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                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                   $30,000,000

                           DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION CREDIT
                                       AND
                               GUARANTY AGREEMENT

                                      AMONG

                              KEY3MEDIA GROUP, INC.
    A DEBTOR AND DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION UNDER CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE

                                   AS BORROWER

                                       AND

                  THE SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER NAMED HEREIN
 EACH A DEBTOR AND DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION UNDER CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE

                                  AS GUARANTORS

                                       AND

                          THE DIP LENDERS PARTY HERETO

                                       AND

                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

                  AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT

                          DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 5, 2003

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                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                           DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION CREDIT
                                       AND
                               GUARANTY AGREEMENT

         THIS DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of
February 5, 2003 (this "Agreement"), by and among Key3Media Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and a debtor and debtor-in-possession in a case pending
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the "Borrower"), Key3Media Advertising,
Inc. ("Advertising"), Key3Media BCR Events, Inc. ("BCR"), Key3Media BioSec Corp.
("BioSec"), Key3Media Events, Inc. ("Events"), Key3Media VON Events, Inc. ("VON"
and, together with Advertising, BCR, BioSec and Events, the "Guarantors"), the
lenders listed on the signature pages hereof (the "Lenders"), Wilmington Trust
Company, as collateral agent (together with any successor collateral agent
appointed pursuant to Article VIII, the "Collateral Agent"), and Wilmington
Trust Company, as administrative agent (together with any successor
administrative agent appointed pursuant to Article VIII, the "Administrative
Agent"). Unless otherwise defined herein or the context clearly requires
otherwise, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
given such terms in Article I.

                             PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

         The Borrower and the Guarantors (collectively, the "Loan Parties") have
filed voluntary petitions with the Bankruptcy Court commencing cases under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Loan Parties have continued in the
possession of their assets and in the management of their businesses pursuant to
Section 1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code.

         Subject to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the terms of this
Agreement, the Borrower has applied to the Lenders for term loans (the "Loans")
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000.

         To provide guarantees and assure repayment of the Obligations, the Loan
Parties shall provide to the Agents and the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement
and the Orders, the following (each as more fully described in this Agreement):

                  (i)      a guaranty from each of the Guarantors of the due and
         punctual payment and performance of the Obligations pursuant to Article
         VII;

                  (ii)     an allowed administrative expense claim in each of
         the cases pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code having
         priority over any and all administrative expenses of the kind specified
         in Section 503(b) or 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; and

                  (iii)    a perfected Lien on the Collateral as provided, and
         with the priorities set forth, in Section 2.12.

         All of the claims and the Liens granted to the Secured Parties pursuant
to the Loan Documents and the Orders shall be subject to the Carve-Out to the
extent provided in Section 2.12 and the Orders.

                                    AGREEMENT

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, the Loan Parties, the
Agents and the Lenders hereby agree as follows:

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                                   ARTICLE I
                        DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

         SECTION 1.01 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

         "Administrative Agent" means Wilmington Trust Company and its
successors and assigns.

         "Additional Priority Collateral" means all of the assets and properties
of the Loan Parties (other than the Priority Collateral), if any, that are
subject to Pre-Petition Lender Liens as of the Petition Date which are
subsequently released or subordinated to the Liens granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to secure the Obligations.

         "Advertising" means Key3Media Advertising, Inc. and its successors and
assigns.

         "Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is
under common control with such Person or is a director or officer of such
Person. For purposes of this definition, the term "control" (including the terms
"controlling", "controlled by" and "under common control with") of a Person
means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

         "Agents" means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

         "Aggregate Commitment Amount" means $30,000,000.

         "Approved Budget" means, at any time, the most recent Budget that has
been submitted to, and approved by, the Managing Lender in accordance with
Section 5.01(j).

         "Arrangement Fee" means, with respect to any Loan advanced to the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, 5% of the principal amount of such Loan.

         "Arranging Lender" means Weisel.

         "Assignment and Acceptance" means an assignment and acceptance
agreement entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the
Administrative Agent, in accordance with Section 9.07, which agreement shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit C, as amended, or such other form as is
acceptable to the Required Lenders.

         "Bankruptcy Code" means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
heretofore and hereafter amended, and codified as 11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.

         "Bankruptcy Court" means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware or any other court having jurisdiction over the Cases from
time to time.

         "BCR" means Key3Media BCR Events, Inc. and its successors and assigns.

         "BioSec" means Key3Media BioSec Corp. and its successors and assigns.

         "Borrower" means Key3Media Group, Inc. and its successors and assigns.

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         "Borrowing Date" means any Business Day specified in a Notice of
Borrowing as a date on which the Borrower requests the Lenders to make Loans to
the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

         "Budget" means a thirteen (13) week forecast of anticipated cash
receipts and disbursements of the Loan Parties.

         "Business Day" means a day of the year on which banks are not required
or authorized by law to close in New York City.

         "Calendar Week" means a seven (7) day period that begins on Monday and
ends on the next Sunday.

         "Carve-Out" has the meaning specified in the Interim Order or, if
entered, the Final Order.

         "Cases" means the Chapter 11 cases of the Loan Parties pending in the
Bankruptcy Court.

         "Cash Report" means, with respect to any Calendar Week, a report that
(a) sets forth the actual cash receipts, cash disbursements and ending cash
balance for such Calendar Week, and (b) explains the variances, if any, between
the actual financial results of such Calendar Week and the financial results
forecast for such Calendar Week in the Approved Budget.

         "Collateral" means all of the assets and other property that is or is
intended to be subject to any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Collateral Documents (which
shall include, without limitation, the Priority Interim Collateral, the Priority
Collateral, any Additional Priority Collateral and all other assets and
properties of the Loan Parties).

         "Collateral Agent" means Wilmington Trust Company and its successors
and assigns.

         "Collateral Documents" means the Security Agreement and any other
agreement or instrument that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

         "Commitments" means, with respect to any Lender at any time, such
Lender's Interim Loan Commitment and Final Loan Commitment.

         "Confidential Information" means information that any Loan Party
furnishes to an Agent or a Lender on a confidential basis, but does not include
any information that (a) is or becomes generally available to the public other
than as a result of a breach by such Agent or such Lender of its obligations
under this Agreement, or (b) is or becomes available to such Agent or such
Lender from a source other than the Loan Parties that is not, to the actual
knowledge of such Agent or Lender, acting in violation of a confidential
agreement with a Loan Party.

         "Confirmation Order" means an order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming
a Plan of Reorganization.

         "Consummation Date" means the date of the substantial consummation of a
Plan of Reorganization (as defined in Section 1101 of the Bankruptcy Code and
which for purposes of this Agreement shall be no later than the date that all of
the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of such Plan of Reorganization
have been satisfied or waived).

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         "Contract" means (a) any agreement (whether bilateral or unilateral or
executing or non-executing and whether a Person entitled to rights thereunder is
so entitled directly or as a third-party beneficiary), including any indenture,
lease or license, and (b) any deed or other instrument of conveyance.

         "Default" means any Event of Default or any event that would constitute
an Event of Default but for the giving of notice or elapse of time or both.

         "DIP Loan Administrator" means David Auchterlonie and/or any other
Person(s) employed, retained or selected by the Managing Lender to provide
advice to the Managing Lender concerning the Loan Parties' financial
performance, prospects for reorganization and compliance with the Loan
Documents.

         "Disclosure Statement" means the disclosure statement for the Joint
Plan, as amended.

         "Eligible Assignee" means any commercial bank or financial institution
(including any fund that regularly invests in loans similar to the Loans) or any
other Person approved by the Managing Lender.

         "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.

         "Events" means Key3Media Events, Inc. and its successors and assigns.

         "Events of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

         "Existing Liabilities" means all of the Liabilities of the Loan Parties
at the time the Loan Parties filed for bankruptcy.

         "Exit Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).

         "Fee Letter" means the fee letter, dated as of the date of this
Agreement and attached hereto as Exhibit D, among the Agents and the Borrower,
as amended.

         "Final Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

         "Final Loan Availability Period" means the period beginning with the
date on which the Final Order is approved by the Bankruptcy Court and ending on
the Termination Date.

         "Final Loan Commitment" means, with respect to any Lender, at any date
after the Final Order has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court, (a) an amount
equal to (i) the amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule
2.01(b), minus (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's
Interim Loans as of such date, or (b) as may be subsequently set forth in the
Register from time to time to reflect sales or purchases of the Loans and/or
Commitments by such Lender.

         "Final Order" means an order of the Bankruptcy Court entered in the
Cases after a final hearing under Bankruptcy Rule 4001(b)(2) granting final
approval of the Loan Documents and the Transactions.

         "Foreign Lender" means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than the United State of America.

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         "Governmental Authority" means any federal, state, municipal or other
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality or
any court, in each case whether in the United States or a foreign jurisdiction.

         "Guaranteed Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.

         "Guarantors" means Advertising, BCR, BioSec, Events and VON and their
respective successors and assigns.

         "Guaranty" means the guaranty of the Obligations by the Guarantors set
forth in Article VII.

         "Indemnified Costs" has the meaning specified in Section 8.05.

         "Indemnified Party" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(b).

         "Indemnified Taxes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(a).

         "Interest Payment Date" means the last Business Day of each calendar
month.

         "Interim Order" means an order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing and
approving the Loan Documents and the Transactions.

         "Interim Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

         "Interim Loan Availability Period" means the period beginning on the
date on which the Interim Order is approved by the Bankruptcy Court and ending
on the earlier of (a) the date on which the Final Order is approved by the
Bankruptcy Court, and (b) the Termination Date.

         "Interim Loan Commitment" means, with respect to any Lender at any
time, before the Final Order has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court, the
amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 2.01(a) or as may be
subsequently set forth in the Register from time to time to reflect sales or
purchases of the Loans and/or Commitments by such Lender.

         "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.

         "Joint Plan" means a Plan of Reorganization that is jointly proposed,
supported and endorsed by both the Plan Proponent and the Loan Parties.

         "Junior Replacement DIP Loan" means, with respect to any Qualified
Alternate Transaction, the loan required to be made to the Loan Parties by the
Proposed Alternate Transaction Proponent(s) of such Qualified Alternate
Transaction, which loan shall either be unsecured or secured by Liens that are
junior in all respects to the Pre-Petition Lender Liens.

         "KERP" means the Key Employee Retention Program filed with the
Bankruptcy Court after the Petition Date.

         "Law" means (a) all common laws and principles of equity, and (b) all
provisions of all (i) constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations and orders of
Governmental Authorities, (ii) approvals, consents and authorizations from
Governmental Authorities, and (iii) orders, decisions, judgments and decrees of
all Governmental Authorities (whether at law or in equity or admiralty) and
arbitrators.

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         "Lender" means Weisel and each Person that becomes a Lender under this
Agreement pursuant to Section 9.07 for so long as Weisel or such other Person,
as the case may be, shall hold (i) any of the outstanding Loans, or (ii) any
Unfunded Commitment prior to the Termination Date.

         "Liabilities" means debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of every
kind, whether absolute or contingent, monetary or non-monetary, direct or
indirect, known or unknown, or matured or unmatured.

         "Lien" means any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance
of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement, including the lien
or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any easement, right of
way or other encumbrance on title to real property.

         "Loan" means an Interim Loan or a Final Loan.

         "Loan Documents" means (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) the
Collateral Documents, (d) the Fee Letter, and (e) any other agreement, document
or instrument executed and delivered by any Loan Party in connection with any of
the foregoing agreements or documents or the Transactions.

         "Loan Parties" means the Borrower and the Guarantors.

         "Managing Lender" means Weisel.

         "Material Adverse Change" means any material adverse change in the
business, financial condition, operations, performance or properties of the Loan
Parties, taken as a whole after giving effect to the condition of the Loan
Parties as of the date hereof.

         "Material Adverse Effect" means (a) a material adverse effect on the
business, financial condition, operations, performance or properties of the Loan
Parties, taken as a whole after giving effect to the condition of the Loan
Parties as of the date hereof, (b) a material adverse effect on the rights and
remedies of the Agents or any Lender under the Loan Documents, or (c) a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their obligations
under the Loan Documents and/or the Joint Plan.

         "Maturity Date" means June 30, 2003; provided, however, that if
requested by the Borrower and approved by the Required Lenders and the Managing
Lender, the Managing Lender may, at any time or from time to time, extend the
Maturity Date for up to twelve (12) months after June 30, 2003.

         "Minority Lenders" has the meaning specified in Section 9.01(b).

         "Note" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of
any Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, as amended, that evidences
the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the
Loans made by such Lender.

         "Notice of Borrowing" has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a).

         "Obligations" means all amounts payable to the Lenders and the Agents
pursuant to the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans, all interest payable on the Loans, and all fees,
expenses (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys fees and expenses),
premiums, penalties, fees, indemnifications, advances, liabilities, obligations,
debts, contract causes of action, costs and other amounts payable to the Lenders
and the Agents pursuant to the Loan Documents, whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, including any extensions, modifications, substitutions,
amendments and renewals thereof).

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         "Orders" means the Interim Order and the Final Order.

         "Other Taxes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(b).

         "Participation Fee" means, with respect to any Loan advance to the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, an amount determined by the Arranging
Lender up to, but not exceeding, 1% of the principal amount of such Loan.

         "Permitted Liens" means (a) the Pre-Petition Lender Liens, (b) with
respect to any equipment purchased or leased by the Loan Parties, any Lien on
such equipment that secures the purchase or lease obligations of the Loan
Parties regarding such equipment, (c) any second priority Liens granted to the
Pre-Petition Lenders on the Collateral pursuant to the Orders, and (d) Liens
existing under the laws of the states of California, Nevada, Massachusetts
arising out of the litigation between Interface, Nevada, Inc. or Interface
Massachusetts, Inc. or and their affiliates and the Loan Parties.

         "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or
any political subdivision or agency thereof.

         "Petition Date" means the date on which the Loan Parties filed for
bankruptcy.

         "Plan Proponent" means Weisel.

         "Plan of Reorganization" means any plan of reorganization or
liquidation regarding one or more of the Loan Parties.

         "Pre-Petition Credit Agreement" means (i) the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2001, by and among the Borrower, certain
of the Borrower's Subsidiaries and the Pre-Petition Lenders, as amended, and
(ii) all related security agreements, notes and other agreements, documents and
instruments.

         "Pre-Petition Lender Collateral" means all of the collateral in which
the Loan Parties granted Liens pursuant to the Pre-Petition Credit Agreement to
secure the amounts payable to the Pre-Petition Lenders under the Pre-Petition
Credit Agreement to the extent that such Liens are valid, perfected and
nonavoidable.

         "Pre-Petition Lender Liens" means the Liens granted to the Pre-Petition
Lenders on the Pre-Petition Lender Collateral pursuant to the Pre-Petition
Credit Agreement.

         "Pre-Petition Lenders" means the lenders and agents that are party to
the Pre-Petition Credit Agreement and their respective successors or assigns.

         "Priority Collateral" means, as of the date on which the Final Order is
entered by the Bankruptcy Court and any date thereafter, (i) the Priority
Interim Collateral, (ii) all of the assets and properties of the Loan Parties on
Schedule 1.1 to this Agreement, and (iii) all of the Additional Priority
Collateral, if any, as of such date.

         "Priority Interim Collateral" means, as of the date on which the
Interim Order is entered by the Bankruptcy Court and any date thereafter, (i)
all of the assets and properties of the Loan Parties identified on Schedule 1.2
to this Agreement, (ii) all of the Additional Priority Collateral, if any, as of

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such date, and (iii) all of the assets and properties of the Loan Parties that
are not subject to a valid and perfected Lien at the time the Loan Parties filed
for bankruptcy.

         "Proposed Alternate Transaction" means any proposal, offer, plan, term
sheet, expression of interest, agreement or other arrangement to (a) reorganize
any of the Loan Parties and/or any of their Subsidiaries (other than the Joint
Plan) or restructure any of their Liabilities, or (b) sell, transfer, convey or
otherwise dispose of any of the assets or properties of the Loan Parties and/or
any of the Subsidiaries other than as permitted by Section 5.02(c).

         "Proposed Alternate Transaction Proponent" means any Person (other than
a Loan Party) that (i) proposes, makes or sponsors any Proposed Alternate
Transaction, or (ii) enters into any agreement, plan or other arrangement with
one or more of the Loan Parties regarding any Proposed Alternate Transaction.

         "Qualified Alternate Transaction" means any Proposed Alternate
Transaction that has been agreed to in writing by one or more of the Loan
Parties and one or more other Persons that (a) has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by all of the parties to such agreement and such
agreement is valid and legally binding on, and enforceable against, all of the
parties thereto, (b) expressly provides for all of the following: (i) the
Proposed Alternate Transaction is not subject to any financing, due diligence or
other conditions, except approvals required by law, (ii) all of the Obligations
will be paid in full in cash on or prior to the Maturity Date, (iii) all amounts
payable to the Pre-Petition Lenders pursuant to the Pre-Petition Credit
Agreement will be paid in full in cash on or prior to the consummation of such
Proposed Alternate Transaction, (iv) the Proposed Alternate Transaction
Proponent(s) of such Proposed Alternate Transaction shall have agreed to loan
the Loan Parties an amount not less than the Aggregate Commitment Amount prior
to the Maturity Date, which loan shall either be unsecured or secured by Liens
junior in all respects to all of the Pre-Petition Lender Liens, and the proceeds
of such loan shall be used to pay all of the Obligations on or prior to the
Maturity Date and the remaining proceeds, if any, shall be available to the Loan
Parties for general corporate purposes, and (v) each Proposed Alternate
Transaction Proponent of such Proposed Alternate Transaction shall be liable to
the creditors of the Loan Parties if such proponent breaches its obligation to
consummate such transaction.

         "Qualified Alternate Transaction Conditions" means, with respect to any
Qualified Alternate Transaction, (a) the Qualified Alternate Transaction Escrow
Amount has been deposited with an escrow agent reasonably acceptable to the
Managing Lender on terms reasonably acceptable to the Managing Lender, which
deposit shall secure the obligations of the Qualified Alternate Transaction
Proponent(s) of such Qualified Alternate Transaction to pay all of the
Obligations on or prior to the Maturity Date, and (b) each Qualified Alternate
Transaction Proponent has unconditionally and irrevocably agreed to fund all
future borrowings under this Agreement (if any) through a participating interest
in the Loans that is junior in priority to all amounts payable to the Lenders
pursuant to the Loan Documents, which participating interest shall be repaid
from the proceeds loaned to the Loan Parties pursuant to the Junior Replacement
DIP Loan.

         "Qualified Alternate Transaction Escrow Amount" means, at any time, an
amount equal to the sum of (a) the Aggregate Commitment Amount, plus (b) the
Exit Fee, plus (c) all interest, fees, expenses and other Obligations (excluding
the outstanding principal amount of the Loans) then payable to the Lenders
pursuant to the Loan Documents.

         "Ratable Share" means (i) with respect to any Lender required to make a
Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 at any time, a percentage calculated by dividing
the total amount of such Lender's Unfunded Commitments at such time by the
aggregate amount of the Unfunded Commitments of all of the Lenders at such time,
(ii) in the event that any or all of the interest, fees, expenses or other
Obligations (excluding

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principal payments) payable to a Lender is being deferred or paid by increasing
the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Loan pursuant to Section
2.04(c) at any time, a percentage calculated by dividing the total amount of the
interest, fees, costs and other Obligations payable to such Lender that is being
deferred or paid by increasing the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's
Loans at such time by the aggregate amount of the interest, fees, costs and
other Obligations payable to all of the Lenders that is being deferred or paid
by increasing the outstanding principal amount of their Loans at such time,
(iii) with respect to each Lender at the time (if any) that the Exit Fee becomes
payable pursuant to Section 2.05(b), a percentage calculated by dividing the
total amount of such Lender's Commitments at such time by the Aggregate
Commitment Amount, (iv) with respect to any Arranging Lender at the time that an
Arrangement Fee becomes payable pursuant to Section 2.05(c), a percentage
calculated by dividing the total amount of the Commitments of such Arranging
Lender at such time by the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all of the
Arranging Lenders at such time, (v) with respect to any Lender and any payment
of principal or interest on the Loans, a percentage calculated by dividing the
total amount of such Lender's Commitments by the Aggregate Commitment Amount,
(vi) with respect to any Lender in all other situations in which any expenses,
costs or other Obligations is payable to one or more of the Lenders pursuant to
the Loan Documents (other than principal and interest payments and fees payable
pursuant to Section 2.05(b) or Section 2.05(c)), a percentage calculated by
dividing the total amount of such Lender's Commitments by the aggregate amount
of all such Lenders' Commitments, and (vii) with respect to any Lender and any
amount that becomes payable by all of the Lenders to an Agent pursuant to
Section 8.05 or otherwise, a percentage calculated by dividing the total amount
of such Lender's Commitments by the Aggregate Commitment Amount.

         "Register" has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(d).

         "Required Lenders" means, at any time, the Lenders owed a majority of
the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding at such time.

         "Sales Report" means, with respect to any Calendar Week, a report that
details the sales activity for such Calendar Week and provides a status on all
current sales prospects as of the end of such Calendar Week.

         "Secured Parties" means the Agents and the Lenders.

         "Security Agreement" means the Debtor-In-Possession Security Agreement,
dated as of the date of this Agreement, by the Loan Parties in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as amended.

         "Subsidiary" means, as to any Person at any time, (a) any corporation
more than 50% of whose outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether
at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation
shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is
owned by such Person, directly or indirectly, at such time, and (b) any
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture association or other
entity more than 50% of whose outstanding equity interests are owned, directly
or indirectly, by such Person at such time.

         "Super-Priority Claim" means a claim that is an administrative expense
claim having priority over any and all administrative expenses of the kind
specified in Section 503(b) or 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

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         "Termination Date" means the earliest to occur of (a) the Maturity
Date, (b) the date (if any) on which the Commitments terminate for any reason,
(c) the date that is forty-five (45) days after the Petition Date if the Final
Order has not been entered by the Bankruptcy Court in form and substance
satisfactory to the Managing Lender on or prior to such date, (d) the
Consummation Date, or (e) the tenth (10th) day after any Loan Party supports or
sponsors any Qualified Alternate Transaction.

         "Transactions" means the Interim Loans, the Final Loans, the granting
of Liens on the Collateral to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, to secure the Obligations, and all of the other transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents.

         "Unfunded Commitments" means, with respect to any Lender at any time,
the aggregate amount of such Lender's Commitments, if any, that has not been
advanced to the Borrower at such time pursuant to this Agreement.

         "VON" means Key3Media VON Events, Inc. and its successors and assigns.

         "Weisel" means Thomas Weisel Strategic Opportunities Partners, L.P.
and/or funds managed or controlled by it and its Affiliates, and all of their
respective successors and assigns.

         SECTION 1.02 Computation of Time Periods; Other Definitional
Provisions. In this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word "from"
means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each mean "to but
excluding." References in the Loan Documents to any agreement or contract "as
amended" shall mean and be a reference to such agreement or contract as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

         SECTION 1.03 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires:

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

         (ii)     "or" is not exclusive;

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

         (iv)     provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

         (v)      the word "including" means including without limitation and
                  the terms "include" or "includes" shall have correlative
                  meanings;

         (vi)     "$" means U.S. dollars; and

         (vii)    unless otherwise provided, references to Sections, Exhibits
                  and Schedules refer to sections, exhibits and schedules to
                  this Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE II
                         AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE LOANS

         SECTION 2.01 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and relying upon the representations and warranties set forth in this
Agreement, each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to (a) make term loans
to the Borrower during the Interim Loan Availability Period in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed its Interim Loan Commitment (each such term loan,
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Loan"), and (b) make term loans to the Borrower during the Final Loan
Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Final
Loan Commitment (each such term loan, a "Final Loan").

         SECTION 2.02 Loans. (a) Unless otherwise agreed by the Managing
Lender, (i) each Loan shall be made on notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the Borrowing Date, by
the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt
written notice thereof by telecopier, and (ii) notice of a Loan (a "Notice of
Borrowing") may only be given on the first or second day of each Calendar Week.
Each Notice of Borrowing shall be by telephone, confirmed immediately in
writing, or telecopier, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, specifying
therein the requested (i) Borrowing Date and (ii) aggregate amount of such Loan.
Each Notice of Borrowing shall be accompanied by a Cash Report for the Calendar
Week immediately preceding such Notice of Borrowing. Each Lender shall, before
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Borrowing Date, make available to the
Administrative Agent, in same day funds, such Lender's Ratable Share of such
Loan. After the Administrative Agent's receipt from the Lenders of the funds
requested by the Borrower and upon fulfillment of the conditions to such Loan
set forth in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent will disburse or make such
funds available to the Borrower.

         (b)      Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on
the Borrower. The proposed Loan requested in each Notice of Borrowing shall be
in an increment of $250,000 and shall not be less than $1,000,000 in the
aggregate (or such lesser increment or amount as is agreed to by the Managing
Lender). A Notice of Borrowing shall not be honored if and to the extent that
such Notice of Borrowing seeks a Loan in an amount that would cause the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans to exceed the Aggregate
Commitment Amount. In addition, unless otherwise agreed by the Managing Lender,
a Notice of Borrowing shall not be honored (i) if and to the extent that such
Notice of Borrowing seeks a Loan in an amount that exceeds the amount of cash
required by the Loan Parties through the date that is two weeks after the
proposed Borrowing Date as reflected in the Approved Budget after taking all
available cash of the Loan Parties into consideration as reflected in the Cash
Report for the immediately preceding Cash Report, or (ii) if a Default or an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Unless otherwise agreed by the
Managing Lender, the Lenders shall not be required to extend Loans to the
Borrower more frequently than once per Calendar Week. In conjunction with the
consummation of the Joint Plan, if requested by the Borrower in writing, the
Required Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to, approve additional
Loans up to the aggregate amount of the Unfunded Commitments.

         (c)      Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Administrative
Agent to expend its own funds or advance any money, on behalf of the Lenders, to
the Borrower.

         (d)      The failure of any Lender to make its Ratable Share of any
Loan available to the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement
shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, under this
Agreement to make its Ratable Share of such Loan on the relevant Borrowing Date;
however, no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to
make its Ratable Share of any Loan available to the Administrative Agent on any
Borrowing Date.

         SECTION 2.03 Notes; Prepayments; Conversion. (a) The Loans made by a
Lender to the Borrower shall be evidenced by a Note, duly executed on behalf
of the Borrower, dated as of the date of this Agreement, in substantially the
form of Exhibit B, delivered and payable to such Lender in a principal amount
equal to the aggregate amount of its Commitments. The outstanding balance of
each Loan shall mature and be due and payable on the Termination Date. Each Note
shall bear interest on the outstanding principal balance thereof for the
relevant Borrowing Date as provided in Section 2.04.

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         (b)      The Borrower may, upon at least three (3) Business Day's
notice to the Administrative Agent, prepay all (but not less than all) of the
Obligations; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing or anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) a prepayment of the Obligations shall not
be permitted unless the Exit Fee is paid to the Lenders at the same time as the
prepayment, and (ii) a prepayment of the Obligations shall not be permitted
unless it is made in conjunction with, and pursuant to, a Qualified Alternate
Transaction; provided further, however, that the Loans of any Minority Lender
may be prepaid in accordance with Section 9.01(b). Upon the prepayment of the
Obligations, the Commitments shall terminate and the Borrower shall no longer be
entitled to borrow any funds under this Agreement.

         (c)      Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in
the Loan Documents, in the event that the Joint Plan provides for the conversion
or exchange of all or part of the Obligations into debt and/or equity securities
or interests of one or more of the Loan Parties or any other Person and such
plan is confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court, and consummated, if such conversion
or exchange is approved by the Required Lenders and the Managing Lender, then
such conversion or exchange shall be approved and all Lenders shall be bound by
such decision, in which case such Obligations shall be paid and discharged, and
the Liens securing such Obligations shall be released, upon the conversion or
exchange of such Obligations as and to the extent provided in the Joint Plan.

         SECTION 2.04 Interest. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section
2.04(b), each Loan shall bear and accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to
7%. Interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan on each
Interest Payment Date, on the Termination Date and after the Termination Date,
if interest remains unpaid, on demand.

         (b)      Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Loan at a rate per annum equal to 10%. In addition, the amount of any interest,
fee, expense or other amount payable under the Loan Documents that is not paid
when due, from the date such amount shall be due until such amount shall be paid
in full, shall also bear interest, payable in arrears on the date such amount
shall be paid in full and on demand, at a rate per annum equal to 10%.

         (c)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan
Documents, except as contemplated by Section 2.03(c) and this Section 2.04, upon
the request of the Borrower, the Required Lenders may, but shall not be
obligated to, elect to (i) defer the payment of any or all interest, fees,
expenses and Obligations payable to the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement
(excluding principal payments), or (ii) permit any or all of such amounts to be
paid in whole or in part by increasing the outstanding principal amount of the
Loans by the amount being paid. In the event the payment of any interest, fees,
expenses or Obligations payable to all of the Lenders is deferred pursuant to
this Section 2.04(c), the deferred amounts shall accrue interest at the same
rate payable on the Loans; provided, however, that all amounts deferred pursuant
to this Section 2.04(c) shall only be deferred for the period specified by the
Required Lenders in writing. If any interest, fees, expenses or Obligations
payable to all of the Lenders is paid by increasing the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans, each Lender shall be allocated its Ratable Share of such
increase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any interest, fees, expenses or
Obligations are payable to some, but not all, of the Lenders pursuant to Section
2.05, Section 9.04 or otherwise or any Lender is being treated differently in
any material adverse respect than other similarly situated Lenders pursuant to
this Section 2.04(c), then (x) the amount payable to any such Lender shall not
be deferred or paid by increasing the principal amount of such Lender's Loans
without the consent of such Lender, and (ii) if any or all of the amount payable
to one or more such Lenders is being paid by increasing the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans, each such Lender shall be allocated its Ratable
Share of such increase.

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         SECTION 2.05 Fees. (a) The Borrower shall pay to each Agent from time
to time hereafter as and when due and payable any and all other fees specified
in the Fee Letter.

         (b)      Subject to the entry of the Final Order, the Borrower shall
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders a fee (the "Exit
Fee") equal to $5,000,000 upon the occurrence of (i) the consummation of any
Proposed Alternate Transaction, (ii) the sale, assignment, transfer, disposition
or other conveyance of all or any material portion of the Loan Parties' assets
to any Person, or (iii) the repayment of the Obligations other than upon the
consummation of, and pursuant to, the Joint Plan (including, without limitation,
any repayment resulting from any Loan Party supporting, endorsing, sponsoring or
entering into any Proposed Alternate Transaction). Each Lender shall be entitled
to receive its Ratable Share of the Exit Fee.

         (c)      On the Borrowing Date for any Loan, the Borrower shall pay the
Arrangement Fee for such Loan to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Arranging Lender. In addition, in connection with any Loan advanced to the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, the Borrower shall pay the Participation
Fee for such Loan to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders
(other than the Arranging Lender). Each other Lender shall be entitled to
receive its Ratable Share of any Participation Fee.

         SECTION 2.06 Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances. (a) If at
any time and from time to time after the date of this Agreement, any Lender or
the Administrative Agent shall determine that the adoption of any applicable
law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital adequacy, or any change in
any applicable law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital adequacy, or
any change in the interpretation or administration of any such law, rule,
regulation or guideline by any Governmental Authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or
compliance by such Lender (or its lending office or an affiliate) with any
request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force
of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency,
has or will have the effect of (i) reducing the amount of any payment (whether
of principal, interest or otherwise) receivable by such Lender or otherwise
reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any of its
Affiliates as a consequence of such Lender's obligations under this Agreement to
a level below that which such Lender or Affiliate could have achieved but for
such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of
such Lender and its Affiliates with respect to capital adequacy), (ii)
increasing the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining a Loan, or (iii)
requiring a payment in respect of a Loan, then from time to time the Borrower
shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Lender or its Affiliates for such reduction, additional cost or payment
(excluding, for purposes of this Section 2.08, any such increased costs
resulting from (x) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 2.08 shall govern),
and (y) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income by any
Governmental Authority under the laws of which such Lender is organized or
operates. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.06, no Lender
shall demand any payment referred to above if it shall not at the time be the
general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in
substantially similar circumstances under substantially comparable provisions of
other credit agreements.

         (b)      A statement of any Lender or the Administrative Agent setting
forth the amount or amounts payable to it pursuant to Section 2.06(a), supported
by calculations in reasonable detail, as shall be necessary to compensate such
Lender or its Affiliate as specified in Section 2.07(a) shall be delivered to
the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall
pay each Lender or the Administrative Agent the amount or amounts shown as due
on any such statement within ten (10) days after its receipt of the same.

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         (c)      Failure on the part of any Lender or the Administrative Agent
to demand compensation for any increased costs, reduction in amounts received or
receivable or reduction in the rate of return earned on the capital of such
Lender or its Affiliates shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender's or the
Administrative Agent's rights to demand compensation for any increased costs or
reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction in rate of return. The
protection provided to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under this
Section 2.06(c) shall be available to each Lender and the Administrative Agent
regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or inapplicability of
any law, regulation or other condition that shall give rise to any demand by
such Lender or the Administrative Agent for compensation.

         (d)      Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to
this Section 2.06 agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and
regulatory restrictions) to hold its Loan in a different lending office if doing
so would avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, any such additional
amounts and would not, in the sole judgment of such Lender, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender.

         SECTION 2.07 Payments and Computations. (a) Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.03(c) and Section 2.04(c), all payments required to be
made by any Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be paid in full,
irrespective of any right of counterclaim or set-off, on the day when due not
later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) in U.S. dollars to the Administrative
Agent in same day funds, with payments being received by the Administrative
Agent after such time being deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day. Upon receipt of any payment from any Loan Party, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute the payment as follows: (i) if
the funds are payable to one or more Lenders pursuant to Section 2.03, Section
2.04, Section 2.05, Section 9.04 or otherwise, each such Lender shall receive
its Ratable Share of such funds, and (ii) if the funds are payable to one Lender
pursuant to Section 9.04 or otherwise, such funds shall be distributed to such
Lender.

         (b)      Each Loan Party hereby authorizes each Lender, if and to the
extent payment owed to such Lender is not made when due under the Loan
Documents, to charge from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
against any and all of the accounts of each Loan Party maintained with such
Lender, any amount so due. Each Lender that charges an account of a Loan Party
pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall use reasonable efforts to promptly notify
such Loan Party after making any such charge; provided, however, that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such charge.

         (c)      All computations of interest shall be made by the
Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the
actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day)
occurring in the period for which such interest, fees or commissions are
payable. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate, fee
or commission hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on the Loan Parties for
all purposes, absent manifest error.

         (d)      Whenever any payment under the Loan Documents 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 in such case be
included in the computation of payment of interest.

         (e)      Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to require the
Administrative Agent to expend its own funds or advance any money, on behalf of
the Borrower, to the Lenders.

         (f)      If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to
the payment of any Obligations under circumstances in which the Loan Documents
do not specify the Obligations to which,

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or the manner in which, such funds should be applied, the Administrative Agent
shall apply such funds in such order, manner and priority as determined by the
Managing Lender.

         SECTION 2.08 Taxes. (a) Except as required by law, any and all payments
by or for the account of any Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be
made, in accordance with Section 2.07, free and clear of and without deduction
for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or
withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case
of each Lender and each Agent, taxes that are imposed on its overall net income
by the United States and taxes that are imposed on its overall net income (and
franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof) by the state or foreign jurisdiction
under the laws of which such Lender or such Agent, as the case may be, is
organized or any political subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities in respect of
payments hereunder or under the Notes being hereinafter referred to as the
"Indemnified Taxes"). If a Loan Party shall be required by law to deduct any
Indemnified Taxes from or in respect of any amount payable under the Loan
Documents to any Lender or any Agent, (i) the sum payable by such Loan Party
shall be increased as may be necessary so that after such Loan Party and the
Administrative Agent have made all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.08) such Lender or
such Agent, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Loan Party shall make
all such deductions, and (iii) such Loan Party shall pay the full amount
deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance
with applicable law.

         (b)      In addition, each Loan Party shall pay any present or future
stamp, documentary, excise, property or similar taxes, charges or levies that
arise from any payment made under the Loan Documents or from the execution,
delivery or registration of, performance under, or otherwise with respect to,
any of the Loan Documents (such taxes, charges and levies are hereinafter
referred to as "Other Taxes").

         (c)      Each Loan Party shall indemnify each Lender and each Agent for
and hold them harmless against the full amount of Indemnified Taxes and Other
Taxes, and for the full amount of taxes of any kind imposed by any jurisdiction
on amounts payable under this Section 2.08, imposed on or paid by such Lender or
such Agent and any liability (including penalties, additions to tax, interest
and reasonable expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, except to
the extent that such payments result solely from any act or omission to act on
the part of a Lender. Any payments required to be made by a Loan Party to a
Lender or Agent pursuant to this Section 2.08(c) shall be made within ten (10)
days of the date that such Lender or such Agent makes written demand therefor.

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

         (e)      Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the
Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with
respect to payments made to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents
shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the
time or times prescribed by applicable Law, such properly completed and executed
documentation required by Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will
permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.

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         (f)      Each Lender that is not a Foreign Lender and that is not
eligible to be classified as an "exempt recipient" (as defined in the Treasury
Regulations under the Internal Revenue Code) with respect to which no backup
holding is required shall, upon the reasonable request by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two
completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form.

         (g)      Any Lender entitled to receive any payment pursuant to this
Section 2.08 shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory
restrictions) to file any certificate or document reasonable requested by a Loan
Party, at the expense of such Loan Party, if the making of such filing would
avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, any amounts payable by such Loan
Party pursuant to this Section 2.08.

         SECTION 2.09 Sharing of Payments. Each Lender agrees that if it (or any
of its Affiliates pursuant to Section 9.05) shall, through the exercise of a
right of banker's lien, set-off or counterclaim against any Loan Party
(including, but not limited to, a secured claim under Section 506 of the
Bankruptcy Code or other security or interest arising from, or in lieu of, such
secured claim and received by such Lender or its Affiliates under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or otherwise) obtain any payment in
respect of any amounts owed to such Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents, such
Lender shall promptly deliver such payment to the Administrative Agent for the
account of all the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall apply any funds
delivered to it pursuant to this Section 2.09 to the payment of the Obligations
in accordance with Section 2.07 as if the Borrower had paid such amount to the
Administrative Agent.

         SECTION 2.10 Use of Proceeds. Except as otherwise agreed to by the
Required Lenders in writing, the proceeds of the Loans shall only be used to
provide working capital for the Loan Parties and for other general corporate
purposes of the Loan Parties (including the payment of amounts payable to the
Lenders and the Agents pursuant to this Agreement and the payment of costs and
expenses of administering the Cases that have been approved by the Bankruptcy
Court), in all cases subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Orders and
in accordance with the Approved Budget.

         SECTION 2.11 No Discharge; Survival of Claims. Except as otherwise
provided by Section 2.03(c), the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents shall not be discharged by the entry of a Confirmation Order (and
pursuant to Section 1141(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Loan Parties hereby
waive any such discharge) and the entry of a Confirmation Order shall not in any
manner affect the nature, priority and extent of the Super-Priority Claims
granted to the Lenders and the Agents pursuant to the Loan Documents and/or the
Orders. The obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents shall
survive the conversion of the Cases to cases under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
Code and the dismissal of one or more of the Cases, and any such conversion or
dismissal of the Cases shall not in any manner affect the nature, priority and
extent of the Super-Priority Claims granted to the Lenders and the Agents
pursuant to the Loan Documents and/or the Orders.

         SECTION 2.12 Priority and Liens. The Loan Parties hereby covenant,
represent and warrant that the Obligations shall (a) at all times constitute
Super-Priority Claims against all of the Loan Parties, and (b) be secured by the
following Liens:

         (i)      upon and after entry of the Interim Order by the Bankruptcy
Court, (A) a Lien on all of the Priority Interim Collateral in favor of the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to secure the
Obligations, which Lien shall be senior to all of the other Liens on the
Priority Interim Collateral (including, without limitation, the Pre-Petition
Lender Liens), and (B) a Lien on all of the assets and properties of the Loan
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Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to secure the
Obligations, which Lien shall be subject only to valid and perfected Liens on
such assets and properties prior to the Loan Parties' filing for bankruptcy (and
the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, on the assets and properties of the Loan Parties (other than the
Priority Interim Collateral) that are subject to the Pre-Petition Lender Liens
shall only be junior to the Pre-Petition Lender Liens), and

         (ii)     upon and after entry of the Final Order by the Bankruptcy
Court, (A) a Lien on all of the Priority Collateral in favor of the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to secure the Obligations, which
Lien shall be senior to all other Liens on the Priority Collateral (including,
without limitation, the Pre-Petition Lender Liens), and (B) a Lien on all of the
assets and properties of the Loan Parties (other than the Priority Collateral)
in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to
secure the Obligations, which Lien shall be subject only to valid and perfected
Liens on such assets and properties prior to the Loan Parties filing for
bankruptcy (and the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, on the assets and properties of the Loan Parties (other
than the Priority Collateral) that are subject to the Pre-Petition Lender Liens
shall only be junior to the Pre-Petition Lender Liens); provided, however, that
all of the foregoing claims and Liens of the Secured Parties shall be subject to
the Carve-Out as and to the extent provided in, and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth, in the Interim Order or, if entered, the Final Order.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no portion
of the Carve-Out shall be used to satisfy or pay any fees or administrative
expense claims arising in connection with (x) any litigation against the Lenders
or Pre-Petition Lenders (including the investigation, preparation and
prosecution of any motions, objections or adversary proceedings seeking an order
or judgment disallowing any of the claims of the Lenders or Pre-Petition Lenders
against the Loan Parties, vacating or modifying any of the Orders, or awarding
any other damages or remedies against the Lenders or Pre-Petition Lenders), (y)
any objection or other opposition to the enforcement of remedies by the Lenders
or Pre-Petition Lenders under the Loan Documents or Pre-Petition Credit
Agreement, or (z) any request by the Lenders or Pre-Petition Lenders for an
order dismissing the Cases or converting the Cases to cases under Chapter 7 of
the Bankruptcy Code.

                                  ARTICLE III
                              CONDITIONS OF LENDING

         SECTION 3.01 Conditions Precedent to Interim Loans. The obligation of
each Lender to make any Interim Loan shall be subject to the satisfaction, or
waiver by the Required Lenders, immediately prior to or concurrently with the
making of such Interim Loan, of the following conditions:

         (a)      A motion for entry of an order authorizing the Debtors to file
the Joint Plan shall have been filed with the Bankruptcy Court on the Petition
Date and shall not have been terminated or withdrawn, and the Joint Plan shall
be in forma nd substantce satisfactory to the Managing Lender;

         (b)      All orders material to the interests of the Lenders and all
other "first day orders" submitted to, and/or approved by, the Bankruptcy Court
on or after the Petition Date shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Managing Lender.

         (c)      The Administrative Agent shall have received the following,
each in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders:

                  (i)      a Note payable to the order of each Lender pursuant
         to Section 2.03;

                  (ii)     a Notice of Borrowing relating to such Loan pursuant
         to Section 2.02; and

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                  (iii)    the Collateral Documents duly executed by each of the
         Loan Parties.

         (d)      A copy of the Interim Order shall have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent, and the Interim Order shall:

                  (i)      have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court;

                  (ii)     be in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing
         Lender;

                  (iii)    authorize the Interim Loans in the amounts and on
         terms and conditions satisfactory to the Managing Lender;

                  (iv)     approve the payment by the Borrower of all of the
         fees and expenses set forth in the Loan Documents (other than the Exit
         Fee);

                  (v)      approve the grant of valid and perfected Liens on the
         Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
         Secured Parties, as provided in and contemplated by Section 2.12 and
         the Collateral Documents with the priorities set forth in Section 2.12;

                  (vi)     be in full force and effect; and

                  (vii)    shall not have been amended, stayed, vacated,
         reversed, modified or rescinded in any respect except as consented to
         by the Managing Lender; and, if the Interim Order is the subject of a
         pending appeal in any respect, neither the making of any Loan nor the
         performance by any of the Loan Parties of their obligations under any
         of the Loan Documents shall be the subject of an effective stay pending
         appeal.

         (e)      The Loan Parties shall have provided the Managing Lender with
such documents, certificates, instruments and opinions as reasonably requested
by the Managing Lender to evidence the due authorization, execution and delivery
of the Loan Documents by the Loan Parties and the due authorization of the
Interim Loans, Final Loans and other Transactions.

         SECTION 3.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Loan. The obligation of each
Lender to make any Loan shall be subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by the
Required Lenders immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such
Loan, of the following:

         (i)      all of the representations and warranties in the Loan
Documents being correct on and as of such date, before and after giving effect
to such Loan and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on
and as of such date other than any such representations or warranties that, by
their terms, refer to a specific date other than applicable Borrowing Date, in
which case as of such specific date;

         (ii)     no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
such Loan or the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a
Default or an Event of Default;

         (iii)    since the Petition Date, there has not occurred any Material
Adverse Change or any development, event or circumstances that is reasonably
likely to result in a Material Adverse Change;

         (iv)     the Administrative Agent has received (i) a Notice of
Borrowing, duly executed by the Borrower that complies with Section 2.02(a) and
Section 2.02(b), and (ii) a Cash Report for the preceding Calendar Week as
required by Section 2.02(b);

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         (v)      the Loan Parties shall have paid all fees and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) due and owing to the Agents,
the Lenders and the administrative agent of the Pre-Petition Credit Agreement;

         (vi)     there shall be an Approved Budget that covers at least ten
(10) full Calendar Weeks after the Borrowing Date and (x) the aggregate amount
of cash actually held by the Loan Parties as of the last day of the Calendar
Week immediately preceding such Loan shall be not less than 90% of the aggregate
amount of cash that the Loan Parties were projected to have on such day in the
Approved Budget, and (y) all accounts payable of the Loan Parties shall have
been in the ordinary course of business since the Petition Date and none of the
accounts payable of the Loan Parties incurred since the Petition Date is more
than forty-five (45) days past due (other than accounts payable that are being
disputed in good faith);

         (vii)    the Administrative Agent, Managing Lender and the DIP Loan
Administrator shall have received all of the information, reports and records
regarding the Loan Parties that have been reasonably requested by them and all
such information, reports and records shall be complete and accurate in all
material respects;

         (viii)   other than objections or threats to object to the entry of the
Interim DIP Order or the Final DIP Order, there shall exist no action, suit,
investigation, litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party pending or
threatened before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that (i) could
reasonably be expected to have, individually or together with all other events
and circumstances, a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) purports to affect the
legality, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, the Joint Plan or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;

         (ix)     the Loan Parties shall have provided the Administrative Agent,
Managing Lender and the DIP Loan Administrator with such documents,
certificates, instruments and opinions as have been reasonably requested by them
regarding the Loan Parties, the Collateral and the Loan Parties' compliance with
the Loan Documents; and

         (x)      the KERP (a) has not been filed with the Bankruptcy Court in
form and substance satisfactory to the Managing Lender, (b) is amended, modified
or supplemented in any manner that is not approved by the Managing Lender, or
(c) is withdrawn or not approved by the Bankruptcy Court within forty-five (45)
days of the Petition Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing
Lender.

         SECTION 3.03 Additional Conditions to Final Loans. The obligation of
each Lender to make any Final Loan is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by
the Required Lenders immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of
such Loan, of the following:

         (a)      A copy of the Final Order shall have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent, and the Final Order shall:

                  (i)      have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court;

                  (ii)     be in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing
         Lender;

                  (iii)    authorize the Final Loans in the amounts and on terms
         and conditions satisfactory to the Managing Lender,

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                  (iv)     approve the payment by the Borrower of all of the
         fees set forth in the Loan Documents;

                  (v)      approve the grant of valid and perfected security
         interests in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the
         benefit of the Secured Parties, as provided in and contemplated by
         Section 2.12 and the Collateral Documents with the priorities set forth
         in Section 2.12;

                  (vi)     be in full force and effect; and

                  (vii)    not have been amended, stayed, vacated, reversed,
         modified or rescinded in any respect except as consented to by the
         Managing Lender; and, if the Final Order is the subject of a pending
         appeal in any respect, neither the making of any Loan, nor the
         performance by any of the Loan Parties of any of their obligations
         under the Loan Documents be the subject of an effective stay pending
         appeal.

         SECTION 3.04 Determinations Under Article III. For purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in Article III, each Lender
shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied
with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or
approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Required Lenders.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         SECTION 4.01 Representations and Warranties of the Loan Parties. Each
of the Loan Parties represents and warrants as of the date of this Agreement and
each date on which a Loan is made to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement as
follows:

         (a)      Organization and Authority. Each Loan Party and each of its
Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation (other than Event Advertising LLC) duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, (ii) is duly qualified and in good standing
as a foreign corporation in each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
property or in which the conduct of its business requires it to so qualify or be
licensed, and (iii) has all requisite corporate power and authority (including
all governmental licenses, permits and other approvals) to own or lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted. Each Loan Document has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party thereto. Each Loan Document is
the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is a party
thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms.

         (b)      Ownership. All of the Guarantors and their Subsidiaries (other
than Event Advertising, LLC) are wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower
and/or the other Loan Parties. No Person has any right to purchase or otherwise
acquire any of the equity securities of any Loan Party or any of their
Subsidiaries pursuant to an option, warrant, right of conversion or any similar
right or otherwise. All of the outstanding equity securities of the Loan Parties
and their Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower and/or the
other Loan Parties free and clear of all Liens, except those created under the
Collateral Documents and Liens securing amounts payable to the Pre-Petition
Lenders under the Pre-Petition Credit Agreement.

         (c)      No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by each
Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is or is to be a party, and the
consummation of the Transactions, are within such

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Loan Party's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and do not (i) contravene such Loan Party's certificate of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents, (ii) violate any Law,
(iii) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default or
require any payment to be made under, any Contract (other than the Pre-Petition
Credit Agreement) binding on or affecting any Loan Party, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their properties, except for any such conflict, breach or
default that could not reasonably be expected to have or result in, individually
or together with all other events and circumstances, a Material Adverse Effect,
or (iv) except for the Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, result in
or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of
the properties of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth
on Schedule 4.01(c), no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation,
breach or default of any Law or Contract, the violation, breach or default of
which could be reasonably expected to have or result in, individually or
together with all other events and circumstances, a Material Adverse Effect (to
the extent that any Contract defines what constitutes a default or an event of
default thereunder, a Loan Party shall not be in breach of such Contract unless
a default or event of default has occurred and is continuing thereunder).

         (d)      No Consent. Except for the entry by the Bankruptcy Court of
the Interim Order and the Final Order, no authorization or approval or other
action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any
other third party is required for (i) the due execution, delivery, recordation,
filing or performance by any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is or
is to be a party, or for the consummation of the Transactions, (ii) the grant by
any Loan Party of the Liens to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, pursuant to the Loan Documents, (iii) the perfection or
maintenance of the Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents (including the
first priority nature of the Liens granted on the Priority Collateral), or (iv)
the exercise by any Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents
or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Loan Documents. All
applicable waiting periods in connection with the Transactions have expired
without any action having been taken by any competent authority restraining,
preventing or imposing materially adverse conditions upon the Transactions or
the rights of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries freely to transfer or
otherwise dispose of, or to create any Lien on, any properties now owned or
hereafter acquired by any of them.

         (e)      No Litigation. Except as set forth in the Loan Parties' public
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (and except for actions
threatened to be taken by certain Lenders in connection with the entry of the
Interim Order and the Final Order), there is no action, suit, investigation,
litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
that is pending or threatened before any court, Governmental Authority or
arbitrator that (i) could be reasonably expected to have or result in,
individually or together with all other events and circumstances, a Material
Adverse Effect, or (ii) seeks to affect the legality, validity or enforceability
of any Loan Document or the consummation of the Transactions.

         (f)      Budgets. All of the Budgets delivered to the Lender were
prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which
assumptions the Borrower believes were reasonable in the light of conditions
existing at the time of delivery of such Budget, and represented, at the time of
delivery, the Borrower's reasonable best estimate of the future financial
performance of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.

         (g)      ERISA and Environmental Liabilities. The Loan Parties do not
maintain, and are not required to maintain, any pension plan that is subject to
ERISA (other than a 401(k) plan for which the Loan Parties have no unfunded
Liability) and none of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries have any

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Liabilities under ERISA or under any pension plan. None of the Loan Parties are
subject to any environmental Liabilities under any Law or otherwise.

         (h)      Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party is in compliance with
all Laws other than the violation or breach of which could not reasonably be
expected to have or result in, individually or together with all other events
and circumstances, a Material Adverse Effect.

         (i)      Information. No representation or warranty made by a Loan
Party in any Loan Document, nor any of the statements, documents, certificates
or other written information furnished or to be furnished to the Managing Lender
by a Loan Party, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material
fact, or omits or will omit to state any material fact required to make the
statements contained herein or therein not misleading. There are no facts,
events or circumstances, contingent or accrued, known to the Loan Parties that
have not been disclosed to the Managing Lender that could reasonably be expected
to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

         SECTION 4.02 Notices of Borrowing. The delivery of each Notice of
Borrowing for any Loan shall constitute a representation and warranty of the
Loan Parties that (i) all of the conditions to such Loan have been satisfied
other than the conditions, if any, expressly identified by such Notice of
Borrowing as not being satisfied, and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing except as expressly set forth in such Notice of
Borrowing.

                                   ARTICLE V
                            COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER

         SECTION 5.01 Affirmative Covenants. So long as any Loan is outstanding
or any Obligation remains unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment, each
of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries shall at all times:

         (a)      Compliance with Laws. Comply with all Laws other than the
violation or breach of which could not reasonably be expected to have or result
in, individually or together with all other events and circumstances, a Material
Adverse Effect.

         (b)      Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain at its own expense
insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations in
such amounts and covering such risks as is usually carried by companies engaged
in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same general areas in
which such Loan Party operates, and maintain any other insurance or
self-insurance required by Law or required by the Managing Lender. Each policy
for liability insurance maintained by such Loan Party shall (i) provide for all
losses to be paid on behalf of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, and such Loan Party as their interests may appear, and (ii)
name the Collateral Agent as additional insured thereunder (without any
representation or warranty by or obligation upon the Collateral Agent) as its
interests may appear and have such other terms and conditions as may be
requested by the Collateral Agent or the Managing Lender.

         (c)      Preservation of Corporate Existence. Preserve and maintain its
existence, legal structure, legal name, rights (charter and statutory), permits,
licenses, approvals, privileges and franchises.

         (d)      Inspection and Information Rights. (i) Permit each Managing
Lender, and/or any of its agents, advisors or representatives (including,
without limitation, the DIP Loan Administrator), at any time to examine and make
copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and visit the
properties of, and evaluate and monitor, such Loan Party and to discuss the
affairs, finances and accounts

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of such Loan Party with any of its officers, directors, employees, agents,
representatives and advisors. In addition, such Loan Party shall promptly
provide each Managing Lender, and/or any of its agents, advisors or
representatives (including, without limitation, the DIP Loan Administrator),
with all information, reports, agreements and records regarding such Loan Party
and/or the Collateral as they may reasonably request in the form and manner
requested.

         (ii)     Promptly provide the DIP Loan Administrator with all
information, reports, agreements and records regarding such Loan Party and/or
the Collateral as he may reasonably request, all of which shall be presented in
a form and manner reasonably satisfactory to the DIP Loan Administrator. The DIP
Loan Administrator shall be permitted to continuously remain on the premises of
such Loan Party and/or visit such Loan Party from time to time without any
advance notice. The DIP Loan Administrator shall be given reasonable access to
all of the officers, directors, and senior employees of such Loan Party as and
to the extent the DIP Loan Administrator reasonably determines necessary or
appropriate (and such Loan Party understands and agrees that the DIP Loan
Administrator will be monitoring, evaluating and working with its officers
employees, agents, representatives and advisors on a daily basis). Such Loan
Party shall cause all of its officers, senior employees, agents, representatives
and advisors to promptly cooperate in good faith with the DIP Loan Administrator
at all times.

         (e)      Keeping of Books. Keep proper books of record and account, in
which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and
the assets and business of such Loan Party in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles then in effect.

         (f)      Maintenance of Properties. Maintain and preserve all of its
properties that are used or useful in the conduct of its business in good
working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

         (g)      Further Assurances. (i) Promptly upon request by any Agent or
the Managing Lender, correct any defect or error that may be discovered in any
Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation
thereof.

                  (ii)     Promptly upon request by any Agent or the Managing
Lender, do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file,
register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, conveyances,
pledge agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, trust deeds, assignments,
financing statements and continuations thereof, termination statements, notices
of assignment, transfers, certificates, assurances and other instruments as any
Agent or any Managing Lender may reasonably require from time to time in order
to (w) carry out more effectively the purposes of the Loan Documents, (x) to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject any of the properties,
assets, rights or interests of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries to the
Liens now or hereafter intended to be covered by any of the Loan Documents, (y)
perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of the Loan
Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created by the Loan Documents, and
(z) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more
effectively the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be granted to the
Secured Parties under the Loan Documents.

         (h)      Proposed Alternate Transactions. Provide to the Managing
Lender (i) all information regarding each Proposed Alternate Transaction within
one (1) Business day of receiving or sending any information (regardless of how
communicated and whether in writing or oral) regarding such Proposed Alternate
Transaction, and (ii) all other information (including copies of all Proposed
Alternate Transactions and other agreements and documents related to such
transactions) requested by the Managing Lender with respect to any Proposed
Alternate Transaction promptly after such request is made.

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         (i)      The Joint Plan. File the Joint Plan and the Disclosure
Statement with the Bankruptcy Court on the Petition Date, after which the Loan
Parties shall take all reasonable actions to obtain confirmation of the Joint
Plan by the Bankruptcy Court (including actions requested by the Plan
Proponents), including (i) seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of the Disclosure
Statement, (ii) recommending that all eligible creditors vote to accept the
Joint Plan, (iii) defending the Joint Plan and the Disclosure Statement in
connection with any objection thereto, (iv) taking such actions as may be
required to consummate the Joint Plan following confirmation of such plan by the
Bankruptcy Court, and (v) taking such actions as may be necessary to the
administration of the Cases to achieve confirmation of the Joint Plan, including
with respect to the establishment of a deadline to file proofs of claim and the
maintenance or modification of exclusivity during the prosecution of the Joint
Plan.

         (j)      Budgets. Submit, with the other Loan Parties, a proposed
Budget to the Managing Lender on or before the last Business Day of each
Calendar Week. In the event of any material change between the periods covered
by the current Approved Budget and the proposed new Budget, the Loan Parties
shall provide a written explanation of the reasons for each such change, which
explanation shall be delivered to the Managing Lender with the proposed new
Budget. Until a proposed new Budget is approved by the Managing Lender, the
current Approved Budget shall remain in effect. If a proposed new Budget is
approved by the Managing Lender, such Budget shall thereafter be the Approved
Budget for all periods covered by such proposed Budget until the next proposed
new Budget is approved by the Managing Lender; however, the Managing Lender
shall have no obligation to approve any Budget submitted to it. The Loan Parties
may request the Managing Lender to approve a change to any Approved Budget at
any time; however, the Managing Lender shall be under no obligation to approve
any change to any Approved Budget. Each Budget shall be presented in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Lender and each Approved Budget shall be
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Lender.

         (k)      Cash Management. Manage their cash in a manner acceptable to
the Managing Lender and, to the extent requested by the Managing Lender,
promptly change their cash management systems and procedures in a manner
reasonably acceptable to the Managing Lender (including, without limitation,
creating and using concentration, lock-box and other accounts under the control
of the Agents or their designees).

         (l)      Ordinary Course of Business. Except as expressly required by
this Agreement or otherwise consented to by the Managing Lender in writing,
carry on its business in the ordinary course of business and, in connection
therewith, use its reasonable best efforts to (i) preserve or improve its
relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with
it, (ii) keep available the services of its significant employees, and (iii)
preserve or improve its present business, each in a manner consistent with past
practice.

         (m)      Obligations and Taxes. Pay all of its material obligations
arising after the Petition Date promptly and in accordance with their terms and
pay and discharge all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or
levies imposed on it or upon its income and profits or in respect of its
property after the Petition Date, before the same be in default, as well as all
material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise arising
after the Petition Date which, if unpaid, would become a Lien or charge on any
part of its assets or properties; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall
not be required to pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged any
obligation, tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or
amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (if
the Loan Parties have set aside on their books adequate reserves therefor). In
addition, the Loan Parties shall not permit any of their accounts payable to
become more than forty-five (45) days past due (other than payables being
contested in good faith).

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         (n)      Additional Collateral. If requested by the Managing Lender,
cause any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to guarantee all of the
Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Lender.

         SECTION 5.02 Negative Covenants. So long as any Loan is outstanding or
any other Obligation is payable to any Secured Party or any Lender shall have
any Commitment, none of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries shall, at
any time:

         (a)      Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on or
with respect to any of its assets or properties of any character (including
accounts) whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sign or file or suffer to
exist under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, a financing
statement that names such Loan Party or subsidiary as debtor, or sign or suffer
to exist any security agreement authorizing any secured party thereunder to file
such financing statement, or assign any accounts or other right to receive
income, excluding, however, from the operation of the foregoing restrictions the
following:

                  (i)      Liens created under the Loan Documents in favor of
         the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and

                  (ii)     Permitted Liens.

         (b)      Liabilities. (i) Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Liability other than: (w) amounts payable to the Secured Parties pursuant to the
Loan Documents, (x) Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business that
are contemplated by, and included, in the Approved Budget, (y) Liabilities
permitted by Section 5.02(j), and (z) Existing Liabilities; provided, however,
that during any Calendar Week, the Loan Parties may incur expenses not
contemplated by, or included in, the Approved Budget if (1) such expenses were
incurred in the ordinary course of business, (2) such expenses were
unanticipated, (3) the aggregate amount of such unanticipated expenses is less
than 10% of the aggregate cash expenses reflected in the Approved Budget for
such week, and (4) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing; or

                  (ii)     Pay any Liability other than (x) amounts payable to
the Secured Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents, and (y) Liabilities
permitted to be incurred after the Petition Date pursuant to Section 5.02(b).

         (c)      Sales of Assets. Use, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any assets, or grant any option or other right to use, purchase,
lease or otherwise acquire any assets, or file a motion or support any motion
seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of any such transaction without the consent of
the Managing Lender (other than a motion to approve a Qualified Alternate
Transaction); provided, however, that the Loan Parties may sell inventory in the
ordinary course of business and dispose of surplus, obsolete or damaged
equipment.

         (d)      Dividends; Capital Stock. Declare or pay, directly or
indirectly, any dividends or make any other distribution or payment, whether in
cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to (whether by
reduction in capital, purchase, redemption or otherwise) any shares of capital
stock (or any options, warrants, rights or other equity securities or agreements
relating to any capital stock), or set apart any sum for any of the foregoing
purposes; provided, however, that any Loan Party or Subsidiary may pay dividends
to any Loan Party that is its direct parent company.

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         (e)      Change in Nature of Business. Make any material change in the
nature or type of its business as conducted on the Petition Date except as
required by the Bankruptcy Code or consented to by the Managing Lender.

         (f)      Amendment of Organizational Documents and Material Contracts.
Amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational
documents; or enter into, assume, amend, terminate or reject any Contract other
than in the ordinary course of business.

         (g)      Accounting Changes. Make or permit (i) any material change in
accounting policies or reporting practices, except as recommended by its
independent public accountants or required by generally accepted accounting
principles, or (ii) any change in its fiscal year.

         (h)      Prepayments of Liabilities. Except for a prepayment of the
Obligations pursuant to Section 2.03(b), prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or
otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or make
any payment in violation of any subordination terms of, any debt or other
Liability.

         (i)      Negative Pledge. Enter into or suffer to exist any agreement
or other arrangement prohibiting or conditioning the creation or assumption of
any Lien upon any of its property or assets other than (i) in favor of the
Secured Parties, or (ii) in connection with any Existing Liabilities if such
agreement or other arrangement was entered into prior to the Petition Date.

         (j)      Limits on Forming Companies; Investments. Create or invest in,
or purchase or otherwise acquire any interest in, or merge, consolidate or
otherwise combine with, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, company or other entity. In addition, no Loan Party shall
purchase, redeem, hold or acquire any equity, debt or other securities of, make
or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make or permit to exist any
investment in, any other Person, except for (i) ownership by the Loan Parties of
the Subsidiaries owned by them as of the Petition Date, (ii) advances and loans
among the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) with
respect to any Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party, advances,
loans, capital contributions and/or other investments by a Loan Party in or to
any such Subsidiary that are approved by the Managing Lender in writing in
advance.

         (k)      Certain Actions. Knowingly or intentionally take or permit any
action(s), or fail to take any action(s), if such action(s) or failure(s) would
or could reasonably be expected to (i) impede, interfere with, prevent or
materially delay the consummation of the Transactions or the transactions
contemplated by the Joint Plan, (ii) diminish or dilute the benefits to the
Lenders and/or the Plan Proponents of the Transactions or the transactions
contemplated by the Joint Plan, (iii) adversely affect any of the Lenders'
rights in the Collateral, (iv) result in a breach of any of the representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Loan Parties in the Loan
Documents, or (v) result in a Material Adverse Change.

         (l)      Transactions With Affiliates. Enter into any transaction with
any of its Affiliates other than transactions in the ordinary course of business
entered into in good faith upon commercially reasonable terms that are no less
favorable to such Loan Party than would be obtained with a non-Affiliated
Person.

         (m)      Chapter 11 Claims. At any time incur, create, assume, suffer
to exist or permit (i) any Super-Priority Claim other than those granted to or
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or (ii) any other

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claim or right to payment that is pari passu with or senior to the Obligations
except as provided in Section 2.12 and the Orders.

         (n)      Support for Proposed Alternate Transaction. Consistent with
its fiduciary duties the Loan Parties may discuss and negotiate any Proposed
Alternate Transactions proposed by other Persons and respond to requests for
information regarding the Loan Parties from Persons interested and capable in
making a Proposed Alternate Transaction; provided, however, that the Loan
Parties may not support or endorse, or enter into an agreement regarding, a
Qualified Alternate Proposal unless all of the Qualified Alternate Transaction
Conditions have been satisfied.

         (o)      Settlement of Claims. Without the consent of the Managing
Lender, enter into any settlement or compromise of any litigation, claim
(including a claim for insurance proceeds) or cause of action in which any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries initially sought or demanded in excess of
$100,000, or file or support any motion seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of any
such compromise or settlement. For purposes of this Section 5.02(o), any waiver
or release of any litigation, claim (including a claim for insurance proceeds)
or cause of action by or on behalf of the Loan Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries shall be considered a compromise or settlement.

         (p)      Use of Cash. Except as otherwise agreed to by the Managing
Lender, at any time use or invest cash or other funds for any purpose or in any
way other than to pay Liabilities in accordance with Section 5.02(b); provided,
however, that subject to Section 5.01(k), a Loan Party may deposit cash or funds
in a demand or money market account at a financial institution that is
acceptable to the Managing Lender.

         (q)      Employees. Except as contemplated by, and included in, the
Approved Budget or otherwise agreed to by the Managing Lender, (i) change the
compensation of any employee, (ii) enter into an employment, severance or
similar agreement with any employee, or (iii) hire any employee.

         SECTION 5.03 Reporting Requirements. So long as any as any Obligation
shall remain unpaid, or any Lender shall have any Commitment, the Loan Parties
shall furnish to the Managing Lender and the DIP Loan Administrator such
information, reports and records as reasonably requested by any Managing Lender
or the DIP Loan Administrator, all of which shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the party requesting such information, reports and
records. In addition, the Loan Parties shall furnish to the Managing Lender the
following:

         (a)      Default and Prepayment Notices. As soon as possible and in any
event within one (1) Business Day after any senior officer (including, without
limitation, any chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief
operating officer or senior vice-president) of any Loan Party learns of the
occurrence of each Default, Event of Default, or any event, development or
occurrence reasonably likely to have or result in, individually or together with
all other events and circumstances, a Material Adverse Effect continuing on the
date of such statement, a statement of the chief financial officer or vice
president responsible for financial matters of such Loan Party setting forth
details of such Default, Event of Default, event, development or occurrence and
the action that such Loan Party has taken and proposes to take with respect
thereto.

         (b)      Financial Information. Provide the financial information
required to be delivered to the Pre-Petition Lenders pursuant to Sections
5.03(b), 5.03(c) and 5.03(d) of the Pre-Petition Credit Agreement (whether or
not the Loan Parties are required to provide such financial information after
the Petition Date) as and when such information is required to be delivered to
the Pre-Petition Lenders pursuant to the terms of the Pre-Petition Credit
Agreement, all of which shall be in form and substance

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reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Lender. In addition, as soon as
available and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each
calendar month, a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such month and consolidated and
consolidating statements of income of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for such
month, all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Managing Lender.

         (c)      Litigation. Promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of
all actions, suits, investigations, litigation and proceedings before any
Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, affecting any Loan Party or any of
its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that unless requested by the Administrative
Agent or the Managing Lender, the Borrower shall not be required to give notice
of any proofs of claim filed in the Cases.

         (d)      Securities Reports. Promptly after the sending or filing
thereof, copies of all proxy statements, financial statements and reports that
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries sends to its stockholders, and copies
of all regular, periodic and special reports, and all registration statements,
that any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority that may be substituted
therefor, or with any national securities exchange.

         (e)      Creditor Reports. Promptly after the furnishing thereof,
copies of any statement or report furnished to any other holder of the
securities of any Loan Party or of any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms
of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise required
to be furnished to the Managing Lender pursuant to this Section 5.03.

         (f)      Chapter 11 Filings. Copies of all pleadings, motions,
applications, judicial information, financial information and other documents
filed by or on behalf of any of the Loan Parties with the Bankruptcy Court in
the Cases, or distributed by or on behalf of any of the Loan Parties to any
official committee appointed in the Cases or to any unofficial committee.

         (g)      Cash and Sales Reports. On the first or second Business Day of
each Calendar Week, a Cash Report and a Sales Report for the immediately
preceding Calendar Week shall be furnished to the Managing Lender, each of which
shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Lender.

         (h)      Other Information. Such other information, reports and records
regarding the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, any information, reports and records with respect to the business,
condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or
prospects of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries) or the Collateral as the
Managing Lender may from time to time reasonably request, promptly after each
request is made, all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the requesting party and shall be accurate and complete in all
material respects when delivered or given to the Managing Lender and, if any
such information becomes inaccurate in any material respect after being
delivered to the Managing Lender, such Loan Party shall provide the Managing
Lender with updated information that is accurate in all material respects.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                EVENTS OF DEFAULT

         SECTION 6.01 Events of Default. If any of the following events (each,
an "Event of Default") shall occur and be continuing:

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         (a)      the Borrower shall fail to pay any Obligation payable to any
Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents as and when such amount
becomes due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or by acceleration
thereof or otherwise; or

         (b)      any representation or warranty made (or deemed to be made) by
any Loan Party under, pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document, or
any material statement or representation made in any report, financial
statement, certificate or other document furnished by a Loan Party to the
Agents, the Managing Lender or the Lenders under, pursuant to or in connection
with the Loan Documents, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any
material respect when made or delivered; or

         (c)      any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to
perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 2.10,
Section 2.12, or Article V; or

         (d)      any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to
perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in any Loan
Document or any Order that is to be performed or observed by it if such failure
shall remain unremedied for more than ten (10) days; or

         (e)      there shall occur any Material Adverse Change or any
development, event or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, is
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change; or

         (f)      one or more judgments or orders as to any post-petition
liability for the payment of money in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate not
covered by insurance shall be rendered against one or more of the Loan Parties
since the Petition Date and the enforcement thereof shall not be stayed or
vacated; or

         (g)      any non-monetary judgment or order shall be rendered against
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any post-petition
event that is reasonably likely to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect
or cause a Material Adverse Change, and there shall be any period of ten (10)
days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of
a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or

         (h)      any material provision of (i) any Loan Document shall for any
reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against any Loan Party to
it, or any Loan Party shall so state or assert, or (ii) any Loan Document shall
for any reason cease to create (x) a valid and perfected first priority lien on
and security interest in the Priority Interim Collateral or the Priority
Collateral purported to be covered thereby, or (y) a valid and perfected second
priority lien on and security interest in all of the other Collateral; or

         (i)      any of the following occurs: (i) any of the Cases shall be
dismissed or converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code or any
Loan Party shall seek the dismissal of any of the Cases; (ii) a trustee under
Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, a responsible officer or an
examiner with enlarged powers relating to the operation of the business (powers
beyond those set forth in Section 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code)
under Section 1106(b) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be appointed or elected in
the Cases and the order appointing such trustee, responsible officer or examiner
shall not be reversed or vacated within thirty (30) days after the entry
thereof; (iii) an application shall be filed by any Loan Party for the approval
of any Super-Priority Claim or other claim or right to payment (other than as
provided in Section 2.12 and the Orders) in the Cases that is pari passu with or
senior to the Obligations, or there shall arise or be granted any such pari
passu or senior Super-Priority Claim or other claim or right to payment; or (iv)
a contested matter or adversary proceeding shall be filed by any Loan Party
seeking to avoid, disallow, subordinate, reduce or otherwise challenge the

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validity, extent or priority of the Pre-Petition Lender Liens or the claims of
the Pre-Petition Lenders under the Pre-Petition Credit Agreement; or

         (j)      the Bankruptcy Court shall enter an order or orders granting
relief from the automatic stay applicable under Section 362 of the Bankruptcy
Code to the holder or holders of any security interest to permit foreclosure
(the granting of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or the like) on any assets of the
Loan Parties that have an aggregate value in excess of $50,000; or

         (k)      (i) the Interim Order shall cease to be in full force and
effect and the Final Order shall not have been entered prior to such cessation,
or (ii) the Final Order shall not have been entered within thirty (30) days
after the Petition Date, or (iii) from and after the date of entry of the Final
Order, the Final Order shall cease to be in full force and effect, or (iv) any
Loan Party shall fail to comply with the terms of either Order in any material
respect, or (v) either the Interim Order or the Final Order shall be amended,
supplemented, stayed, reversed, vacated or modified (or any Loan Party shall
apply for authority to do so) without the written consent of the Managing
Lender; or

         (l)      without having obtained the prior written consent of the Plan
Proponents, any Loan Party (i) files any amendment or modification to the Joint
Plan, or (ii) files a motion seeking to extend the period during which any Loan
Party has the exclusive right to file and seek confirmation of a Plan of
Reorganization; or

         (m)      except in conjunction with a motion by the Loan Parties to
approve a Qualified Alternate Transaction, (i) the Joint Plan is terminated or
withdrawn, or (ii) any condition to the consummation of the Joint Plan is not
(or can not be) satisfied and such condition is not waived by both Plan
Proponents, or (iii) a Plan of Reorganization (other than the Joint Plan) is
filed, supported or endorsed by any Loan Party (or any Loan Party shall apply
for authority to do so) or is filed by any other Person; or

         (n)      the aggregate amount of cash held by the Loan Parties at the
end of any Calendar Week is less than the amount forecast in the Approved Budget
by more than 10% of the forecasted amount; or

         (o)      at the beginning of each calendar month commencing on March 1,
2003, the annualized aggregate pro forma amount of the selling, general and
administrative expenses of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, as
calculated by the Managing Lender after normalizing the expenses of the Loan
Parties (excluding compensation to management and Professional Fees), is more
than $50,000,000; or

         (p)      the Loan Parties fail to pay their accounts payable in the
ordinary course of business or any such payables are more than forty-five (45)
days past due (excluding accounts payable being disputed in good faith); or

         (q)      the Approved Budget covers less than ten (10) future full
Calendar Weeks at any time; or

         (r)      the Bankruptcy Court does not approve the Disclosure Statement
pursuant to an order that is in form and substance satisfactory to the Required
Lenders within thirty-five (35) days after the Petition Date (or such later
date, if any, as is acceptable to the Managing Lender); or

         (s)      the Confirmation Order is not entered by the Bankruptcy Court
within eighty (80) days after the Petition Date (or such later date, if any, as
is acceptable to the Managing Lender); or

         (t)      any Loan Party shall file a motion seeking, or the Bankruptcy
Court shall enter, an order (i) approving payment of a pre-petition claim other
than claims contemplated by, and included in, the

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Approved Budget or approved by the Managing Lender in writing, or (ii) approving
any "first day" order not approved by the Managing Lender; or

         (u)      the KERP is not approved by the Bankruptcy Court within
forty-five (45) days of the Petition Date in form and substance satisfactory to
the Managing Lender;

then, and in any such event and without further order of or application to the
Bankruptcy Court, the Administrative Agent shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to (i)
counsel for each statutory committee appointed in the Cases, if any, (ii) the
United States Trustee for the District of Delaware, and (iii) the administrative
agent for the Pre-Petition Credit Agreement, and (iv) counsel to the Borrower),
take one or more of the following actions at any time or from time to time, at
the same or different times: (a) declare the Commitments of each Lender and the
obligation of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon all of the
Commitments shall immediately terminate, (b) shall at the request, or may with
the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the
Loans, all interest thereon and all other Obligations payable under the Loan
Documents to be immediately due and payable, whereupon the Loans, all such
interest and all such Obligations shall become and be immediately due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all
of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and (c) exercise any and
all remedies under the Loan Documents and under applicable law available to the
Agents and the Lenders; provided, however, that in the event of an actual or
deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries under the Bankruptcy Code, (x) the Commitments of each Lender and
the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically be terminated,
and (y) the Loans, all such interest and all such Obligations shall
automatically and immediately become and be due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrower.

                                  ARTICLE VII
                                    GUARANTY

         SECTION 7.01 Guaranty. (a) Each of the Guarantors unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees the due and punctual payment and performance by the
Borrower of the Obligations. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that the
Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to
or further assent from such Guarantor, and such Guarantor will remain bound upon
this guaranty notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any of the
Obligations. The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article VII shall be
joint and several.

         (b)      Each of the Guarantors waives presentation to, demand for
payment from and protest to the Borrower or any other Guarantor, and also waives
notice of protest for nonpayment. The obligations of the Guarantors under this
Article VII shall not be affected by (i) the failure of the Agents or any Lender
to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the
Borrower or any other Guarantor under the provisions of any Loan Document or
otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any Loan Document; (iii) any
rescission, waiver, compromise, acceleration, amendment or modification of any
of the terms or provisions of any Loan Document; (iv) the release, exchange,
waiver or foreclosure of any security held by the Agents or any Lender for the
Obligations; (v) the failure of the Agents or any Lender to exercise any right
or remedy against any other Guarantor; or (vi) the release or substitution of
any Guarantor.

         (c)      Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its guaranty of the
Obligations constitutes a guaranty of payment when due and not just of
collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Agents
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balance of any deposit, account or credit on the books of the Agents or any
Lender in favor of the Borrower or any other Guarantor, or (iii) any other
Guarantor or any other Person.

         (d)      Each of the Guarantors hereby waives any defense that it might
have based on a failure to remain informed of the financial condition of the
Borrower and of any other Guarantor and any circumstances affecting the ability
of the Borrower to perform under the Loan Documents.

         (e)      Each Guarantor's guaranty of the Obligations shall not be
affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Obligations or any other instrument evidencing any Obligations, or by the
existence, validity, enforceability, perfection or extent of any collateral
therefore or by any other circumstance relating to the Obligations that might
otherwise constitute a defense to its guaranty. Neither the Agents nor any
Lender makes any representation or warranty in respect to any such
circumstances, or shall have any duty or responsibility whatsoever to any
Guarantor, in respect of the management and maintenance of the Obligations.

         (f)      Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, upon the
Obligations becoming due and payable (by maturity, acceleration or otherwise),
the Agents and Lenders shall be entitled to immediate payment of such
Obligations by the Guarantors upon written demand by the Administrative Agent or
any Managing Lender, without further application to or order of the Bankruptcy
Court.

         SECTION 7.02 No Impairment of Guaranty. The obligations of the
Guarantors under this Agreement shall not be subject to (a) any reduction,
limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (including any claim of
waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise), and (b) any defense or
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the Guarantors under this
Agreement shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (i) the
failure of the Agents or any Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce
any remedy under any Loan Document, (ii) any waiver or modification of any
provision of any Loan Document, (iii) any default, failure or delay, willful or
otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or (iv) any other act or thing
or omission or delay to do any other act or thing that may or might in any
manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Guarantors or would otherwise
operate as a discharge of the Guarantors as a matter of law unless and until the
Obligations are paid in full.

         SECTION 7.03 Subrogation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any amount
to an Agent or a Lender under this Agreement, all rights of such Guarantor
against the Borrower arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation
or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinate and junior in right of payment
to the prior final and indefeasible payment in full of all the Obligations. If
any Guarantor shall be paid or reimbursed by the Borrower for any amount paid by
such Guarantor to an Agent or a Lender, such amount shall be held in trust by
such Guarantor for the benefit of the Secured Parties and such Guarantor shall
immediately pay such amount to the Administrative Agent for application to the
payment of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

         SECTION 7.04 Subordination. All Liabilities of any Loan Party to any
other Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations in all respects.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                   THE AGENTS

         SECTION 8.01 Authorization and Action. Each Lender hereby appoints and
authorizes each Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise
such powers and discretion under the

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Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms of the
Loan Documents, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably
incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by the Loan
Documents (including enforcement or collection of the Notes), no Agent shall be
required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to
act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or
refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lender, and such
instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders of Notes;
provided, however, that no Agent shall be required to take any action that
exposes such Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement
or applicable law. Each Agent agrees to give to each Lender prompt notice of
each notice given to it by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

         SECTION 8.02 Agents' Reliance.

         (a)      Neither Agent nor any of their directors, officers, agents or
employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or
them under or in connection with the Loan Documents, except for its or their own
gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Agent: (a) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof
until, in the case of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent
receives and accepts an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by the Lender
that is the payee of such Note, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as
assignee, or, in the case of any other Agent, such Agent has received notice
from the Administrative Agent that it has received and accepted such Assignment
and Acceptance, in each case as provided in Section 9.07; (b) may consult with
legal counsel (including counsel for any Loan Party), 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; (c) makes no warranty or
representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any
statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made in or
in connection with the Loan Documents; (d) shall not have any duty to ascertain
or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants
or conditions of any Loan Document on the part of any Loan Party or to inspect
the property (including the books and records) of any Loan Party; (e) shall not
be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the perfection or
priority of any Lien created or purported to be created under or in connection
with, any Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
thereto; (f) shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or
collection proceedings hereunder or under any other Loan Document; (g) shall not
be responsible to any Lender for (A) determining whether or not any of the
transactions contemplated hereby qualifies as a highly leveraged or similar
transaction ("HLT") as defined by any bank regulatory authority from time to
time, (B) notifying any Lender regarding the HLT status of any transaction
contemplated hereby or of any change in that status, or (C) the correctness of
any determination as to HLT status, and (h) shall incur no liability under or in
respect of any Loan Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or
other instrument or writing (which may be by telegram or telecopy) believed by
it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.

         (b)      In addition, the Agents may consult with legal counsel
(including counsel for any Borrower), independent public accountants and other
experts selected by them 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,
independent public accountants or experts. The Agents may deem and treat the
payee of any Note as the holder thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until
a notice of the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the
Administrative Agent.

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         SECTION 8.03 Rights of an Agent. In the event that an Agent holds a
Loan or has any Commitment, the Loans held or made by such Agent and the Notes
issued to it shall have the same rights and powers under the Loan Documents as
any other Lender and such Agent may exercise the same as though it (or its
Affiliates) were not an Agent. Affiliates of any Agent may accept deposits from,
lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment banking
engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Loan
Party, any of its Subsidiaries and any Person that may do business with or own
securities of any Loan Party or any such Subsidiary, all as if such Agent were
not an Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

         SECTION 8.04 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it
has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and
based solely on the documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Loan Documents to which
it is a party. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and
without reliance upon any 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.

         SECTION 8.05 Indemnification. (a) Each Lender severally agrees to
indemnify each Agent (to the extent not promptly reimbursed by the Borrower)
from and against such Lender's Ratable Share of any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel) that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted
against each Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents
or any action taken or omitted by such Agent in any way relating to or arising
out of (i) the Loan Documents or (ii) any of the Loan Parties' petitions with
the Bankruptcy Court under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and any orders of
the Bankruptcy Court in connection thereto (collectively, the "Indemnified
Costs"); provided, however, that (i) no Lender shall be liable for any portion
of such Indemnified Costs resulting from such Agent's gross negligence or
willful misconduct as found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of
competent jurisdiction and (ii) no Lender shall be liable for any amount payable
by another Lender to each Agent pursuant to Section 2.02 or this Section 8.05.
Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse each Agent
promptly upon demand for such Lender's Ratable Share of any costs and expenses
(including fees and expenses of counsel) payable by the Borrower under Section
9.04, to the extent that an Agent is not promptly reimbursed for such costs and
expenses by the Borrower. In the case of any investigation, litigation or
proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Costs, this Section 8.05 applies
whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by an Agent,
any Lender or a third party. The failure of any Lender to reimburse an Agent
promptly upon demand for such Lender's Ratable Share of any amount required to
be paid by the Lender to each Agent as provided in this Section 8.05 shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligation under this Section 8.05 to reimburse
each Agent for such Lender's Ratable Share of such amount, but no Lender shall
be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to reimburse each Agent for
such other Lender's Ratable Share of such amount.

         (b)      Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of
any Lender under this Agreement, the agreement and obligations of each Lender
contained in this Section 8.05 shall survive the payment in full of principal,
interest and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents and the
resignation or removal of any Agent hereunder.

         SECTION 8.06 Successor Agents. Any Agent may resign at any time by
giving 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. If no successor Agent shall have been appointed by the Required
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or if a successor Agent shall not 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. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Agent by a successor Agent and, in the case of a successor
Collateral Agent, upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing
statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices, as may
be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to
continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the
Loan Documents, such successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all
the rights, powers, discretion, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and
the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the
Loan Documents. If within thirty (30) days after written notice is given of the
retiring Agent's resignation or removal under this Section 8.06 no successor
Agent shall have been appointed and shall have accepted such appointment, then
on such thirtieth (30th) day (a) the retiring Agent's resignation or removal
shall become effective, (b) the retiring Agent shall thereupon be discharged
from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents, and (c) the Required
Lenders shall thereafter perform all duties of the retiring Agent under the Loan
Documents until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
Agent. After any retiring Agent's resignation or removal as Agent shall have
become effective, the provisions of this Article VIII shall inure to its benefit
as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under
this Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 9.01 Amendments. (a) No amendment or waiver of any provision of
any Loan Document, nor consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom,
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed
(or, in the case of the Collateral Documents, consented to) by the Required
Lenders, 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
except as otherwise provided or permitted in Section 2.03(c), Section 2.04(c),
Section 9.01(b) and Section 9.01(c), (i) no such amendment, waiver or consent
shall, unless in writing and signed by each Lender affected thereby, (w)
increase the Commitment of such Lender, (x) reduce the principal amount of, or
the rate of interest payable on, any Loan payable to such Lender, (y) extend any
date for payment, or reduce the amount, of any interest, fees or expenses
payable to such Lender under the Loan Documents, or (z) extend the final
maturity of the Loans except that the Managing Lender may extend the Maturity
Date for up to one (1) year without the consent of any other Lender (it being
understood and agreed that the waiver of any Default or Event of Default shall
not constitute an extension of the Maturity Date); provided further that no such
amendment, waiver or consent shall, without the written consent of all the
Lenders, (1) amend this Section 9.01 or the definition of Required Lenders, (2)
change the Super-Priority Claim status of the Obligations, (3) release all or
substantially all of the Priority Collateral in any transaction or series of
related transactions, or (4) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors
in any transaction or series of related transactions. In addition, no such
amendment, waiver or consent regarding the Loan Documents shall (A) affect any
of the rights of the Managing Lender under the Loan Documents without the prior
written consent of the Managing Lender, or (B) affect any of the rights of an
Agent under the Loan Documents without its prior written consent.

         (b)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.01,
in the event that the Borrower requests that the Loan Documents be amended or
modified in any manner that would require the unanimous consent of the Lenders
and such amendment or modification is agreed to by the Required Lenders and the
Managing Lender, the Borrower and the Managing Lender shall be permitted to
amend or modify the Loan Documents without the consent of the Lenders that did
not consent to such amendment or modification requested by the Borrower (such
Lender or Lenders, the "Minority Lenders")

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to provide for (i) the termination of the Commitment of each Minority Lender,
(ii) the addition to this Agreement of one or more new Lenders, or any increase
in the Commitment of one of more of the Lenders that consented to such amendment
or modification to the extent agreed to by such Lenders, so that the total
Commitment after giving effect to such amendment or modification shall be equal
to the Aggregate Commitment Amount, (iii) if any Loans are outstanding at the
time of such amendment or modification, the making of additional Loans as may be
necessary to repay in full the outstanding Loans of the Minority Lenders
immediately before giving effect to such amendment or modification, and (iv)
such other amendments and modifications to the Loan Documents as may be deemed
appropriate by the Managing Lender.

         (c)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.01,
(i) the Borrower and the Managing Lender may amend, modify or supplement any
Loan Document without the consent of any Lender to correct a defect, mistake or
ambiguity in any Loan Document, and (ii) the Required Lenders may amend, modify
or supplement Exhibit C without the consent of any other Person.

         SECTION 9.02 Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
under this Agreement shall be in writing (including telegraphic or telecopy
communication) and mailed, telegraphed, telecopied or delivered, if to the
Borrower, at the Borrower's address at 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 325, Los
Angeles, California 90036, Attention: Peter Knepper, with a copy to Ned
Goldstein at the same address with a copy to Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman
LLP, 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, Attention: David M. Friedman; if
to any Guarantor, addressed to such Guarantor, c/o Borrower at its specified
address in this Section 9.02; if to any Lender, at its specified address under
its name on Schedule 9.02; if to any other Lender, at the address specified in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender; and if to
the Administrative Agent, at its address at _________________________________,
Attention: ___________ or, as to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at
such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to
the other parties and, as to each other party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent. All such notices and other communications shall, when
mailed, telegraphed or telecopied, be effective when deposited in the mails,
delivered to the telegraph company or transmitted by telecopier, respectively,
except that notices and communications to any Agent regarding a change in
address or pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until received by such
Agent. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of any amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Loan Document or of any other
agreement, document or instrument delivered pursuant to, or in connection with,
any Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed
counterpart thereof.

         SECTION 9.03 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Lender
or any Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right under the Loan
Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right. The remedies provided in the Loan Documents are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law or in equity.

         SECTION 9.04 Costs and Expenses. (a) Whether or not the Transactions
are consummated, the Loan Parties agree to pay on demand (i) all reasonable
fees, costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Agents and the Lenders
in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration,
modification and amendment of the Loan Documents (including (x) all due
diligence, collateral review, syndication, transportation, computer,
duplication, appraisal, audit, insurance, consultant, search, filing and
recording fees and expenses, (y) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for
the Agents and the Lenders with respect to the Loan Documents, with respect to
advising the Agents and the Lenders as to their rights and responsibilities, or
the perfection, protection or preservation

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of rights or interests, under the Loan Documents, with respect to negotiations
with any Loan Party or with other creditors of any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries arising out of any Default, Event of Default or any events or
circumstances that may give rise to a Default or Event of Default and with
respect to presenting claims in or otherwise participating in or monitoring any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding involving creditors' rights
generally and any proceeding ancillary thereto, and (z) the reasonable fees and
expenses of such accounting firm or other financial advisors as the Agents may
engage to advise it in respect of the Loans and/or Commitments from time to
time), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agents and
the Lenders in connection with the enforcement of the Loan Documents, whether in
any action, suit or litigation, any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
proceeding affecting creditors' rights generally (including the reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel for the Agents and each Lender with respect thereto) and
(iii) all transfer, stamp, documentary or similar taxes, assessments or charges
levied by any Governmental Authority in respect of this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents or any other document referred to herein or therein and all
costs, expenses, taxes, assessments and other charges incurred in connection
with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest
contemplated by any of the Loan Documents or any other document referred to
herein or therein.

         (b)      Whether or not the Transactions are consummated, the Loan
Parties agree to pay on demand to the Managing Lender (i) all reasonable fees,
costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Managing Lender in connection
with its efforts to restructure the Liabilities of the Loan Parties and
reorganize the Loan Parties pursuant to a bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise,
and (ii) all of the fees, costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the
Managing Lender in connection with the employment or retention of the DIP Loan
Administrator.

         (c)      The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify
and hold harmless the Agents, each Lender and each of their Affiliates and their
officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an "Indemnified
Party") from and against any and all Indemnified Costs that may be incurred by
or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out
of or in connection with or by reason of, or in connection with the preparation
for a defense of, any investigation, litigation or proceeding arising out of,
related to or in connection with (i) the Loans, the actual or proposed use of
the proceeds of the Loans, the Loan Documents, any of the Transactions or any of
the loan parties' petitions with the Bankruptcy Court under chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code and any orders of the Bankruptcy Court in connection thereto, or
(ii) the presence of any hazardous materials in violation of any environmental
law on any property owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries; except to the extent such Indemnified Costs are found in a final,
non-appealable judgment by a Bankruptcy Court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from such Indemnified Party's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the
indemnity in this Section 9.04(b) applies, such indemnity shall be effective
whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any
Loan Party, its directors, shareholders or creditors or an Indemnified Party or
any Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not the
Transactions are consummated. The Borrower also agrees not to assert any claim
against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their Affiliates, or any
of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents, on any
theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
arising out of or otherwise relating to the Loans, the actual or proposed use of
the proceeds of the Loan, the Loan Documents or any of the Transactions.

         (d)      If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or
other amounts payable by it pursuant to any Loan Document, including fees and
expenses of counsel and indemnities, such amount may be paid on behalf of such
Loan Party Agent or any Lender, in its sole discretion, in which case such

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amount shall be payable on demand by such Loan Party to the Lender, as the case
may be, and such amount shall accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to 10%.

         (e)      Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of
any Loan Party under any Loan Document, the agreements and obligations of the
Borrower contained in Sections 2.06 and 2.08 and this Section 9.04 shall survive
the payment in full of principal, interest and all other amounts payable under
the Loan Documents and the resignation or removal of any Agent.

         SECTION 9.05 Right of Set-off. Subject to Section 2.09, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Agent and
each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any
time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set-off
and otherwise 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 Agent, such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account
of the Borrower or Guarantor against any and all of the Obligations now or
hereafter existing, irrespective of whether such Agent or such Lender shall have
made any demand under any Loan Document and although such Obligations may be
unmatured. Each Agent and each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower or
such Guarantor after any such set-off and application; provided, however, that
the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off
and application. The rights of each Agent and each Lender and their Affiliates
under this Section 9.05 (i) are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of set-off) that such Agent, such Lender and their
respective Affiliates may have, and (ii) are subject to Section 2.09.

         SECTION 9.06 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders and their
respective successors and assigns. Neither the Borrower nor any of the other
Loan Parties may assign or transfer any of their rights or obligations under the
Loan Documents without the consent of the Required Lenders and the Managing
Lender.

         SECTION 9.07 Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may assign
to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Loans or Commitments);
provided, however, that (i) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that
is a Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender's
rights and obligations under this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the
Commitments assigned by a Lender shall in no event be less than $2,000,000, (ii)
each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, and (iii) the parties to
each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for
its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance,
together with the Note subject to such assignment; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender may not assign any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement unless (x) such assignment has been consented
to by the Managing Lender, or (y) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing for at least ten (10) consecutive days.

         (b)      Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from
and after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, (i)
the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent
that rights and obligations under this Agreement have been assigned to it
pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under this Agreement, and (ii) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to
the extent that rights and obligations under this Agreement have been assigned
by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (other
than its rights under Sections 2.06, 2.08 and 9.04 to the extent any claim
thereunder relates to an event arising prior to such assignment) and be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Acceptance covering all of the remaining portion of an assigning

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Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party to this Agreement).

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

         (d)      The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address
referred to in Section 9.02 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered
to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and
addresses of the Lenders and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the
Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest
error, and the Loan Parties, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender for all purposes of this
Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any
Agent or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable
prior notice.

         (e)      Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by
an assigning Lender and an assignee, together with the Note subject to such
assignment, the Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance
has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit C or such other
form as is acceptable to the Required Lenders, (i) accept such Assignment and
Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register, and
(iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower, each other Agent and each
Managing Lender. If an assignee requests, the Borrower shall promptly execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Note to the order of such assignee in
an amount equal to the Commitments assumed by such assignee pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance and, if any assigning Lender has retained any
Commitments and if such assigning Lender requests, a new Note to the order of
such assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Commitments retained by it. A
new Note shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance and
shall otherwise be in substantially the form of Exhibit B.

         (f)      Each Lender may sell participations to one or more Persons
(other than any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates) in or to all or a portion
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement

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(including all or a portion of its Loans or Commitments; provided, however, that
(i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement (including its Commitments)
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 its Loans and the related Note for all purposes of
this Agreement, (iv) the Borrower, the Agents 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, and (v) no participant
under any such participation shall have any right to approve any amendment or
waiver of any provision of any Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by
any Loan Party therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or
consent would (1) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Loans or any fees
or other amounts payable under the Loan Documents, in each case to the extent
subject to such participation, (2) postpone any date fixed for any payment of
principal of, or interest on, the Loans or any fees or other amounts payable
under the Loan Documents, in each case to the extent subject to such
participation, (3) release all or substantially all of the Priority Collateral
in any transaction or series of related transactions, or (4) release all or
substantially all of the Guarantors in any transaction or series of related
transactions.

         (g)      Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or
participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section
9.07, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or
participant any information relating to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries
furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Loan Parties; provided, however,
that, prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or participant or proposed
assignee or participant shall agree to preserve the confidentiality of any
Confidential Information received by it from such Lender in accordance with
Section 9.09.

         (h)      Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this
Agreement, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement (including the Loans owing to it and
the Note held by it) in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with
Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

         SECTION 9.08 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by 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 telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed
counterpart of this Agreement.

         SECTION 9.09 Confidentiality. Neither an Agent nor any Lender shall
disclose any Confidential Information to any Person without the consent of the
Borrower, other than (a) to such Agent's or such Lender's Affiliates and their
officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors and to actual or prospective
Eligible Assignees and participants, and then only on a confidential basis to
the extent necessary for the Agent or Lender to perform its duties in connection
with the Loans, (b) as required by any law, rule or regulation or judicial
process, (c) as requested or required by any state, federal or foreign authority
or examiner regulating such Lender, and (d) to any rating agency when required
by it, provided that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall
undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information
relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender substantially in
accordance with this Section 9.09.

         SECTION 9.10 Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York and, to the extent applicable, the Bankruptcy Code.

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         SECTION 9.11 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES, EACH AGENT
AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE LOANS, THE
TRANSACTIONS OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY AGENT OR ANY LENDER IN THE NEGOTIATION,
ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.

         SECTION 9.12 Managing Lender. Any matter that requires the consent or
approval of the Managing Lender pursuant to this Agreement shall require the
consent or approval of (a) Avenue so long as it is a Lender, and (b) Weisel so
long as it is a Lender. Any action that may be taken by a Managing Lender, and
any right granted to a Managing Lender, pursuant to this Agreement, may be taken
or exercised by (i) Avenue so long as it is a Lender, and (ii) Weisel so long as
it is a Lender.

                       [Signatures on the following page]

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                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

         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 above written.

                                     KEY3MEDIA GROUP INC., as Borrower

                                     By:________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     KEY3MEDIA ADVERTISING, INC., as a Guarantor

                                     By:________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     KEY3MEDIA BCR EVENTS, INC, as a Guarantor

                                     By:________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     KEY3MEDIA BIOSEC CORP., as a Guarantor

                                     By:________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     KEY3MEDIA EVENTS, INC., as a Guarantor

                                     By:________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     KEY3MEDIA VON EVENTS, INC., as a Guarantor

                                     By:________________________________________
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                     WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                                     as Administrative Agent and
                                     Collateral Agent

                                     By:________________________________________
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

<PAGE>

                                     THOMAS WEISEL CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
                                     By: Thomas Weisel Capital Partners LLC,
                                     its general partner

                                     By:________________________________________
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

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                                     TWP CEO FOUNDERS' CIRCLE (AI), L.P.
                                     By: Thomas Weisel Capital Partners LLC,
                                     its general partner

                                     By:________________________________________
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

                                      -3-

<PAGE>

                                     TWP CEO FOUNDERS' CIRCLE (QP), L.P.
                                     By: Thomas Weisel Capital Partners LLC,
                                     its general partner

                                     By:________________________________________
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

                                      -4-

<PAGE>

                                     THOMAS WEISEL CAPITAL PARTNERS EMPLOYEE
                                     FUND, L.P.
                                     By: Thomas Weisel Capital Partners LLC,
                                     its general partner

                                     By:________________________________________
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

                                      -5-

<PAGE>

                                     THOMAS WEISEL STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES
                                     PARTNERS L.P.
                                     By: Thomas Weisel Strategic Opportunities
                                     Partners LLC, its general partner

                                     By:________________________________________
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

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                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                                                    SCHEDULE 1.1

                              ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL

All right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in, to and under all of the
following (whether or not registered or an application is pending): (i) the
VoiceCon name, trademarks, marks and designs and all related, similar,
derivative or associated names, trademarks and names and all other related,
similar, derivative or associated intellectual property and rights (excluding
any publications related to VoiceCon), (ii) the Seybold Seminars name,
trademarks, marks and designs and all related, similar, derivative or associated
names, trademarks and names and all other related, similar, derivative or
associated intellectual property and rights (excluding any publications related
to Seybold Seminars), and (iii) the NGN name, trademarks, marks and designs and
all related, similar, derivative or associated names, trademarks and names and
all other related, similar, derivative or associated intellectual property and
rights (excluding any publications related to NGN).

All right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in any and all agreements
regarding all VoiceCon, Seybold Seminars, and NGN tradeshows and related events
and programs (including, without limitation, all agreements, contracts and other
arrangements entered into by the Loan Parties in connection with any tradeshow
or related event or program, including all agreements regarding the use of
convention space and hotel rooms).

All accounts receivable and other amounts now or hereafter payable, directly or
indirectly, to or for the benefit of the Loan Parties on account of, in
connection with, or as a result of any VoiceCon, Seybold Seminars, or NGN
tradeshow or related event or program.

<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                                                    SCHEDULE 1.2

                           PRIORITY INTERIM COLLATERAL

All right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in, to and under all of the
following (whether or not registered or an application is pending): the COMDEX
name, trademarks, marks and all related, similar, derivative or associated
names, trademarks, names (including, without limitation, Comdex & Design, Comdex
Enterprise & Design, Comdex Television News & Design, and Comdex TV & Design,
Comdexnet.com, Comdexnet.net, Comdexworld.com, Comdexnet.net, and Telcomdex.com)
and all other related, similar, derivative or associated intellectual property
and rights.

All right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in any and all agreements
regarding all COMDEX tradeshows and related events and programs (including,
without limitation, all agreements, contracts and other arrangements entered
into by the Loan Parties in connection with any COMDEX tradeshow or related
event or program, including all agreements regarding the use of convention space
and hotel rooms).

All accounts receivable and other amounts now or hereafter payable, directly or
indirectly, to or for the benefit of the Loan Parties on account of, in
connection with, or as a result of any COMDEX tradeshow or related event or
program.

<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                                                SCHEDULE 2.01(a)

                            INTERIM LOAN COMMITMENTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                    Lender                                            Amount
                    ------                                            ------
<S>                                                               <C>
THOMAS WEISEL CAPITAL PARTNERS L.P.                               $ 7,846,001.50

TWP CEO FOUNDERS' CIRCLE (AI), L.P.                               $   180,910.37

TWP CEO FOUNDERS' CIRCLE (QP), L.P.                               $   660,965.12

THOMAS WEISEL CAPITAL PARTNERS EMPLOYEE FUND, L.P.                $    62,123.00

THOMAS WEISEL STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS L.P.               $ 3,750,000.00

TOTAL                                                             $12,500,000.00
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                                                SCHEDULE 2.01(b)

                              FINAL LOAN COMMITMENT

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                  Lender                                              Amount
                  ------                                              ------
<S>                                                               <C>
THOMAS WEISEL CAPITAL PARTNERS L.P.                               $18,830,403.61

TWP CEO FOUNDERS' CIRCLE (AI), L.P.                               $   434,184.90

TWP CEO FOUNDERS' CIRCLE (QP), L.P.                               $ 1,586,316.30

THOMAS WEISEL CAPITAL PARTNERS EMPLOYEE FUND, L.P.                $   149,095.20

THOMAS WEISEL STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS L.P.               $ 9,000,000.00

TOTAL                                                             $30,000,000.00
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                                                SCHEDULE 4.01(c)

                              BREACHES OF CONTRACTS

There are no pending breaches of contract that would give rise to a Material
Adverse Effect.

<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                                                   SCHEDULE 9.02

                                     NOTICES

                                 Thomas Weisel Strategic Opportunities
                                 Partners, L.P.
                                 c/o Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
                                 One Montgomery Street
                                 San Francisco, California 94104
                                 Fax: 415-271-3889
                                 Attn: 415-271-3888

                                 with a copy to:
                                 Clifford Chance US LLP
                                 200 PARK AVENUE
                                 New York, New York 10166-0153
                                 Fax:(212) 878-8375

<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                           FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

                      [LETTERHEAD OF KEY3MEDIA GROUP, INC.]

                                               _____________ __, 2003

By Facsimile

Wilmington Trust Company,
         as Administrative Agent for Lenders

[___________________________________]
[___________________________________]
Attention:  [___________________________]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Reference is hereby made to the Debtor-in-Possession Credit and
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2003 (the "Credit Agreement"), by
and among, Key3Media Group, Inc. (the "Borrower"), Key3Media Advertising, Inc.,
Key3Media BCR Events, Inc., Key3Media BioSec Corp., Key3Media Events, Inc.,
Key3Media VON Events, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and Wilmington Trust
Company, as administrative agent and collateral agent. Unless otherwise defined
herein or the context clearly requires otherwise, capitalized terms shall have
the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

         The Borrower hereby gives you an irrevocable, binding notice (this
"Notice") pursuant to Section 2.02(a) of the Credit Agreement that the Borrower
hereby requests a Loan in the aggregate amount of $ _________ to be made to the
Borrower on __________, 200__ (the "Borrowing Date").

         The requested Loan is to be sent to:

                           [Name of Bank]
                           [City of Bank]
                           Beneficiary:
                           Account No.: [number]
                           ABA No.:[number]
                           Attn: [name]

         The Borrower hereby certifies that (i) except as set forth on Annex I
to this Notice, all of the applicable conditions under Article III of the Credit
Agreement to the obligations of the Lenders to make the Loan requested by this
Notice have been satisfied as of the date of this Notice, (ii) a Cash Report for
the Calendar Week ending ,___ 2003, is attached hereto as Annex II, which report
is true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Notice, and
(iii) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof or will be in
existence on the Borrowing Date (before or after giving effect to the proposed
Loans), and (iv) this Notice does not seek a Loan in an amount that exceeds the
amount of cash required by the Loan Parties through the date that is two weeks
after the proposed Borrowing Date as reflected in the Approved Budget after
taking all available cash of the Loan Parties into consideration as reflected in
the attached Cash Report for the immediately preceding Cash Report.

                                     KEY3MEDIA GROUP INC.

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                                     By:________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

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                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                                                         ANNEX I

                             UNSATISFIED CONDITIONS

                                (ATTACHED HERETO)

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                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                                                        ANNEX II

                                   CASH REPORT

                                (ATTACHED HERETO)

                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                                  FORM OF NOTE

                                                              New York, New York

$___________________                                         _____________, 2003

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, KEY3MEDIA GROUP, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("Borrower"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of
___________________ ("Lender") at the offices of WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent ("Agent") for
Lenders (as hereinafter defined), at Agent's address at
________________________________, or at such other place as Agent may designate
from time to time in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America
and in immediately available funds, the amount of __________________________
Dollars ($___________). Unless otherwise defined herein or the context clearly
requires otherwise, capitalized terms shall have the meanings given to them in
that certain Debtor-in-Possession Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of
January 30, 2003, by and among Borrower, certain subsidiaries of Borrower,
Agent, Lender, and the other lenders party thereto ("Lenders") (including all
annexes, exhibits and schedules thereto and as from time to time amended,
modified, or supplemented, the "Credit Agreement").

         This Note is issued to Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement and
Lender is entitled to the benefit and security of the Credit Agreement, the
Security Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents referred to in the Credit
Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement for a statement of
all of the terms and conditions under which the Loan evidenced hereby are made
and are to be repaid. The aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loan,
the rates of interest applicable thereto and the date and amount of each payment
made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by Agent on its
books; provided that the failure of Agent to make any such recordation shall not
affect the obligations of Borrower to make a payment when due of any amount
owing under the Credit Agreement or this Note.

         The principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note shall
be payable in the amounts and on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement.
Interest thereon shall be paid until such principal amount is paid in full at
such interest rates and at such times, and pursuant to such calculations, as are
specified in the Credit Agreement. The terms of the Credit Agreement are hereby
incorporated in this Note by reference.

         If any payment on this Note becomes due and payable on a day other than
a Business Day, the payment thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall
be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

         Upon and after the occurrence of any Event of Default, this Note may,
as provided in the Credit Agreement, and without presentment, demand, protest,
notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration or other legal
requirement of any kind (all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower),
be declared, and immediately shall become, due and payable.

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         Time is of the essence of this Note.

         Except as provided in the Credit Agreement, this Note may not be
assigned by Lender to any Person.

         THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED
ENTIRELY IN SUCH STATE.

         [TO BE USED WHEN THIS NOTE REPLACES AN EXISTING NOTE: This Note is
issued in [full/partial] substitution for and replacement of, but not in payment
of the Note of Borrower dated _______, payable to the order of ___________ in
the original principal amount of _________ DOLLARS ($________)]

                                     Borrower:

                                     KEY3MEDIA GROUP, INC.

                                     By:________________________________________
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

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                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                            ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

         THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE, dated as of __, 200__ (this
"Assignment"), is by and between ________________________ ("Assignor Lender"),
as assignor, and ______________________ ("Assignee Lender"), as assignee, and
acknowledged and consented to by WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Administrative
Agent ("Agent"). All capitalized terms used in this Assignment and not otherwise
defined herein will have the respective meanings set forth in the
Debtor-in-Possession Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January [29],
2003, by and among Key3Media Group, Inc. ("Borrower"), Key3Media Advertising,
Inc. ("Advertising"), Key3Media BCR Events, Inc. ("BCR"), Key3Media BioSec Corp.
("BioSec"), Key3Media Events, Inc. ("Events"), Key3Media VON Events, Inc. ("VON"
and, together with Borrower, Advertising, BCR, BioSec and Events, the "Loan
Parties"), Agent, Assignor Lender, and the other Persons signatory thereto from
time to time as Lenders (including all annexes, exhibits and schedules thereto
and as from time to time amended, modified, or supplemented, the "Credit
Agreement").(1)

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS, Assignor Lender has agreed to make Loans to Borrower pursuant
to the Credit Agreement;

         WHEREAS, Assignor Lender desires to assign to Assignee Lender all [A
PORTION] of its interest in the Loans and the Collateral, and to delegate to
Assignee Lender all [A PORTION] of its Commitments and other duties with respect
to such Loans and Collateral;

         WHEREAS, Assignee Lender desires to become a Lender under the Credit
Agreement and to accept such assignment and delegation from Assignor Lender; and

         WHEREAS, Assignee Lender desires to appoint Agent to serve as the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent for Assignee Lender under the
Credit Agreement.

                                    AGREEMENT

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
provisions, and covenants herein contained, Assignor Lender and Assignee Lender
agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                     ASSIGNMENT, DELEGATION, AND ACCEPTANCE

         SECTION 1.01 Assignment and Delegation by Assignor. Assignor Lender
hereby transfers and assigns to Assignee Lender, without recourse and without
representations or warranties of any kind (except as set forth in Section 3.02
of this Assignment), all [SUCH PORTION] of Assignor Lender's right,

---------------
(1)      NOTE: THE TERMS OF THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL VARY FOR ASSIGNMENTS OF 100% OF
         A LENDER'S COMMITMENT AS OPPOSED TO A PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT.

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title, and interest in and to, and delegates all of its obligations regarding,
the following Loans and Commitments (the "Assigned Loans and Commitments"):

Outstanding Principal      Interim Loan Commitment         Final Loan Commitment
Amount of Loans
$__________________        $______________________         $__________________

         SECTION 1.02 Acceptance and Assumption by Assignee Lender. By its
execution of this Assignment, Assignee Lender irrevocably purchases, assumes and
accepts such assignment and delegation with respect to the Assigned Loans and
Commitments, and the Assignee Lender agrees to be (i) a Lender under the Loan
Documents with respect to the Assigned Loans and Commitments, and (ii) bound by
the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. By its execution of this
Assignment, Assignor Lender agrees, to the extent provided in this Assignment,
to relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations and duties under
the Credit Agreement with respect to the Assigned Loans and Commitments.

         SECTION 1.03 Effective Date. The assignment and delegation by Assignor
Lender, and acceptance and assumption by Assignee Lender, of the Assigned Loans
and Commitments will be effective, and Assignee Lender will become a Lender
under the Loan Documents, as of the date on which the Agent receives written
notice from the Assignor Lender that the Assignor Lender has received payment in
full for the Assigned Loans and Commitments.

         SECTION 1.04 Interest, Fees and Expenses. The Assigned Loans and
Commitments will include all of the Assignor Lender's right, title and interest
in and to any accrued and unpaid interest payable on such Loans (whether or not
then due and payable); however, the Assigned Loans and Commitments will not
include any of the accrued and unpaid fees or expenses payable to Assignor
Lender prior to the Effective Date.

                                   ARTICLE II
                      INITIAL PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OF NOTES

         SECTION 2.01 Execution and Delivery of Notes. Following payment of the
Assigned Amount, Assignor Lender will deliver to Agent the Notes previously
delivered to Assignor Lender for redelivery to Borrower and Agent will obtain
from Borrower for delivery to Assignee Lender [AND ASSIGNOR LENDER] new executed
Notes evidencing Assignee Lender's [AND ASSIGNOR LENDER'S RESPECTIVE] Ratable
Share in the Loans after giving effect to the assignment described in Section
1.01 of this Assignment. With respect to each Loan being assigned under this
Assignment, a new Note will be issued to Assignee Lender in the aggregate
principal amount of the portion of such Loans being assigned to Assignee Lender,
and a new Note shall be issued to Assignor Lender in the aggregate principal
amount of the portion of such Loans being retained by Assignor Lender.

                                  ARTICLE III
                    REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

         SECTION 3.01 Assignee Lender's Representations, Warranties and
Covenants. Assignee Lender hereby represents, warrants, and covenants the
following to Assignor Lender and Agent:

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         (a)      This Assignment is a legal, valid, and binding agreement of
Assignee Lender, enforceable according to its terms;

         (b)      The execution and performance by Assignee Lender of its duties
and obligations under this Assignment and the Loan Documents will not require
any registration with, notice to, or consent or approval by any Governmental
Authority;

         (c)      Assignee Lender is familiar with transactions of the kind and
scope reflected in the Loan Documents and in this Assignment;

         (d)      Assignee Lender has made its own independent investigation and
appraisal of the financial condition and affairs of each Loan Party, has
conducted its own evaluation of the Loans, the Loan Documents and each Loan
Party's creditworthiness, has made its decision to become a Lender to Borrower
under the Credit Agreement independently and without reliance upon Assignor
Lender or Agent, and will continue to do so;

         (e)      Assignee Lender is entering into this Assignment in the
ordinary course of its business, and is acquiring its interest in the Loans for
its own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any
subsequent distribution; provided, however, that at all times the distribution
of Assignee Lender's property shall, subject to the terms of the Credit
Agreement, be and remain within its control;

         (f)      No future assignment or participation granted by Assignee
Lender with respect to the Assigned Loans and Commitments will require Assignor
Lender, Agent, or Borrower to file any registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or to apply to qualify under the blue sky
laws of any state;

         (g)      Assignee Lender has no loans to, written or oral agreements
with, or equity or other ownership interest in any Loan Party;

         (h)      Assignee Lender will not enter into any written or oral
agreement with, or acquire any equity or other ownership interest in, any Loan
Party without the prior written consent of Agent; and

         (i)      As of the date of this Agreement, Assignee Lender is entitled
to receive payments of principal and interest in respect of the Loans without
deduction for or on account of any taxes imposed by the United States of America
or any political subdivision thereof and Assignee Lender will indemnify Agent
from and against all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, or expenses that result from Assignee Lender's
failure to fulfill its obligations under the terms of Section 2.08 of the Credit
Agreement or from any other inaccuracy in, or breach of, any of the
representations, warranties or covenants of Assignee Lender in this Assignment.

         SECTION 3.02 Assignor Lender's Representations, Warranties and
Covenants. Assignor Lender hereby represents, warrants and covenants the
following to Assignee Lender:

         (a)      Assignor Lender has been paid in full for the Assigned Loans
and Commitments;

         (b)      This Assignment is a legal, valid and binding agreement of
Assignor Lender, enforceable according to its terms;

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         (c)      The execution and performance by Assignor Lender of its duties
and obligations under this Assignment and the Loan Documents will not require
any registration with, notice to or consent or approval by any Governmental
Authority;

         (d)      Assignor Lender has full power and authority, and has taken
all action necessary to execute and deliver this Assignment and to fulfill the
obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

         (e)      Assignor Lender is the legal and beneficial owner of the
interests being assigned hereby, free and clear of any adverse claim, lien,
encumbrance, security interest, restriction on transfer, purchase option, call
or similar right of a third party; and

         (f) This Assignment by Assignor Lender to Assignee Lender complies, in
all material respects, with the terms of the Loan Documents.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                            LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

         SECTION 4.01 Limitations of Liability. Neither Assignor Lender (except
as provided in Section 3.02 of this Assignment) nor Agent makes any
representations or warranties of any kind, nor assumes any responsibility or
liability whatsoever, with regard to (a) the Loan Documents or any other
document or instrument furnished pursuant thereto or the Loans, or the
Obligations, (b) the creation, validity, genuineness, enforceability,
sufficiency, value or collectibility of any of them, (c) the amount, value or
existence of the Collateral, (d) the perfection or priority of any Lien upon the
Collateral, or (e) the financial condition of any Loan Party or other obligor or
the performance or observance by any Loan Party of its obligations under any of
the Loan Documents. Neither Assignor Lender nor Agent has or will have any duty,
either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any investigation,
evaluation, appraisal of, or any responsibility or liability with respect to the
accuracy or completeness of, any information provided to Assignee Lender which
has been provided to Assignor Lender or Agent by any Loan Party. Nothing in this
Assignment or in the Loan Documents shall impose upon Assignor Lender or Agent
any fiduciary relationship in respect of Assignee Lender.

                                   ARTICLE V
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 5.01 Failure to Enforce. No failure or delay on the part of
Agent or Assignor Lender in the exercise of any power, right, or privilege
hereunder or under any Loan Document will impair such power, right, or privilege
or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein. No single
or partial exercise of any such power, right, or privilege will preclude further
exercise thereof or of any other right, power, or privilege. All rights and
remedies existing under this Assignment are cumulative with, and not exclusive
of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.

         SECTION 5.02 Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein,
any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given will be in
writing (including telegraphic or telecopy communication) and mailed,
telegraphed, telecopied or delivered to the respective party as set forth below
its signature hereunder, or to such other address as the party may designate in
writing to the other.

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         SECTION 5.03 Amendments and Waivers. No amendment, modification,
termination, or waiver of any provision of this Assignment will be effective
without the written concurrence of Assignor Lender, Assignee Lender and Agent.

         SECTION 5.04 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this
Assignment will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law. In the event any provision of this Assignment is or is held to
be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable under applicable law, such provision will
be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality, or
unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the
remaining provisions of this Assignment. In addition, in the event any provision
of or obligation under this Assignment is or is held to be invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality, and enforceability of
the remaining provisions or obligations in any other jurisdictions will not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.

         SECTION 5.05 Section Titles. Section and Subsection titles in this
Assignment are included for convenience of reference only, do not constitute a
part of this Assignment for any other purpose, and have no substantive effect.

         SECTION 5.06 Successors and Assigns. This Assignment shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns.

         SECTION 5.07 Applicable Law. This ASSIGNMENT shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made and to be performed entirely in such state.

         SECTION 5.08 Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties to this Assignment 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 instrument.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Assignment by
telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of
this Assignment.

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                                                                    Exhibit 4.17

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

                           ASSIGNOR LENDER:

                           By:____________________________________
                           Name:
                           Title:
                           Notice Address:
                           _______________________________________
                           _______________________________________
                           _______________________________________
                           Fax:[                                 ]
                           Attn:[                                ]

                           ASSIGNEE LENDER:

                           By:____________________________________
                           Name:
                           Title:
                           Notice Address:
                           _______________________________________
                           _______________________________________
                           _______________________________________
                           Fax:[                                 ]
                           Attn:[                                ]

ACCEPTED:

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title:

Notice Address:
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________

Fax: [_________________________________]
Attn:[_________________________________]<PAGE>
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.12

                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT

         The following Consulting Agreement is made between North Country Bank
and Trust (the "Bank") and W. Fitzgerald Consulting, LLC ("Consultant"),
effective as of January 15, 2003.

         1. SCOPE OF WORK. Consultant will assist the Bank, as requested or
directed by the Bank, in strategic, financial, operational and other business
planning related to Bank. Among other things, Consultant will provide specific
assistance in regard to budgeting, financial planning, the establishment of
internal controls, coordination with the Bank's certified public accounting firm
and other advisors, oversight of the accounting function of the Bank,
interaction with regulatory agencies and other similar services.

         Consultant agrees to be reasonably available to the Bank to provide the
services described above, provided, however, it is understood that Consultant
will not perform services full-time for the Bank. Consultant shall provide
services as specifically directed by Sherry Littlejohn. Specific services and
days of work shall be as agreed upon between the Bank and Consultant.

         2. TERM. The term of this Agreement shall be one year from the
effective date. It may be renewed by mutual agreement, or terminated earlier in
accordance with the provisions below.

         3. COMPENSATION. Consultant shall be paid a non-refundable fee of
$50,000 upon execution of this Agreement, plus $16,666 per month, plus
reimbursement or reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. Compensation shall be paid
semi-monthly on the 15th day and the last day of the month. Expenses will be
reimbursed within five days of month end, provided that Consultant has by month
end submitted all necessary expense reports required by the Bank. In addition,
the Bank shall provide Consultant with a vehicle reasonably acceptable to
Consultant for use in connection with the performances of services under this
Agreement. The Bank shall be responsible for insuring to vehicle and for
maintenance, repair and fuel. Consultant will reimburse the Bank for personal
mileage in accordance with standard practices of the Bank.

         Consultant shall also be reimbursed for legal fees it incurs in
connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement.

         4. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated by the Bank at any
time, with or without cause, on not less than thirty (30) days written notice to
Consultant. If terminated by the Bank without cause, at the time of termination
the Bank shall pay to Consultant a severance payment in the amount of $10,000
multiplied by the number of months remaining until January 15, 2004. No other
compensation shall be payable.

         If termination by the Bank is for "cause", as defined below, there
shall be no severance compensation. The Company's sole obligation to Consultant
shall be to pay any compensation due for services performed prior to the date of
termination. "Cause" shall be defined as: (i) gross negligence or willful
misconduct by Consultant; (ii) material breach of any provision of this
Agreement by Consultant; or (iii) a substantial conflict of interest.

         This Agreement may be terminated at any time by Consultant on not less
than thirty (30) days written notice to the Bank. If the Bank is not in breach
of this Agreement at the time of

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such termination, the Bank's only obligation shall be to pay Consultant for fees
earned and expenses incurred through the date of termination.

         In all events, upon any termination becoming effective or at the
expiration of the term hereof, whichever first occurs, Consultant shall return
to the Bank the vehicle referred to in Section 3 of this Agreement.

         5. NO CONFLICTS AND NON-SOLICITATION. During the term of this Agreement
Consultant agrees not to undertake any work for any other financial institution
that would place Consultant in any type of conflict of interest situation, or
otherwise interfere in any way with Consultant's duties to the Bank.

         In addition, Consultant also agrees, during the term of this Agreement
and for a period of one year after the date of termination, that Consultant
shall not, directly or indirectly:

                  a. solicit any employee, customer or prospective customer of
the Bank for the purpose of causing any such person or business to terminate,
modify or limit its relationship or prospective relationship with the Bank; or

                  b. use for Consultant's own benefit, any business opportunity
of which Consultant gains knowledge during the scope of services under this
Agreement, without first bringing that opportunity to the attention of the Bank
and giving the Bank the first chance to pursue the opportunity.

         6. CONFIDENTIALITY. Consultant shall maintain the absolute
confidentiality of all information provided by the Bank during the course of
this Agreement which is proprietary to the Bank and which is maintained as
confidential by the Bank.

         7. INDEMNIFICATION. The Bank shall indemnify and hold harmless
Consultant and its affiliates, members, directors, agents and employees (each
person is referred to as an "Indemnified Person") from all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and
expenses) to which any of them may become subject arising in any manner out of
the performance by an Indemnified Person of services under this Agreement
(collectively referred to as "Claims"), except for Claims arising in any manner
out of an Indemnified Person's gross negligence or bad faith in performing the
services that are the subject of this Agreement. If the foregoing
indemnification is determined to be unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Person harmless, then the
Bank shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Person as
a result of such Claim, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Bank under this Agreement as well as the
relative fault of the Bank and Indemnified Person with respect to such Claim,
and any other relevant equitable considerations.

         If a claim is made against an Indemnified person for which the Bank is
obligated to provide indemnity, the Indemnified Person shall, promptly upon
learning of the existence of such Claim, notify the Bank of such Claim, but
failure to notify the Bank will not relieve the Bank from any liability which it
may have hereunder or otherwise, except to the extent that such failure
materially prejudices the Bank's rights or ability to defend against any claim
related thereto. If the Bank elects or is requested by such Indemnified person,
the Bank will assume the

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defense of such Claim including the employment of legal counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person and the payments of the fees and
disbursement of such counsel. In the event, however, such Indemnified Person
reasonably determines that having common counsel would in its reasonable
judgment present such counsel with a conflict of interest or if the Bank fails
to assume the defense of the Claim in a timely manner, then such Indemnified
Person may employee separate counsel to represent and defend it against any such
Claim and the Bank will pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel;
provided, however, that the Bank will not be required to pay the fees and
disbursements of more than one separate counsel for all Indemnified Persons in
any jurisdiction for any single Claim. In any Claim the defense of which the
Bank assumes, the Indemnified Person will have the right to participate in such
litigation and to retain its own counsel at such Indemnified Person's own
expense. The Bank further agrees that it will not settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened Claim in
respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not an
Indemnified Person is a party therein) unless the Bank has given the Indemnified
Person reasonable prior written notice thereof and used all reasonable efforts,
after consultation with the Indemnified Person, to obtain an unconditional
release of each Indemnified Person from all liability arising therefrom.

         The rights and obligations of the Bank under this Section 7 shall be in
addition to any rights and obligations the Indemnified Persons may have at
common law or otherwise.

         8. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES. Consultant shall he an independent
contractor to the Bank. This Agreement shall nor create an employer-employee
relationship, joint venture relationship, partnership relationship, or agency
relationship. Consultant shall not hold itself out as an employee, agent, joint
venturer or partner of the Bank. Consultant shall have no authority to make any
contracts, commitments or representations on behalf of the Bank, or to bind the
Bank in any way to any obligation, and Consultant shall not hold itself out as
having any such authority. Consultant shall be solely responsible for its own
taxes and agrees to comply with all federal, state and local laws with respect
to federal, state or local taxation laws, and to indemnify the Bank for any
liability caused as a result of any failure to comply with any such laws.

         9. GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM SELECTION. The parties agree that this
Agreement shall be governed by Michigan law, and that Michigan has a reasonable
relationship to the parties, and the subject matter of this Agreement, such that
it is reasonable to apply Michigan law. The parties further agree that any legal
action shall be brought only in the state Circuit Court in the County of Grand
Traverse, Michigan, and in no other forum, and that any action improperly filed
in any other forum shall be transferred to the specified court. The parties
agree that the specified court shall have personal jurisdiction and venue over
the parties, and the subject matter of any controversy.

         10. NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications to
be given to any party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given when either: (i) personally delivered; (ii) five (5) days after
deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid; (iii) sent by way of a nationally recognized
overnight courier service, including without limitation Federal Express; or (iv)
upon actual receipt by the specific persons identified below upon transmittal by
facsimile addressed to the parties at the below addresses (or at such other
addresses as shall be given in like manner by any party to the others):

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To the Bank:                        North Country Bank and Trust
                                    1011 Noteware Drive
                                    Traverse City, MI 49685
                                    Attn: Sherry Littlejohn, President
                                    Telephone: (888) 341-8147
                                    Telecopy: (906) 341-6531
                                    email: ncbtsl@up.net

With a copy to:                     Brandt, Fisher, Alward & Roy, P.C.
                                    1241 East 8th Street
                                    Traverse City, MI 49686
                                    Attn: Donald A. Brandt
                                    Telephone: (231) 941-9660
                                    Telecopy: (231) 941-9568
                                    email: dbrandt@bfarlaw.com

To Consultant:                      W. Fitzgerald Consulting, LLC
                                    7722 Peninsula Drive
                                    Traverse City, MI 49686
                                    Attn: William T. Fitzgerald, Jr.
                                    Telephone: (231) 946-3551
                                    email: bkfitz3551@aol.com

With a copy to:                     Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.
                                    The Michigan Building, Suite 200
                                    100 Portage Street
                                    Kalamazoo, MI 49007
                                    Attn: Joseph B. Hemker
                                    Telephone: (269) 382-1483
                                    Telecopy: (269) 382-1568
                                    email: jhemker@howard&howard.com

         11. MISCELLANEOUS

                  a. This Agreement supersedes any prior oral or written
agreements or representations of the parties, and any such understandings,
representations or agreements are merged into this Agreement.

                  b. This Agreement may not be assigned without prior written
consent of the parties hereto. All covenants and agreements of the parties
contained herein shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted
assigns.

                  c. Captions and section headings used herein are for
convenience only and are not a part of this Agreement and shall not be used in
construing or interpreting any provision hereof.

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                  d. In the event of a dispute arising hereunder, the prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party, its expenses,
including reasonable attorney fees, in maintaining any action or other claim to
enforce the provisions of this Agreement.

                  e. This Agreement may only be amended by a written agreement
signed by all parties hereto.

                  f. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

Dated: January 15, 2003                NORTH COUNTRY BANK AND TRUST

                                       By:  /s/ SHERRY LITTLEJOHN
                                          --------------------------------------
                                            Sherry Littlejohn
                                       Its: President

Dated: January 15, 2003                W. FITZGERALD CONSULTING, LLC

                                       By:  /s/ WILLIAM T. FITZGERALD, JR.
                                          --------------------------------------
                                            William T. Fitzgerald, Jr.
                                       Its: President and Manager

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