Document:

Exhibit 4.33

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

[Published CUSIP Number:
        ]

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of July 31, 2009

 

among

 

Clean Harbors, Inc.,

 

as the Borrower,

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and

L/C Issuer,

 

and

 

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

 

 

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,

 

as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager

 

 

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  ARTICLE
  I.

  	
  DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

  	
  1

  
	
  1.01.

  	
  Defined
  Terms

  	
  1

  
	
  1.02.

  	
  Other
  Interpretive Provisions

  	
  36

  
	
  1.03.

  	
  Accounting
  Terms

  	
  37

  
	
  1.04.

  	
  Rounding

  	
  37

  
	
  1.05.

  	
  Times
  of Day

  	
  37

  
	
  1.06.

  	
  Letter
  of Credit Amounts

  	
  37

  
	
  1.07.

  	
  Currency
  Equivalents Generally

  	
  37

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II.

  	
  THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

  	
  38

  
	
  2.01.

  	
  The
  Loans

  	
  38

  
	
  2.02.

  	
  Borrowings,
  Conversions and Continuations of Loans

  	
  38

  
	
  2.03.

  	
  Letters
  of Credit

  	
  40

  
	
  2.04.

  	
  Swing
  Line Loans

  	
  48

  
	
  2.05.

  	
  Prepayments

  	
  51

  
	
  2.06.

  	
  Termination
  or Reduction of Commitments

  	
  52

  
	
  2.07.

  	
  Repayment
  of Loans

  	
  53

  
	
  2.08.

  	
  Interest

  	
  53

  
	
  2.09.

  	
  Fees

  	
  54

  
	
  2.10.

  	
  Computation
  of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate

  	
  54

  
	
  2.11.

  	
  Evidence
  of Debt

  	
  55

  
	
  2.12.

  	
  Payments
  Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback

  	
  55

  
	
  2.13.

  	
  Sharing
  of Payments by Lenders

  	
  57

  
	
  2.14.

  	
  Intentionally
  Omitted

  	
  58

  
	
  2.15.

  	
  Increase
  in Revolving Credit Facility

  	
  58

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III.

  	
  TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

  	
  60

  
	
  3.01.

  	
  Taxes

  	
  60

  
	
  3.02.

  	
  Illegality

  	
  63

  
	
  3.03.

  	
  Inability
  to Determine Rates

  	
  64

  
	
  3.04.

  	
  Increased
  Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans

  	
  64

  

 

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  3.05.

  	
  Compensation
  for Losses

  	
  65

  
	
  3.06.

  	
  Mitigation
  Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

  	
  66

  
	
  3.07.

  	
  Survival

  	
  66

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV.

  	
  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

  	
  67

  
	
  4.01.

  	
  Conditions
  of Initial Credit Extension

  	
  67

  
	
  4.02.

  	
  Conditions
  to all Credit Extensions

  	
  70

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V.

  	
  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  	
  71

  
	
  5.01.

  	
  Existence,
  Qualification and Power

  	
  71

  
	
  5.02.

  	
  Authorization;
  No Contravention

  	
  71

  
	
  5.03.

  	
  Governmental
  Authorization; Other Consents

  	
  71

  
	
  5.04.

  	
  Binding
  Effect

  	
  72

  
	
  5.05.

  	
  Financial
  Statements; No Material Adverse Effect

  	
  72

  
	
  5.06.

  	
  Litigation

  	
  73

  
	
  5.07.

  	
  No
  Default

  	
  73

  
	
  5.08.

  	
  Ownership
  of Property; Liens; Investments

  	
  73

  
	
  5.09.

  	
  Environmental
  Compliance

  	
  74

  
	
  5.10.

  	
  Insurance

  	
  75

  
	
  5.11.

  	
  Taxes

  	
  75

  
	
  5.12.

  	
  ERISA
  Compliance

  	
  75

  
	
  5.13.

  	
  Subsidiaries;
  Equity Interests; Loan Parties

  	
  76

  
	
  5.14.

  	
  Margin
  Regulations; Investment Company Act

  	
  76

  
	
  5.15.

  	
  Disclosure

  	
  77

  
	
  5.16.

  	
  Compliance
  with Laws

  	
  77

  
	
  5.17.

  	
  Intellectual
  Property; Licenses, Etc

  	
  77

  
	
  5.18.

  	
  Solvency

  	
  78

  
	
  5.19.

  	
  Casualty,
  Etc

  	
  78

  
	
  5.20.

  	
  Labor
  Matters

  	
  78

  
	
  5.21.

  	
  Collateral
  Documents

  	
  78

  
	
  5.22.

  	
  Bank
  Accounts

  	
  78

  
	
  5.23.

  	
  Trade
  Relations

  	
  78

  

 

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  5.24.

  	
  Restrictions
  on Subsidiaries

  	
  79

  
	
  5.25.

  	
  Material
  Contracts

  	
  79

  
	
  5.26.

  	
  Payable
  Practices

  	
  79

  
	
  5.27.

  	
  Interdependent
  Businesses and Operations

  	
  79

  
	
  5.28.

  	
  Anti-Terrorism
  Law

  	
  79

  
	
  5.29.

  	
  Properties

  	
  80

  
	
  5.30.

  	
  Disclosure

  	
  81

  
	
  5.31.

  	
  Survival
  of Warranties; Cumulative

  	
  81

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI.

  	
  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

  	
  81

  
	
  6.01.

  	
  Financial
  Statements

  	
  81

  
	
  6.02.

  	
  Certificates;
  Other Information

  	
  83

  
	
  6.03.

  	
  Notices

  	
  86

  
	
  6.04.

  	
  Payment
  of Obligations

  	
  87

  
	
  6.05.

  	
  Preservation
  of Existence, Etc

  	
  87

  
	
  6.06.

  	
  Maintenance
  of Properties

  	
  87

  
	
  6.07.

  	
  Maintenance
  of Insurance

  	
  88

  
	
  6.08.

  	
  Compliance
  with Laws, Immediate Notice in respect of Hazardous Material

  	
  88

  
	
  6.09.

  	
  Books
  and Records

  	
  89

  
	
  6.10.

  	
  Inspection
  Rights

  	
  89

  
	
  6.11.

  	
  Use
  of Proceeds

  	
  89

  
	
  6.12.

  	
  Covenant
  to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security

  	
  89

  
	
  6.13.

  	
  Compliance
  with Environmental Laws

  	
  90

  
	
  6.14.

  	
  Preparation
  of Environmental Reports, Environmental Indemnity

  	
  91

  
	
  6.15.

  	
  Compliance
  with ERISA

  	
  91

  
	
  6.16.

  	
  Further
  Assurances

  	
  92

  
	
  6.17.

  	
  Compliance
  with Terms of Leaseholds

  	
  92

  
	
  6.18.

  	
  License
  Agreements

  	
  92

  
	
  6.19.

  	
  Material
  Contracts

  	
  93

  
	
  6.20.

  	
  Costs
  and Expenses

  	
  93

  

 

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  6.21.

  	
  Cash
  Collateral Accounts

  	
  94

  
	
  6.22.

  	
  Cash
  Management Arrangements

  	
  94

  
	
  6.23.

  	
  Information
  Regarding Collateral

  	
  94

  
	
  6.24.

  	
  Anti-Terrorism
  Law; Anti-Money Laundering

  	
  95

  
	
  6.25.

  	
  Mortgages

  	
  95

  
	
  6.26.

  	
  Control
  Agreements

  	
  96

  
	
  6.27.

  	
  The
  Acquisition

  	
  96

  
	
  6.28.

  	
  Intellectual
  Property Security Agreements

  	
  97

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VII.

  	
  NEGATIVE COVENANTS

  	
  98

  
	
  7.01.

  	
  Liens

  	
  98

  
	
  7.02.

  	
  Indebtedness

  	
  99

  
	
  7.03.

  	
  Investments

  	
  101

  
	
  7.04.

  	
  Fundamental
  Changes

  	
  103

  
	
  7.05.

  	
  Dispositions

  	
  103

  
	
  7.06.

  	
  Restricted
  Payments

  	
  105

  
	
  7.07.

  	
  Change
  in Nature of Business

  	
  105

  
	
  7.08.

  	
  Transactions
  with Affiliates

  	
  105

  
	
  7.09.

  	
  Burdensome
  Agreements

  	
  105

  
	
  7.10.

  	
  Use
  of Proceeds

  	
  106

  
	
  7.11.

  	
  Financial
  Covenants

  	
  106

  
	
  7.12.

  	
  Amendments
  of Organization Documents

  	
  107

  
	
  7.13.

  	
  Accounting
  Changes

  	
  107

  
	
  7.14.

  	
  Prepayments,
  Etc. of Indebtedness

  	
  107

  
	
  7.15.

  	
  Amendment,
  Etc. of Related Documents

  	
  107

  
	
  7.16.

  	
  Change
  of Name or Chief Executive Office

  	
  107

  
	
  7.17.

  	
  Intentionally
  Omitted

  	
  108

  
	
  7.18.

  	
  Embargoed
  Person

  	
  108

  
	
  7.19.

  	
  Sale
  and Leaseback Transactions

  	
  108

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VIII.

  	
  EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

  	
  108

  
	
  8.01.

  	
  Events
  of Default

  	
  108

  

 

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  8.02.

  	
  Remedies
  upon Event of Default

  	
  111

  
	
  8.03.

  	
  Application
  of Funds

  	
  112

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IX.

  	
  ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

  	
  113

  
	
  9.01.

  	
  Appointment
  and Authority

  	
  113

  
	
  9.02.

  	
  Rights
  as a Lender

  	
  113

  
	
  9.03.

  	
  Exculpatory
  Provisions

  	
  113

  
	
  9.04.

  	
  Reliance
  by Administrative Agent

  	
  114

  
	
  9.05.

  	
  Delegation
  of Duties

  	
  115

  
	
  9.06.

  	
  Resignation
  of Administrative Agent

  	
  115

  
	
  9.07.

  	
  Non-Reliance
  on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders

  	
  116

  
	
  9.08.

  	
  No
  Other Duties, Etc

  	
  116

  
	
  9.09.

  	
  Administrative
  Agent May File Proofs of Claim

  	
  116

  
	
  9.10.

  	
  Collateral
  and Guaranty Matters

  	
  117

  
	
  9.11.

  	
  Secured
  Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements

  	
  118

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE X.

  	
  MISCELLANENOUS

  	
  118

  
	
  10.01.

  	
  Amendments,
  Etc

  	
  118

  
	
  10.02.

  	
  Notices;
  Effectiveness; Electronic Communications

  	
  119

  
	
  10.03.

  	
  No
  Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement

  	
  121

  
	
  10.04.

  	
  Expenses;
  Indemnity; Damage Waiver

  	
  122

  
	
  10.05.

  	
  Payments
  Set Aside

  	
  124

  
	
  10.06.

  	
  Successors
  and Assigns

  	
  124

  
	
  10.07.

  	
  Treatment
  of Certain Information; Confidentiality

  	
  128

  
	
  10.08.

  	
  Right
  of Setoff

  	
  129

  
	
  10.09.

  	
  Interest
  Rate Limitation

  	
  129

  
	
  10.10.

  	
  Counterparts;
  Integration; Effectiveness

  	
  130

  
	
  10.11.

  	
  Survival
  of Representations and Warranties

  	
  130

  
	
  10.12.

  	
  Severability

  	
  130

  
	
  10.13.

  	
  Replacement
  of Lenders

  	
  130

  
	
  10.14.

  	
  Governing
  Law; Jurisdiction; Etc

  	
  131

  
	
  10.15.

  	
  Waiver
  of Jury Trial

  	
  132

  

 

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  10.16.

  	
  No
  Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility

  	
  132

  
	
  10.17.

  	
  Electronic
  Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents

  	
  133

  
	
  10.18.

  	
  USA
  PATRIOT Act

  	
  133

  
	
  10.19.

  	
  Judgment Currency

  	
  133

  

 

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SCHEDULES

 

	
  2.01

  	
  Commitments
  and Applicable Percentages

  
	
  2.03

  	
  Existing Letters of Credit

  
	
  5.03

  	
  Certain Authorizations

  
	
  5.08(b)

  	
  Existing
  Liens

  
	
  5.09

  	
  Environmental Matters

  
	
  5.13

  	
  Subsidiaries
  and Other Equity Investments; Loan Parties

  
	
  5.20

  	
  Labor
  Matters

  
	
  5.25

  	
  Material
  Contracts

  
	
  6.12

  	
  Guarantors

  
	
  7.02

  	
  Permitted
  Existing Indebtedness

  
	
  7.03(c)

  	
  Investments
  in Subsidiaries

  
	
  7.09

  	
  Burdensome
  Agreements

  
	
  10.02

  	
  Administrative
  Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  EXHIBITS

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Form of

  	
   

  
	
  A-1

  	
  Committed
  Loan Notice

  
	
  A-2

  	
  Swing
  Line Notice

  
	
  B

  	
  Revolving
  Credit Note

  
	
  C

  	
  Compliance
  Certificate

  
	
  D

  	
  Assignment
  and Assumption

  
	
  E

  	
  Administrative
  Questionnaire

  
	
  F

  	
  Guaranty

  
	
  G

  	
  Security
  Agreement

  
	
  H-1

  	
  Opinion
  Matters – Counsel to Loan Parties

  
	
  H-2

  	
  Opinion
  Matters – New York Counsel to Loan Parties

  
	
  I

  	
  Borrowing Base Certificate

  

 

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of July 31,
2009, among Clean Harbors, Inc., a
Massachusetts corporation (the “Borrower”), each lender from time
to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”),
and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C
Issuer.

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement was
originally entered into on June 30, 2004 and amended on July 20, 2004
(as so amended, the “Original Credit Agreement”), amended and restated
on December 1, 2005, and further amended and supplemented through the date
hereof (as so amended, restated, and supplemented, the “Existing Credit
Agreement”), among the Administrative Agent, certain other agents, certain
of the Lenders and the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries, and the
parties hereto desire to make certain modifications to their credit
arrangements and amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement as herein set
forth;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the
Acquisition Agreement dated as of April 29, 2009 (the “Acquisition
Agreement”) by and among the Borrower, Clean Harbors Canada, Inc., and
Eveready Inc. (the “Target Company”), the Borrower has agreed to acquire
(the “Acquisition”) all of the outstanding capital stock of the Target
Company; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has
requested that the Lenders provide an amended and restated revolving credit and
letter of credit facility, and the Lenders have indicated their willingness to
lend and the L/C Issuer has indicated its willingness to issue letters of
credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein.

 

In consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant
and agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

1.01.                     Defined Terms. 
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below:

 

“Accounts” has the
meaning given such term in the UCC and includes, without limitation, all
present and future rights of the Loan Parties to payment of a monetary
obligation, wither or not earned by performance, which is not evidenced by
Chattel Paper or an Instrument, (a) for Inventory that has been or is to
be sold, leased licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (b) for
services rendered or to be rendered, or (c) arising out of the use of a
credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card.

 

“Accounts Collateral”
has the meaning given such term in the Security Agreement.

 

 

“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person or any of
its Subsidiaries

 

(a)          existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary
of the Borrower or merges or consolidates with the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, or

 

(b)         assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets
from such Person,

 

in each case, not incurred
by such Person in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming
a Subsidiary of the Borrower or such acquisition, merger or consolidation.

 

“Acquisition” has the
meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements.

 

“Acquisition Agreement”
has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements.

 

“Administrative Agent” means Bank of
America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan
Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

 

“Administrative Agent’s Office”
means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set
forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the
Lenders.

 

“Administrative Questionnaire” means
an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form of Exhibit E
or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

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

 

“Aggregate Commitments” means the
Commitments of all the Lenders.

 

“Aggregate Credit Exposures” means,
at any time, in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, the sum of (i) the
unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time and (ii) the
Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at such time.

 

“Agreement” means this Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as it may hereafter be further amended,
restated and/or supplemented in accordance with its terms.

 

“Applicable Fee Rate”
means, at any time, in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, (a) from the Closing Date to the date
which is six months after the Closing Date, 0.50% per annum and (b) thereafter,
the applicable percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to
Facility Usage of the Revolving Credit Facility:

 

Applicable Fee Rate

 

	
  Pricing

  Level

  	
   

  	
  Facility
  Usage

  	
   

  	
  Unused
  Line 

  Fee

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Facility Usage < 50%

  	
   

  	
  0.75

  	
  %

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  Facility Usage > 50%

  	
   

  	
  0.50

  	
  %

  

 

2

 

Any
increase or decrease in the Applicable Fee Rate resulting from a change in
Facility Usage shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately
following such change.

 

Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the
Applicable Fee Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b).

 

“Applicable Percentage”
means, in respect of the Revolving
Credit Facility, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage
(carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Credit Facility represented
by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.  If the commitment of each Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the
obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated
pursuant to Section 8.02, or if the Revolving Credit Commitments have expired, then the Applicable
Percentage of each Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be determined based on the
Applicable Percentage of such Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit  Facility
most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments.  The initial Applicable Percentage of each
Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility is set forth opposite the
name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption
pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

 

“Applicable Property”
means any Real Property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries which, in the good faith determination of the Borrower’s Board of
Directors, and subject to the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent, is determined to be (i) not a Real Property on which the
Administrative Agent wishes to acquire or retain a Mortgage, (ii) not
needed for the conduct of the Permitted Business of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, and (iii) more beneficially used by the Borrower or any such
Subsidiary if contributed in kind by the Borrower or such Subsidiary to an
Applicable Property Entity.

 

“Applicable Property
Entity” shall mean a Person that is not the Borrower or one of its
Subsidiaries that is established or exists for the purpose of holding and/or
operating one or more of the Applicable Properties.

 

“Applicable Rate” means (a) in
respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, (i) from the Closing Date to the date on which the Administrative
Agent receives a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a) for
the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2010, 2.25% per annum for Base Rate
Loans and 3.25% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Loans and Letter of Credit Fees
and (ii) thereafter, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below
determined by reference to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as set
forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):

 

Applicable Rate

 

	
  Pricing

  Level

  	
   

  	
  Consolidated Fixed 

  Charge Coverage 

  Ratio

  	
   

  	
  Eurodollar Rate

  (Letters of

  Credit)

  	
   

  	
  Base Rate

  (Swing

  Line

  Loans)

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  >1.00:1
  but <1.50:1

  	
   

  	
  3.75

  	
  %

  	
  2.75

  	
  %

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  >1.50:1
  but <2.00:1

  	
   

  	
  3.50

  	
  %

  	
  2.50

  	
  %

  
	
  3

  	
   

  	
  >2.00:1

  	
   

  	
  3.25

  	
  %

  	
  2.25

  	
  %

  

 

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Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate
resulting from a change in the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall become
effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a
Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided,
however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in
accordance with such Section, then, upon the request of the Required Lenders,
Pricing Level 1 shall apply in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility as of
the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was
required to have been delivered and in each case shall remain in effect until
the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered.

 

Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the
Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b).

 

“Appropriate Lender” means, at
any time, (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that
has a Commitment with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility or holds a
Revolving Credit Loan, respectively, at such time, (b) with respect to the
Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters
of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the
Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Sublimit, (i) the
Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding
pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

“Approved Fund” means
any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that
administers or manages a Lender.

 

“Arranger” means Banc of America
Securities LLC, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole book manager.

 

“Assignee Group”
means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two
or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

 

“Assignment and Assumption” means an
assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee
(with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)),
and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D
or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Attributable Indebtedness” means,
on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized
amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as
of such date in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Audited Financial Statements” means
the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and the
related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity
and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

 

“Availability Period” means, in
respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, the period from and including the
Closing Date to the earliest of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the date
of termination 

 

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of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant
to Section 2.06, and (iii) the date of termination of the
commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and
of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.

 

“Bank of America” means Bank of
America, N.A. and its successors.

 

“Base Rate” means for any day a
fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds
Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such
day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime
rate”, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of 1-month
beginning on such day plus 1.0%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of
America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and
desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a
reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below
such announced rate.  Any change in such
rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business
on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

 

“Base Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan that bears interest based
on the Base Rate.

 

“Borrower” has the meaning specified
in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

“Borrower Materials”
has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

 

“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit
Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.

 

“Borrowing Base”
means, as to the Loan Parties, the amount equal to (a) eighty-five percent
(85%) of the Net Amount of Eligible Accounts of the Loan Parties (including all
Municipal Government Accounts of Loan Parties that are Eligible Accounts)
subject to a cap of $12,000,000 on unbilled Eligible Accounts, plus (b) the
lesser of eighty-five percent (85%) of the Net Amount of Federal Government
Accounts of the Loan Parties that are Eligible Accounts (which amount may
include Accounts that are not Eligible Accounts solely because such accounts
are not compliant with the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940) or $5,000,000,
plus (c) ninety-seven percent (97%) of Eligible Pledged Cash, minus (d) any
Reserves attributable to the Loan Parties.

 

“Borrowing Base Certificate” means
a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

 

“Business Day” means any day other
than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized
to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the
Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits
are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

 

“Canadian Assets”
means assets of any Canadian Subsidiary.

 

“Canadian Dollars” or
“CDN” means Dollars in lawful currency of Canada.

 

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“Canadian Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of Canada or any
province thereof.

 

“Canadian Target Debt”
means the Indebtedness existing under the Canadian Target Debt Agreement.

 

“Canadian Target Debt
Agreement” means, collectively, (i) the amended and restated credit
agreement, dated as of December 31, 2008, among Eveready Energy Services
Corp., as borrower, the Target and other Subsidiaries of the Target signatory
thereto, as credit parties, GE Asset Financing Holding Company and Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce, as co-agents and lenders, and the other lenders
signatory thereto, as lenders, as such agreement has heretofore been amended
and may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, (ii) any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing,
replacing or otherwise restructuring (including increasing the amount of
available borrowings or availability of letters of credit thereunder or adding
Subsidiaries of the Target Company or Canadian Subsidiaries of the Borrower as
additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness
under such agreement, and (iii) any successor or replacement agreement or
agreements and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of
lenders or issuers of letters of credit.

 

“Canadian Target Debt
Documents” means those documents executed in connection with the Canadian
Target Debt Agreement.

 

“Capital Expenditures” means, with
respect to any Person for any period, the sum of (i) the aggregate of all
expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that in
accordance with GAAP are or should be included in “property, plant and
equipment” or in a similar fixed asset account on its balance sheet, whether
such expenditures are paid in cash or financed, and (ii) to the extent not
covered by clause (i) above, the aggregate of all expenditures by such
Person and its Subsidiaries during such period to acquire by purchase or
otherwise the business or fixed assets of, or the Equity Interests of, any
other Person, provided that there shall be excluded from Capital Expenditures
the purchase price paid in any Permitted Acquisition, to the extent such
purchase price would have otherwise constituted Capital Expenditures, provided
further, that any Rolling Stock which is initially accounted for as a Capital
Expenditure at the time of acquisition thereof but which is transferred to a
third party and becomes subject to an operating lease within 60 days after the
date of acquisition thereof which lease would not be required to be treated as
an addition to “property, plant and equipment” or in a similar fixed asset
account on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
prepared in accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded from Capital Expenditures.

 

“Capitalized Leases”
means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded
as capitalized leases.

 

“Cash Collateral”
means cash deposited into a Cash Collateral Account.

 

“Cash Collateral Account” means a
blocked deposit account of one or more of the Loan Parties at Bank of America
(or another commercial bank selected in compliance with Section 6.22)
in the name of the Administrative Agent and under the sole dominion and control
of the 

 

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Administrative Agent, and otherwise
established in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.03(g).

 

“Cash Equivalents” means any
of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created
under the Collateral Documents and
other Liens permitted hereunder):

 

(a)                                  readily
marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof having
maturities of not more than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof;

 

(b)                                 time deposits
with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any
commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or (B) is organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding
company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve
System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated
as described in clause (c) of this definition and (iii) has combined
capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000, in each case with maturities of
not more than 90 days from the
date of acquisition thereof;

 

(c)                                  commercial
paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United
States of America and rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent
grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by
S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than 360 days from the date
of acquisition thereof;

 

(d)                                 marketable
direct obligations issued by any State of the United States of America or any
political subdivision or public instrumentality therof maturing within one year
of the acquisition thereof and having one of the two highest ratings obtainable
from either S&P or Moody’s;

 

(e)                                  debt securities
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition issued by any company
organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia and having a rating of at least A from S&P and A2
from Moody’s;

 

(f)                                    repurchase
agreements and reverse purchase agreements relating to marketable direct
obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or
Canada or issued by any agency of those countries and backed by the full faith
and credit of the respective country, in each case maturing within 90 days from
the date of acquisition, provided that the terms of such agreements comply with
the guidelines set forth in Repurchase Agreements of Depository Institutions
with Securities Dealers and Others, as adopted by the Comptroller of the
Currency on February 11, 1998;

 

(g)                                 Investments,
classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, in money market and mutual fund investment programs
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by
financial 

 

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institutions that have the highest rating obtainable
from either Moody’s or S&P, and the portfolios of which are limited solely
to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a) through
(f) of this definition; and

 

(h)                                 variable rate
bond or short term money market instruments whose rate is reset periodically
through an auction process, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000.

 

“Cash
Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management
services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card,
electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

 

“Cash
Management
Bank”
means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement,
is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such
Cash Management Agreement.

 

“Casualty
Event” means any loss of title or any loss of or damage to or destruction
of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any Governmental
Authority) of, any property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.  “Casualty Event” shall include but not be
limited to any taking of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or
any part thereof, in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings
pursuant to any law, or by reason of the temporary requisition or the use or
occupancy of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part
thereof by any Governmental Authority, civil or military, or any settlement in
lieu thereof.

 

“CERCLA” means the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.

 

“CERCLIS” means the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information
System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

 

“CFC”
means a Person that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957
of the Code.

 

“Change
in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of
the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or
treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any
Governmental Authority.

 

“Change of Control”
means an event or series of events by which:

 

(a)                                  except as may
be permitted under Section 7.04 hereof, the transfer (in one
transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the
assets of any Loan Party to any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in
Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934);

 

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(b)                                 except as may
be permitted under Section 7.04 hereof, the liquidation or
dissolution of any Loan Party or the adoption of a plan by the stockholders of
any Loan Party relating to the dissolution or liquidation of any Loan Party;

 

(c)                                  the acquisition
by any Person or group ((as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)(3) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), except for one or more
Permitted Holders, of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly of 50% or
more of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower;

 

(d)                                 during any
period of two (2) consecutive
years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the
board of directors of the Borrower (together with any new directors who have
appointed by any Permitted Holder, or whose nomination for election by the
stockholders of the Borrower, as the case may be, was approved by a vote of at
least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the directors then still in
office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason
(other than death or cessation of legal capacity) to constitute a majority of
the Board of Directors of the Borrower then still in office;

 

(e)                                  in the case of
any Loan Party other than the Borrower, the Borrower or Loan Parties that own
beneficially and of record, Voting Stock of other Loan Parties on the Closing
Date shall cease to own beneficially and of record, one hundred percent (100%)
of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of such other Loan
Party or shall cease to control the appointment of the board of directors of
each such Loan Party;

 

(f)                                    the occurrence
of a change of control under any Material Indebtedness; or

 

(g)                                 a “change of
control” or any comparable term under, and as defined in, the Canadian Target
Debt Agreement, the Other Permitted Canadian Debt Documents, the Senior High
Yield Indenture or any Other Secured Debt Agreement shall have occurred.

 

“Chattel Paper” has
the meaning given such term in the UCC.

 

“Closing Date” means the first date
all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or
waived in accordance with Section 10.01.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.

 

“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” and “Mortgaged Property”
referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property that is
or is intended under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to
Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.

 

“Collateral Documents” means,
collectively, the Security Agreement, the Copyright Security Agreement, the
Trademark Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement, the Mortgages,
each of the mortgages, collateral assignments, security agreements, supplements
to such agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 6.12, and each of the other agreements,
instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, 

 

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including, but not limited to, deposit
account control agreements, lockbox agreements and securities account control
agreements.

 

“Commitment” means a Revolving
Credit Commitment.

 

“Committed Loan Notice” means a
notice of (a) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans
from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.

 

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

 

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, at
any date of determination, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most recently
completed Measurement Period plus (a) the following to the extent
deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:  (i) Consolidated Interest Charges, (ii) the
provision for Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes, (iii) depreciation
and amortization expense, (iv) transaction expenses relating to the
Transactions not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate, and (v) other
non-recurring expenses reducing such Consolidated Net Income which do not
represent a cash item in such period or any future period (in each case of or
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period) and minus
(b) the following to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated
Net Income:  (i) Federal, state,
local and foreign income tax credits and (ii) all non-cash items increasing
Consolidated Net Income.

 

“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination
and for the Measurement Period most recently ended, the ratio of (a) (i) Consolidated
EBITDA, less the sum of (ii) aggregate amount of Federal, state,
local and foreign income taxes paid or payable in cash, (iii) the
aggregate amount of all Capital Expenditures (other than those financed by
Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02), (iv) the aggregate
amount of all Restricted Payments, and (v) Environmental Expenditures, to (b) the
sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Charges to the extent paid or payable in
cash, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all regularly scheduled
principal payments paid or payable with respect to Indebtedness, in each case,
of or by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most recently completed
Measurement Period.

 

“Consolidated Interest Charges”
means, for any Measurement Period, (i) the sum of (a) all interest,
premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in
connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in
connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the
extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, (b) all interest paid
or payable with respect to discontinued operations (but, in the case of
clauses (a) and (b), excluding amortization of financing fees and original
issue discount), and (c) the
portion of rent expense under Capitalized Leases that is treated as interest in
accordance with GAAP, in each case, of or by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis for the most recently completed Measurement Period.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means,
at any date of determination, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most recently completed
Measurement Period; provided that the calculation of Consolidated Net
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extraordinary
gains and extraordinary losses for such Measurement Period, (b) the net
income of any Subsidiary during such Measurement Period to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary
of such income is not permitted by operation of the terms of its Organization
Documents or any agreement, instrument or Law applicable to such Subsidiary
during such Measurement Period, except that the Borrower’s equity in any net
loss of any such Subsidiary for such Measurement Period shall be included in determining
Consolidated Net Income, (c) any income (or loss) for such Measurement
Period of any Person if such Person is not a Subsidiary, except that the
Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such Measurement
Period shall be included in Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount
of cash actually distributed by such Person during such Measurement Period to
the Borrower or a Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (and in the case
of a dividend or other distribution to a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary is not
precluded from further distributing such amount to the Borrower as described in
clause (b) of this proviso), (d) any accretion expense attributable
to Environmental Liabilities for such Measurement Period, provided that
such (1) such expense is non-cash and (2) determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and (e) non-recurring employee
severance costs in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 in any twelve month
period.

 

“Contra Account”
means an account on the balance sheet of a Person that offsets the balance of a
related and corresponding account.

 

“Contractual Obligation” means, as
to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any
agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

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

 

“Control Agreement”
has the meaning given such term in the Security Agreement.

 

“Copyright Security Agreement”
means that certain Grant of Security Interest in Copyright Rights, to be dated
within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date, by and among the applicable Loan
Parties and the Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time (together with each other grant of security interest
in copyright rights delivered pursuant to Section 6.12 of this
Agreement and Section 8.13 of the Security Agreement).

 

“Credit Extension” means each of the
following:  (a) a Borrowing and (b) an
L/C Credit Extension.

 

“Credit Suisse Term Debt”
means the $30,000,000 term note issued pursuant to the Credit Suisse Term Loan
Supplement.

 

“Credit Suisse Term Loan
Supplement” means that certain Term Loan Supplement, dated as of August 18,
2006, among the Borrower, certain of its U.S. Subsidiaries under the Amended 

 

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Credit Agreement, the guarantors party to the
Amended Credit Agreement, the term loan lenders party thereto, Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, and Credit Suisse.

 

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the
Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar
debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from
time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

“Default” means any event or
condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any
notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

 

“Default Rate” means (a) when
used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest
rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate,
if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided,
however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate
shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable
Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum and (b) when
used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate
plus 2% per annum.

 

“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender
that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans,
participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans
required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date
required to be funded by it hereunder, or (b) has otherwise failed to pay
over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required
to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless
the subject of a good faith dispute.

 

“Dilution Percentage”
means a percentage, calculated at the end of each field examination with
respect to the Collateral by the Administrative Agent, reflecting the amount of
dilution of Eligible Accounts that should (based on the results of such field
examination), in the determination of the Administrative Agent, be taken into
account when calculating such Borrowing Base; provided that each such
percentage shall be represented by a whole number without decimal places.  The Dilution Percentage shall remain in
effect from and after each such field examination until the completion of a new
field examination and the determination by the Administrative Agent of a new
Dilution Percentage, at which time the Dilution Percentage shall reflect such
new field examination and the determination by the Administrative Agent of such
new Dilution Percentage.

 

“Dilution Reserve
Percentage” means, as of any time, the Dilution Percentage as of such time
minus 5%; provided that if the Dilution Percentage as of such time is
below 5%, then the Dilution Reserve Percentage as of such time shall be deemed
to be 0%.

 

“Disclosed Litigation” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.06.

 

“Disposition” or “Dispose”
means any direct or indirect conveyance, sale, lease, sublease, assignment,
transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of
any property excluding sales of inventory and dispositions of Cash Equivalents,
in each case, in the ordinary course of business, by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.

 

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“Disqualified Equity
Interests” means any Equity Interests which, by its terms (or by the terms
of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable),
or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as
the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is
redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or
prior to the first anniversary of the Maturity Date, (b) is convertible or
exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt
securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in (a) above, in
each case at any time on or prior to the first anniversary of the Maturity
Date, or (c) contains any repurchase obligation which may come into effect
prior to payment in full of all Obligations.

 

“Dollar” and “$” mean
lawful money of the United States.

 

“Dollar Equivalent”
means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars,
such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in Canadian
Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the
Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the
basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation
Date) for the purchase of Dollars with Canadian Dollars.

 

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any
Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the
United States.

 

“Eligible
Accounts”  means Accounts of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries subject to the Lien of the Collateral Documents, the value of
which shall be determined by taking into consideration, among other factors,
their book value determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however,
that none of the following classes of Accounts shall be deemed to be Eligible
Accounts:

 

(a)                                  Accounts that
do not arise out of sales of goods or rendering of services in the ordinary
course of the Borrower’s or the relevant Subsidiary’s business;

 

(b)                                 Accounts
payable other than in Dollars or that are otherwise on terms other than those
normal or customary in the Borrower’s or the relevant Subsidiary’s business;

 

(c)                                  Accounts more
than 90 days past original invoice date;

 

(d)                                 Accounts owing
from any Person that is an Affiliate of the Borrower;

 

(e)                                  Accounts
arising out of sales to account debtors outside the United States and Canada;

 

(f)                                    Accounts owing
from any Person from which an aggregate amount of 50% or more of the Accounts
owing therefrom are otherwise ineligible;

 

(g)                                 Accounts in
respect of Contra Accounts;

 

(h)                                 Accounts owing
from an account debtor that is an agency, department or instrumentality of the
United States or any state, agency, instrumentality or municipality thereof 

 

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unless the Borrower or its relevant
Subsidiary shall have satisfied the requirements of the Assignment of Claims
Act of 1940, and any similar state legislation and the Administrative Agent is
satisfied as to the absence of setoffs, counterclaims and other defenses on the
part of such account debtor; provided  that Accounts that are not
compliant with the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 may be included in the
Borrowing Base as provided in clause (b) of the definition of Borrowing
Base;

 

(i)                                     Accounts in
excess of 20% of all Eligible Accounts owing to any account debtor or Affiliate
of such account debtor whose total Accounts comprise greater than 20% of all
Eligible Accounts.

 

(j)                                     Accounts owing
from any Person that (i) has disputed liability for any Accounts owing
from such Person or (ii) has otherwise asserted any claim, demand or
liability against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether by action,
suit, counterclaim or otherwise; provided that for purposes of subclause
(j)(i), such Accounts shall be excluded only to the extent of the amounts being
disputed by such Person at any date of determination;

 

(k)                                  Accounts owing
from any Person that shall take or be the subject of any action or proceeding
of a type described in Section 8.01(f);

 

(l)                                     Accounts (i) owing
from any Person that is also a supplier to or creditor of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries unless such Person has waived any right of setoff in a
manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (ii) representing any
manufacturer’s or supplier’s credits, discounts, incentive plans or similar
arrangements entitling the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to discounts on
future purchase therefrom;

 

(m)                               Accounts
arising out of sales on a bill-and-hold, progress billing, guaranteed sale,
sale-or-return, sale on approval or consignment basis or subject to any right
of return, setoff or charge back;

 

(n)                                 Accounts with
respect to which the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3
of the Security Agreement applicable to Accounts are not correct; and

 

(o)                                 Accounts in
respect of which the Security Agreement, after giving effect to the related
filings of financing statements that have then been made, if any, does not or
has ceased to create a valid and perfected first priority lien or security
interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured
Parties, securing the Obligations.

 

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person
that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.06(b)(iii),
(v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may
be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii)).

 

“Eligible Collateral” means Eligible Accounts and
Eligible Pledged Cash.

 

“Eligible
Pledged Cash” means cash or Cash Equivalents subject to a legal, valid
and enforceable first priority Lien in
favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and, if
applicable, held in a deposit account governed by a Control Agreement or a
securities account governed by a Control Agreement.

 

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“Environmental
Expenditures” means with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of
the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries for
spending incurred with respect to remedial liabilities, including but not
limited to, superfund, remediation, facility closure remediation, and
discontinued operation liabilities.

 

“Environmental Laws” means any and
all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances,
rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises,
licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the
protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the
environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air
emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

 

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

 

“Environmental Permit” means any
permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization
required under any Environmental Law.

 

“Equipment”  has the meaning given
such term in the UCC.

 

“Equity Interests” means,
with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or
other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of
capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all
of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock
of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights
or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or
such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in
such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether
voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights
or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

 

“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower
within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions
relating to Section 412 of the Code).

 

“ERISA Event” means (a) a
Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063
of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined
in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is
treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a
complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any 

 

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ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or
notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the
filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as
a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of
proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an
event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA
for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability
under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent
under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

 

“Eurodollar Rate” means, for any
Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum
equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as
published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing
quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to
time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to
the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period.  If such rate is not available at
such time for any reason, then the “Eurodollar Rate” for such Interest Period
shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the
rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar
Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London
Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their
request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior
to the commencement of such Interest Period.

 

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a
Revolving Credit Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar
Rate.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning
specified in Section 8.01.

 

“Excess Availability”
means the amount, as determined by the Administrative Agent, equal to the (a) lesser
of (i) the Borrowing Base at such time and (ii) $120,000,000, minus (b) the
sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) the
Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations at such time.

 

“Excluded Taxes”
means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or
any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by
its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it
(in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which
its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes
imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) any backup withholding
tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a
Lender that has failed to comply with clause (A) of Section 3.01(e)(ii),
and (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant
to a request by the Borrower under Section 10.13), any United
States  withholding tax that (i) is
required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to
the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or 

 

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designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is
attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a
result of a Change in Law) to comply with clause (B) of Section 3.01(e)(ii),
except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was
entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment),
to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such
withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii) or (iii).

 

“Existing Credit Agreement” has
the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements.

 

“Existing Letters of Credit” means
those letters of credit now outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement set
forth on Schedule 2.03.

 

“Extraordinary Receipt” means any
cash received by or paid to or for the account of any Person not in the
ordinary course of business, including tax refunds, pension plan reversions,
proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance
to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings),
condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), indemnity payments and any
purchase price adjustments.

 

“Facility” means the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

“Facility
Usage” means the percentage of the Revolving Credit Facility in use as
measured by the (a) the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of
Revolving Credit Loans, (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations,
and (iii) the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans, over (b) the
Revolving Credit Facility.

 

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

 

“Federal Government
Account” means an Account in which the account debtor with respect to such
Account is the United States of America or a department, agency or
instrumentality thereof.

 

“Fee Letters” means the letter
agreements, each dated July 31, 2009, among the Borrower, and each of the
Lenders.

 

“Foreign
Government Scheme or Arrangement” has the meaning specified in Section 5.12(d).

 

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender
that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the
Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when 

 

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acting in the capacity of the L/C
Issuer).  For purposes of this
definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia
shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

 

“Foreign Plan” has the meaning
specified in Section 5.12(d).

 

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

 

“Fund” means any Person (other than
a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding
or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in
the ordinary course of its activities.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently
applied.

 

“Governmental Authority” means the
government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political
subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including
any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).

 

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person,
any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or
other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”)
in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of
such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or
supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other
obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for
the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other
obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of
the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of
assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or
other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such
obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any
Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is
assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of
such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien).  The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to
be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary
obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or,
if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in
respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.  The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a
corresponding meaning.

 

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“Guarantors” means, collectively,
the Domestic Subsidiaries of the
Borrower listed on Schedule 6.12 and each other Domestic
Subsidiary of the Borrower that
shall be required to execute and deliver a guaranty or guaranty supplement
pursuant to Section 6.12.

 

“Guaranty” means, collectively, the
Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Secured Parties, substantially
in the form of Exhibit F, together with each other guaranty and
guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.

 

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

 

“Hart-Scott Rodino Act”
means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

 

“Hedge Bank” means any Person that, at the time it
enters into a Swap Contract permitted under Article VI or VII,
is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such
Swap Contract.

 

“Impacted Lender”
means a Lender as to which (a) the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender
or L/C Issuer reasonably believes, in good faith, that such Lender has
defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other syndicated
credit facilities, or (b) any Lender or Person that controls such Lender
has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding or other similar proceeding.

 

“Indebtedness” means, as to any
Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether
or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

 

(a)                                  all obligations
of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

 

(b)                                 the maximum
amount of all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under
letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances,
bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

 

(c)                                  net obligations
of such Person under any Swap Contract;

 

(d)                                 all obligations
of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and not
past due for more than 150 days after the date on which such trade account was
created);

 

(e)                                  indebtedness
(excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or
being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such
indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

 

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(f)                                    all
Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized Leases of such Person;

 

(g)                                 all obligations
of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any
payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person or
any warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity Interest, valued, in the
case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends;
and

 

(h)                                 all Guarantees
of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

 

For all purposes hereof, the
Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or
joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or
limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint
venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such
Person.  The amount of any net obligation
under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination
Value thereof as of such date.

 

“Indemnified Taxes”  means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

 

“Indemnitees” has the meaning
specified in Section 10.04(b).

 

“Information” has the
meaning specified in Section 10.07.

 

“Initial Senior High
Yield Debt” means the indebtedness arising under the first issuance of the
Senior High Yield Notes pursuant to the Senior High Yield Indenture, in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000.

 

“Initial
Senior High Yield Notes” means the notes issued under
incurrence of the Initial Senior High Yield Debt in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $250,000,000.

 

“Intercreditor Agreement”
means (a) that intercreditor agreement now or hereafter entered into
between the Administrative Agent and the trustee, collateral agent,
administrative agent or other agent for the benefit of the holders of the
Senior High Yield Notes, (b) that intercreditor agreement now or hereafter
entered into between the Administrative Agent and the trustee, collateral
agent, administrative agent or other agent for the benefit of the noteholders
or lenders under any Other Secured Debt Agreement, or (c) any other
intercreditor agreement, in all cases such agreement to be in form, scope and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as
to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to
such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made;
provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar
Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three
months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest
Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan or Swing Line Loan, the
last Business Day of each March, June, September and
December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such
Loan was made (with Swing Line Loans being deemed made under the Revolving
Credit Facility for purposes of this definition).

 

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“Interest Period” means, as to each
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate
Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and
ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the
Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:

 

(a)                                  any Interest
Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in
another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the
next preceding Business Day;

 

(b)                                 any Interest
Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day
for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at
the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

 

(c)                                  no Interest
Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such
Loan was made.

 

“Instrument” has the
meaning given such term in the UCC.

 

“Inventory” has the meaning given such term in the UCC.

 

“Investment” means, as to any
Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person,
whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity
Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution
to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any
other debt or interest in, another Person, or (c) the purchase or other
acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of
another Person that constitute a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of, such Person.  For purposes of covenant compliance, the
amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without
adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such
Investment.

 

“IP Rights” has the meaning
specified in Section 5.17.

 

“IRS” means the United States
Internal Revenue Service.

 

“ISP” means, with
respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998”
published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc.
(or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

“Issuer Documents”
means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application,
and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer
and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating
to such Letter of Credit.

 

“Laws” means, collectively, all
international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules,
guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial
precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration
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Governmental Authority charged with the
enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable
administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits
of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or
not having the force of law.

 

“L/C Advance” means, with respect to
each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any
L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

 

“L/C Borrowing” means
an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit
which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a
Revolving Credit Borrowing.

 

“L/C Credit Extension”
means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension
of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

 

“L/C Issuer” means
Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or
any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

 

“L/C Obligations”
means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be
drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all
Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.  For purposes of computing the amount
available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of
Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06.  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any
date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any
amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14
of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the
amount so remaining available to be drawn.

 

“Lender” has the
meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context
requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.

 

“Lending Office”
means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such
in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices
as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.

 

“Letter of Credit” means any letter
of credit issued or outstanding hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit.  A
Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of
credit.

 

“Letter of Credit
Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C
Issuer.

 

“Letter of Credit
Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the Maturity
Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

 

“Letter of Credit Fee”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).

 

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“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an
amount equal to $110,000,000.  The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and
not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

“License Agreement”
has the meaning specified in Section 5.17.

 

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential
arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and
any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).

 

“Liquidity” means the
sum of Unpledged Cash and Excess Availability.

 

“Loan” means an extension of credit
by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a
Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan.

 

“Loan Documents” means,
collectively, (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) the
Guaranty, (d) the Collateral Documents, (e) the Fee Letters, (f) each
Issuer Document, (g) the Intercreditor Agreement, (h) the Secured
Cash Management Agreement; (i) the Post-Closing Agreement and (j) any
other agreement entered into now or in the future that is designated as a “Loan
Document” hereunder.

 

“Loan Parties” means, collectively,
the Borrower and each Guarantor.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a
material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations,
business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial
or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, or of the
ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to
which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan
Document to which it is a party.

 

“Material Contract”
means (a) any contract or other agreement (other than the Loan Documents),
written or oral, of any Loan Party involving monetary liability of or to any
Person in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 in any fiscal year and (b) any
other contract or other agreement (other than the Loan Documents), whether
written or oral, to which any Loan Party is a party as to which the breach,
non-performance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto would
have a Material Adverse Effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations or prospects of any Loan Party or the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents,
or any of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or Secured
Parties hereunder or thereunder.

 

“Material Indebtedness”
means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower under (i) any
instrument (other than Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement) or (ii) Swap
Contracts, in each case, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount exceeding
$30,000,000.  For purposes of determining
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Contracts of any Person at any time shall be
the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that
such Person would be required to pay if the Swap Contract were terminated at
such time.

 

“Maturity Date” means July 31,
2013.

 

“Measurement Period”
means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four fiscal
quarters of the Borrower.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

“Mortgage” has the
meaning specified in Section 6.25(a).

 

“Mortgage Policy” has the
meaning specified in Section 6.25(b).

 

“Mortgage Property”
means (a) any real property owned by a Loan Party which has a value in
excess of $1,000,000 and (b) any other Real Property, whether owned or
leased, for which a Mortgage is granted to secure the Senior High Yield Debt
Documents or Other Secured Debt Documents.

 

“Multiemployer Plan” means any
employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to
make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been
obligated to make contributions.

 

“Municipal Government
Account” means an Account in which the account debtor with respect to such
Account is a state, province or a political subdivision, department, agency or
instrumentality thereof.

 

“Net Amount of Eligible
Accounts” means the gross amount of Eligible Accounts less (a) sales,
excise or similar taxes included in the amount thereof, and (b) returns,
rebates, discounts, claims, credits and allowances of any nature at any time
issued, owing, granted, outstanding, available or claimed with respect thereto.

 

“Net Amount of Federal
Government Accounts” means the gross amount of Federal Government Accounts
less (a) sales, excise or similar taxes included in the amount thereof,
and (b) returns, rebates, discounts (which may, at the Administrative
Agent’s option, be calculated on the shortest term), claims, credits and
allowances of any nature at any time issued, owing, granted, outstanding,
available or claimed with respect thereto.

 

“Net Cash Proceeds” means:

 

(a)                                  with respect to
any Disposition by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Extraordinary Receipt received or paid to
the account of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries, or any sale or issuance of any Equity Interest by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash
Equivalents received in connection with such transaction (including any cash or
Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by
monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so 

 

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received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the
principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by the applicable asset
and that is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction (other
than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (B) the reasonable and
customary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in connection with such
transaction, (C) income taxes reasonably estimated to be actually payable
within two years of the date of the relevant transaction as a result of any
gain recognized in connection therewith; provided that, if the amount of
any estimated taxes pursuant to subclause (C) exceeds the amount of taxes
actually required to be paid in cash in respect of such Disposition, the
aggregate amount of such excess shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds, (D) amounts
provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against (x) liabilities
under any indemnification obligations associated with such Disposition or
issuance or sale of Equity Interests, or (y) any liabilities retained by
the Borrower or its Subsidiaries associated with the properties sold in the
Disposition or sale of Equity Interests, and (E) Borrower’s good faith
estimate of payments required to be made with respect to unassumed liabilities
relating to the properties sold within 180 days of a Disposition (provided
that, to the extent such cash proceeds are not used to make payments in respect
of such unassumed liabilities within 180 days of such Disposition or sale of
Equity Interests, such cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds);

 

(b)                                 with respect to
the issuance and sale of the Senior High Yield Notes, or the incurrence or
issuance of any Indebtedness by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess of (i) the sum of
the cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such transaction over
(ii) the underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable and
customary out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in connection therewith; and

 

(c)                                  with respect to
any Casualty Event, the cash insurance proceeds, condemnation awards and other
compensation received in respect thereof, net of all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or
other compensation in respect of such Casualty Event.

 

“Non-Accounts Collateral”
means “Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreement and any other property
of any Loan Party which has been pledged to secure the Obligations pursuant to
any Collateral Document, but excluding the Accounts Collateral and Eligible
Pledged Cash.

 

“Note” means a Revolving Credit
Note, as the context may require.

 

“NPL” means the National Priorities List
under CERCLA.

 

“Obligations” means all advances to,
and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party
arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, Letter
of Credit, Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, in
each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption),
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising
and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or
against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any
Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding,
regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such
proceeding.

 

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“Organization Documents” means, (a) with
respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and
the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to
any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability
company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating
agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust
or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other
applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement,
instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its
formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the
jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any
certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

 

“Other Permitted Canadian
Debt” means Indebtedness of any Canadian Subsidiary; provided, that
no Default or Event of Default shall exist either immediately or after the
incurrence thereof, and the aggregate amount of all Canadian Target Debt and
Other Permitted Canadian Debt then outstanding shall not exceed 30% of the book
value shown on the relevant Canadian Subsidiary’s balance sheet of the total
Canadian Assets at any time.

 

“Other Permitted Canadian
Debt Documents” means the documents executed or to be executed in
connection with any Other Permitted Canadian Debt.

 

“Other Secured Debt”
means Indebtedness arising under any Other Secured Debt Agreement; provided
that (i) the final maturity and weighted average life to maturity of any
such Other Secured Debt shall be after the Maturity Date, (ii) the
covenants (including any financial covenants) and events of default applicable
thereto shall be less restrictive to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in all
material respects as those contained herein; (iii) no such Indebtedness
shall contain a cross default to other Indebtedness on terms less favorable to
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than under the Senior Secured Notes
Indenture; and (iv) Liens incurred in connection with any Other Secured
Debt shall be subject to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders; provided
further that (x) the Initial Senior High Yield Debt shall be deemed
to satisfy the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) of
this paragraph and (y) the intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (a) of
the definition of Intercreditor Agreement shall be the intercreditor agreement
agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in connection
with the issuance of the Initial Senior High Yield Notes under the issuance of
the Initial Senior High Yield Debt.

 

“Other Secured Debt
Agreement” means a loan agreement or other document entered into in
connection with the Other Secured Debt, which may include any Senior High Yield
Notes in addition to the Initial Senior High Yield Notes issued under the
Senior High Yield Indenture, between the Borrower and an agent for the benefit
of certain lenders, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and Required Lenders prior to the closing of such Other
Secured Debt Agreement (it being understood that if such loan agreement or
other document is the Senior High Yield Indenture in the form approved by the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders at the time of the issuance of
the Initial Senior High Yield Debt, such agreement or document shall be
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders for the
purposes of this definition).

 

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“Other Secured Debt
Documents” means the documents executed or to be executed in connection
with any Other Secured Debt.

 

“Other Taxes” means all present or
future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes,
charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any
other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with
respect to Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the
aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any
borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swing
Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with
respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations
on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such
date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of
such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of
Unreimbursed Amounts.

 

“Participant” has the meaning
specified in Section 10.06(d).

 

“Patent Security
Agreement” means that certain Grant of Security Interest in Patent Rights,
to be dated within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date, by and among the
applicable Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time (together with each other grant of
security interest in patent rights delivered pursuant to Section 6.12
of this Agreement and Section 8.13 of the Security Agreement).

 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.

 

“Pension Plan” means any “employee
pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA
and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to
which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to
contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of
ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five
plan years.

 

“Perfection Certificate”
means the perfection certificate dated as of the Closing Date and executed by
each of the Loan Parties.

 

“Permitted Acquisition”
means any transaction or series of related transactions for the direct or
indirect (i) acquisition of all or substantially all of the property of
any Person, or of any business or division of any Person; (ii) acquisition
of in excess of 50% of the Equity Interests of any person, and otherwise
causing such Person to become a Subsidiary of such Person; or (iii) merger
or consolidation or any other combination with such any person, if each of the
following conditions is met:

 

(a)                                  no Default then
exists or would result therefrom;

 

(b)                                 such Person
shall be organized or incorporated in the United States, any state thereof, the
District of Columbia, Canada or any province thereof or Puerto Rico;

 

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(c)                                  none of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall, in connection with any such
transaction, assume or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness or other
liability of the related seller or the business, person or properties acquired,
except to the extent permitted under Section 7.02;

 

(d)                                 the person or
business to be acquired shall be, or shall be engaged in, a business of the
type the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date and any
business reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to the business in
which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date;

 

(e)                                  the board of
directors of the person to be acquired shall not have indicated publicly its
opposition to the consummation of such acquisition (which opposition has not
been publicly withdrawn);

 

(f)                                    all
transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated in accordance with
all applicable laws of all applicable Governmental Authorities;

 

(g)                                 at least 10
Business Days prior to the proposed date of consummation of the transaction,
the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a
certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying that (A) such
transaction complies with this definition (which shall have attached thereto
reasonably detailed backup data and calculations showing such compliance), and (B) such
transaction could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect;

 

(h)                                 as of the last
day of the most recent period for which a Compliance Certificate was required
to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02, after giving pro forma effect to
such Permitted Acquisition and any Indebtedness incurred in connection
therewith (including, without limitation, any Subordinated Indebtedness) as if
such Permitted Acquisition was made and any such Indebtedness was incurred on
the first day of such most recent period, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
shall be in compliance with Section 7.11 (as the Borrower shall provide to
the Administrative Agent a reasonably detailed certificate to such effect
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower); and

 

(i)                                     after giving
pro forma effect to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition, minimum
Liquidity shall not be less than $50,000,000.

 

“Permitted Business”
means the business of the Borrower and the Borrower’s Subsidiaries as existing
on the Closing Date and any other businesses that are the same, similar or
reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto and reasonable extensions
thereof.

 

“Permitted Encumbrances” has the meaning specified in the
Mortgages.

 

“Permitted
Holders” means (i) any of Alan S. McKim, his spouse, ancestors,
siblings, descendants (including children or grandchildren by adoption) and the
descendants of any of his siblings; (ii) in the event of the incompetence
or death of any of the Persons described in clause (i), such Person’s estate,
executor, administrator, committee or other personal representative, in each
case who at any particular date shall beneficially own or have the right to
acquire, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of the Borrower; (iii) any
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Persons described in clause (i) or (ii) or
any trust for the benefit of any such trust; or (iv) any Person controlled
by any of the Persons described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii).  For purposes of this definition, “control,”
as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or by
contract or otherwise.

 

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

 

“Plan” means any “employee benefit
plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established
by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412
of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

 

“Platform” has the
meaning specified in Section 6.02.

 

“Pledged Debt” has
the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

 

“Post-Closing Agreement”
means that certain Post-Closing Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009,
among the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with respect to certain
documents and actions to be delivered or taken after the Closing Date, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“pro forma basis” or “pro
forma effect” means with respect to compliance with any test or covenant
hereunder, (a) that the Acquisition shall be deemed to have occurred and
the Target Company and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have become
Subsidiaries of the Borrower as of the first day of the applicable period of
measurement in such test or covenant, or (b) that any Permitted
Acquisition, Indebtedness, Investment, repurchase or redemption, as applicable,
shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period
of measurement in such test or covenant.

 

“Public Lender” has
the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

 

“Real Property” means
all right, title and interest in and to any and all now owned and hereafter
acquired real property of the Loan Parties, including leasehold interests,
together with all buildings, structures and other improvements located thereon
and all licenses, easements and appurtenances relating thereto, wherever
located.

 

“Records” shall mean
all of the Loan Parties’ present and future books of account of every kind or
nature, purchase and sale agreements, invoices, ledger cards, bills of lading
and other shipping evidence, statements, correspondence, memoranda, credit
files and other data relating to the Collateral or any account debtor, together
with the tapes, disks, diskettes and other data and software storage media and
devices, file cabinets or containers in or on which the foregoing are stored
(including any rights of the Loan Parties with respect to the foregoing
maintained with or by any other person).

 

“Reduction Amount” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.05(b)(ix).

 

“Register” has the meaning specified
in Section 10.06(c).

 

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“Related Documents”
means the Acquisition Agreement and any related bills of sale, instruments of
transfer and other documents delivered in connection with the Acquisition
Agreement.

 

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

 

“Reportable Event” means any of the
events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for
which the 30 day notice period has been waived.

 

“Request for Credit Extension” means
(a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Revolving
Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, and (b) with respect to an L/C
Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to
a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

 

“Required Lenders” means, as of any
date of determination, (i) if the total number of Lenders is three or
fewer, all the Lenders, and (ii) if the total number of Lenders is greater
than three, Lenders holding at least 66-2/3% of the sum of the (a) Total
Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving
Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations
and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for
purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit
Commitments; provided that the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of,
and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any
Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Lenders.

 

“Reserves” means, as
of the date of determination, such amounts as the Administrative Agent may from
time to time establish and revise in good faith reducing the amount of the
Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations which would otherwise be available
to the Borrowers under the lending formula provided for herein: (a) to
reflect events, conditions, contingencies or risks which, as determined by the
Administrative Agent in good faith, adversely affect, or would have a
reasonable likelihood of adversely affecting, (i) the Collateral; (ii) the
assets, business or prospects of any Loan Party, or (iii) the security
interests and other rights of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral; or (b) to
reflect the Administrative Agent’s good faith belief that any collateral report
or financial information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent is or may have been incomplete, inaccurate or misleading
in any material respect; or (c) to reflect the L/C Obligations as provided
in Section 2.03 hereof; or (d) in respect of any state of
facts which the Administrative Agent determines in good faith constitutes a
Default or Event of Default; or (e) to reflect the Administrative Agent’s
good faith estimate of the amount necessary to reflect changes in applicable
currency exchange rates or currency exchange markets; or (f) to reflect
the Dilution Reserve Percentage.  To the
extent the Administrative Agent may revise the lending formulas used to
determine any Borrowing Base or establish new criteria or revise existing
criteria for Eligible Accounts so as to address any circumstances, condition,
event or contingency in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent shall not establish a Reserve for the same purpose.  The amount of any Reserve established by the
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the
event, condition or other matter which is the basis for such as reserve as
determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith.

 

“Responsible Officer” means the
chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer,
treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party.  Any document delivered hereunder that is
signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed
to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other
action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be
conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

 

“Restricted Payment” means any
dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property)
with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of any Person or any
of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or
termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account
of any return of capital to any Person’s stockholders, partners or members (or
the equivalent of any thereof), or any option, warrant or other right to
acquire any such dividend or other distribution or payment.

 

“Revaluation Date”
means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following:  (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of
Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, (ii) each date of an amendment of
any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof
(solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any
payment by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian
Dollars, and (iv) such
additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer shall determine
or the Required Lenders shall require.

 

“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a
borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type
and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made
by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

 

“Revolving Credit Commitment” means,
as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to
the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b), (b) purchase
participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in
Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding
not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule
2.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or opposite such
caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes
a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time
in accordance with this Agreement.

 

“Revolving Credit Facility” means,
at any time, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments
at such time.

 

“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at
any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.

 

“Revolving Credit Loan” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).

 

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“Revolving Credit Note” means a
promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender
evidencing Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, made
by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

 

“Rolling Stock” means
all trucks, trailers, tractors, service vehicles, automobiles and other
registered mobile equipment.

 

“S&P” means Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
and any successor thereto.

 

“Sale and Leaseback
Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 7.19.

 

“SEC” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its
principal functions.

 

“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by
and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank.

 

“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract required or permitted under Article VI or VII
that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank.

 

“Secured Parties” means,
collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge
Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the
Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05,
and the other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be
secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.

 

“Security Agreement” means the
security agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit G
(together with each other security agreement and security agreement supplement
delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.

 

“Senior
High Yield Debt” means the indebtedness arising under the Senior High Yield
Notes.

 

“Senior High Yield Documents” means the documents executed or to
be executed in connection with the Senior High Yield Indenture.

 

“Senior High Yield Notes” means the Initial Senior High Yield
Notes and any additional Senior High Yield Notes now or hereafter issued
pursuant to the Senior High Yield Indenture.

 

“Senior
High Yield Indenture” means the indenture, now or hereafter entered into,
between the Borrower and the trustee or other agent for the benefit of the
holders of the Senior High Yield Notes, such indenture to be in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Required Lenders prior
to the closing of such Senior High Yield Indenture, and to be subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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“Senior
Secured Notes” means the $23,032,000 outstanding aggregate principal amount
of 111/4%
Senior Secured Notes issued on June 30, 2004 and outstanding on the date
of this Agreement pursuant to the Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

 

“Senior
Secured Notes Documents” means those documents executed in connection with
the Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

 

“Senior
Secured Notes Indenture” means the indenture, dated as of June 30, 2004,
among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, and U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee.

 

“Significant Subsidiary”
with respect to any Person means (1) any Subsidiary of such Person that
satisfies the criteria for a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Regulation
S-X under the Securities Act as such Regulation is in effect on the Closing
Date (assuming such Person is the registrant referred to in the definition of “significant
subsidiary” in such Regulation) and (2) any Subsidiary that, when aggregated
with all other Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Significant Subsidiaries and
as to which any event described in clause (e), (f), (g) or (h) of Section 8.1
has occurred and is continuing, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under
clause (1) of this definition; provided that each reference to “10 percent”
in the criteria for a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act as such Regulation is in effect on the Closing Date
shall be replaced with the words “5 percent”.

 

“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean,
with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the
fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of
liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the
present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the
amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on
its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not
intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond
such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such
Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage
in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute
an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its
debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they
mature in the ordinary course of business. 
The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as
the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at
such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an
actual or matured liability.

 

“Spot Rate” has the
meaning given such term in Section 1.07.

 

“Subordinated
Indebtedness” means unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries that is by its terms expressly subordinated, on terms acceptable
to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, to the Discharge of ABL
Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), provided that (i) the
terms of such Indebtedness may allow for payment of regularly scheduled
payments of interest so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time such payment is made, (ii) the final maturity of
such Indebtedness is at least one year after the Maturity Date, (iii) the
terms of such Indebtedness provide that no payments of principal shall or may
occur prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement), (iv) the covenants and events of default
applicable thereto shall be at least as favorable to the Borrower and its
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material respects as those contained herein,
but in any event no financial maintenance covenants shall be applicable thereto
and no such Indebtedness shall contain a cross-default to the Indebtedness
under the Loan Documents for a non-payment default and (v) the remedies
with respect thereto shall be subject to customary standstill provisions
acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided  further that the
terms of such Indebtedness may provide for payments of principal or require the
issuer thereof to redeem or repurchase such Indebtedness upon the occurrence of
a change in control or asset sale occurring prior to maturity if such terms
provide that the issuer thereof will not make any such payments or redeem or
repurchase any such Indebtedness pursuant to such provisions prior to the
Discharge of ABL Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).

 

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other
interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other
governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned,
or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references
herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the
Borrower.

 

“Swap Contract” means (a) any
and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions,
forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward
commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond
price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or
forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign
exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions,
currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency
options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination
of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the
foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to
any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and
the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or
governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange
Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement,
together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any
such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

“Swap Termination Value” means, in
respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect
of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for
any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and
termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination
value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a),
the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap
Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts
(which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

 

“Swing Line Borrowing” means a
borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.

 

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“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of
America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing
line lender hereunder.

 

“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.04(a).

 

“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a
notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b),
which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.

 

“Swing Line Sublimit” means an
amount equal to the lesser of (a) $12,000,000
and (b) the Revolving Credit Facility. 
The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the
Revolving Credit Facility.

 

“Target Company” has
the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements.

 

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

 

“Threshold Amount” means $5,000,000.

 

“Total Revolving Credit
Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving
Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations.

 

“Total Outstandings” means the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.

 

“Trademark Security
Agreement” means that certain Grant of Security Interest in Trademark
Rights, to be dated within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date, by and among
the applicable Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (together with each other
grant of security interest in trademark rights delivered pursuant to Section 6.12
of this Agreement and Section 8.13 of the Security Agreement).

 

“Transactions” means,
collectively, (a) the consummation of the Acquisition, (b) the
entering into by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents and the Related
Documents to which they are or are intended to be a party, and (c) the
payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation
of the foregoing.

 

“Type” means, with respect to a
Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

 

“UCC” means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided
that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the
priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other
jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection,
effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

 

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“Unfunded Pension
Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16)
of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in
accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412
of the Code for the applicable plan year.

 

“United States” and “U.S.”
mean the United States of America.

 

“Unpledged Cash”
means any cash other than the Eligible Pledged Cash.

 

“Unreimbursed Amount” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).

 

“Voting Stock” means
with respect to any Person, (a) one (1) or more classes of Equity
Interests of each Person having general voting powers to elect at least a
majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person,
irrespective of whether at the time Equity Interests of any other class or
classes have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency, and (b) any Equity Interests of such Person convertible or
exchangeable without restriction at the option of the holder thereof into
Equity Interests of such Person described in clause (a) of this
definition.

 

1.02.                     Other Interpretive Provisions. 
With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless
otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

 

(a)                                  The definitions of terms herein shall
apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include,” “includes” and “including”
shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  The word “will” shall be construed to have
the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”  Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document
(including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan
Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to
include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof”
and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document,
shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to
any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document
to Articles, Sections, Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Preliminary Statements,
Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any
reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference
to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law
or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the
words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets
and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

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(b)                                 In the computation of periods of time
from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from
and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to
but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

 

(c)                                  Section headings herein and in the
other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall
not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

1.03.                     Accounting Terms.  (a) Generally. 
All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall
be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial
ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to
this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a
consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner
consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except
as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

 

(b)                                 Changes in GAAP. 
If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any
financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the
Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio
or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change
in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided
that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the
Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial
statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably
requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such
ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP.

 

1.04.                     Rounding. 
Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant
to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by
the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of
places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or
down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

 

1.05.                     Times of Day. 
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall
be references to Eastern time
(daylight or standard, as applicable).

 

1.06.                     Letter of Credit Amounts.  Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a
Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the
stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided,
however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the
terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more
automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount
of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or
not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

 

1.07.                     Currency Equivalents Generally. 
Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Articles II,
IX and X) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars
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also include the equivalent of such amount in
any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount thereof in the
applicable currency to be determined by the Administrative Agent at such time
on the basis of the Spot Rate (as defined below) for the purchase of such
currency with Dollars.  For purposes of
this Section 1.07, the “Spot Rate” for a currency means the
rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person
acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of
such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange
trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days
prior to the date of such determination; provided that the
Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial
institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the Person acting in such
capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for
any such currency.

 

ARTICLE II.

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

 

2.01.                     The Loans.  (a) The
Revolving Credit Borrowings.  Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to
make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower
from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment as set forth on Schedule 2.01;
provided, however, that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the
Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit
Facility or the Borrowing Base, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount
of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount
of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment.  Within the
limits of each Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and
subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under
this Section 2.01(a), prepay under Section 2.05, and
reborrow under this Section 2.01(a).  Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans
or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

 

2.02.                     Borrowings, Conversions and
Continuations of Loans.  (a) Each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each
conversion of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by
telephone.  Each such notice must be
received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three
Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate
Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing
of Base Rate Loans.  Each telephonic
notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must
be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written
Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower.  Each Borrowing
of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof.  Except as provided in Sections
2.03(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof.  Each Committed Loan Notice
(whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower 

 

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is requesting a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a
conversion of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the
Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a
Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed,
converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which
existing Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, and (v) if
applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto.  If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of
Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice
requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Revolving Credit
Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans.  Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate
Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in
effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans.  If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of,
conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed
Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have
specified an Interest Period of one month. 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swing Line Loan may
not be advanced or converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

 

(b)                                 Following receipt of a Committed Loan
Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the
amount of its Applicable Percentage under the Revolving Credit Facility of the
Revolving Credit Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation
is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender
of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a).  In the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing,
each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s
Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the
applicable Committed Loan Notice.  Upon
satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02
(and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01),
the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the
Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting
the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of
such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance
with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative
Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date a
Committed Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by
the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such
Revolving Credit Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in
full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to
the Borrower as provided above.

 

(c)                                  Except as otherwise provided herein, a
Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an
Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. 
During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as,
converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the
Required Lenders.

 

(d)                                 The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any
Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest
rate.  At any time that Base Rate Loans
are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders
of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate
promptly following the public announcement of such change.

 

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(e)                                  After giving effect to all Revolving
Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to
the other, and all continuations of Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type,
there shall not be more than 5 Interest Periods in effect in respect of the
Revolving Credit Facility.

 

2.03.                     Letters of Credit.  (a)The Letter of Credit Commitment.  (i) Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the
agreements of the Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until
the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in
Dollars or Canadian Dollars for the account of the Borrower, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously
issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to
honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally
agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the
Borrower and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect
to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the
Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit
Facility or the Borrowing Base, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line
Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and (z) the
Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit
Sublimit.  Each request by the Borrower
for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a
representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested
complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding
sentence.  Within the foregoing limits,
and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to
obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower
may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters
of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.  All
Existing Letters of Credit, which are set forth on Schedule 2.03, shall
be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing
Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

 

(ii)                                  The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter
of Credit if:

 

(A)                              subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter
of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required
Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

 

(B)                                the expiry date of such requested Letter
of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all
the Lenders have approved such expiry date.

 

(iii)                               The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to
issue any Letter of Credit if:

 

(A)                              any order, judgment or decree of any
Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or
restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law
applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having
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Governmental
Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that
the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or
such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with
respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital
requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder)
not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any
unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date
and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

 

(B)                                the issuance of such Letter of Credit
would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of
credit generally;

 

(C)                                except as otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial
stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit,
or $500,000, in the case of a
standby Letter of Credit;

 

(D)                               such Letter of Credit is to be
denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Canadian Dollars;

 

(E)                                 such Letter of Credit contains any
provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing
thereunder; or

 

(F)                                 a default of any Lender’s obligations to
fund under Section 2.03(c) exists or any Lender is at such
time a Defaulting Lender or an Impacted Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer
has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender to
eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such Lender.

 

(iv)                              The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter
of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such
Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

 

(v)                                 The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation
to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no
obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form
under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit
does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

 

(vi)                              The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the
Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and
the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the
benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX
with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in
connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it
and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the
term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included the L/C
Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally
provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.

 

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(b)                                 Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of
Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension
Letters of Credit.  (i)  Each Letter of
Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the
Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent)
in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.  Such Letter of Credit Application must be
received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative
Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole
discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the
case may be.  In the case of a request
for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit
Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer:  (A) the proposed issuance date of the
requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount
thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the
beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary
in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to
be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the
purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other
matters as the L/C Issuer may require. 
In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of
Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail
satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the
proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the
nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the L/C
Issuer may require.  Additionally, the
Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such
other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit
issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent may require.

 

(i)                                     Promptly after receipt of any Letter of
Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent
(by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy
of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the L/C
Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.  Unless the L/C Issuer has received written
notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least
one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the
applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained
in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue
a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable
amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s
usual and customary business practices. 
Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender
shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to,
purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in
an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times
the amount of such Letter of Credit.

 

(ii)                                  If the Borrower so requests in any
applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic
extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension
Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension
Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at
least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of
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thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period
to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer,
the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer
for any such extension.  Once an
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders
shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to
permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not
later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however,
that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C
Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no
obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as
extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or
(iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it
has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the
day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from
the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit
such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit
Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified
in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case
directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

 

(iii)                               Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or
any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or
to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit
or amendment.

 

(c)                                  Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of
Participations.  (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of
any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit,
the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
thereof.  Not later than 11:00 a.m.
on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each
such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer
through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such
drawing.  If the Borrower fails to so
reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the
unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof.  In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed
to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be
disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without
regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for
the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the
unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set
forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan
Notice).  Any notice given by the L/C
Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may
be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that
the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness
or binding effect of such notice.

 

(ii)                                  Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon
any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at
the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable
Percentage of the Dollar Equivalent of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than
1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
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whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii),
each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to
have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the
funds so received to the L/C Issuer in Dollars.

 

(iii)                               With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not
fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any
other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer
an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so
refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together
with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.  In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s
payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant
to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of
its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance
from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

 

(iv)                              Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds
its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to
reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit,
interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall
be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.

 

(v)                                 Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation
to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for
amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c),
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense
or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrower
or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however,
that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a
Committed Loan Notice ).  No such making
of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the
Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the
L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided
herein.

 

(vi)                              If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time
specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled
to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on
demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such
payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available
to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds
Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative,
processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection
with the foregoing.  If such Lender pays
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amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included
in the relevant Committed Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant
L/C Borrowing, as the case may be.  A
certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through
the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall
be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(d)                                 Repayment of Participations.  (i) At
any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and
has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in
respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the
Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in
respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether
directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral
applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will
distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in Dollars and in
the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

 

(ii)                                  If any payment received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is
required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its
discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand
of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such
demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum
equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  The obligations of the Lenders under this
clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination
of this Agreement.

 

(e)                                  Obligations Absolute. 
The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each
drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be
absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including
the following:

 

(i)                                     any lack of validity or enforceability of
such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;

 

(ii)                                  the existence of any claim, counterclaim,
setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at
any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or
any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting),
the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement,
the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any
agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

 

(iii)                               any
draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein
being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing
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(iv)                              any payment by the L/C Issuer under such
Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not
strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by
the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a
trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any
beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising
in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or

 

(v)                                 any other circumstance or happening
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other
circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

The
Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each
amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of
noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the
Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer.  The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to
have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless
such notice is given as aforesaid.

 

(f)                                    Role of L/C Issuer. 
Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a
Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain
any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly
required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity
or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or
delivering any such document.  None of
the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related
Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall
be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection
herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or
the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in
the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due
execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or
instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document.  The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the
acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of
any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is
not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights
and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or
under any other agreement.  None of the
L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties
nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be
liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through
(v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that
anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have
a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the
Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to
consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower
proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence
or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the
presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly
complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be
in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any
notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be
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purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of
Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in
part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

 

(g)                                 Cash Collateral.  Upon the request of the Administrative Agent,
(i) if the L/C
Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of
Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as
of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason
remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash
Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.  Sections 2.05 and 8.02(c) set
forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral
hereunder.  For purposes of this Section 2.03,
Section 2.05 and Section 8.02(c), “Cash Collateralize”
means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for
the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C
Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer
(which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders).  Derivatives of such term have corresponding
meanings.  The Borrower hereby grants to
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, a
security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein
and all proceeds of the foregoing.  Cash
Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit
accounts at Bank of America.  If at any
time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral
are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative
Agent or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon
demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as
additional funds to be deposited as Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the
excess of (x) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (y) the total
amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative
Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim.  Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for
which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to
the extent permitted under applicable Laws, to reimburse the L/C Issuer.

 

(h)                                 Applicability of ISP and UCP. 
Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower
when a Letter of Credit is issued (including
any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the
rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the
rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most
recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of
issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

 

(i)                                     Letter of Credit Fees. 
The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage a
Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) (i) for each commercial Letter of Credit
equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be
drawn under such Letter of Credit and (ii) for each standby Letter of Credit equal to the
Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such
Letter of Credit.  For purposes of
computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit,
the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06.  Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due
and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each month, commencing
with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit,
on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed
on a monthly basis in arrears.  If there
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Rate during any quarter, the daily amount
available to be drawn under each standby
Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate
separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in
effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the
request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter
of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.

 

(j)                                     Fronting Fee and Documentary and
Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer.  The Borrower
shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee (i) with respect to each commercial
Letter of Credit, at the rate specified in the Fee Letter between the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent, computed on the amount of such Letter of Credit,
and payable upon the issuance thereof, (ii) with respect to any amendment
of a commercial Letter of Credit increasing the amount of such Letter of Credit,
at a rate separately agreed between the Borrower and the L/C Issuer, computed
on the amount of such increase, and payable upon the effectiveness of such
amendment, and (iii) with respect to each standby Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum specified in such
Fee Letter, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such
Letter of Credit on a monthly basis in arrears. 
Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the first Business Day
after the end of each month in respect of the most recently-ended month (or
portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first
such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter
of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand.  For purposes of computing the daily amount
available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of
Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06.  In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly
to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation,
amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of
the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in
effect.  Such customary fees and standard
costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

 

(k)                                  Conflict with Issuer Documents. 
In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of
any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

 

(l)                                     Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. 
Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder
is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary,
the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any
and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. 
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit
for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that
the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of
such Subsidiaries.

 

2.04.                     Swing Line Loans.  (a) The Swing Line. 
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line
Lender may, in its discretion, and in reliance upon the agreements of the other
Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, make loans (each such loan,
a “Swing
Line Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day
during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact
that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of
the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the
Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving
effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings
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at such time, and (ii) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Revolving Credit Lender
at such time, plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time, plus such
Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of
all Swing Line Loans at such time shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment, and provided  further that the Borrower shall
not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing
Line Loan.  Within the foregoing limits,
and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow
under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and
reborrow under this Section 2.04. 
Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest only at a rate based on the
Base Rate.  Immediately upon the making
of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line
Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the
product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage times
the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

 

(b)                                 Borrowing Procedures. 
Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable
notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be
given by telephone.  Each such notice
must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not
later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the
amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall
be a Business Day.  Each such telephonic
notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.  Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line
Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not,
the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in
writing) of the contents thereof.  Unless
the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the
Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender)
prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing
the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the
limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a),
or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article IV
is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Swing Line Lender may, in its discretion, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the
borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its
Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower at its office by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of
the Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds.

 

(c)                                  Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.  (i) 
The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may
request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit
Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.  Such request shall be made in writing (which
written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes
hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02,
without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal
amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the
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Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a
copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such
notice to the Administrative Agent.  Each
Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage
of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender
at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day
specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii),
each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to
have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the
funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

 

(i)                                     If for any reason any Swing Line Loan
cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i),
the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth
herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the
Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line
Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall
be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

 

(ii)                                  If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to
make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line
Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i),
the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting
through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon
for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such
payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum
equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the
Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily
charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing.  If such Lender pays such amount (with
interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such
Lender’s Committed Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or funded
participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be.  A certificate of the Swing Line Lender
submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any
amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.

 

(iii)                               Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make
Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing
Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may
have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any
reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any
other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s
obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02.  No such funding of risk participations shall
relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line
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(d)                                 Repayment of Participations.  (i) 
At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk
participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any
payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will
distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in
the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.

 

(ii)                                  If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of
principal or interest
on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender
under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in
its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line
Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent,
plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such
amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate.  The Administrative Agent will make such
demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.  The obligations of the Lenders under this
clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination
of this Agreement.

 

(e)                                  Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. 
The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower
for interest on the Swing Line Loans. 
Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk
participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such
Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of any Swing
Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage
shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.

 

(f)                                    Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. 
The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in
respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.

 

2.05.                     Prepayments.  (a) Optional.  (i) Subject
to the last sentence of this Section 2.05(a)(i), the Borrower may,
upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time
voluntarily prepay Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium
or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three Business
Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (2) on
the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (C) any prepayment of Base
Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal
amount thereof then outstanding.  Each such
notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of
Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the
Interest Period(s) of such Loans. 
The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt
of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such
prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the
Revolving Credit Facility).  If such
notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the
payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date
specified therein.  Any prepayment of a
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount
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(ii)                                  The Borrower may, upon notice to the
Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or
from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part
without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be
received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than
1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment
shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000.  Each such notice shall specify the date and
amount of such prepayment.  If such
notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and
the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the
date specified therein.

 

(b)                                 Mandatory.

 

(i)                                     Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to the
following provisions of this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied
to the Revolving Credit Facility in the manner set forth in clause (iii) of
this Section 2.05(b).

 

(ii)                                  If for any reason, including, without
limitation, as a result of exchange rate fluctuations, the Total Revolving
Credit Outstandings at any time exceed the lesser of the Borrowing Base at such time and the Revolving Credit
Facility at such time, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Credit
Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Borrowings and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C
Obligations (other than the L/C Borrowings) in an aggregate amount equal to
such excess.  The Administrative Agent
may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of such Cash
Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to
protect against the results of further exchange rate fluctuations.

 

(iii)                               Prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility made
pursuant to this Section 2.05(b), first, shall be applied
ratably to the L/C Borrowings and the Swing Line Loans, second, shall be
applied ratably to the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, and, third,
shall be used to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C Obligations.  Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit that
has been Cash Collateralized, the funds held as Cash Collateral shall be
applied (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any
other Loan Party) to reimburse the L/C Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders,
as applicable.

 

2.06.                     Termination or Reduction of
Commitments.  (a) Optional.  The Borrower
may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Revolving Credit
Facility, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, or from
time to time permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Facility, the Letter of
Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit; provided that (i) any
such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any
such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any
whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrower
shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Revolving Credit Facility if, after
giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total
Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, (B) the
Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding
Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed
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Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto and
to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line
Loans would exceed the Swing Line Sublimit.

 

(b)                                 Mandatory.  If after
giving effect to any reduction or termination of Revolving Credit Commitments
under this Section 2.06, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing
Line Sublimit exceeds the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, the Letter of
Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by
the amount of such excess.

 

(c)                                  Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders
of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Swing Line
Sublimit or the Revolving Credit Commitment under this Section 2.06.  Upon any reduction of the Revolving Credit
Commitments, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced by
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such reduction amount.  All fees in respect of the Revolving Credit
Facility accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving
Credit Facility shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

 

2.07.                     Repayment of Loans.  (a) Revolving Credit Loans. 
The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date for the
Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving
Credit Loans outstanding on such date.

 

(b)                                 Swing Line Loans. 
The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of
(i) the date five Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the
Maturity Date, provided that the Swing Line Lender may, in its sole discretion,
require the Borrower to repay such Swing Line Loan more frequently by providing
notice of such repayment date to the Borrower.

 

2.08.                     Interest.  (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b),
(i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to
the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; (ii) each
Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof
from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus
the Applicable Rate and, (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on
the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at
a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(b)                                 (i)                                     If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid
when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear
interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the
Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

 

(ii)                                  If any amount (other than principal of
any Loan) payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due
(without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders
such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per
annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws.

 

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(iii)                               Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event
of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of
all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum
at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws.

 

(iv)                              Accrued and unpaid interest on past due
amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon
demand.

 

(c)                                  Interest on each Loan shall be due and
payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such
other times as may be specified herein. 
Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms
hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

 

2.09.                     Fees. 
In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(i) and
(j):

 

(a)                                  Unused Line Fee. 
The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, an unused line fee
equal to the Applicable Fee Rate times the actual daily amount by which
the Revolving Credit Facility exceeds the sum of (i) the Outstanding
Amount of Revolving Credit Loans, and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C
Obligations.  The unused line fee shall
accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time
during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not
met, and shall be due and payable monthly in arrears on the last Business Day
of each month, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing
Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit
Facility.  The unused line fee shall be
calculated monthly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Fee
Rate during any month the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied
by the Applicable Fee Rate separately for each period during such month that
such Applicable Fee Rate was in effect.

 

(b)                                 Other Fees.  (i) The
Borrower shall pay to the Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their own
respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee
Letter between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and
shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

 

(ii)                                  The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the accounts of the Lenders such fees as are set forth
in the Fee Letters in the amounts and at the times so specified.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and
shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

 

2.10.                     Computation of Interest and Fees;
Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate.  (a) All
computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year
and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable,
being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year).  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the
day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion
thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided
that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject
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by the Administrative Agent of an interest
rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.

 

(b)                                 If, as a result of any restatement of or
other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower or for any other
reason, the Borrower or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable
date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such
period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or,
after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with
respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States,
automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or the L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of
interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of
interest and fees actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit
the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, under Section 2.03(c)(iii), 2.03(i) or 2.08(b) or
under Article VIII.  The
Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of
the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

 

2.11.                     Evidence of Debt.  (a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender
shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender
and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.  The accounts or records maintained by the
Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error
of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and
the interest and payments thereon.  Any
failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise
affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with
respect to the Obligations.  In the event
of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and
the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such
matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in
the absence of manifest error.  Upon the
request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall
execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note,
which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or
records.  Each Lender may attach
schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable),
amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

 

(b)                                 In addition to the accounts and records
referred to in Section 2.11(a), each Lender and the Administrative
Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records
evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters
of Credit and Swing Line Loans.  In the
event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the
Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of
such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall
control in the absence of manifest error.

 

2.12.                     Payments Generally;
Administrative Agent’s Clawback.  (a) General.  All payments
to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any
counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. 
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payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be
made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to
which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and
in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date
specified herein.  The Administrative
Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in
respect of the Revolving Credit Facility (or other applicable share as provided
herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such
Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments
received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed
received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee
shall continue to accrue.  If any payment
to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day,
payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of
time shall be reflected on computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

 

(b)                                 (i)                                     Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative
Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have
received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of
Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans,
prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not
make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or,
in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such
share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02)
and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount.  In such event, if
a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available
to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower
severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such
corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for
each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the
Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in
the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal
Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative,
processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in
connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made
by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.  If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay
such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping
period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the
amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays its share of the
applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall
constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.  Any payment by the Borrower shall be without
prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have
failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

 

(ii)                                  Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by
Administrative Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have
received notice from the Borrower prior to the time at which any payment is due
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer
hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative
Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in
accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to
the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in
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Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to
repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed
to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to
it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the
greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

A
notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect
to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error.

 

(c)                                  Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. 
If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any
Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II,
and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative
Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV
are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from
such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

 

(d)                                 Obligations of Lenders Several. 
The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Revolving Credit Loans,
to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make
payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not
joint.  The failure of any Lender to make
any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 10.04(c) on
any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its
corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to
purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 10.04(c).

 

(e)                                  Funding Source. 
Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the
funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a
representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for
any Loan in any particular place or manner.

 

(f)                                    Insufficient Funds. 
If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the
Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first,
toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the
parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees
then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of
principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings
then due to such parties.

 

2.13.                     Sharing of Payments by
Lenders.  If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff
or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (a) Obligations
in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility due and payable to such Lender
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable
share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations
due and payable to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount
of the Obligations in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility due and payable
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Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of
the Revolving Credit Facility due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such
time or (b) Obligations in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility owing
(but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the
proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations owing (but not due and
payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the
Obligations in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility owing (but not due and
payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Parties at such
time) of payment on account of the Obligations in respect of the Revolving
Credit Facility owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders at
such time then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify
the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face
value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and
Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall
be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of Obligations in
respect of the Revolving Credit Facility then due and payable to the Lenders or
owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be, provided
that:

 

(i)                                     if any such participations or
subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving
rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery,
without interest; and

 

(ii)                                  the provisions of this Section shall
not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant
to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (B) any
payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of
a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or
Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or
any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall
apply).

 

The Borrower consents to the foregoing
and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that
any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may
exercise against the Borrower
rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully
as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

2.14.                     Intentionally Omitted.

 

2.15.                     Increase in Revolving Credit
Facility.  (a) Request for Increase. 
Provided there exists no Default, upon notice to the Administrative
Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrower may from time to
time, request an increase in the Revolving Credit Facility by an amount (for
all such requests) not exceeding $30,000,000; provided that (i) any
such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000, and (ii) the
Borrower may make a maximum of two such requests.  At the time of sending such notice, the
Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time
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Lender is requested to respond (which shall
in no event be less than ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such
notice to the Lenders).

 

(b)                                 Lender Elections to Increase. 
Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time
period whether or not it agrees to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment
and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its
Applicable Percentage of such requested increase.  Any Lender not responding within such time
period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Credit
Commitment.

 

(c)                                  Notification by Administrative Agent;
Additional Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the
Borrower and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made
hereunder.  To achieve the full amount of
a requested increase, and subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender (which approvals shall not be unreasonably
withheld), the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become
Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

 

(d)                                 Effective Date and Allocations. 
If the Revolving Credit Facility is increased in accordance with this
Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the
effective date (the “Revolving Credit Increase
Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase
and the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date.

 

(e)                                  Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. 
As a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the
Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender)
signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and
attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to
such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that,
before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations
and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents
are true and correct on and as of the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically
refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such
earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.15,
the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements
furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01,
and (B) no Default exists.  The
Borrower shall prepay any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the Revolving
Credit Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required
pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the
outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with any revised Applicable
Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Revolving Credit
Commitments under this Section.

 

(f)                                    Conflicting Provisions. 
This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13
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ARTICLE III.

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

 

3.01.                     Taxes.  (a) Payments Free of Taxes;
Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.  (i) Any
and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder
or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable
Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any
Taxes.  If, however, applicable Laws
require the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax,
such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as
determined by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be,
upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to
subsection (e) below.

 

(ii)                                  If the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including
both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any
payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such
deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based
upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below,
(B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or
deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code,
and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account
of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Borrower shall be
increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as
the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had
no such withholding or deduction been made.

 

(b)                                 Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. 
Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the
Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.

 

(c)                                  Tax Indemnifications.  (i) Without
limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower
shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the
L/C Issuer, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after
demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
(including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Administrative Agent, such
Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not
such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or
asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  The Borrower shall also, and does hereby,
indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof
within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or the L/C
Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as
required by clause (ii) of this subsection.  A certificate as to the amount of any such
payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the L/C Issuer
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative

 

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Agent
on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(ii)                                  Without limiting the provisions of
subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender and the L/C Issuer shall,
and does hereby, indemnify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and shall
make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, against
any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities,
penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements
of any counsel for the Borrower or  the
Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure
by such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a
result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation
required to be delivered by such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e).  Each Lender and the L/C Issuer hereby
authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at
any time owing to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the
Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). 
The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation
and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or
the replacement of, a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the termination of the
Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other
Obligations.

 

(d)                                 Evidence of Payments.  Upon request by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in
this Section 3.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case
may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such
Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required
by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

 

(e)                                  Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.

 

(i)                                     Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower
and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable
Laws or when reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable
Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably
requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made
hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if
applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such
Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable
Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for
withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.

 

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(ii)                                  Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, if the Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States,

 

(A)                              any Lender that is a “United States
person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal
Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information
prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to
backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and

 

(B)                                each Foreign Lender that is entitled
under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of
withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan
Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such
number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the
date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and
from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do
so), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(I)                                    executed originals of
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of
an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,

 

(II)                                executed originals of
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

 

(III)                            executed originals of
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting
documentation,

 

(IV)                            in the case of a Foreign
Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under
section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such
Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of
the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the
meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled
foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed
originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or

 

(V)                                executed originals of any
other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from
or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax together with such
supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or
deduction required to be made.

 

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(iii)                               Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which
would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take
such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable
judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the
re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable
Laws of any jurisdiction that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any
withholding or deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

 

(f)                                    Treatment of Certain Refunds. 
Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative
Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender
or the L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or the L/C
Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the
account of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be.  If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or
the L/C Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a
refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the
Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts
pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such
refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional
amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes
or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the
Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C
Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer in the
event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to
repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  This subsection shall not be construed to
require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make
available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that
it deems confidential) to the Borrower  or any other
Person.

 

3.02.                     Illegality. 
If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any
Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its
applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or
to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any
Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of
such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London
interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower
through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or
continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no
longer exist.  Upon receipt of such
notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate
Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest
Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such
Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not
lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the
Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

 

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3.03.                     Inability to Determine Rates. 
If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with
any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation
thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the
London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period
of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period
with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar
Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar
Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of
funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the
Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter,
the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall
be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the
Required Lenders) revokes such notice. 
Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request
for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or,
failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for
a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

 

3.04.                     Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar
Rate Loans.  (a) Increased Costs Generally. 
If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)                                     impose, modify or deem applicable any
reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(e))
or the L/C Issuer;

 

(ii)                                  subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to
any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of
Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan
made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the
L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the
rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer); or

 

(iii)                               impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London
interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement
or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or
participation therein;

 

and
the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or
the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit
(or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of
Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such
Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other
amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Borrower will
pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case
may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)                                 Capital Requirements. 
If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law
affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or

 

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such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding
company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on
the capital of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a
consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made
by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters
of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or
the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company could have
achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or
the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s
holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the
Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer
or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction
suffered.

 

(c)                                  Certificates for Reimbursement. 
A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or
amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its holding
company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of
this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay
such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on
any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

(d)                                 Delay in Requests. 
Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to demand
compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall
not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right to demand
such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to
compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more
than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s
intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law
giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the
nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of
retroactive effect thereof).

 

(e)                                  Reserves on
Eurodollar Rate Loans.  The
Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to
maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or
including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency
liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to
such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which
determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date
on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall
have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender.  If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days
prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be
due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice.

 

3.05.                     Compensation for Losses. 
Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from
time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold
such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result
of:

 

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(a)                                  any continuation, conversion, payment or
prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last
day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory,
automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

 

(b)                                 any failure by the Borrower (for a reason
other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow,
continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the
amount notified by the Borrower; or

 

(c)                                  any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan
on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of
a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.13;

 

including
any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the
liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or
from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.  The Borrower shall also pay any customary
administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

 

For
purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under
this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each
Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar
Rate  for such Loan by a
matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market
for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such
Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

 

3.06.                     Mitigation Obligations;
Replacement of Lenders.  (a) Designation of a Different
Lending Office.  If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional
amount to any Lender, the L/C Issuer,
or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01,
or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such
Lender or the L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to
designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder
or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices,
branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, such designation or
assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01
or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for
the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in
each case, would not subject such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or
expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be.  The Borrower
hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the L/C Issuer in connection with
any such designation or assignment.

 

(b)                                 Replacement of Lenders. 
If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or
if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01,
the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.

 

3.07.                     Survival. 
All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III
shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other
Obligations hereunder, and resignation of the Administrative Agent.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

 

4.01.                     Conditions of Initial Credit
Extension.  The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each
Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, except to the extent such
conditions are subject to the Post-Closing Agreement:

 

(a)                                  The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the
following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies (followed promptly by
originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible
Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case
of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing
Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and each of the Lenders:

 

(i)                                     executed counterparts of this Agreement
and the Guaranty, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative
Agent, each Lender and the Borrower;

 

(ii)                                  a Note executed by the Borrower in favor
of each Lender requesting a Note;

 

(iii)                               executed counterparts of each other Loan Document, together
with:

 

(A)                              instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt
accompanied by undated allonges executed in blank,

 

(B)                                proper financing statements in form
appropriate for filing under the Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions
that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to
perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement, covering the Collateral
described in the Security Agreement,

 

(C)                                evidence of the completion of all other
actions, recordings and filings of or with respect to the Security Agreement
that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to
perfect the Liens created thereby,

 

(D)                               evidence that all other action that the
Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the
Liens created under the Security Agreement, the Copyright Security Agreement,
the Trademark Security Agreement and the Patent Security Agreement has been
taken (including receipt of duly executed payoff letters, UCC-3 termination
statements and landlords’ and bailees’ waiver and consent agreements);

 

(iv)                              the Perfection
Certificate, duly executed by each Loan Party;

 

(v)                                 such
certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates
of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may
require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible
Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with
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Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a
party or is to be a party;

 

(vi)                              such documents and certifications as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is
duly organized or formed, and that each
of the Borrower and the Guarantors is validly existing, in good standing
and qualified to engage in business in each
jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;

 

(vii)                           a favorable opinion of Davis, Malm & D’Agostine,
P.C., counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit H-1 and such
other matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the
Required Lenders may reasonably request;

 

(viii)                        a favorable opinion of Herrick, Feinstein LLP, New
York counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit H-2 and such
other matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the
Required Lenders may reasonably request;

 

(ix)                                a certificate of a Responsible Officer of
each Loan Party either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and
approvals required in connection with the consummation by such Loan Party of
the Transactions (other than with regard to the Acquisition) (including,
governmental, shareholder and third party consents such as clearance under the
Hart-Scott Rodino Act) and the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan
Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which
it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force
and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals
are so required;

 

(x)                                   a certificate signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections
4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied, and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since
the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has had or could be
reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect;

 

(xi)                                a certificate signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower certifying that no material change has occurred since March 31,
2009, the date of the pro forma combined balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries after giving effect to the Transactions which the Borrower
previously provided to the Administrative Agent, with respect to either the
Borrower or the Target Company or their respective Subsidiaries which would
have a material adverse effect on the combined financial condition of the Borrower
and the Target Company and their respective Subsidiaries as reflected in such
pro forma combined balance sheet;

 

(xii)                             a business plan and budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
including forecasts prepared by management of the Borrower for a 

 

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period at least through the Maturity Date, including consolidated
balance sheets and statements of income or operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and
prepared on a quarterly basis for the first year following the Closing Date;

 

(xiii)                          interim financial statements for the Borrower and the
Target Company as of a date no more than 60 days prior to the Closing Date;

 

(xiv)                         a certificate attesting to the Solvency of each Loan
Party before and after giving effect to the Transactions, from its chief
financial officer;

 

(xv)                            evidence that all property and liability
insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been
obtained and is in effect, together with the certificates of insurance and
endorsements, naming the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, as an
additional insured or loss payee, as the case may be, under all insurance
policies maintained with respect to the assets and properties of the Loan
Parties that constitutes Collateral;

 

(xvi)                         a Borrowing Base Certificate duly certified by the
chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of
the Borrower relating to the initial Credit Extension;

 

(xvii)                      a duly completed Compliance Certificate as of the last
day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended June 30, 2009, signed by
chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of
the Borrower;

 

(xviii)                   evidence that loans made pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement by
any lender other than those party to this Agreement have been paid off and that
letters of credit issued under the Existing Credit Agreement by any letter of
credit issuer other than those party to this Agreement have been replaced; and

 

(xix)                           such other assurances, certificates, documents,
consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing
Line Lender or any Lender reasonably may require.

 

(b)                                 (i) All fees required to be paid to
the Administrative Agent and the Arranger on or before the Closing Date shall
have been paid and (ii) all fees required to be paid to the Lenders on or
before the Closing Date shall have been paid.

 

(c)                                  The Borrower shall have paid all fees,
charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent to the extent
invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such
fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of
such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through
the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not
thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and such
counsel).

 

(d)                                 The
Administrative Agent, Lenders and Arranger shall have completed a due diligence
investigation, including such collateral reviews, field examinations, audits,
assessments or other reviews that the Administrative Agent deems appropriate,
of the Borrower, the Target 

 

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Company and their respective Subsidiaries in
scope, and with results, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, Lenders, and
Arranger and shall have been given such access to the management, records,
books of account, contracts and properties of the Borrower, the Target Company
and their respective Subsidiaries and shall have received such financial,
business and other information regarding each of the foregoing Persons and
businesses as they shall have requested;

 

(e)                                  The Administrative Agent shall be
satisfied with the Borrower’s corporate, capital and ownership structure.

 

(f)                                    The Administrative Agent and Arranger
shall be satisfied that there has been no material adverse change in the
business, assets, properties, liabilities, operations, condition or prospects
of the Borrower or the Target Company.

 

(g)                                 No action, suit, investigation,
litigation or proceeding pending or threatened in any court or before any
arbitrator or governmental instrumentality could, in the judgment of the
Administrative Agent or Arranger, reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the business, assets, properties, liabilities, operations,
condition or prospects of the Borrower or the Target Company, or could impair
the Borrower’s ability to perform any of its obligations under the Loan
Documents, or could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect
the Transactions.

 

(h)                                 On the Closing Date, the Borrower shall
discharge all of the $23,032,000 of outstanding Senior Secured Notes in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Senior Secured Notes
Indenture.

 

Without limiting the
generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.03,
for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01,
each Lender that has signed this Agreement 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 a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its
objection thereto.

 

4.02.                     Conditions to all Credit
Extensions.  The obligation of each Lender to honor any
Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting
only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar
Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                                  The representations and warranties of the
Borrower and each other Loan Party contained
in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in
any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or
therewith, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Credit
Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and
correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02,
the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.05(a) and
(b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements
furnished pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and (b),
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(b)                                 No Default shall exist, or would result
from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds
thereof.

 

(c)                                  The Administrative Agent and, if
applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a
Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

 

(d)                                 The Borrowing
Base exceeds the Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line
Loans and L/C Obligations at such time, after giving effect to such Credit
Extension.

 

Each Request for Credit
Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of
Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted
by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the
conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been
satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.

 

ARTICLE V.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The  Borrower represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

 

5.01.                     Existence, Qualification and
Power.  Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (a) is
duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, in good standing
under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has
all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and
carry on its business and (ii) in the case of Loan Parties, execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents and Related
Documents to which it is a party and consummate the Transactions, and (c) is
duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing under the
Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties
or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except
in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

 

5.02.                     Authorization; No Contravention. 
The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan
Document and Related Document to which such Person is or is to be a party have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action,
and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s
Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or
contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to
be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a
party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any
Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property
is subject; or (c) violate any Law.

 

5.03.                     Governmental Authorization; Other
Consents.  No approval, consent, exemption,
authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in
connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by, or
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other Loan Document or Related Document, or
for the consummation of the Transactions, (b) the grant by any Loan Party
of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (c) the
perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents
(including, subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, the first priority nature thereof)
or (d) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its
rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral
pursuant to the Collateral Documents,
except for the authorizations, approvals, actions, notices and filings listed
on Schedule 5.03, all of which have been duly obtained, taken, given or
made and are in full force and effect.

 

5.04.                     Binding Effect. 
This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered
hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that
is party thereto.  This Agreement
constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against
each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms.

 

5.05.                     Financial Statements; No Material
Adverse Effect.  (a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period
covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly
present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the
date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered
thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all
material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for
taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.

 

(b)                                 The unaudited consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries dated March 31, 2009, and the related consolidated statements
of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal
quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise
expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition
of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the
period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to
the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.  Such unaudited consolidated balance sheet
(including the notes thereto) sets forth all material indebtedness and other
liabilities, direct or contingent, of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date of such
financial statements, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and
Indebtedness.

 

(c)                                  Since the date of the Audited Financial
Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in
the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

 

(d)                                 The consolidated pro forma balance sheet
of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (including, for this purpose, the Target Company and its
Subsidiaries) as at March 31, 2009, and the related consolidated
pro forma statements of income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(including, for this purpose, the Target Company and its Subsidiaries) for the
12 months ended December 31,
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officer or treasurer of the Borrower, copies
of which have been furnished to each Lender, fairly present the consolidated
pro forma financial condition of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such date and the consolidated pro
forma results of operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such periods, in each case giving
effect to the Transactions, all in accordance with GAAP.

 

(e)                                  The consolidated forecasted balance
sheet, statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, for this purpose,
the Target Company and its Subsidiaries) delivered pursuant to Section 4.01
or Section 6.01(d) were prepared in good faith on the basis of
the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were fair in light of the
conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts, and represented,
at the time of delivery, the Borrower’s best estimate of its future financial
condition and performance.

 

5.06.                     Litigation.  There
are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower after due and diligent investigation, threatened or
contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental
Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or against any
of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Related Document or the
consummation of the Transactions, or (b) except as specifically disclosed in footnote (10), “Commitments and
Contingencies” to the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated March 31, 2009 described in Section 5.05(a) (the
“Disclosed Litigation”),
either individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.07.                     No Default. 
Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is in default under or
with respect to, or a party to, any Contractual Obligation that could, either
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred
and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

5.08.                     Ownership of Property; Liens;
Investments.  (a) Each Loan Party has good record and
marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all Real
Property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for
such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 Other than Liens (i) to be
discharged pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii)(D) or (ii) permitted
by Section 7.01, Schedule 5.08(b) sets forth a complete
and accurate list of all Liens on the property or assets of each Loan Party,
showing as of the date hereof the lienholder thereof, the principal amount of
the obligations secured thereby and the property or assets of such Loan Party
subject thereto.  The property of each
Loan Party is subject to no Liens, other than Liens set forth on Schedule
5.08(b), and as otherwise permitted by Section 7.01.

 

(c)                                  Schedules 8(a) and 8(b) of the
Perfection Certificate set forth a complete and accurate list of all Real
Property owned by each Loan Party, showing as of the date hereof the street
address, county or other relevant jurisdiction, state and record owner
thereof.  Each Loan Party has good, marketable
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Loan Party, free and clear of all Liens,
other than Liens (i) to be discharged pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii)(D) or
(ii) permitted by Section 7.01.

 

(d)                                 (i)                                     Schedule 8(b) of the
Perfection Certificate sets forth a complete and accurate list of all leases of Real Property under which any Loan
Party is the lessee, showing as of the date hereof the street address, county
or other relevant jurisdiction, state, lessor and lessee thereof.  Each such lease is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the lessor thereof, enforceable in accordance with its
terms.

 

(ii)                                  Schedule 8(c) of the Perfection Certificate sets
forth a complete and accurate list of all leases of Real Property under which
any Loan Party is the lessor, showing as of the date hereof the street address,
county or other relevant jurisdiction, state, lessor, lessee, expiration date
and annual rental cost thereof.  Each such
lease is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the lessee thereof,
enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

5.09.                     Environmental Compliance.  (a)  The Loan Parties and their respective
Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect
of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or
responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective
businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Borrower has
reasonably concluded that, except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.09,
such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 Except as otherwise set forth in Schedule
5.09, none of the properties currently or formerly owned or operated by any
Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is listed or proposed for listing on the
NPL or on the CERCLIS or any analogous foreign, state or local list or is
adjacent to any such property; there are no and never have been any underground
or above-ground storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits,
sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated,
stored or disposed on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the best of the knowledge of the Loan
Parties, on any property formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of
its Subsidiaries; there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any
property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries; and Hazardous Materials have not been released, discharged or
disposed of on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(c)                                  Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule
5.09, neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is undertaking,
and has not completed, either individually or together with other potentially
responsible parties, any investigation or assessment or remedial or response
action relating to any actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal of
Hazardous Materials at any site, location or operation, either voluntarily or
pursuant to the order of any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any
Environmental Law; and all Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated,
handled or stored at, or transported to or from, any property currently or
formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries have
been disposed of in a manner not reasonably expected to result in material
liability to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(d)                                 The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries
have all licenses, permits, certificates, approvals or similar authorizations
required to be obtained or filed in connection with the operations of the Loan
Parties and their Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law and all such
licenses, permits, certificates, approvals or similar authorizations are valid
and in full force and effect.  No Liens
have been recorded with respect to any Collateral under any Environmental
Law.  There are no past or present
occurrences, conditions, activities or events that could reasonably be expected
to prevent the Borrower or any Subsidiary from compliance with, or result in
liability under, any applicable Environmental Law.

 

5.10.                     Insurance. 
The properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are insured with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the
Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are
customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning
similar properties in localities where the Borrower or the applicable
Subsidiary operates.

 

5.11.                     Taxes. 
The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state and
other material tax returns and reports required to be filed.  All information in such tax returns and
reports is complete and accurate in all material respects.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have paid
all Federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or
assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which
adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.  There is no proposed tax assessment against
the Borrower or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse
Effect.  Neither any Loan Party nor any
Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement.

 

5.12.                     ERISA Compliance.  (a) Each Plan is in compliance in all
material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other
Federal or state Laws.  Each Plan that is
intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a
favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter
is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best
knowledge of the Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause
the loss of, such qualification.  The
Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each
Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding
waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412
of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.

 

(b)                                 There are no pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by
any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary
responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                                  (i)                                     No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected
to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither
the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to
incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan
(other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither
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to incur, any liability (and no event has
occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA,
would result in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with
respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither the Borrower nor any
ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069
or 4212(c) of ERISA.

 

(d)                                 With respect to
each scheme or arrangement mandated by a government other than the United
States (a “Foreign Government
Scheme or Arrangement”)
and with respect to each employee benefit plan maintained or contributed to by
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party that is not subject to
United States law (a “Foreign Plan”):

 

(i)                                     any employer and employee contributions
required by law or by the terms of any Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement
or any Foreign Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued, in accordance
with normal accounting practices;

 

(ii)                                  the fair market value of the assets of
each funded Foreign Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Foreign Plan
funded through insurance or the book reserve established for any Foreign Plan,
together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide
for the accrued benefit obligations, as of the date hereof, with respect to all
current and former participants in such Foreign Plan according to the actuarial
assumptions and valuations most recently used to account for such obligations
in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles; and

 

(iii)                               each Foreign Plan required to be registered has been
registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory
authorities.

 

5.13.                     Subsidiaries; Equity Interests;
Loan Parties.  As of
the Closing Date (and after giving effect to the consummation of the
Acquisition), no Loan Party has any Subsidiaries other than those
specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 5.13, and all
of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by a Loan Party (or a
Subsidiary of a Loan Party) free and clear of all Liens except those permitted
by Section 7.01.  No Loan Party has any equity
investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically
disclosed in Part (b) of Schedule 5.13.  All of the outstanding Equity Interests in
the Borrower have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable.  Set forth on Schedule 1(a) to the
Perfection Certificate is a complete and accurate list of all Loan Parties,
showing as of the Closing Date (as to each Loan Party) the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, the address of its principal place of business and its U.S.
taxpayer identification number.  The copy
of the charter of each Loan Party and each amendment thereto provided pursuant
to Section 4.01(a)(vi) is a true and correct copy of
each such document, each of which is valid and in full force and effect.  No Equity Interests of any of the
Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties are or may become required to be issued by
reason of any options, warrants, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments
of any kind or nature and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings
or arrangements by which any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of its Equity Interests or securities convertible or
exchangeable for such shares.

 

5.14.                     Margin Regulations; Investment
Company Act.  (a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not
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purchasing or carrying margin stock (within
the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.

 

(b)                                 None of the Borrower, any Person
Controlling the Borrower, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered
as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

5.15.                     Disclosure. 
The Borrower has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or
any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.  No report, financial
statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or
orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the
negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan
Document (in each case as modified or supplemented by other information so
furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that,
with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only
that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions
believed to be reasonable at the time.

 

5.16.                     Compliance with Laws. 
Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof is in compliance in all
material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs,
injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such
instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction
or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.17.                     Intellectual Property; Licenses,
Etc.  Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries
own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade
names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other
intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are
reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without
conflict with the rights of any other Person, and Schedules 14(a) and
14(b) to the Perfection Certificate set forth a complete and
accurate list of all such IP Rights owned or used by each Loan Party.  To the best knowledge of the Borrower, no
slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part
or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries infringes upon any rights held by any other
Person.  No claim or litigation regarding
any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
Schedules 14(a) and 14(b) to the Perfection
Certificate set forth all of the agreements or other arrangements of the Loan
Parties pursuant to which any Loan Party has a license or other right to use
any trademarks, logos, designs, representations or other IP Rights owned by
another Person as in effect on the Closing Date and the dates of the expiration
of such agreements or other arrangements of any Loan Party as in effect on the
Closing Date (collectively, together with such agreements or other arrangements
as may be entered into by any Loan Party after the Closing Date, collectively,
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“License Agreements” and individually,
a “License Agreement”).  No
trademark, servicemark, or other IP Right at any time used by any Loan Party
which is owned by another Person, or owned by any Loan Party subject to any
security interest, Lien, collateral assignment, pledge or other encumbrance in
favor of any Person other than a Secured Party, is fixed to any Inventory,
except to the extent permitted under the term of the License Agreements listed
on Schedule 14(a) and 14(b) to the Perfection
Certificate.

 

5.18.                     Solvency. 
The Borrower and each of its Significant Subsidiaries is, individually
and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Solvent.

 

5.19.                     Casualty, Etc. 
Neither the businesses nor the properties of any Loan Party or any of
its Subsidiaries are affected by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, lockout
or other labor dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God
or of the public enemy or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance)
that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.20.                     Labor Matters. 
Set forth on Schedule 5.20 is a list (including dates of termination)
of all collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the
employees of the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date. There is (i) no
significant unfair labor practice complaint pending against any Loan Party or,
to the best of Loan Parties’ knowledge, threatened against any Loan Party,
before the National Labor Relations Board, (ii) no significant grievance
or significant arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective
bargaining agreement is pending on the Closing Date against any Loan Party or,
to best of Loan Parties’ knowledge, threatened against any Loan Party, and (iii) no
significant strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage is pending against
any Loan Party or, to the best of Loan Parties’ knowledge, threatened against
any Loan Party, and (iv) no Loan Party has suffered any strikes, walkouts,
work stoppages or other material labor difficulty within the last five
years.

 

5.21.                     Collateral Documents. 
The provisions of the Collateral Documents are effective to create in
favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a
legal, valid and enforceable first priority Lien (subject to Liens permitted by
Section 7.01 and the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement) on
all right, title and interest of the respective Loan Parties in the Collateral
described therein.  Except for filings
completed prior to the Closing Date and as contemplated hereby and by the
Collateral Documents, no filing or other action will be necessary to perfect or
protect such Liens.

 

5.22.                     Bank Accounts. 
All of the deposit accounts, investment accounts or other accounts in
the name of or used by the Loan Parties maintained at any bank or other
financial institution as of the Closing Date are set forth in the Perfection
Certificate.

 

5.23.                     Trade Relations. 
There exists no actual or threatened termination, cancellation or
limitation of, or any modification or change in, the business relationship
between any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any customer or any group
of customers whose purchases individually or in the aggregate are material to
the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or with any material
supplier, and there exists no present condition or state of facts or
circumstances which would materially affect adversely any Loan Party or any of
its Subsidiaries or prevent any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries from
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after the consummation of the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement in substantially the same manner in which it has
heretofore been conducted.

 

5.24.                     Restrictions on Subsidiaries. 
Except for restrictions contained in this Agreement or any other
agreement with respect to Indebtedness of Loan Parties permitted hereunder,
there are no contractual or consensual restrictions on any Loan Party or any of
their Subsidiaries which prohibit or otherwise restrict (a) the transfer
of cash or other assets (i) between any Loan Party and any of its
Subsidiaries or (ii) between any Subsidiaries of Loan Parties or (b) the
ability of any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries to incur Indebtedness or
grant security interests to the Secured Parties in the Collateral.

 

5.25.                     Material Contracts.  Schedule
5.25 sets forth all Material Contracts to which any Loan Party is a party
or is bound as of the Closing Date.  To
the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower has delivered
true, correct and complete copies of such Material Contracts to the
Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date. Except as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties are not in breach of or in default
under any Material Contract and have not received any notice of the intention
of any other party thereto to terminate any Material Contract.

 

5.26.                     Payable Practices. 
The Loan Parties have not made any material change in the historical
accounts payable practices from those in effect immediately prior to the
Closing Date.

 

5.27.                     Interdependent Businesses and
Operations.  Each of the operations and businesses of each
Loan Party is interdependent with the other Loan Parties and each Loan Party
substantially relies on the other Loan Parties in its operations and business.
Each Loan Party will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the
Loans and Letters of Credit made and to be made by the Administrative Agent and
Lenders hereunder. Each Loan Party’s access to the financing provided hereunder
significantly enhances its own financial condition and business prospects and
the Loan Parties acknowledge that the financing provided hereunder would only
be available on a joint and several basis among all the Loan Parties.

 

5.28.                     Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

(a)                                  No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of
the Loan Parties, none of their Affiliates is in violation of any laws relating
to terrorism or money laundering (“Anti-Terrorism Laws”), including
Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24,
2001 (the “Order”), and the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of
2001, Public Law 107-56.

 

(b)                                 No Loan Party and to the knowledge of the
Loan Parties, no Affiliate or broker or other agent of any Loan Party acting or
benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans, the or the Letters of
Credit is any of the following:

 

(i)                                     a person that is listed in the annex to,
or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Order;

 

(ii)                                  a person owned or controlled by, or
acting for or on behalf of, any person that is listed in the annex to, or is
otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Order;

 

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(iii)                               a person with which any Secured Party is prohibited
from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism
Law;

 

(iv)                              a person that commits, threatens or
conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Order; or

 

(v)                                 a person that is named as a “specially
designated national and blocked person” on the most current list published by
the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”)
at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement
official publication of such list.

 

(c)                                  No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of
the Loan Parties, no broker or other agent of any Loan Party acting in any
capacity in connection with the Loans or the Letters of Credit (i) conducts
any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods
or services to or for the benefit of any person described in paragraph (b) above,
(ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any
property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Order, or (iii) engages
in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the
purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions
set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

5.29.                     Properties.

 

(a)                                  Each Loan Party has good title to, or
valid leasehold interests in, all its property material to its business, free
and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted by Section 7.01
and minor irregularities or deficiencies in title that, individually or in the
aggregate, do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as
currently conducted or to utilize such property for its intended purpose. The
property of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, (i) is in good operating
order, condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted), except to the
extent that the failure to be in such condition could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) constitutes all
the property which is required for the business and operations of the Loan
Parties as presently conducted.

 

(b)                                 No Loan Party has received any notice of,
nor has any knowledge of, the occurrence or pendency or contemplation of any
Casualty Event affecting all or any portion of its property. No mortgage
encumbers improved real property that is located in an area that has been
identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having
special flood hazards within the meaning of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968 unless flood insurance available under such Act has been obtained in
accordance with Section 6.07.

 

(c)                                  Each Loan Party owns or has rights to use
all of the Collateral, other property and all rights with respect to any of the
foregoing used in, necessary for or material to such Loan Party’s business as
currently conducted. The use by each Loan Party of such Collateral, other property
and all such rights with respect to the foregoing do not infringe on the rights
of any person other than such infringement which could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
No claim has been made and remains outstanding that any Loan Party’s use of any
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violate
the rights of any third party that could, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.30.                     Disclosure. 
Neither this Agreement nor any other document, certificate or statement
furnished to any Secured Party by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection
herewith contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and
therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made; provided that to the extent this or any
such document, certificate or statement was based upon or constitutes a
forecast or projection, the Loan Parties represent only that they acted in good
faith and utilized reasonable assumptions and due care in the preparation of
such document, certificate or statement.

 

5.31.                     Survival of Warranties;
Cumulative.  All representations and warranties contained
in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall be deemed to have been made
again to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on the date of each
additional borrowing or other credit accommodation hereunder and shall be
conclusively presumed to have been relied on by the Administrative Agent and
Lenders regardless of any investigation made or information possessed by the
Administrative Agent or Lenders. The representations and warranties set forth
herein shall be cumulative and in addition to any other representations or
warranties which the Loan Parties shall now or hereafter give, or cause to be
given, to the Administrative Agent.

 

ARTICLE VI.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

So long as any Lender shall
have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall
remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding,
the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in
Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03 and 6.11) cause each
Subsidiary to:

 

6.01.                     Financial Statements. 
Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

 

(a)                                  as soon as available, but in any event
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, audited
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(including in each case balance sheets, statements of income and loss,
statements of cash flow and statements of shareholders’ equity), and the
accompanying notes thereto, all in reasonable detail, fairly presenting the
financial position and the results of the operations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal year, together with the
unqualified opinion of independent certified public accountants (and shall not
be subject to any going concern or like qualification, exception or explanatory
paragraph), which accountants shall be an independent accounting firm selected
by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, that
such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and
present fairly the results of operations and financial condition of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of and for the fiscal year then
ended, together with a Compliance Certificate together with a schedule in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent 

 

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of the calculations used in determining
whether the Borrower was in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.11
of this Agreement as of the end of such fiscal year;

 

(b)                                 as soon as available, but in any event
within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing
with the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009), quarterly unaudited
consolidated financial statements (including in each case balance sheets,
statements of income and loss, and statements of cash flow), all in reasonable
detail, fairly presenting the financial position and the results of operations
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of and through such fiscal
quarter, certified to be correct by the chief financial officer of the
Borrower, subject to normal year-end adjustments and accompanied by a Compliance
Certificate together with a schedule in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent of the calculations used in determining whether the
Borrower was in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.11
of this Agreement as of the end of such fiscal quarter;

 

(c)                                  as soon as available, but in any event
within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month of the first two months of
each fiscal quarter, monthly unaudited consolidated financial statements
(including in each case balance sheets, statements of income and loss and
statements of cash flow), all in reasonable detail, fairly presenting the
financial position and the results of the operations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of and through such fiscal month, certified to be
correct by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, subject to normal
year-end adjustments; and

 

(d)                                 as soon as available, but in any event
prior to January 31 of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a budget of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (including a projected consolidated balance sheet, income
statement and statement of cash flows) for such fiscal year, prepared in
summary form and on a monthly basis, in each case with appropriate presentation
and discussion of the principal assumptions upon which such budgets are based,
accompanied by the statement of a financial officer of the Borrower to the
effect that the budget is a reasonable estimate for the period covered thereby
and such other budgets, forecasts, projections and other information respecting
the Collateral and the business of the Loan Parties, as the Administrative
Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request. The Administrative Agent and
each Lender is hereby authorized to deliver a copy of any financial statement
or any other information relating to the business of the Loan Parties to any
court or other Governmental Authority or to any participant or assignee or
prospective participant or assignee of any Lender. At any time that the
Administrative Agent reasonably requests the Loan Parties shall deliver, at
their expense, copies of the financial statements of the Loan Parties and any
reports or management letters prepared by the accountants or auditors to the
Loan Parties and to deliver to the Administrative Agent and to each Lender such
information as may reasonably be requested. 
The Loan Parties shall permit the Lenders, through the Administrative
Agent or any of the Lenders’ other designated representatives, to visit and
inspect any of the properties of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries,
to examine the books of account of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (and
to make copies thereof and extracts therefrom), and to discuss the affairs,
finances and accounts of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries with, and to
be advised as to the same by, its and their officers, and to conduct
examinations and verifications (whether by commercial finance examiners or
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auditors) of all components included in the
Borrowing Base, all at such reasonable times and intervals as the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

 

As
to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 6.02(c),
the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under
Section 6.01(a) or (b) above, but the foregoing
shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower to furnish the
information and materials described in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) above
at the times specified therein.

 

6.02.                     Certificates; Other Information. 
Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

 

(a)                                  concurrently with the delivery of the
financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) (commencing with the delivery of the
financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009), (i) a duly completed Compliance
Certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer,
treasurer or controller of the Borrower;

 

(b)                                 promptly after any request by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any detailed audit reports,
management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or
the audit committee of the board of directors) of any Loan Party by independent
accountants in connection with the accounts or books of any Loan Party or any
of its Subsidiaries, or any audit of any of them;

 

(c)                                  promptly after the same are available,
copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or
communication sent to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all
annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which
the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc., or with any national securities exchange, and
in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent
pursuant hereto;

 

(d)                                 promptly after the furnishing thereof,
copies of any statement or report furnished to any holder of debt 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 Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01 or any other
clause of this Section 6.02;

 

(e)                                  upon request of the Administrative Agent,
within fifteen (15) days of such request, a report summarizing the insurance
coverage (specifying type, amount and carrier) in effect for each Loan Party
and its Subsidiaries and containing such additional information as the
Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may
reasonably specify;

 

(f)                                    promptly, and in any event within five
Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC
(or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any
investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency
regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary thereof;

 

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(g)                                 not later than five Business Days after
receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of all
notices, requests and other documents (including amendments, waivers and other
modifications) so received under or pursuant to any Related Document or
instrument, indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement regarding or related to any breach or default
by any party thereto or any other event that could materially impair the value
of the interests or the rights of any Loan Party or otherwise have a Material
Adverse Effect and, from time to time upon request by the Administrative
Agent, such information and reports regarding the Related Documents and such
instruments, indentures and loan and credit and similar agreements as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request;

 

(h)                                 promptly after the assertion or
occurrence thereof, notice of any action or proceeding against or of any
noncompliance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with any
Environmental Law or Environmental Permit that could (i) reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) cause any property
described in the Mortgages to be subject to any restrictions on ownership,
occupancy, use or transferability under any Environmental Law;

 

(i)                                     upon request of the Administrative Agent,
within fifteen (15) days of such request, (i) a report supplementing Schedules 8(a), 8(b) and
8(c) to the Perfection Certificate, including an identification of
all owned and leased Real Property disposed of by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof during such fiscal year,
a list and description (including the street address, county or other relevant
jurisdiction, state, record owner, book value thereof and, in the case of
leases of property, lessor, lessee, expiration date and annual rental cost
thereof) of all Real Property acquired or leased during such fiscal year and a
description of such other changes in the information included in such Schedules
as may be necessary for such Schedules to be accurate and complete; and (ii) a report supplementing Schedules
14(a), 14(b), 14(c) and 14(d) to the Perfection Certificate
setting forth (A) a list of registration numbers for all patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights awarded to any Loan Party
thereof during such fiscal year and (B) a list of all patent applications,
trademark applications, service mark applications, trade name applications and
copyright applications submitted by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof
during such fiscal year and the status of each such application;

 

(j)                                     as soon as available, but in any event
within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a report supplementing Schedules 5.08(e) and 5.13
containing a description of all changes in the information included in such
Schedules as may be necessary for such Schedules to be accurate and complete, each such report to be signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower and to be in a form reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent;

 

(k)                                  (i) so long as minimum Liquidity is
at least $50,000,000, as soon as available, but in any event within 20 days
after the end of each month, or (ii) if minimum Liquidity is less than
$50,000,000, weekly or daily, in the sole discretion of the Administrative
Agent, a Borrowing Base Certificate, duly certified by the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower,
together with such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by
the Administrative Agent in its reasonable credit judgment;

 

(l)                                     on a regular basis as required the
Administrative Agent, a schedule of sales made, credits issued and cash
received;

 

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(m)                               upon request of the Administrative Agent,
within fifteen (15) days of such request, agings of accounts payable (and
including information indicating the status of payments to owners and lessors
of the leased premises of such Loan Parties);

 

(n)                                 as soon as possible after the end of each
month (but in any event within fifteen (15) days after the end thereof), on a
monthly basis or more frequently as the Administrative Agent may request,
agings of Accounts (together with a reconciliation to the previous month’s
aging and general ledger);

 

(o)                                 upon the Administrative Agent’s request, (A) copies
of customer statements and credit memos, remittance advices and reports, and
copies of deposit slips and bank statements, (B) copies of shipping and
delivery documents, (C) copies of purchase orders, invoices and delivery
documents for Inventory and Equipment acquired by the Loan Parties, and (D) copies
of Material Contracts entered into after the Closing Date; and

 

(p)                                 such other reports as to the Collateral
as the Administrative Agent or Required Lenders shall request from time to
time; and

 

(q)                                 promptly, such additional information
regarding the business, financial, legal or corporate affairs of any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary thereof, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents,
as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably
request.

 

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

 

The Borrower hereby
acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger will
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provided by or on behalf of the Borrower
hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower
Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”)
and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have
personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with
respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any
of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related
activities with respect to such Persons’ securities.  The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use
commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials
that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such
Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at
a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the
first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the
Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the
Arranger, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as
not containing any material non-public information (although it may be
sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for
purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however,
that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall
be treated as set forth in Section 10.07); (y) all Borrower
Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion
of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the
Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Borrower
Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a
portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.”

 

6.03.                     Notices. 
Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

 

(a)                                  of the occurrence of any Default or Event
of Default;

 

(b)                                 of any matter that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including (i) breach
or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation,
proceeding or suspension between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any
Governmental Authority; (iii) the commencement of, or any material
development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws; (iv) any
loss, damage, investigation, action, suit, proceeding or claim relating to the
Collateral or any other property which is security for the Obligations or which
would result in any material adverse change in any Loan Party’s business,
properties, assets, goodwill or condition, financial or otherwise, (v) any
Material Contract of any Loan Party being terminated or amended or any new
Material Contract entered into (in which event the Loan Parties shall provide
the Administrative Agent with a copy of such Material Contract), (vi) any
order, judgment or decree in excess of $1,000,000 in any one case or in the
aggregate shall have been entered against any Loan Party or any of its
properties or assets, and (vii) any notification of violation of laws or
regulations received by any Loan Party;

 

(c)                                  of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;

 

(d)                                 of any material change in accounting
policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof, including any determination by
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(e)                                  of the (i) occurrence of any
Disposition of property or assets for which the Borrower is required to make a
mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii), (ii) occurrence
of any sale of capital stock or other Equity Interests for which the Borrower
is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii),
(iii) incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness for which the Borrower is
required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iv),
and (iv) receipt of any Extraordinary Receipt for which the Borrower is
required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(v).

 

Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03
(other than Section 6.03(e)) shall be accompanied by a statement of
a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence
referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes
to take with respect thereto.  Each
notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with
particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan
Document that have been breached.

 

6.04.                     Payment of Obligations. 
Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its
obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities,
assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or
assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP
are being maintained by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; (b) all lawful
claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c) all
Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination
provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such
Indebtedness.  The Loan Parties shall be
liable for any tax or penalties withheld from or imposed on any Secured Party
as a result of the financing arrangements provided for herein and the Loan
Parties agree to indemnify and hold each Secured Party harmless with respect to
the foregoing, and to repay to each Secured Party on demand the amount thereof,
and until paid by the Loan Parties such amount shall be added and deemed part
of the Obligations. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the payment of the
Obligations and the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.

 

6.05.                     Preservation of Existence, Etc.  (a)  Preserve,
renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good
standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a
transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05; provided,
however, that the Borrower may consummate the Acquisition; (b) take
all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and
franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except
to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (c) preserve or renew all of its registered
patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.06.                     Maintenance of Properties.  (a) Maintain,
preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in
the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary
wear and tear excepted; (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and
renewals and replacements thereof except where the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the
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6.07.                     Maintenance of Insurance. 
Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers insurance with
respect to the Collateral against loss or damage and all other insurance of the
kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against or carried by corporations
of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and
similarly situated. Said policies of insurance shall be satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent as to form, amount and insurer. The Loan Parties shall
furnish certificates, policies or endorsements to the Administrative Agent as
such Administrative Agent shall require as proof of such insurance, and, if the
Loan Parties fail to do so, the Administrative Agent is authorized, but not required,
to obtain such insurance at the expense of the Loan Parties. All policies shall
provide for at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent of any cancellation or reduction of coverage and that the
Administrative Agent may act as attorney for the Loan Parties in obtaining, and
at any time a Default or an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is
continuing, adjusting, settling, amending and canceling such insurance.  The Loan Parties shall cause the
Administrative Agent to be named as a loss payee and an additional insured with
respect to the Collateral (without any liability for any premiums) under such
insurance policies and the Loan Parties shall obtain non-contributory lender’s
loss payable endorsements to all insurance policies in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such lender’s loss payable
endorsements shall specify that the proceeds of such insurance shall be payable
to the Administrative Agent as its interests may appear and further specify
that the Administrative Agent shall be paid regardless of any act or omission
by a Loan Party or any of its Affiliates. At its option, the Administrative
Agent may apply any insurance proceeds received by the Administrative Agent at
any time to the cost of repairs or replacement of Collateral and/or to payment
of the Obligations, whether or not then due, in any order and in such manner as
such the Administrative Agent may determine or hold such proceeds as cash
collateral for the Obligations.

 

6.08.                     Compliance with Laws, Immediate Notice in
respect of Hazardous Material. 
(a) Comply in all material respects with all laws, rules,
regulations, licenses, permits, approvals and orders applicable to it and duly
observe all requirements of any foreign, Federal, State, or local Governmental
Authority, including ERISA, the Code, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as
amended, and all Environmental Laws if the failure to so comply could result in
the imposition of material fines or penalties or result in the revocation or
termination of any material license, permit, order or approval of any
Governmental Authority or could otherwise materially and adversely affect the
business, assets or prospects of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis; and

 

(b)                                 Give written notice to each
Administrative Agent immediately upon any Loan Party’s receipt of any notice
of, or any Loan Party’s otherwise obtaining knowledge of, any of the following
which could result in the imposition of material fines or penalties or the
revocation or termination of any material license, permit, order or approval of
any Governmental Authority or could otherwise materially and adversely affect
the business, assets or prospects of Credit Parties on a consolidated basis, (i) the
occurrence of any event involving the release, spill or discharge, threatened
or actual, of any Hazardous Material or (ii) any investigation,
proceeding, complaint, order, directive, claims, citation or notice with
respect to: (A) any non-compliance with, violation of or liability under
any applicable Environmental Law by any Loan Party or (B) the release,
spill or discharge, threatened or actual, of any Hazardous Material. The Loan
Parties shall take prompt and appropriate action to respond to any such
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liability with any Environmental Laws and
shall regularly report to the Administrative Agent on such response. Copies of
all environmental surveys, audits, assessments, feasibility studies, results of
remedial investigations and other related information reasonably requested by
the Administrative Agent shall be promptly furnished, or caused to be
furnished, by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent.

 

6.09.                     Books and Records.  (a) Maintain proper books of
record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with
GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and
matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary,
as the case may be; and (b) maintain
such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable
requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over
the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

 

6.10.                     Inspection Rights. 
Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative
Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine
its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or
abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its
directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense of the Borrower and at
such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be
reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided,
however, that when an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent
or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent
contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any
time during normal business hours and without advance notice.

 

6.11.                     Use of Proceeds. 
Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions for general corporate purposes
and to finance ongoing working capital needs not in contravention of any Law or
of any Loan Document.

 

6.12.                     Covenant to Guarantee Obligations
and Give Security.  (a) Upon the formation or acquisition of
any new direct or indirect Subsidiary (other
than any CFC or a Subsidiary that is held directly or indirectly by a CFC)
by any Loan Party, then the Borrower shall, at the Borrower’s expense (and
subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement):

 

(i)                                     within three (3) Business Days after
such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary, and cause each direct and
indirect parent of such Subsidiary (if it has not already done so), to duly
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty or guaranty
supplement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
guaranteeing the other Loan Parties’ obligations under the Loan Documents,

 

(ii)                                  within three (3) Business Days after
such formation or acquisition, furnish to the Administrative Agent a
description of the real and personal properties of such Subsidiary, in detail
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,

 

(iii)                               within three (3) Business Days after such
formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary and each direct and indirect
parent of such Subsidiary (if it has not already done so) to duly execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent a security agreement, copyright security
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security agreement, as applicable, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent, securing the Loan Parties’ obligations under the
Loan Documents,

 

(iv)                              within three (3) Business Days after
such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary and each direct and
indirect parent of such Subsidiary (if it has not already done so) to take
whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements) may be necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative
Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the
Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the
personal property subject to the Collateral Documents delivered pursuant to
this Section 6.12, enforceable against all third parties in
accordance with their terms, and

 

(v)                                 within three (3) Business Days after
such formation or acquisition, deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon the
request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, a signed copy of a
favorable opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured
Parties, of counsel for the Loan Parties acceptable to the Administrative Agent
as to the matters contained in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) above,
and as to such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request.

 

(b)                                 If the Loan Parties are required by Section 6.25
to provide to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties,
Mortgages on their respective Mortgage Properties and any Loan Party shall
thereafter acquire any additional Mortgage Property, then the Borrower shall,
at the Borrower’s expense (and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement), within three Business Days after the acquisition of such Mortgage
Property, deliver to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Mortgage
Property, a Mortgage, a Mortgage Policy and the other documents described in Section 6.25
with respect to the Mortgage Properties for which such documents are required
to be delivered under such Section.

 

(c)                                  At any time upon request of the
Administrative Agent, promptly execute and deliver any and all further
instruments and documents and take all such other action as the Administrative
Agent may deem necessary or desirable in obtaining the full benefits of, or (as
applicable) in perfecting and preserving the Liens of, such guaranties, deeds
of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, leasehold mortgages,
leasehold deeds of trust, supplements to Collateral Documents and other
security agreements.  All such actions in
this Section 6.12 shall be taken subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement.

 

6.13.                     Compliance with Environmental Laws. 
Comply, and cause all lessees and other Persons operating or occupying
its properties to comply, in all material respects, with all applicable
Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; obtain and renew all Environmental
Permits necessary for its operations and properties; and conduct any
investigation, study, sampling and testing, and undertake any cleanup, removal,
remedial or other action necessary to remove and clean up all Hazardous
Materials from any of its properties, in accordance with the requirements of
all Environmental Laws; provided, however, that neither the
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to undertake any such
cleanup, removal, remedial or other action to the extent that its obligation to
do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and
appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in
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6.14.                     Preparation of Environmental
Reports, Environmental Indemnity.  Whenever the
Administrative Agent reasonably determines that there is non-compliance, or any
condition which requires any action by or on behalf of the Loan Parties in
order to avoid any non-compliance with or liability under any Environmental Law
which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to result in aggregate
Environmental Liabilities of $30,000,000 in excess of reserves for such
liabilities then maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, within 60
days after the Administrative Agent’s request and at the Loan Parties’ expense:
(i) cause an independent environmental consultant acceptable to the
Administrative Agent to conduct such assessments and tests of the property and/or
facility where the Loan Parties’ non-compliance or alleged non-compliance has
occurred or conditions exist as deemed necessary to evaluate the nature, extent
and costs to address the matter and prepare and deliver to such Administrative
Agent a report setting forth the results and a proposed plan for response or
corrective action, and an estimate of the costs thereof; (ii) provide to
such Administrative Agent a supplemental report whenever the scope of the
matter, or the Loan Parties’ response thereto or the estimated costs thereof,
shall change in any material respect; and (iii) cause any Subsidiary that
owns any property described in such request to grant at the time of such
request to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, such firm and any agents or representatives
thereof an irrevocable non-exclusive license, subject to the rights of tenants,
to enter onto their respective properties to undertake such an assessment; provided
that without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Administrative
Agent determines at any time that a material risk exists that any such report
will not be provided within the time referred to above, the Administrative
Agent may retain an environmental consulting firm to prepare such report at the
expense of the Borrower.

 

(b)                                 Indemnify and hold harmless each Secured
Party, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents,
invitees, representatives, successors and assigns, from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) arising out of or attributable to the use,
generation, manufacture, handling, recycling, storage, treatment, release,
threatened release, spill, discharge, disposal or presence of a Hazardous
Material, including the costs of any required or necessary repair, cleanup or
other remedial work, on, at, under or from current or former facility or
property owned or operated by the Loan Parties and the preparation and
implementation of any closure, remedial or other required plans unless and only
if the result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnified
party. This indemnification shall survive the payment of the Obligations and
the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.

 

6.15.                     Compliance with ERISA. 
Shall and shall cause each of their ERISA Affiliates to: (i) maintain
each Plan in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions
of ERISA, the Code and other Federal and State law; (ii) cause each Plan
which is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code to maintain such
qualification; (iii) not terminate any of such Plans so as to incur any
liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (iv) not allow or
suffer to exist any prohibited transaction involving any of such Plans or any
trust created thereunder which would subject Credit Party or such ERISA
Affiliate to a tax or penalty or other liability on prohibited transactions
imposed under Section 4975 of the Code or ERISA; (v) make all
required contributions to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan which it is obligated
to pay under Section 302 of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or the
terms of such Plan or an applicable collective bargaining agreement; (vi) not
allow or suffer to exist any accumulated funding deficiency, whether or not
waived, with respect to any such Plan; and (vii) not allow or suffer to
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occurrence of a reportable event or any other
event or condition which presents a material risk of termination by the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation of any such Plan, which termination could result
in any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

 

6.16.                     Further Assurances. 
Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through
the Administrative Agent, (a) correct any material defect or error that
may be discovered in any Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment,
filing or recordation thereof, and (b) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver,
record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such
further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the
Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may
reasonably require from time to time in order to (i) carry out more
effectively the purposes of the Loan Documents, (ii) to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, subject any Loan Party’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ properties, assets, rights or interests to the Liens now or
hereafter intended to be covered by any of the Collateral Documents, (iii) perfect
and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of the Collateral
Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder and (iv) assure,
convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more effectively
unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be
granted to the Secured Parties under any Loan Document or under any other
instrument executed in connection with any Loan Document to which any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries is or is to be a party, and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to do so.

 

6.17.                     Compliance with Terms of
Leaseholds.  Make all payments and otherwise perform all
obligations in respect of all leases of Real Property to which the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party, keep such leases in full force and effect
and not allow such leases to lapse or be terminated or any rights to renew such
leases to be forfeited or cancelled, notify the Administrative Agent of any
default by any party with respect to such leases and cooperate with the
Administrative Agent in all respects to cure any such default, and cause each
of its Subsidiaries to do so, except, in any case, where the failure to do so,
either individually or in the aggregate, could not be reasonably likely to have
a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.18.                     License Agreements.  (a) (i) Promptly
and faithfully observe and perform all of the material terms, covenants,
conditions and provisions of the material License Agreements to be observed and
performed by it, at the times set forth therein, if any, (ii) not do,
permit, suffer or refrain from doing anything that could reasonably be expected
to result in a default under or breach of any of the terms of any material
License Agreement, (iii) not cancel, surrender, modify, amend, waive or
release any material License Agreement in any material respect or any term,
provision or right of the licensee thereunder in any material respect, or
consent to or permit to occur any of the foregoing; except that, subject to Section 6.19(b),
the Loan Parties and any of their Subsidiaries may cancel, surrender or release
any material License Agreement in the ordinary course of the business of such
Loan Party or Subsidiary; provided that
the Loan Parties shall give the Administrative Agent not less than thirty (30)
days prior written notice of their intention to so cancel, surrender and
release any such material License Agreement, (iv) give the Administrative
Agent prompt written notice of any material License Agreement entered into by
any Loan Party after the Closing Date, together with a true, correct and
complete copy thereof and such other information with respect thereto as the
Administrative Agent may request, (v) give the Administrative Agent prompt
written notice of any material breach of any obligation, or any default, by any
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Administrative Agent (promptly upon the
receipt thereof by Loan Party in the case of a notice to any Loan Party, and
concurrently with the sending thereof in the case of a notice from any Loan
Party) a copy of each notice of default and every other notice and other
communication received or delivered by any Loan Party in connection with any
material License Agreement which relates to the right of a Loan Party to
continue to use the property subject to such License Agreement, and (vi) furnish
to the Administrative Agent, promptly upon the request of the Administrative
Agent, such information and evidence as the Administrative Agent may require
from time to time concerning the observance, performance and compliance by any
Credit Party or the other party or parties thereto with the terms, covenants or
provisions of any material License Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Either exercise any option to renew or
extend the term of each material License Agreement in such manner as will cause
the term of such material License Agreement to be effectively renewed or extended
for the period provided by such option and give prompt written notice thereof
to the Administrative Agent or give the Administrative Agent prior written
notice that Loan Parties do not intend to renew or extend the term of any such
material License Agreement or that the term thereof shall otherwise be
expiring, not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of any such
non-renewal or expiration. In the event of the failure of the Loan Parties to
extend or renew any material License Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall
have, and is hereby granted, the irrevocable right and authority, at its
option, to renew or extend the term of such material License Agreement, whether
in its own name and behalf, or in the name and behalf of a designee or nominee
of the Administrative Agent or in the name and behalf of the Loan Party, as the
Administrative Agent shall determine at any time that an Event of Default shall
exist or have occurred and be continuing. The Administrative Agent may, but
shall not be required to, perform any or all of such obligations of any Loan
Party under any of the License Agreements, including, but not limited to, the
payment of any or all sums due from Loan Party thereunder. Any sums so paid by
the Administrative Agent shall constitute part of the Obligations.

 

6.19.                     Material Contracts. 
Perform and observe all the terms and provisions of each Material
Contract to be performed or observed by it, maintain each such Material
Contract in full force and effect, enforce each such Material Contract in
accordance with its terms, take all such action to such end as may be from time
to time requested by the Administrative Agent and, upon request of the
Administrative Agent, make to each other party to each such Material Contract
such demands and requests for information and reports or for action as any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled to make under such Material
Contract, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so.

 

6.20.                     Costs and Expenses. 
Pay to the Administrative Agent on demand all costs, expenses, filing
fees and taxes paid or payable in connection with the preparation, negotiation,
execution, delivery, recording, administration, collection, liquidation,
enforcement and defense of the applicable Obligations, Secured Parties’ rights
in the Collateral, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other
documents related hereto or thereto, including any amendments, supplements or
consents which may hereafter be contemplated (whether or not executed) or
entered into in respect hereof and thereof, including: (a) all costs and
expenses of filing or recording (including Uniform Commercial Code financing
statement filing taxes and fees, documentary taxes, intangibles taxes and
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costs and expenses and fees for due
diligence, insurance premiums, environmental audits, surveys, assessments,
engineering reports and inspections, appraisal fees and search fees, costs and
expenses of remitting loan proceeds, collecting checks and other items of
payment, and establishing and maintaining blocked accounts, together with the
Administrative Agent’s customary charges and fees with respect thereto; (c) charges,
fees or expenses charged by any bank or issuer in connection with the L/C
Obligations; (d) costs and expenses of preserving and protecting the
Collateral; (e) costs and expenses paid or incurred by Secured Parties in
connection with obtaining payment of the Obligations, enforcing the security
interests and Liens of the Administrative Agent, selling or otherwise realizing
upon the Collateral, and otherwise enforcing the provisions of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents or defending any claims made or threatened against
the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising out of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including preparations for and consultations
concerning any such matters); (f) all out-of-pocket expenses and costs
heretofore and from time to time hereafter incurred by the Administrative Agent
during the course of periodic field examinations of the Collateral and the Loan
Parties’ operations, plus a per diem charge at the rate of $750 per person per
day for the Administrative Agent’s examiners in the field and office; and (g) the
fees and disbursements of counsel (including legal assistants) to the
Administrative Agent and, if an Event of Default under Section 8.01
of this Agreement has occurred and is continuing, Lenders, in connection with
any of the foregoing.

 

6.21.                     Cash Collateral Accounts. 
Maintain, and cause each of the other Loan Parties to maintain, all Cash
Collateral Accounts with Bank of America or another commercial bank approved by
the Administrative Agent, which has accepted the assignment of such accounts to
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the
terms of the Security Agreement.

 

6.22.                     Cash Management Arrangements. 
For the purposes of assuring the Administrative Agent’s and Secured
Parties’ first priority, subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01
and the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, secured position in proceeds
of the Collateral, maintain, and cause each of the other Loan Parties to
maintain the Administrative Agent as the Loan Parties’ principal depository
bank for the maintenance of operating and deposit accounts, lockbox
administration, funds transfer, information reporting services and other
treasury management services, and further, to cause all proceeds of Accounts
Collateral to be deposited in deposit accounts subject to springing Control
Agreements, provided that the Administrative Agent would not exercise its
rights of dominion over such deposits accounts unless excess cash on hand falls
below $50,000,000 or upon any Event of Default under this Agreement; provided,
that deposit accounts exclusively used for funding zero
balance disbursement deposit accounts in respect of payroll, payroll taxes and
other employee wage and benefit payments and other deposit accounts the average daily balance of which do not contain
more than $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time, need not be subject to such
a Control Agreement.

 

6.23.                     Information Regarding Collateral.

 

(a)                                  Concurrently with the delivery of
financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof, deliver to
the Administrative Agent a Perfection Certificate supplement, and a certificate
of a financial officer and the chief legal officer of the Borrower certifying
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financing statements (including fixture
filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or
registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations,
containing a description of the Collateral have been filed of record in each
governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction
necessary to protect and perfect the security interests and Liens under the
Collateral Documents for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of
such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation
statements to be filed within such period).

 

6.24.                     Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money
Laundering.

 

(a)                                  Not, directly or indirectly, (i) knowingly
conduct any business or engage in making or receiving any contribution of funds,
goods or services to or for the benefit of any person described in Section 5.28,
(ii) knowingly deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating
to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Order or any
other Anti-Terrorism Law or (iii) knowingly engage in or conspire to
engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading
or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any
Anti-Terrorism Law (and the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Lenders any
certification or other evidence requested from time to time by any Lender in
its reasonable discretion, confirming the Loan Parties’ compliance with this Section 6.24);
and

 

(b)                                 Not cause or permit any of the funds of
such Loan Party that are used to repay Obligations to be derived from any
unlawful activity with the result that the making of the Loans would be in
violation of law.

 

6.25.                     Mortgages.

 

(a)                                  Enter into any mortgage, deeds of trust,
trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, leasehold mortgages and leasehold
deeds of trust or any other document (each such document, a “Mortgage”)
to secure a Lien with respect to any Mortgage Property in favor of the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and for which a Mortgage
is provided as part of the Senior High Yield Debt Documents or the Other
Secured Debt Documents in connection with the incurrence of the Senior High
Yield Debt or Other Secured Debt.  In the
event the Borrower or any of the other Loan Parties do not enter into or incur
the Senior High Yield Debt or Other Secured Debt, the Borrower shall not, and
shall not permit any of the other Loan Parties to, enter into any mortgage,
deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, leasehold
mortgages and leasehold deeds of trust or any other document to secure a Lien
with respect to real property in favor of any other party without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)                                 If any Loan Party shall become required
to deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
any Mortgage on a Mortgage Property in accordance with Section 6.25(a),
then the Borrower shall, at the Borrower’s expense (and subject to the terms of
the Intercreditor Agreement), concurrently with the delivery of such Mortgage:

 

(i)                                     Furnish to the Administrative Agent a
description of such Mortgage Property in detail satisfactory to the
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(ii)                                  Cause the applicable Loan Party to duly
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, in addition to the Mortgage,
supplements to the Collateral Documents and security agreements, as specified
by and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, securing
payment of all the Obligations under the Loan Documents and constituting Liens
on such Mortgage Property,

 

(iii)                               Cause the applicable Loan Party to take, whatever
action (including the recording of mortgages, the filing of Uniform Commercial
Code financing statements, the giving of notices and the endorsement of notices
on title documents) may be necessary or advisable in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any
representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and
subsisting Liens on such Mortgage Property enforceable against all third
parties in accordance with their terms,

 

(iv)                              Deliver to the Administrative Agent (or
any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) a mortgage
title insurance policy (the “Mortgage Policy”) relating to the Mortgage
encumbering such Mortgage Property assuring the Administrative Agent that the
Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first priority (subject to Liens permitted
by Section 7.01 and the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement)
on all right, title and interest of the respective Loan Party in the Mortgage
Property described therein;

 

(v)                                 Deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon
the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, a signed copy
of a favorable opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other
Secured Parties, of counsel for the Loan Parties acceptable to the
Administrative Agent as to the matters contained in clauses (ii) and (iii) above,
and as to such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request, and

 

(vi)                              Deliver, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to the Administrative Agent with
respect to such Mortgage Property, title reports, surveys and engineering,
soils and other reports, and environmental assessment reports from an
environmental consulting firm acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which
report shall identify existing and potential environmental concerns and shall
quantify related costs and liabilities, associated with such Mortgage Property,
each in scope, form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, provided,
however, that to the
extent that any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have otherwise
received any of the foregoing items with respect to such Mortgage Property,
such items shall, promptly after the receipt thereof, be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.

 

6.26.                     Control Agreements. 
Enter into, at the request of the Administrative Agent, a Control
Agreement with respect to any deposit account or securities account, such
agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

6.27.                     The Acquisition. 
Enter into and complete the Acquisition, within five (5) Business
Days of the Closing Date, subject to the following conditions:

 

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(a)                                  The Acquisition
will be consummated in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement and applicable
Law.

 

(b)                                 The Acquisition
Agreement shall be in full force and effect.

 

(c)                                  The Acquisition
shall be consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement,
without any waiver or amendment not consented to by the Lenders of any material
term, provision or condition set forth therein, and in compliance with all applicable
requirements of Law, and the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent
before the close of business on the closing date of the Acquisition: (1) 
a signed and dated, filed copy of the Articles of Arrangement duly filed with
the Registrar of Corporations of the Province of Alberta together with Proof of
Filing from the Registrar of Corporations of the Province of Alberta of the
Arrangement pursuant to which all of the outstanding capital stock of the
Target Company shall have been acquired by Clean Harbors Industrial Services
Canada, Inc. (“Acquireco”), which is a wholly owned indirect
Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of Alberta for purposes of
the Acquisition; and (2) a certified copy of the Certificate and Articles
of Amalgamation from the Registrar of Corporations of the Province of Alberta
of the amalgamation of the Target Company and Acquireco, with the name of the
amalgamated company to be the same as that of Acquireco.

 

(d)                                 The Administrative Agent shall be
satisfied with the Borrower’s corporate, capital and ownership structure after
giving effect to the Acquisition.

 

(e)                                  All applicable waiting periods in
connection with the Acquisition have expired without any action having been
taken by any Governmental 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.

 

(f)                                    The Administrative Agent’s receipt of a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party either (A) attaching
copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the
consummation of the Acquisition (including, governmental, shareholder and third
party consents such as clearance under the Hart-Scott Rodino Act) and the
execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against
such Loan Party of the Acquisition Agreement to which it is a party, and such
consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating
that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required.

 

(g)                                 The Administrative Agent’s receipt of
certified copies of each of the Related Documents, such Related Documents to be
in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed
by the parties thereto, together with all agreements, instruments and other
documents delivered in connection therewith as the Administrative Agent shall
request.

 

6.28.                     Intellectual Property
Security Agreements.  Deliver the Copyright Security
Agreement, Trademark Security Agreement and Patent Security Agreement pursuant
to the requirements set forth in the Security Agreement, including, without limitation,
Section 4.4 therein.

 

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ARTICLE VII.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

So
long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other
Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of
Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit
any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

 

7.01.                     Liens. 
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its
property, assets or revenues, 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 the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries as debtor, or assign any accounts or other right to receive income,
other than the following:

 

(a)                                  Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

 

(b)                                 Liens existing on the date hereof and
listed on Schedule 5.08(b) and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided
that (i) the property covered thereby is not changed, (ii) the amount
secured or benefited thereby is not increased except as contemplated by Section 7.02(d),
(iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not
changed, and (iv) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or
benefited thereby is permitted by Section 7.02(d);

 

(c)                                  Liens for taxes not yet due or which are
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the
books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP and in each case prior
to the commencement of a foreclosure or other similar proceeding;

 

(d)                                 carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary
course of business to the extent: (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness which
is not overdue or (ii) such Liens secure Indebtedness relating to claims
or liabilities which are fully insured and being defended at the sole cost and
expense and at the sole risk of the insurer or being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and available to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, in each case prior to the commencement of foreclosure or other
similar proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside
on the books of the applicable Person;

 

(e)                                  pledges or deposits in the ordinary
course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment
insurance and other social security legislation (other than any Lien imposed by
ERISA) including any Lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice in connection therewith;

 

(f)                                    any Lien or deposits to secure the
performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness),
statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return-of-money
bonds, tenders, government contracts and other obligations of a like nature
incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)                                 easements, rights-of-way, restrictions
and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate,
are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case 

 

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materially detract from the value of the
property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of
the business of the applicable Person;

 

(h)                                 Liens securing judgments for the payment
of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h);

 

(i)                                     Liens securing Indebtedness permitted
under Section 7.02(f); provided that (i) such Liens do
not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such
Indebtedness and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the
cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired
on the date of acquisition;

 

(j)                                     Liens shown on the title commitments for
title insurance policies delivered under the Existing Credit Agreement;

 

(k)                                  Liens securing the Canadian Target Debt;

 

(l)                                     Liens securing the Initial Senior High
Yield Debt and Other Secured Debt (in each case, subject to the terms of the
applicable Intercreditor Agreement);

 

(m)                               other Liens securing Indebtedness
outstanding in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000, provided
that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any Collateral;

 

(n)                                 Liens securing Other Permitted Canadian
Debt; and

 

(o)                                 Liens on acquired assets which secured
Acquired Indebtedness which existed prior to the related acquisition, merger or
consolidation.

 

7.02.                     Indebtedness. 
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)                                  obligations (contingent or otherwise)
existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that (i) such
obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of
business and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision
exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on
outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;

 

(b)                                 Indebtedness owed by a Loan Party to any
other Loan Party which Indebtedness (x) is hereby subordinated to the
prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations, (y) is
represented by an Instrument in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement;
and (z) is otherwise permitted under the provisions of Section 7.03;

 

(c)                                  Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;

 

(d)                                 Indebtedness outstanding on the date
hereof and listed on Schedule 7.02; provided that (i) the
Loan Parties may only make regularly scheduled payments of principal and
interest in respect of such Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of the
agreement or instrument evidencing or giving rise to such Indebtedness as in
effect on the Closing Date, (ii) the Loan Parties shall not, directly or
indirectly, (A) amend, modify, alter or change the terms of such 

 

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Indebtedness or any agreement, document or
instrument related thereto as in effect on the Closing Date except that the
Loan Parties may, after prior written notice to the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties, amend, modify, alter or change the terms thereof
so as to extend the maturity thereof, or defer the timing of any payments in
respect thereof, or to forgive or cancel any portion of such Indebtedness
(other than pursuant to payments thereof), or to reduce the interest rate or
any fees in connection therewith, or (B) redeem, retire, defease, purchase
or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness, or set aside or otherwise deposit or
invest any sums for such purpose, and (iii) the Loan Parties shall furnish
to the Administrative Agent all notices or demands in connection with such
Indebtedness either received by the any Loan Party or on its behalf, promptly
after the receipt thereof, or sent by any Loan Party or on its behalf,
concurrently with the sending thereof, as the case may be;

 

(e)                                  Guarantees of any Guarantor in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder
of the Borrower;

 

(f)                                    purchase money Indebtedness (including
Capitalized Leases) arising after the Closing Date to the extent secured by
purchase money security interests in Equipment (including Capitalized Leases)
and purchase money mortgages on Real Property not to exceed $25,000,000 in the
aggregate at any time outstanding (excluding such Indebtedness outstanding on
the Closing Date) so long as such security interests and mortgages do not apply
to any property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries other than the Equipment or
Real Property so acquired, and the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed
the cost of the Equipment or Real Property so acquired, as the case may be;

 

(g)                                 Indebtedness of the Loan Parties in
respect of performance bonds, bankers’ acceptances, workers’ compensation
claims, surety or appeal bonds, payment obligations in connection with
self-insurance or similar obligations, and in the ordinary course of business;

 

(h)                                 Indebtedness arising from the honoring by
a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against
insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided,
however, that such Indebtedness is
extinguished within five Business Days of incurrence;

 

(i)                                     other unsecured Indebtedness of the Loan
Parties in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at any time
outstanding;

 

(j)                                     so long as no Default exists immediately
prior to or after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, Subordinated
Indebtedness, to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds of such Subordinated
Indebtedness are used to pay, substantially contemporaneously with the
incurrence thereof, consideration for one or more Permitted Acquisitions,
Indebtedness of any Person(s) acquired in such Permitted Acquisition or
Permitted Acquisitions or any fees or expenses incurred in connection therewith
and any such Permitted Acquisition is made in compliance with the requirements
set forth in the definition thereof;

 

(k)                                  as to the Target Company and its Subsidiaries,
and any other Canadian Subsidiaries of the Borrower to the extent they may
become parties to the Canadian Target Debt

 

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Agreement,
Canadian Target Debt in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding
of not more than Cdn $245 million;

 

(l)                                     so long as no Default or Event of Default
exists immediately prior to or after giving effect to the incurrence thereof,
the Senior High Yield Debt, provided  that prior to or upon the
incurrence of the Initial Senior High Yield Debt, the Borrower pays off in full
the then outstanding Canadian Target Debt with the proceeds of the Initial
Senior High Yield Debt;

 

(m)                               so long as (i) no Default or Event
of Default exists immediately prior to or after giving effect to the incurrence
thereof, and (ii) after giving effect to the incurrence thereof on a pro
forma basis, the Borrower’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is greater
than 3.00:1.00, the Borrower and Guarantors may incur Other Secured Debt;

 

(n)                                 so long as (i) no Default or Event
of Default exists immediately prior to or after giving effect to the incurrence
thereof, and (ii) after giving effect to the incurrence thereof on a pro
forma basis, the Borrower’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is greater
than 2.00:1.00, the Borrower and Guarantors may incur other unsecured
Indebtedness, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may incur Acquired
Indebtedness; and

 

(o)                                 so long as no Default or Event of Default
exists immediately prior to or after giving effect to the incurrence thereof,
the Canadian Subsidiaries may incur Other Permitted Canadian Debt.

 

7.03.                     Investments. 
Make or hold any Investments, except:

 

(a)                                  the endorsement of instruments for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business

 

(b)                                 Investments in cash or Cash Equivalents, provided that (i) not more than $5.0 million aggregate
principal amount of Revolving Loans are then outstanding and (ii) the terms
and conditions of Section 6.22, if applicable, hereof shall have
been satisfied with respect to the deposit account or investment account in
which such cash or Cash Equivalents are held;

 

(c)                                  (1) the existing Investments of the
Loan Parties in other Loan Parties, (2) the existing Investments of Loan
Parties in any Person which is not a Loan Party as of the Closing Date set
forth on Schedule 7.03(c), (3) additional Investments made by the
Borrower or any other Loan Party after the Closing Date in or to another Loan
Party in the ordinary course of business, (4) the Investments in the
Target Company and its Subsidiaries made as part of the Acquisition; (5) any
Investments made by Canadian Subsidiaries provided such Investments are not in
violation of the Canadian Target Debt Agreement or any Other Permitted Canadian
Debt Documents, and (6) additional Investments in the ordinary course of
business by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in or to its respective
wholly-owned Subsidiaries organized outside of the United States; provided
that, no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to or
after giving effect to such Investments; provided  further that
the aggregate amount of all such additional Investments by any Loan Party in
any such Subsidiaries organized outside of the United States (exclusive of
Investments incurred in connection with arranging financial assurances required
under applicable Environmental Laws) shall not exceed:

 

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(i)                                     in the case of Canadian Subsidiaries, (a) if
Liquidity is less than $100,000,000 but greater than $50,000,000, $25,000,000
at any time outstanding, or (b) if Liquidity is less than $50,000,000,
such amount that the Administrative Agent and Required Lenders consent to in
their discretion; or

 

(ii)                                  in the case of any other Subsidiary
organized outside of the United States, $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

provided further that, after giving effect to any Investment made
pursuant to this Section 7.03(c)(6)(i) in Canadian
Subsidiaries, (y) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial
covenants set forth in Section 7.11 after giving effect to such
Investment on a pro forma basis, and (z) the difference between Liquidity
less such Investment in any Canadian Subsidiaries shall not be less than
$50,000,000;

 

(d)                                 Permitted Acquisitions;

 

(e)                                  stock or obligations issued to the Loan
Parties by any Person (or the representative of such Person) in respect of
Indebtedness of such Person owing to the Loan Parties in connection with the
insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership or reorganization of such Person or a
composition or readjustment of the debts of such Person; provided
that the original of any such stock or instrument evidencing such obligations
shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, upon the
Administrative Agent’s request, together with such stock power, assignment or
endorsement by the Loan Parties as the Administrative Agent may request;

 

(f)                                    obligations of account debtors to Loan
Parties arising from Accounts which are past due evidenced by a promissory note
made by such account debtor payable to the Loan Parties; provided
that promptly upon the receipt of the original of any such promissory note by
the Loan Parties, such promissory note shall be endorsed to the order of the
Administrative Agent by the Loan Parties and promptly delivered to the
Administrative Agent as so endorsed;

 

(g)                                 Guarantees permitted by Section 7.02;

 

(h)                                 Investments existing on the date hereof
(other than those referred to in Section 7.03(c)(1)) and set forth
on Schedule 5.08(e); provided that as to such loans and advances, (i) the
Loan Parties shall not, directly or indirectly, amend, modify, alter or change
the terms of such loans and advances or any agreement, document or instrument
related thereto, and (ii) the Loan Parties shall furnish to the
Administrative Agent all notices or demands in connection with such loans and
advances either received by any Loan Party or on its behalf, promptly after the
receipt thereof, or sent by any Loan Party or on its behalf, concurrently with
the sending thereof, as the case may be; and

 

(i)                                     Investments comprising solely of the
Applicable Properties in the Applicable Property Entities; and

 

(j)                                     other Investments that do not exceed
$25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding.

 

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7.04.                     Fundamental Changes. 
Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or
Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or
substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or
in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would
result therefrom:

 

(a)                                  (i) any Loan Party (other than the
Borrower) may be merged into, consolidated with, or amalgamated with any other
Loan Party, and (ii) any wholly-owned
Subsidiary of any Loan Party may be merged into such Loan Party;

 

(b)                                 any Subsidiary
may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to
the Borrower or to another Loan Party;

 

(c)                                  any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party
may be merged into, consolidated with, or amalgamated with, or may dispose of
all or substantially all its assets (including any Disposition that is in the
nature of a liquidation) with or to (i) another Subsidiary that is not a
Loan Party or (ii) to a Loan Party;
and

 

(d)                                 in connection with any acquisition
permitted under Section 7.03, any Subsidiary of the Borrower may
merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to
merge into or consolidate with it; provided that (i) the Person
surviving such merger shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and (ii) in
the case of any such merger to which any Loan Party (other than the Borrower)
is a party, such Loan Party is the surviving Person.

 

7.05.                     Dispositions. 
Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any
Disposition, except:

 

(a)                                  Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary
course of business;

 

(b)                                 the issuance and sale by the Borrower of
Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower on
and after the Closing Date;

 

(c)                                  leases of real or personal property in
the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice and in
accordance with the Loan Documents;

 

(d)                                 provided that no Default or Event of
Default exists immediately prior to or after such Disposition, other
Dispositions not to exceed $20,000,000 in any twelve-month period; provided
that at least 80% of the consideration received in any such Disposition is in
the form of cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(e)                                  Dispositions permitted by Section 7.04;

 

(f)                                    Dispositions involving property or assets
acquired in any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries if such
disposition is required by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over
antitrust, competition or similar matters in connection with such acquisition;

 

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(g)                                 provided that no Default or Event of
Default exists immediately prior to or after such Disposition, Dispositions of
any Non-Accounts Collateral or assets not constituting Collateral by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries so long as:

 

(i)                                     the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary,
as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Disposition at
least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed
of (as determined in good faith by the Borrower’s senior management or, in the
case of a Disposition in excess of $25,000,000, the Borrower’s board of directors);

 

(ii)                                  at least 75% of the consideration
received by the Borrower or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such
Disposition shall be in the form of:

 

(A)                              cash or Cash Equivalents,

 

(B)                                properties and assets to be owned by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and used in a Permitted Business; or

 

(C)                                Equity Interests in one or more Persons
engaged in a Permitted Business that are or thereby become Subsidiaries of the
Borrower;

 

(iii)                               upon the consummation of such Disposition, the
Borrower will apply, or cause such Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds
relating to such Disposition within 365 days of receipt thereof to make an
Investment (i) in properties and assets that replace the properties and
assets that were the subject of such Disposition or (ii) in properties and
assets that will be used by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in a Permitted
Business (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively referred to as “Replacement
Assets”); and

 

(iv)                              the Net Cash Proceeds from any such
Disposition of Non-Accounts Collateral is paid as provided for in accordance
with the Senior High Yield Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, to the
extent applicable;

 

(h)                                 Dispositions of equipment in connection
with the reinvestment in or the replacement thereof and disposals of worn-out
or obsolete equipment;

 

(i)                                     the grant in the ordinary course of
business of non-exclusive licenses to use any patents, trademarks and similar
intellectual property;

 

(j)                                     provided that no Default or Event of
Default exists immediately prior to or after such Disposition, the release,
surrender or waiver of contract, tort or other claims of any kind in the
ordinary course of business as a result of settlement of any litigation or
threatened litigation;

 

(k)                                  the granting or existence of Liens
permitted under Section 7.01; and

 

(l)                                     the making of any Investment permitted
under Section 7.05 or any Restricted Payment permitted under Section 7.06;

 

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provided, however,
that any Disposition pursuant to Section 7.05(a) through Section 7.05(l) shall
be for fair market value.

 

7.06.                     Restricted Payments. 
Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or
incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, or issue or sell any
Equity Interests or accept any capital contributions, except that, so long as
no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action
described below or would result therefrom:

 

(a)                                  each Loan Party may make Restricted
Payments to the Borrower;

 

(b)                                 any Subsidiary of any Loan Party may make
Restricted Payments to such Loan Party or to any other Loan Party which is a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that, if such Restricted Payment
is then subject to the provision of the Canadian Target Debt Agreement and/or
such Other Permitted Canadian Debt Document, such Restricted Payment is
permitted under the terms of the Canadian Target Debt Agreement and/or any
Other Permitted Canadian Debt Document;

 

(c)                                  the Borrower and each Subsidiary may
declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the
common stock or other common Equity Interests of such Person; and

 

(d)                                 the Borrower and each Subsidiary may
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its common Equity Interests with the
proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new common Equity
Interests.

 

7.07.                     Change in Nature of Business. 
Engage in any business other than the business of the Loan Parties on
the Closing Date and any business reasonably related, ancillary or
complementary to the business in which the Loan Parties are engaged on the
Closing Date.

 

7.08.                     Transactions with Affiliates.  (a) Purchase,
acquire or lease any property from, or sell, transfer or lease any property to,
or enter into any other transaction with or for the benefit of any Affiliate of
any Loan Party or any officer, director, agent or any Loan Party, except in the
ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of any Loan
Party’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to such
Loan Party than such Loan Party would obtain in a comparable arm’s length
transaction with an unaffiliated Person, or (b) make any payments of
management, consulting or other fees for management or similar services, or of
any Indebtedness owing to any officer, employee, shareholder, director or other
Affiliate of any Loan Party except reasonable compensation to officers,
employees and directors for services rendered to Loan Parties in the ordinary
course of business.

 

7.09.                     Burdensome Agreements. 
Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Senior High Yield Documents, the
Other Secured Debt Documents, and, solely as to the Canadian Subsidiaries, the
Canadian Target Debt Documents and the Other Permitted Canadian Debt Documents)
that (a) limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make Restricted
Payments to the Borrower or any Guarantor or to otherwise transfer property to
or invest in the Borrower or any Guarantor, except for any agreement in effect (A) on
the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.09 or (B) at the time
any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such agreement
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entered into solely in contemplation of such
Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) of any Subsidiary to
Guarantee the Indebtedness of the Borrower or (iii) of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of
such Person; provided, however, that this clause (iii) shall
not prohibit any negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any holder of
Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(i) solely to the
extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the
subject of such Indebtedness; or (b) requires the grant of a Lien to
secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure another
obligation of such Person.

 

7.10.                     Use of Proceeds. 
Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or
indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or
carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend
credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to
refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.

 

7.11.                     Financial Covenants.

 

(a)                                  Liquidity.

 

(i)                                     Permit Liquidity at any time to be less
than $25,000,000;

 

(ii)                                  To the extent Liquidity falls below
$50,000,000, the following covenants shall apply:

 

(A)                              The Borrower shall not permit the
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter
calculated for the period consisting of the one fiscal quarter then ended of
the Borrower to be less than 1.00:1;

 

(B)                                If Excess Availability is less than 15%
of the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) the
Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations, the Borrower shall and shall cause its
Subsidiaries to deposit additional cash or Cash Equivalents into the
appropriate account to be included as Eligible Pledged Cash in an amount
sufficient to provide Excess Availability in an amount greater than 15% of the
sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) the
Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations; and

 

(C)                                The Borrower shall not make any
Restricted Payments, prepay any Indebtedness (including optionally redeeming,
repurchasing or repaying any Senior High Yield Notes or Other Secured Debt), or
make any Permitted Acquisitions unless and until Liquidity is above
$50,000,0000 both before and after giving effect to such Restricted Payments,
prepayments of Indebtedness or Permitted Acquisition.

 

(iii)                               At all times, from and after the incurrence the Senior
High Yield Debt, permit Liquidity at any time to be less than $50,000,000.

 

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(b)                                 Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. 
Permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of any
Measurement Period of the Borrower to be less than 1.00:1.

 

7.12.                     Amendments of Organization
Documents.  Terminate, amend, modify or change any of
its Organization Documents (including by the filing or modification of any
certificate of designation) or any agreement to which it is a party with
respect to its Equity Interests (including any stockholders’ agreement), or
enter into any new agreement with respect to its Equity Interests, other than
any such amendments, modifications or changes or such new agreements which are
not adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders; provided
that the Borrower may issue such Equity Interests, so long as such issuance is
permitted or not prohibited by Section 7.06 or any other provision
of the Loan Documents, and may amend its Organization Documents to authorize
any such Equity Interests.

 

7.13.                     Accounting Changes. 
Make any change in (a) accounting policies or reporting practices,
except as required by GAAP, or (b) fiscal year.

 

7.14.                     Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness. 
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 Indebtedness, except (a) the prepayment of
the Credit Extensions in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (b) regularly
scheduled or required repayments or redemptions of Indebtedness set forth in Schedule
7.02 and refinancings and refundings of such Indebtedness in compliance
with Section 7.02(d); and (c) prepayments, redemptions or
repurchases of notes under the Senior High Yield Indenture, provided  that
such prepayments, redemptions or repurchases may be made only if minimum
Liquidity both before and after giving effect to each such prepayment,
redemption or repurchase shall be no less than $100,000,000.

 

7.15.                     Amendment, Etc. of Related
Documents.  (a)  Cancel or terminate any Related
Document or consent to or accept any cancellation or termination thereof, (b) amend,
modify or change in any manner any term or condition of any Related Document or
give any consent, waiver or approval thereunder, (c) waive any default
under or any breach of any term or condition of any Related Document, or (d) take
any other action in connection with any Related Document that would impair the
value of the interest or rights of any Loan Party thereunder or that would
impair the rights or interests of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

7.16.                     Change of Name or Chief Executive
Office.

 

(a)                                  In the case of each Loan Party, change
its name unless each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received not less than thirty
(30) days’ prior written notice from a Loan Party of such proposed change in
its name, which notice shall accurately set forth the new name; and (ii) prior
to the filing thereof, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have
received a copy of the proposed amendment to the certificate of incorporation,
certificate of formation or certificate of limited partnership or equivalent
document, as the case may be, of such Loan Party providing for the name change
and once the filing has been made, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall receive a copy of such amendment to the certificate of incorporation,
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limited partnership or equivalent document,
as the case may be, of such Loan Party certified by the Secretary of State of
the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of such Loan Party as soon as
it is available.

 

(b)                                 In the case of each Loan Party, change
its chief executive office, its mailing address, organizational identification
number (or if it does not have one, shall not acquire one), identity or
corporate structure, or jurisdiction of organization unless the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders shall have received not less than thirty (30) days’ prior
written notice (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may consent
to) from the Loan Parties of such proposed change, which notice shall set forth
such information with respect thereto as the Administrative Agent may require
and the Administrative Agent shall have received such agreements as it may
reasonably require in connection therewith in order to preserve and protect its
respective Liens on the Collateral.

 

7.17.                     Intentionally Omitted.

 

7.18.                     Embargoed Person. 
Cause or permit (a) any of the funds or properties of the Loan
Parties that are used to repay the Loans or any reimbursement hereunder to
constitute property of, or be beneficially owned directly or indirectly by, any
person subject to sanctions or trade restrictions under United States law (“Embargoed
Person” or “Embargoed Persons”) that is identified on (1) the
“List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” (the “SDN List”)
maintained by OFAC and/or on any other similar list (“Other List”)
maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute including, but not
limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any Executive Order (defined below) or
regulation promulgated thereunder, with the result that the investment in the
Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law, or the
Loans made by the Lenders would be in violation of law, or (2) the Order,
any related enabling legislation or any other similar orders (collectively, “Executive
Orders”), or (b) any Embargoed Person to have any direct or indirect
interest, of any nature whatsoever in the Loan Parties, with the result that
the investment in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is
prohibited by law or the Loans are in violation of law.

 

7.19.                     Sale and Leaseback Transactions. 
Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person
whereby any Loan Party shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal,
used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and
thereafter rent or lease such property or other property which it intends to
use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold
or transferred (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless (i) the
sale of such property is permitted by Section 7.05 and (ii) any
Liens arising in connection with its use of such property are permitted by Section 7.01.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

8.01.                     Events of Default. 
Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

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(a)                                  Non-Payment. 
The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to (i) pay when and as
required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C
Obligation or deposit any funds as Cash Collateral in respect of L/C
Obligations, or (ii) pay within three days after the same becomes due, any
interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) pay
within five days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder
or under any other Loan Document; or

 

(b)                                 Specific Covenants.  (i) The Borrower fails to perform
or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.03,
6.05, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.14, 6.21 or
Article VII, (ii) any
of the Guarantors fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
contained in the Guaranty or (iii) any of the Loan Parties fails to
perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any Collateral
Document to which it is a party, in each case, to the extent any applicable
cure or grace period therefor has expired; or

 

(c)                                  Other Defaults. 
Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or
agreement (not specified in Section 8.01(a) or (b) above)
contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such
failure continues for 30 days (in the case of failure to perform or observe the
covenants in Sections 6.01, 6.02  and  7.11(a)(ii),
30 days after the Loan Party receives notice by the Administrative Agent or
Required Lenders that such failure will constitute an Event of Default); or

 

(d)                                 Representations and Warranties. 
Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or
deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in
any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or
therewith shall be incorrect or misleading when made or deemed made; or

 

(e)                                  Cross-Default.  (i) Any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (A) fails to make any payment when
due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand,
or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than
Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an
aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts
and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated
credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to
observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness
or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing
or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or
other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such
Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a
trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or
beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such
Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid,
defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase,
prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated
maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect
thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an
Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any
event of default under such Swap Contract as to which a Loan Party or any
Subsidiary thereof is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract)
or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as
to which a Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is an Affected Party (as so
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either event, the Swap Termination Value owed
by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the
Threshold Amount; or

 

(f)                                    Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. 
The Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary thereof institutes or
consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to
the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its
property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or
consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed
for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to
any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted
without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60
calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

 

(g)                                 Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment.  (i) The
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary thereof becomes unable or admits in
writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due,
or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process
is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any
such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after
its issue or levy; or

 

(h)                                 Judgments.  There is
entered against the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary thereof (i) one
or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate
amount (as to all such judgments and orders) exceeding the Threshold Amount (to
the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the
insurer is rated at least “A” by A.M. Best Company, has been notified of
the potential claim and does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or
more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in
either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor
upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 10 consecutive days during which a
stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or
otherwise, is not in effect; or

 

(i)                                     ERISA.  (i) An
ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which
has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the
Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan
or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of
any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its
withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer
Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or

 

(j)                                     Invalidity of Loan Documents. 
Any provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and
delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or
thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full
force and effect; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner
the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document; or any
Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any
provision of any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any
provision of any Loan Document; or

 

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(k)                                  Change of Control. 
There occurs any Change of Control; or

 

(l)                                     Collateral Documents. 
Any Collateral Document after delivery thereof pursuant to Section 4.01
or 6.12 shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof)
cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (and subject to
rights of other secured parties under the Intercreditor Agreement and subject
to Liens permitted by Section 7.01) on the Collateral purported to
be covered thereby; or

 

(m)                               Subordination.  (i) 
The subordination provisions of the documents evidencing or governing any
subordinated Indebtedness (the “Subordinated Provisions”) shall, in
whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be legally
valid, binding and enforceable against any holder of the applicable
subordinated Indebtedness, or in the case of the Intercreditor Agreement, the
parties thereto; or (ii) the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall,
directly or indirectly, disavow or contest in any manner (A) the
effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any of the Subordinated
Provisions, (B) that the Subordinated Provisions exist for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer or (C) that all
payments of principal of or premium and interest on the applicable subordinated
Indebtedness, or realized from the liquidation of any property of any Loan
Party, shall be subject to any of the Subordination Provisions.

 

8.02.                     Remedies upon Event of Default. 
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative
Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required
Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:

 

(a)                                  declare the Commitment of each Lender to
make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions
to be terminated, whereupon such Commitment and obligation shall be terminated;

 

(b)                                 declare the unpaid principal amount of
all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other
amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be
immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;

 

(c)                                  require that the Borrower Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding
Amount thereof); and

 

(d)                                 exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders
and the L/C Issuer all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the
L/C Issuer under the Loan Documents;

 

provided, however,
that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief
with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States,
the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C
Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid
principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as
aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the
Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall
automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

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8.03.                     Application of Funds. 
After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02
(or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and
the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized
as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received
on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in
the following order:

 

First, to payment of
that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and
other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable
to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

 

Second,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities
and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees)
payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuer
(including fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of any
Lender or the L/C Issuer) arising under
the Loan Documents and amounts payable under Article III, ratably
among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second
payable to them;

 

Third,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid
Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other
Obligations arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among the Lenders and the
L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third
payable to them;

 

Fourth,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of
the Loans, L/C Borrowings and Obligations then owing under Secured Hedge
Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, ratably among the Lenders,
Affiliates of Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks and the Cash Management
Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth
held by them;

 

Fifth,
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash
Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate
undrawn amount of Letters of Credit; and

 

Last,
the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid
in full, first, to other creditors entitled thereto, and second, to the
Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

 

Subject
to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the
aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth
above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they
occur.  If any amount remains on deposit
as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or
expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if
any, in the order set forth above.

 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and
Secured Hedge Agreements shall be excluded from the application described above
if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together
with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request,
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Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case
may be.  Each Cash Management Bank or
Hedge Bank not at such time a party to the Credit Agreement that has given the
notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed
to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the terms of Article IX hereof for itself and its
Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.

 

ARTICLE IX.

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

9.01.                     Appointment and Authority.  (a) 
Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of
America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such
actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions
and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The provisions of this Article are
solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C
Issuer, and the Borrower shall not have
rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

 

(a)                                  The Administrative Agent shall also act
as the “collateral agent”
under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities
as a potential Hedge Bank and a potential Cash Management Bank) and the L/C
Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to
act as the agent of such Lender and the L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring,
holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the
Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto.  In this connection, the Administrative Agent,
as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact
appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.05 for
purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion
thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights
and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be
entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X
(including Section 10.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents
and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as
if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

 

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

 

9.03.                     Exculpatory Provisions. 
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except
those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

 

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(a)                                  shall not be subject to any fiduciary or
other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is
continuing;

 

(b)                                 shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary
rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents
that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by
the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as
shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided
that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in
its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent
to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and

 

(c)                                  shall not, except as expressly set forth
herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall
not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the
Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any
capacity.

 

(d)                                 The Administrative Agent shall not be
liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at
the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in
good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections
10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct.  The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless
and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent
by the Borrower, a Lender or the L/C Issuer.

 

(e)                                  The Administrative Agent shall not be
responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any
statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any
certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in
connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of
any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein
or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity,
enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation,
perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Collateral
Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere
herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

9.04.                     Reliance by Administrative Agent. 
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not
incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate,
consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any
electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution)
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise
authenticated by the proper Person.  The
Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by
telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall
not incur any liability for relying thereon. 
In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of
a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be
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Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume
that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C Issuer unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such
Lender or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of
such Letter of Credit.  The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the
Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall
not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the
advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

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

 

9.06.                     Resignation of Administrative
Agent.  The Administrative Agent may at any time give
notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with
the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in
the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United
States.  If no such successor shall have
been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives
notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf
of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Administrative Agent
meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no
qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall
nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the
retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral
security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C
Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall
continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor
Administrative Agent is appointed) and (b) all payments,
communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the
Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C
Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to
and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative
Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or
under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided
above in this Section).  The fees payable
by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those
payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and
such successor.  After the retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04
shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent,
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in respect of any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as
Administrative Agent.

 

Any
resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall
also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall
succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (ii) the retiring
L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their
respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents,
and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in
substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such
succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer
to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect
to such Letters of Credit.

 

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

 

9.08.                     No Other Duties, Etc. 
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Sole Lead Arranger
and the Sole Book Manager listed on the cover page hereof shall not have
any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents.

 

9.09.                     Administrative Agent May File
Proofs of Claim.  In case of the pendency of any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any
Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of
any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or
by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative
Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise

 

(a)                                  to file and prove a claim for the whole
amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans,
L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file
such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including
any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their
respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C
Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i) and (j),
2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)                                 to collect and receive any monies or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the
same;

 

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and
any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent
and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent
any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.

 

Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C
Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to
authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any
Lender or the L/C Issuer or in any such proceeding.

 

9.10.                     Collateral and Guaranty
Matters.  Each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a
potential Cash Management Bank and a potential Hedge Bank) and the L/C Issuer
irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its
discretion,

 

(a)                                  to release any Lien on any property
granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon
termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations
(other than (A) contingent indemnification obligations and (B) obligations
and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge
Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash
Management Bank or Hedge Bank (to the extent required under Section 9.11)
shall have been made) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of
Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with
any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) 
if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 10.01;

 

(b)                                 to release any Guarantor from its
obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a
result of a transaction permitted hereunder; and

 

(c)                                  to subordinate any Lien on any property
granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the
holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(i).

 

Upon
request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will
confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or
subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to
release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10.  In each case as specified in this Section 9.10,
the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver
to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably
request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment
and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or to subordinate
its interest in such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations
under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Documents and this Section 9.10.

 

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9.11.                     Secured Cash Management
Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements.  Except as
otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any Guaranty or any Collateral
Document, no Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 8.03,
any Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any
Guaranty or any Collateral Document shall have any right to notice of any
action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any
other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the
release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender
and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan
Documents.  Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative
Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other
satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising
under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements unless
the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations,
together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may
request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case
may be.

 

ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANENOUS

 

10.01.              Amendments, Etc. 
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other
Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the
Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may
be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such
amendment, waiver or consent shall:

 

(a)                                  waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01
(other than Section 4.01(b)(i) or (c)), or, in the case
of the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.02, without the written
consent of each Lender;

 

(b)                                 without limiting the generality of clause
(a) above, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to
any Credit Extension under the Revolving Credit Facility without the written
consent of the Required Lenders;

 

(c)                                  extend or increase the Commitment of any
Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02)
without the written consent of such Lender;

 

(d)                                 postpone any date fixed by this Agreement
or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or
other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other
Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such
payment;

 

(e)                                  reduce the principal of, or the rate of
interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to
this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or
under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender
entitled to such fees or amounts; provided, however, that only
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Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default
Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of
Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to
amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even
if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any
Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;

 

(f)                                    change Section 8.03 in a
manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby
without the written consent of each Lender in any manner that materially and
adversely affects the Lenders without the written consent of the Required
Lenders;

 

(g)                                 change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01
or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying
the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise
modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent
hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(g)),
without the written consent of each Lender;

 

(h)                                 release all or substantially all of the
Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the
written consent of each Lender;

 

(i)                                     release all or substantially all of the
value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to
the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted
pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by
the Administrative Agent acting alone); or

 

(j)                                     impose any greater restriction on the
ability of any Lender to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the written consent of the Required Lenders;

 

and
provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent
shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the
Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under
this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued
or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders
required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this
Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing
and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required
above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document; and
(iv) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder
waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any
amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such
Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.

 

10.02.              Notices; Effectiveness;
Electronic Communications.  (a) Notices Generally. 
Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly
permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below),
all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing
and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by
certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, 

 

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and all notices and other communications
expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the
applicable telephone number, as follows:

 

(i)                                     if to the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, telecopier
number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person
on Schedule 10.02; and

 

(ii)                                  if to any other Lender, to the address,
telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its
Administrative Questionnaire.

 

Notices
and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed
by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when
received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed
to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business
hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of
business on the next business day for the recipient).  Notices and other communications delivered
through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below
shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

 

(b)                                 Electronic Communications. 
Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer
hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including
e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by
the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to
notices to any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if
such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative
Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by
electronic communication.  The Administrative
Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may
be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

Unless
the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other
communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by
the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other
written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient,
such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening
of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices
or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed
received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail
address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that
such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address
therefor.

 

(c)                                  The Platform. 
THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT
WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY
OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS
FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF
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INFRINGEMENT
OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY
ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent or
any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any
liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort,
contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative
Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any
Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or
any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive
damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

 

(d)                                 Change of Address, Etc. 
Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the
Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties
hereto.  Each other Lender may change its
address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications
hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer,
and the Swing Line Lender.  In addition,
each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to
ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective
address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail
address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate
wire instructions for such Lender. 
Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual
at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private
Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of
the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in
accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law,
including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to
Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side
Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public
information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of
United States Federal or state securities laws.

 

(e)                                  Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C
Issuer and Lenders.  The Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any
notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan
Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such
notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not
preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the
terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation
thereof.  The Borrower shall indemnify
the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties
of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from
the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of
the Borrower.  All telephonic notices to
and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be
recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby
consents to such recording.

 

10.03.              No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies;
Enforcement.  No failure by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or
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exercising, any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power
or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges
herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative
and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by
law.

 

Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the
authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively
in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement
shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in
accordance with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and
the L/C Issuer; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not
prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf
the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as
Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the
L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender from exercising the rights and remedies
that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line
Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any
Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.08
(subject to the terms of Section 2.13), or (d) any Lender from
filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf
during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor
Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is
no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise
ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and (ii) in
addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the
preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with
the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available
to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

 

10.04.              Expenses; Indemnity; Damage
Waiver.  (a) Costs and Expenses. 
The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative
Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided
for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and
administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any
amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof
(whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be
consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the
L/C Issuer (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for
the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer), and shall pay all fees
and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, in connection with the enforcement or
protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in
connection with Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all
such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or
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(b)                                 Indemnification by the Borrower. 
The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent
thereof), each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the
foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for
attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or
asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any
other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the
parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the
case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related
Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of
the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in
connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of
Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way
to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether
brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any of the Borrower’s or such Loan Party’s
directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless of whether any
Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not,
as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result
from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an
Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder
or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has
obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(c)                                  Reimbursement by Lenders. 
To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay
any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to
be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C
Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the L/C
Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense
or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the L/C Issuer in its capacity
as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with
such capacity.  The obligations of the
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(d)                                 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. 
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall
not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory
of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as
opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as
a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or
instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.  No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above
shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients
of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients
by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information
transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct
or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court
of competent jurisdiction.

 

(e)                                  Payments.  All amounts
due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days
after demand therefor.

 

(f)                                    Survival.  The
agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer
and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the
termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or
discharge of all the other Obligations.

 

10.05.              Payments Set Aside. 
To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made
to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of
setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside
or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be
repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the
extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to
be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such
payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each
Lender and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so
recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest
thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate
per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C
Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the
payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

10.06.              Successors and Assigns.  (a) Successors and Assigns Generally. 
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby, except that the
Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its
rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.06(b), (ii) by way of
participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(d),
or (iii) by way of pledge
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of Section 10.06(f) (and any
other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and
void).  Nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than
the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and,
to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Assignments by Lenders. 
Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitment(s) and the Loans (including for purposes of this
Section 10.06(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing
Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment
shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)                                     Minimum Amounts.

 

(A)                              in the case of an assignment of the
entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment under the
Revolving Credit Facility and the Loans at the time owing to it under such
Facility or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender
or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

 

(B)                                in any case not described in subsection
(b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which
for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment
is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and
Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in
respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, unless each of the Administrative
Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to
members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an
Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and
members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for
purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met;

 

(ii)                                  Proportionate Amounts. 
Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except
that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Swing Line Lender’s rights
and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans.

 

(iii)                               Required Consents.  No consent
shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by
subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

 

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(A)                              the consent of the Borrower (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment
or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an
Approved Fund;

 

(B)                                the consent of the Administrative Agent
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for
assignments in respect of any Revolving Credit Commitment if such assignment is
to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved
Fund with respect to such Lender;

 

(C)                                the consent of the L/C Issuer (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any
assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in
exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding);

 

(D)                               the consent of the Swing Line Lender
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for
any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

(iv)                              Assignment and Assumption. 
The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing
and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however,
that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such
processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment.  The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(v)                                 No Assignment to Borrower. 
No such assignment shall be made to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s
Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

 

(vi)                              No Assignment to Natural Persons. 
No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.

 

Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date
specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a
party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under
this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall
continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05
and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the
effective date of such assignment.  Upon
request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the
assignee Lender.  Any assignment or
transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does
not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement
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sale by such Lender of a participation in
such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.06(d).

 

(c)                                  Register.  The
Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each
Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of
the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal
amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the
terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms
hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement,
notwithstanding notice to the contrary. 
The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any
Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.

 

(d)                                 Participations. 
Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other
than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or
Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights
and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C
Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement.  Any
agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation
shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this
Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may
provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant,
agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first
proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant.  Subject to subsection (e) of this
Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05  to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired
its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06(b).  To the extent permitted by law, each
Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08  as though it were a Lender, provided such
Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were
a Lender.

 

(e)                                  Limitations upon Participant Rights. 
A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Section 3.01 or 3.04  than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to
such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.  A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender
if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01
unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant
and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as
though it were a Lender.

 

(f)                                    Certain Pledges. 
Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all
or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if
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obligations of such Lender, including any
pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided
that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such
Lender as a party hereto.

 

(g)                                 Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line
Lender after Assignment.  Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of
its Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 10.06(b),
Bank of America may, (i) upon 30
days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon
30 days’ notice to the Borrower,
resign as Swing Line Lender.  In the
event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower
shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or
Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure
by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of
Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be.  If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it
shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer
hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective
date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect
thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or
fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)).  If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line
Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for
hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the
effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders
to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line
Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). 
Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender,
(a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line
Lender, s the case may be, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue
letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any,
outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements
satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank
of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.

 

10.07.              Treatment of Certain Information;
Confidentiality.  Each of the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the
Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to
its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors,
officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives (it being
understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of
the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such
Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any
self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other
party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating
to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights
hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or
Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to
be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.15(c) or (ii) any actual or
prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative
transaction relating to the 

 

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Borrower and its obligations, (g) with
the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes
available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any of
their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than
the Borrower.

 

For
purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received
from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary thereof or their respective businesses, other than any such
information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the
L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party or
any Subsidiary thereof, provided that, in the case of information
received from a Loan Party or any such Subsidiary after the date hereof, such
information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.  Any Person required to maintain the
confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be
considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has
exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

Each
of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that (a) the
Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower
or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance
procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it
will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable
Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.

 

10.08.              Right of Setoff. 
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Lender, the L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and
all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in
whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever
currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the L/C Issuer or any such
Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and
all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or the L/C Issuer,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall have made
any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such
obligations of the Borrower may
be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or
the L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or
obligated on such indebtedness.  The
rights of each Lender, the L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under
this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other
rights of setoff) that such Lender, the L/C Issuer or their respective
Affiliates may have.  Each Lender and the
L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly
after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

 

10.09.              Interest Rate Limitation. 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document,
the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not
exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law
(the “Maximum
Rate”).  If the Administrative
Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the
Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the
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if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded
to the Borrower.  In determining whether
the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent
or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted
by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as
an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary
prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate,
and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout
the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

 

10.10.              Counterparts; Integration;
Effectiveness.  This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each
of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute a single contract.  This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all
previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the
subject matter hereof.  Except as provided
in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it
shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken
together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging
means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.

 

10.11.              Survival of Representations and
Warranties.  All representations and warranties made
hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the
execution and delivery hereof and thereof. 
Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by
the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and
notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice
or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall
continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall
remain outstanding.

 

10.12.              Severability. 
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held
to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties
shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes
as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provisions.  The invalidity of a
provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

10.13.              Replacement of Lenders.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04,
or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or
any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01,
or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole
expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent,
require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance
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by,
Section 10.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under
this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume
such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts
such assignment), provided that:

 

(a)                                  the Borrower shall have paid to the
Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b);

 

(b)                                 such Lender shall have received payment
of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances,
accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05)
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued
interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

 

(c)                                  in the case of any such assignment
resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or
payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments
thereafter; and

 

(d)                                 such assignment does not conflict with
applicable Laws.

 

A
Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if,
prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation
cease to apply.

 

10.14.              Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.   
(a)  GOVERNING LAW. 
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401
AND SECTION 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK).

 

(a)                                  SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. 
THE BORROWER AND EACH GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS,
FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN
RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN
SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.  EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON
THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER
OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION 

 

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OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY GUARANTOR OR ITS PROPERTIES
IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

 

(b)                                 WAIVER OF VENUE. 
THE BORROWER AND EACH GUARANTOR
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN
PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. 
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE
MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

 

(c)                                  SERVICE OF PROCESS. 
EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE
RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW

 

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

 

10.16.              No Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility.  In connection with all aspects of each
transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment,
waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the
Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’
understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services
regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the Arranger,
are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its
Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, on the
other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting,
regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the
Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms,
risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other
Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger
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solely as a principal and, except as
expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and
will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of
its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative
Agent nor the Arranger has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its
Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those
obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the
Administrative Agent and the Arranger and their respective Affiliates may be
engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ
from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative
Agent nor the Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to
the Borrower or its Affiliates.  To the
fullest extent permitted by law, the
Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the
Administrative Agent and the
Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary
duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

10.17.              Electronic Execution of
Assignments and Certain Other Documents. 
The words “execution,”
“signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and
Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers
and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping
of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect,
validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a
paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as
provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures
in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures
and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act.

 

10.18.              USA PATRIOT Act.  Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter
defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any
Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the
USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,
2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information
that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and
address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or
the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in
accordance with the Act.  The Borrower
shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent
or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under
applicable “know your customer” an anti-money laundering rules and
regulations, including the Act.

 

10.19.              Judgment Currency. 
If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary
to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into
another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could
purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day
preceding that on which final judgment is given.  The obligation of each Borrower in respect of
any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any
Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any
judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in
which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of
this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the
extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuer or such Lender, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so
due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or such
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the case may be, may in accordance with normal
banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment
Currency.  If the amount of the Agreement
Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender from any Borrower in the Agreement
Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding
any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or
such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so
purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuer or any Lender in such currency, the Administrative Agent, the
L/C Issuer or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of
any excess to such Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto
under applicable law).

 

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

 

	
   

  	
  CLEAN
  HARBORS, INC., as Borrower

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  James M. Rutledge

  
	
   

  	
  Name:
  James M. Rutledge

  
	
   

  	
  Title:
  Executive Vice President and

  
	
   

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  

 

 

	
   

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

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Christopher O’Halloran

  
	
   

  	
  Name:
  Christopher O’Halloran

  
	
   

  	
  Title:
  Vice President

  

 

 

	
   

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

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Christopher O’Halloran

  
	
   

  	
  Name:
  Christopher O’Halloran

  
	
   

  	
  Title:
  Vice President

  

 

 

	
   

  	
  SIEMENS
  FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., as a Lender

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Jennifer Humphrey

  
	
   

  	
  Name:
  Jennifer Humphrey

  
	
   

  	
  Title:
  VP Operations

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Uri Sky

  
	
   

  	
  Name:
  Uri Sky

  
	
   

  	
  Title:
  VP Credit

  

 

 

	
   

  	
  TD
  BANK, N.A., as a Lender

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  C. Lee Willingham

  
	
   

  	
  Name:
  C. Lee Willingham

  
	
   

  	
  Title: Senior Vice
  PresidentExhibit 4.34

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of December 31, 2008

 

among

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP., 

as Borrower,

 

THE OTHER CREDIT PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO,

as Credit Parties,

 

- and -

 

GE CANADA ASSET FINANCING HOLDING COMPANY,

as Agent and Lender,

 

-and-

 

THE LENDERS SIGNATORY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,

as Lenders,

 

-and-

 

GE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC. and GE
CAPITAL MARKETS (CANADA) LTD.,

as Lead Arrangers,

 

-and-

 

BANK OF MONTREAL AND CANADIAN
IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,

as Co-Syndication Agents

 

-and-

 

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

as Documentation Agent

 

Execution Copy

 

 

TABLE OF
CONTENTS

 

	
  ARTICLE I
  AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.1

  	
  Amendment and Restatement

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.2

  	
  Revolving Credit Facility

  	
  2

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.3

  	
  Swing Line Loans

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.4

  	
  Term Loan B Facility

  	
  8

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.5

  	
  Voluntary Reductions;
  Mandatory Prepayments

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.6

  	
  Use of Proceeds

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.7

  	
  Interest and Applicable
  Margins

  	
  12

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.8

  	
  Fees

  	
  14

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.9

  	
  Receipt of Payments

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.10

  	
  Application and Allocation
  of Payments on Default

  	
  16

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.11

  	
  Loan Account and
  Accounting

  	
  16

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.12

  	
  Indemnity

  	
  16

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.13

  	
  Access

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.14

  	
  Taxes

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.15

  	
  Capital Adequacy;
  Increased Costs; Illegality

  	
  19

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.16

  	
  Currency Matters

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  II CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  2.1

  	
  Conditions to the
  Amendment and Restatement

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  2.2

  	
  Further Conditions to Each
  Advance

  	
  25

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  III BANKERS’ ACCEPTANCES (REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY)

  	
  25

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.1

  	
  General

  	
  25

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.2

  	
  Terms of Acceptance by the
  Lenders

  	
  25

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.3

  	
  BA Equivalent Loans

  	
  26

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.4

  	
  General Mechanics

  	
  27

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.5

  	
  Escrowed Funds

  	
  28

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.6

  	
  Market Disruption

  	
  29

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  	
  29

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.1

  	
  Corporate Existence;
  Compliance with Law

  	
  29

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.2

  	
  Executive Offices,
  Collateral Locations

  	
  30

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.3

  	
  Corporate Power, Authorization,
  Enforceable Obligations

  	
  30

  

 

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  4.4

  	
  Financial Statements and
  Projections

  	
  30

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.5

  	
  Material Adverse Effect

  	
  31

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.6

  	
  Ownership of Property;
  Liens

  	
  31

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.7

  	
  Labour Matters

  	
  32

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.8

  	
  Ventures, Subsidiaries and
  Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness

  	
  33

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.9

  	
  Government Regulation

  	
  32

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.10

  	
  Taxes

  	
  33

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.11

  	
  No Litigation

  	
  33

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.12

  	
  Canadian Pension Plan and
  Benefit Plans

  	
  34

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.13

  	
  Brokers

  	
  34

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.14

  	
  Intellectual Property

  	
  34

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.15

  	
  Full Disclosure

  	
  35

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.16

  	
  Environmental Matters

  	
  35

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.17

  	
  Insurance Disclosure

  	
  36

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.18

  	
  Deposit and Disbursement
  Accounts

  	
  36

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.19

  	
  Government Contracts

  	
  37

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.20

  	
  Customer and Trade
  Relations

  	
  37

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.21

  	
  Bonding; Licenses

  	
  37

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.22

  	
  Solvency

  	
  37

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V
  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION

  	
  37

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  5.1

  	
  Reports and Notices

  	
  37

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  5.2

  	
  Communication with
  Accountants

  	
  42

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

  	
  42

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.1

  	
  Maintenance of Existence
  and Conduct of Business

  	
  42

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.2

  	
  Payment of Charges

  	
  43

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.3

  	
  Books and Records

  	
  43

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.4

  	
  Insurance; Damage to or
  Destruction of Collateral

  	
  43

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.5

  	
  Compliance with Laws

  	
  45

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.6

  	
  Supplemental Disclosure

  	
  46

  

 

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  6.7

  	
  Intellectual Property

  	
  47

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.8

  	
  Environmental Matters

  	
  47

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.9 

  	
  Landlords’ Agreements,
  Mortgagee Agreements, Bailee Letters and Real Estate Purchases

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.10

  	
  Further Assurances

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VII  NEGATIVE COVENANTS

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.1

  	
  Amalgamations, Mergers,
  Subsidiaries, Etc

  	
  49

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.2

  	
  Reorganization

  	
  52

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.3

  	
  Investments; Loans and
  Advances

  	
  53

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.4

  	
  Indebtedness

  	
  53

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.5

  	
  Employee Loans and
  Affiliate Transactions

  	
  54

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.6

  	
  Capital Structure and
  Business

  	
  54

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.7

  	
  Guaranteed Indebtedness

  	
  54

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.8

  	
  Liens

  	
  55

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.9

  	
  Sale of Stock and Assets

  	
  55

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.10

  	
  Pensions and Benefit Plans

  	
  55

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.11

  	
  Hazardous Materials

  	
  56

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.12

  	
  Sale Leasebacks

  	
  56

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.13

  	
  Restricted Payments

  	
  56

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.14

  	
  Change of Corporate Name
  or Location; Change of Fiscal Year

  	
  57

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.15

  	
  No Impairment of
  Intercompany Transfers

  	
  57

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  VIII  FINANCIAL COVENANTS

  	
  57

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.1

  	
  Maximum Capital
  Expenditures

  	
  57

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.2

  	
  Working Capital Ratio

  	
  58

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.3

  	
  Fixed Charge Coverage
  Ratio

  	
  58

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.4

  	
  Maximum Funded Senior Debt
  to EBITDA

  	
  58

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.5

  	
  Funded Debt to EBITDA

  	
  58

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.6

  	
  Maximum Distribution
  Payout

  	
  58

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.7

  	
  Minimum Net Worth

  	
  59

  

 

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  8.8

  	
  Additional Information

  	
  59

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  IX TERM

  	
  60

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.1

  	
  Termination

  	
  59

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.2

  	
  Survival of Obligations
  Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements

  	
  60

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE X
  EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

  	
  60

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.1

  	
  Events of Default

  	
  60

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.2

  	
  Remedies

  	
  63

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.3

  	
  Waivers by Credit Parties

  	
  64

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  XI ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT

  	
  64

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.1

  	
  Assignment and
  Participations

  	
  64

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.2

  	
  Appointment of Agent

  	
  67

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.3

  	
  Agent’s Reliance, Etc

  	
  68

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.4

  	
  GE Canada and Affiliates

  	
  68

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.5

  	
  Lender Credit Decision

  	
  68

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.6

  	
  Indemnification

  	
  69

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.7

  	
  Successor Agent

  	
  69

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.8

  	
  Setoff and Sharing of
  Payments

  	
  70

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.9

  	
  Advances; Payments;
  Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert

  	
  71

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.10

  	
  Lead Arrangers, Co-Syndication
  Agents and Documentation Agent

  	
  73

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  XII  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

  	
  73

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  12.1

  	
  Successors and Assigns

  	
  73

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  XIII  MISCELLANEOUS

  	
  74

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.1

  	
  Complete Agreement;
  Modification of Agreement

  	
  73

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.2

  	
  Amendments and Waivers

  	
  74

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.3

  	
  Fees and Expenses

  	
  76

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.4

  	
  No Waiver

  	
  77

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.5

  	
  Remedies

  	
  78

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.6

  	
  Severability

  	
  78

  

 

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  13.7

  	
  Conflict of Terms

  	
  78

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.8

  	
  Confidentiality

  	
  78

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.9

  	
  Governing Law

  	
  79

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.10

  	
  Notices

  	
  79

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.11

  	
  Section Titles

  	
  80

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.12

  	
  Counterparts

  	
  80

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.13

  	
  Press Releases and Related
  Matters

  	
  80

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.14

  	
  Reinstatement

  	
  81

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.15

  	
  Advice of Counsel

  	
  81

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.16

  	
  No Strict Construction

  	
  81

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.17

  	
  Judgment Currency

  	
  81

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.18

  	
  Joint and Several
  Obligations

  	
  82

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.19

  	
  Liability of Limited
  Partners

  	
  82

  

 

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INDEX
OF APPENDICES

 

	
  Annex A (Recitals)

  	
   

  	
  - Definitions

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Annex B

  	
   

  	
  - Lenders’ Wire Transfer
  Information

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Annex C
  (Section 11.9)

  	
   

  	
  - Notice Addresses

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Annex D (from Annex A –

  	
   

  	
  - Commitments as of
  Closing Date

  
	
  Commitments definition)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Annex E (from Annex A –

  	
   

  	
  - Assessed Equipment

  
	
  Assessed Equipment

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  definition)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit 1.2(a) 

  	
   

  	
  - Form of Notice of
  Revolving Credit Advance/Election of BA Periods

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit 1.2(b)

  	
   

  	
  - Form of Revolving
  Note

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit 1.2(d)

  	
   

  	
  - Form of Notice of
  Extension

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit 1.4(b)

  	
   

  	
  - Form of Term Loan B
  Note

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit 3.4(b)

  	
   

  	
  - Form of Notice of
  Rollover or Conversion

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit 5.1(b)

  	
   

  	
  - Form of Borrowing
  Base Certificate

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit 6.8(a)

  	
   

  	
  - Form of
  Environmental Certificate

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit 11.1(b)

  	
   

  	
  - Form of Assignment
  Agreement

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 5.4

  	
   

  	
  - Insurance

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.1

  	
   

  	
  - Type of Entity;
  Jurisdiction of Organization

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.2

  	
   

  	
  - Executive Offices,
  Collateral Locations

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.4(a)

  	
   

  	
  - Financial Statements

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.4(b)

  	
   

  	
  - Projections

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.7

  	
   

  	
  - Labour Matters

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.8

  	
   

  	
  - Ventures, Subsidiaries
  and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.10

  	
   

  	
  - Tax Matters

  

 

1

 

	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.11

  	
   

  	
  - Litigation

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.12

  	
   

  	
  - Pension and Benefit
  Plans

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.13

  	
   

  	
  - Brokers

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.14

  	
   

  	
  - Intellectual Property

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.16

  	
   

  	
  - Hazardous Materials

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.17

  	
   

  	
  - Insurance

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.18

  	
   

  	
  - Deposit and Disbursement
  Accounts

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.19

  	
   

  	
  - Government Contracts

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 4.21

  	
   

  	
  - Bonds; Patent,
  Trademark, Industrial Design Licenses

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 6.1

  	
   

  	
  - Trade Names

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 7.4

  	
   

  	
  - Indebtedness

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 7.5(a)

  	
   

  	
  - Transactions with
  Affiliates

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 7.5(b)

  	
   

  	
  - Transactions with
  Employees

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 7.7

  	
   

  	
  - Guaranteed Indebtedness

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Disclosure Schedule 7.8

  	
   

  	
  - Existing Liens

  

 

2

 

This Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement (this “Agreement”),
dated as of December 31, 2008, among EVEREADY
ENERGY SERVICES CORP., a corporation incorporated under the laws of
Alberta (“Borrower”), the other
Credit Parties signatory hereto, and GE
CANADA ASSET FINANCING HOLDING COMPANY (“GE Canada” or “Agent”),
for itself as Lender and Agent, [The names of
Lenders have been omitted from the SEDAR version of this Agreement in
accordance with National Instrument 51-102 in order to comply with the
confidentiality requirements of Section 13.13 of this Agreement],
as Lenders, and the other Lenders signatory hereto from time to time.

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, Borrower and
the Lenders are parties to an amended and restated credit agreement dated as of
April 25, 2007, as amended by a first amending agreement dated as of February 15,
2008 and a second amending agreement dated as of April 24, 2008 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, Borrower has
requested and the Lenders have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Credit
Agreement on the terms and conditions herein set forth, and GE Canada has
agreed to act as Agent for the Lenders under the Credit Facilities all on the
terms and conditions and for the purposes set out in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, Borrower has
agreed to secure all of its obligations under the Loan Documents by granting to
Agent, for the benefit of Agent and other Lenders, a security interest in and
hypothecs and lien upon, all of its existing and after-acquired personal
property; and

 

WHEREAS, capitalized
terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Annex
A and, for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the rules of
construction set forth in Annex A shall govern. All Annexes, Disclosure Schedules,
Exhibits and other attachments (collectively, “Appendices”) hereto, or expressly identified to this
Agreement, are incorporated herein by reference, and taken together with this
Agreement, shall constitute but a single agreement. These Recitals shall be
construed as part of the Agreement.

 

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

 

ARTICLE I

AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT

 

1.1          Amendment
and Restatement

 

(a)                                  On the date on which all of
the conditions set forth in Section 2.1 have been satisfied (or waived in
writing by the Requisite Lenders in accordance with Article XIII):

 

(i)                                     The Existing Credit
Agreement shall be and is hereby amended and restated in the form of this
Agreement; and

 

 

(ii)                                  All Loans (as defined in the
Existing Credit Agreement) and other amounts outstanding under the Existing
Credit Agreement prior to the date hereof shall continue to be outstanding under
this Agreement and shall be deemed to be Loans and other Obligations owing by
the Borrower to the Lenders under this Agreement. The Lenders hereby agree to
take all steps and actions and execute and deliver all agreements, instruments
and other documents as may be required by the Agent (including the assignment
of interests in, or the purchase or participations in, such outstanding Loans)
to give effect to the foregoing and to ensure that the aggregate Obligations
owing to each Lender are outstanding in proportion to each Lender’s Rateable
Portion of all outstanding Obligations after giving effect to the foregoing.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the
foregoing or any other term hereof, all of the covenants, representations and
warranties on the part of the Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement and
all of the claims and causes of action arising against the Borrower in
connection therewith, in respect of all matters, events, circumstances and
obligations arising or existing prior to the date hereof shall continue,
survive and shall not be merged in the execution of this Agreement or any other
Loan Documents or any other Advance or provision of any Loan hereunder.

 

(c)                                  References herein to the
“date hereof” or similar expressions shall be and shall be deemed to be the
date of the execution and delivery hereof, being December 31, 2008.

 

1.2          Revolving
Credit Facility

 

(a)                                  Extendible Revolving Credit
Facility. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each
Revolving Lender agrees to make available to Borrower from time to time until
the Commitment Termination Date its Pro-Rata Share of advances in Cdn.$ under
the Revolving Loan Commitment (each, a “Revolving
Credit Advance”). The Pro-Rata Share of the Revolving Loan of any
Revolving Lender shall not at any time exceed its separate Revolving Loan
Commitment. The obligation of each Revolving Lender hereunder shall be several
and not joint. Until the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower may from time to
time borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.2(a); provided, that
the Canadian Dollar amount of any Revolving Credit Advance to be made at any
time shall not exceed Borrowing Availability at such time. Each Revolving
Credit Advance shall be made on notice by Borrower to the Agent and shall be in
principal amounts of not less than $1,000,000 (or, in the case of Revolving
Credit Advances by way of Bankers’ Acceptances, $5,000,000) and in multiples of
$100,000 for any amounts in excess thereof. Any such notice must be given no
later than 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the date which is two (2) Business
Days prior to the proposed Revolving Credit Advance. Each such notice (a “Notice of Revolving Credit Advance/Election of BA
Periods”) must be given in writing (by telecopy or

 

2

 

overnight courier) substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.2(a),
and shall include the information required in such Exhibit and such other
information as may be required by Agent.

 

(b)                                 Promissory Note. Except as
provided in Section 1.11, Borrower shall execute and deliver to each
Revolving Lender a note to evidence the Revolving Loan Commitment of such
Revolving Lender. Each note shall be in the principal amount of the Revolving
Loan Commitment of the applicable Revolving Lender, dated April 25, 2007
and substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.2(b) (each, a “Revolving Note” and, collectively, the “Revolving Notes”). Each Revolving Note
shall represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of the applicable
Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment or, if less, such Revolving
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Revolving Credit Advances to Borrower together with interest thereon as
prescribed in Section 1.7.

 

(c)                                  Extension of Commitment
Termination Date.

 

(i)                                     End of First Commitment
Termination Date.

 

Subject to paragraph 1.2(c)(ii) below, the “Commitment Termination Date” will be April 24,
2009.

 

(ii)                                  Request for Extension.

 

(A)                              The Borrower may, provided
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, request an
extension of the Revolving Period at such time not more than 90 days and not
less than 60 days prior to the then current Commitment Termination Date. Such
request shall be made by the Borrower by delivering to the Agent an executed
notice of extension in the form of Exhibit 1.2(c) (each such notice,
a “Notice of Extension”), and, if
not previously delivered, the most current financial statements required to be
delivered by it hereunder. The Agent shall, within two (2) Business Days
of receipt thereof notify each Revolving Lender of such Notice of Extension and
each such Revolving Lender shall notify the Agent as to whether or not it
agrees (in its sole discretion) to such request no later than 30 days following
delivery to the Lenders of the Notice of Extension (the “Notification Date”); provided that, if a
Revolving Lender does not so notify the Agent on or prior to the Notification
Date, such Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have elected not to agree to
such request for extension of the Revolving Period.

 

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(B)                                If the Borrower fails to
make a request for an extension of the Revolving Period within the time
provided above, the then current Revolving Period will not be extended.

 

(C)                                To the extent Revolving
Lenders holding less than 75% of the Revolving Loan Commitment agree to such
request for an extension of the Revolving Period, the Revolving Period will not
be extended and the Borrower shall have the option to either: (i) elect to
have the undrawn portion of the Revolving Loan cancelled, and, subject to the
Borrower’s continued compliance with the terms and conditions of the Revolving
Loan, the then current outstanding amount of the Revolving Loan shall convert
to a Term Loan and be amortized as outlined in Section 1.2(e)(ii) or (ii) repay
the entire principal amount of the Revolving Loan then outstanding without
payment of the Fee required by Section 1.8(c).

 

(D)                               If Lenders holding 75% or
more of the Revolving Loan Commitment agree to such request for an extension of
the Revolving Period, the Agent shall forthwith deliver to the Borrower a
Notice of Acceptance. Upon delivery of the Notice of Acceptance to the Borrower
by the Agent, the then current Revolving Period shall be extended for 364 days
from the Commitment Termination Date. If any Revolving Lender that receives
notification from the Agent that the Borrower has delivered a Notice of
Extension, elects not to, or is deemed not to, deliver a Notice of Acceptance
(each a “Non-Agreeing Lender”),
the Agent shall forthwith so advise each of the other Revolving Lenders which
do deliver a Notice of Acceptance and each such Revolving Lender shall have the
right (but not the obligation) to purchase the Individual Revolving Loan
Commitment Amount of each such Non-Agreeing Lender (collectively, the “Non-Agreeing Lender Commitment Amount”) for
a purchase price in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Revolving Credit Advances owing to such Non-Agreeing Lenders under the Revolving
Loan, together with accrued interest thereon to the date of payment of such
principal amount and all other Indebtedness payable by the Borrower to such
Non-Agreeing Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
(including all losses, costs and expenses suffered or incurred by the
Non-Agreeing Lenders as a result of complying with this Section 1.2(c)(ii)(D)).
Each of the other Revolving Lenders wishing to exercise its rights to purchase
the Non-Agreeing Lender Commitment Amount (a “Purchasing
Lender”) shall so notify the Borrower, the Agent and each of the
other Revolving Lenders in writing, and such Purchasing Lender shall thereupon
be obligated to purchase not

 

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less than 15 days prior to the last day of the then current Revolving
Period, or such other time period as the Borrower, the Agent, the Purchasing
Lender and any Non-Agreeing Lender may agree, an amount equal to the
Non-Agreeing Lender Commitment Amount multiplied by such Purchasing Lender’s
Rateable Portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment over the aggregate of all
Purchasing Lenders’ Rateable Portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment, or as
otherwise agreed to by the Borrower and all Purchasing Lenders. The
Non-Agreeing Lenders, the Purchasing Lenders, the Agent, the Borrower and each
of the other Revolving Lenders, if any, shall forthwith duly execute and
deliver any necessary documentation to give effect to such purchase, whereupon
the Non-Agreeing Lenders shall, as of the effective date thereof, be released
from their respective obligations to the Borrower, as they relate to the
Revolving Loan, hereunder and under the other Documents arising subsequent to
such date. If the Non-Agreeing Lender Commitment Amount is not purchased by an existing
Revolving Lender, the Borrower may arrange for a replacement lender or lenders
(each, a “Replacement Revolving Lender”)
to purchase the Non-Agreeing Lender Commitment Amount, provided that such
Replacement Revolving Lender is deemed acceptable by the Agent. The Fee
required by Section 1.8(c) shall not be applicable to any such
purchase from a Non-Agreeing Lender.

 

(E)                                 If Lenders holding 75% or
more of the Revolving Loan Commitment agree to provide an extension of the then
current Revolving Period date, but none of the Revolving Lenders agree to
purchase all of the Non-Agreeing Lender Commitment Amount from the Non-Agreeing
Lenders, the undrawn portion of the Non-Agreeing Lender Commitment Amount shall
be cancelled as at the end of the then current Revolving Period and the
Non-Agreeing Lender Commitment Amount shall convert from a revolving facility
to a non-revolving term facility as provided for in Section 1.2(d).

 

(F)                                 This Section 1.2(c) shall
apply from time to time to permit successive extensions of the Revolving Period
if and for so long as the Revolving Lenders have agreed in accordance with Section 1.2(c)(ii)

 

(d)                                 Conversion to Term Loan. The undrawn
portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment will be automatically cancelled at
5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the then current Commitment Termination Date
as applicable to any Non-Agreeing Lender or all the Revolving Lenders.
Effective at such time on such Commitment

 

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Termination
Date, and provided no Event of Default or Default exists and is continuing, the
applicable Revolving Loan Commitment will cease to be a revolving facility and
become a non-revolving term facility (a “Term
Loan”) having a term equal to the Term Period.

 

(e)           Repayment.

 

(i)                                     Revolving Nature. During a
Revolving Period, the Borrower may borrow, repay and re-borrow Revolving Credit
Advances, subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(ii)                                  Term Period. During the
Term Period as applicable to any Term Loan:

 

(A)                              in respect of the first 12
months of such Term Period, subject to the terms of this Agreement, only
interest shall be payable;

 

(B)                                in respect of
the final 24 months of such Term Period, in addition to interest, the remaining
unpaid principal amount of such Term Loan in equal monthly instalments equal to
41/6% of the total remaining
unpaid principal amount as at the beginning of such Term Period; and

 

(C)                                on the Maturity
Date, the Borrower shall pay the Lenders the remaining unpaid principal amount
of the applicable Term Loan (if any), together with all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(f)                                    Reliance on Notices. Agent shall
be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any
Notice of Revolving Credit Advance/Election of BA Periods, Notice of Extension
or similar notice believed by Agent to be genuine. Agent may assume that each
Person executing and delivering any notice in accordance herewith was duly
authorized, unless the responsible individual acting thereon for Agent has
actual knowledge to the contrary.

 

1.3          Swing
Line Loans.

 

(a)                                  Availability. The Swing
Line Lender hereby creates a Swing Line Loan as a sub-facility to the Revolving
Loan. Borrower may obtain Swing Line Loans under the Revolving Loan by means of
Canadian Prime Rate loans on an overdraft basis (including by way of credit
card or electronic funds transfer settlement obligations) or by delivering a
duly executed Notice of Revolving Credit Advance/Election of BA Periods to the
Swing Line Lender not later than noon (Toronto time) on the proposed date of
drawdown providing for the nature of the advance, including, if acceptable to
the Swing Line Lender, in its sole discretion, letters of credit up to a
sublimit of $5,000,000.

 

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Swing
Line Loans shall be made solely by the Swing Line Lender, without assignment to
or participation by the other Revolving Lenders (except as provided in this Section 1.3).  The making of each Swing Line Loan shall
constitute an advance hereunder and shall reduce the availability of the
Revolving Loan by the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

 

(b)                                 Individual Limits. At no time
shall (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans owing to
the Swing Line Lender exceed the Swing Line Loan Limit, provided that the Swing
Line Lender may, provided that it has the contractual right to set-off and
consolidate account balances in all accounts of the Credit Parties, quantify
the outstanding Swing Line Loans based on net amounts among such accounts with
the Swing Line Lender, or (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Swing
Line Loans owing to the Swing Line Lender plus such Revolving Lender’s portion
of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans exceed such Revolving
Lender’s Individual Revolving Loan Commitment Amount; provided that Agent may,
in its discretion, acting reasonably, adjust each Revolving Lender’s (including
the Swing Line Lender’s) Rateable Portion of Revolving Loans in accordance with
its customary practice if and to the extent required to ensure that, subject to
Section 1.3(g), any undrawn availability of Swing Line Loans or Revolving
Loans, as applicable, is capable of being fully drawn.

 

(c)                                  Repayment. Except for
any letters of credit drawn thereunder, each Swing Line Loan shall be repaid by
Borrower (or converted into a Revolving Loan in accordance with Section 1.3(g))
within 30 days after the relevant date of drawdown. No notice of repayment
shall be required to be given by Borrower in respect of any such repayment of
any Swing Line Loan.

 

(d)                                 Mandatory Repayment. If Borrower
requests a Revolving Loan and the Swing Line Lender’s Rateable Portion of such
Revolving Loan would cause its Rateable Portion of all Revolving Loans then
outstanding together with the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line
Loans to exceed the Swing Line Lender’s Individual Revolving Loan Commitment,
then Borrower shall be required to repay such Swing Line Loans (or to convert
some into a Revolving Loan in accordance with Section 1.3(g)) to the
extent of such excess, on or before the requested date of such Revolving Loan.

 

(e)                                  Prepayments. The Borrower
may make prepayments of Swing Line Loans at any time and from time to time
without notice or penalty.

 

(f)                                    Sole Account. All interest
payments, acceptance fees and principal repayments of or in respect of Swing
Line Loans shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender. Subject to
Section 1.3(g), all costs and expenses relating to the Swing Line Loans
shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.

 

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(g)                                 Conversion to Revolving Loan.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, (i) at any time
at the option of Borrower or (ii) if an Event of Default occurs, the
Borrower shall give notice to the Swing Line Lender and Agent, (which notice
shall direct a conversion of such Swing Line Loan into a Revolving Loan and
shall specify the particulars of such Swing Line Loans), and Agent shall
forthwith provide a copy of such notice to the other Revolving Lenders and,
effective on the effective date of such notice, Borrower shall be deemed to
have requested a conversion of such Swing Line Loan into a Revolving Loan and
in an amount sufficient to repay the relevant Swing Line Loan and accrued and
unpaid interest in respect thereof. Subject to the same notice period set out
in Section 1.2(a), such other Revolving Lenders shall disburse to Agent
for payment to the Swing Line Lender their respective portions of such amounts
and such amounts shall thereupon be deemed to have been advanced by such other
Lenders to Borrower and to constitute Revolving Loans. Such Revolving Loans
shall be deemed to be comprised of principal and accrued and unpaid interest in
the same proportions as the corresponding Swing Line Loans.

 

(h)                                 Unconditional Obligation. For
certainty, it is hereby acknowledged and agreed that, provided that no Default
or Event of Default had occurred and was continuing at the time the Swing Line
Lender advanced a Swing Line Loan, the Revolving Lenders shall be obligated to
disburse to Agent for payment to the Swing Line Lender their respective
portions of any Revolving Loans contemplated by Section 1.3(g) regardless
of:

 

(i)            whether a Default
or Event of Default has occurred or is then continuing;

 

(ii)           whether or not
Borrower has, in fact, actually requested such conversion; and

 

(iii)          whether or not the
obligations of the Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Loans has terminated.

 

(i)                                     Existing Letters of Credit. As at the
Closing Date, the Credit Parties have the following letters of credit issued by
the Swing Line Lender: $1,355,000 to Alberta Environment, $10,000 to B.C.
Environment and $860,226 to Alberta Energy and Utilities Board; these letters
of credit are deemed to be Obligations under the Swing Line Loan.

 

1.4          Term
Loan B Facility

 

(a)                                  Term Credit Facility. Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, each Term Loan B Lender agrees to make
available to Borrower its Pro-Rata Share of the advance under the Term Loan B
Commitment (a “Term Loan B Advance”).
The Pro-Rata Share of any Term Loan B Lender shall not at any time exceed its
individual Term Loan B Commitment. The obligations of each Term Loan B Lender
hereunder shall be several and not joint. The Term Loan B Advance may be

 

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drawn
down by the Borrower by way of single drawdown on April 25, 2007 in
Canadian Dollars to a maximum of the Term Loan B Commitment as set out in Annex
D. Any portion of the Term Loan B Commitment Amount not drawn on the Closing
Date shall be immediately cancelled.

 

(b)                                 Promissory Note. Except as
provided in Section 1.11, Borrower shall execute and deliver to each Term
Loan B Lender a note to evidence the Term Loan B Commitment of such Term Loan B
Lender. Each note shall be in the principal amount of the Term Loan B Loan
Commitment of the applicable Term Loan B Lender, dated the Closing Date and
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.4(b) (each, a “Term Loan B Note” and, collectively, the “Term Loan B Notes”). Each Term Loan B Note
shall represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of the applicable
Term Loan B Lender’s Term Loan B Loan Commitment, together with interest
thereon as prescribed in Section 1.7.

 

(c)                                  Repayment. The Borrower
promises to repay the Term Loan B on the first day of each calendar month
commencing May 1, 2007 and ending May 1, 2012 in equal monthly
principal payments of $125,000 (based on amortization of 1% per annum and a
balloon payment at maturity) and on the Term Loan B Period Maturity Date all
amounts outstanding under the Term Loan B, together with interest thereon as
prescribed in Section 1.7.

 

(d)                                 Separate Loans. For
certainty, the Term B Loan is a separate loan from all other Obligations owing
under this Agreement.

 

1.5          Voluntary
Reductions; Mandatory Prepayments

 

(a)                                  Voluntary Reductions in
Revolving Loan Commitments. Borrower may at any time
on at least five (5) days’ prior written notice to Agent permanently
reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that (A) any such permanent
reductions shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of
$250,000 in excess of such amount, and (B) after giving effect to such
permanent reductions, Borrower shall comply with Section 1.5(c). Borrower
may at any time on at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Agent
terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment, provided, that upon such termination,
all Loans and other Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full.
Any voluntary reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment must be
accompanied by payment of the Fee required by 1.8(c), if any. Upon any such
permanent reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment, Borrower’s
right to request Revolving Credit Advances, shall simultaneously be permanently
reduced or terminated, as the case may be. Bankers’ Acceptances cannot be
prepaid, but any outstanding BA may be funded by payment into an escrow account
as set out in Section 3.5.

 

(b)                                 Term Loan and Term Loan B
Voluntary Prepayments. Borrower may at any time on at least five (5) days’
prior written notice to Agent voluntarily prepay all or part

 

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of the Term Loans (on a pro-rata
basis) or Term Loan B; provided that any such prepayments shall be in a minimum
amount of $2,500,000 and integral multiples of $250,000 in excess of such
amount. Any such voluntary prepayment must be accompanied by the payment of the
Fee required by Section 1.8(c), if any, plus the payment of any funding
breakage costs in accordance with Section 1.12(b). Any partial prepayments
of the Term Loans or Term Loan B made by Borrower shall be applied to prepay
the scheduled instalments of the Term Loans or Term Loan B in inverse order of
maturity.

 

(c)                                  Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(i)                                     If at any time the aggregate
outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan exceeds the Revolving Loan
Commitment, Borrower shall immediately repay the aggregate outstanding
Revolving Loan to the extent required to eliminate such excess.

 

(ii)                                  If at any time the aggregate
outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan, Term Loan and Term Loan B exceeds
the Borrowing Base, Borrower shall make an offer (a “Borrowing Base Excess Offer”) to prepay the aggregate
outstanding Advances to the extent required to eliminate such excess.

 

(iii)                             Upon receipt by
any Credit Party of any cash proceeds of any asset disposition (including
condemnation proceeds and insurance proceeds resulting from the damage or
destruction of any asset), Borrower shall make an offer (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to prepay the Loans in
an amount equal to all proceeds, net of (A) commissions and other
reasonable and customary transaction costs, fees and expenses properly
attributable to such transaction and payable by Borrower in connection
therewith (in each case, paid to non-Affiliates), (B) goods and services
taxes, sales taxes and transfer taxes, as applicable, (C) amounts payable
to holders of senior Liens on such asset (to the extent such Liens constitute
Permitted Encumbrances hereunder), if any, and (D) an appropriate reserve
for income taxes in accordance with GAAP in connection therewith. Unless a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any prepayment as a
result of the acceptance of an Asset Sale Offer shall be applied in accordance
with subsection (iv) below. Borrower shall not be required to make an
Asset Sale Offer under this clause (ii) in respect of the following: (1) proceeds
of sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, provided that for greater
certainty any sale of goods and other personal property that are held by or on
behalf of any Credit Party for rent or lease shall not be considered a sale of
Inventory in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of this Section 1.5(c);
(2) asset disposition proceeds of less than $2,500,000 in the aggregate in
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disposition
proceeds that are reinvested in Equipment within one hundred and eighty (180)
days following receipt thereof; provided that Borrower notifies Agent of its
intent to reinvest at the time such proceeds are received and when such
reinvestment occurs.

 

(iv)                              Borrower shall make the
Asset Sale Offer or Borrowing Base Excess Offer by delivering a written notice
of such offer to Agent as soon as practicable, and, in any event, no later than
three (3) Business Days, following receipt of any applicable proceeds. A
Lender may accept such Asset Sale Offer or Borrowing Base Excess Offer by
delivering a written notice of acceptance to Borrower within fifteen (15) days
after receipt of such offer.

 

(d)                                 Application of Certain
Mandatory Prepayments. Any prepayments made by Borrower pursuant
to Sections 1.5(c)(ii) and 1.5(c)(iii) above shall be applied as
follows: first, to Fees and reimbursable expenses of Agent then due and payable
pursuant to any of the Loan Documents; second, to interest then due and payable
on the Revolving Loan, Term Loan or Term Loan B, as applicable; third, as
applicable, to prepay the scheduled principal instalments of the Term Loan and
Term Loan B, on a pro rata basis
in inverse order of maturity, until such Term Loan and Term Loan B shall have
been prepaid in full; and fourth, to any outstanding principal balance of
Revolving Credit Advances until the same has been paid in full. If at the time
of any such mandatory prepayment a Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, then the prepayments shall be applied as set out in Section 1.10.
As BA’s cannot be prepaid, they will be funded by payment into an escrow
account as set out in Section 3.5.

 

(e)                                  No Implied Consent. Nothing in
this Section 1.5 shall be construed to constitute Agent’s or any Lender’s
consent to any transaction that is not permitted by other provisions of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

1.6                               Use of Proceeds

 

Borrower shall utilize the proceeds of the Revolving Loan solely for:

 

(a)                                  refinancing the
existing indebtedness of the Consolidated Parties;

 

(b)                                 financing the
working capital of the Consolidated Parties; and

 

(c)                                  funding future
capital expenditures and Permitted Acquisitions of the Consolidated Parties.

 

Borrower shall utilize the proceeds of the Term Loan B solely for:

 

(d)                                 refinancing the
existing indebtedness of the Consolidated Parties; and

 

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(e)                                  funding future
Capital Expenditures and Permitted Acquisitions of the Consolidated Parties.

 

1.7                               Interest and Applicable Margins

 

(a)                                  The Borrower
shall pay to the Agent:

 

(i)                                   interest on the
Revolving Loan or Term Loan, for the rateable benefit of applicable Lenders in
arrears on each applicable Interest Payment Date, for Canadian Prime Rate Loans
at the applicable Canadian Prime Rate plus the applicable margin indicated in
the table below;

 

(ii)                                for Bankers’
Acceptances, a stamping fee based on the BA margin (the “BA Stamping Fee”) indicated on the table
below; and

 

(iii)                             on the Term
Loan B, for the rateable benefit of the applicable Lenders in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date, interest based on the BA Rate plus the applicable margin
based on the table below:

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  (Funded
  Debt less Subordinated

  	
   

  	
  Financing
  Rate and Credit Spread

  	
   

  
	
  Level

  	
   

  	
  Debt) to
  EBITDA for prior

  rolling 4 quarters

  	
   

  	
  Canadian
  Prime

  Loan

  	
   

  	
  BA
  Margin

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  < 1.50:1

  	
   

  	
  ·

  	
  %

  	
  ·

  	
  %

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  >1.50:1 but < 2.0:1

  	
   

  	
  ·

  	
  %

  	
  ·

  	
  %

  
	
  3

  	
   

  	
  >2.0:1 but < 2.50:1

  	
   

  	
  ·

  	
  %

  	
  ·

  	
  %

  

 

Certain information has been intentionally deleted from the
SEDAR version of this Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of
National Instrument 51-102. The disclosure of this information to the general
public would be seriously prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or
would violate confidentiality provisions. Such information is not essential in
order to understand the material terms of this Agreement.

 

Except
as otherwise elected in a Notice of Revolving Credit Advance/Election of BA
Periods, Loans under Term Loan B will bear interest at the rate applicable to 1
month Bankers’ Acceptances and Loans under the Revolving Loan or Term Loan will
be Canadian Prime Rate Loans. Each such election shall be made by giving Agent
at least three (3) Business Days’ prior notice and Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of its receipt of a Notice of Revolving Credit
Advance/Election of BA Periods and of the options selected therein. As of the
Closing Date, pricing will be based on Level 3. The pricing will be reset as of
each date falling three (3) Business Days after delivery of each
Compliance Certificate and pro forma
financials (to the extent that they take into account a Permitted Acquisition
that has closed or any other acquisition that the Lenders have consented to and
that has closed) and will be based on the financials delivered in such
documents. Any change to the BA Margin will apply proportionately to any
outstanding

 

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BA’s
based on the number of days remaining in the applicable BA Periods and will be
paid (or credited) on the date of the next following Revolving Credit Advance.

 

(b)                                 Extension to Next Business
Day. If any payment on a Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than
a Business Day, the maturity thereof will 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(s) during such extension.

 

(c)                                  Calculation of Rates. All
computations of Fees and interest in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document shall be made by Agent on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as
the case may be, in each case for the actual number of days occurring in the
period for which such interest and Fees are payable. Each determination by
Agent of an interest rate and Fees hereunder and under any other Loan Document
shall be presumptive evidence of the correctness of such rates and Fees.

 

(d)                                 Default Rate. So long as an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 10.1(a),
10.1(h) or 10.1(i), or so long as any other Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, and at the election of Agent (or upon the written request of
the Lenders confirmed by written notice from Agent to Borrower, the interest
rates applicable to the Loans shall, subject to the Interest Act (Canada), be
increased by two percentage points (2%) per annum above the rates of interest
or the rate of such Fees otherwise applicable hereunder unless the Lenders
elect to impose a smaller increase (the “Default
Rate”), and all outstanding Obligations shall bear interest at the
Default Rate applicable to such Obligations. Interest at the Default Rate shall
accrue from the initial date of such Event of Default until that Event of
Default is cured or waived and shall be payable upon demand. BA Stamping Fees
will be paid pursuant to Section 1.7(a)(ii).

 

(e)                                  Limitation on Interest. If any
provision of this Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents would
obligate Borrower or any other Credit Party to make any payment of interest or
other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which
would be prohibited by law or would result in a receipt by such Lender of
interest at a criminal rate (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)) then,
notwithstanding such provisions, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have
been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of
interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or so result
in a receipt by such Lender of interest at a criminal rate, such adjustment to
be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows: (1) firstly, by reducing
the amount or rate of interest required to be paid to such Lender under this Section 1.7,
and (2) thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other
amounts required to be paid to such Lender which would constitute “interest”
for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal
Code (Canada). Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving
effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if a Lender shall have received
an amount in excess of the

 

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maximum
permitted by that section of the Criminal
Code (Canada), Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to
such Lender, to obtain reimbursement from such Lender in an amount equal to
such excess and, pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be
an amount payable by such Lender to Borrower. 
Any amount or rate of interest referred to in this Section 1.7(e) shall
be determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and
principles as an effective annual rate of interest over the term that the
applicable Loan remains outstanding on the assumption that any charges, fees or
expenses that fall within the meaning of “interest” (as defined in the Criminal Code (Canada)) shall, if they
relate to a specific period of time, be pro-rated over that period of time and
otherwise be pro-rated over the period from the Closing Date to the Termination
Date and, in the event of a dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian
Institute of Actuaries appointed by Agent shall be conclusive for the purposes
of such determination.

 

(f)                                    Interest Act (Canada). For purposes
of disclosure pursuant to the Interest Act (Canada),
the annual rates of interest or fees to which the rates of interest or fees
provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and stated herein or
therein, as applicable, to be computed on the basis of a 360 day year or any
other period of time less than a calendar year) are equivalent are the rates so
determined multiplied by the actual number of days in the applicable calendar year
and divided by 360 or such other period of time, respectively.

 

1.8                               Fees

 

(a)                                  Borrower shall
pay to the Agent the Fees specified in the GE Fee Letter at the times specified
for payment therein.

 

(b)                                 As additional compensation
for the Revolving Lenders, Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the rateable
benefit of the Revolving Lenders, in arrears, on the first Business Day of each
month prior to the Commitment Termination Date and on the Commitment
Termination Date, a Fee for Borrower’s non use of available funds in an amount
equal to 0.25% per annum (calculated on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year,
as the case may be,) multiplied by the difference between (x) the
Revolving Loan Commitment (as it may be reduced from time to time) and (y) the
average for the period of the daily closing balance of the Revolving Loan
outstanding during the period for which the such Fee is due.

 

(c)                                  If Borrower pays after
acceleration, or prepays all or any portion of any Term Loan or Term Loan B, or
reduces or terminates the Revolving Loan Commitment, whether voluntarily or
involuntarily and whether before or after acceleration of the Obligations or if
the Revolving Loan Commitment is otherwise terminated (including, for clarity,
pursuant to the terms of Section 1.2(d)), Borrower shall pay to Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders, as liquidated damages and compensation for the
costs of being prepared to make funds available hereunder an amount equal to
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principal
amount of the Term Loan paid after acceleration or prepaid, (ii) the
principal amount of the Term Loan B paid after acceleration or prepaid, or (iii) the
amount of the reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment, as applicable. As
used herein, the term “Applicable Percentage”
shall mean (x) three percent (3%), in the case of a prepayment on or prior
to April 25, 2008, (y) two percent (2%), in the case of a prepayment
after April 25, 2008 but on or prior to April 25, 2009, and (z) one
percent (1%), in the case of a prepayment after April 25, 2009 but on or
prior to April 25, 2010. The Credit Parties agree that the Applicable
Percentages are a reasonable calculation of the applicable Lenders’ lost
profits in view of the difficulties and impracticality of determining actual
damages resulting from an early termination of the Commitments. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no prepayment fee shall be payable by Borrower (a) upon a
mandatory prepayment made pursuant to Section 1.5(c), or (b) in
connection with any revolving payment made in the ordinary course during the
Revolving Period or in connection with any scheduled payment made in respect of
the Term Loan or Term Loan B; provided that Borrower does not permanently
reduce or terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment, Term Loan or Term Loan B (as
applicable) upon any such prepayment.

 

(d)                                 In connection with each
extension of the Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 1.2(c), and
in addition to the fee contemplated by Section 1.8(b), Borrower shall pay
to Agent, for the rateable benefit of the Revolving Lenders providing such
extension on the date that would have been the Commitment Termination Date had
no extension occurred, a Fee in an amount equal to 0.25% (calculated on the
basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as the case may be,) multiplied by the
Revolving Loan Commitment (as it may be reduced from time to time)

 

1.9                               Receipt of Payments

 

Borrower shall make each payment under this Agreement not later than
2:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the day when due for value on that day to the
Collection Account. For purposes of computing interest and Fees and determining
Borrowing Availability as of any date, all payments shall be deemed received on
the Business Day on which immediately available funds therefor are received in
the Collection Account prior to 2:00 p.m. Toronto time. Payments received
after 2:00 p.m. Toronto time on any Business Day or on a day that is not a
Business Day shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business
Day. Without limiting Section 13.17, if Agent receives any payment from or
on behalf of a Credit Party in any currency other than the currency in which
the Obligation is denominated Agent may convert the payment (including the
proceeds of realization upon any collateral) into the currency in which such
Obligation is denominated at the Rate of Exchange (as such term is defined in Section 13.17(c)).

 

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1.10                        Application and Allocation of Payments on Default

 

Following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or
Event of Default, Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the right to direct the
application of any and all payments received from or on behalf of Borrower, and
Borrower hereby irrevocably agrees that Agent shall apply any and all such
payments against the Obligations in the following order: (1) to Fees and
reimbursable expenses of Agent then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan
Documents; (2) to interest then due and payable on the Revolving Loan,
Term Loan or Term Loan B, as applicable; (3) as applicable, to prepay (i) the
Obligations under any Term Loans (ii) subject to Section 3.5 in the
case of Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, the Obligations under any
Revolving Loans, (iii) the Obligations under Term Loan B, and (iv) the
Obligations in respect of any Secured Rate Contracts; in each case on a pro
rata basis, in inverse order of maturity, until such Obligations shall have
been prepaid in full; and (4) to all other Obligations including expenses
of Lenders to the extent reimbursable under Section 13.3.

 

1.11                        Loan Account and Accounting

 

Agent shall maintain a loan account (the “Loan Account”) on its books to record: all Revolving Advances,
the Term Loan B Advances and, when applicable, the Term Loan, all payments made
by Borrower, and all other debits and credits as provided in this Agreement
with respect to the Loans or any other Obligations. All entries in the Loan
Account shall be made in accordance with Agent’s customary accounting practices
as in effect from time to time. The balance in the Loan Account, as recorded on
Agent’s most recent printout or other written statement, shall, absent manifest
error, be presumptive evidence of the amounts due and owing to Agent and
Lenders by Borrower; provided that any failure to so record or any error in so
recording shall not limit or otherwise affect Borrower’s duty to pay the
Obligations. Agent shall render to Borrower a monthly accounting of
transactions with respect to the Loans setting forth the balance of the Loan
Account for the immediately preceding month, such monthly accounting to be
provided within fifteen (15) days of the last day of the immediately preceding
month. Unless Borrower notifies Agent in writing of any objection to any such
accounting (specifically describing the basis for such objection), within
thirty (30) days after the date thereof, each and every such accounting shall
be presumptive evidence of all matters reflected therein. Only those items
expressly objected to in such notice shall be deemed to be disputed by
Borrower. Notwithstanding any provision herein contained to the contrary, any
Lender may elect (which election may be revoked) to dispense with the issuance
of Notes to that Lender and may rely on the Loan Account as evidence of the
amount of Obligations from time to time owing to it.

 

1.12                        Indemnity

 

(a)                                  Each Credit Party shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Lender and their respective
Affiliates, and each such Person’s respective officers, directors, employees,
legal counsel, agents and representatives (each, an “Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all suits,
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orders,
claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal
fees and disbursements, consultants fees and disbursements and other costs of
investigation or defense, including those incurred upon any appeal) that may be
instituted or asserted against or incurred by any such Indemnified Person as a
result of or in connection with credit having been extended, suspended or
terminated under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and the
administration of such credit, and in connection with or arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder and any actions or failures
to act in connection therewith including the taking of any enforcement actions
by Agent, including any and all Environmental Liabilities and legal costs and
expenses arising out of or incurred in connection with disputes between or
among any parties to any of the Loan Documents (collectively, “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided, that
no such Credit Party shall be liable for any indemnification to an Indemnified
Person to the extent that any such suit, action, proceeding, claim, damage,
loss, liability or expense results from that Indemnified Person’s gross
negligence or wilful misconduct. NO INDEMNIFIED PERSON SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR
LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING CLAIMS
DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING
BEEN EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR AS A RESULT
OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.

 

(b)                                 To induce Lenders to provide
the Loans on the terms provided herein, if (i) any Loans are repaid in
whole or in part prior to the last day of any applicable BA Period (whether
that repayment is made pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or occurs as a result of acceleration, by operation of law or
otherwise); (ii) Borrower shall default in payment when due of the
principal amount of or interest on any Loan; or (iii) Borrower shall fail
to make any prepayment of a Loan after Borrower has given a notice thereof in
accordance herewith, then Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each
Lender from and against all losses, costs and expenses resulting from or
arising from any of the foregoing. Such indemnification shall include any loss
(including loss of margin) or expense arising from the reemployment of funds
obtained by it or from fees payable to terminate deposits from which such funds
were obtained. For the purpose of calculating amounts payable to a Lender under
this subsection, each Lender shall be deemed to have actually funded its
relevant Loan through the purchase of a deposit bearing interest at the BA
Rate, in an amount equal to the amount of that Loan and having a maturity
comparable to the relevant BA Period; provided, that each Lender may fund each
of its Loans in any manner it sees fit, and the foregoing assumption shall be
utilized only for the calculation of amounts payable under this subsection for
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the
BA Rate. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
payment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable hereunder.  As promptly as practicable under the
circumstances, each Lender shall provide Borrower with its written calculation
of all amounts payable pursuant to this Section 1.12(b), and such calculation
shall be binding on the parties hereto unless Borrower shall object in writing
within ten (10) Business Days of receipt thereof, specifying the basis for
such objection in detail.

 

1.13                        Access

 

Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Credit Party
shall, during normal business hours, from time to time upon two (2) Business
Days’ prior notice as frequently as Agent reasonably determines to be
appropriate: (a) provide Agent and any of its officers, employees and
agents access to its properties, facilities, advisors, officers and employees
of each Credit Party and to the Collateral, (b) permit Agent, and any of
its officers, employees and agents, to inspect, audit and make extracts from
any Credit Party’s books and records, and (c) permit Agent, and its
officers, employees and agents, to inspect, examine, review, evaluate and make
test verifications and counts of the Accounts, Inventory and other Collateral
of any Credit Party. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or
if access is necessary to preserve or protect the Collateral, as determined by
Agent, each such Credit Party shall provide such access to Agent and to each
Lender at all times and without advance notice. Furthermore, so long as any
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall provide Agent
and each Lender with access to its suppliers and customers. Each Credit Party
shall make available to Agent and its counsel, reasonably promptly originals or
copies of all books and records that Agent may reasonably request. Each Credit
Party shall deliver any document or instrument necessary for Agent, as it may
from time to time request, to obtain records from any service bureau or other
Person that maintains records for such Credit Party, and shall maintain
duplicate records or supporting documentation on media, including computer
tapes and discs owned by such Credit Party. Agent will give Lenders at least
five (5) days’ prior written notice of regularly scheduled audits.
Representatives of the Lenders may accompany Agent’s representatives on
regularly scheduled audits at no charge to Borrower.

 

1.14                        Taxes

 

(a)                                  Any and all payments by or
on behalf of a Credit Party hereunder or under the Notes or any other Loan
Document shall be made, in accordance with this Section 1.14, free and
clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future Taxes
(excluding Taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or capital of any
Lender by the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is organized or is
resident or carries on business through a permanent establishment located
therein or any political subdivisions thereof). If a Credit Party shall be
required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
hereunder or under the Notes or any other Loan Document (excluding Taxes
imposed on or measured by the net income or capital of any Lender by the
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which
it is organized or is resident or carries on business through a permanent
establishment located therein or any political subdivisions thereof), (i) the
sum payable shall be increased as much as shall be necessary so that, after
making all required withholdings and deductions (including withholdings and
deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 1.14),
the Lenders, as applicable, receive an amount equal to the sum they would have
received had no such withholdings or deductions been made, (ii) the
applicable Credit Party shall make such withholdings and deductions, and (iii) the
applicable Credit Party shall pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the
relevant taxing or other authority in accordance with applicable law. Within
thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Taxes, Borrower shall furnish
to Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment
thereof.

 

(b)                                 In addition, each Credit
Party agrees to pay any present or future Taxes that arise from any payment
made under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document or from the
execution, sale, transfer, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other agreements
and instruments contemplated hereby or thereby (except for Taxes imposed on or
measured by the net income or capital of Agent or any other Lender by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which it is organized or is resident or carries
on business through a permanent establishment located therein or any political
subdivisions thereof). Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as reasonably
practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances referred to above which
would result in additional payments under this Section 1.14, it shall
notify Borrower thereof.

 

(c)                                  Each Credit Party hereby
indemnifies Agent and each other Lender for the full amount of Taxes (excluding
Taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or capital of Agent or any other
Lender by the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is organized or is
resident or carries on business through a permanent establishment located
therein or any political subdivisions thereof but including any Taxes imposed
by any jurisdiction on amounts payable by such Credit Party under this Section 1.14)
paid by Agent or such other Lender, as appropriate, and any liability
(including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. Each
payment under this indemnification shall be made within ten (10) days
after Agent makes written demand therefor, for its own benefit or the benefit
of the affected Lender.

 

1.15                        Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality

 

(a)                                  If any Lender shall have
determined that any law, treaty, governmental (or quasi governmental) rule,
regulation, guideline or order regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements
or similar requirements or compliance by any Lender with any request or
directive regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar
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adopted
after the Closing Date, from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
increases or would have the effect of increasing the amount of capital,
reserves or other funds required to be maintained by such Lender and thereby
reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital as a consequence of its
obligations hereunder, then Borrower shall from time to time upon demand by
such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent) pay to Agent, for the account
of such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for
such reduction. A certificate as to the amount of that reduction and showing
the basis of the computation thereof submitted by such Lender to Borrower and
to Agent shall be presumptive evidence of the matters set forth therein.

 

(b)                                 If, due to either (i) the
introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the
interpretation thereof) or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or
request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not
having the force of law), in each case adopted after the Closing Date, there
shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making,
funding or maintaining any Loan, then Borrower shall from time to time, upon
demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent), pay to Agent for
the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such
Lender for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such
increased cost, submitted to Borrower and to Agent by such Lender, shall be
presumptive evidence of the matters set forth therein. Each Lender agrees that,
as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances referred
to above which would result in any such increased cost, the affected Lender
shall, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender’s internal policies of
general application, use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize costs and
expenses incurred by it and payable to it by Borrower pursuant to this Section 1.15(b).

 

(c)                                  Within thirty (30) days
after receipt by Borrower of written notice and demand from any Lender (an “Affected Lender”) for payment of additional
amounts or increased costs as provided in Section 1.14(a), 1.15(a) or
1.15(b), Borrower may, at its option, notify Agent and such Affected Lender of
its intention to replace the Affected Lender. So long as no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower, with the consent of Agent,
may obtain, at Borrower’s expense, a replacement Lender (“Replacement Lender”) for the Affected
Lender, which Replacement Lender must be reasonably satisfactory to Agent. If
Borrower obtains a Replacement Lender within ninety (90) days following notice
of its intention to do so, the Affected Lender must sell and assign its Loans
and Commitments to such Replacement Lender for an amount equal to the principal
balance of all Loans held by the Affected Lender and all accrued interest and
Fees with respect thereto through the date of such sale and such assignment
shall not require the payment of an assignment fee to Agent; provided, that
Borrower shall have reimbursed such Affected Lender for the additional amounts
or increased costs that it is entitled to receive under this Agreement through
the date of such sale and assignment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower
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right
to obtain a Replacement Lender if the Affected Lender rescinds its demand for
increased costs or additional amounts within 15 days following its receipt of
Borrower’s notice of intention to replace such Affected Lender. Furthermore, if
Borrower gives a notice of intention to replace and does not so replace such
Affected Lender within ninety (90) days thereafter, Borrower’s rights under
this Section 1.15(c) shall terminate with respect to such Affected
Lender and Borrower shall promptly pay all increased costs or additional
amounts demanded by such Affected Lender pursuant to Sections 1.14(a), 1.15(a) or
1.15(b).

 

1.16                        Currency Matters

 

Principal,
interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, and all other amounts payable under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the Agent and the Lenders shall
be payable in the currency in which such Obligations are denominated.  Unless stated otherwise, all calculations,
comparisons, measurements or determinations under this Agreement shall be made
in Canadian Dollars.  For the purpose of
such calculations, comparisons, measurements or determinations, amounts
denominated in other currencies shall be converted in the Equivalent Amount of
Canadian Dollars on the date of calculation, comparison, measurement or determination.
In particular, without limitation, for purposes of valuations or computations
under Article III, Article VI, Article VII, and Article X
and calculating the Borrowing Base or Borrowing Availability, unless expressly
provided otherwise, where a reference is made to a dollar amount, the amount is
to be considered as the amount in Canadian Dollars and, therefore, each other
currency shall be converted into the Equivalent Amount thereof in Canadian
Dollars.

 

ARTICLE II

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

2.1                               Conditions to the Amendment and Restatement

 

The amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant
to Section 1.1 shall not take effect, and no Lender shall be obligated to
make any Advance, or to take, fulfill, or perform any other action hereunder,
until the following conditions have been satisfied or provided for in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to Agent, or waived in writing by Agent and Requisite
Lenders:

 

(a)                                  Credit Agreement; Loan
Documents. This Agreement or counterparts hereof shall have
been duly executed by, and delivered to, Borrower, Agent and Lenders; and Agent
shall have received such documents, instruments, agreements and legal opinions
as Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, but not
limited to:

 

(i)                                   Appendices. All
Appendices to the Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

 

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(ii)                                Collateral
Documents. Duly executed originals of the Collateral
Documents or, as applicable in the Agent’s sole discretion, acknowledgments of
security, and all instruments, documents and agreements executed pursuant
thereto.

 

(iii)                             Acknowledgements. Duly executed
originals of the Acknowledgements, and all instruments, documents, and
agreements executed pursuant thereto.

 

(iv)                            Environmental
Indemnity. Duly executed originals of the Environmental
Indemnity Agreement.

 

(v)                               Material
Documents. Certified copies of the Material Documents, and
all instruments, documents and agreements executed pursuant thereto.

 

(vi)                            Insurance. Satisfactory
evidence that the insurance policies required by Section 6.4 are in full
force and effect, together with appropriate evidence showing loss payable and
additional insured clauses or endorsements, as reasonably requested by Agent,
in favour of Lenders.

 

(vii)                         Security
Interests, PPSA Filings and UCC.

 

(A)                              Evidence satisfactory to
Agent that Agent (for the benefit of itself and the Lenders) has a valid and perfected
first priority security interest (and valid and published first ranking
hypothec, if applicable) in the Collateral, including (i) such documents
duly executed by each Credit Party (including financing statements under the
PPSA and the UCC and other notice filings and applicable documents under the
laws of any jurisdiction with respect to the perfection and publication of
Liens) as Agent may request in order to perfect and publish its security
interests and hypothecs in the Collateral, and (ii) copies of search
reports listing all effective financing statements and other applicable notice
of lien filings that name any Credit Party as debtor (including its French form
of name), together with certificates of the applicable Governmental Authority
constituting evidence thereof, none of which shall cover the Collateral except
for Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(B)                                Evidence satisfactory to
Agent, acting reasonably, including copies, of all financing statements and
other applicable notices of Lien filings filed in favour of any Credit Party
with respect to each location, if any, at which equipment will be stored.

 

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(viii)       Credit Party
Guarantees. Guarantees or, as applicable in the Agent’s sole
discretion, acknowledgments of security executed by each of the Credit Parties,
other than the Borrower, in favour of the Lenders.

 

(ix)          Constating
Documents and Status. For each Credit Party, such Person’s (a) constating
documents and all amendments thereto, (b) certificates of compliance or
status (or applicable equivalent thereof) evidencing Borrower’s qualification
to conduct business in each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, each dated
a recent date prior to the Closing Date and certified by the applicable
authorized Governmental Authority.

 

(x)           Bylaws and
Resolutions. For each Credit Party, (a) such Person’s
bylaws or limited partnership agreements, as applicable, together with all
amendments thereto and (b) resolutions of such Person’s Board of
Directors, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of
the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party and the transactions to be
consummated in connection therewith, each certified as of the Closing Date by
such Person’s corporate secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full
force and effect without any modification or amendment.

 

(xi)          Incumbency
Certificates. For each Credit Party, signature and incumbency
certificates of the officers of each such Person executing any of the Loan
Documents, certified as of the Closing Date by such Person’s corporate
secretary or an assistant secretary as being true, accurate, correct and
complete.

 

(xii)         Opinions of
Counsel. Duly executed originals of opinions of Shea Nerland Calnan LLP,
counsel for the Credit Parties, together with any local counsel opinions
reasonably requested by Agent, each in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent and its counsel, dated the Closing Date, and each
accompanied by a letter addressed to such counsel from the Credit Parties,
authorizing and directing such counsel to address its opinion to the Lender or
to include in such opinion an express statement to the effect that the Lender
is authorized to rely on such opinion as though they were addressees.

 

(xiii)        Pledge
Agreements. Duly executed originals of each of the Pledge
Agreements accompanied by (as applicable) (a) share certificates
representing all of the outstanding Stock being pledged pursuant to such Pledge
Agreement and share transfer powers for such share certificates executed in
blank or if the constating documents of the issuer of such Stock contain a
private company restriction requiring that transfers of such Stock be approved
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issuer (in contrast with the directors or shareholder(s) of such
issuer or solely the shareholder(s)) then, at the request of Agent, such share
certificates shall be registered in Agent’s or its nominee’s name when
delivered to Agent, and (b) the original intercompany notes and other
instruments evidencing Indebtedness being pledged pursuant to such Pledge
Agreement, duly endorsed in blank.

 

(xiv)        Fee Letter. Duly executed
originals of the GE Fee Letter.

 

(xv)         Officer’s
Certificate. Agent shall have received duly executed originals
of a certificate of an officer or director of Borrower, dated the Closing Date,
stating that, since December 31, 2007 (a) no event or condition has
occurred or is existing which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; (b) there has been no material adverse change in the
industry in which Borrower operates; (c) no Litigation has been commenced
which, if successful, would have a Material Adverse Effect or could challenge
any of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and the other Loan
Documents; (d) except for Permitted Distributions, there have been no
Restricted Payments made by any Credit Party; and (e) before and after
giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, each
Credit Party will be Solvent, and (f) there has been no material increase
in liabilities, liquidated or contingent, and no material decrease in assets of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(xvi)        Subordination
and Intercreditor Agreements. Agent and Lenders shall
have received any and all subordination and/or intercreditor agreements, all in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, in its sole discretion, as
Agent shall have deemed necessary or appropriate with respect to any
Indebtedness of any Credit Party.

 

(xvii)       Other Documents.  Such other certificates, documents and
agreements respecting any Credit Party as Agent may reasonably request, each in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

 

(b)                                 Approvals. Agent shall
have received (i) satisfactory evidence that the Credit Parties have
obtained all required consents and approvals of all Persons including all
requisite Governmental Authorities, to the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (ii) a certificate of an
officer of the Borrower in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, acting
reasonably, affirming that no such consents or approvals are required.

 

(c)                                  Payment of Fees. Borrower
shall have paid the Fees required to be paid on the Closing Date in the
respective amounts specified in Section 1.8 (including the Fees specified
in the GE Fee Letter), and shall have reimbursed Agent for all fees, costs and
expenses of closing presented as of the Closing Date.

 

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2.2                               Further Conditions to Each Advance

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, neither Lender shall be
obligated to fund any Advance, if, as of the date thereof:

 

(a)                                  any representation or
warranty by any Credit Party contained herein or in any other Loan Document is
untrue or incorrect as of such date as determined by Agent;

 

(b)                                 any Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to
any Advance; or

 

(c)                                  after giving effect to any
Advance, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loan would exceed
the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base less outstanding Term Loans and Term
Loan B; and (ii) the Revolving Loan Commitment.

 

ARTICLE III

BANKERS’ ACCEPTANCES (REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY)

 

3.1                               General

 

Each Bankers’ Acceptance draft tendered by the Borrower for acceptance
by a Lender will be in a form acceptable to the accepting Lenders, acting
reasonably, and the Revolving Credit Advance in respect thereof will be in a
principal amount of not less than $5,000,000 and in multiples of $100,000 for
any amounts in excess thereof, and will have terms of not less than 1 month and
not more than 6 months, unless otherwise agreed to by the accepting Lenders.

 

3.2                               Terms of Acceptance by the Lenders

 

(a)                                  Payment. The Borrower
will provide for payment to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders of each
Bankers’ Acceptance at its maturity, either by payment of the face amount thereof
or through the utilization of a new Revolving Credit Advance (including by way
of a Rollover) in accordance with this Agreement, or through a combination
thereof. The Borrower waives presentment for payment of Bankers’ Acceptances by
the Lenders and will not claim from the applicable Lenders any days of grace
for the payment at maturity of Bankers’ Acceptances. Any amount owing by the
Borrower in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptance which is not paid at maturity in
accordance with this Agreement, will, as and from its maturity date, be deemed
to be outstanding as a Canadian Prime Rate Loan.

 

(b)                                 Power of Attorney. To facilitate
the procedures contemplated in this Agreement, the Borrower appoints each
Lender from time to time as the attorney-in-fact of the Borrower to execute,
endorse and deliver on behalf of the Borrower drafts or depository bills in the
form or forms prescribed by such Lender for Bankers’

 

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Acceptances
denominated in Canadian Dollars (each such executed draft or depository bill
which has not yet been accepted by a Lender being referred to as a “Draft”). 
Each Bankers’ Acceptance executed and delivered by a Lender on behalf of
the Borrower as provided for in this Section 3.2(b) will be as
binding upon the Borrower as if it had been executed and delivered by a duly
authorized officer of the Borrower.  The
foregoing appointment will cease to be effective three Banking Days following
receipt by the Lender in question of a notice from the Borrower revoking such
appointment provided that any such revocation will not affect Bankers’
Acceptances previously executed and delivered by a Lender pursuant to such
appointment.

 

(c)                                  Purchase of BAs. The Lenders
will purchase each Bankers’ Acceptance accepted by them.

 

(d)                                 Depository Bills. It is the
intention of the Parties that pursuant to the Depository Bills and Notes Act
(Canada) (“DBNA”), all Bankers’
Acceptances accepted by the Lenders under this Agreement will be issued in the
form of a “depository bill” (as defined in the DBNA), deposited with a “clearing
house” (as defined in the DBNA), including The Canadian Depository for
Securities Ltd. or its nominee CDS & Co. (“CDS”). In order to give effect to the foregoing, the Agent
will, subject to the approval of the Borrower and the Lenders, establish and
notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any additional procedures, consistent
with the terms of this Agreement, as are reasonably necessary to accomplish
such intention, including:

 

(i)            any instrument
held by the Agent for purposes of Bankers’ Acceptances will have marked
prominently and legibly on its face and within its text, at or before the time
of issue, the words “This is a depository bill subject to the Depository Bills
and Notes Act (Canada)”;

 

(ii)           any reference
to the authentication of the Bankers’ Acceptance will be removed; and

 

(iii)          any reference
to the “bearer” will be removed and such Bankers’ Acceptances will not be
marked with any words prohibiting negotiation, transfer or assignment of it or
of an interest in it.

 

3.3                               BA Equivalent Loans

 

In
lieu of accepting Drafts on the date of any Advance, or any date of Rollover or
Conversion, as applicable, each Non-BA Lender will make a BA Equivalent Loan.
Any BA Equivalent Loan will be made on the date of the relevant Advance, or any
date of Rollover or Conversion, as applicable, and its Maturity Date will be
the Maturity Date of the corresponding Bankers’ Acceptances. The amount of each
BA Equivalent Loan will be equal to the Discount Proceeds of the corresponding
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on
the basis that the applicable Lenders were not Non-BA Lenders and were
therefore required to purchase such Bankers’ Acceptances.  On the Maturity Date of a BA Equivalent Loan,
the Borrower will pay to the Non-BA Lender an amount equal to the face amount
of the Bankers’ Acceptance which such Non-BA Lender would have accepted in lieu
of making a BA Equivalent Loan if it were not a Non-BA Lender. For greater
certainty, unless the context requires otherwise, all provisions of this
Agreement with respect to Bankers’ Acceptances will apply to BA Equivalent
Loans provided that BA Stamping Fees with respect to a BA Equivalent Loan will
be calculated on the basis of the amount with respect to such BA Equivalent
Loan which the Borrower is required to pay on the Maturity Date.

 

3.4                               General Mechanics

 

(a)                                  Bankers’ Acceptances. Unless such
Lender makes a BA Equivalent Loan pursuant to the terms of Section 3.3,
upon acceptance of a Bankers’ Acceptance by a Lender, such Lender will
purchase, or arrange for the purchase of, each Bankers’ Acceptance from the
Borrower at the Discount Rate applicable to such Lender for such Bankers’
Acceptance accepted by it and provide to the Agent the Discount Proceeds for
the account of the Borrower. The BA Stamping Fee payable by the Borrower to a
Lender in respect of each Bankers’ Acceptance by such Lender will be set off
against the Discount Proceeds payable by such Lender under this Section 3.4(a).

 

(b)                                 In anticipation of the
maturity of Bankers’ Acceptances, the Borrower shall, subject to and in
accordance with the requirements hereof, do one or a combination of the
following with respect to the aggregate face amount at maturity of all such
Banker’s Acceptances:

 

(i)                                     Affect a Rollover or
Conversion of such Bankers’ Acceptances in accordance with Sections 3.4(c) and
3.4(d) or 3.4(e), as applicable, below; or

 

(ii)                                  On the Maturity Date of the
maturing Bankers’ Acceptances, pay to the Agent for the account of the
applicable Lenders an amount equal to the aggregate face amount of such Bankers’
Acceptances.

 

(c)                                  Rollovers and Conversions. The Borrower
may from time to time affect a Rollover or Conversion as provided hereunder.
Each Rollover or Conversion shall be made on notice by Borrower to the Agent
and shall be in principal amounts of not less than $100,000 and in multiples of
$100,000 for any amounts in excess thereof. Any such notice must be given no
later than 11:00 a.m.(Toronto time) on the date which is two (2) Business
Days prior to the proposed Rollover or Conversion. Each such notice (a “Notice of Rollover or Conversion”) must be
given in writing (by telecopy or overnight courier) substantially in the form
of Exhibit 3.4(c), and shall include the information required in such Exhibit and
such other information as may be required by Agent.

 

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(d)                                 Rollovers. In the case
of a Rollover of maturing Bankers’ Acceptances, each Lender, in order to
satisfy the continuing liability of the Borrower to the Lender for the face
amount of the maturing Bankers’ Acceptances, will retain for its own account
the Net Proceeds of each new Bankers’ Acceptance issued by it in connection
with such Rollover and the Borrower will, on the Maturity Date of the maturing
Bankers’ Acceptances, pay to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders an amount
equal to the difference between the face amount of the maturing Bankers’
Acceptances and the aggregate Net Proceeds of the new Bankers’ Acceptances.

 

(e)                                  Conversion from BA’s. In the case
of a Conversion of a Revolving Credit Advance by way of Bankers’ Acceptances
into a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, each Lender, in order to satisfy the liability
of the Borrower to each Lender for the face amount of the maturing Bankers’
Acceptances, will record the obligation of the Borrower to it as a Canadian
Prime Rate Loan, unless the Borrower provides for payment to the Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders of the face amount of the maturing Bankers’ Acceptance
in some other manner acceptable to the Lenders.

 

(f)                                    Conversion to BA’s. In the case
of a Conversion from a Canadian Prime Rate Loan into a Revolving Credit Advance
by way of Bankers’ Acceptances, each Lender, in order to satisfy the continuing
liability of the Borrower to each Lender for the amount of the Canadian Prime
Rate Loan being converted, will retain for its own account the Net Proceeds of
each new Bankers’ Acceptance issued by it in connection with such Conversion
and the Borrower will, on the date of issuance of the Bankers’ Acceptances pay
to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders an amount equal to the difference
between the amount of the Canadian Prime Rate Loan being converted including
any accrued interest thereon, owing to the Lenders and the Net Proceeds of such
Bankers’ Acceptances.

 

3.5                               Escrowed Funds

 

Upon
the request of the Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default or in order to prepay a Bankers’ Acceptance in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower will forthwith pay to the Agent for
deposit into an escrow account maintained by and in the name of the Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders, an amount equal to the Lenders’ maximum potential
liability under then outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances (the “Escrow Funds”).  The Borrower expressly authorizes the Agent
to hold such Escrow Funds and apply them for set-off against future Obligations
owing by the Borrower to the applicable Lenders in respect of such Bankers’ Acceptances.  Pending such application, the Escrow Funds
will bear interest for the Borrower’s account at the rate payable to the Agent  by its account bank. If such Event of
Default is either waived or cured in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement, then the remaining Escrow Funds if any, together with any accrued
interest to the date of release, will be released to the Borrower.  The deposit of the Escrow Funds by the
Borrower with the Agent as herein provided will not operate as a repayment or
prepayment, as applicable, of the aggregate principal amount of the relevant
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Acceptance
until such time as the Escrow Funds are actually paid to the Lenders as a
repayment or prepayment, as applicable, of the outstanding principal mount
thereof.

 

3.6                               Market Disruption

 

If
at any time and from time to time, a Lender determines, in its reasonable
discretion, that there no longer exists an active market for Bankers’
Acceptances accepted by such Lender or the Discount Rate does not actually
reflect the discount rate which would be applicable to a sale of Bankers’
Acceptances in the market, then such Lender shall give notice thereof to the
Agent who shall so notify the Borrower and, the right of the Borrower to
request Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans from such Lender shall be
suspended until the Agent determines that the circumstances causing the
suspension no longer exist, and so notifies the Borrower.  Any outstanding Notice of Revolving Credit Advance/Election
of BA Periods requesting an Advance by way of Bankers’ Acceptances or BA
Equivalent Loans shall be deemed to be a Notice of Revolving Credit
Advance/Election of BA Periods requesting an Advance by way of Canadian Prime
Rate Loans in the amount specified in the original Notice of Revolving Credit
Advance/Election of BA Periods.  Any
outstanding Notice of Rollover or Conversion requesting a Rollover of an
Advance by way of Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, shall be deemed
to be a Notice of Rollover or Conversion requesting a Conversion of such
Advance into an Advance by way of Canadian Prime Rate Loans.

 

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

To induce Lenders to make
the Loans, each Credit Party executing this Agreement makes the following
representations and warranties to Agent and each Lender with respect to all
Credit Parties, each and all of which shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Agreement.

 

4.1                               Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law

 

Each
Credit Party (a) is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
trust or limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization set forth in Disclosure Schedule 4.1; (b) is duly qualified
to conduct business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where
its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not result in
exposure to losses or liabilities which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (c) has the requisite power and authority and the
legal right to own, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise encumber and
operate its properties, to lease the property it operates under lease and to
conduct its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted; (d) subject
to specific representations regarding Environmental Laws, has all licenses,
permits, consents or approvals from or by, and has made all material filings
with, and has given all notices to, all Governmental Authorities having
jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership, operation and conduct;
(e) is in compliance with its constating documents, bylaws or partnership agreement
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agreement,
as applicable; and (f) subject to specific representations set forth
herein regarding Environmental Laws, tax and other laws, is in compliance with
all applicable provisions of law, except where the failure to comply,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.2                               Executive Offices, Collateral Locations

 

As of the Closing Date, the current location of each Credit Party’s
chief executive office, principal place of business and the warehouses and
premises at which any Collateral is located are set forth on Disclosure
Schedule 4.2, each of the locations that either (i) is used to store a
material amount of Collateral or (ii) is strategically important to such
Credit Party’s business is marked as a Key Location and none of such locations
has changed within four (4) months preceding the Closing Date.

 

4.3                               Corporate Power, Authorization, Enforceable Obligations

 

The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party and the creation of all Liens provided
for therein: (a) are within such Person’s power; (b) have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership,
trust or limited partnership action; (c) do not contravene any provision
of such Person’s constating documents, bylaws or partnership agreement or
operating agreement, as applicable; (d) do not violate any law or
regulation, or any order or decree of any court or Governmental Authority; (e) do
not conflict with or result in the breach or termination of, constitute a
default under or accelerate or permit the acceleration of any performance
required by, any indenture, mortgage, debenture, deed of trust, lease,
agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which such
Person or any of its property is bound; (f) do not result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien upon any of the property of such Person other than
those in favour of Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, pursuant to the
Loan Documents; and (g) do not require the consent or approval of any
Governmental Authority or any other Person, except those referred to in Section 2.1(b),
all of which will have been duly obtained, made or complied with prior to the
Closing Date. On or prior to the Closing Date, each of the Loan Documents to
which a Credit Party is a party shall have been duly executed and delivered by
such Credit Party and each such Loan Document shall then constitute a legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms.

 

4.4                               Financial Statements and Projections

 

Except for the Projections, all Financial Statements concerning the Credit
Parties that are referred to below have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the periods covered (except as disclosed
therein and except, with respect to unaudited Financial Statements, for the
absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly
in all material respects the financial position of the Persons covered thereby
as at the dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for
the periods then ended.

 

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(a)                                  Financial Statements. The unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Fund for the period ending September 30,
2008 (attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule 4.4(a)) and the related statements
of income and cash flows of the Fund and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Years
then ended, certified by the Chief Financial Officer, have been delivered on
the date hereof.

 

(b)                                 Projections. The
Projections delivered on the date hereof and attached hereto as Disclosure
Schedule 4.4(b) have been prepared by each Credit Party in light of the
past operations of its businesses and reflect projections for the 2009 year
period beginning on January 1, 2009 on a month-by-month basis for the
first year and on a year-by-year basis thereafter. The Projections are based
upon the same accounting principles as those used in the preparation of the
financial statements described above and the estimates and assumptions stated
therein, all of which each Credit Party believes to be reasonable and fair in
light of current conditions and current facts known to such Credit Party and,
as of the Closing Date, reflect such Credit Party’s good faith and reasonable
estimates of the future financial performance of such Credit Party, and of the
other information projected therein for the period set forth therein. The
Projections are not a guarantee of future performance, and actual results may
differ from the Projections.

 

4.5                               Material Adverse Effect

 

Between December 31, 2007 and the Closing Date, (a) no Credit
Party has incurred any obligations, contingent or non-contingent liabilities,
liabilities for Charges, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term
commitments that are not reflected in the Financial Statements and that, alone
or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (b) no contract, lease or other agreement or instrument has been
entered into by any Credit Party or has become binding upon any Credit Party’s
assets and no law or regulation applicable to any Credit Party has been adopted
that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
and (c) no Credit Party is in default and, to the best of each Credit
Party’s knowledge, no third party is in default under any material contract,
lease or other agreement or instrument, that alone or in the aggregate could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the
last financials delivered in accordance with Section 5.1, no event has
occurred, that alone or together with other events, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.6                               Ownership of Property; Liens

 

Each Credit Party has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold
interests in, all of its personal property and assets. As of the Closing Date,
none of the properties and assets of any Credit Party are subject to any Liens
other than Permitted Encumbrances, and there are no facts, circumstances or
conditions known to any Credit Party that may result in any Liens (including
Liens arising under Environmental Laws) other than Permitted Encumbrances. Each
Credit Party has received all deeds, assignments, waivers, consents,
non-disturbance and attornment or similar agreements, bills of sale and other
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and
has duly effected all recordings, filings and other actions necessary to
establish, protect, perfect and publish such Credit Party’s right, title and
interest in and to all its other properties and assets.

 

4.7                               Labour Matters

 

Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule 4.7, as of the Closing Date:
(a) no strikes or other material labour disputes against any Credit Party
are pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened; (b) hours
worked by and payment made to employees of each Credit Party comply with each
federal, provincial, local or foreign law applicable to such matters; (c) each
Credit Party has withheld all employee withholdings and has made all employer
contributions to be withheld and made by it pursuant to applicable law on
account of the Canada Pension plan, employment insurance and employee income
taxes; all payments due from any Credit Party for U.S. employee health and
welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such
Credit Party; (d) no Credit Party is a party to or bound by any collective
bargaining agreement, management agreement, consulting agreement, employment
agreement, bonus, restricted stock, stock option, or stock appreciation plan or
agreement or any similar plan, agreement or arrangement (and true and complete
copies of any agreements described on Disclosure Schedule 4.7 have been
delivered to Agent); (e) there is no organizing activity involving any
Credit Party pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened by any
labour union or group of employees; (f) there are no certification
applications or representative proceedings pending or, to any Credit Party’s
knowledge, threatened with any labour relations board, and no labour
organization or group of employees of any Credit Party has made a pending
demand for certificate; and (g) there are no material complaints or
charges against any Credit Party pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit
Party, threatened to be filed with any Governmental Authority or arbitrator
based on, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the
employment or termination of employment by any Credit Party of any individual.

 

4.8                               Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness

 

Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 4.8, as of the Closing Date,
no Credit Party has any Subsidiaries, is engaged in any joint venture or
partnership with any other Person, or is an Affiliate of any other Person. As
of the Closing Date, all of the issued and outstanding Stock of each Credit Party
is owned by each of the Stockholders and in the amounts set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 4.8. Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 4.8, there are no
outstanding rights to purchase, options, warrants or similar rights or
agreements pursuant to which any Credit Party may be required to issue, sell,
repurchase or redeem any of its Stock or other equity securities or any Stock
or other equity securities of its Subsidiaries. All outstanding Indebtedness
and Guaranteed Indebtedness of each Credit Party, as of the Closing Date
(except for the Obligations), is described in Section 7.4 (including
Disclosure Schedule 7.4).

 

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4.9                               Government Regulation

 

No Credit Party is subject to regulation under any Canadian federal law
or any provincial, local or foreign law that restricts or limits its ability to
incur Indebtedness or to perform its obligations hereunder. The making of the
Loans by Lenders to Borrower and the application of the proceeds thereof will
not violate any provision of any applicable statute or any rule, regulation,
order or policy of or issued by any securities commission, securities exchange
or other securities regulatory authority.

 

4.10                        Taxes

 

All federal, provincial and other material tax returns, reports and
statements, including information returns, required by any Governmental
Authority to be filed by any Credit Party have been filed with the appropriate
Governmental Authority, and all Charges have been paid prior to the date on
which any fine, penalty, interest or late charge may be added thereto for
non-payment thereof, excluding Charges or other amounts being contested in
accordance with Section 6.2(b). Proper and accurate amounts have been
withheld by each Credit Party from its respective employees for all periods in
full and complete compliance with all applicable federal, provincial, local and
foreign laws and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective
Governmental Authorities. Disclosure Schedule 4.10 sets forth as of the Closing
Date in respect of each of the Credit Parties: (i) those taxation years
that have not yet been assessed by the CRA or the applicable provincial, local
or foreign Governmental Authorities, (ii) the taxation years that are
currently being audited by the CRA or any other applicable Governmental
Authority and (iii) any assessments or threatened assessments in
connection with such audit, or otherwise currently outstanding and (iv) the
most recent taxation year that an audit (done while such Credit Party was an
Affiliate of the Corporation or the Fund, as applicable,) by CRA or the
applicable provincial, local or foreign Governmental Authorities has been
completed. Except as described in Disclosure Schedule 4.10, as of the Closing
Date, no Credit Party has executed or filed with the CRA or any other
Governmental Authority any agreement or other document extending, or having the
effect of extending, the period for assessment or collection of any Charges.
None of the Credit Parties and their respective predecessors are liable for any
Charges: (a) under any agreement (including any tax sharing agreements) or
(b) to each Credit Party’s knowledge, as a transferee.

 

4.11                        No Litigation

 

No action, claim, lawsuit, demand, investigation or proceeding is now
pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened against any Credit
Party, before any Governmental Authority or before any arbitrator or panel of
arbitrators (collectively, “Litigation”),
(a) that challenges any Credit Party’s right or power to enter into or
perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
or the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any action taken
thereunder, or (b) that has a reasonable risk of being determined
adversely to any Credit Party and that, if so determined, could reasonably be
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set
forth on Disclosure Schedule 4.11, as of the Closing Date, there is no
Litigation pending or threatened that seeks damages in excess of $1,000,000 or
injunctive relief against, or alleges criminal misconduct of, any Credit Party.

 

4.12                        Canadian Pension Plan and Benefit Plans

 

As of the Closing Date, Disclosure Schedule 4.12 lists all Canadian
Benefit Plans and Canadian Pension Plans currently maintained or contributed to
by any Credit Party. The Canadian Pension Plans are duly registered under the
ITA and all other applicable laws which require registration. The Credit
Parties have complied with and performed all of their obligations in all
material respects under and in respect of the Canadian Pension Plans and
Canadian Benefit Plans under the terms thereof, any funding agreements and all
applicable laws (including any fiduciary, funding, investment and
administration obligations). All employer and employee payments, contributions
or premiums to be remitted, paid to or in respect of each Canadian Pension Plan
or Canadian Benefit Plan have been paid in a timely fashion in accordance with
the terms thereof, any funding agreement and all applicable laws. There have
been no improper withdrawals or applications of the assets of the Canadian
Pension Plans or the Canadian Benefit Plans. Except as set forth on Disclosure
Schedule 4.12, there are no outstanding disputes concerning the assets of the
Canadian Pension Plans or the Canadian Benefit Plans. Except as set forth on
Disclosure Schedule 4.12, each of the Canadian Pension Plans is fully funded on
a solvency basis (using actuarial methods and assumptions which are consistent
with the valuations last filed with the applicable Governmental Authorities and
which are consistent with generally accepted actuarial principles).

 

4.13                        Brokers

 

Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule 4.13, no broker or finder
acting on behalf of any Credit Party or Affiliate thereof brought about the
obtaining, making or closing of the Loans or the Related Transactions, and no
Credit Party or Affiliate thereof has any obligation to any Person in respect
of any finder’s or brokerage fees in connection therewith.

 

4.14                        Intellectual Property

 

As of the Closing Date, each Credit Party owns or has rights to use all
Intellectual Property necessary to continue to conduct its business as now or
heretofore conducted by it or proposed to be conducted by it. Each Patent,
Trademark (excluding prints and labels on which they appear or have appeared),
Design, Copyright and License so owned or used by a Credit Party is listed,
together with application or registration numbers, as applicable, in Disclosure
Schedule 4.14. Each Credit Party conducts its business and affairs without
infringement of or interference with any Intellectual Property of any other
Person in any material respect. Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule
4.14, no Credit Party is aware of any material infringement claim by any other
Person with respect to any Intellectual Property.

 

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4.15                        Full Disclosure

 

No information contained in this Agreement, any of the other Loan
Documents, any Projections, Financial Statements or Collateral Reports or other
written reports from time to time prepared by any Credit Party and delivered
hereunder or any written statement prepared by any Credit Party and furnished
by or on behalf of any Credit Party to Agent or any Lender pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement contains or will contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances under which they were made. Projections from time to time
delivered hereunder are or will be based upon the estimates and assumptions
stated therein, all of which Borrower believed at the time of delivery to be
reasonable and fair in light of current conditions and current facts known to
Borrower as of such delivery date, and reflect Borrower’s good faith and
reasonable estimates of the future financial performance of Borrower and of the
other information projected therein for the period set forth therein. Such
Projections are not a guaranty of future performance and actual results may
differ from those set forth in such Projections. The Liens granted to Agent, on
behalf of the Lenders, pursuant to the Collateral Documents will at all times
be fully perfected first priority Liens in and to the Collateral described
therein, subject, as to priority, only to Permitted Encumbrances.

 

4.16                        Environmental Matters

 

(a)                                  Except as set forth in
Disclosure Schedule 4.16, as of the Closing Date: (i) all Real Estate
owned, occupied or controlled by the Credit Parties is free of the presence of
any Hazardous Material except for such presence that would not adversely impact
the value or marketability of such Real Estate, that is not in breach of Environmental
Laws, and that would not result in Environmental Liabilities that could
reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate; (ii) no Credit
Party has caused or suffered to occur any Release of Hazardous Materials on,
at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate that could
reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities that exceed
$500,000 in the aggregate; (iii) the Credit Parties are, and have been, in
compliance with, all Environmental Laws, except where the failure to so comply
with such Environmental Laws would not result in Environmental Liabilities that
could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate; (iv) the
Credit Parties have obtained, and are in compliance with, all Environmental
Permits required by Environmental Laws for the operations of their respective
businesses as presently conducted or as proposed to be conducted, except where
the failure to so obtain or comply with such Environmental Permits would not
result in Environmental Liabilities that could reasonably be expected to exceed
$500,000 in the aggregate, and all such Environmental Permits are valid,
uncontested and in good standing; (v) no Credit Party is involved in
operations or knows of any facts, circumstances or conditions, including any
Releases of Hazardous Materials, that are likely to result in any Environmental
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could
reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate; (vi) No Credit
Party is subject to any existing, pending, or has knowledge of any, threatened
Litigation arising under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental
Permits or Hazardous Material that seeks damages, penalties, fines, costs or
expenses in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate or injunctive relief against,
or that alleges criminal misconduct by, any Credit Party; (vii) no Credit
Party has knowledge of, nor has any Credit Party received notice of any actual,
pending or threatened investigations, claims, orders, suits, actions or
proceedings regarding the breach of any Environmental Laws or the provisions of
any Environmental Permits, or which may result in any Environmental Liability,
that could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate; and (viii) the
Credit Parties have provided to Agent copies of all existing environmental
reports, reviews and audits and all written information within their control
pertaining to actual or potential Environmental Liabilities, in each case
relating to any Credit Party.

 

(b)                                 The Assessed Equipment has
been maintained and operated in accordance with prudent industry standards and
all Environmental Laws and no Credit Party has knowledge of any fact,
circumstance or condition in respect of the Assessed Equipment or its
maintenance or operation that is likely to result in any Environmental
Liabilities that could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 in the
aggregate, or investigation, claim, order, suit, action or proceedings
regarding the breach of any Environmental Laws, or the provisions of any
Environmental Permits, that could reasonably be expected to result in
Environmental Liabilities that exceed $500,000 in the aggregate.

 

(c)                                  Each Credit Party hereby
acknowledges and agrees that Agent (i) is not now, and has not ever been,
in control of any Credit Party’s affairs, and (ii) does not have the
capacity through the provisions of the Loan Documents or otherwise to influence
any Credit Party’s conduct with respect to the ownership, operation or
management of any of its Real Estate or compliance with Environmental Laws or
Environmental Permits generally.

 

4.17                        Insurance Disclosure

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.17 lists all insurance policies of any nature
maintained, as of the Closing Date, for current occurrences by each Credit
Party, as well as a summary of the terms of each such policy.

 

4.18                        Deposit and Disbursement Accounts

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.18 lists all banks and other financial
institutions at which any Credit Party maintains lock boxes, deposit and/or
other accounts as of the Closing Date, including any disbursement accounts, and
such Schedule correctly identifies the name, address and telephone number of
each depository, the name in which the lock box or

 

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account
is held, a description of the purpose of the lock box or account, and the
complete lock box address or account number therefore.

 

4.19                        Government Contracts

 

Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 4.19, as of the Closing Date,
no Credit Party is a party to any contract or agreement with any Governmental
Authority and no Credit Party’s Accounts are subject to any of the requirements
or proceedings applicable to assignments of accounts under the Financial Administration Act (Canada), the
Federal Assignment of Claims Act of
1940 (31 U.S.C. Section 3727) or any similar provincial, local or foreign
law.

 

4.20                        Customer and Trade Relations

 

As of the Closing Date, there exists no actual or, to the knowledge of
any Credit Party, threatened termination or cancellation of, or any material
adverse modification or change in: the business relationship of any Credit
Party with any customer or group of customers whose purchases during the
preceding 12 months caused them to be ranked among the ten largest customers of
such Credit Party; or the business relationship of any Credit Party with any
supplier material to its operations.

 

4.21                        Bonding; Licenses

 

Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule 4.21, as of April 25,
2007, no Credit Party is a party to or bound by any surety bond agreement or
bonding requirement with respect to products or services sold by it or any
trademark, patent or industrial design license agreement with respect to
products sold by it.

 

4.22                        Solvency

 

Both before and after giving effect to the amendment and restatement of
the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 1.1, (a) the
Revolving Loans and the Revolving Advances to be made or incurred on the
Closing Date or such other date as Advances requested hereunder are made or
incurred, (b) the disbursement of the proceeds of such Advances pursuant
to the instructions of Borrower, (c) the payment and accrual of all
transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, each Credit Party is and
will be Solvent.

 

ARTICLE V

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION

 

5.1                               Reports and Notices

 

(a)                                  The Corporation hereby
agrees that from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it
shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Agent, or to the Agent and
Lenders, as required, the following Financial Statements, notices, Projections
and other information at the times and in the manner herein indicated:

 

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(i)                                     Quarterly Financials. To Agent and
Lenders, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter for
and during the first three (3) Fiscal Quarters of each year and, except to
the extent otherwise delivered on an audited basis in accordance with Section 5.1(a)(iii),
within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, consolidated and
consolidating financial information regarding the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation,
including (i) unaudited balance sheets as of the close of such Fiscal
Quarter and the related statements of income and cash flow for that portion of
the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter and (ii) unaudited
statements of income and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter, in each case
setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in
the prior year and the figures contained in the Projections for such Fiscal
Year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end
adjustments). Such financial information shall be accompanied by (A) a
statement in reasonable detail (each, a “Compliance
Certificate”) showing the calculations used in determining
compliance with each of the Financial Covenants that is tested on a quarterly
basis and (B) the certification of the Chief Financial Officer of the
Corporation that (i) such financial information presents fairly in
accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments) the financial
position, results of operations and statements of cash flows of the Corporation
and its Subsidiaries on both a consolidated and consolidating basis, as at the
end of such Fiscal Quarter and for that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, (ii) any
other information presented is true, correct and complete in all material
respects, (iii) all current and special payments required to have been
made pursuant to applicable law in respect of Canadian Pension Plans have been
made and (iv) that there was no Default or Event of Default in existence
as of such time or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, describing the nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure
such Default or Event of Default. In addition, the Corporation shall deliver to
Agent and Lenders, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal
Quarter for and during the first three (3) Fiscal Quarters of each year
and within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a management
discussion and analysis that includes a comparison to budget for that Fiscal
Quarter and a comparison of performance for that Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year,
as the case may be, to the corresponding period in the prior year.

 

(ii)                                  Operating Plan. To Agent and
Lenders, as soon as available, but not later than ninety (90) days after the
end of each Fiscal Year, an annual operating plan for the Consolidated Parties,
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board
of directors of the Corporation, for the following Fiscal Year, which (i) includes
a statement of all of the material assumptions on which such plan is based, (ii) includes
monthly balance sheets and a monthly budget for the following year and (iii) integrates
sales, gross profits, operating expenses, operating profit, cash flow
projections and Borrowing Availability projections, all prepared on the same
basis and in similar detail as that on which operating results are reported
(and in the case of cash flow projections, representing management’s good faith
estimates of future financial performance based on historical performance), and
including plans for personnel, Capital Expenditures and facilities.

 

(iii)                               Annual Audited Financials. To Agent and
Lenders, within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, audited
Financial Statements for the Corporation and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
and (unaudited) consolidating basis, consisting of balance sheets and
statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows, setting forth in
comparative form in each case the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, which
Financial Statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and certified
without qualification, by an independent chartered accounting firm of national
standing or otherwise acceptable to Agent. Such Financial Statements shall be
accompanied by (i) a statement prepared in reasonable detail showing the
calculations used in determining compliance with each of the Financial
Covenants, (ii) the annual letters to such accountants in connection with
their audit examination detailing contingent liabilities and material
litigation matters, and (iii) the certification of the Chief Executive
Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation that all such Financial
Statements present fairly in accordance with GAAP the financial position,
results of operations and statements of cash flows of the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated and consolidating basis, as at the end of such
Fiscal Year and for the period then ended, and that there was no Default or
Event of Default in existence as of such time or, if a Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, describing the nature thereof and all efforts
undertaken to cure such Default or Event of Default.

 

(iv)                              Default Notices. To Agent and
Lenders, as soon as practicable, and in any event within five (5) Business
Days after an executive officer of a Credit Party has actual knowledge of the
existence of any Default, Event of Default or other event which has had a
Material Adverse Effect, telephonic or telecopied notice specifying the nature
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anticipated
effect thereof, which notice, if given telephonically, shall be promptly
confirmed in writing on the next Business Day.

 

(v)                                 Securities Filings and Press
Releases. To Agent and Lenders, promptly upon their becoming
available, copies of: (i) all Financial Statements, reports, notices and
proxy statements made publicly available by any Credit Party to its security
holders; (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all prospectuses and
registration statements, if any, filed by any Credit Party with any securities
exchange or securities commission or any governmental or private regulatory
authority; and (iii) all press releases and other statements made
available by any Credit Party to the public concerning material changes or
developments in the business of any such Person.

 

(vi)                              Subordinated Debt and Equity
Notices. To Agent, as soon as practicable, copies of all material written
notices given or received by any Credit Party with respect to any Subordinated
Debt or Stock of such Person, and, within two (2) Business Days after any
Credit Party obtains knowledge of any matured or unmatured event of default
with respect to any Subordinated Debt, notice of such event of default.

 

(vii)                           Supplemental Schedules. To Agent,
supplemental disclosures, if any, required by Section 6.6.

 

(viii)                        Litigation. To Agent in
writing, promptly upon learning thereof, notice of any Litigation commenced or
threatened against any Credit Party that (i) seeks damages in excess of
$1,000,000, (ii) seeks injunctive relief, (iii) is asserted or
instituted against any Canadian Pension Plan or ERISA Plan, its fiduciaries or
its assets or against any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate in connection with
any Canadian Pension Plan or ERISA Plan, (iv) alleges criminal misconduct
by any Credit Party, (v) alleges the violation of any law regarding, or
seeks remedies in connection with, any Environmental Liabilities; or (vi) involves
any product recall.

 

(ix)                                Insurance Notices. To Agent,
disclosure of losses or casualties required by Section 6.4.

 

(x)                                   Lease Default Notices. To Agent, (i) within
two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof, copies of any and all default
notices received under or with respect to any leased location or public
warehouse where Collateral is located, and (ii) such other notices or
documents as Agent may reasonably request.

 

(xi)                              Hedging
Agreements. To Agent within two (2) Business Days after
entering into such agreement or amendment, copies of all interest

 

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rate,
commodity or currency hedging agreements or amendments thereto.

 

(xii)                           Other Documents. To Agent and
Lenders, such other financial and other information respecting any Credit Party’s
business or financial condition as Agent or any Lender shall, from time to
time, reasonably request.

 

(b)                                 The Borrower hereby agrees
that from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Agent, or to the Agent and Lenders,
as required, the following Collateral Reports (including Borrowing Base
Certificates in the form Exhibit 5.1(b)):

 

(i)                                   Borrower shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent within thirty (30) days after the
end of each Fiscal Month:

 

(A)                              the most recent Borrowing
Base, as determined in accordance with Section 5.1(c);

 

(B)                                a reconciliation of the
outstanding Loans as set forth in the monthly Loan Account statement provided
by Agent to Borrower’s general ledger, in each case accompanied by such
supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by Agent in its
reasonable discretion;

 

(ii)                                Borrower, at
its own expense, shall deliver to Agent such appraisals of its assets as Agent
may request at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default or an Event of Default, such appraisals to be conducted by an
appraiser, and to be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, acting
reasonably; and

 

(iii)                             Such other
reports, statements and reconciliations with respect to the Borrowing Base or
Collateral or Obligations of any or all Credit Parties as Agent shall from time
to time request in its reasonable discretion.

 

(c)                                  The amount of
the Borrowing Base shall be determined, and if necessary, adjusted, by the
Agent:

 

(i)                                     on a monthly
basis, as it relates to:

 

(A)                              eligible
accounts receivable;

 

(B)                                eligible
Inventory;

 

(C)                                new Equipment
purchases (excluding eligible appraised Equipment; and

 

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(D)                               Equipment
sales; and

 

(ii)                                  on a quarterly
basis, as it relates to eligible appraised Equipment (on a physical basis for
no less than 12.5% of the Equipment, in terms of monetary value, and on a
desktop basis for the remainder of the Equipment); in furtherance of the
foregoing, the Borrower, at its own expense, agrees to provide such appraisals
within 30 days following the end of each such Fiscal Quarter, such appraisals
to be conducted by an appraiser, and to be in form and substance including the
schedule of Equipment to be appraised, satisfactory to Agent, acting reasonably,
and of that 12.5%, no less than 50% of the value is to be derived from assets
with a gross orderly liquidation value of less than $300,000.

 

5.2                               Communication with Accountants

 

Each
Credit Party authorizes Agent to communicate directly with its independent
chartered accountants, and authorizes and shall instruct those accountants and
advisors to disclose and make available to Agent any and all Financial
Statements and other supporting financial documents, schedules and information
relating to any Credit Party with respect to the business, results of
operations and financial condition of any Credit Party.

 

ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each Credit Party agrees as
to all Consolidated Parties that from and after the date hereof and until the
Termination Date:

 

6.1                               Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business

 

Each
Consolidated Party shall: (a) do or cause to be done all things necessary
to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and its
material rights and franchises; (b) continue to conduct its business
substantially as now conducted or as otherwise permitted hereunder; (c) at
all times maintain, preserve and protect all of its assets and properties used
or useful in the conduct of its business, and keep the same in good repair,
working order and condition in all material respects (taking into consideration
ordinary wear and tear) and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all
necessary or appropriate repairs, replacements and improvements thereto
consistent with industry practices; and (d) transact business only in such
corporate and trade names as are set forth in Disclosure Schedule 6.1.  The Borrower shall provide updates of
Disclosure Schedule 6.1 to the Agent promptly upon any permitted change, amendment,
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6.2                               Payment of Charges

 

(a)                                  Subject to Section 6.2(b),
each Consolidated Party shall pay and discharge or cause to be paid and
discharged promptly all Charges payable by it before any thereof shall become
past due, including (i) Charges imposed upon it, its income and profits,
or any of its property (real, personal or mixed) and all Charges with respect
to employee source deduction obligations and employer obligations to its
employees, (ii) lawful claims for labour, materials, supplies and services
or otherwise, and (iii) all storage or rental charges payable to
warehousemen and bailees, in each case, before any thereof shall become past
due, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) where the failure
to pay or discharge such Charges would not result in aggregate liabilities in
excess of $200,000.

 

(b)                                 Each Consolidated Party may
in good faith contest, by appropriate proceedings, the validity or amount of
any Charges, Taxes or claims described in Section 6.2(a); provided, that (i) adequate
reserves with respect to such contest are maintained on the books of such
Consolidated Party, in accordance with GAAP; (ii) no Lien shall arise or
be imposed to secure payment of such Charges (other than payments to
warehousemen and/or bailees) that is superior to any of the Liens securing
payment of the Obligations and such contest is maintained and prosecuted
continuously and with diligence and operates to suspend collection or
enforcement of such Charges, (iii) none of the Collateral becomes subject
to forfeiture or loss as a result of such contest, (iv) such Consolidated
Party shall promptly pay or discharge such contested Charges, Taxes or claims
and all additional charges, interest, penalties and expenses, if any, and shall
deliver to Agent evidence reasonably acceptable to Agent of such compliance,
payment or discharge, if such contest is terminated or discontinued adversely
to such Consolidated Party or the conditions set forth in this Section 6.2(b) are
no longer met; and (v) Agent has not advised Borrower in writing that
Agent reasonably believes that non-payment or non-discharge thereof could have
or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.3                               Books and Records

 

Each Consolidated Party shall keep adequate books and records with
respect to its business activities in which proper entries, reflecting all
financial transactions, are made in accordance with GAAP and on a basis
consistent with the Financial Statements attached as Disclosure Schedule
4.4(a)).

 

6.4                               Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral

 

(a)                                  The Consolidated Parties
shall, at their sole cost and expense, maintain policies of insurance in
accordance with the requirements described on Disclosure Schedule 6.4 or
otherwise in form and amounts and with insurers reasonably acceptable to Agent.
If any Consolidated Party at any time or times hereafter shall fail to obtain
or maintain any of the policies of insurance required above or to pay all
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relating
thereto, Agent may at any time or times thereafter obtain and maintain such
policies of insurance and pay such premiums and take any other action with
respect thereto that Agent deems advisable. 
Agent shall have no obligation to obtain insurance for any Consolidated
Party or pay any premiums therefor. By doing so, Agent shall not be deemed to
have waived any Default or Event of Default arising from any Consolidated Party’s
failure to maintain such insurance or pay any premiums therefor. All sums so
disbursed, including legal fees, court costs and other charges related thereto,
shall be payable on demand by Borrower to Agent and shall be additional
Obligations hereunder secured by the Collateral.

 

(b)                                 Agent reserves the right at
any time upon any change in any Consolidated Party’s risk profile (including
any change in the product mix maintained by any Consolidated Party or any laws
affecting the potential liability of such Consolidated Party) to require
additional forms and limits of insurance to, in Agent’s opinion, adequately
protect interest of Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in all or any portion of
the Collateral and to ensure that each Consolidated Party is protected by
insurance in amounts and with coverage customary for its industry. If
reasonably requested by Agent, each Consolidated Party shall deliver to Agent
on an annual basis a report of a reputable insurance broker reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, with respect to its insurance policies. Such broker
shall advise the Agent promptly in writing of any default in the payment of any
premiums or any other act or omission, on the part of any Person, which might
invalidate or render unenforceable, in whole or in part, any insurance provided
by the Consolidated Parties hereunder.

 

(c)                                  Provided any Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Credit Party irrevocably
makes, constitutes and appoints Agent (and all officers, employees or agents
designated by Agent) as each Credit Party’s true and lawful agent and attorney
in fact for the purpose of making, settling and adjusting claims under such “All
Risk” policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Credit Party on any
cheque or other item of payment for the proceeds of such “All Risk” policies of
insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect to such “All
Risk” policies of insurance. Agent shall have no duty to exercise any rights or
powers granted to it pursuant to the foregoing power-of-attorney.

 

(d)

 

(i)                                     The affected Credit Party
shall promptly notify Agent of any loss, damage, or destruction to the
Collateral in the amount of $1,000,000 or more, whether or not covered by
insurance. Upon receipt of any such insurance proceeds, the Borrower shall make
an Asset Sale Offer in accordance with Section 1.5(c)(iii), provided that
if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Credit
Party will replace, restore, repair or rebuild within 180 days of such
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(ii)                                all insurance
proceeds that are to be made available to replace, repair, restore or rebuild
the Collateral shall be applied by Agent to reduce the outstanding principal
balance of the Revolving Loan (which application shall not result in a
permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment) and upon such
application, Agent shall establish a Reserve against the Borrowing Base in an
amount equal to the amount of such proceeds so applied; and

 

(iii)                             Thereafter,
such funds shall be made available to such Credit Party to provide funds to
replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral as follows: (i) Borrower
shall request a Revolving Credit Advance be made to such Credit Party in the
amount requested to be released; (ii) so long as the conditions set forth
in Section 2.2 have been met, the Lenders shall make such Revolving Credit
Advance; and (iii) in the case of insurance proceeds applied against the
Revolving Loan, the Reserve established with respect to such insurance proceeds
shall be reduced by the amount of such Revolving Credit Advance. To the extent
not used to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral, such insurance
proceeds shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.5(c).

 

(e)                                  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the existing Inland Marine Insurance deductible exceeds $25,000 and
has a $1,000,000 aggregate policy limit per year which is a breach of the
covenant in Section 6.4(a) and Disclosure Schedule 6.4(a) and
consequently would be an Event of Default under Section 10.1(b) (the “Insurance Deductible Default”). Until April 30,
2009, the Insurance Deductible Default is waived, after which date the Inland
Marine Insurance deductible shall not exceed $25,000, provided that until such
date the annual insurance premium shall be reduced by a minimum of $800,000.

 

6.5                               Compliance with Laws

 

(a)                                  General. Each
Consolidated Party shall comply with all federal, provincial, local and foreign
laws and regulations applicable to it, including ERISA and those relating to
employment and labour matters (except to the extent that the failure to comply
with ERISA and those laws and regulations relating to employment and labour
matters, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonable be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect), and Environmental Laws and Environmental
Permits.

 

(b)                                 Canadian Pension Plans and
Benefit Plans

 

(i)                                   For each
existing, or hereafter adopted, Canadian Pension Plan and Canadian Benefit
Plan, each Consolidated Party shall in a timely fashion comply with and perform
in all material respects all of its obligations under and in respect of such
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Canadian
Benefit Plan, including under any funding agreements and all applicable laws
(including any fiduciary, funding, investment and administration obligations).

 

(ii)                                All employer or
employee payments, contributions or premiums required to be remitted, paid to
or in respect of each Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Benefit Plan shall be
paid or remitted by each Consolidated Party in a timely fashion in accordance
with the terms thereof, any funding agreements and all applicable laws.

 

(iii)                             Borrower shall
deliver to Agent (i) if requested by Agent, copies of each annual and
other return, report or valuation with respect to each Canadian Pension Plan as
filed with any applicable Governmental Authority; (ii) promptly after
receipt thereof, a copy of any direction, order, notice, ruling or opinion that
any Consolidated Party may receive from any applicable Governmental Authority
with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan; and (iii) notification within
30 days of any increases having a cost to one or more of the Consolidated
Parties in excess of $100,000 per annum in the aggregate, in the benefits of
any existing Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Benefit Plan, or the
establishment of any new Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Benefit Plan, or the
commencement of contributions to any such plan to which any Consolidated Party
was not previously contributing.

 

6.6                               Supplemental Disclosure

 

From time to time as may be reasonably requested by Agent (which
request will not be made more frequently than once each year absent the
occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default) or at Credit Parties’
election, the Credit Parties shall supplement each Disclosure Schedule hereto,
or any representation herein or in any other Loan Document, with respect to any
matter hereafter arising that, if existing or occurring at the date of this
Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in such
Disclosure Schedule or as an exception to such representation or that is
necessary to correct any information in such Disclosure Schedule or
representation which has been rendered inaccurate thereby (and, in the case of
any supplements to any Disclosure Schedule, such Disclosure Schedule shall be
appropriately marked to show the changes made therein); provided that (a) no
such supplement to any such Disclosure Schedule or representation shall amend,
supplement or otherwise modify any Disclosure Schedule or representation, or be
or be deemed a waiver of any Default or Event of Default resulting from the
matters disclosed therein, except as consented to by Agent and Requisite
Lenders in writing, and (b) no supplement shall be required or permitted
as to representations and warranties that relate solely to the Closing Date.

 

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6.7                               Intellectual Property

 

Each Consolidated Party will conduct its business and affairs without
infringement of or interference with any Intellectual Property of any other
Person in any material respect and shall comply in all material respects with
the terms of its Licenses.

 

6.8                               Environmental Matters

 

(a)                                  Environmental Certificates. The Borrower
will provide an Environmental Certificate (in the form attached in Exhibit 6.8(a))
to the Agent with sufficient copies for each of the Lenders at the same time as
the delivery of the annual financial statements referred to in Section 6.3.

 

(b)                                 Additional Environmental
Information. The Borrower will upon the request of the Agent
make available for discussion with the Agent or its nominee at all reasonable
times the individuals who were involved in the preparation of any Environmental
Certificate.

 

(c)                                  Environmental Audit. The Borrower
will, and will cause the other Consolidated Parties to, at the request of Agent
and no more than once per year, conduct environmental audits of the business of
each Consolidated Party by an independent consultant selected by the Agent. The
reasonable costs of each such audit will be for the account of the Borrower;
provided that the Borrower shall not be required to account for the costs of
more than a single audit during any 12 month period. Should the result of such
audit indicate that:

 

(i)                                   a Consolidated
Party is in breach, or with the passage of time will be in breach, of any
Environmental Law which could result in aggregate liabilities in excess of
$100,000; or

 

(ii)                                the business of
each Consolidated Party has not been conducted and operated in accordance with
all Environmental Laws or that a Consolidated Party should have knowledge of
any fact, circumstance or condition in respect of the Assessed Equipment or its
maintenance or operation that is likely to result in any Environmental
Liabilities or investigation, claim, order, suit, action or proceedings
regarding the breach of any Environmental Laws or the provisions of any
Environmental Permits, which could result in aggregate liabilities in excess of
$100,000,

 

and without in any way prejudicing or suspending any of the rights and
remedies of the Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents, the Borrower
will forthwith commence and diligently proceed to rectify or cause to be
rectified such breach, potential breach, fact, circumstance or condition, as
the case may be, and will keep the Lenders fully advised of the actions it
intends to take and has taken to rectify such breach or potential breach and
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rectifying
same.  The Agent will be permitted to
retain, for the account of the Borrower (to the extent such account is
reasonable), the services of a consultant to monitor the applicable
Consolidated Party’s compliance with this Section 6.8(c).

 

(d)                                 Notice of Environmental
Damage. The Borrower will, forthwith upon acquiring knowledge thereof, notify
the Agent of the discovery of any breach, potential breach, fact, circumstance
or condition that is likely to result in any Environmental Liabilities or
investigation, claim, order, suit, action or proceedings regarding the breach
of any Environmental Laws or the provisions of any Environmental Permits
including, without limitation, any knowledge or discovery of any Releases of a
Hazardous Material from or upon the land or property owned (either individually
or jointly), operated or controlled by any Consolidated Party, which could
result in aggregate liabilities in excess of $100,000.

 

6.9                               Landlords’ Agreements, Mortgagee Agreements, Bailee Letters and Real
Estate Purchases

 

Each Credit Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts (such
efforts not to include payment of any fees or deposits) to obtain a landlord’s
agreement, mortgagee agreement or bailee letter, as applicable, from the lessor
of each leased property, mortgagee of owned property or bailee with respect to
the warehouse, processor or converter facility or other location that is a New
Key Location where Collateral is stored or located, which agreement or letter
shall contain a waiver or subordination of all Liens or claims that the
landlord, mortgagee or bailee may assert against the Collateral at that New Key
Location, and shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to Agent. Each Credit Party shall timely and fully pay and perform its
obligations under all leases and other agreements with respect to each leased
location or public warehouse where any Collateral is or may be located.

 

6.10                        Further Assurances

 

Each Credit Party agrees that it shall, and shall cause each other
Consolidated Party to, at such Credit Party’s expense and upon the reasonable
request of Agent, duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and
delivered, to Agent such further instruments and do and cause to be done such
further acts as may be necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of Agent
to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and
each Loan Document.

 

ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each Credit Party agrees as
to all Consolidated Parties that from and after the date hereof until the
Termination Date:

 

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7.1                               Amalgamations, Mergers, Subsidiaries, Etc.

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise provided
in Section 7.2 or in this Section 7.1 below, no Consolidated Party
shall directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, (a) form
or acquire any Subsidiary, or (b) amalgamate or merge with, consolidate
with, acquire all or substantially all of the assets or Stock of, or otherwise
combine with or acquire, any Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
Consolidated Party may enter into a Permitted Acquisition to acquire all or
substantially all of the assets or Stock of any Person (the “Target”) subject to the satisfaction of
each of the following conditions:

 

(i)                                     such Permitted
Acquisition shall only involve assets located in Canada and the U.S. and
comprise a business, or those assets of a business, of the type engaged in by
Credit Parties (on a consolidated basis) as of the Closing Date, and which
business would not subject either Lender to regulatory or third party approvals
in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies under this Agreement
or any other Loan Documents other than approvals applicable to the exercise of
such rights and remedies with respect to such Consolidated Party prior to such
Permitted Acquisition;

 

(ii)                                such Permitted
Acquisition shall be consensual and shall have been approved by the Target’s
board of directors;

 

(iii)                             no additional
Indebtedness, Guaranteed Indebtedness, contingent obligations or other
liabilities shall be incurred, assumed or otherwise be reflected on a
consolidated balance sheet of such Consolidated Party and Target after giving
effect to such Permitted Acquisition, except (A) the Loans made hereunder
and (B) ordinary course trade payables, accrued expenses and unsecured
Indebtedness of the Target to the extent no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to such
Permitted Acquisition;

 

(iv)                              the sum of all amounts
payable in connection with all Permitted Acquisitions (including all
transaction costs and all Indebtedness, liabilities and contingent obligations
incurred or assumed in connection therewith or otherwise reflected on a
consolidated balance sheet of such Consolidated Party and Target) shall not
exceed $40,000,000 during any Fiscal Year and the portion thereof allocable to
goodwill and intangible assets for all such Permitted Acquisitions during any
Fiscal Year shall not exceed $28,000,000;

 

(v)                                 the Target shall not have
incurred an operating loss for the trailing twelve-month period preceding the
date of the Permitted Acquisition, as determined based upon the Target’s
financial statements for its

 

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most
recently completed fiscal year and its most recent interim financial period
completed within sixty (60) days prior to the date of consummation of such
Permitted Acquisition;

 

(vi)                              any debt
associated with Liens on the business and assets acquired in such Permitted
Acquisition shall be paid out on the closing of such Permitted Acquisition and,
within 30 days following the closing of such Permitted Acquisition, the
discharge of the registrations of such Liens shall have occurred;

 

(vii)                         within 30 days
following the closing of any Permitted Acquisition involving the acquisition of
assets only, Agent will be granted a first priority perfected Lien (subject to
Permitted Encumbrances) in all such assets acquired pursuant thereto of the
Target, and such Credit Parties and the Target shall have executed such
documents and taken such actions as may be required by Agent in connection
therewith;

 

(viii)                      within 180 days
following the closing of any Permitted Acquisition involving the acquisition of
Stock, or the next Notification Date, whichever is earlier, Agent will be
granted a first priority perfected Lien (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) in
all such Stock and assets acquired pursuant thereto of the Target, and such
Consolidated Parties and the Target shall have executed such documents and
taken such actions as may be required by Agent in connection therewith;

 

(ix)                                on or prior to
the closing date of any Permitted Acquisition equal to or in excess of
$10,000,000, the Corporation shall have delivered to Agent, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent:

 

(A)                              a pro-forma consolidated balance sheet, income statement and
cash flow statement of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (the “Acquisition Pro Forma”), based on recent
financial statements, which shall be complete and shall fairly present in all
material respects the assets, liabilities, financial condition and results of
operations of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, but taking into account such Permitted Acquisition and
the funding of all Loans in connection therewith, and such Acquisition Pro
Forma shall reflect that on a pro-forma basis
(after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition and all Loans funded in
connection therewith as if made on the first day of such period) and the
Acquisition Projections (as herein defined) shall reflect that no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to
such Permitted Acquisition and the Corporation and its Subsidiaries would have
been in compliance with the Financial Covenants set forth in Article VIII
for the period reflected in the Compliance Certificate

 

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most
recently delivered to Agent pursuant to 5.1(a) prior to the consummation
of such Permitted Acquisition (after giving effect to such Permitted
Acquisition and all Loans funded in connection therewith as if made on the
first day of such period);

 

(B)                                updated versions of the most
recently delivered Projections covering the one (1) year period commencing
on the date of such Permitted Acquisition and otherwise prepared in accordance
with the Projections (the “Acquisition
Projections”) and based upon historical financial data of a recent
date reasonably satisfactory to Agent, taking into account such Permitted
Acquisition; and

 

(C)                                a certificate of the Chief
Financial Officer of the Corporation to the effect that: (w) the
Corporation and such Consolidated Party will be Solvent upon the consummation
of the Permitted Acquisition; (x) the Acquisition Pro Forma fairly
presents the financial condition of Corporation (on a consolidated basis) as of
the date thereof after giving effect to the Permitted Acquisition; (y) the
Acquisition Projections are reasonable estimates of the future financial
performance of the Corporation (on a consolidated basis) subsequent to the date
thereof based upon the historical performance of the Corporation and the Target
and show that the Corporation shall continue to be in compliance with the
Financial Covenants set forth in Article VIII for the 3-year period
thereafter; and (z) such Consolidated Party has completed their due
diligence investigation with respect to the Target and such Permitted
Acquisition, which investigation was conducted in a manner similar to that
which would have been conducted by a prudent purchaser of a comparable business
and the results of which investigation were delivered to Agent and Lenders;

 

(x)                                   in connection with a
Permitted Acquisition equal to or in excess of $10,000,000, on or prior to the
date of such Permitted Acquisition, Agent shall have received, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, copies of the acquisition agreement
and related agreements and instruments, and all opinions, certificates, lien
search results and other documents reasonably requested by Agent, including
those specified in the last sentence of Section 6.9;

 

(xi)                              such Permitted
Acquisition shall have been the subject of a Phase I Environmental Site
Assessment and, if necessary, a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment, by an
independent consultant selected by Agent, and the Consolidated Party shall have
caused the performance of an internal environmental, health and safety audit of
the business of the Consolidated Party, and the results of any such assessment
and audit shall have been provided to Agent; and

 

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(xii)                           at the time of
such Permitted Acquisition and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

7.2                               Reorganization. Any Credit Party that has provided Collateral
Documents accepted by the Agent may, from time to time, amalgamate, merge or
consolidate with another Credit Party, or transfer the stock or assets of any
Target to another Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party, provided that
in the case of any such amalgamation, merger, consolidation or transfer:

 

(a)                                  no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
amalgamation, merger, consolidation or transfer, and no Default or Event of
Default will result from such amalgamation, merger, consolidation or transfer;

 

(b)                                 contemporaneously
with or not less than three (3) Business Days following the consummation
of such amalgamation, merger, consolidation or transfer, as the case may be,
the resulting Person by way of such amalgamation, merger, consolidation or
transfer, will have executed and/or delivered to the Agent such instruments and
done such things as in the reasonable opinion of the Agent are necessary or
advisable to establish that such Person will be a Credit Party, including:

 

(i)                                   the successor
entity is a Person formed under the laws of Canada or one of its provinces
which will have assumed, whether by operation of law or by an acknowledgement
or other writing in pursuance hereof, all the covenants and obligations of such
Person’s predecessor Credit Parties under the Loan Documents;

 

(ii)                                the Loan
Documents of such successor Person, including to the extent required, any
Collateral Documents or other Loan Documents (in substitution for such
corresponding Collateral Documents and other Loan Documents to which such
Persons’ respective predecessors were parties), all of which shall be valid and
binding obligations of the successor entity entitling the Lenders and the
Agent, as against the successor entity, to exercise all their rights and
benefits thereunder;

 

(iii)                             the Lien
created by the Collateral Documents will continue to be a Lien against the
property of the successor entity in substantially the same manner and to the
same extent and priority as existed immediately prior to such Person’s
amalgamation, merger, consolidation or transfer, as the case may be;

 

(iv)                              the rights and
benefits afforded or intended to be afforded the Lenders and the Agent under
the Loan Documents are not materially prejudiced; and

 

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(v)                                 legal opinions of counsel to
such Person (as successor Credit Party) in form satisfactory to the Agent; and

 

(c)                                  no Material Adverse Effect
could reasonably be expected to occur as a result of such amalgamation, merger,
consolidation or transfer.

 

7.3                               Investments; Loans and Advances

 

Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Article VII, no
Consolidated Party shall make or permit to exist any investment in, or make,
accrue or permit to exist loans or advances of money to, any Person, through
the direct or indirect lending of money, holding of securities or otherwise,
except that: (a) the Credit Parties may hold investments comprised of
notes payable, or stock or other securities issued by Account Debtors to
Borrower pursuant to negotiated agreements with respect to settlement of such
Account Debtor’s Accounts in the ordinary course of business, consistent with
past practices; (b) each Consolidated Party may make new investments,
loans and advances to other Credit Parties; and (c) each Credit Party may
maintain its existing investments as of the Closing Date and make new
investments, loans and advances not otherwise permitted hereunder, provided
that such new investments, loans and advances by a Credit Party do not exceed
$2,000,000 in the aggregate.

 

7.4                               Indebtedness

 

(a)                                  No Consolidated Party shall
create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except (without
duplication) (i) Indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests
and Capital Leases permitted in Section 7.8, (ii) the Loans and the
other Obligations, (iii) Indebtedness permitted in Sections 7.3(b) and
7.3(c), (iv) existing Indebtedness described in Disclosure Schedule 7.4
and refinancings thereof or amendments or modifications thereof that do not
have the effect of increasing the principal amount thereof or changing the
amortization thereof (other than to extend the same) and that are otherwise on
terms and conditions no less favourable to any Consolidated Party, Agent or any
Lender, as determined by Agent, than the terms of the Indebtedness being
refinanced, amended or modified, (v) Indebtedness to any Credit Parties, (vi) Indebtedness
specifically permitted under Section 7.1 and (vii) obligations of any
Credit Party under any Secured Rate Contracts or Secured Rate Contract Support
Documents entered into for the sole purpose of hedging in the normal course of
business and consistent with industry practices.

 

(b)                                 No Consolidated Party shall,
directly or indirectly, voluntarily purchase, redeem, defease or prepay any
principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of
any Indebtedness, other than (i) the Obligations; (ii) Indebtedness
secured by a Permitted Encumbrance if the asset securing such Indebtedness has
been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Section 7.9 (b) or
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permitted by Section 7.4(a)(iii) upon any refinancing thereof
in accordance with Section 7.4(a)(iii) .

 

7.5                               Employee Loans and Affiliate Transactions

 

(a)                                  No Consolidated Party shall
enter into or be a party to any transaction with any other Credit Party or any
Affiliate thereof except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the
reasonable requirements of such Consolidated Party’s business and upon fair and
reasonable terms that are no less favourable to such Consolidated Party than
would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an
Affiliate of such Consolidated Party. In the aggregate, the terms of these
transactions must be disclosed in advance to Agent and Lenders. All such
transactions existing as of the date hereof are described in Disclosure
Schedule 7.5(a).

 

(b)                                 No Consolidated Party shall
enter into any lending or borrowing transaction with any employees of any
Consolidated Party, except loans to its respective employees on an arm’s length
basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices for
travel and entertainment expenses, relocation costs and similar purposes up to
a maximum of $300,000 to any employee and up to a maximum of $1,000,000 in the
aggregate at any one time outstanding. All such transactions existing as of the
date hereof are described in Disclosure Schedule 7.5(b).

 

7.6                               Capital Structure and Business

 

If all or part of a Consolidated Party’s Stock is pledged to Agent,
that Consolidated Party shall not issue additional Stock. No Consolidated Party
shall amend its constating documents, by-laws, partnership agreement or
operating agreement, as applicable, in a manner that would adversely affect
Agent or Lenders or such Consolidated Party’s duty or ability to repay the
Obligations. No Consolidated Party shall engage in any business other than the
businesses currently engaged in by it or businesses reasonably related thereto.
No Consolidated Party shall amend its constating documents to add provisions
which require director consent only to the transfer of such Consolidated Party’s
shares or other equity securities.

 

7.7                               Guaranteed Indebtedness

 

No Consolidated Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist
any Guaranteed Indebtedness except (a) by endorsement of instruments or
items of payment for deposit to the general account of any Credit Party, (b) for
Guaranteed Indebtedness incurred for the benefit of any other Credit Party if
the primary obligation is expressly permitted by this Agreement, (c) Employee
Unit Plan Guarantees and (d) existing Guaranteed Indebtedness described in
Disclosure Schedule 7.7.

 

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7.8                               Liens

 

No Consolidated Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist
any Lien on or with respect to its Accounts or any of its other properties or
assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) except for (a) Permitted
Encumbrances; (b) Liens in existence on the date hereof and summarized on
Disclosure Schedule 7.8 securing Indebtedness described on Disclosure Schedule
7.4 and permitted refinancings, extensions and renewals thereof, including
extensions or renewals of any such Liens; (c) Liens in respect of existing
and future operating leases of personal property so long as (i) annual
payments and other obligations under such existing and future operating leases
of personal property are equal to or less than $15,000,000 in the aggregate,
and (ii) such Liens attach only to the assets that are subject thereto; (d) Liens
in respect of existing and future operating leases of real property; and (e) the
Credit Parties’ Capital Leases equal to or less than $45,000,000. In addition,
no Consolidated Party shall become a party to any agreement, note, indenture or
instrument, or take any other action, that would prohibit the creation of a
Lien on any of its properties or other assets in favour of Agent, on behalf of
the Lenders of, as additional collateral for the Obligations, except operating
leases, Capital Leases or Licenses which prohibit Liens upon the assets that
are subject thereto.

 

7.9                               Sale of Stock and Assets

 

No Consolidated Party shall sell, transfer, convey, assign or otherwise
dispose of any of its properties or other assets, including the Stock of any of
its Subsidiaries (whether in a public or a private offering or otherwise) or
any of its Accounts, other than (a) the sale of Inventory in the ordinary
course of business, and (b) the sale or other disposition by a Consolidated
Party of Equipment, Fixtures or Real Estate that are obsolete or no longer used
or useful in such Consolidated Party’s business and having a Book Value, not
exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year and (c) the sale
or other disposition of other Equipment and Fixtures having a Book Value not
exceeding $2,500,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year, without the prior
written consent of the Lenders.

 

7.10                        Pensions and Benefit Plans

 

(a)                                  No Consolidated Party shall
permit its unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations
and liabilities to remain unfunded other than in accordance with applicable
law.

 

(b)                                 No Consolidated Party shall,
or shall cause or permit any ERISA Affiliate to, cause or permit to occur (i) an
event that could result in the imposition of a Lien under Section 412 of
the IRC or Section 302 or 4068 of ERISA or (ii) an ERISA Event to the
extent such ERISA Event would reasonably be expected to result in taxes,
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7.11                        Hazardous Materials

 

No Consolidated Party shall cause or permit a Release of any Hazardous
Material on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of the Real Estate or
maintain or operate the Assessed Equipment in contravention with Environmental
Laws or in such a way that is likely to result in any Environmental Liabilities
or investigation, claim, order, suit, action or proceedings regarding the
breach of any Environmental Laws or the provisions of any Environmental Permits
in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate.

 

7.12                        Sale Leasebacks

 

Except to the extent permitted within the limits set out in Section 7.8,
no Consolidated Party may engage in any sale leaseback, synthetic lease or
similar transaction involving any of its assets and in no circumstances will a
Consolidated Party engage in any sale leasebacks, synthetic leases or similar
transactions involving assets that form any part of the Borrowing Base except
to the extent of any such assets acquired in the 120 days prior to such
transaction and provided the Borrowing Base will remain in excess of the
aggregate Loans.

 

7.13                        Restricted Payments

 

No Consolidated Party shall make any Restricted Payment, except (a) intercompany
loans and advances between the Credit Parties to the extent permitted by Section 7.4,
(b) dividends and distributions by Subsidiaries of a Credit Party paid to
a Credit Party, (c) employee loans permitted under Section 7.5(b), (d) scheduled
payments of principal and interest on Subordinated Debt and (e) other
Permitted Distributions provided, that (i) no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to any
Restricted Payment otherwise permitted pursuant to the foregoing; (ii) such
Permitted Distribution is within the limits under Section 8.6, and for
purposes of any Permitted Distribution set out in (d) of the definition
thereof, (iii) at the end of the preceding month, Funded Debt minus
Subordinated Debt, both measured as of the last day of such preceding month, to
EBITDA for the twelve months then ended is equal to or less than 2.50:1, and (iv) at
the end of the preceding month, Funded Debt measured as of the last day of such
preceding month, to EBITDA for the twelve months then ended is equal to or less
than 3.00:1.

 

For purposes of the tests set out in Section 7.13(iii) and
7.13(iv) above, the tests need only be demonstrated monthly until
quarterly financials and a Compliance Certificate are delivered in accordance
with Section 5.1(a)(i) and these demonstrate compliance with such
tests, following which such test need only be demonstrated quarterly. In order
to evidence compliance with such tests set out in this Section 7.13, the
Borrower must provide a monthly or quarterly (as applicable) Compliance
Certificate and financials to evidence such compliance in each case in the form
set out in Section 5.1(a)(i).

 

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7.14                        Change of Corporate Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year

 

Subject to Section 7.2, no Credit Party shall (a) change its
incorporated name, or if not a corporation, its name as it appears in official
filings in the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) change its chief
executive office, principal place of business, corporate offices or warehouses
or locations at which Collateral is held or stored, or the location of its
records concerning the Collateral, (c) change the type of entity that it
is, (d) change its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, in each
case without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Agent and after
Agent’s written acknowledgment that any reasonable action requested by Agent in
connection therewith, including to continue the perfection of any Liens in
favour of Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in any Collateral, has been
completed or taken, and provided, that with respect to paragraphs (b) and
(d), any such new location shall be in Canada or the United States of America.
Subject to Section 7.2, without limiting the foregoing, no Credit Party
shall change its name, identity or corporate or organizational structure in any
manner that might make any financing statement filed in connection herewith or
any other Loan Document materially misleading within the meaning of the PPSA
(or any comparable provision then in effect) except upon prior written notice
to Agent and after Agent’s written acknowledgement that any reasonable action
requested by Agent in connection therewith, including to continue the
perfection of any Liens in favour of Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in any
Collateral, has been completed or taken. No Credit Party shall change its
Fiscal Year.

 

7.15                        No Impairment of Intercompany Transfers

 

No Consolidated Party shall directly or indirectly enter into or become
bound by any agreement, instrument, indenture or other obligation (other than
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) that could directly or indirectly
restrict, prohibit or require the consent of any Person with respect to the
payment of dividends or distributions or the making or repayment of
intercompany loans by a Subsidiary of Borrower to Borrower.

 

ARTICLE VIII

FINANCIAL COVENANTS

 

The Corporation shall not
breach or fail to comply with any of the following financial covenants (the “Financial Covenants”), each of which shall
be calculated in accordance with GAAP consistently applied:

 

8.1                               Maximum Capital Expenditures

 

The
total of all Unfinanced Capital Expenditures of the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during any Fiscal Year shall not exceed
$20,000,000 per such year.

 

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8.2                               Working Capital Ratio

 

The Corporation and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall
have at the end of each Fiscal Quarter a Working Capital Ratio of not less than
1.25:1.

 

8.3                               Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

 

(a)                                  The Corporation and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall have at the end of each Fiscal
Quarter, a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of equal to or greater than 1.5:1.

 

(b)                                 upon any proposed
acquisition exceeding the Permitted Acquisition threshold and requiring Lender
approval, the ratio referenced in (a) shall be adjusted on a proforma
basis acceptable to the Requisite Lenders, acting reasonably.

 

8.4                               Maximum Funded Senior Debt to EBITDA

 

(a)                                  The Corporation and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall maintain a ratio of, at the end of
each Fiscal Quarter, Funded Debt minus Subordinated Debt, both measured as of
the last day of each Fiscal Quarter, to EBITDA for the four Fiscal Quarters
then ended equal to or less than 2.50:1.

 

(b)                                 upon any proposed
acquisition exceeding the Permitted Acquisition threshold and requiring Lender
approval, the ratio referenced in (a) shall be adjusted on a proforma
basis acceptable to the Requisite Lenders, acting reasonably.

 

8.5                               Funded Debt to EBITDA

 

(a)                                  The Corporation and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall maintain a ratio of, at the end of
each Fiscal Quarter, Funded Debt measured as of the last day of each Fiscal
Quarter, to EBITDA for the four Fiscal Quarters then ended equal to or less
than 3.00:1.

 

(b)                                 upon any proposed
acquisition exceeding the Permitted Acquisition threshold and requiring Lender
approval, the ratio referenced in (a) shall be adjusted on a proforma basis
acceptable to the Requisite Lenders, acting reasonably.

 

8.6                               Maximum Distribution Payout

 

Except from one Credit Party to another, the Credit Parties, in the
aggregate, shall not make Restricted Payments (excluding the aggregate of all
payments and/or distributions made by the Credit Parties which are subsequently
reinvested by the Credit Parties pursuant to the DRIP) during any rolling 12
month period in excess of 80% of Excess Cash Flow of the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

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8.7                               Minimum Net Worth

 

The Corporation and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall at
all times (tested at the end of each Fiscal Quarter) maintain a Net Worth of
not less than the sum of (i) $167,000,000 plus (ii) 20% of Excess
Cash Flow measured on a cumulative basis beginning September 30, 2008
(without deduction for losses) and ending on the last day of such Fiscal
Quarter.

 

8.8                               Additional Information

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any accounting term used
in the Agreement shall have the meaning customarily given such term in
accordance with GAAP, and all financial computations hereunder shall be
computed in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. That certain items or computations
are explicitly modified by the phrase “in accordance with GAAP” shall in no way
be construed to limit the foregoing. If any “Accounting
Changes” (as defined below) occur and such changes result in a
change in the calculation of the Financial Covenants, standards or terms used
in the Agreement or any other Loan Document, then Borrower, Agent and Lenders
agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of the
Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired
result that the criteria for evaluating the Corporation’s and its Subsidiaries’
financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such
Accounting Changes had not been made; provided, however, that the agreement of
Requisite Lenders to any required amendments of such provisions shall be
sufficient to bind all Lenders. “Accounting
Changes” means (i) changes in accounting principles required by
the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (or successor thereto or any agency
with similar functions), (ii) changes in accounting principles concurred
in by the Corporation’s independent chartered accountants; and (iii) the
reversal of any reserves established as a result of purchase accounting
adjustments. All such adjustments resulting from expenditures made subsequent
to the Closing Date (including capitalization of costs and expenses or payment
of pre-Closing Date liabilities) shall be treated as expenses in the period the
expenditures are made and deducted as part of the calculation of EBITDA in such
period. If Agent, Borrower and Requisite Lenders agree upon the required
amendments (and all other Credit Parties shall be deemed to agree to such
amendments so agreed to by Borrower), then after appropriate amendments have
been executed and the underlying Accounting Change with respect thereto has
been implemented, any reference to GAAP contained in the Agreement or in any
other Loan Document shall, only to the extent of such Accounting Change, refer
to GAAP, consistently applied after giving effect to the implementation of such
Accounting Change. If Agent, Borrower and Requisite Lenders cannot agree upon
the required amendments within thirty (30) days following the date of
implementation of any Accounting Change, then all Financial Statements
delivered and all calculations of Financial Covenants and other standards and
terms in accordance with the Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be
prepared, delivered and made without regard to the underlying Accounting
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Financial
Covenant contained in this Article VIII shall be deemed to have occurred
as of any date of determination by Agent or as of the last day of any specified
measurement period, regardless of when the Financial Statements reflecting such
breach are delivered to Agent.

 

ARTICLE IX

TERM

 

9.1                               Termination

 

The financing arrangements contemplated hereby shall be in effect until
the final Maturity Date of a Term Loan or Term Loan B, whichever is later, and
the Loans and all other Obligations shall be automatically due and payable in
full on such date.

 

9.2                               Survival of Obligations Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Loan Documents, no
termination or cancellation (regardless of cause or procedure) of any financing
arrangement under this Agreement shall in any way affect or impair the
obligations, duties and liabilities of the Credit Parties or the rights of
Agent and Lenders relating to any unpaid portion of the Loans or any other
Obligations, due or not due, liquidated, contingent or unliquidated or any
transaction or event occurring prior to such termination, or any transaction or
event, the performance of which is required after the Commitment Termination
Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any other Loan
Document, all undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations
of or binding upon the Credit Parties, and all rights of Agent and the Lenders,
all as contained in the Loan Documents, shall not terminate or expire, but
rather shall survive any such termination or cancellation and shall continue in
full force and effect until the Termination Date; provided, that the provisions
of Article XIII, the payment obligations under Sections 1.14 and 1.15, and
the indemnities contained in the Loan Documents shall survive the Termination
Date.

 

ARTICLE X

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

 

10.1                        Events of Default

 

The occurrence of any one or more of the following events (regardless
of the reason therefor) shall constitute an “Event
of Default” hereunder:

 

(a)                                  Borrower (i) fails to
make any payment of principal of, or interest on, or Fees owing in respect of,
the Loans or any of the other Obligations when due and payable, or (ii) fails
to pay or reimburse any Lender for any expense reimbursable hereunder or under
any other Loan Document within ten (10) days following Agent’s demand for
such reimbursement or payment of expenses.

 

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(b)                                 Any Consolidated Party fails
or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of Sections 1.6,
6.4(a), Article VII or Article VIII.

 

(c)                                  Borrower fails or neglects
to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of Section 5.1, and the same
shall remain unremedied for three (3) Business Days or more.

 

(d)                                 Any Consolidated Party fails
or neglects to perform, keep or observe any other provision of this Agreement
or of any of the other Loan Documents (other than any provision embodied in or
covered by any other clause of this Section 10.1) and the same shall
remain unremedied for twenty (20) days or more.

 

(e)                                  A default or breach shall
occur under any other agreement, document or instrument to which any
Consolidated Party is a party that is not cured within any applicable grace
period therefor, and such default or breach (i) involves the failure to
make any payment when due in respect of any Indebtedness or Guaranteed
Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any Credit Party in excess of $500,000
in the aggregate (including (x) undrawn committed or available amounts and
(y) amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit
arrangements), or (ii) causes, or permits any holder of such Indebtedness
or Guaranteed Indebtedness or an agent or a trustee therefor to cause,
Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness or a portion thereof in excess of
$500,000 in the aggregate to become due prior to its stated maturity or prior
to its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or cash collateral to be demanded
in respect thereof, in each case, regardless of whether such default is waived,
or such right is exercised, by such holder, agent or trustee.

 

(f)                                    Any information contained in
any Borrowing Base Certificate is untrue or incorrect in any respect in the
aggregate in any Borrowing Base Certificate, or any representation or warranty
herein or in any Loan Document or in any written statement, report, financial
statement or certificate (other than a Borrowing Base Certificate) made or delivered
to Agent or any Lender by any Credit Party is untrue or incorrect in any
material respect as of the date when made or deemed made.

 

(g)                                 Assets of any Credit Party
are attached, seized, levied upon or subjected to execution, garnishment,
distress or any other similar process, or come within the possession of any
interim receiver, receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, custodian,
liquidator, administrator, sequestrator, sheriff, bailiff or assignee for the
benefit of creditors of any Credit Party and such condition continues for
thirty (30) days or more.

 

(h)                                 Any involuntary case or
proceeding (including the filing of any notice of intention in respect thereof)
is commenced against any Credit Party under any Insolvency Law, any
incorporation law or other applicable law in any jurisdiction in respect of
the:

 

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(i)                                     bankruptcy, liquidation,
winding-up, dissolution or suspension of general operations;

 

(i)                                     composition,
rescheduling, reorganization, arrangement or readjustment of, or other relief
from, or stay of proceedings to enforce, some or all of the debts or
obligations;

 

(ii)                                  appointment of a trustee,
interim receiver, receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, administrator,
custodian, sequestrator, agent or other similar official for Borrower, or for
all or a substantial part of the assets of Borrower; or

 

(iii)                               possession, foreclosure,
seizure or retention, sale or other disposition of, or other proceedings to
enforce security over, all or any substantial part of the assets, of such
Credit Party and such case or proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed
for 30 days or more or such court shall enter a decree or order granting the
relief sought in such case or proceeding.

 

(iv)                              Any Credit Party (i) files
a petition or application seeking relief under any Insolvency Law, (ii) commences
or fails to contest in a timely and appropriate manner or consents to the
institution of any proceeding referred to in Sections 10.1(h) or 10.1(g) above
or to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager,
liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of any
Credit Party or of all or any substantial part of any such Credit Party’s
assets, or (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or (iv) takes
action in furtherance of any of the foregoing or of any of the proceedings
referred to in Sections 10.1(h) or 10.1(g), or (v) admits in writing
its inability to, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as such debts become
due or is otherwise insolvent.

 

(j)                                     A final judgment or
judgments for the payment of money in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate at
any time is entered or rendered against one or more of the Credit Parties
(which judgments are not covered by insurance policies as to which liability
has been accepted by the insurance carrier), and the same are not, within
thirty (30) days after the entry thereof, discharged or execution thereof
stayed or bonded pending appeal, or such judgments are not discharged prior to
the expiration of any such stay.

 

(k)                                  Any material provision of
any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in
accordance with its terms (or any Credit Party or other Person Party to a Loan
Document shall challenge the enforceability of any Loan Document or shall
assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such
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to
be or otherwise is not valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its
terms), or any Lien created under any Loan Document ceases to be a valid and
perfected, or becomes a prohibited, first priority or ranking Lien (except as
otherwise permitted herein or therein) in any of the Collateral purported to be
covered thereby.

 

(l)                                     Any Change of Control
occurs.

 

(m)                               Any event occurs, whether or
not insured or insurable, as a result of which revenue-producing activities
cease or are substantially curtailed at any facility or location of the
Corporation generating more than 25% of the Corporation’s revenues for the
Fiscal Year preceding such event and such cessation or curtailment continues
for more than thirty (30) days.

 

(n)                                 Any Credit Party defaults in
the observance or performance of any non-monetary obligation, covenant or
condition to be observed or performed by it pursuant to any agreement to which
it is a party, including the Material Documents, or by which any of its
property is bound, where such default could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and such default continues for a period of 30 days
after notice thereof is given to the Borrower by the Agent.

 

10.2                        Remedies

 

(a)                                  If any Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Agent may, and shall upon the
Requisite Lenders’ direction, without notice, suspend the Revolving Loan
facility with respect to additional Advances, whereupon any additional Advances
shall be made or extended in each Lender’s sole discretion so long as such
Default or Event of Default is continuing. If any Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, Agent may, and shall upon the Requisite Lenders’
direction, without notice except as otherwise expressly provided herein, and
subject to applicable statutory law, increase the rate of interest applicable
to the Revolving Loan, any Term Loans and Term Loan B to the Default Rate.

 

(b)                                 If any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, Agent may, and shall upon the Requisite Lenders’
direction, without notice: (i) terminate the Revolving Loan facility with
respect to further Advances or the incurrence of further letter of credit
obligations; (ii) reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment from time to time; (iii) declare
all or any portion of the Obligations, including all or any portion of the Term
Loan or Term Loan B to be forthwith due and payable, all without presentment,
demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are expressly
waived by Borrower and each other Credit Party; or (iv) exercise any
rights and remedies provided to Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or
equity, including all remedies provided under the PPSA and other applicable
laws; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(h) or
10.1(i), the Commitments shall be immediately terminated and all of the
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(as
applicable), shall become immediately due and payable without declaration,
notice or demand by any Person.

 

(c)                                  If any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall, upon request of Agent, ensure that
the Assessed Equipment is: (i) cleaned in accordance with prudent industry
standards and all Environmental Laws and (ii) in marketable condition.

 

10.3                        Waivers by Credit Parties

 

Except
as otherwise provided for in this Agreement or by applicable law, each Credit
Party waives: (a) presentment, demand and protest and notice of
presentment, dishonor, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration,
protest, default, non-payment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement,
extension or renewal of any or all commercial paper, accounts, contract rights,
documents of title, instruments, chattel paper and guarantees at any time held
by Agent on which any Credit Party may in any way be liable, and hereby
ratifies and confirms whatever Agent may do in this regard, (b) all rights
to notice and a hearing prior to Agent’s taking possession or control of, or to
Agent’s replevy, attachment or levy upon, the Collateral or any bond or
security that might be required by any court prior to allowing Agent to
exercise any of its remedies, and (c) the benefit of all valuation,
appraisal, marshalling and exemption laws. 
All payments to be made by each Credit Party shall be made without
set-off or counterclaim and without deduction of any kind.

 

ARTICLE XI

ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT

 

11.1                        Assignment and Participations

 

(a)                                  Right to Assign. Each Lender
may sell, transfer, negotiate or assign all or a portion of its rights and
obligations hereunder (including all or a portion of its Commitments and its
rights and obligations with respect to Loans) to (i) any existing Lender, (ii) any
Affiliate or Approved Fund of any existing Lender or (iii) any other
Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) to Agent and, as long as no Event of Default is continuing, the
Borrower; provided, however, that (x) such sales do not have to be ratable
between the Loans but must be ratable among the Obligations owing to and owed
by such Lender with respect to a Loan and (y) for each Loan, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount (determined as of the effective date of the
applicable assignment) of the Loans and Commitments subject to any such Sale
shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000, unless such sale is made to an
existing Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of any existing Lender, is of
the assignor’s (together with its Affiliates and Approved Funds) entire
interest in such Facility or is made with the prior consent of the Borrower and
Agent.

 

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(b)                                 Procedure. The parties
to each sale made in reliance on clause 11.1(a) above (other than those
described in clause 11.1(d) or 11.1(e) below) shall execute and
deliver to Agent an assignment agreement (an “Assignment
Agreement”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 11.1(b) or
such other form acceptable to the Agent, acting reasonably, evidencing such
sale, together with any existing Note subject to such sale (or any affidavit of
loss therefor acceptable to Agent) and payment of an assignment fee in the
amount of $3,500, provided that (1) if a sale by a Lender is made to an
Affiliate or an Approved Fund of such assigning Lender, then no assignment fee
shall be due in connection with such sale, and (2) if a sale by a Lender
is made to an assignee that is not an Affiliate or Approved Fund of such
assignor Lender, and concurrently to one or more Affiliates or Approved Funds
of such assignee, then only one assignment fee of $3,500 shall be due in
connection with such sale. Upon receipt of all the foregoing, and conditioned
upon such receipt and, if such assignment is made in accordance with Section 11.1(a)(iii),
upon Agent (and the Borrower, if applicable) consenting to such assignment,
from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment Agreement the
assignee will be a Lender hereunder.

 

(c)                                  Effectiveness. Subject to
the recording of an Assignment Agreement by Agent, (i) the assignee
thereunder shall become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents have been assigned to such assignee
pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and obligations of
a Lender, (ii) any applicable Note shall be transferred to such assignee
through such entry and (iii) the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent
that rights and obligations under this Agreement have been assigned by it
pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, relinquish its rights (except for those
surviving the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of the Obligations)
and be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, other than those
relating to events or circumstances occurring prior to such assignment (and, in
the case of an assignment covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, such Lender shall
cease to be a party hereto).

 

(d)                                 Grant of Security Interests. In addition
to the other rights provided in this Section 11.1, each Lender may grant a
security interest in, or otherwise assign as collateral, any of its rights
under this Agreement, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including rights
to payments of principal or interest on the Loans), to (A) any federal
reserve bank (pursuant to Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board), without
notice to Agent or (B) any holder of, or trustee for the benefit of the
holders of, such Lender’s securities by notice to Agent; provided, however,
that no such holder or trustee, whether because of such grant or assignment or
any foreclosure thereon (unless such foreclosure is made through an assignment
in accordance with clause (b) above), shall be entitled to any rights of
such Lender hereunder and no such Lender shall be relieved of any of its
obligations hereunder.

 

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(e)                                  Participants and SPVs. In addition
to the other rights provided in this 11.1, each Lender may, (x) with
notice to Agent, grant to an SPV the option to make all or any part of any Loan
that such Lender would otherwise be required to make hereunder (and the
exercise of such option by such SPV and the making of Loans pursuant thereto
shall satisfy the obligation of such Lender to make such Loans hereunder) and
such SPV may assign to such Lender the right to receive payment with respect to
any Obligation and (y) without notice to or consent from Agent or the
Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion
of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents; provided, however,
that, whether as a result of any term of any Loan Document or of such grant or
participation, (i) no such SPV or participant shall have a commitment, or
be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to make Loans hereunder, and, except
as provided in the applicable option agreement, none shall be liable for any
obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and
obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties towards such
Lender, under any Loan Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto
shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder
of the Obligations, except that (A) each such participant and SPV shall be
entitled to the benefit of Sections 1.15 (Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs;
Illegality) and 1.14 (Taxes), but only to the extent of any amount to which
such Lender would be entitled in the absence of any such grant or participation
and (B) each such SPV may receive other payments that would otherwise be
made to such Lender with respect to Loans funded by such SPV to the extent
provided in the applicable option agreement and set forth in a notice provided
to Agent by such SPV and such Lender, provided, however, that in no case
(including pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above) shall an SPV or
participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Loan Document,
and (iii) the consent of such SPV or participant shall not be required
(either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder
or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Loan
Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such
Lender may have under or in respect of the Loan Documents (including the right
to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations), except for those
described in Section 13.2(c)(ii) with respect to amounts, or dates
fixed for payment of amounts, to which such participant or SPV would otherwise
be entitled and, in the case of participants, except for those described in Section 13.2(c)(v).
No party hereto shall institute (and the Borrower shall cause each other Credit
Party not to institute) against any SPV grantee of an option pursuant to this
clause (f) any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation or
similar proceeding, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the
payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper of such SPV; provided,
however, that each Lender having designated an SPV as such agrees to indemnify
each Indemnitee against any liability that may be incurred by, or asserted
against, such Indemnitee as a result of failing to institute such proceeding
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agreement
in the preceding sentence shall survive the termination of the Commitments and
the payment in full of the Obligations.

 

11.2                        Appointment of Agent

 

GE
Canada is hereby appointed to act on behalf of all Lenders as Agent under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section 11.2
are solely for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders and no Credit Party nor any
other Person shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the
provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, Agent shall act solely as an agent of the Lenders
and does not assume, and shall not be deemed to have assumed, any obligation
toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for any Credit Party or any
other Person. Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except for those
expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The duties
of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature and Agent shall not
have, or be deemed to have, by reason of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or otherwise a fiduciary relationship in respect of any other Lender.
Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for failure
to disclose, any information relating to any Credit Party or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or any Account Debtor that is communicated to or
obtained by GE Canada or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent
nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents or representatives shall be liable to any Lender for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, or in connection herewith or therewith, except for damages caused by
its or their own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

 

If
Agent shall request instructions from Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders
with respect to any act or action (including failure to act) in connection with
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then Agent shall be entitled to
refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until Agent shall have
received instructions from Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders, as the
case may be, and Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so
refraining. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any
action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (a) if such action
would, in the opinion of Agent, be contrary to law or the terms of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) if such action would, in the
opinion of Agent, expose Agent to Environmental Liabilities or (c) if
Agent shall not first be indemnified to its satisfaction against any and all
liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender
shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent
acting or refraining from acting hereunder or under any other Loan Document in
accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders,
as applicable.

 

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11.3                        Agent’s Reliance, Etc.

 

Neither Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective
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 this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, except for damages caused by its or their own gross
negligence or wilful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Agent: (a) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder
thereof until Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer
thereof signed by such payee and in form reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (b) may
consult with legal counsel, accountants and other experts selected by it and
shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith 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 made in or in
connection with this Agreement or the other 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 this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents on the part of any Credit Party or to inspect the Collateral
(including the books and records) of any Credit Party; (e) shall not be
responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto or thereto; and (f) shall incur no liability under or in respect of
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents by acting upon any notice, consent,
certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopy, telegram,
cable or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper
party or parties.

 

11.4                        GE Canada and Affiliates

 

With respect to its Commitments hereunder, GE Canada shall have the
same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any
other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Agent; and the
term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include
GE Canada in its individual capacity. GE Canada and its Affiliates may lend
money to, invest in, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any
Credit Party, any of their Affiliates and any Person who may do business with
or own securities of any Credit Party or any such Affiliate, all as if GE
Canada were not Agent and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. GE
Canada and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from any
Credit Party for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise
without having to account for the same to Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges the
potential conflict of interest between GE Canada as a Lender holding
disproportionate interests in the Loans and GE Canada as Agent.

 

11.5                        Lender Credit Decision

 

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without
reliance upon Agent or any other Lender and based on the Financial Statements
referred to in Section 4.4(a) and such other documents and
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and
financial analysis of the Credit Parties and its own decision to enter into
this Agreement.  Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon 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. 
Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each
other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the
Loans, and expressly consents to, and waives any claim based upon, such
conflict of interest.

 

11.6                        Indemnification

 

Lenders agree to indemnify Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by
Credit Parties and without limiting the obligations of any Credit Party
hereunder), rateably according to their respective Pro Rata Shares, from and
against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or
nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against
Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any action taken or omitted to be taken by Agent in connection
therewith (including without limitation any Environmental Liabilities);
provided, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements resulting from Agent’s gross negligence or wilful
misconduct. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse
Agent promptly upon demand for its rateable share of any out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable legal costs) incurred by Agent in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of,
or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement
and each other Loan Document, to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for
such expenses by Credit Parties.

 

11.7                        Successor Agent

 

Agent may resign at any time by giving not less than thirty (30) days’
prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower. Upon any such
resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor
Agent. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Requisite
Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after
the resigning Agent’s giving notice of resignation, then the resigning Agent
may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a
Lender, if a Lender is willing to accept such appointment, or otherwise shall
be a commercial bank or financial institution or other entity whose business
includes making commercial loans, in each case, organized under the laws of
Canada or of any province thereof or named in Schedule III to the Bank Act (Canada) and has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000. If no successor Agent has been
appointed pursuant to the foregoing, within thirty (30) days after the date
such notice of resignation was given by the resigning Agent, such resignation
shall become effective and the Requisite Lenders shall thereafter perform all
the duties of Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Requisite Lenders
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appointed
by Requisite Lenders hereunder shall be subject to the approval of Borrower,
such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, that such
approval shall not be required if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by
a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with
all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Agent. Upon the
earlier of the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor
Agent or the effective date of the resigning Agent’s resignation, the resigning
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, except that any indemnity rights or other rights
in favour of such resigning Agent shall continue. After any resigning Agent’s
resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article XI shall inure to
its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
acting as Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

11.8                        Setoff and Sharing of Payments

 

In
addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by
way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, and subject to Section 11.9(f), each
Lender is hereby authorized at any time or from time to time, without notice to
any Credit Party or to any other Person other than Agent, any such notice being
hereby expressly waived, to offset and to appropriate and to apply any and all
balances held by it at any of its offices for the account of Borrower or any
Credit Party (regardless of whether such balances are then due to Borrower or
any Credit Party) and any other properties or assets at any time held or owing
by that Lender or that holder to or for the credit or for the account of
Borrower or any Credit Party against and on account of any of the Obligations
that are not paid when due; provided that the Lender exercising such offset
rights shall give notice thereof to the affected Credit Party promptly after
exercising such rights.  Any Lender
exercising a right of setoff or otherwise receiving any payment on account of
the Obligations in excess of its Pro Rata Share thereof shall purchase for cash
(and the other Lenders or holders shall sell) such participations in each such
other Lender’s or holder’s Pro Rata Share of the Obligations as would be
necessary to cause such Lender to share the amount so offset or otherwise
received with each other Lender or holder in accordance with their respective
Pro Rata Shares, (other than offset rights exercised by any Lender with respect
to Section 1.15). Each Lender’s obligation under this Section 11.8
shall be in addition to and not in limitation of its obligations to purchase a
participation in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan
under Section 1.3(g). Borrower and each other Credit Party agrees, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, that (a) any Lender may exercise its
right to offset with respect to amounts in excess of its Pro Rata Share of the
Obligations and may sell participations in such amounts so offset to other
Lenders and holders and (b) any Lender so purchasing a participation in
the Loans made or other Obligations held by other Lenders or holders may
exercise all rights of offset, bankers’ lien, counterclaim or similar rights
with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender or holder were a
direct holder of the Loans and the other Obligations in the amount of such
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offset
amount or payment otherwise received is thereafter recovered from the Lender
that has exercised the right of offset, the purchase of participations by that
Lender shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored without interest.

 

11.9        Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert

 

(a)           Settlement Date. Not less than once during
each calendar week or more frequently at Agent’s election (each, a “Settlement Date”), Agent shall advise each
Lender by telephone, or telecopy of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share
of principal, interest and Fees paid for the benefit of Lenders with respect to
each applicable Loan. Provided that each Lender has funded all payments and
Advances required to be made by it and purchased all participations required to
be purchased by it under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of such
Settlement Date, Agent shall pay to each Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
principal, interest and Fees paid by Borrower since the previous Settlement
Date for the benefit of such Lender on the Loans held by it. To the extent that
any Lender (a “Non-Funding Lender”)
has failed to fund all such payments and Advances or failed to fund the
purchase of all such participations, Agent shall be entitled to set off the
funding short fall against that Non-Funding Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all
payments received from Borrower. Such payments shall be made by wire transfer
to such Lender’s account (as specified by such Lender in Annex B or the
applicable Assignment Agreement) not later than 2:00 p.m. (Toronto time)
on the next Business Day following each Settlement Date.

 

(b)           Availability of Lender’s Pro Rata Share. Agent may
assume that each Lender will make its Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan B Advance
and each Revolving Credit Advance available to Agent on each funding date. If
such Pro Rata Share is not, in fact, paid to Agent by such Lender when due,
Agent will be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender
without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. If any Lender fails to
pay the amount of its Pro Rata Share forthwith upon Agent’s demand, Agent shall
promptly notify Borrower and Borrower shall immediately repay such amount to
Agent. Nothing in this Section 11.9(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to require Agent to advance funds
on behalf of any Lender or to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill
its Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrower may have
against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder. To the
extent that Agent advances funds to Borrower on behalf of any Lender and is not
reimbursed therefor on the same Business Day as such Revolving Credit Advance
or Term Loan B Advance is made, Agent shall be entitled to retain for its
account all interest accrued on such Revolving Credit Advance or Term Loan B
Advance until reimbursed by the applicable Lender.

 

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(c)           Return of Payments

 

(i)            If Agent pays an amount to a Lender under this
Agreement in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been or will
be received by Agent from Borrower and such related payment is not received by
Agent, then Agent will be entitled to recover such amount from such Lender on
demand without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

 

(ii)           If Agent determines at any time that any amount
received by Agent under this Agreement must be returned to Borrower or paid to
any other Person pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, then,
notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, Agent will not be required to distribute any portion thereof to any
Lender. In addition, each Lender will repay to Agent on demand any portion of
such amount that Agent has distributed to such Lender, together with interest
at such rate, if any, as Agent is required to pay to Borrower or such other
Person, without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

 

(d)           Non-Funding Lenders. The failure of any
Non-Funding Lender to make any Revolving Credit Advance or Term Loan B Advance
or any payment required by it hereunder on the date specified therefor shall
not relieve any other Lender (each such other Lender, an “Other Lender”) of its obligations to make
such Revolving Credit Advance, Term Loan B Advance or other payment or purchase
such participation on such date, but neither any Other Lender nor Agent shall
be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make a Revolving
Credit Advance or Term Loan B Advance, purchase a participation or make any
other payment required hereunder. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to
the contrary, a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights
under or with respect to any Loan Document or constitute a “Lender”, “Revolving
Lender” or “Term Loan B Lender” (or be included in the calculation of “Requisite
Lenders” hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to
any Loan Document. At Borrower’s request, Agent or a Person acceptable to Agent
shall have the right, with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but
shall have no obligation), to purchase from any Non-Funding Lender, and each
Non-Funding Lender agrees that it shall, at Agent’s request, sell and assign to
Agent or such Person, all of the Commitments of that Non-Funding Lender for an
amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by such Non-Funding
Lender and all accrued interest and fees with respect thereto through the date of
sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed
Assignment Agreement.

 

(e)           Dissemination of Information. Agent shall
use reasonable efforts to provide Lenders with (i) any notice of Default
or Event of Default received by Agent from, or delivered by Agent to, any
Credit Party, (ii) with notice of any Event of Default of which Agent has
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taken
by Agent following any Event of Default, and (iv) with any other
documentation provided by any Credit Party to Agent in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement; provided, that Agent shall not be liable to any Lender
for any failure to do so, except to the extent that such failure is attributable
to Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct.  Lenders acknowledge that Borrower is required
to provide Financial Statements and Collateral Reports to Lenders in accordance
with Section 5.1 and agree that Agent shall have no duty to provide the
same to Lenders.

 

(f)            Actions in Concert. Anything in
this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with
Agent and each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or
enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or the Notes (including
exercising any rights of setoff) without first obtaining the prior written
consent of Agent and Requisite Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that any
such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and the Notes
shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of Agent or
Requisite Lenders

 

11.10      Lead
Arrangers, Co-Syndication Agents and Documentation Agent

 

Notwithstanding
anything else to the contrary in any Loan Document, the Lead Arrangers,
Co-Syndication Agents and Documentation Agent shall have no rights,
obligations, duties or liabilities whatsoever in such capacity under any Loan
Document.

 

ARTICLE XII

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

 

12.1        Successors
and Assigns

 

This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding on and shall inure to
the benefit of each Credit Party, the Lenders and their respective successors
and assigns (including, to the extent applicable in the case of any Credit
Party, a debtor-in-possession on behalf of such Credit Party), except as
otherwise provided herein or therein.  No
Credit Party may assign, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise convey its rights,
benefits, obligations or duties hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents without the prior express written consent of Agent and Lenders.  Any such purported assignment, transfer,
hypothecation or other conveyance by any Credit Party without the prior express
written consent of Agent and Lenders shall be void. The terms and provisions of
this Agreement are for the purpose of defining the relative rights and
obligations of each Credit Party, Agent and the Lenders with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby and no Person (other than a participant in the
Loans being made available hereunder, as provided in Article XI) shall be
a third party beneficiary of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

13.1        Complete
Agreement; Modification of Agreement

 

The Loan Documents constitute the complete agreement between the
parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and may not be modified,
altered or amended except as set forth in Section 13.2. Any letter of
interest, commitment letter, fee letter or confidentiality agreement, if any,
between any Credit Party and any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates,
predating this Agreement and relating to a financing of substantially similar
form, purpose or effect shall be superseded by this Agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the GE Fee Letter and any market flex provisions contained in
the final commitment letter between Agent and Borrower shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall continue to be binding
obligations of the parties.

 

13.2        Amendments
and Waivers

 

(a)           Except for actions expressly permitted to be taken
by Agent, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by
any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by Agent and Borrower, and by Requisite Lenders
or all affected Lenders, as applicable. Except as set forth in clauses (b) and
(c) below, all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers
requiring the consent of any Lenders shall require the written consent of
Requisite Lenders.

 

(b)           No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of
or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement that waives
compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2 to the
making of any Loan shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and
signed by Agent, Requisite Lenders and Borrower. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no waiver or consent with respect
to any Default or any Event of Default shall be effective for purposes of the
conditions precedent to the making of Loans set forth in Section 2.2
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Requisite Lenders and
Borrower.

 

(c)           No amendment, modification, termination or waiver
shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent and each Lender directly affected
thereby: (i) increase the principal amount of any Lender’s Commitment
(which action shall be deemed to directly affect all Lenders); (ii) reduce
the principal of, rate of interest on or Fees payable with respect to any Loan
of any affected Lender; (iii) extend any scheduled payment date (other
than payment dates of mandatory prepayments under Section 1.4(d)) or final
maturity date of the principal amount of the Term Loan or Term Loan B; (iv) waive,
forgive, defer, extend or postpone any payment of interest or Fees as to any
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as
otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents, release, or permit
any Credit Party to sell or otherwise dispose of, any Collateral other than as
permitted pursuant to Section 7.9 of this Agreement (which action shall be
deemed to directly affect all Lenders); (vi) change the percentage of the
Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans that shall
be required for Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder; (vii) amend
or waive this Section 13.2 or the definition of the term “Requisite Lender”
insofar as such definition affects the substance of this Section 13.2; and
(viii) extend the Revolving Period (except in accordance with Section 1.2(c)).  Furthermore, no amendment, modification,
termination or waiver affecting the rights or duties of Agent under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be effective unless in writing and
signed by Agent, as the case may be, in addition to Lenders required
hereinabove to take such action. No amendment, modification or waiver of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document altering the ratable treatment of
Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts resulting in such Obligations
being junior in right of payment to principal on the Loans, or resulting in
Obligations owing to any Secured Swap Provider becoming unsecured (other than
releases of Liens permitted in accordance with the terms hereof), in each case
in a manner adverse to any Secured Swap Provider, shall be effective without
the written consent of such Secured Swap Provider, or, in the case of a Secured
Rate Contract provided or arranged by GE Capital or an Affiliate of GE Capital,
GE Capital. Each amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
it was given. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be
required for Agent to take additional Collateral pursuant to any Loan Document.  No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in
any case shall entitle such Credit Party or any other Credit Party to any other
or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

 

(d)           If, in connection with any proposed amendment,
modification, waiver or termination (a “Proposed
Change”) requiring the consent of all affected Lenders and the
consent of Requisite Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other Lenders
whose consent is required is not obtained (a “Non-Consenting
Lender”), then, so long as Agent is not a Non-Consenting Lender, at
Borrower’s request, Agent, or a Person reasonably acceptable to Agent, shall
have the right, with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall
have no obligation), to purchase from such Non-Consenting Lenders, and such
Non-Consenting Lenders agree that they shall, upon Agent’s request, sell and
assign to Agent or such Person, all of the Commitments of such Non-Consenting
Lenders for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by the
Non-Consenting Lenders and all accrued interest and Fees with respect thereto
through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to
an executed Assignment Agreement.

 

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(e)           Upon the indefeasible payment in full in cash and
performance of all of the Obligations (other than indemnification Obligations),
termination of the Commitments and a release of all claims against Agent and
Lenders, and so long as no suits, actions proceedings, or claims are pending or
threatened against any Indemnified Person asserting any damages, losses or
liabilities that are Indemnified Liabilities, Agent shall deliver to Borrower
financing change statements, mortgage releases and other documents or
instruments necessary or appropriate to evidence the termination of the Liens
securing payment of the Obligations.

 

13.3        Fees and
Expenses

 

Borrower shall reimburse (i) Agent for all fees, costs and
expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of all of its legal
counsel, advisors, consultants and auditors) and (ii) Agent (and, with
respect to clauses (c) through (d) below, all Lenders) for all fees,
costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of legal
counsel or other advisors (including environmental and management consultants
and appraisers) incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and
filing and/or recordation of the Loan Documents and incurred in connection
with:

 

(a)           any amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent
with respect to, or termination of, any of the Loan Documents or advice in
connection with administration of the Loans made pursuant hereto or its rights
hereunder or thereunder;

 

(b)           any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding
or action (whether instituted by Agent, any Lender, any Credit Party or any
other Person and whether as a party, witness or otherwise) in any way relating
to the Collateral, any of the Loan Documents or any other agreement to be
executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, including any
litigation, contest, dispute, suit, case, proceeding or action, and any appeal
or review thereof, in connection with a case commenced by or against any or all
of the Credit Parties or any other Person that may be obligated to the Lenders
by virtue of the Loan Documents, including any such litigation, contest,
dispute, suit, proceeding or action arising in connection with any work-out or
restructuring of the Loans during the pendency of one or more Events of
Default; provided that in the case of reimbursement of counsel for Lenders
other than Agent, such reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all
such Lenders; provided, further, that no Person shall be entitled to
reimbursement under this clause (b) in respect of any litigation, contest,
dispute, suit, proceeding or action to the extent any of the foregoing results
from such Person’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct;

 

(c)           any attempt to enforce any remedies of Agent or any
Lender against any or all of the Credit Parties or any other Person that may be
obligated to Agent or any Lender by virtue of any of the Loan Documents,
including any such attempt to enforce any such remedies in the course of any
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Loans
during the pendency of one or more Events of Default; provided, that in the
case of reimbursement of counsel for Lenders other than Agent, such
reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all such Lenders;

 

(d)           any work-out or restructuring of the Loans during
the pendency of one or more Events of Default; and

 

(e)           efforts to (i) monitor the Loans or any of the
other Obligations, (ii) evaluate, observe or assess any of the Credit
Parties or their respective affairs, and (iii) verify, protect, evaluate,
assess, appraise, collect, sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of any of the
Collateral;

 

including,
as to each of clauses (a) through (e) above, all reasonable legal
counsels’ and other professional and service providers’ fees arising from such
services and other advice, assistance or other representation, including those
in connection with any appellate proceedings, and all expenses, costs, charges
and other fees incurred by such legal counsel and others in any way or respect
arising in connection with or relating to any of the events or actions
described in this Section 13.3, all of which shall be payable, on demand,
by Borrower to Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such
expenses, costs, charges and fees may include: fees, costs and expenses of
accountants, environmental advisors, appraisers, investment bankers, management
and other consultants and paralegals; court costs and expenses; photocopying
and duplication expenses; court reporter fees, costs and expenses; long distance
telephone charges; air express charges; telegram or telecopy charges;
secretarial overtime charges; and expenses for travel, lodging and food paid or
incurred in connection with the performance of such legal or other advisory
services.

 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Lender acknowledges that no payment of fees pursuant to this
Section 13.3 shall by itself constitute agreement by the Borrower that
such fees (at the time of payment) are properly reimbursable pursuant to this
Agreement.

 

13.4        No Waiver

 

Agents
or a Lender’s failure, at any time or times, to require strict performance by
the Credit Parties of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of Agent or such Lender
thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance herewith or
therewith.  Any suspension or waiver of
an Event of Default shall not suspend, waive or affect any other Event of
Default whether the same is prior or subsequent thereto and whether the same or
of a different type. Subject to the provisions of Section 13.2, none of
the undertakings, agreements, warranties, covenants and representations of any
Credit Party contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and
no Default or Event of Default by any Credit Party shall be deemed to have been
suspended or waived by Agent or any Lender, unless such waiver or suspension is
by an instrument in writing signed by an officer of or other authorized
employee of Agent and the applicable required Lenders and directed to Borrower
specifying such suspension or waiver.

 

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13.5        Remedies

 

The rights and remedies available to Agent and the Lenders under this
Agreement shall be cumulative and nonexclusive of any other rights and remedies
that Agent or any Lender may have under any other agreement, including the
other Loan Documents, by operation of law or otherwise. Recourse to the
Collateral shall not be required.

 

13.6        Severability

 

Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid
under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision
shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity,
without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining
provisions of this Agreement or such other Loan Document.

 

13.7        Conflict of
Terms

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents by specific reference to the applicable provisions of this Agreement,
if any provision contained in this Agreement conflicts with any provision in
any of the other Loan Documents, the provision contained in this Agreement
shall govern and control.

 

13.8        Confidentiality

 

Agent and the Lenders agree to use commercially reasonable efforts
(equivalent to the efforts Agent or Lenders applies to maintain the
confidentiality of their own confidential information) to maintain as
confidential all confidential information provided to them by the Credit
Parties and designated as confidential until the date that all obligations
under this agreement have been paid or satisfied in full, plus a period of two (2) years
(the “Confidentiality Termination Date”).
On the Confidentiality Termination Date the Agent and the Lenders agree to
either destroy all confidential information provided to them or return it to
the applicable Credit Party.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent and each Lender may retain or
disclose such information to the extent that (a) disclosure is made to
Persons employed or engaged by Agent or such Lender; (b) disclosure is
made to any bona fide assignee or
participant or potential assignee or participant that has agreed to comply with
the covenant contained in this Section 13.8 (and any such bona fide assignee or participant or
potential assignee or participant may disclose such information to Persons
employed or engaged by them as described in clause (a) above); (c) disclosure
or retention is required or requested by any Governmental Authority or
reasonably believed Agent or such Lender to be compelled by any court order,
subpoena or legal or administrative order or process; (d) disclosure or
retention is required by law; (e) disclosure or retention is required, in
the Agent or such Lender’s sole discretion, in connection with the exercise of
any right or remedy under the Loan Documents or in connection with any
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party; or (f) the confidential information ceases to be
confidential through no fault of Lender.

 

13.9        Governing
Law

 

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, IN
ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE,
THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT PROVINCE AND THE FEDERAL LAWS OF CANADA
APPLICABLE THEREIN. EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE
COURTS OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA SHALL HAVE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR
AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THE CREDIT PARTIES, AGENT AND
LENDERS PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO
ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO
PRECLUDE AGENT FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE
OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER. EACH CREDIT PARTY
EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR
SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION THAT SUCH CREDIT PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL
JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE
GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH
COURT. EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS,
COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT
SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY
REGISTERED MAIL (RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) ADDRESSED TO SUCH CREDIT PARTY AT
THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN Annex C OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE
SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH CREDIT PARTY’S ACTUAL
RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE (3) DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT WITH CANADA POST, PROPER
POSTAGE PREPAID.

 

13.10      Notices

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided herein
that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other
communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties by any
other parties, or whenever any of the parties desires to give or serve upon any
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this Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval,
declaration or other communication shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been validly served, given or delivered (a) upon the earlier of
actual receipt and three (3) Business Days after deposit with Canada Post,
registered mail, return receipt requested, with proper postage prepaid, (b) upon
transmission, when sent by telecopy or other similar facsimile transmission
(with such telecopy or facsimile promptly confirmed by delivery of a copy by
personal delivery or with Canada Post as otherwise provided in this Section 13.10);
(c) upon receipt, when sent by electronic mail (with such electronic mail
promptly confirmed by delivery of a copy by personal delivery or Canada Post as
otherwise provided in this Section 13.10 and such notice, demand, request,
consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in “pdf” format
and shall include the actual signature of the party sending such communication if
that signature would be required or customary if the communication was
delivered by facsimile; (d) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a
reputable courier for overnight delivery with all charges prepaid or (e) when
delivered, if hand delivered by messenger, all of which shall be addressed to
the party to be notified and sent to the address or facsimile number indicated
on Annex C or to such other address (or facsimile number) as may be substituted
by notice given as herein provided. The giving of any notice required hereunder
may be waived in writing by the party entitled to receive such notice.  Failure or delay in delivering copies of any
notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication
to any Person (other than Borrower or Agent) designated in Annex C to receive
copies shall in no way adversely affect the effectiveness of such notice,
demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication.

 

13.11      Section Titles

 

The Section titles and table of contents contained in this
Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind
whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto.

 

13.12      Counterparts

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts,
each of which shall collectively and separately constitute one agreement.

 

13.13      Press
Releases and Related Matters

 

Each Credit Party agrees that neither it nor its Affiliates will in the
future issue any press releases or other public disclosure using the name of
any Lender or their affiliates or referring to this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents without at least two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to the
affected Lenders and without the prior written consent of such Lenders unless
(and only to the extent that) such Credit Party or Affiliate is required to do
so under law and then, in any event, such Credit Party or Affiliate will
consult with such Lenders before issuing such press release or other public
disclosure. Each Credit Party consents to the publication by Agent or any
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name,
product photographs, logo or trademark. 
Agent or such Lender shall provide a draft of any advertising material
to Borrower for review and comment prior to the publication thereof. Agent and
each Lender reserves the right to provide to industry trade organizations
information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements.

 

13.14                 Reinstatement

 

This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be
effective should any petition or other proceeding be filed by or against any
Credit Party for liquidation or reorganization, should any Credit Party become
insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or
should an interim receiver, receiver, receiver and manger or trustee be
appointed for all or any significant part of any Credit Party’s assets, and
shall continue to be effective or to be reinstated, as the case may be, if at
any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is,
pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise
be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a
fraudulent preference reviewable transaction or otherwise, all as though such
payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any
part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations
shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

13.15                 Advice of Counsel

 

Each of the parties represents to each other party hereto that it has
discussed this Agreement and, specifically, the provisions of Section 13.9,
with its counsel.

 

13.16                 No Strict Construction

 

The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and
drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly
by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise
favouring or disfavouring any party by virtue of the authorship of any
provisions of this Agreement.

 

13.17                 Judgment Currency

 

(a)                                  If, for the purpose of
obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Credit Party in any court in any
jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such
other currency being hereinafter in this Section 13.17 referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due under any
Loan Document in any currency (the “Obligation
Currency”) other than the Judgment Currency, the conversion shall be
made at the Rate of Exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately
preceding the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any
proceeding in the courts of the Province of Alberta or in the courts of any
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date,
or the date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding in
the courts of any other jurisdiction (the applicable date as of which such
conversion is made pursuant to this Section 13.17 being hereinafter in
this Section 13.17 referred to as the “Judgment
Conversion Date”).

 

(b)                                 If, in the case of any
proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 13.17(a),
there is a change in the Rate of Exchange prevailing between the Judgment
Conversion Date and the date of actual receipt for value of the amount due, the
applicable Credit Party or Parties shall pay such additional amount (if any,
but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the
amount actually received in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Rate
of Exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the
Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of the
Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Rate of
Exchange prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date. Any amount due from any
Credit Party under this Section 13.17(b) shall be due as a separate
debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts
due under or in respect of any of the Loan Documents.

 

(c)                                  The term “Rate of Exchange” in this Section 13.17
means the spot rate of exchange published by the Bank of Canada on the relevant
date at or about 12:00 noon (Toronto time).

 

(d)                                 Unless otherwise specified,
all references to dollar amounts in this Agreement shall mean Canadian Dollars.

 

13.18                 Joint and Several Obligations

 

Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, if a “secured creditor” (as that term is defined under the
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada))
is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction not to include a Person to
whom obligations are owed on a joint or joint and several basis, then Borrower’s
Obligations (and the Obligations of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries), to
the extent such Obligations are secured, only shall be several obligations and
not joint or joint and several obligations.

 

13.19                 Liability of Limited Partners

 

It is hereby acknowledged by all parties hereto that all of the parties
to this Agreement that are limited partnerships, are limited partnerships
formed under the Partnership Act (Alberta),
a limited partner (if not a general partner) of which is only liable for any of
its liabilities or any of its losses to the extent of the amount that he or she
has contributed or agreed to contribute to its capital and his or her pro rata
share of any undistributed income.

 

*** THE REMAINDER OF THIS
PAGE HAS BEEN LEFT BLANK INTENTIONALLY ***

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been
duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

	
   

  	
  EVEREADY
  ENERGY SERVICES CORP., as Borrower

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

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  GE CANADA
  ASSET FINANCING HOLDING COMPANY, as Agent

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Ron Tratch”

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Ron Tratch

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  SVP Risk, Canada

  

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

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  GE CANADA
  ASSET FINANCING HOLDING COMPANY, as Lender

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Ron Tratch”

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Ron Tratch

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  SVP Risk, Canada

  

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

85

 

The names
of Lenders have been omitted from the SEDAR version of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102 in
order to comply with the confidentiality requirements of Section 13.13 of
this Agreement.

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

86

 

The names
of Lenders have been omitted from the SEDAR version of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102 in
order to comply with the confidentiality requirements of Section 13.13 of
this Agreement.

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

87

 

The names
of Lenders have been omitted from the SEDAR version of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102 in
order to comply with the confidentiality requirements of Section 13.13 of
this Agreement.

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

88

 

The names
of Lenders have been omitted from the SEDAR version of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102 in
order to comply with the confidentiality requirements of Section 13.13 of
this Agreement.

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

89

 

The names
of Lenders have been omitted from the SEDAR version of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102 in order
to comply with the confidentiality requirements of Section 13.13 of this
Agreement.

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

90

 

The names
of Lenders have been omitted from the SEDAR version of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102 in
order to comply with the confidentiality requirements of Section 13.13 of
this Agreement.

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

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  EVEREADY
  INC.

  	
   

  	
  RIVER
  VALLEY ENERGY SERVICES LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  JL
  FILTRATION OPERATING  LIMITED
  PARTNERSHIP, by its General Partner, JL FILTRATION INC.

  	
   

  	
  EVEREADY
  HOLDINGS LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP, by
  its General Partner, EVEREADY HOLDINGS GP LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  RIVER
  VALLEY OPERATING  LIMITED
  PARTNERSHIP, by its General Partner, RIVER VALLEY ENERGY SERVICES LTD.

  	
   

  	
  EVEREADY
  OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, by its General Partner EVEREADY ENERGY
  SERVICES CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

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  EVEREADY
  INDUSTRIAL WESTERN  LTD.

  	
   

  	
  MOBILE
  INDUSTRIAL HEALTH SERVICES LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  JL
  FILTRATION INC.

  	
   

  	
  TRI-VAX
  ENTERPRISES LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  EVEREADY
  ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

  	
   

  	
  WINTERHAWK
  ENTERPRISES (PROVOST) LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  CANADA-WIDE
  OILFIELD SERVICES  LTD.

  	
   

  	
  ACQUISITION
  LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, by its General Partner, 1202867 ALBERTA LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1225979
  ALBERTA LTD.

  	
   

  	
  1233460
  ALBERTA LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  

 

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  1240609
  ALBERTA LTD.

  	
   

  	
  1202867
  ALBERTA LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1257427
  ALBERTA LTD.

  	
   

  	
  1206894
  ALBERTA LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  CANADA-WIDE
  OPERATING  LIMITED
  PARTNERSHIP, by its General Partner, CANADA-WIDE OILFIELD SERVICES LTD.

  	
   

  	
  EVEREADY
  DIRECTIONAL BORING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, by its General Partner, EVEREADY
  DIRECTIONAL BORING LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  CAT TECH
  OPERATING LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP, by
  its General Partner, CAT TECH CANADA LTD. 

  	
   

  	
  ASTEC
  SAFETY SERVICES LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  CAT TECH,
  LLC

  	
   

  	
  DIVERSIFIED
  PRESSURE SERVICES LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  

 

This is a counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

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  CAT TECH
  CANADA LTD.

  	
   

  	
  SAFETY
  WATCH, LLC

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  BULLSEYE
  BORING LTD.

  	
   

  	
  GREAT
  LAKES CARBON TREATMENT, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  EVEREADY
  HOLDINGS GP LTD.

  	
   

  	
  AIRBORNE
  IMAGING INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  EVEREADY
  HOLDINGS (USA) INC.

  	
   

  	
  BREATHING
  SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, LLC

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  RIVER
  VALLEY ENERGY SERVICES INC.

  	
   

  	
  RODRIGUE’S
  DIRECTIONAL DRILLING PROJECTS INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  

 

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Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2008.

 

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  WINTERHAWK
  OPERATING  LIMITED
  PARTNERSHIP, by its General Partner, WINTERHAWK ENTERPRISES (PROVOST) LTD.

  	
   

  	
  EVEREADY
  DIRECTIONAL BORING LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

	
  EVEREADY
  INCOME TRUST by its  Trustees

  	
   

  	
  EVEREADY
  INCOME FUND, by its Administrator, EVEREADY HOLDINGS GP LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  DENMAN
  INDUSTRIAL OPERATING  LP

  	
   

  	
  DENMAN
  INDUSTRIAL TRAILERS LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (signed)
  “Jason Vandenberg”

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Jason Vandenberg

  
	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  

 

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Annex A

(Recitals)

 

to

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Capitalized terms used in
the Loan Documents shall have (unless otherwise provided elsewhere in the Loan
Documents) the following respective meanings and all references to Sections,
Exhibits, Schedules or Annexes in the following definitions shall refer to
Sections, Exhibits, Schedules or Annexes of or to the Agreement:

 

“Account Debtor” means any Person who may become obligated to
any Credit Party under, with respect to, or on account of, an Account.

 

“Accounting Changes” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 8.8.

 

“Accounts” means each and every “account,” as such term is
defined in the PPSA, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party,
including (a) all accounts receivable, other receivables, book debts,
claims and other forms of obligations (other than obligations evidenced by
chattel paper, securities or Instruments) now owned or hereafter received or
acquired by or belonging or owing to Borrower, whether arising out of goods
sold or services rendered by it or from any other transaction (including any
such obligations which may be characterized as an account or contract right
under the PPSA), (b) all of each Credit Party’s rights in, to and under
all purchase orders or receipts now owned or hereafter acquired by it for goods
or services, (c) all of each Credit Party’s rights to any goods
represented by any of the foregoing (including unpaid sellers’ rights of
rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to
returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), (d) all rights to payment due
or to become due to any Credit Party for property sold, leased, licensed,
assigned or otherwise disposed of, for a policy of insurance issued or to be
issued, for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, for energy
provided or to be provided, for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or
other contract, arising out of the use of a credit card or charge card, or for
services rendered or to be rendered by such Credit Party or in connection with
any other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of
such Credit Party), and (e) all collateral security and guarantees of any
kind, now or hereafter in existence, given by any Account Debtor or other
Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

“Acknowledgements” means the acknowledgements of the Collateral
Documents presently held by the Agent in favour of the Lenders entered into
between the Lender and the Credit Party that is a signatory thereto.

 

“Acquisition Pro Forma” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 7.1(a)(ix)(A).

 

“Acquisition Projections” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 7.1(a)(ix)(B).

 

1

 

“Advance” means any Revolving Credit Advance  or Term Loan B Advance.

 

“Affected Lender” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.15(c).

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (a) each
Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or
as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, 10% or more of the Stock having
ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person,
(b) each Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control
with such Person, (c) each of such Person’s officers, directors, joint
venturers, partners and trustees and (d) in the case of Borrower, the
immediate family members, spouses and lineal descendants of individuals who are
Affiliates of Borrower. For the purposes of this definition, “control” of a
Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of its management or policies, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided,
however, that the term “Affiliate” shall specifically exclude Lender.

 

“Agent” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble to the
Agreement.

 

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement among Borrower, the
other Credit Parties party thereto, and GE Canada, as Agent and Lender, and the
other Lenders from time to time party thereto, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Appendices” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals
to the Agreement.

 

“Applicable Percentage” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.8(c).

 

“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person
(other than a natural person) that (a) is, or will be, engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (b) is
advised or managed by (i) such Lender, (ii) any Affiliate of such
Lender, or (iii) any Person (other than an individual) or any Affiliate of
any Person (other than an individual) that administers or manages such Lender.

 

“Articles” means, as applicable, the Articles of Incorporation,
Articles of Amalgamation or Articles of Continuance of a Credit Party, as the
same may be amended, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time as
permitted hereunder.

 

“Assessed Equipment” means the equipment listed in Annex E
hereto.

 

“Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.5(c)(iii).

 

“Assignment Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 11.1(b).

 

“BA Advance” means an Advance comprised of one or more Bankers’
Acceptances or, as applicable, BA Equivalent Loans.

 

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“BA Equivalent Loan” means, in relation to an Advance of,
Conversion into or continuation of a Bankers’ Acceptance, an Advance in Cdn.$
made by a Non-BA Lender as part of such Loan.

 

“BA Period” means with respect to any Loan a period of 1, 2 or
3 months.

 

“BA Margin” means the applicable rate of interest set forth
under the heading “BA Margin” in the table in Section 1.7(a).

 

“BA Rate” means, on any day, the annual rate of interest equal
to and identified as the average discount rate (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the nearest 0.01%) of 1, 2 or 3 month Canadian dollar bankers’ acceptances
as displayed on the “Reuters Screen CDOR Page” as at approximately 10:00 a.m.
(Toronto time) on the next to last Wednesday (or, if such Wednesday is not a
Business Day, the preceding Business Day) of the preceding calendar month;
provided, however, that if such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen CDOR
Page as contemplated, then the “BA Rate” shall be, on any day, the annual
rate of interest equal to the Bank of Canada composite mid-morning bid discount
rate of one-month Canadian dollar bankers’ acceptances as in effect on the next
to last Wednesday (or, if such Wednesday is not a Business Day, the preceding
Business Day) of the preceding calendar month and displayed in the Bank of
Canada Weekly Financial Statistics.

 

“Bank Rate” means, at any date, the annual rate of interest at
which the Bank of Canada is prepared to make advances, as effective on such
date, and as made public in accordance with Section 21 of the Bank of Canada Act (Canada).

 

“BA Stamping Fee” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 1.7(a)(ii).

 

“Bankers’ Acceptance”  and  “BA”  mean an instrument denominated in Canadian
Dollars, drawn by the Borrower and accepted by a Lender in accordance with this
Agreement, and includes a “depository note” within the meaning of the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada)
and a bill of exchange within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act (Canada).

 

“Book Value” means, with respect to any asset, the cost of such
asset net of accumulated amortization with respect thereto, in each case as at
such time of determination and calculated in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Borrower” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble to
the Agreement.

 

“Borrowing Availability” means, as of any date of
determination, the lesser of (i) the Revolving Loan Commitment less the
amount of the Revolving Loan then outstanding and (ii) the Borrowing Base
less the sum of the Revolving Loan then outstanding, the Term Loan then
outstanding and Term Loan B then outstanding.

 

“Borrowing Base” means, as of any date of determination by
Agent, from time to time, an amount equal to:

 

(b)                                 up to seventy-five percent
(75%) of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries’ eligible accounts receivable,
plus up to sixty percent (60%) of the Corporation and its

 

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Subsidiaries’
eligible U.S. domiciled accounts receivable, plus up to ninety percent (90%) of
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries’ eligible EDC insured amount of any
accounts receivable;

 

(c)                                  the amount of the
Corporation and its Subsidiaries’ eligible Inventory, up to the lesser of:
(i) fifty percent (50%) of its cost (FIFO) or (ii) fifty percent
(50%) of its market value, and, Inventory shall not account for more than 20%
of the total Borrowing Base margin; and

 

(d)                                 on quarterly determinations,
up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the orderly liquidation value of the
eligible appraised Equipment, plus on monthly determinations that are not at a
quarter end, sixty-five percent (65%) of Book Value, of any Equipment purchased
less seventy-five percent (75%) of the previously appraised orderly liquidation
value of any Equipment sold in each case since the last quarterly
determination.

 

“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate to be executed
and delivered from time to time by Borrower in the form attached to the
Agreement as Exhibit 5.1(b).

 

“Borrowing Base Excess Offer” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.5(c)(ii) of the Agreement.

 

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday
or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the City of
Toronto.

 

“Canadian Benefit Plans” means any plan, fund, program, or
policy, whether oral or written, formal or informal, funded or unfunded,
insured or uninsured, providing material employee benefits, including medical,
hospital care, dental, sickness, accident, disability, life insurance, pension,
retirement or savings benefits, under which the Borrower has any liability with
respect to any employee or former employee, but excluding any Canadian Pension
Plans.

 

“Canadian Dollars” “Dollars”,
“Cdn$” or $ shall mean the lawful
currency of Canada.

 

“Canadian Pension Plans” means each pension plan required to be
registered under Canadian federal or provincial law that is maintained or
contributed to by a Credit Party for its employees or former employees, but
does not include the Canada Pension Plan or the Quebec Pension Plan as
maintained by the Government of Canada or the Province of Québec, respectively.

 

“Canadian Prime Rate” means, for any day, the rate of interest
per annum established from time to time by a Schedule I Lender selected by the
Agent as the reference rate of interest for the determination of interest rates
that such Schedule I Lender posts as its “Prime Rate of Interest” in Canada for
Canadian Dollar demand loans in Canada to its most creditworthy customers;
provided that if at such time there are no Schedule I Lenders available to be
selected by the Agent then the Agent shall select any other Canadian chartered
bank listed on Schedule I to the Bank Act
(Canada) for the purposes of this provision.

 

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“Canadian Prime Rate Loans” means any Revolving Credit Advance
bearing interest at a rate based on the Canadian Prime Rate.

 

“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person, all
expenditures (by the expenditure of cash or the incurrence of Indebtedness) by
such Person during any measuring period for any fixed assets or improvements or
for replacements, substitutions or additions thereto, that have a useful life
of more than one year and that are required to be capitalized under GAAP.

 

“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of
any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee that,
in accordance with GAAP, would be required to be classified and accounted for
as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person.

 

“Capital Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Capital
Lease of any Person, the amount of the obligation of the lessee thereunder
that, in accordance with GAAP, would appear on a balance sheet of such lessee
in respect of such Capital Lease.

 

“Cash Equivalents” means cash or investments in
(A) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by
Canada, any agency thereof, the United States of America or any agency thereof
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof,
(B) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of
creation thereof and currently having the highest rating obtainable from either
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.,
(C) certificates of deposit, maturing no more than one year from the date
of creation thereof, issued by commercial banks incorporated under the laws of
Canada or the United States of America or a State thereof, each having combined
capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than US$300,000,000 and
having a senior unsecured rating of “A” or better by a nationally recognized
rating agency (an “A Rated Bank”),
(D) time deposits, maturing no more than 30 days from the date of creation
thereof with A Rated Banks and (E) mutual funds that invest solely in one
or more of the investments described in clauses (A) through
(D) above.

 

“CDOR Rate” means the arithmetic average of the yields to
maturity for bankers’ acceptances quoted on the Reuter’s Canadian Deposit
Offered Rate screen, at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario time) on the applicable
date on which an Advance shall take place, for bankers’ acceptances having a
term the same as the term requested for each Bankers’ Acceptance issued
pursuant to the applicable Advance.

 

“CDS” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2(d).

 

“Change of Control” means if, after the Closing Date, any
Person, (a) other than another Credit Party, acquires, directly or
indirectly, alone or in concert with other Persons, over a period of time or at
any one time, capital stock of a Credit Party aggregating in excess of 30% of
all of the then issued and outstanding capital stock of a Credit Party, or
(b) acquires, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with other
Persons, over a period of time or at any one time, trust units of a trust
aggregating in excess of 30% of all of the then issued and outstanding capital
stock of a Credit Party.

 

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“Charges” means all Taxes assessed, levied or imposed against a
Credit Party or upon or relating to (a) the Collateral, (b) the
Obligations, (c) the employees, payroll, income or gross receipts or
capital of a Credit Party, (d) any Credit Party’s ownership or use of any
properties or other assets, or (e) any other aspect of any Credit Party’s
business.

 

“Chattel Paper” means any “chattel paper,” as such term is
defined in the PPSA, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party,
wherever located.

 

“Closing Date” means December 31, 2008.

 

“Collateral” means the property covered by the Security
Agreement, and the other Collateral Documents and any other personal property
now existing or hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject
to a security interest or other Lien in favour of Agent, on behalf of the
Lenders, to secure the Obligations.

 

“Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreement and related
acknowledgements of security, the Acknowledgements, the Pledge Agreements, the
Guarantees, and all similar agreements entered into guaranteeing payment of, or
granting a Lien upon property as security for payment of, the Obligations.

 

“Collateral Reports” means the reports with respect to the
Collateral referred to in Section 5.1(b).

 

“Collection Accounts” shall mean Agent’s Canadian Dollar
account number 09-716-29 in the name of Agent at National Bank of Canada, Main
600, de la Gauchetière West, Montréal, Québec, H3B 2B2, or such other
account(s) as may be specified in writing by Agent as the “Collection
Accounts.”

 

“Commitment Termination Date” means the date of termination of
the Lenders obligation to make Revolving Credit Advances as determined from
time to time in accordance with Section 1.2(c).

 

“Commitments” means as to any Lender, the aggregate of such
Lender’s Individual Revolving Loan Commitment and Individual Term Loan B
Commitment Amount, as such Commitments are set forth in Annex D to the
Agreement and as such Commitments may be reduced, amortized or adjusted from
time to time in accordance with the Agreement.

 

“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 5.1(a).

 

“Confidentiality Termination Date” has the meaning ascribed to
it in Section 13.8.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for
any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that the
following shall be excluded: (a) the net income of any other Person in
which such Person or one of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a
third-party (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person
to be consolidated into the net income of such Person), except to the extent of
the amount of dividends or distributions paid to such Person or Subsidiary,
(b) the net

 

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income of any Subsidiary of
such Person that is, on the last day of such period, subject to any restriction
or limitation on the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions,
to the extent of such restriction or limitation and (c) the net income of
any other Person arising prior to such other Person becoming a Subsidiary of
such Person or merging or consolidating into such Person or one of its
Subsidiaries.

 

“Consolidated Party” means the Credit Parties and the Excluded
Subsidiaries.

 

“Contract Period” means, with respect to a Bankers’ Acceptance,
the number of days in the term of such Bankers’ Acceptance.

 

“Contracts” means all contracts, undertakings, or agreements
(other than rights evidenced by chattel paper, securities or Instruments) in or
under which Borrower may now or hereafter have any right, title or interest,
including any agreement relating to the terms of payment or the terms of
performance of any Account.

 

“Conversion” means in relation to an Advance, a conversion of
an Advance into another type of Advance made pursuant to the Agreement.

 

“Copyright License” means any and all rights now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Credit Party under any written agreement granting any
right to use any Copyright or Copyright registration.

 

“Copyrights” means all of the following now owned or hereafter
adopted or acquired by any Credit Party: (a) all copyrights and
intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered) now owned or
existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings
thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including all
registrations, recordings and applications in the Canadian Copyright Office or
in any similar office or agency in any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, and (b) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.

 

“Corporation” means Eveready Inc.

 

“Co-Syndication Agents” means Bank of Montreal and Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce.

 

“CRA” means the Canada Revenue Agency.

 

“Credit Parties” means the Corporation, Borrower, and each of
their respective Subsidiaries, except for the Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

“Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person, all current
assets of such Person as of any date of determination calculated in accordance
with GAAP, but excluding cash, Cash Equivalents and debts due from Affiliates.

 

“Current Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person, all
liabilities that should, in accordance with GAAP, be classified as current
liabilities, and in any event shall include all Indebtedness payable on demand
or within one year from any date of determination without any option on the
part of the obligor to extend or renew beyond such year, all accruals for
federal, provincial or

 

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other taxes based on or
measured by income and payable within such year, but excluding the current
portion of long-term debt required to be paid within one year and the
outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan.

 

“DBNA” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2(d).

 

“Default” means any event that, with the passage of time or
notice or both, would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

 

“Default Rate” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.7(d).

 

“Designs” means all of the following now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Credit Party: (a) all industrial designs and intangibles
of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), now owned or existing or
hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and
all applications in connection therewith, including all registrations,
recordings and applications in the Canadian Industrial Design Office or in any
similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision
thereof, and (b) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.

 

“Design Licence” means rights under any written agreement now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party granting any right to use any
Design.

 

“Disclosure Schedules” means the Schedules prepared by Borrower
and denominated as Disclosure Schedules 4.1 through 7.8 in the Index to the
Agreement.

 

“Discount Proceeds” means, for any BA (or, as applicable, any
BA Equivalent Loan), an amount (rounded to the nearest whole cent, and with one
half of one cent being rounded up) calculated on the applicable date of
Borrowing by multiplying:

 

(a)                                  the face amount of the BA
(or, as applicable, the undiscounted amount of the BA Equivalent Loan); by

 

(b)                                 the quotient of one divided
by the sum of one plus the product of:

 

	
  (i)

  	
  the Discount Rate
  (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such BA (or as applicable, such BA
  Equivalent Loan), multiplied by

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  (ii)

  	
  a fraction, the numerator
  of which is the Contract Period of the BA (or, as applicable, the BA
  Equivalent Loan) and the denominator of which is 365,

  

 

with such quotient being rounded up or down to the
nearest fifth decimal place, and with .000005 being rounded up.

 

“Discount Rate” means, with respect to either a BA for a
particular BA Period being purchased by a Lender on any day or a BA Equivalent
Loan being made by a Lender on any day, (i) for any Lender which is a
Schedule I chartered bank under the Bank Act
(Canada), the CDOR Rate on such day for such Contract Period; and (ii) for
any other Lender, the lesser of (a) the CDOR Rate

 

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on such day for such
Contract Period, plus 0.10%, and (b) the percentage discount rate quoted
by such Lender as the percentage discount rate at which such Lender would, in
accordance with its normal practices, at or about 10:00 a.m. on such date, be
prepared to purchase bankers’ acceptances or make BA Equivalent Loans having a
face amount and term comparable to the face amount and term of such BA or, in
the case of a Lender making a BA Equivalent Loan.

 

“Documentation Agent” means the Bank of Nova Scotia.

 

“Draft” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2(b).

 

“DRIP” means, collectively, any dividend reinvestment plan
adopted by any of the Consolidated Parties, as same may be amended from time to
time.

 

“EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any fiscal
period, without duplication, an amount equal to (a) consolidated net
income of such Person for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP,
minus (b) the sum of (i) income tax credits, (ii) interest
income, (iii) gain from extraordinary items for such period, (iv) any
aggregate net gain (but not any aggregate net loss) during such period arising
from the sale, exchange or other disposition of capital assets by such Person
(including any fixed assets, whether tangible or intangible, all inventory sold
in conjunction with the disposition of fixed assets and all securities), and
(v) any other non-cash gains that have been added in determining
consolidated net income, in each case to the extent included in the calculation
of consolidated net income of such Person for such period in accordance with
GAAP, but without duplication, plus (c) the sum of (i) any provision
for income taxes, (ii) Interest Expense, (iii) loss from extraordinary
items for such period, (iv) depreciation and amortization for such period,
(v) amortized debt discount for such period, and (vi) the amount of
any deduction to consolidated net income as the result of any grant to any
members of the management of such Person of any Stock, in each case to the
extent included in the calculation of consolidated net income of such Person
for such period in accordance with GAAP, but without duplication, and
(vii) any other non-cash losses that have been deducted in determining
consolidated net income, in each case to the extent included in the calculation
of consolidated net income of such Person for such period in accordance with
GAAP, but without duplication. For purposes of this definition, the following
items shall be excluded in determining consolidated net income of a Person:
(1) the income (or deficit) of any other Person accrued prior to the date
it became a Subsidiary of, or was amalgamated or consolidated into, such Person
or any of such Person’s Subsidiaries; (2) the income (or deficit) of any
other Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which such Person has an ownership
interest, except to the extent any such income has actually been received by
such Person in the form of cash dividends or distributions; (3) the undistributed
earnings of any Subsidiary of such Person to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the
time permitted by the terms of any contractual obligation or requirement of law
applicable to such Subsidiary; (4) any restoration to income of any
contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was
made out of income accrued during such period; (5) any write-up of any
asset; (6) any net gain from the collection of the proceeds of life
insurance policies; (7) any net gain arising from the acquisition of any
securities, or the extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness, of such
Person; (8) in the case of a successor to such Person by consolidation or amalgamation
or as a transferee of its assets, any earnings of such successor prior to such

 

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consolidation, amalgamation
or transfer of assets; and (9) any deferred credit representing the excess
of equity in any Subsidiary of such Person at the date of acquisition of such
Subsidiary over the cost to such Person of the investment in such Subsidiary.

 

“Employee Unit Plan Guarantees” means unsecured guarantees in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $8,300,000 granted by any Credit Parties  in favour of the Bank of Montreal in
respect of loan obligations incurred by employees of any of the Credit Parties
(or any Affiliate thereof) in connection with certain employee unit purchase
plans.

 

“Environmental Indemnity Agreement” means the environmental
indemnity agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Borrower, the other
Credit Parties party thereto and the Agent, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, provincial,
territorial, municipal, local and foreign laws (including the common law),
statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, guidelines, policies, procedures,
standards, orders-in-council, and regulations, now or hereafter in effect, and
in each case as amended or supplemented from time to time, and any applicable
judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any applicable
judicial or administrative order, consent decree, order or judgment, imposing
liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and
protection of human, plant or animal health or safety, the environment or
natural resources (including air, surface water, groundwater, wetlands, land,
soil, land surface or subsurface strata, wildlife, aquatic species and
vegetation). Environmental Laws include, but are not limited to, the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
(Alberta), Canadian Environmental Protection
Act, 1999, Fisheries Act,
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act,
1992, the Migratory Birds Protection Act,
1994, the Species At Risk Act,
the Hazardous Products Act, the Canada Shipping Act and the Canada Wildlife Act.

 

“Environmental Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person,
all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, costs (including any response,
remedial and removal costs, investigation and feasibility study costs, capital
costs, operation and maintenance costs), losses, damages (including any
punitive damages, property damages, natural resource damages, consequential
damages, treble damages) and expenses (including all reasonable fees,
disbursements and expenses of legal counsel, experts and consultants), fines,
penalties, sanctions and interest incurred as a result of or related to any
claim, suit, action, administrative order, investigation order (including
judicial and administrative orders), proceeding or demand by any Person,
whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability,
statute regulation, equity or common law, including any arising under or
related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits, or in connection with
any Release or threatened Release or presence of a Hazardous Material, whether
on, at, in, under, from or about or in the vicinity of any real or personal property.

 

“Environmental Permits” means all permits, licenses,
authorizations, certificates, approvals or registrations required by any
Governmental Authority under any Environmental Laws.

 

“Equipment,” as such term is defined in the PPSA, now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located and, in any event,
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equipment, including
processing equipment, conveyors, machine tools, data processing and computer
equipment, including embedded software and peripheral equipment and all
engineering, processing and manufacturing equipment, office machinery,
furniture, materials handling equipment, tools, attachments, accessories,
automotive equipment, trailers, trucks, forklifts, molds, dies, stamps, motor
vehicles, rolling stock and other equipment of every kind and nature, trade
fixtures and fixtures not forming a part of real property, all whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, and wherever situated, together with all additions
and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, all
substitutes for any of the foregoing, fuel therefor, and all manuals, drawings,
instructions, warranties and rights with respect thereto, and all products and
proceeds thereof and condemnation awards and insurance proceeds with respect
thereto.

 

“Equivalent Amount” means, on any date of determination, with
respect to obligations or valuations denominated in one currency (the “first currency”), the amount of another
currency (the “second currency”)
which would result from the Agent converting the first currency into the second
currency at approximately 12:00 noon (Toronto time) on such day in accordance
with Agent’s customary practice for commercial loans being administered by it
or at such other rate as may have been agreed in writing between Borrower and
Agent.

 

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

 

“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such Credit
Party, are treated as a single employer within the meaning of Sections 414(b),
(c), (m) or (o) of the IRC.

 

“ERISA Event” means, with respect to any Credit Party or any
ERISA Affiliate, (a) any event described in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA with respect to a Title IV Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Credit
Party or ERISA Affiliate from a Title IV Plan subject to Section 4063 of
ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of
ERISA; (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Credit Party or any
ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of
intent to terminate a Title IV Plan or the treatment of a plan amendment as a
termination under Section 4041 of ERISA; (e) the institution of
proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC; (f) the
failure by any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make when due required
contributions to a Multiemployer Plan or Title IV Plan unless such failure is
cured within thirty (30) days; (g) any other event or condition that would
reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA
for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or for the imposition of liability under Section 4069
or 4212(c) of ERISA; (h) the termination of a Multiemployer Plan
under Section 4041A of ERISA or the reorganization or insolvency of a
Multiemployer Plan under Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA; or (i) the
loss of a Qualified Plan’s qualification or tax exempt status; or (j) the
termination of a Plan described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

 

“ERISA Plan” mean, at any time, an “employee benefit plan,” as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that any Credit Party or ERISA
Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to on
behalf of participants who are or were employed by any Credit Party.

 

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“Escrow Funds” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.1.

 

“Excess
Cash Flow” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus (b) the
sum of, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of such
Consolidated Net Income but without duplication, (i) any depreciation,
depletion and amortization expense, (ii) future tax, (iii) accrued
but unrealized foreign exchange loss, (iv) unit based compensation
expense, and (v) non-cash accretion expense to the extent related to
Subordinated Debt, and (vi) any other non-cash expenses that have been
deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income, in each case to the extent
included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such
period in accordance with GAAP, but without duplication, minus (c) accrued
but unrealized foreign exchange gain.

 

“Excluded Subsidiaries” means (i) all Subsidiaries of the
Corporation or the Borrower not in Canada or the U.S., provided however that
such Subsidiaries do not collectively account at any time for more than 2% of
EBITDA or Net Worth (calculated, in each case, with respect to the Corporation
and all of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis inclusive of the
Subsidiaries to which this definition applies), in which case, with effect on
and from the date that such percentage threshold is exceeded, the Borrower
shall, at its sole discretion, determine which of the above-mentioned
Subsidiaries shall permanently cease to be Excluded Subsidiaries in order to
ensure such percentage threshold is no longer exceeded and such new Credit
Parties shall deliver all security documents, certificates, addition
agreements, opinions and other documents, and shall perform all actions as
required by Agent, acting reasonably, in connection therewith; (ii) Pembina
Area Landfill LP; and (iii) Pembina Area Landfill Ltd.

 

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in
the recitals.

 

“Fees” means any and all fees payable to Agent or any Lender
pursuant to the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

“Financial Covenants” means the financial covenants set forth
in Article VIII.

 

“Financial Statements” means the consolidated and consolidating
income statements, statements of cash flows and balance sheets of the
Corporation or the Fund, as applicable, delivered in accordance with Sections
4.4 and 5.1(a).

 

“Fiscal Month” means any of the monthly accounting periods of
the Corporation or the Fund, as applicable.

 

“Fiscal Quarter” means each quarterly accounting period of the
Corporation or the Fund, as applicable.

 

“Fiscal Year” means each annual accounting period of the
Corporation or the Fund, as applicable.

 

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“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any
fiscal period, (a) the aggregate of all Interest Expense (excluding
accrued interest and accretion expense on convertible debenture and all other
non-cash expenses) paid or accrued during such period, plus (b) scheduled
payments of principal with respect to Indebtedness during such period, plus (c) all
cash distributions to Shareholders during such period, plus (d) any of the
permitted distributions as set out in (d) of the definition of “Permitted Distribution”.

 

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person
on a rolling four quarter basis, the ratio of (i) EBITDA, less Unfinanced
Capital Expenditures and less Taxes paid or payable in cash to (ii) Fixed
Charges.

 

“Fixtures” means all fixtures (including trade fixtures),
facilities and equipment, howsoever affixed or attached to real property or
buildings or other structures on real property, now owned or hereafter acquired
by any Credit Party.

 

“Fund” means Eveready Income Fund.

 

“Funded Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without
duplication, all Indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures, or similar evidences of Indebtedness and that by its terms matures
more than one year from, or is directly or indirectly renewable or extendible
at such Person’s option under a revolving credit or similar agreement
obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of more than
one year from the date of creation thereof, and specifically including Capital
Lease Obligations, current maturities of long term debt, revolving credit and
short term debt extendible beyond one year at the option of the debtor, and
also including, in the case of Borrower, the Obligations and, without
duplication, Guaranteed Indebtedness consisting of guaranties of Funded Debt of
other Persons and all payments that would be required to be made under any
Secured Rate Contracts and Secured Rate Contract Support Documents in the event
of a termination (or early termination) or the time of determination.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the
Canada, consistently applied, as such term is further defined in Article VIII
to the Agreement.

 

“GE Canada” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble to
the Agreement.

 

“GE Capital” means General Electric Capital Corporation, a
Delaware corporation.

 

“GE Fee Letter” means that certain letter, dated as of February 6,
2007 between the Lender and Borrower with respect to certain Fees to be paid
from time to time by Borrower to GE Canada.

 

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any
state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

 

“Guaranteed Indebtedness” means, as to any Person, any
obligation of such Person guaranteeing, providing comfort or otherwise
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other obligation (“primary obligation”) of any other Person
(the “primary obligor”) in any
manner, including any obligation or arrangement of such Person to (a) purchase
or repurchase any such primary obligation, (b) advance or supply funds (i) for
the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain
working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to
maintain the Net Worth or solvency or any balance sheet condition of the
primary obligor, (c) purchase property, securities or services primarily
for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the
ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, (d) protect
the beneficiary of such arrangement from loss (other than product warranties
given in the ordinary course of business) or (e) indemnify the owner of
such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any
Guaranteed Indebtedness at any time shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
the lesser at such time of (x) the stated or determinable amount of the
primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranteed Indebtedness is incurred
and (y) the maximum amount for which such Person may be liable pursuant to
the terms of the instrument embodying such Guaranteed Indebtedness, or, if not
stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability (assuming
full performance) in respect thereof.

 

“Guarantees” means, collectively, each guarantee executed by
any Guarantor in favour of Agent, for itself and the rateable benefit of the
Lenders, in respect of the Obligations of Borrower.

 

“Guarantors” means each Credit Party (other than the Borrower),
and each other Person, if any, that executes a guarantee or other similar
agreement in favour of the Agent, for itself and the rateable benefit of the
Lenders, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.

 

“Hazardous Material” means any substance, material or waste
that is regulated by, or forms the basis of liability now or hereafter under,
any applicable Environmental Laws, including any material or substance that is (a) defined
as a “solid waste,” “hazardous waste,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous
substance,” “dangerous goods”, “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted
hazardous waste,” “pollutant,” “contaminant,” “hazardous constituent,” “special
waste,” “toxic substance” or other similar term or phrase under any applicable
Environmental Laws, or (b) petroleum or any fraction or by product
thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s), or any radioactive
substance.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without
duplication (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for
the deferred purchase price of property payment for which is deferred 6 months
or more, but excluding obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary
course of business that are unsecured and not overdue by more than 6 months
unless being contested in good faith, (b) all reimbursement and other
obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and surety
bonds, whether or not matured, (c) all obligations evidenced by notes,
bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or
arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and
remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default
are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital
Lease Obligations and the present value (discounted at the Index Rate as in effect
on the

 

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Closing Date) of future
rental payments under all synthetic leases, (f) all obligations of such
Person under commodity purchase or option agreements or other commodity price
hedging arrangements, in each case whether contingent or matured, (g) all
obligations of such Person under any foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement, interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar
agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of that Person arising
from fluctuations in currency values or interest rates, in each case whether
contingent or matured, (h) all Indebtedness referred to above secured by
(or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent
or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property or other assets
(including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such
Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, (i) all
annual payments and other obligations under operating leases, and (j) the
Obligations.

 

“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.12.

 

“Indemnified Person” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.12.

 

“Individual Revolving Loan Commitment Amount” means from time
to time, in respect of a Lender, that portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment
which such Lender has severally agreed to make available to the Borrower in
accordance with this Agreement, subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement.

 

“Individual Term Loan B Commitment Amount” means from time to
time, in respect of a Lender, that portion of the Term Loan B Commitment which
such Lender has severally agreed to make available to the Borrower in
accordance with this Agreement.

 

“Insolvency Laws” shall mean any of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
(Canada), and the Winding-Up and
Restructuring Act (Canada), each as now and hereafter in effect, any
successors to such statutes and any other applicable insolvency or other
similar law of any jurisdiction, including any law of any jurisdiction
permitting a debtor to obtain a stay or a compromise of the claims of its
creditors against it.

 

“Instruments” means all “instruments,”
as such term is defined in the PPSA, now or hereafter owned or acquired by any
Credit Party, wherever located, and, in any event, including, all certificates
of deposit, and all promissory notes and other evidences of indebtedness, other
than instruments that constitute, or are a part of a group of writings that
constitute, Chattel Paper.

 

“Intellectual Property” means any and all Licenses, Patents,
Designs, Copyrights, Trademarks, trade secrets and customers lists.

 

“Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, (a) consolidated total interest expense of such Person for such
period and including, in any event, (i) interest capitalized during such
period and net costs under Interest Rate Contracts for such period and (ii) all
fees, charges, commissions, discounts and other similar obligations (other than
reimbursement obligations) with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees,
bankers’ acceptances, surety bonds and performance bonds (whether or not
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minus (b) the
sum of (i) consolidated net gains of such Person under Interest Rate
Contracts for such period and (ii) consolidated interest income of such
Person for such period.

 

“Interest Payment Date”  means
(i) for interest calculated based on Canadian Prime Rate, the last day of
each Fiscal Month; and (ii) for interest calculated based on the BA Rate,
the last day of the applicable BA Period; provided that, in addition to the
foregoing, each of (x) the date upon which all of the Commitments have
been terminated and the Loans have been paid in full and (y) the
Commitment Termination Date  shall
be deemed to be an “Interest Payment Date” with respect to any interest that
has then accrued under the Agreement.

 

“Interest Rate Contracts” means all interest rate swap
agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and
interest rate insurance.

 

“Inventory” means any “inventory”, as such term is defined in
the PPSA, now or hereafter owned or acquired by any Credit Party, wherever
located, and in any event including inventory, merchandise, goods and other
personal property that are held by or on behalf of any Credit Party for sale,
rent or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of
service, or that constitute raw materials, work in process, finished goods,
returned goods, supplies or materials of any kind, nature or description used
or consumed or to be used or consumed in such Credit Party’s business or in the
processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same,
including all supplies and embedded software.

 

“ITA” means the Income
Tax Act (Canada).

 

“Judgment Currency” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13.17(a).

 

“Judgment Conversion Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13.17(a).

 

“Key Location” means any location described as such in
Disclosure Schedule 4.2, that either (i) is used to store a material
amount of Collateral or (ii) is strategically important to such Credit
Party’s business, as determined by the Agent, acting reasonably.

 

“Lead Arrangers” means GE Capital Markets, Inc. and GE
Capital Markets (Canada) Ltd.

 

“Lenders” means (a) initially [The names of Lenders have been omitted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with National Instrument 51-102 in order to comply with
the confidentiality requirements of Section 13.13 of this Agreement]
and thereafter, each financial institution which may become a party to this
Agreement, as lender, by executing and delivering to the Agent and to the
Borrower an Assignment Agreement, and each of their respective successors and
permitted assigns, and “Lender”
means any one of them in such capacity and (b) solely for the purpose of
obtaining the benefit of the Liens granted to the Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders under the Collateral Documents, a Person to whom any Obligations in
respect of a Secured Rate Contract are owed. For the avoidance of any doubt,
any Person to whom any Obligations in respect of a Secured Rate Contract are
owed, but which Person does not hold any Loans or Commitments, shall not be
entitled to any other rights as a “Lender” under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document.

 

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“License” means any Copyright License, Design License, Patent
License, Trademark License or other license of rights or interests now held or
hereafter acquired by any Credit Party.

 

“Lien” means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security
interest, easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security
agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any lease or title retention agreement, any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing
of, or agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a security
interest under the PPSA or comparable notice filing under the law of any other
jurisdiction).

 

“Limited Partnership Agreements” means, collectively: (a) the
Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement dated as of March 31,
2005 in respect of Eveready Holdings Limited Partnership; (b) the Limited
Partnership Agreement dated as of December 3, 2004 in respect of Eveready
Operating Limited Partnership; (c) the Limited Partnership Agreement dated
as of December 3, 2004 in respect of JL Filtration Operating Limited
Partnership; (d) the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement
dated as of May 20, 2005 in respect of River Valley Operating Limited
Partnership; (e) the Limited Partnership Agreement dated as of May 1,
2006 in respect of Acquisition Limited Partnership; (f) the Limited
Partnership Agreement dated as of July 27, 2007 of Eveready Directional
Boring Limited Partnership; (g) the Limited Partnership Agreement dated as
of November 30, 2005 in respect of Pembina Area Landfill LP; and (h) the
Limited Partnership Agreement of Cat Tech Operating Limited Partnership dated
as of August 1, 2006.

 

“Litigation” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.11.

 

“Loan Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.11.

 

“Loan Documents” means the Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral
Documents and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates
identified in 2.1(a) executed and delivered to, or in favour of, Agent or
any Lenders and including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents,
assignments, contracts, notices, letter of credit agreements and all other
written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of
any Credit Party, or any employee of any Credit Party, and delivered to Agent
or any Lender in connection with the Agreement or the transactions contemplated
thereby. Any reference in the Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan
Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all
amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall
refer to the Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at
any and all times such reference becomes operative.

 

“Loans” means the Revolving Loan, any Term Loans and the Term
Loan B.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, assets, operations, prospects or financial or other condition of  the Credit Parties considered as a whole, (b) Borrower’s
ability to pay any of the Loans or any of the other Obligations in accordance
with the terms of the Agreement, (c) the Collateral or Agent’s Liens, on
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Collateral or the priority
of such Liens, or (d) Agent’s or any Lender’s rights and remedies under
the Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, any event or occurrence adverse to one or more Credit Parties
which results or could reasonably be expected to result in losses, costs,
damages, liabilities or expenditures in excess of $6,000,000 shall constitute a
Material Adverse Effect.

 

“Maturity Date” means, for any Term Loan, the last day of the
Term Period applicable to such Term Loan, for the Term Loan B, the last day of
the Term Loan B Period and for any Bankers’ Acceptance, the date on which a
Bankers’ Acceptance matures, or the date on which a BA Equivalent Loan becomes
due and payable.

 

“Material Documents” means the Articles and the Limited
Partnership Agreements.

 

“Net Proceeds” means the amount received by the Borrower from
the sale of an Advance by way of Bankers’ Acceptance (or in the case of a BA
Equivalent Loan, the amount of such BA Equivalent Loan), less the applicable BA
Stamping Fee.

 

“Net Worth” means, in accordance with Canadian generally
accepted accounting principles, the sum of Shareholder’s capital (excluding any
goodwill) and contributed surplus plus retained earnings and any subordinated
shareholder loans plus Subordinated Debt plus preferred units where the holder
has agreed not to redeem the units without the Agent’s prior written consent
plus, without duplication, the equity component of any Subordinated Debt. For
greater clarity, any portion of Subordinated Debt or subordinated shareholder
loans due within the next 12 months and classified as current liabilities will
not be included as part of Net Worth.

 

“New Key Location” means, any location acquired after the date
of this Agreement that either (i) is used to store a material amount of
Collateral or (ii) is strategically important to such Credit Party’s
business, as determined by the Agent, acting reasonably.

 

“Non-Agreeing Lender” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2(c)(ii)(D).

 

“Non-Agreeing Lender Commitment Amount” has the meaning
ascribed to it in Section 1.2(c)(ii)(D).

 

“Non-BA Lender” means a Lender that (i) is not a bank
chartered under the Bank Act
(Canada); or (ii) has notified the Agent in writing that it is unwilling
or unable to accept Drafts.

 

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13.2(d).

 

“Non-Funding Lender” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.9(a).

 

“Notes” means the Revolving Notes and Term Loan B Notes.

 

“Notice of Acceptance” means a notice by the Agent, on behalf
of the Revolving Lenders other than the Non-Agreeing Lenders, to the Borrower
extending the Revolving Period for 364 days from the Commitment Date.

 

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“Notice of Extension” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2(c).

 

“Notice of Revolving Credit Advance/Election of BA Periods” has
the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2(a).

 

“Notice of Rollover or Notice of Conversion” means, in relation
to Advances by way of Rollover or Conversion, a notice by the Borrower to the
Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.4(b) with the blanks
completed.

 

“Notification Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2(c)(ii)(A).

 

“Obligation Currency” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13.17(a).

 

“Obligations” means all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and
obligations, for the performance of covenants, tasks or duties or for payment
of monetary amounts (whether or not such performance is then required or
contingent, or such amounts are liquidated or determinable) owing by any Credit
Party to Agent or any Lender or any Secured Swap Provider, and all covenants
and duties regarding such amounts, of any kind or nature, present or future,
whether or not evidenced by any note, agreement, letter of credit agreement or
other instrument, arising under the Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents or any Secured Rate Contract. This term includes all principal,
interest (including all interest that accrues after the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding upon or after the insolvency of a Credit
Party, whether or not allowed in such proceeding), Fees, hedging obligations under
swaps, caps and collar arrangements provided or arranged by any Lender or
Affiliate thereof, expenses, legal fees and any other sum chargeable to any
Credit Party under the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

“Other Lender” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.9(d).

 

“Patent License” means rights under any written agreement now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party granting any right with respect
to any invention on which a Patent is in existence.

 

“Patents” means all of the following in which any Credit Party
now holds or hereafter acquires any interest: (a) all letters patent of
invention and all applications for letters patent, all design patents and all
registrations and recordings thereof, including registrations, recordings and
applications in the Canadian Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar
office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof, and (b) all
reissues, continuations, continuations in part or extensions thereof.

 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

 

“Permitted Acquisition” means: (a) an acquisition to
acquire all or substantially all of the assets or Stock of any Person where the
consideration, whether cash or other form of payment, is less than $10,000,000
(to a maximum of $40,000,000 on an annual basis) and which meets the conditions
contained in Section 7.1 of the Agreement; and (b) an
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substantially all of the
assets or Stock of any Person where the consideration, whether cash or other
form of payment, is equal to or in excess of $10,000,000 where (i) the
Agent has received at least thirty (30) Business Days’ prior written notice of
such proposed acquisition, which notice shall include a reasonably detailed
description of such proposed Permitted Acquisition, and (ii) the
acquisition meets the conditions contained in Section 7.1 of the
Agreement, provided that such acquisition is made on terms acceptable to the
Agent and the Lenders, acting reasonably.

 

“Permitted Distribution” means (a) any distribution or
payment which the Borrower is permitted to make pursuant to the terms of the
Agreement, (b) any dividend paid by the Corporation to its shareholders, (c) any payment or distributions
made pursuant to the DRIP, (d) the repurchase for cancellation by the
Corporation of any issued and outstanding Shares of the Corporation, and (e) regularly
scheduled payments or distributions made pursuant to the Indebtedness of the
Corporation pursuant to any of its convertible unsecured subordinated
debentures, including, without limitation, the 7.00% convertible unsecured
subordinated debentures due June 30, 2011, and any payments by the
Borrower or a Credit Party to the Corporation to facilitate such a
distribution, provided such distribution has been publicly announced, except to
the extent expressly prohibited under the Agreement.

 

“Permitted Encumbrances” means the following encumbrances: (a) Liens
for taxes or assessments or other governmental Charges not yet due and payable
or which are being contested in accordance with Section 6.2(b); (b) pledges
or deposits of money securing statutory obligations under workmen’s
compensation, employment insurance, social security or public liability laws or
similar legislation; (c) pledges or deposits of money securing bids,
tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money) or leases to
which any Credit Party is a party as lessee made in the ordinary course of
business; (d) inchoate and unperfected workers’, mechanics’ or similar
liens arising in the ordinary course of business, so long as such Liens attach
only to equipment, and/or Fixtures; (e) carriers’, warehousemen’s,
suppliers’ or other similar possessory liens arising in the ordinary course of
business and securing liabilities in an outstanding aggregate amount not in
excess of $2,000,000 at any time, so long as such Liens attach only to
Inventory; (f) deposits securing, or in lieu of, surety, appeal or customs
bonds in proceedings to which any Credit Party is a party; (g) any
attachment or judgment lien not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.1(g);
(h) presently existing or hereafter created Liens in favour of Agent, on
behalf of the Lenders; (i) Liens expressly permitted under clauses (b) and
(c) of Section 7.8 of the Agreement; and (j) to the extent not
included in clause (a), (d) or (e), Prior Claims that are unregistered and
secure amounts that are not yet due and payable.

 

“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit
corporation, other entity or government (whether federal, provincial, state,
county, city, municipal, local, foreign, or otherwise, including any
instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof).

 

“Pledge Agreements” means either the pledge agreements (i) entered
into pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement or (ii) entered into
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, by any Credit Party in
favour of the Lenders.

 

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“PPSA” shall mean the Personal
Property Security Act (Alberta)
and the Regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect, provided,
however, if attachment, perfection or priority of Agent’s security interests in
any Collateral are governed by the personal property security laws of any
jurisdiction other than Alberta, PPSA shall mean those personal property
security laws in such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions
hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for the definitions
related to such provisions.

 

“Prior Claims” shall mean all Liens created by applicable law
(in contrast with Liens voluntarily granted) which rank or are capable of
ranking prior or pari passu with
Agent’s security interests (or interests similar thereto under applicable law)
against all or part of the Collateral, including for amounts owing for employee
source deductions, goods and services taxes, sales taxes, harmonized sales
taxes, municipal taxes, workers’ compensation, corporate taxes, pension fund
obligations and overdue rents.

 

“Proceeds” means “proceeds,”
as such term is defined in the PPSA, and in any event shall include (a) any
and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guarantee payable to
any Credit Party from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any
and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Credit
Party from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation,
condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any
Governmental Authority (or any Person acting under color of governmental
authority), (c) any claim of any Credit Party against third parties (i) for
past, present or future infringement of any Patent or Patent License, or (ii) for
past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Copyright, Copyright
License, Design, Design License, Trademark or Trademark License, or for injury
to the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License, (d) any
recoveries by any Credit Party against third parties with respect to any
litigation or dispute concerning any of the Collateral including claims arising
out of the loss or non-conformity of, interference with the use of, defects in,
or infringement of rights in, or damage to, Collateral, (e) all amounts
collected on, or distributed on account of, other Collateral, including
dividends, interest, distributions and Instruments with respect to Investment
Property and pledged Stock, and (f) any and all other amounts, rights to
payment or other property acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange or
other disposition or dealing with any of the Collateral and all rights arising
out of Collateral.

 

“Projections” means the Corporation’s forecasted consolidated
and consolidating: (a) balance sheets; (b) profit and loss
statements; (c) cash flow statements; and (d) capitalization
statements, all prepared on a Subsidiary by Subsidiary or division-by-division
basis, if applicable, and otherwise consistent with the historical Financial Statements
of Borrower, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of
underlying assumptions.

 

“Proposed Change” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13.2(d).

 

“Pro-Rata Share” means with respect to all matters relating to
any Lender (a) with respect to the Revolving Loan, the percentage obtained
by dividing (i) the Individual Revolving Loan Commitment of that Lender by
(ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders, (b) with
respect to all Term Loans, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the
portion of the Term Loan held by that Lender by (ii) the aggregate Term
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be adjusted by assignments
permitted pursuant to Article XI, (c) with respect to the Term Loan
B, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Individual Term Loan B
Commitment of that Lender by (ii) the aggregate Term Loan B Commitments of
all Lenders, (d) with respect to all Loans, the percentage obtained by
dividing (i) the aggregate Commitments of that Lender by (ii) the
aggregate Commitments of all Lenders, and (e) with respect to all Loans on
and after the Commitment Termination Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the
aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans held by that Lender, by (ii) the
outstanding principal balance of the Loans held by all Lenders.

 

“Purchasing Lender” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2(c)(ii)(D).

 

“Rateable Portion” means, at any time and from time to time
with respect to each Lender in respect of the Loans, the proportion of the
Individual Revolving Loan Commitment Amount of such Lender relative to the
Revolving Loan Commitment.

 

“Rate Contracts” means swap agreements (as such term is defined
in Section 101 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code) and any other agreements or arrangements designed to provide
protection against fluctuations in interest or currency exchange rates.

 

“Rate of Exchange” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13.17.

 

“Real Estate” means any real property of a Credit Party,
whether owned, leased, subleased, controlled or used by such Credit Party.

 

“Release” means any release, threatened release, spill,
emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, escape, injection,
deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of
Hazardous Material in the indoor or outdoor environment, including the movement
of Hazardous Material through or in the air, soil, surface water, ground water
or property.

 

“Replacement Lender” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.15(c).

 

“Replacement Revolving Lender” has the meaning ascribed to it
in Section 1.2(c)(ii)(D).

 

“Requisite Lenders” means Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of
the Revolving Loan Commitment, any Term Loans and the Term Loan B Commitment,
except to the extent applicable to the Revolving Loans, Term Loans or Term Loan
B only in which case it means the Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of such
Commitments or Loans.

 

“Reserves” means, with respect to the Borrowing Base of Borrower
(a) reserves established pursuant to Section 6.4(c), and (b) such
other reserves against Borrowing Availability of Borrower that Agent may, in
its reasonable credit judgment, establish from time to time. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, Reserves established to ensure the payment of
Prior Claims, accrued Interest Expenses or Indebtedness shall be deemed to be a
reasonable exercise of Agent’s credit judgment.

 

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“Restricted Payment” means, with respect to any Consolidated
Party (a) the declaration or payment of any dividend or the incurrence of
any liability to make any other payment or distribution of cash or other
property or assets in respect of Stock; (b) any payment on account of the
purchase, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund or other retirement of such
Consolidated Party’s Stock or any other payment or distribution made in respect
thereof, either directly or indirectly; (c) any payment or prepayment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest, fees or other charges on or with
respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund
or similar payment and any claim for rescission with respect to, any
Subordinated Debt; (d) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or
retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or
other rights to acquire Stock of such Consolidated Party now or hereafter
outstanding; (e) any payment of a claim for the rescission of the purchase
or sale of, or for material damages arising from the purchase or sale of, any
shares of such Consolidated Party’s Stock or of a claim for reimbursement,
indemnification or contribution arising out of or related to any such claim for
damages or rescission; (f) any payment, loan, contribution, or other
transfer of funds or other property to any Stockholder of such Consolidated
Party other than payment of compensation in the ordinary course of business to
Stockholders who are employees of such Consolidated Party; and (g) any
payment of management fees (or other fees of a similar nature) by such
Consolidated Party to any Stockholder of such Consolidated Party or its
Affiliates.

 

“Revolving Credit Advance” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2(a).

 

“Revolving Lender” means any Lender under the Revolving Loan
Commitment.

 

“Revolving Loan” means the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit
Advances outstanding to Borrower that have not been converted to a Term Loan.

 

“Revolving Loan Commitment” means the aggregate commitment of
the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Advances, which aggregate commitment shall
be one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) on the Closing Date, as such
amount may be adjusted, if at all, from time to time in accordance with the
Agreement.

 

“Revolving Note” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2(b).

 

“Revolving Period” means the period commencing on April 25,
2007 and ending at the start of the Term Period.

 

“Rollover” means, in relation to maturing Banker’s Acceptances,
the issuance of new Bankers’ Acceptances in respect of all or any portion of
such Bankers’ Acceptances at their Maturity Date.

 

“Secured Rate Contract” means any Rate Contract between a
Credit Party and (i) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (or a Person who
was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time of execution and delivery
of such Rate Contract) or (ii) a Person with whom a Credit Party has
entered into a Rate Contract provided or arranged by GE Capital, or an
Affiliate of GE Capital, and any assignee thereof, which meets the requirements
of Section 7.4(a)(vi) and which in the case of (i) above, except
for Swing Line F/X Contracts representing total hedged currency

 

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amounts of less than
$1,000,000 in the aggregate, the Agent has acknowledged in writing is a “Secured
Rate Contract”, such acknowledgement not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

“Secured Rate Contract Support Document” means any document (a) entered
into to provide credit enhancements for the benefit of the counterparty to a
Rate Contract into which the Borrower entered, which credit enhancements are
provided (i) solely to support the payment obligations of the Borrower
under such Rate Contract and (ii) by GE Capital or any other Person at a
time when such Person is the Agent, a Lender, of an Affiliate of a Lender, and (b) is
expressly identified as being a “Secured Rate Contract Support Document”
hereunder in a joint notice from the Borrower and the Person providing such
credit enhancements delivered to the Agent reasonably promptly after the
execution or issuance of such document, unless such Person is the Agent or an
Affiliate of the Agent at the time such credit enhancements are provided.

 

“Secured Swap Provider” means any Person that has entered into
a Secured Rate Contract with a Credit Party.

 

“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement (i) of
even date herewith or (ii) entered into pursuant to the Existing Credit
Agreement between the Lender and the Credit Party that is a signatory thereto.

 

“Settlement Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.9(a).

 

“Shareholders” means the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

“Solvent” shall mean, with respect to any Person on a
particular date, that on such date (i) the property of such Person is
sufficient, if disposed of at a fairly conducted sale under legal process, to
enable payment of all its obligations, due and accruing due, (ii) the
property of such Person is, at a fair valuation, greater than the total amount
of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person; (iii) such
Person has not ceased paying its current obligations in the ordinary course of
business as they generally become due; and (iv) such Person is not for any
reason unable to meet its obligations as they generally become due. The amount
of contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guarantees and pension plan
liabilities) at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all
the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount that
can be reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

“SPV” means any special purpose funding vehicle identified as
such in writing by any Lender to Agent.

 

“Stock” means all shares, options, warrants, general or limited
partnership interests, fund or trust units, membership interests or other
equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership,
mutual fund, trust, limited liability company or equivalent entity whether
voting or non-voting, participating or non-participating, including common
stock, preferred stock or any other equity security.

 

“Stockholder” means, with respect to any Person, each holder of
Stock of such Person.

 

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“Subordinated Debt” means (i) such Indebtedness of any
Credit Party that is subordinated to the Loan pursuant to a subordination and
postponement agreement or otherwise on terms acceptable to Agent in its sole
discretion; and (ii) Indebtedness of the Corporation pursuant to any of
its convertible unsecured subordinated debentures, including without
limitation, the 7.00% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures due June 30,
2011; and (iii) except for purposes of determining “Net Worth” and “Unfinanced
Capital Expenditures”, the Employee Unit Plan Guarantees.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any
corporation of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding Stock
having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of
such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other
class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by
reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or
indirectly, owned legally or beneficially by such Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person, or with respect to which any such Person has the
right to vote or designate the vote of 50% or more of such Stock whether by
proxy, agreement, operation of law or otherwise, and (b) any partnership
or limited liability company in which such Person and/or one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person shall have an interest (whether in the form of
voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than 50% or
of which any such Person is a general partner or may exercise the powers of a
general partner. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a
Subsidiary shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of the Corporation.

 

“Swing Line F/X Contracts” means Rate Contracts between any
Credit Party and the majority Swing Line Lender relating to US and Canadian
currency exchange rates.

 

“Swing Line Lender” means any Revolving Lender which is
designated as such by Agent from time to time.

 

“Swing Line Loan” means Loans made in accordance with Section 1.3.

 

“Swing Line Loan Limit” means $20,000,000.

 

“Target” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.1(a).

 

“Tax” and “Taxes”
includes all present and future taxes, surtaxes, duties, levies, imposts,
rates, fees, assessments, withholdings and other charges of any nature
(including income, corporate, capital (including large corporations), Net
Worth, sales, consumption, use, transfer, goods and services, value-added,
stamp, registration, franchise, withholding, payroll, employment, health,
education, employment insurance, pension, excise, business, school, property,
occupation, customs, anti-dumping and countervail taxes, surtaxes, duties,
levies, imposts, rates, fees, assessments, withholdings and other charges)
imposed by any Governmental Authority, together with any fines, interest,
penalties or other additions on, to, in lieu of, for non-collection of or in
respect of those taxes, surtaxes, duties, levies, imposts, rates, fees,
assessments, withholdings and other charges.

 

“Term Loan” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.2(d).

 

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“Term Loan B” means the aggregate of the Term Loan B Advances
outstanding to the Borrower.

 

“Term Loan B Advance” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.4.

 

“Term Loan B Commitment” means the aggregate commitment of the
Lenders to make Term Loan B Advances, which aggregate commitment shall be one
hundred and fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) on the Closing Date.

 

“Term Loan B Lender” means any Lender under Term Loan B.

 

“Term Loan B Note” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.4(b).

 

“Term Loan B Period” means, with respect to the Term Loan B,
the period commencing at 12: 01 a. m. (Toronto time) on the Closing Date and
expiring on the day which is 61 months thereafter.

 

“Term Period” means, with respect to the Term Loan, the period
commencing at 5:01 p. m. (Toronto time) on the Commitment Termination Date and
expiring on the day which is 36 months thereafter.

 

“Trademark License” means rights under any written agreement
now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party granting any right to use
any Trademark.

 

“Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or hereafter
adopted or acquired by any Credit Party: (a) all trademarks, trade names,
corporate names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other
source or business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing
appear or have, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, appeared, designs and
Intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection
therewith, including registrations, recordings and applications in the Canadian
Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency in any other
country or any political subdivision thereof; (b) all reissues, extensions
or renewals thereof; and (c) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by
any of the foregoing.

 

“Unfinanced Capital Expenditures” means Capital Expenditures
which are not financed with the net proceeds of any new equity issuance,
Capital Lease, the Loans or Subordinated Debt, provided that for purposes of
determining if Capital Expenditures are financed with Revolving Credit
Advances, the lesser of: (a) the net increase in the aggregate Revolving
Credit Advances during the period plus Excess Cash Flow (plus or minus Working
Capital adjustments), and (b) the sum of the Borrowing Availability plus
the Revolving Loan then outstanding; will be deemed to have been used to
finance Capital Expenditures.

 

“Working Capital” means Current Assets minus Current
Liabilities as of the last reporting period.

 

“Working Capital Ratio” means Current Assets to Current
Liabilities.

 

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Rules of construction
with respect to accounting terms used in the Agreement or the other Loan
Documents shall be as set forth in Article VIII. Unless otherwise
specified, references in the Agreement or any of the Appendices to a Section,
subsection or clause refer to such Section, subsection or clause as contained
in the Agreement. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words
of similar import refer to the Agreement as a whole, including all Annexes,
Exhibits and Schedules, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated,
modified or supplemented, and not to any particular section, subsection or
clause contained in the Agreement or any such Annex, Exhibit or Schedule.

 

Wherever from the context it
appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall
include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine,
feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter
genders. The words “including”, “includes” and “include” shall be deemed to be
followed by the words “without limitation”; the word “or” is not exclusive;
references to Persons include their respective successors and assigns (to the
extent and only to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents) or, in the case
of governmental Persons, Persons succeeding to the relevant functions of such
Persons; and all references to statutes and related regulations shall include
any amendments of the same and any successor statutes and regulations. Whenever
any provision in any Loan Document refers to the knowledge (or an analogous
phrase) of any Credit Party, such words are intended to signify that such
Credit Party has actual knowledge or awareness of a particular fact or
circumstance or that such Credit Party, if it had exercised reasonable
diligence, would have known or been aware of such fact or circumstance.

 

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Annex B (Section 11.9(a))

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Lenders’ Wire Transfer Information

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2 (3) of National Instrument
51-102. The disclosure of this information to the general public would be
seriously prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate
confidentiality provisions. Such information is not essential in order to
understand the material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

ANNEX C (Section 13.10)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Notice Addresses

 

	
  (A)

  	
  If
  to Agent or GE Canada, at:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  GE
  Canada Asset Financing Holding Company

  
	
   

  	
  530
  8th Avenue SW, Suite 720

  
	
   

  	
  Calgary,
  AB, Canada T2P 3S8

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Attention:
  Ron Tratch

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Facsimile
  No.:

  	
  (403)
  215-5831

  
	
   

  	
  Telephone
  No.:

  	
  (403)
  571-2261

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  (B)

  	
  If
  to a Credit Party, at

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  14904-121A
  Avenue

  
	
   

  	
  Edmonton,
  AB, Canada T5V 1A3

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Attention:
  President

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Facsimile
  No.:

  	
  (780)
  451-6075

  
	
   

  	
  Telephone No.:

  	
  (780) 451-6969

  

 

 

Annex D (from Annex A)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Commitments as of Closing Date

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument
51-102. The disclosure of this information to the general public would be
seriously prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate
confidentiality provisions. Such information is not essential in order to
understand the material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Annex E (from Annex A)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Assessed Equipment

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument
51-102. The disclosure of this information to the general public would be
seriously prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate
confidentiality provisions. Such information is not essential in order to
understand the material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Exhibit 1.2(a)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Notice of Revolving Credit Advance/Election of BA Periods

 

Capitalized
terms used herein which are defined in the amended and restated credit
agreement dated as of December 31, 2008 by and among Eveready Energy
Services Corp. (“Borrower”), the other
Credit Parties signatory thereto, GE Canada Asset Financing Holding Company, as
Agent, the Persons signatory thereto from time to time as Lenders (“Lenders”) (the “Credit
Agreement”), shall have the meanings therein defined. Borrower
hereby certifies that on the date hereof and on the borrowing date set forth
below: (i) all representations and warranties made by a Credit Party
contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are, and will
be, true and correct, both before and after giving
effect to the Revolving Credit Advance and to the application of the proceeds
thereof, as though made on such date, unless stated to relate to a specific
earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true
and correct as of such earlier date and except for changes therein expressly
permitted or expressly contemplated by the Credit Agreement; (ii) no
Material Adverse Effect has occurred since the Closing Date; (iii) no
Default or Event of Default exists, or would result from such Revolving Credit
Advance or from the application of the proceeds thereof; and (iv) after
giving effect to any Advance, the outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Loan will not exceed the lesser of (A) the Borrowing Base and (B) the
Revolving Loan Commitment.

 

	
  Client
  and Address

  	
  Name
  of Contact

  	
  Phone

  
	
  Eveready
  Energy Services Corp.

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14904
  – 121A Avenue

  	
   

  	
  Fax

  
	
  Edmonton,
  AB T5V 1A3

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Bank 

  	
  Wire Information

  	
  ABA#

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Address

  	
   

  	
  Acct#

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Bank
  Contact

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

1.               The drawdown date is the        day
of                    ,
200   .

 

2.               Pursuant to Section 1.2(a) of
the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby irrevocably requests that a Revolving
Credit Advance in the amount of
$               be
made available by the Lenders on the date referred to in #1 above.

 

3.               Pursuant to Section 1.7(a) of
the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby irrevocably elects that [the BA
Period in respect of the Revolving Credit Advance requested in #2 above is [1]
[2] [3] month(s).] [or] [the Revolving Credit Advance bear interest at the
Canadian Prime Rate plus the applicable margin.] [or] [The Contract Period in
respect of the Revolving Credit Advance by way of Bankers’ Acceptance is [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
[6] month(s).]

 

 

The Borrower has caused this Request to be executed by its
duly authorized officer as of the date and year first written above.

 

	
  Authorization

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Requested
  by:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Duly
  Authorized Signatory

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Fax to:

  	
   

  	
  GE
  Canada Asset Financing Holding Company, as Agent

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (403)
  215-5831

  
	
  Phone:

  	
   

  	
  (403)
  571-2261

  

 

 

Exhibit 1.2(b)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Form of Revolving Note

 

FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE (CDN$)

 

Calgary, Alberta   

 

	
  $[                            ]

  	
  [Date]

  

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the
undersigned, Eveready Industrial Services Corp. (‘Borrower”),
HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of [                                ]
(“Revolving Lender”) at the offices of GE CANADA ASSET FINANCING HOLDING COMPANY, as Agent on
behalf of the Lenders (“Agent”), at its
address at 530-8th Avenue S.W., Suite 720, Calgary, AB, Canada,
T2P 3S8, or at such other place as Agent may designate from time to time in
writing, in lawful money of Canada and in immediately available funds, the
amount of
$                          CANADIAN
DOLLARS (CDN$                                   )
or, if less, the aggregate unpaid amount of all Revolving Credit Advances made
to the undersigned under the “Credit Agreement” (as hereinafter defined). All
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given
to them in the Credit Agreement or in Annex A thereto.

 

This
Revolving Note is one of the Revolving Notes issued pursuant to that certain
amended and restated credit agreement dated as of April 25, 2007 by and
among Eveready Industrial Services Corp., as Borrower, the other Persons named
therein as Credit Parties, Agent on behalf of the Lenders, 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, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”)
and is entitled to the benefit and security of the Credit Agreement,
the Collateral Documents and all of the other Loan Documents referred to
therein. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement for a statement of
all of the terms and conditions under which the Loans evidenced hereby are made
and are to be repaid. The date and amount of each Revolving Credit Advance made
by Revolving Lender to Borrower, the rates of interest applicable thereto and
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 Revolving Note in
respect of the Revolving Credit Advances made by Revolving Lender to Borrower.

 

The
principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced hereby shall be payable in the
amounts and on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement, the terms of which
are hereby incorporated herein by reference. 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.

 

If
any payment on this Revolving Note becomes due and payable on a day other than
a Business Day, the maturity 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 Revolving Note may, as
provided in the Credit Agreement, and without demand, notice or legal process
of any kind, be declared, and immediately shall become, due and payable.

 

Time
is of the essence in this Revolving Note. Demand, presentment, protest and
notice of non-payment and protest are hereby waived by Borrower.

 

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

 

THIS
REVOLVING NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT
PROVINCE.

 

	
   

  	
  EVEREADY
  INDUSTRIAL SERVICES CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  

 

2

 

Exhibit 1.2(c)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Notice of Extension

 

	
  TO:

  	
  GE
  Canada Asset Financing Holding Company, as Agent

  530
  8th Avenue SW, Suite 720

  Calgary,
  Alberta T2P 3S8

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Attention:

  	
  Ron Tratch

  
	
   

  	
  Fax:

  	
  (403) 215-5831

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  DATE:

  	
  [·]

  	
   

  

 

Dear
Sirs/Mesdames:

 

Capitalized
terms used herein which are defined in the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of December 31, 2008 by and among Eveready Energy
Services Corp. (the “Borrower”), the
other Credit Parties signatory thereto, GE Canada Asset Financing Holding
Company, as Agent, and the persons signatory thereto from time to time as
Lenders (“Lenders”) shall have the meanings
therein defined.

 

The
Borrower hereby gives notice of its request for an offer of extension of the
Revolving Period in respect of the Extendible Revolving Credit Facility for a
further period of 364 days from the Commitment Termination Date pursuant to Section 1.2(c) of
the Credit Agreement.

 

As
of the date hereof, there exists no Default or Event of Default. 

 

	
  Yours
  very truly,

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  EVEREADY
  ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Per:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Per:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 

Exhibit 1.4(b)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Form of Term Loan B Note

 

FORM OF TERM LOAN B NOTE (CDN$)

 

Calgary, Alberta   

 

	
  $[                                ]

  	
  [Date]

  

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Eveready
Industrial Services Corp. (‘Borrower”),
HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of [                            ]
(“Term Loan B Lender”) at the offices of GE CANADA ASSET FINANCING HOLDING COMPANY, as Agent on
behalf of the Term Loan B Lenders (“Agent”), at its
address at 530-8th Avenue SW, Suite 720, Calgary, AB, Canada
T2P 3S8, or at such other place as Agent may designate from time to time in
writing, in lawful money of Canada and in immediately available funds, the
amount of $                        CANADIAN
DOLLARS (CDN$                       )
or, if less, the aggregate unpaid amount of all Term Loan B Credit Advances
made to the undersigned under the “Credit Agreement” (as
hereinafter defined). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement or in Annex A
thereto.

 

This
Term Loan B Note is one of the Term Loan B Notes issued pursuant to that
certain amended and restated credit agreement dated as of April 25, 2007
by and among Eveready Industrial Services Corp., as Borrower, the other Persons
named therein as Credit Parties, Agent on behalf of the Lenders, 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, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”)
and is entitled to the benefit and security of the
Credit Agreement, the Collateral Documents and all of the other Loan Documents
referred to therein. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement for a
statement of all of the terms and conditions under which the Loans evidenced
hereby are made and are to be repaid. The date and amount of each Term Loan B
Advance made by Term Loan B Lender to Borrower, the rates of interest
applicable thereto and 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 Term
Loan B Note in respect of the Term Loan B Advances made by Term Loan B Lender
to Borrower.

 

The
principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced hereby shall be payable in the
amounts and on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement, the terms of which
are hereby incorporated herein by reference. 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.

 

If
any payment on this Term Loan B Note becomes due and payable on a day other
than a Business Day, the maturity 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 Term Loan B Note may, as
provided in the Credit Agreement, and without demand, notice or legal process
of any kind, be declared, and immediately shall become, due and payable.

 

Time
is of the essence in this Term Loan B Note. Demand, presentment, protest and
notice of non-payment and protest are hereby waived by Borrower.

 

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

 

THIS
TERM LOAN B NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT
PROVINCE.

 

	
   

  	
  EVEREADY
  INDUSTRIAL SERVICES CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  

 

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Exhibit 3.4(c)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Notice of Rollover or Notice of Conversion

 

	
  TO:

  	
  GE
  CANADA ASSET FINANCE HOLDING COMPANY (the “Agent”) as  agent for the
  Lenders under the Credit Agreement.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  RE:

  	
  EVEREADY
  ENERGY SERVICES CORP. – Amended and Restated Credit  Agreement
  made as of December 31, 2008 between Eveready Energy Services Corp. (the
  “Borrower”), the other Credit parties
  thereto, the Lenders and the Agent (the “Credit Agreement”).

  

 

1.                                       Capitalized
terms used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the
meanings therein defined.

 

2.                                       Pursuant to Section 3.4(c) of
the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby irrevocably notifies the Agent
that it will be:

 

(a)                                  rolling over part or all of
the Advance made under the Credit Agreement described as:

 

Type of Advance:

*[Principal Amount:]

Date of Maturity:

 

into
the same Advance made under the Credit Agreement

Date of Maturity:

 

*if
only part of maturing Advance is rolled over, please indicate.

or;

(b)                                 converting part or all of
the Advance under the Credit Agreement described as:

 

Type of Advance:

*[Principal Amount:]

Date of Maturity:

 

into
an Advance made under the Credit Agreement described as: 

 

*if
only part of maturing Advance is converted, please indicate.

 

Type of Advance:

Principal Amount:

Date of Maturity:

 

 

effective
the                        day
of                            ,                               .

 

or;

 

(c)                                  Repaying part or all of the
Advance made under the Credit Agreement described  as:

 

Type of Advance:

*[Principal Amount]:

Date of Maturity:

 

(1) If only part of the maturing Advance is
being repaid, please indicate the applicable amount being repaid including the
details provided above in respect thereof and whether the balance will be
rolled over or converted.

 

3.                                       To the extent
that this Notice rolls over or converts any Advance to Bankers’ Acceptances, [all, Schedule I] [choose one or more as applicable]
Lenders will purchase them at the
applicable Discount Rate] [or] [[the Borrower [will/will not] market the Bankers’
Acceptances.]]

 

4.                                       This Notice is
irrevocable.

 

5.                                       No Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

6.                                       Capitalized
words and phrases used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings attributed to them in or for the purposes of the Credit Agreement.

 

The Borrower has caused this notice to be executed by its duly
authorized officer this [·] day of [·], 200[·].

 

	
   

  	
  EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

 

Exhibit 5.1(b)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Borrowing Base Certificate

 

	
  TO:

  	
  GE
  Canada Asset Financing Holding Company, as Agent

  
	
   

  	
  530
  8th Avenue SW, Suite 720

  
	
   

  	
  Calgary,
  Alberta T2P 3S8

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Attention:

  	
  Ron
  Tratch

  
	
   

  	
  Fax:

  	
  (403)
  215-5831

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  RE:

  	
  Amended
  and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 31, 2008 (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Eveready
  Energy Services Corp., the other Credit Parties signatory thereto, the Agent
  and the persons signatory thereto from time to time as Lenders.

  

 

This
Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) of
the Credit Agreement. The Borrower hereby certifies that:

 

1.                    This Borrowing Base
Certificate is current to [·], 200[·] (the “Effective Date”).

 

2.                    I am familiar with the
provisions of the Credit Agreement and I have made or caused to be made under
my supervision such reasonable investigations of corporate records and
inquiries of other officers and personnel of the Credit Parties as I have
deemed necessary for purposes of this Borrowing Base Certificate.

 

3.                    As of the Effective Date,
the Borrowing Base was Cdn. $[·], an amount
equal to:

 

(a)                        up to seventy-five percent
(75%) of the Fund and its Subsidiaries’ eligible accounts receivable, plus up
to sixty percent (60%) of the Fund and its Subsidiaries’ eligible U.S.
domiciled accounts receivable, plus up to ninety percent (90%) of the Fund and
its Subsidiaries’ eligible EDC insured amount of any accounts receivable;

 

(b)                       the amount of the Fund and
its Subsidiaries’ eligible Inventory, up to the lesser of: (i) fifty
percent (50%) of its cost (FIFO) or (ii) its market value, and, Inventory
shall not account for more than 20% of the total Borrowing Base margin; and

 

(c)                        up to seventy-five (75%) of
the orderly liquidation value of the eligible appraised Equipment,

 

the
detailed calculations of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

 

Capitalized
words and phrases used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
attributed to them in or for the purposes of the Credit Agreement.

 

 

The
Borrower has caused this Borrowing Base Certificate to be executed and
delivered, and the certification contained herein to be made by a duly
authorized officer of the Borrower this [·] day of [·], 200[·].

 

 

	
  EVEREADY
  ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Per:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Per:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 

EXHIBIT 1

TO THE BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE OF

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

DATED [·l, 200[·]

 

CALCULATION OF BORROWING BASE

 

 

Exhibit 6.8(a)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Form of Environmental Certificate

 

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATE

 

	
  TO:

  	
  GE CANADA ASSET FINANCING
  HOLDING COMPANY, as agent (the “Agent”)

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  RE:

  	
  Amended and Restated
  Credit Agreement dated as of December 31, 2008 (the “Credit
  Agreement”) by and among Eveready Energy Services Corp. (the “Borrower”), the other Credit Parties signatory thereto,
  the Agent and the persons signatory thereto from time to time as Lenders.

  

 

The
undersigned, John Stevens, being the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower,
hereby certifies in such capacity for and on behalf of the Borrower, and not in
his personal capacity, as follows:

 

1.             Except as set
forth in Disclosure Schedule (4.16) of the Credit Agreement, as of the date
hereof: (i) all Real Estate owned, occupied or controlled by the Credit
Parties is free of the presence of any Hazardous Material except for such
presence that would not adversely impact the value or marketability of such
Real Estate, that is not in breach of Environmental Laws, and that would not
result in Environmental Liabilities that could reasonably be expected to exceed
$500,000 in the aggregate; (ii) no Credit Party has caused or suffered to
occur any Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under, above, to, from or
about any of its Real Estate that could reasonably be expected to result in
Environmental Liabilities that exceed $500,000 in the aggregate; (iii) the
Credit Parties are, and have been, in compliance with, all Environmental Laws,
except where the failure to so comply with such Environmental Laws would not
result in Environmental Liabilities that could reasonably be expected to exceed
$500,000 in the aggregate; (iv) the Credit Parties have obtained, and are
in compliance with, all Environmental Permits required by Environmental Laws
for the operations of their respective businesses as presently conducted or as
proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to so obtain or comply with
such Environmental Permits would not result in Environmental Liabilities that
could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate, and all such
Environmental Permits are valid, uncontested and in good standing; (v) no
Credit Party is involved in operations or knows of any facts, circumstances or
conditions, including any Releases of Hazardous Materials, that are likely to
result in any Environmental Liabilities of such Credit Party which could
reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate; (vi) No Credit
Party is subject to any existing, pending, or has knowledge of any, threatened
Litigation arising under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental
Permits or Hazardous Material that seeks damages, penalties, fines, costs or
expenses in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate or injunctive relief against,
or that alleges criminal misconduct by, any Credit Party; (vii) no Credit
Party has knowledge of, nor has any Credit Party received notice of any actual,
pending or threatened

 

 

investigations,
claims, orders, suits, actions or proceedings regarding the breach of any
Environmental Laws or the provisions of any Environmental Permits, or which may
result in any Environmental Liability, that could reasonably be expected to
exceed $500,000 in the aggregate; and (viii) the Credit Parties have provided
to Agent copies of all existing environmental reports, reviews and audits and
all written information within their control pertaining to actual or potential
Environmental Liabilities, in each case relating to any Credit Party.

 

2.             The Assessed
Equipment has been maintained and operated in accordance with prudent industry
standards and all Environmental Laws and no Credit Party has knowledge of any
fact, circumstance or condition in respect of the Assessed Equipment or its
maintenance or operation that is likely to result in any Environmental
Liabilities that could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 in the
aggregate, or investigation, claim, order, suit, action or proceedings
regarding the breach of any Environmental Laws, or the provisions of any
Environmental Permits, that could reasonably be expected to result in
Environmental Liabilities that exceed $500,000 in the aggregate.

 

The
undersigned acknowledges that the Agent is relying on this Certificate in
connection with Advances made or to be made under the Credit Agreement.

 

The
undersigned further acknowledges that this certificate is binding on it, and
that if there is any false or misleading information provided herein or
pursuant hereto, an Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred under the
Credit Agreement.

 

All
capitalized terms used in this Certificate but not defined in this Certificate
shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

 

DATED this [·] day of [·],[·].

 

	
   

  	
  EVEREADY
  ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  I
  have authority to bind the Corporation.

  

 

 

Exhibit 11.1(b)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Form of Assignment Agreement

 

ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Assignment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as
of               ,
200    between
                                 (“Assignor
Lender”) and                                     
 (“Assignee Lender”) and
acknowledged and consented to by GE CANADA
ASSET FINANCING HOLDING COMPANY, as agent (“Agent”). All capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise
defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement
as hereinafter defined.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS Eveready Energy Services
Corp., as borrower (“Borrower”), the other Credit
Parties thereunder from time to time, the other Persons signatory thereto as
Lenders from time to time and the Agent entered into an amended and restated
credit agreement dated as of December 31, 2008 (as amended, restated,
supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which Assignor Lender has agreed to make certain
Advances to Borrower.

 

WHEREAS Assignor Lender desires to
assign to Assignee Lender [all/a portion] of its interest in the Advances and
the Collateral and to delegate to Assignee Lender [all/a portion] of its
Commitments and other duties with respect to the Advances and the
Collateral.

 

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

 

WHEREAS Assignee Lender desires to
appoint Agent to serve as Agent for Assignee Lender under the Credit Agreement.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Assignor Lender and Assignee
Lender agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1

ASSIGNMENT, DELEGATION AND ACCEPTANCE

 

1.1          Assignment

 

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 3.2),
[all/such percentage] of Assignor
Lender’s right, title, and interest in the [Revolving
Loan], [Term Loan], the Loan Documents and the Collateral as will
result in Assignee Lender having, as of the Effective Date (as hereinafter
defined), a Pro Rata Share thereof, as follows:

 

 

	
  Assignee

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Lender’s Commitment

  	
   

  	
  Principal Amount

  	
   

  	
  Pro Rata Share

  	
   

  
	
  [Revolving Loan

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  ]%

  
	
  [Term Loan

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  ]%

  

 

1.2          Delegation

 

Assignor
Lender hereby irrevocably assigns and delegates to Assignee Lender [all/a portion] of its Commitments and its
other duties and obligations as a Lender under the Loan Documents equivalent to
[100%/            %] of Assignor Lender’s Commitment under
the [Revolving Loan] [Term Loan] (such
percentage representing a Commitment of $             ).

 

1.3          Acceptance by Assignee

 

By
its execution of this Agreement, Assignee Lender hereby irrevocably purchases,
assumes and accepts such assignment and delegation and agrees to be a Lender
with respect to the delegated interest under the Loan Documents and to be bound
by the terms and conditions thereof. By its execution of this Agreement,
Assignor Lender agrees, to the extent provided herein, to relinquish its rights
and be released from its obligations and duties under the Credit Agreement.

 

1.4          Effective Date

 

Such
assignment and delegation by Assignor Lender and acceptance by Assignee Lender
will be effective, and Assignee Lender will become a Lender under the Loan
Documents, as of the date of this Agreement (“Effective Date”) and
upon payment of the Assigned Amount and the Assignment Fee (as each term is
defined below). Interest and Fees accrued prior to the Effective Date are for
the account of Assignor Lender, and interest and Fees accrued from and after
the Effective Date are for the account of Assignee Lender.

 

SECTION 2

INITIAL PAYMENT

 

2.1          Payment of the Assigned Amount

 

Assignee
Lender will pay to Assignor Lender, for value not later than 12:00 noon on the
Effective Date, an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the then outstanding
principal amount of the Advances, as set forth above in Section 1.1
together with accrued interest, fees and other amounts as set forth on Schedule
2.1 (the “Assigned Amount”).

 

2.2          Payment of Assignment Fee

 

[Assignor Lender and/or Assignee Lender] will pay to
Agent, for its own account, for value not later than 12:00 noon (Toronto time)
on the Effective Date, the assignment fee in the amount of $3,500 (the “Assignment Fee”), as required pursuant to Section 11.1(a) of the Credit
Agreement.

 

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2.3          Execution and Delivery of Notes.

 

Following
payment of the Assigned Amount and the Assignment Fee, 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 [Assignor Lender and] Assignee Lender, new executed Notes
evidencing Assignee Lender’s [and Assignor
Lender’s respective] Pro Rata Share[s] in the Loan after giving
effect to the assignment described in Section 1. Each new Note will be
issued in the aggregate maximum principal amount of the [applicable] Commitment [of the Lender to whom such Note is issued] OR [the
Assignee Lender].

 

SECTION 3

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

3.1          Assignee Lender’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants

 

Assignee
Lender hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to Assignor Lender and Agent
the following:

 

(1)                                  this Agreement
is a legal, valid, and binding agreement of Assignee Lender, enforceable
against Assignee Lender according to its terms;

 

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

 

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

 

(4)                                  Assignee Lender
has made its own independent investigation and appraisal of the financial
condition and affairs of each Credit Party, has conducted its own evaluation of
the Loans, the Loan Documents and each Credit 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;

 

(5)                                  Assignee Lender
is entering into this Agreement in the ordinary course of its business, and is
acquiring its interest in the Loans and the Commitments 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; and

 

(6)                                  As of the
Effective Date, Assignee Lender, (i) is not subject to capital adequacy or
similar requirements under Section 1.15(a) of the Credit Agreement, (ii) does
not require the payment of any amount on account of increased costs under Section 1.15(b) of
the Credit Agreement, and Assignee Lender will indemnify. Agent from and
against all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, or expenses that result from any inaccuracy in the
foregoing.

 

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3.2                               Assignor
Lender’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants

 

Assignor
Lender hereby represents, warrants and covenants to Assignee Lender the
following:

 

(1)           Assignor Lender
is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Amount;

 

(2)           this Agreement
is a legal, valid and binding agreement of Assignor Lender, enforceable against
Assignor Lender according to its terms;

 

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

 

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

 

(5)           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

 

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

SECTION 4

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

 

Neither
Assignor Lender (except as provided in Section 3.2) 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 Advances or the
Commitments or other 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 Credit Party or other obligor or the performance or observance by any
Credit 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 Credit Party. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Loan
Documents shall impose upon the Assignor Lender or Agent any fiduciary
relationship in respect of the Assignee Lender.

 

SECTION 5

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

 

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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 Agreement are cumulative with, and not
exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.

 

SECTION 6

NOTICES

 

Unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication
required or permitted to be given will be in writing and addressed 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.

 

SECTION 7

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

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

 

SECTION 8

SEVERABILITY

 

Whenever
possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner
as to be effective and valid under applicable law. In the event any provision
of this Agreement 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 Agreement. In addition,
in the event any provision of or obligation under this Agreement 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 9

SECTION TITLES

 

Section and
subsection titles in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference
only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose, and
have no substantive effect.

 

SECTION 10

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

 

This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns.

 

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SECTION II

APPLICABLE LAW

 

This
Agreement will be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the
Province of Alberta applicable to contracts made and performed in that
Province.

 

SECTION 12

COUNTERPARTS

 

This
Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents, or supplements may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, will be deemed an
original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been
duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

	
  ASSIGNEE LENDER:

  	
   

  	
  ASSIGNOR LENDER:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Notice
  Address:

  	
   

  	
  Notice
  Address:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

	
  ACKNOWLEDGED AND CONSENTED TO:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  GE CANADA ASSET FINANCING HOLDING COMPANY, as Agent 

  	
   

  	
  Provided
  that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing: EVEREADY
  ENERGY SERVICES CORP., as
  Borrower 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
   

  	
  Duly
  Authorized Signatory 

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Duly
  Authorized Signatory

  

 

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Schedule 6.4

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Insurance

 

The
Borrower shall arrange and maintain property and casualty insurance with the
following preferred specifications for an optimal insurance program:

 

1.             General
Requirements:

a.             insurance
companies rated A- X or higher by A.M. Best or reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Agent

b.             carriers must
be authorized to do business in Canada and US for respective exposures

c.             industry
standard or better for terms and conditions, including but not limited to,
limits, deductibles and sublimits to the extent not listed in this schedule

d.             favorable
wording for non-vitiation and separation of insureds

e.             Lenders and
Administrative Agent as additional insured on all policies except where
prohibited by law (Workers Compensation and Employer’s Liability) as their
interests may appear

f.              Lenders and
Administrative Agent provided waiver of subrogation on all policies where
permitted

g.             Collateral
Agent as additional insured as its interest may appear and loss payee on
property (including physical damage for vehicles and mobile equipment), boiler
and machinery (if separate) and business interruption policies, during the term
of the Financing Agreement

h.             30 day prior
notice of cancellation except 10 days for non payment of premium

i.              Administrative
Agent reserves the right at any time upon any change in Borrower’s risk profile
or as a result of any change in law affecting the potential liability of such
Borrow to require an increase in coverage or limits

j.              within ten (10) days
of renewal of each policy the Borrower’s insurance, Borrower’s insurance broker
shall provide evidence of such renewal information as reasonably required by
Administrative Agent

k.             Borrower shall
notify Administrative Agent of any loss with the potential of exceeding
US$1,000,000

 

2.             Commercial
General Liability

a.             occurrence
policy form or AEGIS claims-first-made policy form

b.             personal injury
/ bodily injury, including death

c.             premises /
operations

d.             products /
completed operations — at least $2,000,000 aggregate

e.             XCU cover
(removal of explosion, collapse and underground exclusion)

 

 

f.              broad form
property damage

g.             broad form contractual
liability

h.             separation of
insureds clause

i.              cross liability if multiple
named insureds

j.              punitive damages to extent
permitted by law

k.             at least $1,000,000 per
occurrence

l.              Non-Owned Automobile
Coverage

 

3.             Automobile
Liability

a.             cover all owned
hired and non-owned autos using in the Borrower’s business (where the
Commercial General Liability Coverage does not apply)

b.             at least
$1,000,000 any one accident

c.             Canadian and
United States (federal and state) statutory coverage forms, as applicable

 

4.             Workers
Compensation / Employer’s Liability

a.             statutory
workers compensation benefits coverage

b.             employer’s
liability limit of at least $1,000,000 (part of general liability policy in
Canada)

c.             USL&H and
Jones Act cover to the extent exposure exists

d.             other forms as
required by law

 

5.             Umbrella /
Excess Liability

a.             Excess of
commercial general liability, automobile liability, employers liability

b.             Occurrence
policy form or AEGIS claims made policy form

c.             Limit of at
least $10,000,000 per occurrence

 

6.             Pollution
Liability

a.             at least
$3,000,000 per occurrence

b.             discovery and
notification of at least 7 days and 45 days respectively

c.             can be included
under combination of primary general liability policy and an excess (umbrella)
liability policy

 

7.             Property All
Risk Insurance

a.             all risk
property and machinery breakdown insurance, including business interruption on
at least industry standard policy form

b.             if machinery
breakdown and all risk property written on separate policies, joint loss
agreement on each policy

c.             perils to
include but not be limited to earthquake, flood and windstorm

d.             policy to insure
all property and equipment and machinery that are part of the project and
property of others for which insured may be liable (such as rail cars which may
be included here or on a separate policy)

e.             transit
insurance, as required, with a limit sufficient to cover the full value of
property in transit

 

 

f.              losses adjusted
on a repair or replacement cost basis

g.             all risk limit
equivalent to full replacement cost of all insurable property, however the
following extensions and perils may be sublimited:

·      Property at Unscheduled
Locations

·      Expediting Expense

·      Newly Acquired Property

·      Rented / Leased
Equipment

·      Pollutant
Cleanup and Removal

·      Demolition /
Incidental Course of Construction

·      Windstorm — at
least 25% of full replacement cost of facility

·      Earthquake — at
least 25% of full replacement cost of facility

·      Flood — at
least 25% of full replacement cost of facility

·      Debris removal

·      Escalation
clause

h.             coinsurance
clause permitted with compliance

i.              blanket waiver
of subrogation as required by contract

j.              deductibles not
to exceed $25,000 for physical damage except $50,000 for machinery breakdown
and 30 days for business interruption (time element)

k.             loss payee as
required under the Financing Agreement as their interests may appear. Standard mortgage
clause approved by the Insurance Bureau of Canada and separately for the US
coverages

 

8.             Inland Marine
Insurance

a.             coverage for
all mobile equipment and truck mounted equipment of the owner or such equipment
for which owner has responsibility for damage or loss

b.             perils to
include but not be limited to earthquake, flood and windstorm

c.             losses adjusted
on a repair or replacement cost basis up to market value of the equipment
involved

d.             coinsurance
clause permitted with compliance

e.             blanket waiver
of subrogation as required by contract

f.              deductibles not
to exceed $25,000

g.             loss payee as
required under the Financing Agreement as their interests may appear.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.1

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Type of Entity; Jurisdiction of
Organization

 

(see attached)

 

 

	
  Credit Party

  April 24, 2008

  	
   

  	
  Credit
  Party

  December 30, 2008

  	
   

  	
  Credit
  Party

  December 31, 2008

  	
   

  	
  Credit
  Party

  January 1, 2008

  	
   

  	
  Entity
  Type

  	
   

  	
  Jurisdiction
  of

  Incorporation

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready
  Income Fund

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Income Fund

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Income Fund

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Income Fund

  	
   

  	
  Trust

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready
  Income Trust

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Income Trust

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Income Trust

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Income Trust

  	
   

  	
  Trust

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready
  Holdings Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Holdings Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Holdings Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Holdings Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready
  Holdings GP Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Holdings GP Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Holdings GP Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Holdings GP Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  River
  Valley Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  River
  Valley Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  River
  Valley Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  River
  Valley Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  River
  Valley Energy Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  River
  Valley Energy Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  River
  Valley Energy Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  River
  Valley Energy Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Winterhawk Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Winterhawk Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Winterhawk Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Winterhawk Enterprises (Provost) Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Winterhawk Enterprises (Provost) Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Winterhawk Enterprises (Provost) Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Winterhawk Enterprises (Provost) Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready
  Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  JL Filtration Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  JL Filtration Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  JL Filtration Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  JL Filtration Operating Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  JL Filtration Inc.

  	
   

  	
  JL Filtration Inc.

  	
   

  	
  JL Filtration Inc.

  	
   

  	
  JL Filtration Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready
  Industrial Western Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Industrial Western Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Industrial Western Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Industrial Western Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Mobile
  Industrial Health Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Mobile
  Industrial Health Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Mobile
  Industrial Health Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Mobile
  Industrial Health Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  

 

 

	
  Tri-Vax Enterprises
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Tri-Vax Enterprises
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Tri-Vax Enterprises
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Tri-Vax Enterprises
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Acquisition Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Acquisition Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Acquisition Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Canada-Wide Oilfield
  Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Canada-Wide Oilfield
  Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Canada-Wide Oilfield
  Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Canada-Wide Operating
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Canada-Wide Operating
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Canada-Wide Operating
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  1225979 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1225979 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1225979 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  1202867 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1202867 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1202867 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  1240609 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1240609 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1240609 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  1206894 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1206894 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1206894 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  1233460 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1233460 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1233460 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring LP

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring LP

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring LP

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring LP

  	
   

  	
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Astec Safety Services
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Astec Safety Services
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Astec Safety Services
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Astec Safety Services
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  1257427 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1257427 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1257427 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Operating
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech Operating
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech Operating
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech Operating
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Diversified Pressure
  Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Diversified Pressure
  Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Diversified Pressure
  Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta [NTD: continued
  to Alberta Dec 15th]

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Canada Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech Canada Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech Canada Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech Canada Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Nova Scotia

  	
   

  
	
  Bullseye Boring Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Bullseye Boring Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Bullseye Boring Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  

 

 

	
  Airborne Imaging Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Airborne Imaging Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Airborne Imaging Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Airborne Imaging Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Rodrigue’s Directional
  Drilling Projects Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Rodrigue’s Directional
  Drilling Projects Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Rodrigue’s Directional
  Drilling Projects Inc.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Industrial
  Services Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Inc. (name change)

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Nevada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Holdings (USA)
  Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings (USA)
  Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings (USA)
  Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings (USA)
  Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Nevada

  	
   

  
	
  Safety Watch, LLC

  	
   

  	
  Safety Watch, LLC

  	
   

  	
  Safety Watch, LLC

  	
   

  	
  Safety Watch, LLC

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Texas

  	
   

  
	
  Cat-Tech LLC

  	
   

  	
  Cat-Tech LLC

  	
   

  	
  Cat-Tech LLC

  	
   

  	
  Cat-Tech LLC

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Texas

  	
   

  
	
  Breathing Systems
  International, LLC

  	
   

  	
  Breathing Systems
  International, LLC

  	
   

  	
  Breathing Systems
  International, LLC

  	
   

  	
  Breathing Systems
  International, LLC

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Texas

  	
   

  
	
  Great Lakes Carbon
  Treatment, Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Great Lakes Carbon
  Treatment, Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Great Lakes Carbon
  Treatment, Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Great Lakes Carbon
  Treatment, Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Michigan

  	
   

  
	
  River Valley Energy
  Services Inc.

  	
   

  	
  River Valley Energy
  Services Inc.

  	
   

  	
  River Valley Energy
  Services Inc.

  	
   

  	
  River Valley Energy
  Services Inc.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Nevada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Industrial
  Services Corp.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Corp. (name change)

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Corp.

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Corp.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Denman Industrial
  Trailers Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Denman Industrial
  Trailers Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Denman Industrial
  Trailers Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Denman Industrial
  Trailers Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  Corporation

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  
	
  Denman Industrial
  Operating LP

  	
   

  	
  Denman Industrial
  Operating LP

  	
   

  	
  Denman Industrial
  Operating LP

  	
   

  	
  Denman Industrial
  Operating LP

  	
   

  	
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  Alberta

  	
   

  

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.2

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Executive Offices, Collateral Locations

 

(see attached)

 

 

	
  Company Name

  	
   

  	
  Address
  (*** indicates Key Location)

  	
   

  
	
  Airborne Imaging Inc.

  	
   

  	
  #130, 885 - 42nd Avenue
  SE, Calgary, AB T2G 1Y8

  	
   

  
	
  Astec Safety

  	
   

  	
  4902 - 51 Avenue
  Bonnyville, AB T9N 2H4 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Astec Safety

  	
   

  	
  215A MacKay Crescent
  Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4T5 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Astec Safety

  	
   

  	
  2602-50 Avenue Lloydminster
  AB T9V 2S3 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Astec Safety

  	
   

  	
  5308 - 49th Avenue
  Provost, AB T0B 3S0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Astec Safety

  	
   

  	
  Millenium, Box 417,
  Oyen, AB T0T 2S0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Breathing Systems

  	
   

  	
  3500 S Ritchie Street
  Suite 100Houston, TX 77017 USA

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Canada Company

  	
   

  	
  4403 - 84th Ave
  Edmonton, AB T6B 2S6 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Canada Company

  	
   

  	
  282 Tecumseh Street Samia,
  ON N7T 2K9 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Canada Company

  	
   

  	
  145, Cowley Bay, Ft McMurray,
  AB, T9K 1G5 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Europe

  	
   

  	
  1 South Park Road
  Scunthorpe, N Lincolnshire DN172BY United Kingdom

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Inc

  	
   

  	
  15200 Middlebrook Drive
  Suite G Houston, TX 77058 USA

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Inc

  	
   

  	
  9856 Steelman Street
  Houston, TX 77017 USA

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Inc

  	
   

  	
  2040 Cherry Industrial
  Circle, Long Beach, CA 90805, USA

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Inc

  	
   

  	
  1905 Jasmine DR., Bldg
  E, Pasadena, Texas 77503, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Inc

  	
   

  	
  1861 Williamson Court,
  Louisville, KY 40223 USA

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Inc

  	
   

  	
  6378 FM 105, Orange,
  Texas 77630, USA

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Inc

  	
   

  	
  9236 Ashland Road, Gonzales,
  LA 70737

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Inc

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 158, Harmony
  Road, and 1-295 Mickleton, NJ 08056 USA

  	
   

  
	
  Denman Industrial
  Trailers

  	
   

  	
  14907 - 111 Avenue
  Edmonton AB T5M 2P6 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring

  	
   

  	
  40 Industrial Drive,
  Sylvan Lake, AB T4S 1P4 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring

  	
   

  	
  256, 28042 HWY 11, Red
  Deer County, AB T4S 2L4, Canada***

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring

  	
   

  	
  1203 - 6 Street, Nisku,
  AB T9E 7P1 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Directional
  Boring

  	
   

  	
  8003 - 110 Street
  Grande Prairie, AB T8W 6T2 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  15817 - 121A Avenue
  Edmonton, AB T5V 1B1 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  4501 Industrial Park
  Road Macklin, SK S0L 2C0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  525E Dewdney Avenue
  Regina SK S4N 4E9 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 2925, Stn Main
  1902 - 15 Avenue Wainwright, AB T9W 1S8 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  Bag 2 Altario, AB T0C
  0E0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  6215 - 52 Ave Bonnyville,
  AB T9N 2L7 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 5330 Site: 26339
  Hwy 39 Devon, AB T9G 1Y1 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  P.O. Box 356 Dryden, ON
  P8N 2Z1 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  2nd flr, 901 - 77
  Avenue Edmonton, AB T6P 1M8 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  100, 14920 - 114 Avenue
  Edmonton, AB T5M 4G4Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  127-Lot 229 26229 TWP
  Rd 531A Acheson, AB T7X 5C4 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  230A Mackay Crescent
  Fort McMurray, AB T9H 5C6 Canada***

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 28 Hwy
  63 & Grassland Drive Grassland, AB T0A 1V0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 213 4603 - 48
  Avenue Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  6708 - 87A Avenue Fort
  St John, BC V1J 0B4 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  1 Collins Road Dawson
  Creek, BC Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  10493 - 92 Avenue High
  Level, AB T0H 1Z0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 5159 High River,
  AB T1V 1M4 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  174 Felaber Road
  Hinton, AB T7V 1Z8 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  1115 - 11 Ave West
  Kindersley, SK S0L 1S0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 11279
  Lloydminster, AB T9V 3B5

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 517 Macklin, SK
  S0L 2C0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  #1 - 5765 Turner Road,
  Suite 111 Nanaimo, BC V9T 6M4 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 310 Neilburg SK
  S0M 2C0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 7170 Peace
  River, AB T8S 1M6 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  #1, 405 McAloney Road
  Prince George, BC V2K 4L2 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  3603 - 57 Avenue,
  Provost, AB, T0B 3S0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  2nd floor, 15830 - 121A
  Avenue Edmonton AB T5V 1B1 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  1650 - 70 Avenue,
  Edmonton AB, T6P 1P5, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  Av. Conselheiro
  Rodrigues Alves, 58 12620-000 Piquiet, SP - Brazil

  	
   

  

 

 

	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  11212 - 87 Avenue, Ft.
  Saskatchewan, AB T8L 2S4, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  1233 Highridge Drive,
  Kamloops, BC V2C 5G5, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  8002E 101 Avenue, peace
  River, AB T8S 1S8, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  P.O. Box 385,
  Rainbow Lake, AB, T0H 2Y0, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  8118 - 49 Avenue Close,
  Red Deer, AB T4P 2V5, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  7750 Edgar Industrial
  Drive, Red Deer, AB T4P 3R2, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  P.O. Box 2977, Samia,
  On, N7t 7W2, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  Unit# 1404, 7 Bishop
  Avenue, Toronto, ON, M2M 4J4

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  9856 Steelman Street,
  Houston Texas, 77017 USA

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 838, Evansburg,
  AB T0E 0T0 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  Box 9, GRP 582, R.R#5,
  290 Transport Rd, Winnipeg, MB R2C 2Z2, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  4301 - 66 Street Stettler,
  AB, T0C 2L1, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  3475 - 35 Street,
  Whitecourt, AB T7S 1P8, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 8, Colleville,
  SK, S0I 0K0, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 11279,
  Lloydminster, AB T9V 3B5

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Income Fund

  	
   

  	
  14904 - 121A Avenue
  Edmonton, AB T5V 1A3 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  Site 4, Box 28, RR1,
  Sexsmith, AB, T0H 3C0, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  1102 - 6 Street, Nisku,
  AB, T9E 7N7, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Findit
  Inc

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 174, Okotoks, AB
  T1S 1A9 Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Great Lakes Carbon
  Treatments

  	
   

  	
  3300 US 131 North,
  Kalkaska, MI 49646 USA

  	
   

  
	
  J.L Filtration Inc

  	
   

  	
  1102 - 6Street, Nisku,
  AB T9E 7N7

  	
   

  
	
  J.L Filtration Inc

  	
   

  	
  Box 791, Slave Lake,
  AB, T0G 2A0, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  J.L Filtration Inc

  	
   

  	
  #6, 11456 - 96 Avenue,
  Grande Prairie, AB, T8V 5M4

  	
   

  
	
  Mercedes Surveys

  	
   

  	
  Site: 49014 - RR 52, PO
  Box 30, Carnwood, AB, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Mercedes Surveys

  	
   

  	
  16, 2810 Pegasus Way
  NE, Calgary, AB T2E 8M5

  	
   

  
	
  Mobile Industrial
  Health Services

  	
   

  	
  225E Mackay Crescent,
  Fort Mc Murray, Ab T9H 4T5, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Mobile Industrial
  Health Services

  	
   

  	
  10143 - 100 Street,
  Fort St. John, BC V1J 3Y6

  	
   

  
	
  Mobile Industrial
  Health Services

  	
   

  	
  #205, 10126 - 97
  Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 7X6, Canada

  	
   

  
	
  Mobile Industrial
  Health Services

  	
   

  	
  207, 11044 - 51 Avenue,
  Edmonton, AB T6H 5B4

  	
   

  
	
  River Valley Energy
  Services Ltd

  	
   

  	
  PO Box 1038, Grimshaw,
  AB T0h 1w0***

  	
   

  
	
  Safety Watch

  	
   

  	
  208 W. San Augustine
  Deer Park, TX 77536 USA

  	
   

  

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.4(a)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Financial Statements

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3)
of National Instrument 51-102.  The
disclosure of this information to the general public would be seriously
prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality
provisions. Such information is not essential in order to understand the
material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.4(b)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Projections

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument
51-102.  The disclosure of this
information to the general public would be seriously prejudicial to the
interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality provisions. Such
information is not essential in order to understand the material terms of this
Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.7

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Labour Matters

 

Collective
Bargaining Agreements

 

1                                          Collective
Agreement dated May 24, 2002 among Eveready Industrial Western Ltd. and  International
Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115. Revised agreement dated June 1,
2008 to May 31, 2011.

 

2.                                       The Hydraulic
Dredging Agreement dated September 20, 2001 among Fraser River Pile &
Dredge Ltd. and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115 and
revised through Ceda Reactor May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2009.

 

3.                                       Collective
Agreement dated July 7, 2003 among Alberta Roadbuilders Association and
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 955.

 

4.                                       Provincial
Operating Engineers Collective Agreement for General Construction Sector dated July 29,
2004 among Construction Labor Relations (an Alberta Association) Operating
Engineers (Provincial) Trade Division and International Union of Operating
Engineers, Local 955. Revised agreement dated May 27, 2007 to April 30,
2011.

 

5.                                       Collective
Agreement dated December 1, 2006 among Eveready Industrial Services Corp.
and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 793. Revised agreement
Dated December 1, 2008 through to November 30, 2010.

 

6.                                       Collective
Agreement Dated June 1, 2004 to May 31, 2007 with Eveready Industrial
Services Corp and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 865
(Dryden ON) (to be revised).

 

7.                                       Collective
Agreement dated November 20, 2007 among Tri-Vax Enterprised Ltd. and the
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths,
Forgers and Helpers Local Lodge 146.

 

Management
Agreements

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2 (3) of National Instrument 51-102.
The disclosure of this information to the general public would be seriously
prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality
provisions. Such information is not essential in order to understand the
material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Consulting
Agreements

 

1.                                       Consulting
Agreement dated December 31, 2005 among Eveready Industrial Services
Corp., Baimar Holdings Ltd. and Rodney F. Marlin.

 

Bonus Plans

 

Certain information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR
version of this Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National
Instrument 51-102. The disclosure of this information to the general public would
be seriously prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate
confidentiality provisions. Such information is not essential in order to
understand the material terms of this Agreement.

 

Stock Option Plans/Stock Purchase Plans/Option Agreements/Similar
Agreements

 

1.                                       The Amended and
Restated Eveready Employee Unit Plan dated June 30, 2006 between Eveready
Income Fund and its subsidiaries and Dennis L. Nerland.

 

2.                                       Employee
Savings Plan Trust and Agent Services Agreement dated October 16, 2006
among Eveready Industrial Services Corp., Canadian Western Trust Company and
Solium Capital Inc.

 

3.                                       Various
Employee Unit Option Agreements among Eveready Income Fund and various
employees (to be replaced by the Eveready Share Option Plan effective December 31,
2008 pursuant to shareholder approval on December 11, 2008 and  disclosed in
the Management Information Circular dated November 7, 2008).

 

4.                                       The Eveready
Inc. Shareholder Rights Plan among Eveready Inc. and Computer Share Trust
Company of Canada (approved by shareholders on December 11, 2008 and
disclosed in the Management Information Circular dated November 7, 2008).

 

5.                                       The Eveready
Income Fund Deferred  Unit Plan (to be replaced by the Deferred
Share Plan effective December 31, 2008 pursuant to  shareholder
approval on December 11, 2008 and disclosed in the Management Information
Circular  dated November 7, 2008).

 

The
schedules attached to Disclosure Schedule 4.7 have been intentionally deleted
from  the SEDAR version of this Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of
National Instrument 51-102. The disclosure of this information to the general
public would be seriously prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or
would violate confidentiality provisions. Such information is not essential in
order to understand the material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.8

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock

 

Joint
Venture Agreements

 

1.                                       Joint Venture
Agreement dated July 23, 2004 among Innovative Coke Expulsion Inc.  (now Eveready
Industrial Services Inc.) and Inovaserv Tecnologia e Servicos Ltda.

 

Subsidiaries
and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock

 

(see attached)

 

 

	
  Issuer

  	
   

  	
  Certificate

  Number

  	
   

  	
  Number of

  Securities

  	
   

  	
  Class of Securities

  	
   

  	
  Pledgor

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Income Fund

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  85,478,063

  	
   

  	
  Trust Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Income Trust

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  3

  	
   

  	
  7,626,127

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  5

  	
   

  	
  4,384,706

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  6

  	
   

  	
  2,599,179

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  7

  	
   

  	
  454,996

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  8

  	
   

  	
  236,686

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  9

  	
   

  	
  1,416,122

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  10

  	
   

  	
  1,806,007

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  11

  	
   

  	
  755,738

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  12

  	
   

  	
  260,606

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  13

  	
   

  	
  144,092

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  14

  	
   

  	
  343,879

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  15

  	
   

  	
  1,241,287

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  16

  	
   

  	
  736,772

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  17

  	
   

  	
  236,686

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  18

  	
   

  	
  262,106

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  19

  	
   

  	
  324,283

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  20

  	
   

  	
  100,000

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  21

  	
   

  	
  1,085,046

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  22

  	
   

  	
  24,153

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  23

  	
   

  	
  24,153

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  24

  	
   

  	
  21,705

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  25

  	
   

  	
  21,705

  	
   

  	
  Class A Trust
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Holdings Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  7,626,127

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  3

  	
   

  	
  4,384,706

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  4

  	
   

  	
  2,599,179

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  5

  	
   

  	
  454,996

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  6

  	
   

  	
  236,686

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  7

  	
   

  	
  1,416,122

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  8

  	
   

  	
  1,806,007

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  9

  	
   

  	
  755,738

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  10

  	
   

  	
  260,606

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  11

  	
   

  	
  144,092

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  12

  	
   

  	
  343,879

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  13

  	
   

  	
  1,241,287

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  14

  	
   

  	
  1,246,343

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  15

  	
   

  	
  736,772

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  16

  	
   

  	
  236,686

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  17

  	
   

  	
  262,106

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  18

  	
   

  	
  324,283

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  19

  	
   

  	
  100,000

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  20

  	
   

  	
  1,085,046

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  21

  	
   

  	
  24,153

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  22

  	
   

  	
  24,153

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  23

  	
   

  	
  21,705

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  24

  	
   

  	
  21,705

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-157

  	
   

  	
  3,573,821

  	
   

  	
  Class B Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C1-001

  	
   

  	
  1,641,455

  	
   

  	
  Class C Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C2-001

  	
   

  	
  663,096

  	
   

  	
  Class C Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C3-001

  	
   

  	
  421,254

  	
   

  	
  Class C Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Holdings GP Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  10

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  River Valley Energy Services
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  River Valley Operating Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  500,000

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  3

  	
   

  	
  755,738

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  4

  	
   

  	
  236,686

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-002

  	
   

  	
  10,524,055

  	
   

  	
  Class B Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  River Valley Energy
  Services Ltd.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  D1-002

  	
   

  	
  1,606,323.24

  	
   

  	
  Class D Series 1 Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  1225979 Alberta Ltd.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  D2-002

  	
   

  	
  4,790,000.00

  	
   

  	
  Class D Series 2 Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Airborne Imaging Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy Services Corp.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  144,092

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  

 

 

	
  Eveready Operating Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  1,080,000

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  3

  	
   

  	
  2,599,179

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  4

  	
   

  	
  324,283

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  5

  	
   

  	
  100,000

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-1

  	
   

  	
  16,172,500

  	
   

  	
  Class B Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Corp.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  JL Filtration Inc.

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  10

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Corp.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  JL Filtration Operating Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  45,000

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-1

  	
   

  	
  673,856

  	
   

  	
  Class B Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Corp.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Winterhawk Enterprises
  (Provost) Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  10

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Corp.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Winterhawk Operating Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  375,000

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  3

  	
   

  	
  454,996

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  4

  	
   

  	
  343,879

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings Limited
  Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-1

  	
   

  	
  5,615,469

  	
   

  	
  Class B Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Industrial
  Services Corp.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C-1-002

  	
   

  	
  10,121,826

  	
   

  	
  Class C Series 1 Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  1257427 Alberta Ltd.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C-001

  	
   

  	
  7,650,000

  	
   

  	
  Class C Series 2
  Limited Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Diversified Pressure
  Services Ltd.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Canada-Wide Oilfield Services
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Canada-Wife Operating Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-2

  	
   

  	
  7,790

  	
   

  	
  Class B Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  1206894 Alberta Ltd.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-4

  	
   

  	
  5,993,027

  	
   

  	
  Class B Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  1233460 Alberta Ltd.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Directional Boring
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Directional Boring LP

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-001

  	
   

  	
  800,000

  	
   

  	
  Class B
  Series 1 Limited Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Acquisition Limited
  Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-2-002

  	
   

  	
  299,235

  	
   

  	
  Class B
  Series 2 Limited Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Acquisition Limited
  Partnership

  

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-3-002

  	
   

  	
  221,862

  	
   

  	
  Class B
  Series 3 Limited Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Acquisition Limited
  Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C-002

  	
   

  	
  30,370,796

  	
   

  	
  Class C
  Series 1 Limited Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  1240609 Alberta Ltd.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C-2-003

  	
   

  	
  11,360,000

  	
   

  	
  Class C
  Series 2 Limited Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Bullseye Boring Ltd.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C-3-002

  	
   

  	
  8,422,672

  	
   

  	
  Class C
  Series 3 Limited Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Rodrigue’s Directional
  Drilling Projects Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Canada Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech Operating Limited
  Partnership

  	
   

  	
  A-1

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  A-2

  	
   

  	
  650,000

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings Limited
  Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-1

  	
   

  	
  15,315,912

  	
   

  	
  Class B Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech Canada Ltd.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1202867 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Acquisition Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited Partnership
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  1,241,287

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  3

  	
   

  	
  736,772

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  4

  	
   

  	
  1,085,046

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  5

  	
   

  	
  24,153

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  6

  	
   

  	
  24,153

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  7

  	
   

  	
  21,705

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  8

  	
   

  	
  21,705

  	
   

  	
  Class A Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C-1-001

  	
   

  	
  1,641,455

  	
   

  	
  Class C Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C-2-014

  	
   

  	
  663,096

  	
   

  	
  Class C Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  C-3-013

  	
   

  	
  421,254

  	
   

  	
  Class C Limited
  Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1225979 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Holdings (USA) Inc.

  	
   

  	
  3

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Operating
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  4

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Operating
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  5

  	
   

  	
  1,000

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Operating
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Mobile Industrial Health
  Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  A-9

  	
   

  	
  50

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Operating
  Limited Partnership

  

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  F-6

  	
   

  	
  50

  	
   

  	
  Class F Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Operating
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Industrial Western
  Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  3A

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Operating
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Tri-vax Enterprises Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  8

  	
   

  	
  200

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Operating
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Energy Services Inc.

  	
   

  	
  4

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings (USA)
  Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Safety Watch, LLC

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100%

  	
   

  	
  Membership Interest

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings (USA)
  Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Cat Tech, LLC

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100%

  	
   

  	
  Membership Interest

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings (USA)
  Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1257427 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1206894 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1240609 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  14,185,402

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Acquisition Limited
  Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1233460 Alberta Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Astec Safety Services Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  E1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Class E Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Energy
  Services Corp.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Bullseye Boring Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  5,430,000

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Acquisition Limited
  Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Diversified Pressure Services Inc.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings Limited
  Partnership.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  2

  	
   

  	
  2,551,572

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Acquisition Limited
  Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Airborne Imaging Inc.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Great Lakes Carbon
  Treatment, Inc.

  	
   

  	
  7

  	
   

  	
  50,000

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings (USA)
  Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Breathing Systems
  International, LLC

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100%

  	
   

  	
  Membership Interest

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings (USA)
  Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Rodrigue’s Directional Drilling
  Projects Inc.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  River Valley Energy Services
  Inc.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  10

  	
   

  	
  Common Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings (USA)
  Inc.

  

 

 

	
  Denman Industrial Operating
  Limited Partnership

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Limited Partnership
  Unit

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  B-1-002

  	
   

  	
  1,000,000

  	
   

  	
  Class B
  Series 1 Limited Partnership Units

  	
   

  	
  Denman Industrial
  Trailers Ltd.

  
	
  Denman Industrial Trailers Ltd.

  	
   

  	
  1

  	
   

  	
  100

  	
   

  	
  Class A Common
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Holdings
  Limited Partnership

  

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.10

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Tax Matters

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102. The
disclosure of this information to the general public would be seriously
prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality
provisions. Such information is not essential in order to understand the
material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.11

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Litigation

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102. The
disclosure of this information to the general public would be seriously
prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality
provisions. Such information is not essential in order to understand the
material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure
Schedule 4.12

 

EVEREADY
ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Pension
and Benefit Plans

 

(see attached)

 

Certain information has been
intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this Agreement in accordance
with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102. The disclosure of this
information to the general public would be seriously prejudicial to the
interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality provisions. Such
information is not essential in order to understand the material terms of this
Agreement.

 

 

Eveready Income
Fund

Health Insurance
Coverage

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  Insurance

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Division

  	
   

  	
  Company

  	
   

  	
  Policy
  Name

  	
   

  	
  Policy #

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eveready Canadian
  divisions (except Cat-Tech Canada)

  	
   

  	
  Great West Life

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
  Eveready Industrial
  Services Corp. - ICE US division

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Hospitalization

  	
   

  	
  Aetna (could be
  changing for Jan)

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Industrial
  Services Inc

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
  Vision

  	
   

  	
  Compbenefits

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Industrial
  Services Inc

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
  Dental,
  STD, LTD, Life

  	
   

  	
  Assurant Employee
  Benefits

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Industrial
  Services Inc

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  River Valley Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Health
  & Dental

  	
   

  	
  Canwest Group Benefits

  	
   

  	
  River Valley Energy
  Services

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
  STD,
  LTD, Life

  	
   

  	
  Great West Life

  	
   

  	
  Eveready Income Fund

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Cat-Tech Canada

  	
   

  	
  Alberta Blue Cross

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech Canada Company

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
  Cat-Tech US

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Medical,
  Dental, Flexible Spending Account 

  	
   

  	
  Cigna HealthCare (could
  be changing in Jan)

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech US

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
  Vision

  	
   

  	
  Cigna HealthCare

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech US

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
  Life,
  STD, LTD

  	
   

  	
  Mutual of Omaha

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech US

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
  Supplemental
  insurance (paid by employees)

  	
   

  	
  Worksite Solutions

  	
   

  	
  Cat Tech US

  	
   

  	
  [Deleted]

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Cat-Tech UK &
  Singapore

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Government
  coverage

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.13

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Brokers

 

Nil.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.14

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Intellectual Property

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102. The
disclosure of this information to the general public would be seriously
prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality
provisions. Such information is not essential in order to understand the
material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.16

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Hazardous Materials

 

Nil.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.17

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Insurance

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this Agreement
in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102. The
disclosure of this information to the general public would be seriously
prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality
provisions. Such information is not essential in order to understand the
material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.18

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Deposit and Disbursement Accounts

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102. The
disclosure of this information to the general public would be seriously
prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality
provisions. Such information is not essential in order to understand the
material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.19

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Government Contracts

 

Nil.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 4.21

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Bonds; patent, Trademark, Industrial Design Licenses

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument
51-102. The disclosure of this information to the general public would be
seriously prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate
confidentiality provisions. Such information is not essential in order to
understand the material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 6.1

 

Trade Names

 

(see attached)

 

 

	
  

  	
   

  	
  Airborne
  Imaging

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Astec
  Safety Services

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Cat
  Tech

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Denman
  Industrial Trailer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Directional Boring

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Eveready
  Energy Services

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Great
  Lakes Carbon Treatment

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  JL
  Filtration

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Mercedes
  Surveys

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Mobile
  Industrial Health Services

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Pembina
  Area Landfill

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  River
  Valley Energy Services

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Safety
  Watch

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  Trivax

  

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 7.4

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Indebtedness

 

1)                                      The operating
leases and capital leases of the Credit Parties (See Attached list for summary
current to September 30, 2008);

2)                                      Current and
Future Taxes Payable;

3)                                      Unitholder
Distributions;

4)                                      Asset
Retirement Obligations;

5)                                      Convertible
Debentures- Debt Feature;

6)                                      Minority
Interests.

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this Agreement
in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102. The
disclosure of this information to the general public would be seriously
prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality
provisions. Such information is not essential in order to understand the
material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 7.5(a)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Transactions with Affiliates

 

Except
as listed below, there are no transactions with Affiliates other than the existing
loans and advances incurred in the ordinary course of business:

 

a)              During the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2008, Eveready incurred professional fees of
$67 and $227 (2007 - $22 and $409), respectively, from a partnership of which
an Eveready officer is a partner;

 

b)             During the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, Eveready incurred professional
fees of $44 and $160 (2007 - $23 and $92), respectively, from a partnership of
which an Eveready trustee is a partner;

 

c)              Included in general and
administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2008 are occupancy costs of $711 and $1,616 (2007 - $411 and $1,145),
respectively, paid to companies controlled or influenced by certain officers
and/or trustees of Eveready;

 

d)             During the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2008, Eveready incurred equipment rental and
repair costs of $218 and $343 (2007 - $16 and $121), respectively, from
companies controlled or influenced by certain officers and/or trustees of Eveready;

 

e)              During the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2008, Eveready acquired service equipment of
$nil and $1,745 (2007 - $1,424 and $2,496), respectively, from companies
controlled or influenced by certain officers and/or trustees of Eveready;

 

f)                During the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2008, Eveready earned service revenue of $1,357
and $2,577 (2007 - $888 and $888), respectively, from companies controlled or
influenced by certain officers and/or trustees of Eveready; and

 

g)             During the nine months ended
September 30, 2008, Eveready disposed of property, plant and equipment for
proceeds of $233 (2007 - $nil), to a company influenced by an Eveready trustee.

 

As
at September 30, 2008, outstanding amounts collectible from or owing to
related parties included accounts receivable of $2,321 (December 31, 2007
- $2,004) and accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $373 (December 31,
2007 - $108). Except for item ‘g’ above, all transactions occurred in the
normal course of operations and were measured at their exchange amounts, which
were established and agreed to as

 

 

consideration
by the related parties. The proceeds received on disposal of property, plant
and equipment were measured at the disposed asset’s
carrying amount, which also equalled its exchange amount.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 7.5(b)

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Transactions with Employees

 

Nil.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 7.7

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Guaranteed Indebtedness

 

(see attached)

 

a)              The Fund has provided
certain guarantees to financial institutions regarding financing that they have
provided to certain contractors. The loans were provided for the purchase of
specific service and automotive equipment used by the contractors in providing
services to the Fund. The loans are collateralized by the specific equipment.
The total balance of the loans guaranteed by the Fund as at September 30,
2008 was $1,577,000. See Attached.

 

b)             As at September 30,
2008 the Fund had issued letters of credit up to a maximum amount of CDN
$2,225,226. The letters of credit are drawn on the same credit facility as the
Fund’s bank indebtedness.

 

c)              Matching Units held within
our Employee Unit Plan Trust have been provided as collateral against bank
loans owing by certain employees that were issued in connection with their
participation in the Employee Unit Plan. These units could be drawn upon by the
bank if a participant were to default on the debt obligation and the
participant’s units were not sufficient to cover the outstanding loan balance.
At of September 30, 2008, the Employee Unit Plan Trust held 1.4 million
units with a fair value of $3.2 million as collateral over such bank loans;

 

d)             In the normal course of
business, the Fund enters into agreements that include indemnities in favour of
third parties. These include engagement letters with advisors and consultants,
and service agreements. The Fund has also agreed to indemnify its trustees,
directors, officers, and employees in accordance with the Fund’s constating
documents and bylaws. Certain agreements do not contain any limits on the Fund’s
liability and therefore it is not possible to estimate the Fund’s potential
liability under these indemnities. In certain cases, the Fund has recourse
against third parties with respect to these indemnities. In addition, the Fund
maintains insurance policies that may provide coverage against certain claims
under these indemnities.

 

Certain
information has been intentionally deleted from the SEDAR version of this
Agreement in accordance with section 12.2(3) of National Instrument 51-102.
The disclosure of this information to the general public would be seriously
prejudicial to the interests of Eveready Inc. or would violate confidentiality
provisions. Such information is not essential in order to understand the
material terms of this Agreement.

 

 

Disclosure Schedule 7.8

 

EVEREADY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

 

Existing Liens

 

1.                             ALBERTA

 

(a)                                  Eveready
Inc. - NIL

 

(b)                                 Borrower
(“Eveready Energy Services Corp.” formerly “Eveready Industrial Services Corp.”
All registrations in this section are registered against Eveready Industrial
Services Corp.)

 

(i)                                   GE Canada Asset
Financing Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration # 07042335138, 07042335179,
07042335211, 07042335286, 07042335344, 07042335450, 07042335526, 07042335641, 07042335724,
07042335799, 07042335898, 07042335948, 07042336045, 07042336102, 07042336177, 07042336235,
07042336326, 07042336417, 07042336466, 07042336557, 07042336672, 07042336748,
07042336789, 07042336839, 07042334883, 07042336904, 07042334800, 07042334750)

 

(ii)                                  BRANDT TRACTOR
LTD. (Note: Garage Keeper’s Lien of $2,415.07 as Alberta PPR Registration
#08121916501)

 

(iii)                             GLOVER
INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS LTD. (Note: Garage Keeper’s Lien of $3,510.33 as  Alberta PPR
Registration #08111322119)

 

(iv)                            GREAT WEST
KENWORTH LTD. (Note: Garage Keeper’s Lien of $3,184.03 as Alberta PPR
Registration # 08111101361)

 

(v)                               WESTERN
STERLING TRUCKS LTD. (Note: Garage Keeper’s Lien of $1,267.33 as Alberta PPR
Registration #  08111005953)

 

(vi)                            FORT GARRY INDUSTRIES
LTD. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #08070213496)

 

(vii)                         WESTERN
STERLING TRUCKS LTD. (Note: Garage Keeper’s Lien of $2,026.69 as Alberta PPR
Registration # 08062533510)

 

(viii)                      WILLIAMS
SCOTSMAN OF CANADA, INC. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #08012920955)

 

(ix)                              Dell Financial
Services Canada Limited. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #05080535890,
Saskatchewan PPR Registration #300103782)

 

 

(x)                                 Edmonton
Kenworth Ltd. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration  #04012332021, 04012332807, 04012332922,
04032931992, 04032932107, 05012412549)

 

(xi)                              First Truck
Centre (Note: Garage Keeper’s Lien of $2,695.13 as Alberta PPR Registration
#08102042314)

 

(xii)                           Inland Kenworth
(Note: Garage Keeper’s Lien of $1,954.87 as Alberta PPR Registration # 08080823231,
British Columbia PPR Registration #509993D)

 

(xiii)                        Shaw GMC
Pontiac Buick Hummer Ltd. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #06121909607)

 

(xiv)                       Transportaction
Lease Systems Inc. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #02091202966)

 

(c)                                  Eveready
Income Fund

 

(i)                                   GE Canada Asset
Financing Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(ii)                                Transportaction
Lease Systems Inc. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #02091202966, 05053025317)

 

(iii)                             HSBC Bank
Canada (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #05080809097, 07080205102)

 

(d)                                 Eveready
Income Trust

 

(i)                                   GE Canada Asset
Financing Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR  Registration #07042334800,
07042334750)

 

(e)                                  Eveready
Holdings Limited Partnership 

 

(i)                                   GE Canada Asset
Financing Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR  Registration #07042334800,
07042334750)

 

(f)                                    Eveready
Holdings GP Ltd.

 

(i)                                   GE Canada Asset
Financing Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR  Registration #07042334750)

 

(g)                                 River
Valley Operating Limited Partnership

 

(i)                                   GE Canada Asset
Financing Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR  Registration #07042336961,
07042337001, 07042337068, 07042337555, 07042337118, 07042337191, 07042337241,
07042337308, 07042337357, 07042337399, 07042337431, 07042337514, 07042334800,
07042334750)

 

 

(h)           River
Valley Energy Services Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing Holding Company (Note:
Alberta PPR Registration #07042336961, 07042337001, 07042337068, 07042337555,
07042337118, 07042337191, 07042337241, 07042337308, 07042337357, 07042337399,
07042337431, 07042337514, 07042338538, 07042334800, 07042334750)

 

(ii)           Finning International Inc. (Note: Alberta
PPR Registration #08072306227, 08073124700)

 

(iii)          Paccar Financial Services Ltd., Paccar Financial
Ltd. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #04083026734)

 

(iv)          Transportaction Lease Systems Inc. (Note: Alberta
PPR Registration #02091202966)

 

(v)           Union Tractor Limited (Note: Garage Keeper’s Lien
of $11,686.33 as Alberta PPR Registration #08120419588, 08120420215)

 

(i)            Winterhawk
Operating Limited Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing Holding Company (Note:
Alberta PPR Registration #07042337613, 07042337670, 07042337738, 07042337969,
07042338033, 07042338181, 07042338124, 07042334883, 07042334800, 07042334750)

 

(j)            Winterhawk
Enterprises (Provost) Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042337613, 07042337670,
07042337738, 07042337969, 07042338033, 07042338181, 07042338124, 07042334883,
07042334800, 07042334750)

 

(ii)           BMO Bank of Montreal (Note: Land
Charge as Alberta PPR Registration #05032333535)

 

(iii)          Transportaction Lease Systems
Inc. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #02091202966)

 

(k)           Eveready
Operating Limited Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042335138, 07042335179, 07042335211,
07042335286, 07042335344, 07042335450, 07042335526, 07042335641, 07042335724, 07042335799,
07042335898, 07042335948, 07042336045, 07042336102, 07042336177, 07042336235, 07042336326,
07042336417, 07042336466,

 

 

07042336557, 07042336672, 07042336748, 07042336789, 07042336839,  07042334883,
07042336904, 07042334800, 07042334750)

 

(l)            JL Filtration Operating Limited Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042338231, 07042334800,
07042334750)

 

(m)          JL Filtration Inc.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042338231, 07042334800,
07042334750)

 

(ii)           Transportaction Lease Systems Inc. (Note:
Alberta PPR Registration #02091202966)

 

(iii)          Registered under the debtor name, “JL Filtration
Ltd.” (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #05092732469)

 

(n)           Eveready
Industrial Western Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042338298, 07042334800,
07042334750)

 

(o)           Mobile
Industrial Health Services Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042338348, 07042334800,
07042334750)

 

(ii)           Transportaction Lease
Systems Inc. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #02091202966)

 

(p)           Tri-Vax
Enterprises Ltd.

 

GE Canada Asset Financing Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR
Registration #07042338413, 07042334800, 07042334750)

 

(q)           Acquisition
Limited Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(r)            Canada-Wide
Oilfield Services Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750, 07042338462)

 

 

(s)           Canada-Wide
Operating Limited Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(ii)           BMO Bank of Montreal (Note: Land
Charge - Alberta PPR Registration #06011810451)

 

(t)            Eveready Directional Boring Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(ii)           Brandt Tractor Ltd. (Note: Garage
Keeper’s Lien in the amount of $1,525.05 as Alberta PPR Registration
#08102234524)

 

(u)           1225979 Alberta Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(v)           1202867 Alberta Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(w)          1240609 Alberta Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(x)            1206894 Alberta Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(y)           1233460 Alberta Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(z)            Eveready Directional Boring LP

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(aa)         Astec Safety Services Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset
Financing Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

 

(ii)           CIT Financial Ltd. (Note: Alberta PPR
Registration #06060221741)

 

(iii)          Kralon Holdings Ltd.;
Heritage Inn (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07102633505. Writ
of Enforcement in current amount of $1,783.46)

 

(bb)         1257427 Alberta Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(cc)         Cat Tech Operating Limited
Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(dd)         Diversified Pressure Services
Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(ee)         Cat Tech Canada Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(ff)           Bullseye Boring Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(gg)         Airborne Imaging Inc.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(hh)         Rodrigue’s Directional Drilling
Projects Inc.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(ii)           BMO Bank of Montreal (Note: Land
Charge -Alberta PPR Registration #07030720291; Alberta PPR Registration
#07030720242)

 

(iii)          Transportaction Lease
Systems Inc. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #05072027856)

 

 

(ii)           Eveready Energy Services Inc.
(formerly “Eveready Industrial Services Inc.”)

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(ii)           Registered under the debtor
name, “Eveready Energy Services” (Note: Garage Keeper’s Lien Alberta PPR
Registration #08120135125)

 

(iii)          Registered under the debtor
name, “Eveready Industrial Services Inc.”, and creditor name BMO Bank of
Montreal (Note: ALLPAAP as Alberta PPR Registration #07030720242)

 

(iv)          Registered under the debtor
name, “Eveready Industrial Services Inc.”, and creditor name BMO Bank of
Montreal (Note: Land Charge as Alberta PPR Registration #07030720291)

 

(jj)           Eveready Holdings (USA) Inc.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(kk)         Safety Watch, LLC

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(ll)           Cat-Tech LLC

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(mm)       Breathing Systems International,
LLC

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(nn)         Great Lakes Carbon Treatment, Inc.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(oo)         River Valley Energy Services Inc.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

(pp)         Denman Industrial Trailers Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

 

(ii)           HSBC Bank Canada (Note:
Alberta PPR Registration #05080809063, 05080809097, 05111443197, 05111600739,
06022724311, 06022724352, 06050420634, 06050421111, 06091416716, 06091502820,
07020825761, 07020825886, 07020913252, 07020913260, 07041201802, 07041201810,
07121228234, 07121228243, 08010935261, 08030613438, 08030627017, 08091204592,
08091514736)

 

(iii)          Komatsu International
(Canada) Inc. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #08092514920, 08092515226,
08092515377, 08092515833)

 

(iv)          Alta-Fab Structures Ltd.
(Note: Alberta PPR Registration # 08091527344, 08100231424, 08100234862,
08100711428, 08100711632, 08100711719, 08100711875, 08100712192, 08100714139,
08100714989, 08100715471, 08100715857, 08100716729, 08100718237, 08100718574,
08100719318, 08100724540)

 

(v)           De Lage Landen Financial
Services Canada Inc. (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #08103132225, 08111032398)

 

(vi)          De Lage Landen Financial
Services Canada (CAD) (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #08111331033)

 

(vii)         Registered under the debtor
name, “Denman Industrial Trailer Ltd.” (Note: Alberta PPR Registration
#08100715161)

 

(viii)        Registered under the debtor
name, “Denman Industrial Trailers” (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #
08061312702, 08091834477)

 

(qq)         Denman Industrial Operating Limited Partnership

 

(i)            HSBC Bank of Canada (Note:
Alberta PPR Registration #05080809063, 05080809097, 05111443197, 05111600739,
06022724311, 06022724352, 06050420634, 06050421111, 06091416716, 06091502820,
07020825761, 07020825886, 07020913252, 07020913260, 07041201802, 07041201810,
07121228234, 07121228243, 08010935261, 08030613438, 08030627017, 08091204592,
0809120459)

 

(ii)           GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Alberta PPR Registration #07042334750)

 

2.             ONTARIO

 

(a)           Eveready
Energy Services Corp.

 

(i)            GE Canada Equipment
Financing G.P. (Note: Ontario PPR File #619284447 includes other Credit Parties
as additional debtors)

 

 

(b)           Eveready
Operating Limited Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Equipment
Financing G.P. (Note: Ontario PPR File #619284447 includes other Credit Parties
as additional debtors)

 

(ii)           GE Canada Equipment
Financing G.P. (Note: Ontario PPR File #613697409 includes other Credit Parties
as additional debtors)

 

(c)           Cat Tech Operating Limited
Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Equipment
Financing G.P. (Note: Ontario PPR File #619284447 includes other Credit Parties
as  additional
debtors)

 

(d)           Cat Tech Canada Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Equipment
Financing G.P. (Note: Ontario PPR File #619284447 includes other Credit Parties
as additional debtors)

 

(ii)           Citicorp Vendor Finance,
Ltd. — (Note: Ontario File #604427463 secures a registration against  a
2004 Caterpillar GP40, VIN AT13F00180)

 

(e)           Eveready Industrial Services
Corp.

 

(i)            GE Canada Equipment
Financing G.P. (Note: Ontario PPR File #619284447 includes other Credit Parties
as additional debtors)

 

(ii)           GE Canada Equipment
Financing G.P. (Note: Ontario PPR File #613697409 includes other Credit Parties
as additional debtors)

 

3.           SASKATCHEWAN

 

(a)           Eveready Energy  Services Corp.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration #122611454)

 

(b)           Winterhawk Operating Limited
Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration #121873079)

 

(ii)           GE Canada Asset Financing Holding
Company (Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration #122611454)

 

(c)           Winterhawk Enterprises (Provost)
Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration 
#120134278)

 

 

(ii)           Common Wealth Credit Union
Limited Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration #121562521 registering an interest
in the following:

 

2004
Kenworth T800B

2004
Ford F150

2004
Ford F150

 

(d)           Eveready Operating Limited
Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing Holding Company (Note: Saskatchewan PPR
Registration #121873079)

 

(ii)           GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration #122611454)

 

(e)           Diversified Pressure Services
Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration #122611454)

 

(f)            Eveready Industrial Services
Corp.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration #121873079)

 

(ii)           GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration #122611454)

 

(iii)          Dell Financial Services
Canada Limited (Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration #300103782 registering an
interest in all Dell and non-Dell computer equipment leased to the debtor by
the secured party)

 

(vi)          Warner Truck Industries Ltd.
(Note: Saskatchewan PPR Registration #300360391 registering a commercial lien
against a 2001 Freightliner N112064S)

 

4.             BRITISH COLUMBIA

 

(a)           Eveready Operating Limited
Partnership

 

(i)            GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR  Base Registration #259771C)

 

(ii)           GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration #604567C)

 

 

(b)           JL Filtration Operating Limited
Partnership

 

(i)            GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration #259771C)

 

(ii)           GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration #604567C)

 

(c)           JL Filtration Inc.

 

(i)            GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration #259771C)

 

(ii)           GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration 
#604567C)

 

(d)           Eveready Industrial Western Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration  #259771C)

 

(ii)           GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration 
#604567C)

 

(e)           Mobile Industrial Health Services
Ltd.

 

(i)            GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration  #259771C)

 

(ii)           GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration #604567C)

 

(f)            Eveready Industrial Services
Corp.

 

(i)            GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration #259771C)

 

(ii)           GE Equipment Financing G.P.
(Note: BC PPR Base Registration #604567C)

 

(iii)          Inland Kenworth (Fort St.
John) (Note BC PPR Base Registration #524964E registering a lien against a 2004
Kenworth T800B in the amount of $1,954.87)

 

(vi)          James Western Star (Fort St.
John) (Note BC PPR Base Registration #648202E registering a lien against a 2006
Peterbilt 378 in the amount of $5,872.23)

 

 

5.             MANITOBA

 

(a)           Eveready Operating Limited
Partnership

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Manitoba PPR Registration #200517563101)

 

(ii)           GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Manitoba PPR Registration #200504923109)

 

(c)           Eveready Industrial Services
Corp.

 

(i)            GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Manitoba PPR Registration #200517563101)

 

(ii)           GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company (Note: Manitoba PPR Registration #200504923109)

 

6.             USA

 

(a)           Eveready Energy Services, Inc.
(formerly “Eveready Industrial Services, Inc.”)

 

(i)            Nil

 

(b)           Eveready Industrial Services, Inc.

 

(i)            Nil.

 

(c)           Eveready Holdings (USA) Inc.

 

(i)            BMO Bank of Montreal —
Original Filing Number 2007002094-5

 

(ii)           GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company — Original Filing Number 2006041622-1.

 

(d)           Safety Watch  LLC

 

(i)            Bank of America, N.A. —
Original Filing Number 40074572838

 

(ii)           Bank of America, N.A. —
Original Filing Number 20003971688

 

(iii)          Bank of America, N.A. —
Original Filing Number 9900128892

 

(e)           Cat-Tech LLC

 

(i)            Dell Financial Services
L.L.C. — Original Filing Number 80025813263

 

 

(ii)           Dell Financial Services
L.L.C. — Original Filing Number 80023180274

 

(iii)          Dell Financial Services
L.L.C. — Original Filing Number 80012952219

 

(iv)          Dell Financial Services
L.P.. — Original Filing Number 80009736063

 

(v)           Dell Financial Services L.P.
— Original Filing Number 80002874786

 

(vi)          Dell Financial Services L.P.
— Original Filing Number 80000609538

 

(vii)         Dell Financial Services L.P.
— Original Filing Number 70043824773

 

(viii)        Dell Financial Services L.P.
— Original Filing Number 70042575828

 

(ix)           Dell Financial Services L.P.
— Original Filing Number 70042575939

 

(x)            Dell Financial Services L.P.
— Original Filing Number 70041945868

 

(xi)           Dell Financial Services L.P.
— Original Filing Number 70031610634

 

(xii)          BMO Bank of Montreal —
Original Filing Number 70000788505

 

(xiii)         GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company — Original Filing Number 60041168218

 

(xiv)        Financial Federal Credit Inc.
— Original Filing Number 50034517116 (debtor is listed as Cat Tech Inc.)

 

(xv)         Financial Federal Credit
Inc. — Original Filing Number 50034517338 (debtor is listed as Cat Tech Inc.)

 

(xvi)        Greater Bay Bank N. A.. —
Original Filing Number 60032466329 (debtor is listed as Cat Tech Inc.)

 

(xvii)       Wells Fargo Equipment
Finance, Inc. — Original Filing Number 40048335108 (debtor is listed as
Cat Tech Inc.)

 

(xviii)      US Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc.
— Original Filing Number 40047149140 (debtor is listed as Cat Tech Inc.)

 

(xix)         US Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc.
— Original Filing Number 40047149362 (debtor is listed as Cat Tech Inc.)

 

(xx)          Citicorp Del Lease, Inc..
— Original Filing Number 30016491004 (debtor is listed as Cat Tech Inc.)

 

(xxi)         Catalyst Technology, Inc.
— Original Filing Number 20032900319 (debtor is listed as Cat Tech Inc.)

 

 

(xxii)        Bank Of America N.A. —
Original Filing Number 20029901275 (debtor is listed as Cat Tech Inc.)

 

(xxiii)       Bank Of America N.A. —
Original Filing Number 50039157787 (debtor is listed as Cat Tech Inc.)

 

(f)            Breathing Systems International,
LLC

 

(i)            BMO Bank of Montreal —
Original Filing Number 70000788505

 

(ii)           GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company — Original Filing Number 60041168218.

 

(g)           Great Lakes Carbon Treatment, Inc.

 

(i)            BMO Bank of Montreal —
Original Filing Number 2007006974-5

 

(ii)           GE Canada Asset Financing
Holding Company — Original Filing Number 2006210148-0

 

(h)           River Valley Energy Services Inc.

 

(i)            Nil

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