Business Day following the making of a Swing Line Loan, such Swing Line Loan
shall be paid in full from the proceeds of a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.1. Each notice
given by the Borrower under Section 2.21(c) shall include, or, if it does not include, shall be
deemed to include, an irrevocable notice under Section 2.03 requesting the Lenders to make an ABR
Loan on the fifth succeeding Business Day in the full amount of such Swing Line Loan.

     Section 2.22 Facility Letters of Credit.

          Section 2.22.1 Issuance of Facility Letters of Credit. (a) Each Issuer agrees, on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to issue from time to time for the account of
the Borrower, through such offices or branches as it and the Borrower may jointly agree, one or
more Facility Letters of Credit in accordance with this Section 2.22, during the period commencing
on the date hereof and ending on the thirtieth (30th) day prior to the Termination Date.

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               (b) The Borrower shall not request, and no Issuer shall issue, a Facility Letter of Credit for
any purpose other than for purposes for which Loan proceeds may by used, provided that, the
Borrower shall not request Facility Letters of Credit for any purposes other than for such purposes
which are permitted to be secured by a “Permitted Lien” under, and as defined in, the Base
Indenture 2002 as modified by the Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated October 26, 2007 (without
regard to the provisions of clause (xi) thereunder), or any comparable provision of any other
Senior Indenture.

          Section 2.22.2 Limitations. An Issuer shall not issue, amend or extend, at any time,
any Facility Letter of Credit:

     (i) if the aggregate maximum amount then available for drawing under Letters of Credit
issued by such Issuer, after giving effect to the Facility Letter of Credit or amendment or
extension thereof requested hereunder, shall exceed any limit imposed by law or regulation
upon such Issuer;

     (ii) if, after giving effect to the issuance, amendment or extension of the Facility
Letter of Credit requested hereunder, the aggregate principal amount of the Facility Letter
of Credit Obligations would exceed the Facility Letter of Credit Sublimit;

     (iii) if, after giving effect to the issuance, amendment or extension of the Facility
Letter of Credit requested hereunder, (A) during any time the Cash Secured Option applies to
the Facility, the amount of Unrestricted Cash held in the Cash Collateral Account under the
Cash Collateral Agreement would be less than 105% of the then Aggregate Outstanding
Extensions of Credit, and (B) during any time the Secured Borrowing Base Option applies to
the Facility, the then Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit would exceed the Secured
Borrowing Base as of the most recent Inventory Valuation Date;

     (iv) if, after giving effect to the issuance, amendment or extension of the Facility
Letter of Credit requested hereunder, the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit would
exceed the Aggregate Commitment;

     (v) unless such Issuer receives written notice from the Agent on or before the proposed
Issuance Date of such Facility Letter of Credit that the issuance, amendment or extension of
such Facility Letter of Credit is within the limitations specified in clauses (ii), (iii)
and (iv) of this Section 2.22.2;

     (vi) that has an expiration date (taking into account any automatic renewal provisions
thereof) later than one year after the date that is thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled
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(vii) that is in a currency other than U.S. Dollars or that provides for drawings other
than by sight draft.

          Section 2.22.3 Conditions. The issuance, amendment or extension of any Facility
Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction in full of the following conditions on the Issuance
Date:

     (i) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Issuer at such times and in such manner as
the Issuer may reasonably prescribe a Reimbursement Agreement and such other documents and
materials as may be reasonably required pursuant to the terms thereof, and the proposed
Facility Letter of Credit shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Issuer in form and
content, provided, however, in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement
and the terms of the Reimbursement Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control;

     (ii) as of the Issuance Date no order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or
governmental authority shall enjoin or restrain such Issuer from issuing the Facility Letter
of Credit and no law, rule or regulation applicable to the Issuer and no directive from any
governmental authority with jurisdiction over the Issuer shall prohibit such Issuer from
issuing Letters of Credit generally or from issuing that Facility Letter of Credit;

     (iii) the following statements shall be true, and the Agent and such Issuer shall have
received a certificate, substantially in the form of the certificate attached hereto as
Exhibit D, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower dated the Issuance
Date stating that:

	 	(a)	 	the representations and warranties contained in Article
IV of this Agreement are correct in all material respects on and as of such
Issuance Date as though made on and as of such Issuance Date except to the
extent that any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely
to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty is
correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result from the issuance, amendment or extension of
such Facility Letter of Credit;

     (iv) the Issuer and the Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions, or
documents as either may reasonably request.

          Section 2.22.4 Procedure for Issuance of Facility Letters of Credit. (a) The
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prior written notice of any requested issuance of a Facility Letter of Credit under this
Agreement (except that, in lieu of such written notice, the Borrower may give the Issuer and the
Agent telephonic notice of such request if confirmed in writing by delivery to such Issuer and the
Agent (i) immediately (A) of a telecopy of the written notice required hereunder which has been
signed by an authorized officer of the Borrower or (B) of an e-mail containing all information
required to be contained in such written notice and (ii) promptly (but in no event later than the
requested Issuance Date) of the written notice required hereunder containing the original signature
of an authorized officer of the Borrower). Such notice shall specify (i) the stated amount of the
Facility Letter of Credit requested, which amount shall be in compliance with the requirements of
Section 2.22.2, (ii) the requested Issuance Date, which shall be a Business Day, (iii) the date on
which such requested Facility Letter of Credit is to expire, which date shall be in compliance with
the requirements of Section 2.22.2(vi), (iv) the purpose for which such Facility Letter of Credit
is to be issued, which purpose shall be in compliance with the requirements of Section 2.22.1(b),
and (v) the Person for whose benefit the requested Facility Letter of Credit is to be issued. At
the time such request is made, the Borrower shall also provide the Agent with a copy of the form of
the Facility Letter of Credit it is requesting be issued. Such notice, to be effective, must be
received by the Issuer and the Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. New York City time on the last
Business Day on which notice can be given under this Section 2.22.4. Promptly after receipt of
such notice, the Issuer shall confirm with the Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Agent
has received a copy of such notice from the Borrower and, if not, the Issuer shall promptly provide
the Agent with a copy thereof

          (b) Promptly following receipt of a request for issuance of a Facility Letter of Credit in
accordance with Section 2.22.4(a), such Issuer shall approve or disapprove, in its reasonable
discretion, the issuance of such requested Facility Letter of Credit, but the issuance of such
approved Facility Letter of Credit shall continue to be subject to the provisions of this
Section 2.22.

          (c) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.22 (including, without limitation,
Sections 2.22.2 and 2.22.3), the applicable Issuer shall, on the Issuance Date, issue the requested
Facility Letter of Credit in accordance with such Issuer’s usual and customary business practices
unless such Issuer has actually received written or telephonic notice from the Borrower
specifically revoking the request to issue such Facility Letter of Credit. The Issuer shall
promptly give the Agent written notice, or telephonic notice confirmed promptly thereafter in
writing, of the issuance, amendment, extension or cancellation of a Facility Letter of Credit, and
the Agent shall promptly thereafter so notify all Lenders.

          (d) No Issuer shall extend or amend any Facility Letter of Credit unless the requirements of
this Section 2.22.4 are met as though a new Facility Letter of Credit were being requested and
issued.

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          (e) Any Lender may, but shall not be obligated to, issue to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries Letters of Credit (that are not Facility Letters of Credit) for its own account, and
at its own risk. None of the provisions of this Section 2.22 shall apply to any Letter of Credit
that is not a Facility Letter of Credit.

     Section 2.22.5 Duties of Issuer. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by an Issuer
under or in connection with any Facility Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of
willful misconduct or gross negligence, shall not put such Issuer under any resulting liability to
any Lender or, assuming that such Issuer has complied in all material respects with the procedures
specified in Section 2.22.4, relieve any Lender of its obligations hereunder to such Issuer. In
determining whether to pay under any Facility Letter of Credit, such Issuer shall have no
obligation to the Lenders other than to confirm that any documents required to be delivered under
such Facility Letter of Credit appear to have been delivered in compliance and that they appear to
comply on their face with the requirements of such Facility Letter of Credit.

     Section 2.22.6 Participation. (a) Immediately upon the issuance by an Issuer of any
Facility Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 2.22.4, each Lender shall be deemed to have
irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from such Issuer, without recourse or
warranty, an undivided interest and participation ratably (in the proportion of such Lender’s Pro
Rata Share) in such Facility Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, all obligations of
the Borrower with respect thereto other than amounts owing to such Issuer under Section 2.15).

          (b) In the event that an Issuer makes any payment under any Facility Letter of Credit and the
Borrower shall not have repaid such amount to such Issuer on or before the date of such payment by
such Issuer, such Issuer shall promptly so notify the Agent, which shall promptly so notify each
Lender. Upon receipt of such notice, each Lender shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the
Agent for the account of such Issuer the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment in
same day funds, and the Agent shall promptly pay such amount, and any other amounts received by the
Agent for such Issuer’s account pursuant to this Section 2.22.6, to such Issuer. If the Agent so
notifies such Lender prior to noon New York City time on any Business Day, such Lender shall make
available to the Agent for the account of such Issuer such Lender’s ratable share of the amount of
such payment on such Business Day in same day funds. If and to the extent such Lender shall not
have so made its ratable share of the amount of such payment available to the Agent for the account
of the Issuer, such Lender agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of the Issuer forthwith on
demand such amount, together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such payment was
first due until the date such amount is paid to the Agent for the account of the Issuer, at the
Federal Funds Effective Rate. The failure of any Lender to make available to the Agent for the
account of an Issuer such Lender’s ratable share of any such payment shall not relieve any other
Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Agent for the account of such Issuer
its ratable share of any payment on the date such payment is to be made.

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          (c) If any draft is paid under any Facility Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse the
Issuing Lender for the amount of (a) the draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other
costs or expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with such payment, not later than
12:00 Noon, Charlotte, North Carolina time, on (i) the Business Day immediately following the day
that the Borrower receives notice of such draft, if such notice is received on such day prior to
10:00 A.M. New York City time, or (ii) if clause (i) above does not apply, the second Business Day
following the day that the Borrower receives such notice. Each such payment shall be made to the
Issuing Lender at its address for notices referred to herein in Dollars and in immediately
available funds. Interest shall be payable on any such amounts from the date on which the relevant
draft is paid until payment in full at the rate set forth in (x) until the Business Day next
succeeding the date when such payment is required as set forth above, Section 2.07(a) and (y)
thereafter, Section 2.07(d).

          (d) Upon the request of the Agent or any Lender, each Issuer shall furnish to the requesting
Agent or Lender copies of any Facility Letter of Credit or Reimbursement Agreement to which such
Issuer is party.

          (e) The obligations of the Lenders to make payments to the Agent for the account of an Issuer
with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit shall be irrevocable, not subject to any qualification
or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement under all circumstances, including, without limitation, the following:

     (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents;

     (ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrower
may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Facility Letter of Credit or any
transferee of any Facility Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee
may be acting), the Issuer, the Agent, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in
connection with this Agreement, any Facility Letter of Credit, the transactions
contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transactions
between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the beneficiary named in any Facility Letter
of Credit);

     (iii) any draft, certificate or any other document presented under the Facility
Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

     (iv) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance
of any of the terms of any of the Loan Documents;

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     (v) any failure by the Agent or an Issuer to make any reports required pursuant to
Section 2.22.8; or

     (vi) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default.

          (f) For purposes of determining the unused portion of the Aggregate Commitment and the unused
portion of a Lender’s Commitment under Sections 2.02.1 and 2.09(b), the Aggregate Commitment shall
be deemed used to the extent of the aggregate undrawn face amount of the outstanding Facility
Letters of Credit and the Lender’s Commitment shall be deemed used to the extent of such Lender’s
Pro Rata Share of the aggregate undrawn face amount of the outstanding Facility Letters of Credit.

     Section 2.22.7 Compensation for Facility Letters of Credit. (a) The Borrower agrees
to pay to the Agent, in the case of each Facility Letter of Credit, the Facility Letter of Credit
Fee therefor, payable quarterly in arrears not later than five (5) Business Days following Agent’s
delivery to Borrower of the quarterly statement specifying the amount of the Facility Letter of
Credit Fees properly due and payable hereunder with respect to the preceding calendar quarter
(which payment shall be a pro rata portion of the annual Facility Letter of Credit Fee for such
preceding calendar quarter) and on the Termination Date (which payment shall be in the amount of
all accrued and unpaid Facility Letter of Credit Fees). Facility Letter of Credit Fees shall be
calculated, on a pro rata basis for the period to which such payment applies, for actual days on
which such Facility Letter of Credit was outstanding during such period, on the basis of a 360-day
year. The Agent shall, with reasonable promptness following receipt from all Issuers of the
reports provided for in Section 2.22.8 for the months of March, June, September and December,
respectively, deliver to the Borrower a quarterly statement of the Facility Letter of Credit Fees
then due and payable. The Agent shall promptly remit such Facility Letter of Credit Fees, when
received by the Agent, ratably to all Lenders.

          (b) The Borrower agrees to pay the applicable Issuer of each Facility Letter of Credit an
issuance fee of 0.125% of the stated amount of such Facility Letter of Credit, payable prior to the
issuance of such Letter of Credit.

          (c) An Issuer shall also have the right to receive, solely for its own account, its
out-of-pocket costs of issuing and servicing Facility Letters of Credit, as the Borrower may agree
in writing.

     Section 2.22.8 Issuer Reporting Requirements. Each Issuer shall, no later than the
third (3rd) Business Day following the last day of each month, provide to the Agent a schedule of
the Facility Letters of Credit issued by it showing the Issuance Date, account party, original face
amount, amount (if any) paid thereunder, expiration date and the reference number of each Facility
Letter of Credit outstanding at any time during such month (and indicating, with respect to each
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Letter of Credit) and the aggregate amount (if any) payable by the Borrower to such Issuer
during the month pursuant to Section 2.15. Copies of such reports shall be provided promptly to
each Lender by the Agent. The reporting requirements hereunder are in addition to those set forth
in Section 2.22.4.

     Section 2.22.9 Indemnification; Nature of Issuer’s Duties. (a) In addition to
amounts payable as elsewhere provided in this Section 2.22, the Borrower hereby agrees to protect,
indemnify, pay and save the Agent, each Issuer and each Lender harmless from and against any and
all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from the claims of third parties against the Agent, any Issuer
or any Lender as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (i) the issuance of any Facility Letter of
Credit other than, in the case of an Issuer, as a result of its willful misconduct or gross
negligence, or (ii) the failure of an Issuer to honor a drawing under a Facility Letter of Credit
as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any government, court or other
governmental agency or authority.

          (b) As among the Borrower, the Lenders, the Agent and each Issuer, the Borrower assumes all
risks of the acts and omissions of or misuse of Facility Letters of Credit by, the respective
beneficiaries of such Facility Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, neither an Issuer nor the Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible: (i) for the form,
validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party
in connection with the application for and issuance of the Facility Letters of Credit, even if it
should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or
forged; (ii) for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or
purporting to transfer or assign a Facility Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder
or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any
reason; (iii) for failure of the beneficiary of a Facility Letter of Credit to comply fully with
conditions required in order to draw upon such Facility Letter of Credit; (iv) for errors,
omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable,
telegraph, telex, facsimile transmission or otherwise; (v) for errors in interpretation of
technical terms; (vi) for any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document
required in order to make a drawing under any Facility Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof;
(vii) for the misapplication by the beneficiary of a Facility Letter of Credit of the proceeds of
any drawing under such Facility Letter of Credit; or (viii) for any consequences arising from
causes beyond the control of the Agent, such Issuer and the Lenders including, without limitation,
any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any government, court or other governmental
agency or authority. None of the above shall affect, impair, or prevent the vesting of any of such
Issuer’s rights or powers under this Section 2.22.9.

          (c) In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions hereinabove
set forth, any action taken or omitted by an Issuer under or in connection with the Facility
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put such Issuer, the Agent or any Lender under any resulting liability to the Borrower or
relieve the Borrower of any of its obligations hereunder to any such Person, but the foregoing
shall not relieve such Issuer of its obligation to confirm that any documents required to be
delivered under a Facility Letter of Credit appear to have been delivered in compliance and that
they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Facility Letter of Credit.

          (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.22.9, the Borrower
shall have no obligation to indemnify an Issuer under this Section 2.22.9 in respect of any
liability incurred by an Issuer arising primarily out of the willful misconduct or gross negligence
of such Issuer, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, or out of the wrongful dishonor
by such Issuer of a proper demand for payment made under the Facility Letters of Credit issued by
such Issuer, unless such dishonor was made at the request of the Borrower.

     Section 2.22.10 Designation or Resignation of Issuer. (a) Upon request by the
Borrower and approval by the Agent, a Lender may at any time agree to be designated as an Issuer
hereunder, which designation shall be set forth in a written instrument or instruments delivered by
the Borrower, the Agent and such Lender. The Agent shall promptly deliver to the other Lenders a
copy of such instrument or instruments. From and after such designation and unless and until such
Lender resigns as an Issuer in accordance with Section 2.22.10(b), such Lender shall have all of
the rights and obligations of an Issuer hereunder,

          (b) An Issuer shall continue to be the Issuer unless and until (i) it shall have given the
Borrower and the Agent notice that it has elected to resign as Issuer and (ii) unless there is, at
the time of such notice, at least one other Issuer, another Lender shall have agreed to be the
replacement Issuer and shall have been approved in writing by the Agent and the Borrower. A
resigning Issuer shall continue to have the rights and obligations of the Issuer hereunder solely
with respect to Facility Letters of Credit theretofore issued by it notwithstanding the designation
of a replacement Issuer hereunder, but upon its notice of resignation (or, if at the time of such
notice, there is not at least one other Issuer, then upon such designation of a replacement
Issuer), the resigning Issuer shall not thereafter issue any Facility Letters of Credit (unless it
shall again thereafter be designated as an Issuer in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2.22.10). The assignment of, or grant of a participation interest in, or termination
pursuant to Section 2.19 of, all or any part of its Commitment or Loans by a Lender that is also
the Issuer shall not constitute an assignment or transfer of any of its rights or obligations as an
Issuer.

     Section 2.22.11 Termination of Issuer’s Obligation. In the event that the Lenders’
obligations to make Loans terminate or are terminated as provided in Section 8.01, each Issuer’s
obligation to issue Facility Letters of Credit shall also terminate.

     Section 2.22.12 Obligations of Issuer and Other Lenders. Except to the extent that a
Lender shall have agreed to be designated as an Issuer, no Lender shall have any obligation

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to accept or approve any request for, or to issue, amend or extend, any Letter of Credit, and
the obligations of an Issuer to issue, amend or extend any Facility Letter of Credit are expressly
limited by and subject to the provisions of this Section 2.22.

     Section 2.22.13 Facility Letter of Credit Collateral Account. The Borrower agrees
that it will, during any time the Secured Borrowing Base Option applies to the Facility, upon the
request of the Agent or the Required Lenders and until the final expiration date of any Facility
Letter of Credit and thereafter as long as any amount is payable to the Issuer or the Lenders in
respect of any Facility Letter of Credit, maintain a special collateral account pursuant to
arrangements satisfactory to the Agent (the “Facility Letter of Credit Collateral Account”) at the
Agent’s office at the address specified pursuant to Section 10.02, in the name of the Borrower but
under the sole dominion and control of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders and in which such
Borrower shall have no interest other than as set forth in Section 8.01. The Borrower hereby
pledges, assigns and grants to the Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
and the Issuer, a security interest in all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to
all funds which may from time to time be on deposit in the Facility Letter of Credit Collateral
Account to secure the prompt and complete payment and performance of (a) the obligations of the
Borrower to reimburse the Issuer and (if applicable) the Lenders for amounts (if any) from time to
time drawn on Facility Letters of Credit and interest thereon and other sums from time to time
payable under Reimbursement Agreements, and (b) if and when all such obligations of the Borrower
have been paid in full and no Facility Letters of Credit remain outstanding, all other Obligations.
The Agent will invest any funds on deposit from time to time in the Facility Letter of Credit
Collateral Account in Cash Equivalents reasonably acceptable the agent having a maturity not
exceeding 30 days. Nothing in this Section 2.22.13 shall either obligate the Agent to require the
Borrower to deposit any funds in the Facility Letter of Credit Collateral Account or limit the
right of the Agent to release any funds held in the Facility Letter of Credit Collateral Account in
each case other than as required by Section 22.15.

     Section 2.22.14 Issuer’s Rights. All of the representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements of the Borrower to the Lenders under this Agreement and of the Borrower under any
other Loan Document shall inure to the benefit of each Issuer (unless the context otherwise
indicates).

     Section 2.22.15 Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement
to the contrary, if during the any time the Secured Borrowing Base Option applies to the Facility
any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as
such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

          (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.22.15(c), if any Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations are outstanding at the time a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower shall within
three (3) Business Days following notice by the Agent cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s
Facility Letter of Credit Obligations by paying to the Agent an amount in immediately

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available funds equal to such Defaulting Lender’s Facility Letter of Credit Obligations, which
funds shall be held in the Facility Letter of Credit Collateral Account in accordance with Section
2.22.13 for so long as such Facility Letter of Credit Obligations are outstanding and such Lender
is a Defaulting Lender;

          (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.22.15(c), no Issuer shall be required to issue,
amend (other than to reduce) or increase any Facility Letter of Credit unless cash collateral has
been provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.22.15(a); and

          (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.22.15(a) and (b), if within three (3)
Business Days following the Agent’s notice under Section 2.22.15(a) the Borrower shall by notice to
the Agent advise the Agent that the Borrower intends to effect the assignment by such Defaulting
Lender of all of its right, title and interest under this Agreement to a Person that is not a
Defaulting Lender (subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.02), the date by
which the Borrower shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2.22.15(a) shall be
extended to the 14th day after the date of the Agent’s notice; provided, however, that such
extension shall not extend the date by which the Borrower is obligated to cash collateralize
Facility Letters of Credit pursuant to any other provisions of this Agreement. A Defaulting Lender
shall not be obligated to assign its interest under this Agreement except to the extent that the
provisions of Section 2.20 require an assignment.

     Section 2.22.16 End of Term Cash Collateralization. On the date that is 30 days prior
to the scheduled Termination Date, if the Secured Borrowing Base Option is then in effect, the
Borrower shall deposit in the Cash Collateral Account an amount not less than 105% of the Facility
Letter of Credit Obligations as of such date. Not more than once during each calendar month
following the Termination Date, provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is then
continuing, the Borrower may request that the Agent release any amount of Unrestricted Cash held in
the Cash Collateral Account under the Cash Collateral Agreement in excess of an amount equal to
105% of the then Facility Letter of Credit Obligations to the Borrower, and the Agent shall
promptly release such excess amount, subject to the terms of the Cash Collateral Agreement.

ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     Section 3.01 Conditions Precedent to Closing Date. This Agreement and the Commitments
of each Lender shall be effective on the date (the “Closing Date”) on which each of the following
conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or waived by the Agent and each Lender:

          (1) Fourth Amendment and Successor Agency and Amendment Agreement. The “Fourth Amendment
Effective Date” shall have occurred under the Fourth Amendment and

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the “Effective Date” shall have occurred under the Successor Agency and Amendment Agreement in
accordance with their respective terms.

          (2) Credit Agreement. The Agent shall have received this Agreement duly executed by each of
the parties hereto;

          (3) Replacement Note. A Note payable to each Lender duly executed by the Borrower, and the
original promissory note issued to such Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement to be delivered
to the Borrower for cancellation upon the Closing Date;

          (4) Amended and Restated Guaranty. The Agent shall have received the Amended and Restated
Guaranty, duly executed by each Guarantor listed in Schedule III.

          (5) Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement. The Agent shall have received the Amended and
Restated Collateral Agreement, duly executed by each party thereto (provided that the
Borrower may designate one or more schedules as to be updated as required pursuant to Section 3.02)
;

          (6) No Default or Event of Default. After giving effect to this Agreement, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

          (7) Closing Fee. The Borrower shall have paid a cash fee to the Agent in accordance with the
terms of the Agent’s Fee Letter; and

          (8) Other Documents. The Agent shall have received such other documents as the Agent, its
counsel or any Lender may reasonably request.

     Section 3.02 Conditions Precedent to Cash Secured Option. The Lenders shall not be
required to make Loans or participate in any Facility Letters of Credit under the Cash Secured
Option, and the Issuers shall not be required to issue any Facility Letters of Credit under the
Cash Secured Option, unless and until the Closing Date has occurred and the Agent shall have
received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent:

          (1) Secretary’s Certificate of the Borrower. A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Borrower certifying (A) the names and true signatures of each officer of the
Borrower who has been authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement and any other Loan Document
or other document required to be executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower under this
Agreement, (B) that the attached copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the
Borrower have not been amended except as set forth therein and remain in full force and effect and
(C) the attached copy of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower approving and
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
to which it is a party;

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          (2) Good Standing Certificate of the Borrower. A currently dated certificate of good standing
for the Borrower issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;

          (3) Secretary’s Certificates of the Guarantors. A certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of each corporate Guarantor or the general partner of each limited partnership
Guarantor or managing member of each limited liability company Guarantor certifying (A) the names
and true signatures of each officer, partner, member or other representative of such Guarantor who
has been authorized to execute and deliver the Amended and Restated Guaranty and any other Loan
Document or other document required to be executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Guarantor
under this Agreement, (B) that the attached copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws
of such corporate Guarantor, or certificate of limited partnership and limited partnership
agreement of such limited partnership Guarantor, or certificate of formation and limited liability
company or operating agreement of each limited liability company guarantor, or equivalent
applicable constituent documents of such Guarantor, have not been amended except as set forth
therein and remain in full force and effect and (C) the attached copy of resolutions of the Board
of Directors of such corporate Guarantor, or the consents of such limited partnership or limited
liability company Guarantor, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of
the Amended and Restated Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;

          (4) Good Standing Certificate of the Borrower. A currently dated certificate of good standing
for each Guarantor issued by the secretary of state or other appropriate governmental officer in
its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation;

          (5) Updated Schedules to Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement. The Borrower shall have
delivered updated schedules to the Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement if so noted as
referred to in clause (6) of Section 3.01;

          (6) Cash Collateral Agreement. The Agent shall have received the Cash Collateral Agreement
duly executed by each of the Borrower and the Agent;

          (7) Opinions of Counsel. A favorable opinion of (A) Troutman Sanders LLP, counsel for the
Borrower and for certain of the Guarantors, in substantially the form
of Exhibit E and (B)
counsel to each other Guarantor that is formed or organized to do business in the State of Indiana
or in the State of Tennessee (as approved by the Agent), in form similar to that furnished pursuant
to clause (A) and reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;

          (8) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall have paid all costs and invoiced out-of-pocket
expenses of the Agent in connection with the execution and delivery of the documents and
instruments described in Section 3.01 and clauses (1) through (6) of this Section 3.02, including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Agent; and

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          (9) Other Documents. Such other and further documents as any Lender or the Agent or its
counsel may have reasonably requested.

     Section 3.03 Conditions Precedent to Secured Borrowing Base Option. The Lenders shall
not be required to make Loans or participate in any Facility Letters of Credit under the Secured
Borrowing Base Option, and the Issuers shall not be required to issue any Facility Letters of
Credit under the Secured Borrowing Base Option, unless and until the Closing Date has occurred, the
condition precedent set forth in Section 3.02 have been satisfied or waived by the Agent and the
Lenders, and the Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent:

          (1) Assignments of Financing Statements. Recorded or file-stamped copies of assignments from
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as original secured party, to the Agent of each financing
statement filed or recorded with respect to any Security Document;

          (2) Assignments of Mortgages. Recorded copies of assignments by Wachovia Bank, National
Association, to the Agent of all Mortgages delivered under the Existing Credit Agreement;

          (3) Endorsements to Title Insurance Policies. Endorsements to all title insurance policies
referred to in subclause (c) of item (4) of the Secured Borrowing Base Conditions previously issued
by the Title Insurance Company, reflecting Agent as the holder of the Mortgage insured under such
title insurance policy;

          (4) Other Secured Borrowing Base Conditions. With respect to all Mortgaged Property covered
by the Mortgages referred to in clause (2) above, evidence satisfactory to the Agent that all other
Secured Borrowing Base Conditions have been satisfied with respect to such Mortgaged Property; and

          (5) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall have paid all costs and invoiced out-of-pocket
expenses of the Agent in connection with the execution and delivery of the documents and
instruments described in clauses (1) through (4) of this Section 3.03, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Agent; and

          (6) Other Documents. Such other and further documents as any Lender or the Agent or its
counsel may have reasonably requested.

     Section 3.04 Conditions Precedent to All Loans. The obligation of each Lender to make
each Loan (including, in the case of the Swing Line Lender, any Swing Line Loan) shall be subject
to the further conditions precedent that (except as hereinafter provided) on the date of such Loan:

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          (1) The following statements shall be true and the Agent shall have received a certificate,
substantially in the form of the certificate attached hereto as Exhibit D, signed by a duly
authorized officer of the Borrower dated the date of such Loan, stating that:

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties contained in
Article IV of this Agreement are correct in all material respects on and
as of the date of such Loan as though made on and as of such date except
to the extent that any such representation or warranty is stated to relate
solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty
is correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, or would result from such Loan.

          (2) The Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions, or documents as any Lender
through the Agent may reasonably request.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Loan (provided for in Section 2.21(d)) made to
repay a Swing Line Loan, the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions with respect to such Swing
Line Loan shall constitute satisfaction of such conditions with respect to the Loan made pursuant
to Section 2.21(d) to repay such Swing Line Loan.

     Section 3.05 Conditions Precedent to Facility Letters of Credit. The obligations of
each Issuer to issue, amend or extend any Facility Letter of Credit shall be subject to the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.22.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          The Borrower represents and warrants that:

     Section 4.01 Incorporation, Formation, Good Standing, and Due Qualification. The
Borrower, each Subsidiary, and each of the Guarantors is (in the case of a corporation) a
corporation duly incorporated or (in the case of a limited partnership) a limited partnership duly
formed or (in the case of a limited liability company) a limited liability company duly formed,
validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
formation; has the power and authority to own its assets and to transact the business in which it
is now engaged or proposed to be engaged; and is duly qualified and in good standing under the laws
of each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except where the failure to be
so qualified could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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     Section 4.02 Power and Authority. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower and the Guarantors of the Loan Documents to which each is a party have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as the case
may be, and do not and will not (1) require any consent or approval of the stockholders of such
corporation, partners of such partnership or members of such limited liability company (except such
consents as have been obtained as of the date hereof); (2) contravene such corporation’s charter or
bylaws, such partnership’s partnership agreement or such limited liability company’s articles or
certificate of formation or operating agreement; (3) violate, in any material respect, any
provision of any law, rule, regulation (including, without limitation, Regulations U and X of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination, or award presently in effect having applicability to such corporation, partnership
or limited liability company; (4) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture
or loan or credit agreement or any other material agreement, lease, or instrument to which such
corporation, partnership or limited liability company is a party or by which it or its properties
may be bound or affected; (5) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien, upon
or with respect to any of the properties now owned or hereafter acquired by such corporation,
partnership or limited liability company, other than Liens securing the Obligations; and (6) cause
such corporation, partnership or limited liability company to be in default, in any material
respect, under any such law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination, or award or any such indenture, agreement, lease or instrument.

     Section 4.03 Legally Enforceable Agreement. This Agreement is, and each of the other
Loan Documents when delivered under this Agreement will be legal, valid, and binding obligations of
the Borrower or each Guarantor, as the case may be, enforceable against the Borrower or each
Guarantor, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that
such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, and other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally.

     Section 4.04 Financial Statements. The consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2009, and the consolidated statements of operations, cash flow and
changes to stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period of two fiscal
quarters ended March 31, 2009, are complete and correct and fairly present as at such date the
financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the results of their operations for
the periods covered by such statements, all in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (subject
to the absence of footnotes and year-end adjustments), and since March 31, 2009, there has been no
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, or operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries. There are no liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, fixed
or contingent, which are material but are not reflected in the financial statements or in the notes
thereto, other than liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business since March 31, 2009.
No information, exhibit, or report furnished by the Borrower to any Lender in connection with the
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material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary to
make the statements contained therein not materially misleading.

     Section 4.05 Labor Disputes and Acts of God. Neither the business nor the properties
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any Guarantor are affected by any fire, explosion, accident,
strike, lockout, or other labor dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or
of the public enemy, or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance), materially and
adversely affecting such business or properties or the operation of the Borrower or such Subsidiary
or such Guarantor.

     Section 4.06 Other Agreements. Neither the Borrower nor any Significant Subsidiary
nor any Significant Guarantor is a party to any indenture, loan, or credit agreement, or to any
lease or other agreement or instrument or subject to any charter, corporate or other restriction
which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties,
assets, operations, or conditions, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower or any Significant
Subsidiary or any Significant Guarantor, or the ability of the Borrower or any Significant
Guarantor to carry out its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party. Neither
the Borrower nor any Significant Subsidiary nor any Significant Guarantor is in default in any
material respect in the performance, observance, or fulfillment of any of the obligations,
covenants, or conditions contained in any agreement or instrument material to its business to which
it is a party.

     Section 4.07 Litigation. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.07 or
Schedule 4.14, or reflected in or reserved for in the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.04, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any Guarantor, threatened
action or proceeding against or affecting the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or any
Significant Guarantor before any court, governmental agency, or arbitrator, which could reasonable
be expected, in any one case or in the aggregate, to materially adversely affect the financial
condition, operations, properties, or business of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or any
Significant Guarantor or the ability of the Borrower or any Significant Guarantor to perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party.

     Section 4.08 No Defaults on Outstanding Judgments or Orders. Except for judgments
with respect to which the uninsured liability of the Borrower, each Significant Subsidiary and each
Significant Guarantor does not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate for all such judgments, (a) the
Borrower, each Significant Subsidiary and each Significant Guarantor have satisfied all judgments,
and (b) neither the Borrower nor any Significant Subsidiary nor any Significant Guarantor is in
default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction, decree, ruling or order of any court,
arbitrator, or federal, state, municipal, or other governmental authority, commission, board,
bureau, agency, or instrumentality, domestic or foreign.

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     Section 4.09 Ownership and Liens. The Borrower and each Subsidiary and each Guarantor
have title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of their respective properties and assets, real
and personal, including the properties and assets and leasehold interests reflected in the
financial statements referred to in Section 4.04 (other than any properties or assets disposed of
in the ordinary course of business), and none of the properties and assets owned by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary or any Guarantor and none of their leasehold interests is subject to any Lien,
except such as may be permitted pursuant to Section 6.01.

     Section 4.10 Subsidiaries and Ownership of Stock. Set forth in Schedule 4.10
hereto is a complete and accurate list, as of the date hereof, of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower,
showing the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of each and showing the percentage of the
Borrower’s ownership of the outstanding stock or partnership interest or membership interest of
each Subsidiary. All of the outstanding capital stock of each such corporate Subsidiary has been
validly issued, is fully paid and nonassessable, and is owned by the Borrower free and clear of all
Liens. The limited partnership agreement of each such limited partnership Subsidiary is in full
force and effect and has not been amended or modified, except for such amendments or modifications
as are delivered to the Agent under Section 3.02. Each of the Guarantors is a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower.

     Section 4.11 ERISA. The Borrower and each Subsidiary and each Guarantor are in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA. Neither a Reportable
Event nor a Prohibited Transaction has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Plan; no
notice of intent to terminate a Plan has been filed, nor has any Plan been terminated; no
circumstances exist which constitute grounds entitling the PBGC to institute proceedings to
terminate, or appoint a trustee to administer, a Plan, nor has the PBGC instituted any such
proceedings; neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has completely or partially
withdrawn from a Multiemployer Plan under circumstances that could subject the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to material withdrawal liability; the Borrower and each Commonly Controlled Entity have
met their minimum funding requirements under ERISA with respect to all of their Plans and the
present value of all vested benefits under each Plan does not materially exceed the fair market
value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, as determined on the most recent valuation
date of the Plan and in accordance with the provisions of ERISA; and neither the Borrower nor any
Commonly Controlled Entity has incurred any material liability to the PBGC under ERISA.

     Section 4.12 Operation of Business. The Borrower, each Subsidiary and each Guarantor
possess all material licenses, permits, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade
names, or rights thereto, to conduct their respective businesses substantially as now conducted and
as presently proposed to be conducted and the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries and each
Guarantor are not in violation of any valid rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing
where the failure to possess such licenses, permits, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks,
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with respect thereto could reasonably be expected to, in any one case or in the aggregate,
adversely affect in any material respect the financial condition, operations, properties, or
business of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or any Significant Guarantor or the ability
of the Borrower or any Significant Guarantor to perform its obligation under the Loan Documents to
which it is a party.

     Section 4.13 Taxes. All federal and state income tax liabilities or income tax
obligations, and all other material income tax liabilities or material income tax obligations, of
the Borrower, each Subsidiary and each Guarantor have been paid or have been accrued by or reserved
for by the Borrower. The Borrower constitutes the parent of an affiliated group of corporations
for purposes of filing a consolidated United States federal income tax return.

     Section 4.14 Laws; Environment. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.14 hereto,
(a) the Borrower, each Subsidiary and each Guarantor have duly complied, and their businesses,
operations, assets, equipment, property, leaseholds, or other facilities are in compliance, in all
material respects, with the provisions of all federal, state, and local statutes, laws, codes, and
ordinances and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including without limitation those
relating to the environment, health and safety), except where the failure to so comply could not
reasonably be expected to, in any one case or in the aggregate, adversely affect in any material
respect the financial condition, operations, properties or business of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to perform its obligations under the
Loan Documents to which it is a party; (b) the Borrower, each Subsidiary and each Guarantor have
been issued and will maintain all required federal, state, and local permits, licenses,
certificates, and approvals relating to (1) air emissions; (2) discharges to surface water or
groundwater; (3) noise emissions; (4) solid or liquid waste disposal; (5) the use, generation,
storage, transportation, or disposal of toxic or hazardous substances or hazardous wastes (intended
hereby and hereafter to include any and all such materials listed in any federal, state, or local
law, code, or ordinance and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder as hazardous); or (6)
other environmental, health or safety matters, to the extent for any of the foregoing that failure
to maintain the same could reasonably be expected to, in any one case or in the aggregate,
adversely affect in any material respect the financial condition, operations, properties, or
business of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or any Significant Guarantor or the ability
of the Borrower or any Significant Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to
which it is a party; (c) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary nor any Guarantor has received
notice of, or has actual knowledge of any violations of any federal, state, or local environmental,
health, or safety laws, codes or ordinances or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder with
respect to its businesses, operations, assets, equipment, property, leaseholds, or other
facilities, which violation could reasonably be expected to, in any one case or in the aggregate,
adversely affect in any material respect the financial condition, operations, properties, or
business of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or any Significant Guarantor or the ability
of the Borrower or any Significant Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to
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governmental permit, license, certificate or approval, there has been no material emission,
spill, release, or discharge into or upon (1) the air; (2) soils, or any improvements located
thereon; (3) surface water or groundwater; or (4) the sewer, septic system or waste treatment,
storage or disposal system servicing the premises, of any toxic or hazardous substances or
hazardous wastes at or from the premises, in each case related to the premises of the Borrower,
each Subsidiary and each Guarantor; and accordingly the premises of the Borrower, each Subsidiary
and each Guarantor have not been adversely affected, in any material respect, by any toxic or
hazardous substances or wastes; (e) there has been no complaint, order, directive, claim, citation,
or notice by any governmental authority or any person or entity with respect to material violations
of law or material damages by reason of Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s (1) air emissions; (2)
spills, releases, or discharges to soils or improvements located thereon, surface water,
groundwater or the sewer, septic system or waste treatment, storage or disposal systems servicing
the premises; (3) noise emissions; (4) solid or liquid waste disposal; (5) use, generation,
storage, transportation, or disposal of toxic or hazardous substances or hazardous waste; or (6)
other environmental, health or safety matters affecting the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any
Guarantor or its business, operations, assets, equipment, property, leaseholds, or other
facilities; and (f) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary nor any Guarantor has any material
indebtedness, obligation, or liability, absolute or contingent, matured or not matured, with
respect to the storage, treatment, cleanup, or disposal of any solid wastes, hazardous wastes, or
other toxic or hazardous substances (including without limitation any such indebtedness,
obligation, or liability with respect to any current regulation, law, or statute regarding such
storage, treatment, cleanup, or disposal).

     Section 4.15 Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof
is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     Section 4.16 OFAC. Neither Borrower nor any Guarantor is (or will be) a person with
whom any Lender is restricted from doing business under regulations of the Office of Foreign Asset
Control (“OFAC”) of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America (including,
those Persons named on OFAC’s Specially Designated and Blocked Persons list) or under any statute,
executive order (including, the September 24, 2001 Executive Order Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism), or
other governmental action and is not and shall not engage in any dealings or transactions or
otherwise be associated with such persons. In addition, Borrower hereby agrees to provide to any
Lender with any additional information that such Lender deems necessary from time to time in order
to ensure compliance with all applicable Laws concerning money laundering and similar activities.

     Section 4.17 Accuracy of Information. The representations and warranties by the
Borrower or any Guarantor contained herein or in any other Loan Document or made hereunder or in
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documents provided or to be provided by the Borrower or any Guarantor in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, the negotiation of and
compliance with the Loan Documents), when taken together as a whole, do not contain and will not
contain a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which made, not materially misleading at the time such statements were made or are deemed made.

     Section 4.18 Security Documents.

          (a) Each of the Cash Collateral Agreement and the Collateral Agreement is effective until
release thereof permitted under this Agreement to create in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of
the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein
and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement, the
Collateral Agreement constitutes a fully perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the
Borrower and the Guarantors in such Collateral (other than such Collateral in which a security
interest cannot be perfected by filing of a financing statement under the UCC as in effect at the
relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction) and the proceeds thereof, as security for the
Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to
any other Person except Liens permitted under Section 6.01(1) through (7). In the case of the
Collateral described in the Cash Collateral Agreement, the Cash Collateral Agreement constitutes a
fully perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the Borrower and the Guarantors in such
Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Cash
Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person.

          (b) Upon execution and delivery thereof until release thereof permitted under this Agreement,
each of the Mortgages is effective to create in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders,
a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds
thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the appropriate recording offices, each such Mortgage
shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest
of Borrower and the Guarantors in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security
for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right
to any other Person (other than those exceptions to title set forth in the applicable title
insurance policy described in subclause (c) of item (4) of the Secured Borrowing Base Conditions
and other than Liens permitted pursuant to clause (g) of the definition of Mortgage Conditions or
Section 6.01(7)).

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ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

          So long as any Note shall remain unpaid or any Facility Letter of Credit Obligations shall
remain outstanding or any Lender shall have any Commitment under this Agreement, the Borrower will
(unless otherwise agreed to by the Required Lenders in writing):

     Section 5.01 Maintenance of Existence. Preserve and maintain, and cause each
Subsidiary to preserve and maintain (except for a Subsidiary that ceases to maintain its existence
solely as a result of an Internal Reorganization), its corporate, limited partnership or limited
liability company existence and good standing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation
and qualify and remain qualified to transact business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required except where the failure to so qualify to transact business could not
reasonably be expected to affect in any material respect the financial condition, operations,
properties or business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

     Section 5.02 Maintenance of Records. Keep and cause each Subsidiary to keep, adequate
records and books of account, in which complete entries will be made in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, reflecting all financial transactions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

     Section 5.03 Maintenance of Properties. Maintain, keep, and preserve, and cause each
Subsidiary to maintain, keep, and preserve, all of its properties (tangible and intangible)
necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted.

     Section 5.04 Conduct of Business. Continue, and cause each Subsidiary to continue
(except in the case of a Subsidiary that ceases to engage in business solely as a result of an
Internal Reorganization), to engage in a business of the same general type and in the same manner
as conducted by it on the date of this Agreement.

     Section 5.05 Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to
maintain, insurance with financially sound reputable insurance companies or associations (or, in
the case of insurance for construction warranties and builder default protection for buyers of
Housing Units from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or UHIC) in such amounts and covering
such risks as are usually carried by companies engaged in the same or a similar business and
similarly situated, which insurance may provide for reasonable deductibility from coverage thereof.
In addition, if any structure on any Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as a special flood hazard area and in which flood insurance has
been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, then the Borrower shall
maintain or cause its applicable Subsidiary to maintain, a policy of flood insurance as described
in subclause (c) of item (4) of the Secured Borrowing Base Conditions.

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     Section 5.06 Compliance with Laws. Comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, in
all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders, the noncompliance
with which could not reasonably be expected to, in any one case or in the aggregate, adversely
affect in any material respect the financial condition, operations, properties or business of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such compliance to include,
without limitation, paying before the same become delinquent all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges imposed upon it or upon its property, other than any such taxes, assessments
and charges being contested by the Borrower in good faith which will not have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition of the Borrower; and with respect to the matters disclosed in
Schedule 4.14, implement prudent measures to achieve compliance with all relevant laws and
regulations within a reasonable time and in accordance with requirements negotiated with applicable
regulatory agencies.

     Section 5.07 Right of Inspection. At any reasonable time and from time to time,
permit any Lender or any agent or representative thereof to examine and make copies of and
abstracts from the records and books of account of, and visit the properties of, the Borrower and
any Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances, and accounts of the Borrower and any
Subsidiary with any of their respective officers and directors and the Borrower’s independent
accountants.

     Section 5.08 Reporting Requirements. Furnish to the Agent for delivery to each of the
Lenders:

          (1) Quarterly financial statements. As soon as available and in any event within fifty (50)
days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, an
unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end
of such quarter, unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and cash flow of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and
ending with the end of such quarter, and unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in
stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the portion of the fiscal year ended
with the last day of such quarter, all in reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the
respective figures for the corresponding date and period in the previous fiscal year and all
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and certified by the chief financial officer
of the Borrower (subject to year-end adjustments); the timely filing by the Borrower of the
Borrower’s quarterly 10-Q report with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall satisfy the
foregoing requirements.

          (2) Annual financial statements. As soon as available and in any event within ninety-five
(95) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, consolidated statements of
operations and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year,

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and consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the
respective figures for the corresponding date and period in the prior fiscal year and all prepared
in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and accompanied by an opinion thereon acceptable to
the Agent by Deloitte & Touche or other independent accountants selected by the Borrower and
acceptable to the Agent; the timely filing by the Borrower of the
Borrower’s annual 10-K
report with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall satisfy the foregoing requirements.

          (3) [Intentionally deleted.]

          (4) [Intentionally deleted.]

          (5) Management letters. Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any reports submitted to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary by independent certified public accountants in connection with
examination of the financial statements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary made by such accountants.

          (6) [Intentionally deleted.]

          (7) Compliance certificate. Within fifty (50) days after the end of each of the first three
quarters, and within ninety-five (95) days after the end of each fourth quarter, of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, a certificate of the President or chief financial officer of the Borrower
certifying (a) the Borrower’s compliance with all financial covenants including, without
limitation, those set forth in Section 6.10 and Article VII hereof, which certificate shall set
forth in reasonable detail the computation thereof and (b) certifying that to the best of his
knowledge no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if a Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action
which is proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

          (8) [Intentionally deleted.]

          (9) [Intentionally deleted.]

          (10) Notice of litigation. Promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of all actions,
suits, and proceedings before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau,
agency, or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary which, if
determined adversely to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in
a judgment against the Borrower or such Subsidiary in excess of $10,000,000 (to the extent not
covered by insurance) or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition, properties, or operations of the Borrower or such Subsidiary.

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          (11) Notice of Defaults and Events of Default. As soon as possible and in any event within
ten (10) days after the occurrence of each Default or Event of Default, a written notice setting
forth the details of such Default or Event of Default and the action which is proposed to be taken
by the Borrower with respect thereto.

          (12) ERISA reports. As soon as possible, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the
Borrower knows or has reason to know that any circumstances exist that constitute grounds entitling
the PBGC to institute proceedings to terminate a Plan subject to ERISA with respect to the Borrower
or any Commonly Controlled Entity, and promptly but in any event within two (2) Business Days of
receipt by the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity of notice that the PBGC intends to
terminate a Plan or appoint a trustee to administer the same, and promptly but in any event within
five (5) Business Days of the receipt of notice concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability
in excess of $50,000 with respect to the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity, the Borrower
will deliver to each Lender a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower setting
forth all relevant details and the action which the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.

          (13) [Intentionally deleted.]

          (14) Proxy statements, etc. Promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all proxy
statements, financial statements, and reports which the Borrower or any Subsidiary sends to its
stockholders, and copies of all regular, periodic, and special reports, and all registration
statements which the Borrower or any Subsidiary files with the Securities and Exchange Commission
or any governmental authority which may be substituted therefor, or with any national securities
exchange.

          (15) [Intentionally deleted].

          (16) General information. Such other information respecting the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as any Lender may from time to time
reasonably request.

     Section 5.09 [Intentionally Deleted].

     Section 5.10 Environment. Be and remain, and cause each Subsidiary to be and remain,
in compliance with the provisions of all federal, state, and local environmental, health, and
safety laws, codes and ordinances, and all rules and regulations issued thereunder, except where
the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to, in any one case or in the aggregate,
adversely affect in any material respect the financial condition, operations, properties or
business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to
perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party; with respect to matters
disclosed in Schedule 4.14, implement prudent measures to achieve compliance with all
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laws and regulations within a reasonable time and in accordance with requirements negotiated
with applicable regulatory agencies; notify the Agent promptly of any notice of a hazardous
discharge or environmental complaint received from any governmental agency or any other party (and
the Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly following its receipt of any such notice from the
Borrower); notify the Agent promptly of any hazardous discharge from or affecting its premises if
(i) the storage, treatment or cleanup of such hazardous discharge (all in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations) or (ii) the diminution in the value of the assets affected by such
hazardous discharge, is reasonably expected to exceed $10,000 (and the Agent shall notify the
Lenders promptly following its receipt of any such notice from the Borrower); promptly contain and
remove the same, in compliance with all applicable laws; promptly pay any fine or penalty assessed
in connection therewith; permit any Lender to inspect the premises, to conduct tests thereon, and
to inspect all books, correspondence, and records pertaining thereto; and at such Lender’s request,
and at the Borrower’s expense, provide a report of a qualified environmental engineer, satisfactory
in scope, form, and content to the Required Lenders, and such other and further assurances
reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders that the condition has been corrected.

     Section 5.11 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans solely as provided in
Section 2.13.

     Section 5.12 Ranking of Obligations. Ensure that at all times its Obligations under
the Loan Documents shall be and constitute unconditional general obligations of the Borrower
ranking at least pari passu with all its other unsecured Debt.

     Section 5.13 Taxes. Pay and cause each Subsidiary to pay when due all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or property, except
those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which
adequate reserves have been set aside.

     Section 5.14 [Intentionally Deleted].

     Section 5.15 New Subsidiaries. Within fifty (50) days after the end of any fiscal
quarter of the Borrower during which any Person shall have become a Subsidiary, cause such
Subsidiary to (i) execute and deliver to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a Supplemental
Guaranty, (ii) become a Grantor under the Collateral Agreement by executing and delivering an
assumption agreement to the Collateral Agreement substantially in the form of Annex I thereto, and
(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered an opinion of counsel, certified copies of resolutions,
articles of incorporation or other formation documents, incumbency certificates and other documents
with respect to such Subsidiary and its Guaranty substantially similar to the documents delivered
pursuant to Section 3.02 with respect to the Guarantors, all of which shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent in form and substance; provided that if and so long as any such
Subsidiary has total assets the book value of which is not more than $5,000,000, the

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Borrower shall not be required to comply with this Section. None of the Title Companies nor
UHIC nor BMC shall be required to deliver a Guaranty.

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

          Except during any period when the Cash Secured Option shall apply to the Facility, so long as
any Note shall remain unpaid or any Facility Letter of Credit Obligations shall remain outstanding
or any Lender shall have any Commitment under this Agreement, the Borrower and each Guarantor will
not (unless otherwise agreed to by the Required Lenders in writing):

     Section 6.01 Liens. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, or permit any
Subsidiary to create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, any Lien, upon or with respect to any of
its properties, now owned or hereafter acquired, except the following:

          (1) Liens for taxes or assessments or other government charges or levies if not yet due and
payable or, if due and payable, if they are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which appropriate reserves are maintained;

          (2) Liens imposed by law, such as mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s, and
carriers’ Liens, and other similar Liens, securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business which are not past due for more than ninety (90) days or which are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established;

          (3) Liens under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, Social Security, or similar
legislation (other than Liens imposed by ERISA);

          (4) Liens, deposits, or pledges to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other
than contracts for the payment of money), Capital Leases (permitted under the terms of this
Agreement), public or statutory obligations, surety, stay, appeal, indemnity, performance, or other
similar bonds, or other similar obligations arising in the ordinary course of business;

          (5) Judgment and other similar Liens arising in connection with any court proceeding, provided
the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and the claims secured
thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;

          (6) Easements, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning, building and land use
restrictions), restrictive covenants (including, without limitation, any Lien rights granted
pursuant to any recorded declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions to any property
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assessments), and other similar encumbrances which, in the aggregate, do not materially
interfere with the occupation, use, and enjoyment by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the property
or assets encumbered thereby in the normal course of its business or materially impair the value of
the property subject thereto;

          (7) Liens in favor of a seller of Entitled Land, Lots Under Development or Finished Lots
requiring the Borrower or any Subsidiary to make a payment upon the future sale of such Entitled
Land, Lots Under Development or Finished Lots;

          (8) Rights of repurchase and/or rights of first refusal in favor of sellers of property or
assets;

          (9) Liens securing Secured Debt (A) permitted under clause (1) of Section 6.02, but only to
the extent such Liens are limited to (i) Real Property that is not a Secured Borrowing Base Asset,
(ii) personal property rights arising solely from Real Property described in clause (A), and
(iii) Cash Equivalents not constituting Collateral, and (B) permitted under clause (2) of Section
6.02, but only to the extent such Liens are subordinated in the manner required under clause (2) of
Section 6.02; and

          (10) Liens pursuant to the Security Documents.

     Section 6.02 Secured Debt. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit any
Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Secured Debt, except for:

          (1) Secured Debt in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not exceeding
(A) if no Secured Debt referred to in clause (2) of this Section 6.02 is then outstanding, a
principal amount equal to $200,000,000 minus the Aggregate Commitments or (B) if Secured
Debt referred to in clause (2) of this Section 6.02 is then outstanding, a principal amount equal
to $700,000,000 minus the then outstanding principal amount of such Secured Debt referred
to in clause (2) of this Section 6.02 minus the Aggregate Commitments, and such Secured
Debt either:

	 	(A)	 	is (i) Secured Debt the proceeds of which are used by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries solely for working capital purposes and general
corporate purposes and (ii) secured only by Liens permitted under clause (9)(A)
of Section 6.; or
	 
	 	(B)	 	is Secured Debt of an entity acquired by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries after the Closing Date; provided that, (i) such Secured
Debt was in existence prior to the date of such Acquisition and was not
incurred in anticipation thereof and (ii) the Liens securing such Secured Debt
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	 	 	 	extend to any other assets other than those theretofore encumbered by such
Liens; and

          (2) Junior lien Secured Debt in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not
exceeding $700,000,000 minus the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Secured
Debt described in clause (1) above; provided that (A) the Agent is granted first priority
Liens on all assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries granted to the holders of such junior Lien
Debt, other than assets encumbered by Liens described in clause (1) and clause (2) above, and (B)
Liens securing such Secured Debt shall be fully subordinated silent junior Liens subordinated to
all Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to an intercreditor agreement to be entered into
between the Agent and the agent or indenture trustee for such junior lien Secured Debt, which shall
be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders in their respective sole and
absolute discretion.

     Section 6.03 Mergers, Etc. Wind up, liquidate or dissolve itself, reorganize, merge
or consolidate with or into, or convey, sell, assign, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of
(whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets
(whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to any Person, or acquire all or substantially all the
assets or the business of any Person, or permit any Subsidiary to do so, except (1) for any
Permitted Acquisition, (2) that any Guarantor may merge into or transfer assets to the Borrower as
a result of an Internal Reorganization or otherwise and (3) that any Guarantor may merge into or
consolidate with or transfer assets to any other Guarantor as a result of an Internal
Reorganization or otherwise.

     Section 6.04 Leases. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, or permit any
Subsidiary to create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, any obligation as lessee for the rental or
hire of any real or personal property, except (1) Capital Leases not otherwise prohibited by the
terms of this Agreement; (2) leases existing on the date of this Agreement and any extension or
renewals thereof; (3) leases between the Borrower and any Subsidiary or between any Subsidiaries;
(4) operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (5) any lease of property
having a value of $500,000 or less.

     Section 6.05 Sale and Leaseback. Sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or permit
any Subsidiary to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, any real or personal property to any
Person and thereafter directly or indirectly lease back the same or similar property, except for
the sale and leaseback of model homes.

     Section 6.06 Sale of Assets. Sell, lease, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of,
or permit any Subsidiary to sell, lease, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, any of its now
owned or hereafter acquired assets (including, without limitation, shares of stock and indebtedness
of subsidiaries, receivables, and leasehold interests), except (a) for (1) Inventory disposed of in
the ordinary course of business; (2) the sale or other disposition of assets no

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longer used or useful in the conduct of its business, provided that the Borrower is in
compliance with Section 2.01.2(b)(i) hereof and no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
or (3) the sale and leaseback of model homes; (b) that any Guarantor may sell, lease, assign, or
otherwise transfer its assets to the Borrower or any other Guarantor in connection with an Internal
Reorganization or otherwise; and (c) that the provisions of this Section 6.06 shall not affect or
limit the Borrower’s obligations under Section 6.03.

     Section 6.07 Investments. Make, or permit any Subsidiary to make, any loan or advance
to any Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire, or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or otherwise
acquire, any capital stock, assets (other than assets acquired in the ordinary course of business),
obligation, or other securities of, make any capital contribution to, or otherwise invest in or
acquire any interest in any Person including, without limitation, any hostile takeover, hostile
tender offer or similar hostile transaction (collectively, “Investments”), except:

          (1) Cash Equivalents;

          (2) securities permitted as investments under the Borrower’s investment policy in effect from
time to time and consented to by Required Lenders;

          (3) stock, obligation, or securities received in settlement of debts (created in the ordinary
course of business) owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary provided such issuance is approved by
the board of directors of the issuer thereof;

          (4) a loan or advance from the Borrower to a Subsidiary, or from a Subsidiary to a Subsidiary,
or from a Subsidiary to the Borrower (subject, however, to the limitations set forth below in the
case of Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors);

          (5) any Permitted Acquisition;

          (6) an Investment in a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, which Investment is, or constitutes a part of,
an Internal Reorganization (subject, however, to the limitations set forth below in the case of
Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors);

          (7) redemptions and repurchases of senior Debt; provided that in each instance the
Borrower shall continue to be in compliance with the minimum liquidity covenant in Section 7.04
immediately after giving effect to such redemption or repurchase;

          (8) redemption and repurchases in respect of any subordinated Debt of Borrower or any of its
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries; provided that in each instance the Borrower shall continue to be
in compliance with the minimum liquidity covenant in Section 7.04 immediately after giving effect
to such redemption or repurchase;

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          (9) any redemption, repurchase, exchange or refinancing of Debt (A) in exchange for, or out of
the proceeds of the substantially concurrent issuance and sale of, equity interests (other than
Disqualified Stock), or (B) in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent
incurrence of, Refinancing Debt;

          (10) Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors and Investments in Joint Ventures
(including Guarantees of Debt and other obligations of Joint Ventures);

          (11) any other Investment not identified in clauses (1) though (9) above (subject; however, to
the limitations set forth below);

provided, that the aggregate amount of all Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
permitted under clauses (10) and (11) above and the contingent obligations under guaranties
permitted under clause (3) of Section 6.08 below does not at any time exceed $100,000,000.

     Section 6.08 Guaranties, Etc. Assume, guarantee, endorse, or otherwise be or become
directly or contingently responsible or liable, or permit any Subsidiary to assume, guarantee,
endorse, or otherwise be or become directly or contingently responsible or liable (including, but
not limited to, an agreement to purchase any obligation, stock, assets, goods, or services, or to
supply or advance any funds, assets, goods, or services, or an agreement to maintain or cause such
Person to maintain a minimum working capital or net worth or otherwise to assure the creditors of
any Person against loss), for obligations of any Person, except: (1) guaranties by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
business; (2) guaranties of performance obligations in the ordinary course of business; (3)
guaranties of the Debt or other obligations of any Joint Venture or any Subsidiary that is not a
Guarantor, and (4) that the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any Guarantor may, whether as a result of
an Internal Reorganization or otherwise, guarantee the Debt of any other Subsidiary (other than any
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor) or Guarantor or the Borrower permitted under this Agreement.

     Section 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction, including,
without limitation, the purchase, sale, or exchange of property or the rendering of any service,
with any Affiliate, or permit any Subsidiary to enter into any transaction, including, without
limitation, the purchase, sale, or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any
Affiliate, except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the
Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s or any Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no
less favorable to the Borrower or such Guarantor or any Subsidiary than would obtain in a
comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate (which exception shall include
the payment of insurance premiums to UHIC for the purchase of construction warranties and builder
default protection for buyers of Housing Units from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and to
the Title Companies for title insurance); provided, however, that, the following
transactions shall not be prohibited by this Section 6.09: (i) transactions involving the

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purchase, sale or exchange of property having a value of $500,000 or less; (ii) transactions
otherwise permitted by this Agreement; (iii) the issuance of any equity interests (whether common
or preferred), other than Disqualified Stock, to Affiliates that are not officers or directors of
Borrower or any Guarantor; and (iv) the execution of customary agreements entered into with
shareholders relating to (x) registration rights and, related to such registration rights,
reasonable indemnification rights and reasonable cost reimbursements, (y) board observation rights
and (z) other provisions reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

     Section 6.10 [Intentionally Deleted].

     Section 6.11 [Intentionally Deleted].

     Section 6.12 Non-Guarantors. Permit UHIC to engage in any business other than the
issuance of construction warranties and builder default protection for buyers of Housing Units from
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or permit any of the Title Companies to engage in any
business other than title insurance.

     Section 6.13 Negative Pledge. Directly or indirectly enter into any agreement with
any Person that prohibits or restricts or limits the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to
create, incur, pledge or suffer to exist any Lien upon any assets of the Borrower or any Guarantor
in favor of or for the benefit of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuers, as
contemplated by clause (2) of Section 6.02 or as required to satisfy any condition of the Cash
Secured Option or with respect to any Facility Letter of Credit.

ARTICLE VII

FINANCIAL COVENANTS

          So long as any Note shall remain unpaid or any Facility Letter of Credit shall remain
outstanding or any Lender shall have any Commitment under this Agreement (unless otherwise agreed
to by the Required Lenders in writing):

     Section 7.01 Minimum Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. The Borrower will, as of the
last day of each fiscal quarter, maintain a Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of not less than: (a)
during any time that the Cash Secured Option applies to the Facility, $1, and (b) during any time
that the Secured Borrowing Base Option applies to the Facility, $85,000,000.

     Section 7.02 Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio to
exceed at any time (a) during any time that the Cash Secured Option applies to the Facility, 100.0
to 1.0, and (b) during any time that the Secured Borrowing Base Option applies to the Facility, 8.0
to 1.0.

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     Section 7.03 Interest Coverage Ratio. The Borrower shall maintain an Interest
Coverage Ratio of not less than (a) during any time that the Cash Secured Option applies to the
Facility, -10.0 to 1.0, and (b) during any time that the Secured Borrowing Base Option applies to
the Facility, -10.0 to 1.0.

     Section 7.04 Minimum Liquidity. If, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most
recently ended, the Interest Coverage Ratio is less than 2.0 to 1.0, the Borrower shall maintain
Unrestricted Cash not included in the Secured Borrowing Base in an amount of not less than
$120,000,000.

ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     Section 8.01 Events of Default. If any of the following events shall occur:

          (1) The Borrower shall fail to pay (a) the principal of any Note, or any amount of a
commitment or other fee, as and when due and payable or (b) interest on any Note within five (5)
Business Days after the same is due and payable;

          (2) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or by any Guarantor in
any Loan Document or which is contained in any certificate, document, opinion, or financial or
other statement furnished at any time under or in connection with this Agreement shall prove to
have been incorrect, incomplete, or misleading in any material respect on or as of the date made or
deemed made;

          (3) The Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant, or
agreement contained in Articles V, VI or VII hereof, and such failure shall continue for a period
of thirty (30) consecutive days after delivery of written notice thereof from the Agent to the
Borrower or such Guarantor;

          (4) The Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or any Significant Guarantor shall (a) fail to
pay (within the applicable cure period, if any) any amount in respect of indebtedness for borrowed
money equal to or in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate (other than the Notes) of the Borrower
or such Significant Subsidiary or such Significant Guarantor, as the case may be, or any interest
or premium thereon, when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration,
demand, or otherwise); or (b) fail to perform or observe any term, covenant, or condition on its
part to be performed or observed (within the applicable cure period, if any) under any agreement or
instrument relating to any such indebtedness, when required to be performed or observed, if the
effect of such failure to perform or observe is to accelerate the maturity of such indebtedness, or
to permit the acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness after the giving of notice or
passage of time, or both, and after giving effect to any amendment or waiver; or (c) any such
indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be

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prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), repurchased (or an offer to
repurchase to be made) or redeemed prior to the stated maturity thereof (other than as otherwise
permitted under the terms of this Agreement);

          (5) The Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or any Significant Guarantor (a) shall
generally not pay, or shall be unable to pay, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts as such debts become due; or (b) shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
petition or apply to any tribunal for the appointment of a custodian, receiver, or trustee for it
or a substantial part of its assets; or (c) shall commence any proceeding under any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution, or liquidation law or statute of
any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect; or (d) shall have had any such petition or
application filed or any such proceeding commenced against it in which an order for relief is
entered or an adjudication or appointment is made and which remains undismissed for a period of
sixty (60) days or more; or (e) shall take any corporate partnership, limited liability company or
similar organizational action indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in any such
petition, application, proceeding, or order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver,
or trustee for all or any substantial part of its properties; or (f) shall suffer any such
custodianship, receivership, or trusteeship to continue undischarged for a period of sixty (60)
days or more. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral pursuant to
Section 2.22.15, such amount shall be returned to the Borrower from the Facility Letter of Credit
Collateral Account from time to time to the extent that no Event of Default is continuing and
either the amount deposited shall exceed the Defaulting Lender’s Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations or if such Lender ceases to be a Defaulting Lender;

          (6) One or more judgments, decrees, or orders for the payment of money in excess of
$25,000,000 in the aggregate shall be rendered against the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary and/or
any Guarantor, and such judgments, decrees, or orders shall continue unsatisfied and in effect for
a period of twenty (20) consecutive days without being vacated, discharged, satisfied, or stayed or
bonded pending appeal;

          (7) Any Guaranty hereunder shall at any time after its execution and delivery and for any
reason cease to be in full force and effect or shall be declared null and void, or the validity or
enforceability thereof shall be contested by the Guarantor or the Guarantor shall deny it has any
further liability or obligation under, or shall fail to perform its obligations under, the Guaranty
(except to the extent that the foregoing occurs solely by reason of the liquidation or dissolution
of a Guarantor as a result of an Internal Reorganization);

          (8) Any Change of Control of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any Guarantor shall occur;

          (9) Any of the following events shall occur or exist with respect to the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any Commonly Controlled Entity under ERISA: any Reportable Event shall

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occur; complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan shall take place; any
Prohibited Transaction shall occur; a notice of intent to terminate a Plan shall be filed, or a
Plan shall be terminated; or circumstances shall exist which constitute grounds entitling the PBGC
to institute proceedings to terminate a Plan, or the PBGC shall institute such proceedings; and in
each case above, such event or condition, together with all other events or conditions described in
this Section 8.01(9), if any, could subject the Borrower or any Significant Guarantor or
Significant Subsidiary to any tax, penalty, or other liability which in the aggregate may exceed
$1,000,000;

          (10) If any federal, state, or local agency asserts a material claim against the Borrower or
any Significant Guarantor or Significant Subsidiary and/or its assets, equipment, property,
leaseholds, or other facilities for damages or cleanup costs relating to a hazardous discharge or
an environmental complaint; provided, however, that such claim shall not constitute
a Default if, within fifteen (15) days of the occurrence giving rise to the claim, (a) the Borrower
can prove to the reasonable satisfaction of the Required Lenders that the Borrower has commenced
and is diligently pursuing either: (i) a cure or correction of the event which constitutes the
basis for the claim, and continues diligently to pursue such cure or correction, it being hereby
acknowledged by the Lenders that (with respect to the matters disclosed in Schedule 4.14)
the Borrower’s compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 5.06 and 5.10 shall satisfy the
requirements of this clause (i), or (ii) proceedings for an injunction, a restraining order or
other appropriate emergent relief preventing such agency or agencies from asserting such claim,
which relief is granted within thirty (30) days of the occurrence giving rise to the claim and the
injunction, order, or emergent relief is not thereafter resolved or reversed on appeal or (iii) the
defense against the claim through action in a court or agency exercising jurisdiction over the
claim; and (b) in any of the foregoing events (except for the matters disclosed in Schedule
4.14, as to which no security is required), the Borrower has posted a bond, letter of credit,
or other security satisfactory in form, substance, and amount to the Required Lenders and the
agency or entity asserting the claim to secure the correction of the event which constitutes the
basis for the claim in accordance with applicable laws;

          (11) Except with respect to releases of Liens permitted under this Agreement, any of the
Security Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect, or any Loan Party
or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert, or any Lien created by any of the Security
Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be created
thereby;

          (12) Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any term, covenant or
agreement contained in the Cash Collateral Agreement, the Collateral Agreement or any Mortgage, and
such default shall continue unremedied for 30 consecutive days after the delivery of notice thereof
from the Agent to such Loan Party.

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	 	 	 	(i) if any Event of Default described in Section 8.01(5) occurs with respect to
the Borrower, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and the
obligation and power of the Issuers to issue Facility Letters of Credit shall
automatically terminate and the Obligations shall immediately become due and
payable without any election or action on the part of the Agent, any Issuer or
any Lender and, if at such time the Secured Borrowing Base Option is in effect,
the Borrower will be and become thereby unconditionally obligated, without any
further notice, act or demand, to pay to the Agent an amount in immediately
available funds, which funds shall be held in the Cash Collateral Account,
equal to the difference of (x) 105% of the amount of Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations at such time, less (y) the amount on deposit in the Facility Letter
of Credit Collateral Account at such time which is free and clear of all rights
and claims of third parties and has not been applied against the Obligations
(such difference, the “Collateral Shortfall Amount”). If any other Event of
Default occurs, the Required Lenders (or the Agent with the consent of the
Required Lenders) may (a) terminate or suspend the obligations of the Lenders
to make Loans hereunder and the obligation and power of the Issuers to issue
Facility Letters of Credit, or declare the Obligations to be due and payable,
or both, whereupon the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the
Borrower hereby expressly waives, and (b) upon notice to the Borrower and in
addition to the continuing right to demand payment of all amounts payable under
this Agreement, make demand on the Borrower to pay, and the Borrower will,
forthwith upon such demand and without any further notice or act, pay to the
Agent the Collateral Shortfall Amount, which funds shall be deposited in the
Cash Collateral Account.
	 
	 	 	 	(ii) If at any time while any Event of Default is continuing, the Agent
determines that the Collateral Shortfall Amount at such time is greater than
zero, the Agent may make demand on the Borrower to pay, and the Borrower will,
forthwith upon such demand and without any further notice or act, pay to the
Agent the Collateral Shortfall Amount, which funds shall be deposited in the
Cash Collateral Account.
	 
	 	 	 	(iii) The Agent may, at any time or from time to time after funds are deposited
in the Cash Collateral Account or the Facility Letter of Credit Collateral
Account, apply such funds to the payment of the Obligations and any other
amounts as shall from time to time have become due and payable by the Borrower
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	 	 	 	(iv) At any time while any Event of Default is continuing, neither the Borrower
nor any Person claiming on behalf of or through the Borrower shall have any
right to withdraw any of the funds held in the Cash Collateral Account or the
Facility Letter of Credit Collateral Account. After all of the Obligations
have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Aggregate Commitment has been
terminated, any funds remaining in the Cash Collateral Account or the Facility
Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall be returned by the Agent to the
Borrower or paid to whomever may be legally entitled thereto at such time.
	 
	 	 	 	(v) If within 30 days after acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations or
termination of the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and the obligation
and power of the Issuer to issue Facility Letters of Credit hereunder as a
result of any Event of Default (other than any Event of Default as described in
Section 8.01(5) with respect to the Borrower) and before any judgment or decree
for the payment of the Obligations due shall have been obtained or entered, the
Required Lenders (in their sole discretion) shall so direct, the Agent shall,
by notice to the Borrower, rescind and annul such acceleration and/or
termination.
	 
	 	 	 	(vi) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default,
the Agent may exercise any and all remedies provided under any of the Security
Documents or otherwise provided by law.

     Section 8.02 Set Off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, without notice to the
Borrower (any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower), to set off and apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other
indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower
against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement or any Note or Notes held by such Lender or any other Loan Document, irrespective of
whether or not the Agent or such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any Note
or Notes held by such Lender or such other Loan Document and although such obligations may be
unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) after any
such set-off and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender under this Section 8.02 are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off)
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ARTICLE IX

AGENCY PROVISIONS

     Section 9.01 Authorization and Action. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and
authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof and
thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The duties of the Agent
shall be mechanical and administrative in nature and the Agent shall not by reason of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document be a trustee or fiduciary for any Lender or Issuer. The Agent
shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement or any other
Loan Document (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Notes), the Agent
shall not be required to act or to refrain from acting except upon the instructions of the Required
Lenders or, to the extent required under Section 10.01, all Lenders (and shall be fully protected
in so acting or so refraining from acting), and such instructions shall be binding upon all
Lenders, all Issuers and all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Agent
shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Agent to personal liability or which is
contrary to this Agreement or applicable law. The Agent shall administer the Loan in the same
manner that it would administer a comparable loan held 100% for its own account. The Agent may
perform any of its duties under this Agreement and any other Loan Document by and through its
agents (which shall include any third party sub-agent or mortgage servicer).

     Section 9.02 Liability of Agent. Neither the Agent nor any of its Affiliates or any
of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees or advisors shall be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them in good faith under or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document in the absence of its or their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent (1) may treat the payee of
any Note as the holder thereof until the Agent receives written notice of the assignment or
transfer thereof signed by such payee and in form satisfactory to the Agent; (2) may consult with
legal counsel (including counsel for the Borrower), independent public accountants and other
experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good
faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants, or experts; (3) makes no
warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any
statements, warranties, or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement; (4) shall
not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any terms,
covenants, or conditions of this Agreement on the part of the Borrower (other than the payment of
principal, interest and fees due hereunder), or to inspect the property (including the books and
records) of the Borrower; (5) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution,
legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, perfection, sufficiency or value of this Agreement
or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or the value, sufficiency, creation,
perfection or priority of any Lien in any collateral security; and (6) shall incur no liability
under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other
instrument or writing (which may be sent by any telecommunication device capable of creating a
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record (including electronic mail)) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent
by the proper party or parties.

     Section 9.03 Rights of Agent Individually. (a) The Person serving as the Agent shall
have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise
the same as though it were not the Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise
expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the
Agent in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend
money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage
in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliate thereof as
if such Person were not the Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

               (b) Each Lender and each Issuer understands that the Person serving as Agent, acting in its
individual capacity, and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Agent’s Group”) are engaged in
a wide range of financial services and businesses (including investment management, financing,
securities trading, corporate and investment banking and research) (such services and businesses
are collectively referred to in this Section 9.03 as “Activities”) and may engage in the
Activities with or on behalf of one or more of the Loan Parties or their respective Affiliates.
Furthermore, the Agent’s Group may, in undertaking the Activities, engage in trading in financial
products or undertake other investment businesses for its own account or on behalf of others
(including the Loan Parties and their Affiliates and including holding, for its own account or on
behalf of others, equity, debt and similar positions in any of the Borrower, another Loan Party or
their respective Affiliates), including trading in or holding long, short or derivative positions
in securities, loans or other financial products of one or more of the Loan Parties or their
Affiliates. Each Lender and each Issuer understands and agrees that in engaging in the Activities,
the Agent’s Group may receive or otherwise obtain information concerning the Loan Parties or their
Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their
respective Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) which information may not be
available to any of the Lenders that are not members of the Agent’s Group. None of the Agent nor
any member of the Agent’s Group shall have any duty to disclose to any Lender or use on behalf of
the Lenders, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose or use, any information
whatsoever about or derived from the Activities or otherwise (including any information concerning
the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of
any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party) or to account for any revenue or profits
obtained in connection with the Activities, except that the Agent shall deliver or otherwise make
available to each Lender such documents as are expressly required by any Loan Document to be
transmitted by the Agent to the Lenders.

               (c) Each Lender and each Issuer further understands that there may be situations where members
of the Agent’s Group or their respective customers (including the Loan Parties and their
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conflict with the interests of any one or more of the Lenders (including the interests of the
Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents). Each Lender and each Issuer agrees that no
member of the Agent’s Group is or shall be required to restrict its activities as a result of the
Person serving as Agent being a member of the Agent’s Group, and that each member of the Agent’s
Group may undertake any Activities without further consultation with or notification to any Lender
or any Issuer. None of (i) this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the receipt by the
Agent’s Group of information concerning the Loan Parties or their Affiliates (including information
concerning the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their respective Obligations hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents) or (iii) any other matter shall give rise to any fiduciary,
equitable or contractual duties (including without limitation any duty of trust or confidence)
owing by the Agent or any member of the Agent’s Group to any Lender including any such duty that
would prevent or restrict the Agent’s Group from acting on behalf of customers (including the Loan
Parties or their Affiliates) or for its own account.

     Section 9.04 Independent Credit Decisions. Each Lender and each Issuer acknowledges
that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on
such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each Issuer also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents
and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions
in taking or not taking action under this Agreement. The Agent shall promptly provide the Lenders
and Issuers with copies of all notices of default and other formal notices sent or received by the
Agent in accordance with Section 10.02, any written notice relating to changes in the Borrower’s
debt ratings received by the Agent from the Borrower or a ratings agency, any documents received by
the Agent pursuant to Section 5.08 (except to the extent that the Borrower has furnished the same
directly to the Lenders) and any other documents or notices received by the Agent with respect to
this Agreement and requested in writing by any Lender.

     Section 9.05 Indemnification. The Lenders severally agree to indemnify the Agent and
each of its Affiliates, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and
advisors (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the
Borrower to do so), in the proportion of their Pro Rata Shares, from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted
against the Agent or any of its Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents and advisors, in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents, provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of any of the
foregoing (i) resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or such
Affiliate, director, officer, employee, agent or advisor, (ii) on account of a strictly internal or
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Agent), or (iii) in connection with a breach of an agreement made by the Agent to a Lender
under this Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to
reimburse the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the
obligation of the Borrower to do so) promptly upon demand for such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with the
preparation, administration, or enforcement of, or legal advice in respect of rights or
responsibilities under, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided,
however, that no Lender shall be required to reimburse the Agent for any such expenses
incurred (i) resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, or (ii) in
connection with a breach of an agreement made by the Agent to a Lender under this Agreement.

     Section 9.06 Successor Agent. (a) The Agent may resign at any time by giving at
least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and may be
removed at any time with or without cause by the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or
removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent, subject to Section
9.06(b). If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall
have accepted such appointment, within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent’s giving of notice
of resignation or the Required Lenders’ removal of the retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may,
on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a commercial bank or federal
savings bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof,
subject to Section 9.06(b). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a
successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s
resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article IX shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this
Agreement.

               (b) The appointment of any successor Agent that is not a Lender shall, as long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, be subject to the prior written approval of the
Borrower, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

     Section 9.07 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain any payments
(whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on
account of any Note or Notes held by it in excess of its Pro Rata Share of payments on account of
the Notes obtained by all Lenders, such Lender shall purchase from the other Lenders such
participations in the Notes held by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to
share the excess payment ratably with each of the other Lenders, provided, however,
that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing
Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and each applicable Lender shall repay to
the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount
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Lender’s required repayment to (2) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender)
of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total
amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from
another Lender pursuant to this Section 9.07 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise
all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as
fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such
participation.

     Section 9.08 Withholding Tax Matters. Each Lender which is a Non-United States Person
agrees to execute and deliver to the Agent for delivery to the Borrower, before the first scheduled
payment date in each year (and, in the case of a Lender that becomes a Lender hereunder by
assignment, before the first scheduled payment date following such assignment), two duly completed
copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN or W8ECI, or any successor forms, as
appropriate, properly completed and certifying that such Lender is entitled to receive payments
under this Agreement without withholding or deduction of United States federal taxes. Each Lender
which is a Non-United States Person represents and warrants to the Borrower and to the Agent that,
at the date of this Agreement, (i) its Lending Offices are entitled to receive payments of
principal, interest, and fees hereunder without deduction or withholding for or on account of any
taxes imposed by the United States or any political subdivision thereof and (ii) it is permitted to
take the actions described in the preceding sentence under the laws and any applicable double
taxation treaties of the jurisdictions specified in the preceding sentence. Each Lender which is a
Non-United States Person further agrees that, to the extent any form claiming complete or partial
exemption from withholding and deduction of United States federal taxes delivered under this
Section 9.08 is found to be incomplete or incorrect in any material respect, such Lender shall
execute and deliver to the Agent a complete and correct replacement form.

     Section 9.09 Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Managing Agents or Co-Agents.
None of the Lenders identified in this Agreement as a “Syndication Agent,” “Documentation Agent,”
“Managing Agent” or “Co-Agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility
or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting
the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with
any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgements with respect to such Lenders as it
makes with respect to the Agent in Section 9.04.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment, modification, termination, or waiver of
any provision of any Loan Document to which the Borrower is a party, nor consent to any departure
by the Borrower from any Loan Document to which it is a party, shall in any event be effective
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Borrower, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and
for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment,
waiver or consent shall (a) unless in writing and signed by the Borrower and all of the Lenders do,
or have the effect of doing, any of the following: (1) increase the Commitments of the Lenders
(except for increases in the Aggregate Commitment in accordance with Section 2.02.2;
provided that no such increase shall result in the Aggregate Commitment exceeding
$700,000,000) or subject the Lenders to any additional obligations; (2) reduce the principal of, or
interest on, the Notes or any fees (other than the Agent’s fees) hereunder; (3) postpone any date
fixed for any payment of principal of or interest on, the Notes or any fees (other than the Agent’s
fees) hereunder; (4) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Notes or the number of Lenders which shall be required for the Lenders or any of them
to take action hereunder (including, without limitation, any change in the percentage of Lenders
required to extend the Termination Date under the provisions of Section 2.19; (5) release any
Significant Guarantor or (except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01) release any sums held in
the Facility Letter of Credit Collateral Account; or (6) amend, modify or waive any provision of
the Guaranty, this Section 10.01 or clause (i) of Section 11.01; (b) unless in writing and signed
by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required herein to take such action, affect the rights or
duties of the Agent under any of the Loan Documents; (c) unless in writing and signed by the Swing
Line Lender and the Required Lenders, affect any provisions of this Agreement that relate to the
Swing Line Loans or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender; or (d) unless
in writing and signed by the Issuers and the Required Lenders, affect any of the provisions of this
Agreement that relate to the Facility Letters of Credit or otherwise affect the rights or duties of
any Issuer.

     Section 10.02 Notices, Etc. (a) All notices, demands, requests, consents and other
communications provided for in this Agreement shall be given in writing, or by any
telecommunication device capable of creating a written record (including electronic mail), and
addressed to the party to be notified at its address for notices set forth on its signature page to
this Agreement or in the case of any subsequent Lender, in its Administrative Questionnaire, or at
such other address as shall be notified in writing (x) in the case of the Borrower and the Agent,
to the other parties and (y) in the case of all other parties, to the Borrower and the Agent.

               (b) All notices, demands, requests, consents and other communications described in Section
10.02(a) shall be effective (i) if delivered by hand, including any overnight courier service, upon
personal delivery, (ii) if delivered by mail, when deposited in the mails, (iii) if delivered by
posting to an Approved Electronic Platform, an Internet website or a similar telecommunication
device requiring that a user have prior access to such Approved Electronic Platform, website or
other device (to the extent permitted by Section 10.02(d) to be delivered thereunder), when such
notice, demand, request, consent and other communication shall have been made generally available
on such Approved Electronic Platform, Internet website or similar device to the class of Person
being notified (regardless of whether any such Person must accomplish, and whether or not any such
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obtaining access to such items, including registration, disclosure of contact information,
compliance with a standard user agreement or undertaking a duty of confidentiality) and such Person
has been notified in respect of such posting that a communication has been posted to the Approved
Electronic Platform, and (iv) if delivered by electronic mail or any other telecommunications
device, when transmitted to an electronic mail address (or by another means of electronic delivery)
as provided in Section 10.02(a); provided, however, that notices and communications
to the Agent pursuant to Article II or Article IX shall not be effective until received by the
Agent.

               (c) Notwithstanding Sections 10.02(a) and (b) (unless the Agent requests that the provisions
of Sections 10.02(a) and (b) be followed) and any other provision in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document providing for the delivery of any Approved Electronic Communication by any other
means, the Borrower shall deliver all Approved Electronic Communications to the Agent by properly
transmitting such Approved Electronic Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format
acceptable to the Agent to oploanswebadmin@citigroup.com or such other electronic mail address (or
similar means of electronic delivery) as the Agent may notify to the Borrower. Nothing in this
clause (c) shall prejudice the right of the Agent or any Lender to deliver any Approved Electronic
Communication to the Borrower in any manner authorized in this Agreement or to request that the
Borrower effect delivery in such manner.

               (d) Each Lender, each Issuer and the Borrower agree that the Agent may, but shall not be
obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuers
by posting such Approved Electronic Communications on IntraLinksTM or a substantially similar
electronic platform chosen by the Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved
Electronic Platform”).

               (e) Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with
generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Agent from
time to time (including, as of the Closing Date, a dual firewall and a User ID/Password
Authorization System) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a
single-user-per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic
Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, the Issuers and the Borrower
acknowledges and agrees 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. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such
distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Lenders, the Issuers and the Borrower hereby approves
distribution of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and
understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.

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               (f) THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED
“AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. NONE OF THE AGENT NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WARRANT THE ACCURACY,
ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC
PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS,
IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE
DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE AGENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE
APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.

               (g) Each of the Lenders, the Issuers and the Borrower agrees that the Agent may, but (except
as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Approved Electronic
Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Agent’s
generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies.

     Section 10.03 No Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Agent
or the Issuer in exercising any right, power, or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or remedy preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, or remedy hereunder.
The making of a Loan or issuance, amendment or extension of a Facility Letter of Credit
notwithstanding the existence of a Default or Event of Default shall not constitute any waiver or
acquiescence of such Default or Event of Default, and the making of any Loan or issuance, amendment
or extension of a Facility Letter of Credit notwithstanding any failure or inability to satisfy the
conditions precedent to such Loan or issuance, amendment or extension of a Facility Letter of
Credit shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence with respect to such conditions precedent
with respect to any subsequent Loans or subsequent issuance, amendment or extension of a Facility
Letter of Credit. The rights and remedies provided herein are cumulative, and are not exclusive of
any other rights, powers, privileges, or remedies, now or hereafter existing, at law, in equity or
otherwise.

     Section 10.04 Costs, Expenses, and Taxes. (a) The Borrower agrees to reimburse the
Agent for any reasonable costs, internal charges and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
fees and time charges of attorneys for the Agent, which attorneys may be employees of the Agent)
paid or incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery,
review, amendment, modification and administration of the Loan Documents. The Borrower also agrees
to reimburse the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuers for any reasonable costs, internal charges and
out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys’ fees and time charges of attorneys for the Agent, the
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employees of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuers) paid or incurred by the Agent, the
Arrangers, any Lender or Issuer in connection with the collection of the Obligations and
enforcement of the Loan Documents, including during any workout or restructuring in respect of the
Loan Documents.

               (b) The Borrower shall pay any and all stamp and other taxes and fees payable or determined to
be payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing, and recording of any of the Loan
Documents and the other documents to be delivered under any such Loan Documents, and agrees to hold
the Agent and each of the Lenders harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to
or resulting from any delay in paying or failing to pay such taxes and fees.

               (c) All payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any Lender, Issuer or the Agent
hereunder or under any Note or Reimbursement Agreement shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for any and all Taxes. If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from
or in respect of any such payable hereunder to any Lender, Issuer or the Agent, upon notice from
the Agent to the Borrower (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this
paragraph) such Lender, Issuer or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the
sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such
deductions, (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant authority in
accordance with applicable law and (iv) the Borrower shall furnish to the Agent the original copy
of a receipt evidencing payment thereof within 30 days after such payment is made.

               (d) This Section 10.04 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

     Section 10.05 Integration. This Agreement (including the Borrower’s obligation to pay
the fees as provided in Section 2.09(c) and the Fee Letter referred to therein) and the Loan
Documents contain the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto.

     Section 10.06 Indemnity. The Borrower hereby agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold
the Agent and each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates, and each of their respective
directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (each an “Indemnified Party”) harmless from and
against all claims, damages, judgments, penalties, costs, and expenses (including reasonable
attorney fees and court costs now or hereafter arising from the aforesaid enforcement of this
clause) arising directly or indirectly from the activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
its predecessors in interest, or third parties with whom it has a contractual relationship, or
arising directly or indirectly from the violation of any environmental protection, health, or
safety law, whether such claims are asserted by any governmental agency or any other person, other
than claims, damages, judgments, penalties, costs and expenses arising as a result of any
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Party’s willful misconduct or gross negligence as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment. This indemnity shall survive termination of
this Agreement.

     Section 10.07 CHOICE OF LAW. THE LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAW
(OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).

     Section 10.08 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of any Loan Document which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of
such Loan Document or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

     Section 10.09 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties to this Agreement in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute
one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this
Agreement by facsimile or other electronic image shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.

     Section 10.10 Headings. Article and Section headings in the Loan Documents are
included in such Loan Documents for the convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a
part of the applicable Loan Documents for any other purpose.

     Section 10.11 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. (a) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK SITTING IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER
HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE
JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION,
INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS,
THAT ANY OF THEM MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH
RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.

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               (b) THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY LOAN DOCUMENT BY THE MAILING
(BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID) OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO AN APPOINTED
PROCESS AGENT OR THE BORROWER AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 10.02. THE BORROWER AGREES THAT
A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN
THIS SECTION 10.11 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ISSUER TO SERVE PROCESS IN
ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST THE
BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

     Section 10.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE AGENT EACH ISSUER AND EACH
LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF,
RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.

     Section 10.13 Governmental Regulation. Anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrower in
violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or regulation.

     Section 10.14 No Fiduciary Duty. The relationship between the Borrower and the
Issuers and the Lenders and the Agent shall be solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the
Agent nor any Issuer or Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrower. Neither
the Agent nor any Issuer or Lender undertakes any responsibility to the Borrower to review or
inform the Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrower’s business or
operations.

     Section 10.15 Confidentiality. (a) Each of the Agent and the Lender Parties agree to
maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be
disclosed (a) to its respective Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such
disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed
to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority
purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document, any action
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enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder or any litigation or proceeding to which the
Agent or any Lender Party or any of its respective Affiliates may be a party, (f) subject to an
agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.15, to (i) any
assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights
or obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its managers,
administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other
representatives) surety, reinsurer, guarantor or credit liquidity enhancer (or their advisors) to
or in connection with any swap, derivative or other similar transaction under which payments are to
be made by reference to the Obligations or to the Borrower and its obligations or to this Agreement
or payments hereunder, (iii) to any rating agency when required by it, (iv) the CUSIP Service
Bureau or any similar organization, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such
Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.15
or (y) becomes available to the Agent, any Lender Party or any of their respective Affiliates on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. For
purposes of this Section 10.15, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Agent or any Lender
Party on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
after the date hereof, such information shall be deemed confidential unless it is clearly
identified at the time of delivery as not being confidential. Any Person required to maintain the
confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information.

               (b) Certain of the Lenders may enter into this Agreement and take or not take action hereunder
or under the other Loan Documents on the basis of information that does not contain material
non-public information with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or their securities
(“Restricting Information”). Other Lenders may enter into this Agreement and take or not take
action hereunder or under the other Loan Documents on the basis of information that may contain
Restricting Information. Each Lender Party acknowledges that United States federal and state
securities laws prohibit any person from purchasing or selling securities on the basis of material,
non-public information concerning the issuer of such securities or, subject to certain limited
exceptions, from communicating such information to any other Person. Neither the Agent nor any of
its Related Parties shall, by making any Communications (including Restricting Information)
available to a Lender Party, by participating in any conversations or other interactions with a
Lender Party or otherwise, make or be deemed to make any statement with regard to or otherwise
warrant that any such information or Communication does or does not contain Restricting Information
nor shall the Agent or any of its Related Parties be responsible or liable in any way for any
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its access to Restricting Information. In particular, none of the Agent nor any of its
Related Parties (i) shall have, and the Agent, on behalf of itself and each of its Related Parties,
hereby disclaims, any duty to ascertain or inquire as to whether or not a Lender Party has or has
not limited its access to Restricting Information, such Lender Party’s policies or procedures
regarding the safeguarding of material, nonpublic information or such Lender Party’s compliance
with applicable laws related thereto or (ii) shall have, or incur, any liability to the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries or any Lender Party or any of their respective Related Parties arising out
of or relating to the Agent or any of its Related Parties providing or not providing Restricting
Information to any Lender Party.

               (c) The Borrower agrees that (i) all Communications it provides to the Agent intended for
delivery to the Lender Parties whether by posting to the Approved Electronic Platform or otherwise
shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” if such Communications do not contain
Restricting Information which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear
prominently on the first page thereof, (ii) by marking Communications “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall
be deemed to have authorized the Agent and the Lender Parties to treat such Communications as
either publicly available information or not material information (although, in this latter case,
such Communications may contain sensitive business information and, therefore, remain subject to
the confidentiality undertakings of Section 10.15(a)) for purposes of United States Federal and
state securities laws, (iii) all Communications marked “PUBLIC” may be delivered to all Lender
Parties and may be made available through a portion of the Approved Electronic Platform designated
“Public Side Information,” and (iv) the Agent shall be entitled to treat any Communications that
are not marked “PUBLIC” as Restricting Information and may post such Communications to a portion of
the Approved Electronic Platform not designated “Public Side Information.” Neither the Agent nor
any of its Affiliates shall be responsible for any statement or other designation by the Borrower
regarding whether a Communication contains or does not contain material non-public information with
respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or their securities nor shall the Agent or any
of its Affiliates incur any liability to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any Lender Party
or any other Person for any action taken by the Agent or any of its Affiliates based upon such
statement or designation, including any action as a result of which Restricting Information is
provided to a Lender Party that may decide not to take access to Restricting Information. Nothing
in Section 10.15(b) or this Section 10.15(c) shall modify or limit a Lender Party’s obligations
under Section 10.15(a) with regard to Communications and the maintenance of the confidentiality of
or other treatment of Information.

               (d) Each Lender Party acknowledges that circumstances may arise that require it to refer to
Communications that might contain Restricting Information. Accordingly, each Lender Party agrees
that it will nominate at least one designee to receive Communications (including Restricting
Information) on its behalf and identify such designee (including such designee’s contact
information) on such Lender Party’s Administrative Questionnaire. Each Lender Party agrees to
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e-mail address to which notice of the availability of Restricting Information may be sent by
electronic transmission.

               (e) Each Lender Party acknowledges that Communications delivered under this Agreement and
under the other Loan Documents may contain Restricting Information and that such Communications are
available to all Lender Parties generally. Each Lender Party that elects not to take access to
Restricting Information does so voluntarily and, by such election, acknowledges and agrees that the
Agent and other Lender Parties may have access to Restricting Information that is not available to
such electing Lender Party. None of the Agent nor any Lender Party with access to Restricting
Information shall have any duty to disclose such Restricting Information to such electing Lender
Party or to use such Restricting Information on behalf of such electing Lender Party, and shall not
be liable for the failure to so disclose or use, such Restricting Information.

               (f) The provisions of this Section 10.15 are designed to assist the Agent, the Lender Parties,
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in complying with their respective contractual obligations and
applicable law in circumstances where certain Lender Parties express a desire not to receive
Restricting Information notwithstanding that certain Communications under this Agreement or under
the other Loan Documents or other information provided to the Lender Parties under this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents may contain Restricting Information. Neither the Agent nor any of its
Related Parties warrants or makes any other statement with respect to the adequacy of such
provisions to achieve such purpose nor does the Agent or any of its Related Parties warrant or make
any other statement to the effect that adherence to such provisions by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries or by the Lender Parties will be sufficient to ensure compliance by the Borrower or
such Subsidiary or Lender Party with its contractual obligations or its duties under applicable law
in respect of Restricting Information and each Lender Party assumes the risks associated therewith.

     Section 10.16 USA Patriot Act Notification. Each Lender that is subject to the
requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,
2001)) (the “Act”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information
includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to
identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

     Section 10.17 Register. The Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered
to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the
Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and Facility Letter of Credit Obligations owing
to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent, the Issuers
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hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuers and any
Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

     Section 10.18 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, the no party hereto shall assert, and each such party hereby waives, any claim
against all other parties hereto, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential
or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or
as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the
proceeds thereof and any Facility Letter of Credit and the use thereof.

ARTICLE XI

BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS

     Section 11.01 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of an Issuer that
issues any Facility Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents without the
prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower
without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer
its rights or obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents except in accordance with
this Article XI. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer
upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby (including any Affiliate of an Issuer that issues any Facility Letter of Credit) and
Participants (to the extent provided in Section 11.03)) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or by reason.

     Section 11.02 Assignments.

               (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.02(b), any Lender may assign to one or
more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to
it); provided that the written consents (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) of the Agent and (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the Borrower
shall be required prior to an assignment becoming effective with respect to an assignee which,
prior to such assignment, is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.

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

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          (i) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part
of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement,

          (ii) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an
Assignment and Assumption (“Assignment and Assumption”) in substantially the form of
Exhibit F hereto, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and

          (iii) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Agent an
Administrative Questionnaire.

               (c) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee
shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section
11.02(b)(ii) and any written consent to such assignment required by Section 11.02(a), the Agent
shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the
Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to
make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(a), 2.21(d), 2.22.6(b) or 9.05,
the Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the
information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full,
together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this
Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

     Section 11.03 Participations. Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower,
the Agent, the Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other
entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans
owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to
the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) such Lender shall remain
the holder of any such Note for all purposes under the Loan Documents, (iv) all amounts payable by
the Borrower under this Agreement shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold participating
interests and (v) the Borrower, the Agent, the Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation
shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve
any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (i) forgives principal, interest
or fees (other than Agent’s fees) or reduces the interest rate (other

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than Agent’s fees), (ii) postpones any date fixed for any regularly scheduled payment of
principal of, or interest or fees (other than Agent’s fees) or (iii) releases any Significant
Guarantor.

     Section 11.04 Pledge to Federal Reserve Bank. Any Lender may at any time pledge or
assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure
obligations of such Lender to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Article shall not apply to any such
pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of
a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any
such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

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[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Address for Notices

1000 Abernathy Road

Suite 1200

Atlanta, Georgia 30328

Attention: President

Tel: (770) 829-3700

Fax: (770) 481-0431

 

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CITIBANK, N.A., as the Agent and as a Lender,

     the Swing Line Lender and an Issuer

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Address for Notices of Borrowings

Citi Origination Operations

Global Loans Delaware

1615 Brett Road, Ops III

New Castle, DE 19720

Attn: Kisha Bailey

Tel: (302) 894-6004

Fax:

Email: kisha.bailey@citi.com

Address for all other Notices

Citibank, N.A.

Citi Markets and Banking

North America Investment Banking — North

America Homebuilding

388 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10013

Attn: Marni McManus

Tel: (212) 816-7461

Fax: (646) 291-1193

Email: marni.mcmanus@citi.com

 

 

Schedule I

COMMITMENT SCHEDULE

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	     Lenders	 	Commitment Percentage	 	Commitment
	Citibank, N.A.

	 	 	100	%	 	$	22,000,000	 
	TOTAL

	 	 	100	%	 	$	22,000,000	 

 

 

Schedule III

GUARANTORS

The Guarantors are all of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 4.10,
except the following:

	 	 	 
	—

	 	Security Title Insurance Company
	 
	 	 
	—

	 	United Home Insurance Company, A Risk Retention Group
	 
	 	 
	—

	 	Ridings Development LLC
	 
	 	 
	—

	 	Beazer Homes Capital Trust I

 

 

Schedule IV

SECURED BORROWING BASE CONDITIONS

     With respect to assets to be included in the Secured Borrowing Base, satisfaction of the
following:

     (1) the applicable Borrower and Guarantors which are Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Borrower
shall have granted to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a first priority perfected
security interest, and Lien, on any asset to be included in the calculation of the Secured
Borrowing Base, subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.01(1) through (8) and Section 9(B) and the
Liens that are exceptions to coverage in the applicable title insurance policy described in
subclause (c) of clause (4) below; provided that, with respect to any Lien permitted under
Section 6.01(7), such Lien shall be in an amount less than ten percent (10%) of the gross sales
price of the applicable Mortgaged Property and in the case of profit sharing, deferred
consideration or similar agreement, or in the case of marketing agreements an amount that is
reasonable and customary in the industry and market;

     (2) the Borrower shall have executed and delivered, or caused to be executed and delivered, at
the Borrower’s sole cost and expense, any financing or continuation statements and such other
agreements, amendments, documents, assignments, statements or instruments, in each case in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent, as may be reasonably necessary to evidence, perfect or
otherwise implement the Lien created by the Security Documents as collateral for the performance
and repayment of the Obligations;

     (3) the Agent shall have received Officer’s Certificates setting forth the calculations set
forth in Exhibit G;

     (4) in the case of any Mortgaged Property to be included in the Secured Borrowing Base, the
following conditions shall have been satisfied:

     (a) the Agent shall have received a Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property
encumbered by such Mortgage, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each party
thereto;

     (b) if requested by the Agent, the Agent shall have received, and the title insurance company
issuing the policy referred to in subclause (c) of this clause (4) (the “Title Insurance
Company”) shall have received, maps or plats or an as-built survey of the sites of the
Mortgaged Properties either certified to the Agent and the Title Insurance Company in a manner
satisfactory to them, dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Title Insurance
Company by an independent professional licensed land surveyor reasonably satisfactory to the Agent
and the Title Insurance Company or otherwise acceptable to the Title Insurance Company to induce
the Title Insurance Company to remove any survey exception from the policy referred to in
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this clause (4) or limit any such survey exception to reasonably acceptable matters shown
thereon and issue customary survey-dependent endorsements;

     (c) the Agent shall have received in respect of each Mortgaged Property a mortgagee’s title
insurance policy (or policies) or marked up unconditional binder for such insurance, in each case
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; provided that no “aggregation”
or “tie-in” endorsement shall be required with respect to any such policy insuring a Mortgage dated
after the date of this Agreement;

     (d) the Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that all premiums in respect of
each such policy referred to in subclause (c) of this clause (4), all charges for mortgage
recording tax, and all related expenses, if any, have been paid:

     (e) the Agent shall have received a flood hazard determination certification from a third
party vendor acceptable to the Agent, which shall be in the form of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency “Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form” and shall provide that such vendor is
obligated to inform the Agent if at any time prior to the Termination Date there is a change in the
applicable National Flood Insurance Program map covering the location of such Mortgaged Property,
and if any structure on such Mortgaged Property is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area and in
which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the
Agent shall have received (A) a policy of flood insurance with a financially sound and reputable
insurance company that (1) covers such Mortgaged Property that is encumbered by any Mortgage and
(2) provides coverage in an amount not less than the outstanding principal amount of the
indebtedness secured by such Mortgage that is reasonably allocable to such Mortgaged Property or
the maximum limit of coverage made available with respect to the particular type of property under
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, whichever is less, and (B) confirmation that the Borrower
has received the notice required pursuant to Section 208(e)(3) of Regulation H of the Board;

     (f) the Agent shall have received a copy of all recorded documents referred to, or listed as
exceptions to title in, the policy or policies referred to in subclause (c) of this clause (4) and
a copy of all other material documents affecting the Mortgaged Property;

     (g) the Agent shall have received evidence that counterparts of the Mortgage referred to in
subclause (a) of this clause (4) has been filed in the offices that the Agent may reasonably deem
necessary or desirable in order to create a valid Lien on the property described therein in favor
of the Agent and evidence that all other actions that the Agent may reasonably deem necessary or
desirable in order to create valid and perfected first priority Liens on such Mortgaged Property
has been taken, subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.01(1) through (9) to the extent such Liens
are senior in priority to the Lien created by such Mortgage by operation of law and Liens that are
exceptions to coverage in the title policies referred to in subclause (c) of this clause (4);

 

 

     (h) the Agent shall have received a letter of opinion of local counsel addressed to the Agent
and the Lenders in states in which the Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the
enforceability and validity of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

     (i) the Agent shall have received an Acceptable Appraisal (the fees and expenses associated
with such Acceptable Appraisal to be paid by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement); and

     (j) the Agent shall have received an environmental assessment report, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent from an environmental consulting firm reasonably satisfactory
to the Agent (it being understood that in satisfaction of this subclause (j), the Agent shall
accept Phase I environmental reports which have been prepared no more than two years prior to the
date of delivery thereof or if any such report was prepared more than two years prior to the date
of delivery thereof, an environmental database update with respect thereto, so long as each such
report and update is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent).

     (5) in the case of any cash or Cash Equivalents to be included in the Secured Borrowing Base,
such cash and Cash Equivalents shall be held in the Cash Collateral Account.

 

 

Schedule V

METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS

	 	 	 
	REGION/STATE	 	MARKETS
	West Region
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Arizona
	 	Phoenix
	 
	 	 
	California
	 	Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, San Diego County, Ventura County, Sacramento, Kern County, Fresno
	 
	 	 
	Nevada
	 	Las Vegas
	 
	 	 
	New Mexico
	 	Albuquerque
	 
	 	 
	Mid-Atlantic Region:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Maryland
	 	Baltimore, Metro-Washington, DC
	 
	 	 
	Delaware
	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	NJ/NY/PA
	 	Central and Southern New Jersey, Bucks County, PA,  Orange County, NY
	 
	 	 
	Virginia/West Virginia
	 	Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, West Virginia
	 
	 	 
	Florida Region:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Florida
	 	Jacksonville, Fort Myers /Naples, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee
	 
	 	 
	Southeast Region:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Georgia
	 	Atlanta, Savannah
	 
	 	 
	North Carolina
	 	Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, Greensboro

 

 

	 	 	 
	REGION/STATE	 	MARKETS
	South Carolina
	 	Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach
	 
	 	 
	Nashville, TN
	 	Nashville
	 
	 	 
	Other Homebuilding Markets:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Colorado
	 	Denver, Colorado Springs
	 
	 	 
	Indiana
	 	Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne
	 
	 	 
	Kentucky
	 	Lexington
	 
	 	 
	Ohio
	 	Columbus, Cincinnati/Dayton
	 
	 	 
	Memphis, TN
	 	Memphis
	 
	 	 
	Texas
	 	Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston

 

 

Schedule 4.07

CLAIMS

Investigations

Securities and Exchange Commission Investigation. On May 1, 2007, the Borrower received notice
that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) was conducting an informal inquiry to
determine whether any person or entity related to the Borrower has violated federal securities
laws. On July 23, 2007, the Borrower received a formal order of private investigation issued by
the SEC in this matter. In September 2008, the Borrower reached a settlement with the SEC
concerning the SEC’s investigation into matters that were the subject of the previous independent
investigation by the Borrower’s Audit Committee, as more fully described in the Borrower’s 2007
Form 10-K and other periodic filings.

Under the settlement, the Borrower consented, without admitting or denying any wrongdoing, to a
cease and desist order requiring future compliance with certain provisions of the federal
securities laws and regulations. The settlement did not require the Borrower to pay a monetary
penalty and concluded the SEC’s investigation into these matters with respect to the Borrower. In
the order, the SEC stated that in determining to accept the settlement, it considered both
remediation efforts undertaken by and cooperation from the Borrower.

Resolutions of other Governmental Investigations

On July 1, 2009, the Borrower announced that it has resolved several previously-disclosed
governmental investigations. The Borrower has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”)
with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina (“the U.S. Attorney”)
and a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) and
the civil division of the Department of Justice. In addition, certain of the Borrower’s
subsidiaries have entered into a settlement agreement with the North Carolina Real Estate
Commission (“NCREC”). Also, as previously disclosed, the Borrower announced that its subsidiary,
Beazer Mortgage Corporation (“Beazer Mortgage”), has entered into a settlement agreement with the
North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks (“OCOB”), under which Beazer Mortgage consented,
without admitting the alleged violations, to the entry of a consent order which provides that
Beazer Mortgage will provide approximately $2.5 million in restitution to certain borrowers in
respect of the alleged violations. The settlement agreement concludes the OCOB’s investigation
into these matters with respect to Beazer Mortgage.

Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Attorney

Under the DPA, the U.S. Attorney has agreed not to prosecute the Borrower in connection with the
matters that were the subject of the Audit Committee investigation and are set forth in a Bill of
Information filed with the United States District Court for the Western District of North

 

 

Carolina,
provided that the Borrower satisfies its obligations under the DPA over the next 60 months. The
term of the DPA may be less than 60 months in the event certain conditions, as
described more fully in the DPA, are met. The DPA recognizes the cooperation of the Borrower, its
voluntary disclosure and its adoption of remedial measures.

Under the terms of the DPA, in fiscal year 2009, the Borrower contributed $7.5 million to a
restitution fund established to compensate those Beazer customers who can demonstrate that they
were injured by certain of the practices identified in the Bill of Information. For fiscal year
2010 the Borrower will contribute to the restitution fund the greater of $1.0 million or an amount
equal to 4% of the Borrower’s fiscal 2010 adjusted EBITDA as defined in the DPA. The Borrower’s
liability in each of the fiscal years after 2010 will also be equal to 4% of the Borrower’s
adjusted EBITDA through a portion of fiscal year 2014, unless extended as described below. Under
the terms of the DPA, the Borrower’s total contributions to the restitution fund will not exceed
$50.0 million.

Settlement Agreement with HUD

Under the terms of the settlement agreement with HUD and the civil division of the Department of
Justice, the Borrower made a payment in fiscal year 2009 of $4.0 million to HUD to resolve civil
and administrative investigations. In addition, on the first anniversary of the agreement, the
Borrower will make a $1.0 million payment to HUD.

If the amounts paid into the restitution fund with the U.S. Attorney do not reach $48.0 million at
the end of 60 months, the restitution fund term will be extended using the adjusted EBITDA formula
until the earlier of an additional 24 months or the time the Borrower’s contribution reaches $48.0
million.

The amounts paid to the U.S. Attorney for contribution into the restitution fund and payments to
HUD do not include the $2.5 million contributed to resolve the investigation by the North Carolina
Office of the Commissioner of Banks (“OCOB”) which was previously announced by the Borrower in May
2009, although this amount will be counted as part of the Borrower’s maximum obligation to the
restitution fund.

Agreement with NCREC

With respect to the NCREC, Beazer/Squires Realty, Inc. (“Beazer/Squires”) and Beazer Homes Corp.
each has agreed to the entry of a consent order regarding violations of certain North Carolina
statutes. Under the respective consent orders, the NCREC agreed that a reprimand of these entities
would not be issued as long as such entities completed certain remedial measures and that the
broker license held by Beazer/Squires is revoked. The broker license held by Beazer/Squires has
been on inactive status since October 2007. There is no monetary payment by the Borrower or its
subsidiaries under either of the consent orders. The consent orders conclude the investigation by
the NCREC into these matters with respect to the Borrower.

 

 

Litigation

Securities Class Action

The Borrower and certain of its current and former officers (the “Individual Defendants”), as
well as its Independent Registered Accounting Firm, are named as defendants in putative class
action securities litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District
of Georgia. Three separate complaints were initially filed between March 29 and May 21, 2007. The
cases were subsequently consolidated by the court and the court appointed Glickenhaus & Co. and
Carpenters Pension Trust Fund for Northern California as lead plaintiffs. On June 27, 2008, lead
plaintiffs filed an Amended and Consolidated Class Action Complaint for Violation of the Federal
Securities Laws (“Consolidated Complaint”), which purports to assert claims on behalf of a class of
persons and entities that purchased or acquired the securities of the Borrower during the period
January 27, 2005 through May 12, 2008. The Consolidated Complaint asserts a claim against the
defendants under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and
Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder for allegedly making materially false and misleading statements
regarding its business and prospects, including, among other things, alleged misrepresentations and
omissions related to alleged improper lending practices in its mortgage origination business,
alleged misrepresentations and omissions related to improper revenue recognition and other
accounting improprieties and alleged misrepresentations and omissions concerning its land
investments and inventory. The Consolidated Complaint also asserts claims against the Individual
Defendants under Sections 20(a) and 20A of the Exchange Act. Lead plaintiffs seek a determination
that the action is properly maintained as a class action, an unspecified amount of compensatory
damages and costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees. On November 3, 2008, the Borrower and
the other defendants filed motions to dismiss the Consolidated Complaint. Briefing of the motion
was completed in March 2009. The Borrower reached an agreement with lead plaintiffs to settle the
lawsuit. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, the lawsuit will be dismissed with prejudice,
and the Borrower and all other defendants do not admit any liability and will receive a full and
complete release of all claims asserted against them in the litigation, in exchange for the payment
of an aggregate of $30.5 million. The monetary payment to be made on behalf of the Borrower and the
individual defendants will be funded from insurance proceeds. As a result, there will be no
financial contribution by the Borrower. The agreement is subject to court approval.

Derivative Shareholder Actions

Certain of the Borrower’s current and former officers and directors were named as defendants in a
derivative shareholder suit filed on April 16, 2007 in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Georgia. The complaint also names the Borrower as a nominal defendant. The
complaint, purportedly on behalf of the Borrower, alleges that the defendants (i) violated Section
10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder; (ii) breached their fiduciary
duties and misappropriated information; (iii) abused their control; (iv) wasted corporate assets;
and (v) were unjustly enriched. Plaintiffs seek an unspecified amount of compensatory damages
against the individual defendants and in favor of the Borrower. An additional lawsuit was filed
subsequently on August 29, 2007 in the United States District Court for the Northern

 

 

District of
Georgia asserting similar factual allegations. The two Georgia derivative actions have been
consolidated, and the plaintiffs have filed an amended, consolidated complaint. On November 21,
2008, the Borrower and the other defendants filed motions to dismiss the amended consolidated
complaint. Briefing of the motion was completed in February 2009. The defendants intend to
vigorously defend against these actions.

ERISA Class Actions

On April 30, 2007, a putative class action complaint was filed on behalf of a purported class
consisting of present and former participants and beneficiaries of the Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
401(k) Plan. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District
of Georgia. The complaint alleges breach of fiduciary duties, including those set forth in the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), as a result of the investment of retirement
monies held by the 401(k) Plan in common stock of the Borrower at a time when participants were
allegedly not provided timely, accurate and complete information concerning the Borrower. Four
additional lawsuits were filed subsequently on May 11, 2007, May 14, 2007, June 15, 2007 and July
27, 2007 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia making similar
allegations. The court consolidated these five lawsuits, and on June 27, 2008, the plaintiffs filed
a consolidated amended complaint. The consolidated amended complaint names as defendants the
Borrower, its chief executive officer, certain current and former directors of the Borrower,
including the members of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, and certain
employees of the Borrower who acted as members of the Borrower’s 401(k) Committee. On October 10,
2008, the Borrower and the other defendants filed a motion to dismiss the consolidated amended
complaint. Briefing of the motion was completed in January 2009. The Borrower intends to vigorously
defend against these actions.

Homeowners Class Action Lawsuits and Multi-Plaintiff Lawsuit

A putative class action was filed on April 8, 2008 in the United States District Court for the
Middle District of North Carolina, Salisbury Division, against the Borrower, Beazer Homes Corp. and
Beazer Mortgage Corporation. The Complaint alleges that Beazer violated the Real Estate Settlement
Practices Act (“RESPA”) and North Carolina Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 by (1) improperly requiring
homebuyers to use Beazer-owned mortgage and settlement services as part of a down payment
assistance program, and (2) illegally increasing the cost of homes and settlement services sold by
Beazer Homes Corp. The purported class consists of all residents of North Carolina who purchased a
home from Beazer, using mortgage financing provided by and through Beazer that included
seller-funded down payment assistance, between January 1, 2000 and October 11, 2007. The Complaint
demands an unspecified amount of damages, equitable relief, treble damages, attorneys’ fees and
litigation expenses. The defendants moved to dismiss the Complaint on June 4, 2008. On July 25,
2008, in lieu of a response to the motion to dismiss, plaintiff filed an amended complaint. The
Borrower has moved to dismiss the amended complaint and intends to vigorously defend against this
action.

Beazer Homes Corp. and Beazer Mortgage Corporation are also named defendants in a lawsuit filed on
July 3, 2007, in the General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, County of

 

 

Mecklenburg,
North Carolina. The case was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North
Carolina, Charlotte Division, but remanded on April 23, 2008 to the General Court of Justice,
Superior Court Division, County of Mecklenburg, North Carolina. The complaint was filed on behalf
of ten individual homeowners who purchased homes from certain subsidiaries of the Borrower in
Mecklenburg County. The complaint alleges certain deceptive conduct by the defendants and brings
various claims under North Carolina statutory and common law, including a claim for punitive
damages. On June 27, 2008 a second amended complaint, which added two plaintiffs to the lawsuit,
was filed. The case has been designated as
“exceptional” pursuant to Rule 2.1 of the General Rules of Practice of the North Carolina Superior
and District Courts and has been assigned to the docket of the North Carolina Business Court. The
Borrower filed a motion to dismiss on July 30, 2008. On November 18, 2008, the plaintiffs filed a
third amended complaint. The Borrower filed a motion to dismiss the third amended complaint on
December 29, 2008. The Borrower intends to vigorously defend against this action.

Two of the Borrower’s subsidiaries, Beazer Homes Holdings Corp. and Beazer Mortgage Corporation,
were named as defendants in a putative class action lawsuit originally filed on March 12, 2008, in
the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Placer. The lawsuit was amended on June 2,
2008 and named as defendants Beazer Homes Holdings Corp., the Borrower, and Security Title
Insurance Company. The purported class is defined as all persons who purchased a home from the
defendants or their affiliates, with the assistance of a federally related mortgage loan, from
March 25, 1999 to the present where Security Title Insurance Company received any money as a
reinsurer of the transaction. The complaint alleges that the defendants violated RESPA and asserts
claims under a number of state statutes alleging that defendants engaged in a uniform and
systematic practice of giving and/or accepting fees and kickbacks to affiliated businesses
including affiliated and/or recommended title insurance companies. The complaint also alleges a
number of common law claims. Plaintiffs seek an unspecified amount of damages under RESPA,
unspecified statutory, compensatory and punitive damages and injunctive and declaratory relief, as
well as attorneys’ fees and costs. Defendants removed the action to federal court. On November 26,
2008, plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint which substituted new named-plaintiffs. The
Borrower filed a motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint. The federal court granted the
Borrower’s motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint. The federal court dismissed the sole
federal claim, declined to rule on the state law claims, and remanded the case to the Superior
Court of California, Placer County, where the Borrower’s motion to dismiss the state law claims is
now pending. The Borrower intends to continue to vigorously defend against the action.

Trinity Claims

The Borrower and certain of its subsidiaries have been and continue to be named as defendants in
various construction defect claims, complaints and other legal actions that include claims related
to moisture intrusion. The Borrower has experienced a significant number of such claims in its East
region and particularly with respect to homes built by Trinity, a subsidiary which was acquired in
the Crossmann acquisition in 2002.

 

 

As of June 30, 2009, there were four (one of which settled in July) pending lawsuits related to
such complaints received by Trinity, including a class action. Each of these suits are by
individual homeowners, and the cost to resolve these matters is not expected to be material, either
individually or in the aggregate. The class action suit was filed in the State of Indiana in
August 2003 against Trinity Homes LLC. The parties in the class action reached a settlement
agreement which was approved by the court on October 20, 2004. As of June 30, 2009, we have
completed remediation of 1,877 homes related to 1,882 total Trinity claims. Our warranty reserves
at June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2008 include accruals of $0.6 million and $2.8 million,
respectively, for our estimated costs to assess and remediate all homes for which Trinity had
received complaints related to moisture intrusion.

Chinese Drywall

On June 3, 2009, a purported class action complaint was filed by the owners of one of the
Borrower’s homes in a community know as Magnolia Lakes. The complaint names the Borrower and
certain suppliers of drywall and was filed in the Circuit Court for Lee County, Florida on behalf
of the named plaintiffs and other similarly situated owners and residents of homes in Magnolia
Lakes or alternatively in the State of Florida, against the Borrower and certain other identified
and unidentified manufacturers, builders, and suppliers of drywall. The plaintiffs allege that the
Borrower built their homes with defective drywall, manufactured in China, that contains sulfur or
other organic compounds that allegedly corrode certain metals and that are capable of harming the
health of individuals. Plaintiffs allege physical and economic damages and seek legal and
equitable relief, medical monitoring and attorney’s fees. On July 1, 2009, the Borrower filed a
request to have this complaint removed to the United States District Court for the Middle District
of Florida and on July 2, 2009 filed a motion to have the case transferred to the Eastern District
of Louisiana pursuant to an order from the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict
Litigation. The Borrower believes that the claims asserted in this complaint are governed by its
home warranty or are without merit. Accordingly, the Borrower intends to vigorously defend against
this litigation.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2009, the Borrower accrued $2.4 million in our warranty reserves
for the repair of certain homes in Florida where certain of its subcontractors provided defective
Chinese drywall. The defective Chinese drywall was installed during the 2006 and 2007 fiscal
years. The Borrower is currently engaged in the process of inspecting additional homes in order to
determine whether they also contain defective Chinese drywall. The outcome of these inspections may
require the Borrower to increase its warranty reserve in the future.

Joint Venture Lawsuit

Recently, the lender of one of the Borrower’s unconsolidated joint ventures filed individual
lawsuits against some of the joint venture partners and certain of those partners’ parent companies
(including the Borrower), seeking to recover damages under completion guarantees, among other
claims. The Borrower intends to vigorously defend against this legal action. The Borrower
(directly or indirectly) is a 2.58% partner in this joint venture. In addition, an estimate of
possible loss or range of loss if any, cannot presently be made with respect to the above matter.
Given the inherent uncertainties in this litigation, as of June 30, 2009, no accrual has

 

 

been
recorded, as losses, if any, related to this matter are not both probable and reasonably estimable.

Environmental

In November 2003, the Borrower received a request for information from the EPA pursuant to Section
308 of the Clean Water Act seeking information concerning the nature and extent of storm water
discharge practices relating to certain projects completed or under construction. The EPA has since
requested information on additional projects and has conducted site inspections at a number of
locations. In certain instances, the EPA or the equivalent state agency has issued Administrative
Orders identifying alleged instances of noncompliance and requiring corrective action to address
the alleged deficiencies in storm water management practices. As of March 31,
2009, no monetary penalties had been imposed in connection with such Administrative Orders. The EPA
has reserved the right to impose monetary penalties at a later date, the amount of which, if any,
cannot currently be estimated. The Borrower has taken action to comply with the requirements of
each of the Administrative Orders and is working to otherwise maintain compliance with the
requirements of the Clean Water Act.

In 2006, the Borrower received two Administrative Orders issued by the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection. The Orders allege certain violations of wetlands disturbance permits. The
two Orders assess proposed fines of $630,000 and $678,000, respectively. The Borrower has met with
the Department to discuss its concerns on the two affected projects and has requested hearings on
both matters. The Borrower believes that it has significant defenses to the alleged violations and
intends to contest the agency’s findings and the proposed fines. The Borrower is currently pursuing
settlement discussions with the Department. A hearing before the judge has been postponed pending
settlement discussions.

Governmental obligations

The Borrower had performance bonds and total outstanding letters of credit of approximately
$276.7 million and $46.5 million, respectively, at June 30, 2009 related principally to our
obligations to local governments to construct roads and other improvements in various
developments. Total outstanding letters of credit includes approximately $6.2 million related to
our land option contracts.

 

 

Schedule 4.10

SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER

Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries

	 	 	 
	 	 	State of
	Subsidiary	 	Incorporation/Formation
	Subsidiaries of Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Mortgage Corporation

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Homebuilders Title Services, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Homebuilders Title Services of Virginia, Inc.

	 	Virginia
	 
	 	 
	Security Title Insurance Company

	 	Vermont
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Homes Capital Trust I*

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Subsidiaries of Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	April Corporation

	 	Colorado
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Allied Companies Holdings, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Beazer General Services, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Homes Corp.

	 	Tennessee
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Homes Sales, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Homes Texas Holdings, Inc.

	 	Delaware

 

			
	*	 	Beazer Homes Capital Trust I is a
statutory trust that the Borrower is the beneficiary of but does not exercise
control over.

 

 

	 	 	 
	 	 	State of
	Subsidiary	 	Incorporation/Formation
	Beazer Realty Los Angeles, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 
	Beazer Realty Sacramento, Inc

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Beazer SPE, LLC

	 	Georgia
	 
	 	 
	Subsidiaries of Beazer Homes Corp.
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Arden Park Ventures, LLC

	 	Florida
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Clarksburg, LLC

	 	Maryland
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Commercial Holdings, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Homes Investments, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Homes Michigan, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Realty Corp.

	 	Georgia
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Realty, Inc

	 	New Jersey
	 
	 	 
	Beazer/Squires Realty, Inc.

	 	North Carolina
	 
	 	 
	Dove Barrington Development LLC

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Subsidiaries of Beazer Homes
Investments, LLC
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Homes Indiana Holdings Corp.

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Beazer Realty Services, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Paragon Title, LLC

	 	Indiana
	 
	 	 
	Subsidiaries of Beazer Homes Texas, L.P.
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	BH Procurement Services, LLC

	 	Delaware

 

 

Indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	State of	 	 
	 	 	Incorporation/	 	 
	Subsidiary	 	Formation	 	% Ownership
	 

	 	 	 	Beazer Homes
Investments, LLC –98%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Homes
Indiana, LLP

	 	Indiana
	 	Beazer Homes Indiana
Holdings Corp. – 1%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Beazer Homes Corp. — 1%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	Beazer Homes Texas Holdings, Inc. – 1%
	Beazer Homes Texas,
L.P.
	 	Delaware	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Beazer Homes Holdings Corp. – 99%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	Beazer Homes Texas, L.P. – 99%
	BH Building
Products, LP
	 	Delaware	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	BH Procurement Services, LLC – 1%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Beazer Homes Sales, Inc. – 99%
	Texas Lone Star
Title, L.P.
	 	Texas	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	Beazer Homes Texas
Holdings, Inc. – 1%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	Beazer Homes
Investments, LLC – 50%
	Trinity Homes, LLC
	 	Indiana	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Beazer Homes Indiana LLP – 50%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Beazer Homes Holdings Corp. — 26.50%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	United Home
Insurance Company,
A Risk Retention
Group

	 	Vermont
	 	Beazer Homes Texas
Holdings, Inc. – 27.29%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Beazer Homes Corp. – 46.22%

 

 

Partially Owned Subsidiaries

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	State of	 	 
	 	 	Incorporation/	 	 
	Subsidiary	 	Formation	 	% Ownership
	Ridings Development LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	Beazer Homes Corp. – 99%

 

 

Schedule 4.14

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

     See Environmental on Schedule 4.07.

 

 

Exhibit A-1

FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY (this “Guaranty”) is made as of August 5, 2009 by
and between the undersigned parties hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and the Agent,
in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement referred to below.

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, Beazer Homes USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) and Citibank,
N.A., as Agent (together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“Agent”), and certain Lenders and Issuers from time to time party thereto have entered into
a certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 5, 2009 (the “Credit
Agreement”), providing, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for extensions of credit
to be made by the Lenders to the Borrower;

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, the Guarantors entered into that certain
Guaranty dated as of June 25, 2007 (the “Original Guaranty”), entered into a supplemental
guaranty in the form attached to the Original Guaranty or are becoming a Guarantor by virtue of
their execution of this Guaranty;

     WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the execution of the Credit Agreement by the Agent,
the Lenders and the Issuers that each of the Guarantors execute and deliver this Guaranty whereby
the terms and provisions of the Original Guaranty are amended and restated as hereinafter set forth
in this Guaranty, and pursuant to which each of the Guarantors shall guarantee the payment when
due, subject to Section 9, of all Guaranteed Obligations, as defined below; and

     WHEREAS, in consideration of the financial and other support that the Borrower has provided,
and in consideration of such financial and other support as the Borrower may in the future provide,
to the Guarantors, and in order to induce the Lenders, the Issuers and the Agent to enter into the
Credit Agreement, and because each Guarantor has determined that executing this Guaranty is in its
interest and to its financial benefit, each of the Guarantors is willing to guarantee the
obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, any Note and any other Loan Documents;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. Defined Terms and Rules of Construction. (a) “Guaranteed Obligations” is
defined in Section 3.

     (b) Other capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meaning set
forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

 

     (c) The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to
this Guaranty and are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth fully in this Guaranty.

     SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Guarantors represents and
warrants (which representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been renewed upon each
advance of a Loan and on each Issuance Date under the Credit Agreement) that:

     (a) It is (in the case of a corporation) a corporation duly incorporated or (in the case of a
limited partnership) a limited partnership duly formed or (in the case of a limited liability
company) a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation; has the power and authority to own its
assets and to transact the business in which it is now engaged or proposed to be engaged in; and is
duly qualified and in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required.

     (b) The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Guaranty have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as the case may be,
and do not and will not (1) require any consent or approval of its stockholders, partners or
members (as applicable) (except such consents as have been obtained as of the date hereof); (2)
contravene its charter or bylaws, partnership agreement or articles or certificate of formation or
operating agreement (as applicable); (3) violate, in any material respect, any provision of any
law, rule, regulation (including, without limitation, Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination, or award
presently in effect having applicability to it; (4) result in a breach of or constitute a default
under any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other material agreement, lease, or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected; (5)
result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien, upon or with respect to any of the
properties now owned or hereafter acquired by it; and (6) cause it to be in default, in any
material respect, under any such law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination, or award or any such indenture, agreement, lease or instrument.

     (c) This Guaranty is its legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against it, in
accordance with its respective terms, except to the extent that such enforcement may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

     SECTION 3. The Guaranty. Subject to Section 9, each of the Guarantors hereby
absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, as primary obligor and not as surety, the full and
punctual payment (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or early termination or otherwise,
and at all times thereafter, at the time and in the manner and otherwise in accordance with the
terms of the Credit Agreement) and performance of the Obligations, including without limitation any
such Obligations incurred or accrued during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable in such proceeding
(collectively, subject to the provisions of Section 9, being referred to collectively as the
“Guaranteed Obligations”). Upon failure by the Borrower to pay punctually any such amount,
each of the Guarantors agrees that it shall forthwith on demand pay to the Agent for the benefit of
the Lenders and the Issuers, the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner

 

 

specified in the Credit Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document, as the case may be.
This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty of payment and not of collection. Each of the Guarantors
waives any right to require the Agent, any Lender or any Issuer to sue the Borrower, any other
guarantor, or any other Person obligated for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or
otherwise to enforce its payment against any collateral securing all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations.

     SECTION 4. Guaranty Unconditional. Subject to Section 9, the obligations of each of
the Guarantors hereunder shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by:

     (i) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, amendment, waiver or
release in respect of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, by operation of law or
otherwise, or any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment
or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations;

     (ii) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement,
any Note, any other Loan Document or any Guaranteed Obligation;

     (iii) any release, nonperfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect
security for any obligation of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, any Note,
any other Loan Document or any obligations of any other guarantor of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations, or any action or failure to act by the Agent, any Lender or
any Issuer or any Affiliate of any Lender or any Issuer with respect to any
collateral securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

     (iv) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the
Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any
insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the
Borrower, or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or its assets or any
resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or any other
guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

     (v) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which the Guarantors may
have at any time against the Borrower, any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, the Agent, any Lender or any Issuer or any other Person, whether in
connection herewith or any unrelated transactions;

     (vi) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower, or
any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason related to
the Credit Agreement, any Note, any other Loan Document or any provision of
applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower, or
any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, of the Borrower of or interest on
any Note or any other amount payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, any
Note or any other Loan Document;

 

 

     (vii) any law, regulation or order of any jurisdiction, or any other event,
affecting any term of any Guaranteed Obligation or any rights of the Agent, any
Lender or any Issuer with respect thereto; or

     (viii) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower,
any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Agent, any Lender, any Issuer
or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the
provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense
of any Guarantor’s obligations hereunder.

     SECTION 5. Discharge Only Upon Payment In Full: Reinstatement In Certain
Circumstances. Each of the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and
effect until all Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and the
Commitments under the Credit Agreement shall have terminated or expired. If at any time any
payment of the Borrower of or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the Borrower or
any other party under the Credit Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document is rescinded or
must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the
Borrower or otherwise, each of the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such payment
shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such time.

     SECTION 6. Waivers. Each of the Guarantors irrevocably waives acceptance hereof,
presentment, demand, protest and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided
for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against
the Borrower, any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other Person.
Except as may be prohibited by applicable law, each of the Guarantors also waives the benefits of
any provision of law requiring that the Agent exhaust any right or remedy, or take any action,
against the Borrower, any Guarantor, any other person and/or property, or otherwise.

     SECTION 7. Subordination; Subrogation. Each of the Guarantors hereby subordinates to
the Guaranteed Obligations all indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or to any other
Guarantor to such Guarantor. Each of the Guarantors hereby further agrees not to assert any right,
claim or cause of action, including, without limitation, a claim for subrogation, reimbursement,
indemnification or otherwise, against the Borrower arising out of or by reason of this Guaranty or
the obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, the payment or securing or purchasing of
any of the Guaranteed Obligations by any of the Guarantors unless and until the Guaranteed
Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full and all Commitments have terminated or expired.

     SECTION 8. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of
the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the
Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the Credit
Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document shall nonetheless be payable by each of the
Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.

     SECTION 9. Limitation on Obligations. (a) The provisions of this Guaranty are
severable, and in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, federal

 

 

or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of
creditors generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty would otherwise be
held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such
Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Guaranty to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the
Guarantors, the Agent or any Lender or Issuer, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest
amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding (such highest
amount determined hereunder being the relevant Guarantor’s “Maximum Liability”). This
Section 9(a) with respect to the Maximum Liability of the Guarantors is intended solely to preserve
the rights of the Agent hereunder to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance under applicable
law, and neither the Guarantor nor any other person or entity shall have any right or claim under
this Section 9(a) with respect to the Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the
obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable law.

     (b) Each of the Guarantors agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time and from
time to time exceed the Maximum Liability of each Guarantor, and may exceed the aggregate Maximum
Liability of all other Guarantors, without impairing this Guaranty or affecting the rights and
remedies of the Agent hereunder. Nothing in this Section 9(b) shall be construed to increase any
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder beyond its Maximum Liability.

     (c) In the event any Guarantor (a “Paying Guarantor”) shall make any payment or
payments under this Guaranty or shall suffer any loss as a result of any realization upon any
collateral granted by it to secure its obligations under this Guaranty, each other Guarantor (each
a “Non-Paying Guarantor”) shall contribute to such Paying Guarantor an amount equal to such
Non-Paying Guarantor’s “Pro Rata Share” of such payment or payments made, or losses suffered, by
such Paying Guarantor. For the purposes hereof, each Non-Paying Guarantor’s “Pro Rata Share” with
respect to any such payment or loss by a Paying Guarantor shall be determined as of the date on
which such payment or loss was made by reference to the ratio of (i) such Non-Paying Guarantor’s
Maximum Liability as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to
make, any contribution hereunder) or, if such Non-Paying Guarantor’s Maximum Liability has not been
determined, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such Non-Paying Guarantor from the
Borrower after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means) to (ii) the
aggregate Maximum Liability of all Guarantors hereunder (including such Paying Guarantor) as of
such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution
hereunder), or to the extent that a Maximum Liability has not been determined for any Guarantors,
the aggregate amount of all monies received by such Guarantors from the Borrower after the date
hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means). Nothing in this Section 9(c) shall
affect any Guarantor’s several liability for the entire amount of the Guaranteed Obligations (up to
such Guarantor’s Maximum Liability). Each of the Guarantors covenants and agrees that its right to
receive any contribution under this Guaranty from a Non-Paying Guarantor shall be subordinate and
junior in right of payment to all the Guaranteed Obligations. The provisions of this Section 9(c)
are for the benefit of both the Agent and the Guarantors and may be enforced by any one, or more,
or all of them in accordance with the terms hereof.

     SECTION 10. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents and other
communications to any party hereunder shall be given in writing, or by any telecommunication

 

 

device capable of creating a written record (including electronic email), and addressed to the
party to be notified (a) in the case of a Guarantor, in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s
address specified in Section 10.02(a) of the Credit Agreement and (b) in the case of the Agent, at
its address specified in Section 10.02(a) of the Credit Agreement. All other notice provisions
(and related defined terms) set forth in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement are hereby
incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

     SECTION 11. No Waivers. No failure or delay by the Agent or any Lender or any Issuer
in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall
any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies provided in this
Guaranty, the Credit Agreement, any Note or the other Loan Documents shall be cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

     SECTION 12. No Duty to Advise. Each of the Guarantors assumes all responsibility for
being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s financial condition and assets, and of all
other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the
nature, scope and extent of the risks that each of the Guarantors assumes and incurs under this
Guaranty, and agrees that neither the Agent nor any Lender or any Issuer has any duty to advise any
of the Guarantors of information known to it regarding those circumstances or risks.

     SECTION 13. Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty is for the benefit of the Agent,
the Lenders and the Issuers and their respective successors and permitted assigns and in the event
of an assignment of any amounts payable under the Credit Agreement, any Note or any other Loan
Documents, the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the indebtedness so assigned, shall be
transferred with such indebtedness. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each of the Guarantors and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.

     SECTION 14. Changes in Writing. Neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only in writing signed by each of the
Guarantors and the Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders.

     SECTION 15. Costs of Enforcement. Each of the Guarantors agrees to pay all costs and
expenses including, without limitation, all court costs and attorneys’ fees and expenses paid or
incurred by the Agent or any Lender or Issuer or any Affiliate of any Lender or Issuer in
endeavoring to collect all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations from, or in prosecuting any
action against, the Borrower, the Guarantors or any other guarantor of all or any part of the
Guaranteed Obligations.

     SECTION 16. CHOICE OF LAW. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAW
(OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).

     SECTION 17. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. (a) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT
TO THIS GUARANTY MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF

 

 

NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND, BY
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS GUARANTY, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF
ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. THE PARTIES
HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR
BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, THAT ANY OF THEM MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.

     (b) EACH GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY BY THE MAILING (BY REGISTERED OR
CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID) OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO AN APPOINTED PROCESS AGENT OR SUCH
GUARANTOR AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 10. EACH GUARNTOR AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN
ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY
SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 17
SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ISSUER TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY LAW OR COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR IN ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION.

     SECTION 18. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GUARANTOR AND THE AGENT HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER
SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH
THIS GUARNTY OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER.

     SECTION 19. Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Guaranty which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of
this Guaranty or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

     SECTION 20. Counterparts. This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by the different parties to this Guaranty in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty by
facsimile or other electronic image shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Guaranty.

     SECTION 21. Taxes, etc. All payments required to be made by any of the Guarantors
hereunder shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of and without deduction
or withholding for or on account of, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties or other
charges of whatsoever nature imposed by any government or any political or taxing

 

 

authority thereof (excluding federal taxation of the overall income of any Lender),
provided, however, that if any of the Guarantors is required by law to make such deduction
or withholding, such Guarantor shall forthwith (i) pay to the Agent or any Lender or Issuer, as
applicable, such additional amount as results in the net amount received by the Agent or any Lender
or any Issuer, as applicable, equaling the full amount which would have been received by the Agent
or any Lender or any Issuer, as applicable, had no such deduction or withholding been made, (ii)
pay the full amount deducted to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law, and (iii)
furnish to the Agent or any Lender or Issuer, as applicable, certified copies of official receipts
evidencing payment of such withholding taxes within thirty (30) days after such payment is made.

     SECTION 22. Set Off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, each Lender and each Issuer is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time,
without notice to any Guarantor (any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor), to set
off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at
any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or Issuer to or for the
credit or the account of any Guarantor against any and all of the obligations of such Guarantor now
or hereafter existing under this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, irrespective of whether or
not the Agent or such Lender or Issuer shall have made any demand under the Credit Agreement or
such other Loan Document and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender or Issuer, as
applicable, agrees promptly to notify the applicable Guarantor (with a copy to the Agent) after any
such set-off and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender and Issuer under this
Section 22 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other
rights of set-off) which each Lender and Issuer may have.

     SECTION 23. Supplemental Guarantors. Pursuant to Section 5.15 of the Credit
Agreement, additional Subsidiaries shall become obligated as Guarantors hereunder (each as fully as
though an original signatory hereto) by executing and delivering to the Agent a supplemental
guaranty in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (with blanks appropriately filled in), together
with such additional supporting documentation required pursuant to Section 5.15 of the Credit
Agreement.

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed,
under seal where necessary, by its authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	GUARANTORS:	 	APRIL CORPORATION

BEAZER ALLIED COMPANIES HOLDINGS, INC.

BEAZER GENERAL SERVICES, INC.

BEAZER HOMES CORP.

BEAZER HOMES HOLDINGS CORP.

BEAZER HOMES INDIANA HOLDINGS CORP.

BEAZER HOMES SALES, INC.

BEAZER HOMES TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.

BEAZER REALTY, INC.

BEAZER REALTY CORP.

BEAZER REALTY LOS ANGELES, INC.

BEAZER REALTY SACRAMENTO, INC.

BEAZER/SQUIRES REALTY, INC.

HOMEBUILDERS TITLE SERVICES, INC.

HOMEBUILDERS TITLE SERVICES OF VIRGINIA, INC.	 	 
	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	(SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BEAZER MORTGAGE CORPORATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	 (SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Peggy Caldwell	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ARDEN PARK VENTURES, LLC

BEAZER CLARKSBURG, LLC

BEAZER COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC

BEAZER HOMES INVESTMENTS, LLC

BEAZER HOMES MICHIGAN, LLC

DOVE BARRINGTON DEVELOPMENT LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES CORP., its Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	(SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BEAZER SPE, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES HOLDINGS CORP.,
its Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	(SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BEAZER HOMES INDIANA LLP	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES INVESTMENTS, LLC,

its Managing Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES CORP.,

its Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	(SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BEAZER REALTY SERVICES, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES INVESTMENTS, LLC,

its Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES CORP.,

its Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	(SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	PARAGON TITLE, LLC

TRINITY HOMES, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES INVESTMENTS, LLC,

a Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES CORP.,

its Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	(SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BEAZER HOMES TEXAS, L.P.

TEXAS LONE STAR TITLE, L.P.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.,
 its General
Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	(SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BH BUILDING PRODUCTS, LP	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BH PROCUREMENT SERVICES, LLC,

its General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES TEXAS, L.P.,

its Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.,
 its General
Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	(SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BH PROCUREMENT SERVICES, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES TEXAS, L.P.,

its Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BEAZER HOMES TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.,
 its General
Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	(SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Address for Notices to all Guarantors	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	c/o Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

1000 Abernathy Road

Suite 1200

Atlanta, Georgia 30328

Attention: President

Tel: (770) 829-3700

Fax: (770) 481-0431	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CITIBANK, N.A., as Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

EXHIBIT A TO AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY

SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTY

[Date]

Citibank, N.A., as Agent for the Lenders

     and the Issuers

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Reference is hereby made to (i) that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of August 5, 2009, among Beazer Homes USA, Inc., the lenders from time to time parties thereto (the
“Lenders”), the letter of credit issuers from time to time parties thereto (the “Issuers”), and
Citibank, N.A., as Agent (the “Agent”) on behalf of itself and the other Lenders (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) and (ii)
that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of August 5, 2009, by and between the
Guarantors parties thereto and the Agent, in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders (as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty”). Terms
not defined herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have for the purposes hereof the
respective meanings provided therein.

     In accordance with Section 5.15 of the Credit Agreement and Section 23 of the Guaranty, the
undersigned, [GUARANTOR]                    , a corporation [limited partnership/limited liability company]
organized under the laws of                     , hereby elects to be a “Guarantor” for all purposes of the
Credit Agreement and the Guaranty, respectively, effective from the date hereof.

     Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby agrees to perform all
the obligations of a Guarantor under, and to be bound in all respects by the terms of, the
Guaranty, to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if the undersigned were a direct
signatory thereto.

     This Supplemental Guaranty shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal
laws of the State of New York (but otherwise without regard to the conflict of laws provisions,
other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York).

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Supplemental Guaranty has been duly executed by the undersigned as of
the ___ day of ___, 20___.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[GUARANTOR]

 	 
	 	By:  	(SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

 

Exhibit A-3

Execution Version

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

made by

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

and certain of its Subsidiaries

in favor of

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Agent

Dated as of August 5, 2009

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
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	SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1.1 Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
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	SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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	3.1 Title; No Other Liens
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	3.2 Perfected First Priority Liens
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	3.3 Jurisdiction of Organization, Chief Executive Office
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	3.4 Farm Products
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	3.5 Investment Property
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	3.6 Intellectual Property
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	SECTION 4. COVENANTS
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	4.1 Maintenance of Insurance
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	4.2 Payment of Obligations
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	4.3 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation
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	4.4 Changes in Name, etc
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	4.5 Notices
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	4.6 Receivables
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	4.7 Intellectual Property
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	SECTION 5. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
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	5.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables
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	5.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable
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	5.3 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Agent
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	5.4 Application of Proceeds
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	5.5 Code and Other Remedies
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	5.6 Subordination
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	5.7 Deficiency
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	SECTION 6. THE AGENT
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	6.1 Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc
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	6.2 Duty of Agent
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	6.3 Execution of Financing Statements
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	6.4 Authority of Agent
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	SECTION 7. MISCELLANEOUS
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	7.1 Amendments in Writing
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	7.2 Notices
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	7.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies
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	7.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification
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	7.5 Successors and Assigns
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	7.6 Counterparts
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	7.7 Severability
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	7.8 Section Headings
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	7.9 Integration
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	7.10 GOVERNING LAW
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	7.11 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS
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	7.12 Acknowledgements
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	7.13 Additional Grantors
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	7.14 Releases
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	7.15 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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	7.16 Waiver of Consequential Damages
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	7.17 Continuing Security Interest
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SCHEDULES

	 	 	 
	Schedule 1

	 	Notice Addresses
	Schedule 2

	 	Perfection Matters
	Schedule 3

	 	Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive Offices

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AMENDED AND RESTATED COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

          AMENDED AND RESTATED COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of August 5, 2009, made by Beazer Homes
USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) and each subsidiary of the Borrower
hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the
“Grantors”), in favor of Citibank, N.A., as Agent (in such capacity and together with its
successors and permitted assigns, the “Agent”) for the Lenders and Issuers from time to
time parties to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2009 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the
Borrower, the Lenders, Issuers and the Agent.

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Existing
Credit Agreement”), dated as of July 25, 2007, between the Borrower, the Lenders and Issuers
party thereto, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent (the “Original Agent”),
the Lenders severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower and the Issuers agreed to
issue Facility Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, in each case upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth therein;

          WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Waiver and First Amendment, dated as of October 10, 2007, to
and under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Borrower and the other Grantors party thereto entered
into that certain Collateral Agreement (the “Existing Collateral Agreement”), dated as of
October 18, 2007, or entered into assumption agreements in the form attached to the Existing
Collateral Agreement, and granted a valid, binding, enforceable and perfected security interest in,
and Lien on, certain of its assets, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties;

          WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement is being amended and
restated in its entirety;

          WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement that the
Grantors enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Existing Collateral Agreement is being
amended and restated in its entirety, it being the intent of the parties hereto that the security
interests and the Liens granted under and pursuant to the Existing Collateral Agreement or the
assumption agreements referred to above shall continue in full force and effect and that the
Grantors not party to the Existing Collateral Agreement or the assumption agreements referred to
above, by virtue of execution of this Agreement, are becoming Grantors and grant a valid, binding,
enforceable and perfected

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security interest in, and Liens on certain of their assets, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties;

          WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other
Grantor;

          WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in
part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in
connection with the operation of their respective businesses; and

          WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each
Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of
credit under the Credit Agreement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Agent, the Issuers and the
Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective
extensions of credit to the Borrower and the Issuers to issue the Facility Letters of Credit under
the Credit Agreement, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS

     1.1 Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the
following terms are used herein as defined in the New York UCC: Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents,
Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit
Rights and Supporting Obligations.

     (b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:

          “Agreement”: this Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

          “Borrower Obligations”: “Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement and shall in
any event include interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement
after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing
or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out
of, or in connection with, the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, any Reimbursement Agreement, the
other Loan Documents,

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any Facility Letter of Credit, or any other document made, delivered or given in connection
with any of the foregoing, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all
fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by
the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).

          “Collateral”: as defined in Section 2.

          “Collateral Account”: any collateral account established by the Agent as provided in
Section 5.1 or 5.3.

          “Copyright Licenses”: any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or
licensee, granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of
rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.

          “Copyrights”: (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any
other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether
published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications
in the United States Copyright Office, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

          “Guarantor Obligations”: with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and
liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with the Guaranty or any other
Loan Document, to which such Guarantor is a party, in each case whether on account of guarantee
obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including,
without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent or to the Lenders that are
required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of the Guaranty or any other Loan
Document).

          “Guarantors”: the collective reference to each Grantor other than the Borrower.

          “Intellectual Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and
privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses,
the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to sue
at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to
receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

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          “Investment Property”: the collective reference to all “investment property” as such
term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC.

          “New York UCC”: the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the
State of New York.

          “Obligations”: (i) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower Obligations, and (ii) in
the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.

          “Patent License”: all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by
or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in
part by a Patent.

          “Patents”: (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any
political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof and all goodwill associated
therewith, (ii) all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and
all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, and (iii) all rights to obtain any
reissues or extensions of the foregoing.

          “Proceeds”: all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New
York UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from
the Investment Property, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.

          “Receivable”: any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered,
whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has
been earned by performance (including, without limitation, any Account).

          “Secured Parties”: the collective reference to the Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders
to which Borrower Obligations or Guarantor Obligations, as applicable, are owed.

          “Securities Act”: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

          “Trademark License”: any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant
by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark.

          “Trademarks”: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names,
business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or
business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or
acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith,
whether in the United States Patent and Trademark

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Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related
thereto, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

     (c) Other Definitional Provisions. The rules of construction set forth in Section
1.03 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement.

SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

          Each Grantor hereby grants to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest in, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by
such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right,
title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt
and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) of such Grantor’s Obligations:

     (a) all Accounts;

     (b) all Chattel Paper;

     (c) all Documents;

     (d) all Equipment;

     (e) all Fixtures;

     (f) all General Intangibles;

     (g) all Instruments;

     (h) all Intellectual Property;

     (i) all Inventory;

     (j) all Investment Property;

     (k) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

     (l) all other personal property not otherwise described above (except for any property
specifically excluded from any clause in this section above, and any property specifically excluded
from any defined term used in any clause of this section above);

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     (m) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and

     (n) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of
any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with
respect to any of the foregoing;

          provided, however, that notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth
in this Section 2, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in, and the
term Collateral shall not include, (i) any property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor
to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any requirements of law of a
governmental authority, requires a consent not obtained of any governmental authority pursuant to
such requirement of law or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in
the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement,
instrument or other document to which such property or such Grantor is subject or evidencing or
giving rise to such property or, in the case of any Investment Property, any applicable shareholder
or similar agreement, except to the extent that such requirement of law or the term in such
contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document (other than (1) any such contract,
license, agreement instrument or document evidencing Indebtedness, guarantee obligations or similar
financing arrangements of any Grantor or (2) any shareholder, joint-venture or similar agreement,
in each case to the extent permitted under the Credit Agreement) providing for such prohibition,
breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable law
(ii) any intent-to-use trademark application to the extent and for so long as creation by a Grantor
of a security interest therein would result in the loss by such Grantor of any material rights
therein and (iii) any property now owned or hereafter acquired of any Grantor subject to a Lien or
security interest in favor of any third party on the date hereof permitted under the Credit
Agreement and any replacement Lien or security interest with respect to such property permitted
under the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          To induce the Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to
induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower and the Issuer to
issue the Facility Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement, each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants to the Agent, each Issuer and each Lender that:

     3.1 Title; No Other Liens. Except for the security interest granted to the Agent for
the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted
to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral
free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others.

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No financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the
Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of
the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Original Collateral
Agreement, this Agreement or as are permitted by the Credit Agreement.

     3.2 Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests granted pursuant to this
Agreement (a) upon the completion of (i) the filing of the UCC-3 financing statements assigning to
the Agent the interest of the Original Agent as secured party under UCC-1 Financing Statements
previously filed with respect to the security interest granted under the Existing Collateral
Agreement described on Schedule 2, and (ii) the other actions transferring the Collateral
to the Agent from the Original Agent as secured party described on Schedule 2, in each
case, will continue to constitute valid perfected (to the extent such security interest can be
perfected by such filings or actions) security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties as collateral security for such Grantor’s
Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor
and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior to all
other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Liens permitted by the
Credit Agreement.

     3.3 Jurisdiction of Organization, Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, such
Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization
(if any), and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business or
principal residence, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 3. Such Grantor has
furnished to the Agent a certified charter, certificate of incorporation or other organization
document and long-form good standing certificate as of a date which is recent to the date hereof.

     3.4 Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm
Products.

     3.5 Investment Property. Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has
good and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all
Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the security interest created
by this Agreement and the Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement.

     3.6 Intellectual Property. (a) On the date hereof, all Intellectual Property material
to such Grantor’s business is valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not been abandoned
and does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.

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     (b) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any governmental authority which
would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or such Grantor’s rights in, any Intellectual
Property in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have, in any one case or in the
aggregate, a materially adversely affect on the financial condition, operations, properties, or
business of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or the ability of the
Borrower or any Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a
party.

     (c) No action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, on
the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of any Intellectual Property
material to such Grantor’s business or such Grantor’s ownership interest therein, or (ii) which, if
adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the value of any Intellectual
Property material to such Grantor’s business.

SECTION 4. COVENANTS

          Except during any period when theCash Secured Option shall apply to the Facility, each Grantor
covenants and agrees with the Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders that, from and after the date of
this Agreement until the earlier to occur of (i) the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to
the release of all of the Collateral in accordance with the Credit Agreement or (ii) the
Termination Date and the payment in full of all outstanding Obligations (or, with respect to
outstanding Facility Letters of Credit, cash collateralization or other arrangements reasonably
satisfactory to Issuers therefor and the Agent):

     4.1 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such Grantor will maintain, with financially sound
and reputable companies, insurance policies insuring the Inventory and Equipment against loss by
fire, explosion, theft and such other casualties as required by the Credit Agreement.

     (b) The Borrower shall deliver to the Agent and the Lenders evidence with respect to such
insurance as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

     4.2 Payment of Obligations. Such Grantor will pay and discharge or otherwise satisfy
at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all taxes, assessments
and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Collateral or in respect of income or profits
therefrom, as well as all claims of any kind (including, without limitation, claims for labor,
materials and supplies) against or with respect to the Collateral, except that no such charge need
be paid if the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto (to the extent required by GAAP)
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provided on the books of such Grantor and such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to
result in the sale, forfeiture or loss of any material portion of the Collateral or any interest
therein.

     4.3 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. (a) Such
Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security
interest to the extent required by this Agreement having at least the priority described in
Section 3.2 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons
whomsoever other than any holder of Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement, subject to the rights
of such Grantor under the Loan Documents to dispose of the Collateral.

     (b) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Agent, and at the sole
expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have
recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Agent may
reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement
and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) filing any
financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in
effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the
case of any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the Agent to obtain
“control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto.

     4.4 Changes in Name, etc. Such Grantor will not, except upon prior written notice to
the Agent and delivery to the Agent of all additional executed financing statements and other
documents reasonably requested by the Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of
the security interests provided for herein, (i) change its jurisdiction of organization or
(ii) change its name.

     4.5 Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Agent and the Lenders promptly, in
reasonable detail, of

     (a) any Lien (other than security interests created hereby or Liens permitted under the Credit
Agreement) on any of the Collateral which would adversely affect the ability of the Agent to
exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and

     (b) of the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created
hereby.

     4.6 Receivables. Such Grantor will deliver to the Agent a copy of each material
demand, notice or document received by it that questions or calls into doubt the

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validity or enforceability of more than 20% of the aggregate amount of the then outstanding
Receivables.

     4.7 Intellectual Property. (a) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will
(i) continue to use each material Trademark on each and every trademark class of goods applicable
to its current line as reflected in its current catalogs, brochures and price lists in order to
maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain
as in the past the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) use such
Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends required by
applicable requirements of law, (iv) not adopt or use any mark which is confusingly similar or a
colorable imitation of such Trademark unless the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, shall obtain a perfected security interest in such mark pursuant to this Agreement, and
(v) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do
any act whereby such Trademark may become invalidated or impaired in any way.

     (b) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act, or omit to do any
act, whereby any material Patent may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public.

     (c) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) (i) will employ each material Copyright
and (ii) will not (and will not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or
knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may become invalidated
or otherwise impaired. Such Grantor will not (either itself or through licensees) do any act
whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may fall into the public domain.

     (d) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act that knowingly uses
any material Intellectual Property to infringe the intellectual property rights of any other
Person.

     (e) Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without limitation,
in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright
Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain
each registration of the material Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, filing of
applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability.

     (f) In the event that any material Intellectual Property is infringed, misappropriated or
diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall take such actions as such

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Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual
Property.

SECTION 5. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

     5.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. (a) At any time during the continuance
of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the
Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each
Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Agent may require in connection
with such test verifications.

     (b) The Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s Receivables and the
Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default. If requested in writing by the Agent at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when
collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within two Business Days)
deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Agent if
required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control (within the
meaning of Article 9 of the New York UCC) of the Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Agent for the
account of the Lenders only as provided in Section 5.4, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be
held by such Grantor in trust for the Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such
Grantor.

     (c) At the Agent’s written request at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Agent all original and other documents
evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables
that are Collateral, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping
receipts.

     5.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. (a) The Agent in its own
name or in the name of others may after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables that are Collateral to verify with them to
the Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables.

     (b) Upon the written request of the Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables that are
Collateral that such Receivables have been assigned to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Agent.

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     (c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under
each of the Receivables that are Collateral to observe and perform all the conditions and
obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any
agreement giving rise thereto. None of the Agent, any Issuer or any Lender shall have any
obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or
arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Agent or any Lender of any payment relating
thereto, nor shall the Agent or any Lender be obligated in any manner to perform any of the
obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise
thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any
payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to
present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment
of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or
times.

     5.3 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Agent. In addition to the rights of the Agent and
the Lenders specified in Section 5.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of
Default shall occur and be continuing, upon written request from the Agent, all Proceeds received
by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor
in trust for the Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall,
forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Agent in the exact form received by
such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Agent, if requested). All Proceeds received by
the Agent hereunder shall be held by the Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole
dominion and control. All such Proceeds while held by the Agent in a Collateral Account (or by
such Grantor in trust for the Agent and the Lenders) shall continue to be held as collateral
security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided
in Section 5.4.

     5.4 Application of Proceeds. At such intervals as may be agreed upon by the Borrower
and the Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the
Agent’s election, the Agent may apply all or any part of the Proceeds constituting Collateral,
whether or not held in any Collateral Account, and any proceeds of the Guarantees, in payment of
the Obligations in the following order:

     First, to pay incurred and unpaid fees and expenses of the Agent under the
Loan Documents;

     Second, to the Agent, for application by it towards payment of amounts then
due and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Obligations, pro rata
among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then due and owing
and remaining unpaid to the Secured Parties;

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     Third, to the Agent, for application by it towards prepayment of the
Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of
the Obligations then held by the Secured Parties;

     Fourth, to the Agent, for deposit in the Cash Collateral Account, an amount
equal to 105% of the sum of all Facility Letter of Credit Obligations less any
amounts held in the Cash Collateral Account at such time; and

     Fifth, any balance remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in
full, no Facility Letters of Credit shall be outstanding (or all Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations have been cash collateralized in accordance with clause Fourth above)
and the Commitments shall have terminated shall be paid over to the Borrower or to
whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

     5.5 Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing,
the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies
granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or
relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC or
any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent, without
demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind
(except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person
(all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in
such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any
part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or
otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the
foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s
board or office of the Agent or any Lender or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may
deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery
without assumption of any credit risk. The Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon any such
public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to
purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption
in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees,
at the Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Agent at places
which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The
Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 5.5, after
deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or
incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the
Collateral or the rights of the Agent and the Lenders hereunder, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the
Obligations, in such order as the

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Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the Agent of any
other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a)(3)
of the New York UCC, need the Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire
against the Agent or any Lender arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If
any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such
notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least ten (10) days before such sale or
other disposition.

     5.6 Subordination. Each Grantor hereby agrees that, upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, unless otherwise agreed by the Agent, all Debt owing by it
to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible
payment in full in cash of such Grantor’s Obligations.

     5.7 Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds
of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations and the
fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Agent or any Lender to collect such
deficiency.

SECTION 6. THE AGENT

     6.1 Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints the Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in
the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the
purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to
execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor
hereby gives the Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent
by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following:

   (i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and
indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment
of moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim
or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed
appropriate by the Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any
Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

   (ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any
and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Agent

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may request to evidence the Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interest in such
Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto
or represented thereby;

   (iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the
Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and
pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;

   (iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 5.5, any indorsements,
assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and

   (v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make
payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Agent or as the
Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any
and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or
arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills,
bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments,
verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral;
(4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court
of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any
other right in respect of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought
against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such
suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as
the Agent may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the
goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright, Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout
the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Agent shall in
its sole discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement
with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though
the Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Agent’s option and
such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Agent
deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Agent’s and the
Lenders’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully
and effectively as such Grantor might do.

          Anything in this Section 6.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent agrees that it will
not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 6.1(a) unless an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

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     (b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the
Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise
cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.

     (c) The expenses of the Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in
this Section 6.1, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the highest rate per
annum at which interest would then be payable on any category of past due ABR Loans under the
Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by the Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant
Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Agent on demand.

     (d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled
with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests
created hereby are released.

     6.2 Duty of Agent. The Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and
physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC
or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Agent deals with similar property
for its own account. Neither the Agent, any Lender nor any of their respective Affiliates and
their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand,
collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any
obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any
other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part
thereof. The powers conferred on the Agent and the Lenders hereunder are solely to protect the
Agent’s and the Lenders’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Agent
or any Lender to exercise any such powers. The Agent and the Lenders shall be accountable only for
amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor
any of their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be
responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross
negligence or willful misconduct.

     6.3 Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor
authorizes the Agent to file or record financing statements and other filing or recording documents
or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in such form
and in such offices as the Agent determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the
Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor authorizes the Agent to use the collateral description
“all personal property” in any such financing statements. Each Grantor hereby ratifies and
authorizes the filing by the Agent of any financing statement with respect to the Collateral made
prior to the date hereof.

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     6.4 Authority of Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and
responsibilities of the Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Agent or
the exercise or non-exercise by the Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other
right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between
the Agent and the Lenders, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with
respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Agent and the
Grantors, the Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Lenders with full
and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation,
or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

SECTION 7. MISCELLANEOUS

     7.1 Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be
waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 10.01 of the
Credit Agreement.

     7.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Agent or any Grantor
hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement;
provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Grantor other than the
Borrower shall be addressed to such Grantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.

     7.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the Agent nor any
Lender shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 7.1), delay,
indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have
acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in
exercising, on the part of the Agent or any Lender, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege
hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
power or privilege. A waiver by the Agent or any Lender of any right or remedy hereunder on any
one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Agent or such Lender
would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or
remedies provided by law.

     7.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Grantor agrees to pay or
reimburse each Lender and the Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or
preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Grantor is a
party, including, without limitation, the fees and

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disbursements of counsel (including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to
each Lender and of counsel to the Agent.

     (b) Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and
all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise,
sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the
Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     (c) Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent the Borrower would be
required to do so pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement except those resulting from the
Agent’s or any Lender’s willful misconduct or gross negligence.

     (d) The agreements in this Section 7.4 shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all
other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

     7.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and
assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and their
successors and assigns; provided that except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, no Grantor may
assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the
prior written consent of the Agent.

     7.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the different parties to this Agreement in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile
or other electronic image shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.

     7.7 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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     7.8 Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in
the interpretation hereof.

     7.9 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement
of the Grantors, the Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof,
and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Agent or any Lender
relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in
the other Loan Documents.

     7.10 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAW (OTHER THAN
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).

     7.11 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS. (a) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,
AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH GRANTOR HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN
RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS.
THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF
VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, THAT ANY OF THEM MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE
TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.

     (b) EACH GRANTOR IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT BY THE MAILING (BY REGISTERED OR
CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID) OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO AN APPOINTED PROCESS AGENT OR SUCH
GRANTOR AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7.2. EACH GRANTOR AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY
SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON
THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 7.11 SHALL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT OR ANY OTHER SECURED PARTY TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY LAW OR COMMENCE LEGAL

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PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY GRANTOR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

     7.12 Acknowledgements. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

     (a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;

     (b) neither the Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any
Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and
the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand,
in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

     (c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by
virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Grantors and the
Lenders.

     7.13 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become
a Grantor pursuant to Section 5.15 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes
of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the
form of Annex 1 hereto.

     7.14 Releases.

     (a) Upon the earlier to occur of (i) the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the
release of all of the Collateral in accordance with the Credit Agreement and (ii) the Termination
Date and payment in full of all outstanding Obligations (or, with respect to outstanding Facility
Letters of Credit, cash collateralization or other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to Issuers
therefor and the Agent), the Collateral shall be automatically released from the Liens created
hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such
termination) of the Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall automatically terminate, all without
delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral
shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such
termination, the Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Agent hereunder,
and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to
evidence such termination.

     (b) If any of the Collateral shall be sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to a transaction
permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Liens created hereby on such Collateral shall automatically
terminate. Upon the earlier to occur of (i) the satisfaction

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of the conditions precedent to the release of all of the Collateral in accordance with the
Credit Agreement or (ii) the Termination Date and payment in full of all outstanding Obligations
(or, with respect to outstanding Facility Letters of Credit, cash collateralization or other
arrangements reasonably satisfactory to Issuers therefor and the Agent), or if any of the
Collateral shall be requested to be released by any Grantor pursuant to this Agreement and in
accordance with the Credit Agreement, then the Agent, at the request and sole expense of such
Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably
necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral.

     7.15 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT,
CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMET OR
THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.

     7.16 Waiver of Consequential Damages. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, no party hereto shall assert, and each such party hereby waives, any claim against all other
parties hereto, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive
damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, this Agreement, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby and the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

     7.17 Continuing Security Interest. The security interest created pursuant to the
Original Collateral Agreement is and shall continue to be in full force and effect as amended and
restated by this Agreement and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

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[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement]

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	GRANTOR:	 	BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.,	 	 
	 	 	a Delaware corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CITIBANK, N.A., as Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement]

	 	 	 
	GUARANTORS:

	 	APRIL CORPORATION
	 

	 	BEAZER ALLIED COMPANIES HOLDINGS, INC.
	 

	 	BEAZER GENERAL SERVICES, INC.
	 

	 	BEAZER HOMES CORP.
	 

	 	BEAZER HOMES HOLDINGS CORP.
	 

	 	BEAZER HOMES INDIANA HOLDINGS CORP.
	 

	 	BEAZER HOMES SALES, INC.
	 

	 	BEAZER HOMES TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.
	 

	 	BEAZER REALTY, INC.
	 

	 	BEAZER REALTY CORP.
	 

	 	BEAZER REALTY LOS ANGELES, INC.
	 

	 	BEAZER REALTY SACRAMENTO, INC.
	 

	 	BEAZER/SQUIRES REALTY, INC.
	 

	 	HOMEBUILDERS TITLE SERVICES, INC.
	 

	 	HOMEBUILDERS TITLE SERVICES OF VIRGINIA, INC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	(SEAL)	
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BEAZER MORTGAGE CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	(SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Peggy Caldwell 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Secretary 	 
	 

 

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ARDEN PARK VENTURES, LLC

BEAZER CLARKSBURG, LLC

BEAZER COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC

BEAZER HOMES INVESTMENTS, LLC

BEAZER HOMES MICHIGAN, LLC

DOVE BARRINGTON DEVELOPMENT LLC

By:  BEAZER HOMES CORP., its Sole Member

 	 
	 	By:  	  (SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BEAZER SPE, LLC

By:   BEAZER HOMES HOLDINGS CORP.,
         its Sole Member

 	 
	 	By:  	  (SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BEAZER HOMES INDIANA LLP

By:   BEAZER HOMES INVESTMENTS, LLC,
         its Managing Partner

By:   BEAZER HOMES CORP.,
         its Sole Member

 	 
	 	By:  	  (SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BEAZER REALTY SERVICES, LLC

By:  BEAZER HOMES INVESTMENTS, LLC,
         its Sole Member

By:  BEAZER HOMES CORP.,
         its Sole Member

 	 
	 	By:  	  (SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	PARAGON TITLE, LLC

TRINITY HOMES, LLC

By:  BEAZER HOMES INVESTMENTS, LLC,
         a Member

By:  BEAZER HOMES CORP.,
         its Sole Member

 	 
	 	By:  	(SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BEAZER HOMES TEXAS, L.P.

TEXAS LONE STAR TITLE, L.P.

By:  BEAZER HOMES TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.,
 its General Partner

 	 
	 	By:  	(SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BH BUILDING PRODUCTS, LP

By:  BH PROCUREMENT SERVICES, LLC,
         its General Partner

By:  BEAZER HOMES TEXAS, L.P.,
         its Sole Member

By:  BEAZER HOMES TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC., 
         its General Partner

 	 
	 	By:  	  (SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BH PROCUREMENT SERVICES, LLC

By:  BEAZER HOMES TEXAS, L.P.,
         its Sole Member

By:  BEAZER HOMES TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC., 
         its General Partner

 	 
	 	By:  	(SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

 

Annex I to

Collateral Agreement

          ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of                     , 20___, made by                      (the
"Additional Grantor”), in favor of Citibank, N.A., as Agent (in such capacity, the
"Agent”) for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the “Lenders”)
parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall
have the meaning ascribed to them in such Credit Agreement.

W I  T  N  E  S  S  E  T  H

          WHEREAS, Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Lenders and the Agent have
entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2009 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”);

          WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries
(other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into the Amended and Restated Collateral
Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Collateral Agreement”) in favor of the Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties;

          WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires the Additional Grantor to become a party to the
Collateral Agreement; and

          WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in
order to become a party to the Collateral Agreement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

          1. Collateral Agreement. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the
Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 7.13 of the Collateral Agreement, hereby becomes a party
to the Collateral Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally
named therein as a Grantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly
assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The information set forth in
Annex 1-A hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in the Schedules to the Collateral
Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations
and warranties contained in Section 3 of the Collateral Agreement is true and correct on and as the
date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date.

1

 

          2. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAW (OTHER THAN
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).

 

 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed
and delivered as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

 

Schedule 1

NOTICE ADDRESSES OF GRANTORS

1200 Abernathy Road

Suite 1200

Atlanta, GA 30328

 

 

Schedule 2

PERFECTION MATTERS

[To be updated]

 

 

Schedule 3

LOCATION OF JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction of	 	Location of Chief
	Grantor	 	Organization	 	Executive Office
	April Corporation

	 	Colorado
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Arden Park Ventures, LLC

	 	Florida
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Allied Companies Holdings, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Clarksburg, LLC

	 	Maryland
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Commercial Holdings, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer General Services, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Homes Corp.

	 	Tennessee
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.

	 	Delaware
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Homes Indiana Holdings Corp.

	 	Delaware
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Homes Indiana LLP

	 	Indiana
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction of	 	Location of Chief
	Grantor	 	Organization	 	Executive Office
	Beazer Homes Investments, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Homes Michigan, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Homes Sales, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Homes Texas Holdings, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Homes Texas, L.P.

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Mortgage Corporation

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Realty Corp.

	 	Georgia
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Realty Los Angeles, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Realty Sacramento, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Realty Services, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer Realty, Inc.

	 	New Jersey
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction of	 	Location of Chief
	Grantor	 	Organization	 	Executive Office
	Beazer SPE, LLC

	 	Georgia
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Beazer/Squires Realty, Inc.

	 	North Carolina
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	BH Building Products, LP

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	BH Procurement Services, LP

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Dove Barrington Development LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Homebuilders Title Services, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Homebuilders Title Services of Virginia, Inc.

	 	 Virginia
	 	 1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Paragon Title, LLC

	 	Indiana
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Texas Lone Star Title, L.P.

	 	Texas
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Trinity Homes, LLC

	 	Indiana
	 	1200 Abernathy Road
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 1200
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30328

 

 

Exhibit B

FORM OF NOTE

			
	$                                        
	 	August 5, 2009

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, BEAZER HOMES USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower”) HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of                      (the “Lender”) to
CITIBANK, N.A., as Agent, at the Agent’s office located at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, NY
10013 (or at such other office as Agent may from time to time designate in writing), for the
account of the applicable Lending Office of the Lender, in lawful money of the United States and in
immediately available funds, the principal amount of                      Dollars ($                    ) or the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made to the Borrower by the Lender pursuant to the
Credit Agreement and outstanding on the Termination Date, whichever is less, and to pay interest
from the date of this Note, in like money, at said office for the account of the applicable Lending
Office, at the time and at a rate per annum as provided in the Credit Agreement. The Lender is
hereby authorized by the Borrower, but is not required, to endorse on the schedule attached to this
Note held by it the amount and type of each Loan and each renewal, conversion, and payment of
principal amount received by the Lender for the account of the applicable Lending Office on account
of its Loans, which endorsement shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive as to the
outstanding balance of the Loans made by the Lender; provided, however, that the
failure to make such notation with respect to any Loan or renewal, conversion, or payment shall not
limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder.

     This Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2009, between the Borrower, the Agent, the
Lender and certain other lenders party thereto (which, as it may be amended, modified, renewed or
extended from time to time, is herein called the “Credit Agreement”). Terms used herein which are
defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein. The Credit
Agreement, among other things, contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity of this Note
upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof
prior to the maturity of this Note upon the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement.

     The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorney’s fees and expenses) paid or incurred by the holder of this Note in the collection of any
principal or interest payable under this Note or the enforcement of this Note or any other Loan
Documents.

 

 

     This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without regard to principles of conflict of law (other than Section 5-1401 of the General
Obligations Law of the State of New York).

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	(SEAL)
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

 

SCHEDULE TO NOTE

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date Made	 	 	 	Amount of	 	Unpaid Principal	 	Name of Person
	or Paid	 	Type of Loan	 	Principal Paid	 	Balance of Note	 	Making Notation
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Exhibit C

FORM OF COMMITMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

     This Commitment and Acceptance (this “Commitment and Acceptance”) dated as of                     ,
20___, is entered into among the parties listed on the signature pages hereof. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the
Credit Agreement (as defined below).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

     Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 5,
2009, by and among Beazer Homes USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Citibank, N.A.,
as Agent, and the Lenders and Issuers that are parties thereto (as the same may from time to time
be amended, modified, supplemented or restated, in whole or in part and without limitation as to
amount, terms, conditions or covenants, the “Credit Agreement”).

     Pursuant to Section 2.02.2 of the Credit Agreement, the Company has requested an increase in
the Aggregate Commitment from $                     to $                    . Such increase in the
Aggregate Commitment is to become effective on
                     ___, ___ (the “Increase Date”) [THIS
DATE IS TO BE MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BY THE BORROWER, THE ACCEPTING LENDER AND AGENT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.02.2 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT]. In connection with such requested
increase in the Aggregate Commitment, the Borrower, Agent and                      (“Accepting
Lender”) hereby agree as follows:

     1. ACCEPTING LENDER’S COMMITMENT. Effective as of the Increase Date, [Accepting
Lender shall become a party to the Credit Agreement as a Lender, shall have all of the rights and
obligations of a Lender thereunder, shall agree to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof and
shall thereupon have a Commitment under and for purposes of the Credit Agreement in an amount equal
to the] [the Commitment of Accepting Lender under the Credit Agreement shall be increased from
$                     to the] amount set forth opposite Accepting Lender’s name on the signature
pages hereof.

     [2. REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS OF ACCEPTING LENDER. Accepting Lender (a)
represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action
necessary, to execute and deliver this Commitment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the
requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in
order to become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Increase Date, it shall be bound by the
provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and shall have the obligations of a
Lender thereunder, (iv) it has

 

 

received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.08(1) and (2) thereof, as applicable, and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into this Commitment and Acceptance on the basis of which it has made such analysis and
decision independently and without reliance on the Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a
Non-United States Person, it has delivered any documentation required to be delivered by it
pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Accepting Lender;
and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Agent or any other
Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents,
and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms
of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.]

 

* Paragraph 2 is to be inserted only if Accepting Lender is not already a party to the Credit
Agreement prior to the Increase Date.

     3. REPRESENTATION OF THE BORROWER. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that,
as of the date hereof and as of the Increase Date, no event or condition shall have occurred and
then be continuing which constitutes a Default or Event of Default.

     4. GOVERNING LAW. This Commitment and Acceptance shall be governed by the internal
law, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of New York.

     5. NOTICES. For the purpose of notices to be given under the Credit Agreement, the
address of Accepting Lender (until notice of a change is delivered) shall be the address set forth
in its Administrative Questionnaire delivered to the Agent.

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Commitment and Acceptance by their
duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BORROWER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	(SEAL)
 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	AGENT:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CITIBANK, N.A., as Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ACCEPTING LENDER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	COMMITMENT:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$                    	 	[NAME OF ACCEPTING LENDER]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

Exhibit D

FORM OF CERTIFICATE

     This Certificate is delivered pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of August 5, 2009 among Beazer Homes USA, Inc., Citibank, N.A., as Agent, and the Lenders party
thereto (as amended, supplemented, or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Unless
otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.
This certification is delivered in connection with [a notice requesting a Borrowing under Section
2.03 OR a notice requesting issuance, amendment or extension of a Facility Letter of Credit under
Section 2.22.4]*.

The undersigned, in his/her capacity as [                                        ] of the Borrower, hereby certifies as
follows:

     1. The representations and warranties contained in Article IV of the Credit Agreement are
correct in all material respects on and as of the [date of such Borrowing OR Issuance Date]* as
though made on and as of such date except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is
stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty is
correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.

     2. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and would result from [such
Borrowing OR the issuance, amendment or extension of such Facility Letter of Credit]*.

     3. Upon [such Borrowing OR the issuance, amendment or extension of such Facility Letter of
Credit]*, [the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Secured Borrowing
Base as set forth in the Secured Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by the Borrower to the Agent
as of the most recent Inventory Valuation Date, which Secured Borrowing Base Certificate is true
and correct as of such Inventory Valuation Date]1 [the product of the Aggregate
Outstanding Extensions of Credit times 105% shall not exceed the aggregate amount of Unrestricted
Cash Collateral deposited in the Cash Collateral Account] 2.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as an officer of the
Borrower, and not in the undersigned’s individual capacity, as
of the ___ day of                                         ,
20___.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: [     ] of Beazer Homes USA, Inc.	 	 

 

			
	*	 	Include appropriate portion of bracketed provision.
	 
	1.	 	To be used if the Secured Borrowing Base Option is selected.
	 
	2.	 	To be used if the Cash Secured Option is selected.

 

 

Exhibit E

LEGAL OPINION OF BORROWER’S AND GUARANTORS’ COUNSEL

(to be
issued upon conversion to borrowing base method)

 

 

Exhibit F

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

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

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

	 	 	 
	1. Assignor:

	 	                                                            
	 
	 	 
	2. Assignee:

	 	                                                            

 

 

	 	 	 
	 

	 	[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]
	 
	 	 
	3. Borrower(s):

	 	                                                            
	 
	 	 
	4. Agent:

	 	Citibank, N.A., as the Agent under the Credit Agreement
	 
	 	 
	5. Credit Agreement:

	 	The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 5, 2009 among Beazer Homes USA, Inc.,
the Lenders party thereto, the Issuers party thereto Citibank, N.A., as Agent, and the other agents
parties thereto
	 
	 	 
	6. Assigned Interest:
	 	 

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

	 	$ 
	 	% 
	$ 

	 	$ 
	 	% 
	$ 

	 	$ 
	 	% 

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

 

			
	1	 	Select as applicable.
	 
	2	 	Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a
percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

2

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Consented to and]3 Accepted:

CITIBANK, N.A., as Agent

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Consented to:]4

[NAME OF RELEVANT PARTY]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

			
	3	 	To be added only if the consent of the
Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	4	 	To be added only if the consent of the
Borrower and/or other parties (e.g., Issuer) is required by the terms of the
Credit Agreement.

3

 

ANNEX 1

TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. AMENDED AND

RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

     1. Representations and Warranties.

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

          1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power
and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement
that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a
Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit
Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the
obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together
with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.08(1) and (2)
thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to
make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to
purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision
independently and without reliance on the Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Non-United
States Person, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be
delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the
Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Agent, the
Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under the

 

 

Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations
which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

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

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

2

 

EXHIBIT G

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION

     Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 5,
2009, among Beazer Homes USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the several lenders
from time to time parties thereto, the several issuers of letters of credit from time to time
parties thereto and Citibank, N.A., as agent (in such capacity and together with its permitted
successors and assigns, the “Agent”) (as amended and modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”). Terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in
the Senior Indentures.

     This certificate is being delivered pursuant to [Section 2.01.2(b) of the Credit
Agreement]1 [Section [___] of the Credit Agreement]2. The undersigned, in
his/her capacity as [          ] of the Company, hereby certifies that:

     (a) The aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
at the date hereof that is secured by Liens (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness secured by
Liens) is $[     ]; and

     (b) On a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the borrowing of all amounts available
under the Credit Agreement, the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries at the date hereof that is secured by Liens (other than Non-Recourse
Indebtedness secured by Liens) is $[     ].

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Officer’s Certification as an officer of
the Company, and not in the undersigned’s individual capacity,
as of the ___ day of                                         ,
2009.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	[     ] of Beazer Homes USA, Inc. 	 
	 

 

			
	1.	 	 To be used if the Secured Borrowing Base Option is selected.
	 
	2.	 	 To be used if the Cash Secured Option is selected.

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