Document:

exv4w3

Exhibit 4.3

EXECUTION COPY

 

$50,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

COLT DEFENSE LLC,

as Borrower,

The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as Syndication Agent,

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

Dated as of November 10, 2009

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1.1. Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	1.2. Other Definitional Provisions
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.1. Revolving Commitments
	 	 	22	 
	2.2. Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing
	 	 	22	 
	2.3. Incremental Credit Extensions
	 	 	22	 
	2.4. Commitment Fees, Etc.
	 	 	23	 
	2.5. Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments
	 	 	23	 
	2.6. Optional Prepayments
	 	 	24	 
	2.7. Mandatory Prepayments.
	 	 	24	 
	2.8. Conversion and Continuation Options
	 	 	25	 
	2.9. Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches
	 	 	25	 
	2.10. Interest Rates and Payment Dates
	 	 	25	 
	2.11. Computation of Interest and Fees
	 	 	26	 
	2.12. Inability to Determine Interest Rate
	 	 	26	 
	2.13. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
	 	 	26	 
	2.14. Requirements of Law
	 	 	27	 
	2.15. Taxes.
	 	 	28	 
	2.16. Indemnity
	 	 	30	 
	2.17. Change of Lending Office
	 	 	31	 
	2.18. Mitigation of Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
	 	 	31	 
	2.19. Defaulting Lenders
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.1. L/C Commitment
	 	 	33	 
	3.2. Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit
	 	 	33	 
	3.3. Fees and Other Charges
	 	 	34	 
	3.4. L/C Participations
	 	 	34	 
	3.5. Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower
	 	 	35	 
	3.6. Obligations Absolute
	 	 	35	 
	3.7. Letter of Credit Payments
	 	 	35	 
	3.8. Applications
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.1. Financial Statements
	 	 	35	 
	4.2. No Change
	 	 	36	 
	4.3. Existence; Compliance with Law
	 	 	36	 
	4.4. Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
	 	 	36	 
	4.5. No Legal Bar
	 	 	36	 
	4.6. Litigation
	 	 	36	 
	4.7. No Default
	 	 	36	 
	4.8. Ownership of Property; Liens
	 	 	37	 
	4.9. Intellectual Property
	 	 	37	 
	4.10. Taxes
	 	 	37	 
	4.11. Federal Regulations
	 	 	37	 

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	4.12. Labor Matters
	 	 	37	 
	4.13. ERISA
	 	 	37	 
	4.14. Investment Company Act; Other Regulations
	 	 	38	 
	4.15. Subsidiaries
	 	 	38	 
	4.16. Use of Proceeds
	 	 	38	 
	4.17. Environmental Matters
	 	 	38	 
	4.18. Accuracy of Information, Etc.
	 	 	39	 
	4.19. Security Documents; Real Property
	 	 	39	 
	4.20. Solvency
	 	 	39	 
	4.21. Regulation H
	 	 	39	 
	4.22. Certain Documents
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5.1. Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit
	 	 	39	 
	5.2. Conditions to Each Extension of Credit
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6.1. Financial Statements
	 	 	41	 
	6.2. Certificates; Other Information
	 	 	42	 
	6.3. Payment of Obligations
	 	 	43	 
	6.4. Maintenance of Existence; Compliance
	 	 	43	 
	6.5. Maintenance of Property; Insurance
	 	 	43	 
	6.6. Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions
	 	 	43	 
	6.7. Notices
	 	 	43	 
	6.8. Environmental Laws
	 	 	44	 
	6.9. Additional Collateral, Etc.
	 	 	44	 
	6.10. Post-Closing Items
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7.1. Financial Condition Covenants
	 	 	45	 
	7.2. Indebtedness
	 	 	46	 
	7.3. Liens
	 	 	47	 
	7.4. Fundamental Changes
	 	 	49	 
	7.5. Disposition of Property
	 	 	49	 
	7.6. Restricted Payments
	 	 	49	 
	7.7. Capital Expenditures
	 	 	51	 
	7.8. Investments
	 	 	51	 
	7.9. Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments
	 	 	52	 
	7.10. Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	52	 
	7.11. Sales and Leasebacks
	 	 	53	 
	7.12. Swap Agreements
	 	 	53	 
	7.13. Changes in Fiscal Periods
	 	 	53	 
	7.14. Negative Pledge Clauses
	 	 	53	 
	7.15. Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions
	 	 	53	 
	7.16. Lines of Business
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9. THE AGENTS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9.1. Appointment
	 	 	56	 
	9.2. Delegation of Duties
	 	 	56	 

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	9.3. Exculpatory Provisions
	 	 	56	 
	9.4. Reliance by Administrative Agent
	 	 	56	 
	9.5. Notice of Default
	 	 	57	 
	9.6. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders
	 	 	57	 
	9.7. Indemnification
	 	 	57	 
	9.8. Agent in Its Individual Capacity
	 	 	57	 
	9.9. Successor Administrative Agent
	 	 	58	 
	9.10. Syndication Agent
	 	 	58	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10.1. Amendments and Waivers
	 	 	58	 
	10.2. Notices
	 	 	59	 
	10.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
	 	 	60	 
	10.4. Survival of Representations and Warranties
	 	 	61	 
	10.5. Payment of Expenses
	 	 	61	 
	10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participation and Assignments
	 	 	62	 
	10.7. Adjustments; Set-off
	 	 	64	 
	10.8. Counterparts
	 	 	64	 
	10.9. Severability
	 	 	64	 
	10.10. Integration
	 	 	65	 
	10.11. GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	65	 
	10.12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers
	 	 	65	 
	10.13. Acknowledgements
	 	 	65	 
	10.14. Releases of Guarantees and Liens
	 	 	65	 
	10.15. Confidentiality
	 	 	66	 
	10.16. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	66	 
	10.17. USA Patriot Act
	 	 	66	 

	 	 	 

	SCHEDULES:
	 
	 	 
	1.1A

	 	Revolving Commitments
	1.1B

	 	Certain Real Estate
	4.4

	 	Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
	4.15

	 	Subsidiaries
	6.10

	 	Post-Closing Items
	7.2(d)

	 	Existing Indebtedness
	7.3(f)

	 	Existing Liens
	7.8(i)

	 	Existing Investments
	7.10(e)

	 	Existing Affiliate Agreements
	 
	 	 
	EXHIBITS:
	 
	 	 
	A

	 	Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
	B

	 	Form of Compliance Certificate
	C

	 	Form of Closing Certificate
	D

	 	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
	E

	 	Form of Assignment and Assumption
	F-1

	 	Form of Legal Opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
	F-2

	 	Form of Legal Opinion of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

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     CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 10, 2009, among Colt Defense LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial
institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “Lenders”), Morgan
Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.

     The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

     1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1
shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.

     “ABR”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%)
equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective
Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Eurodollar Rate that would be calculated as of
such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, as of the next preceding Business Day) in respect
of a proposed Eurodollar Loan with a one-month Interest Period plus 1.00%. Any change in the ABR
due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or such Eurodollar Rate shall
be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal
Funds Effective Rate or such Eurodollar Rate, respectively. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no
event shall the ABR be less than 1.00%.

     “ABR Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.

     “Acquisition”: the acquisition by any Person, in a single transaction or in a series of
related transactions, of all or any substantial portion of the property (including a line of
business or a division) of another Person or at least a majority of Capital Stock having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of another
Person, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person and
whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.

     “Administrative Agent”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent for the Lenders
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any successor administrative
agent.

     “Affiliate”: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control
of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10%
or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

     “Agents”: the collective reference to the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent.

     “Aggregate Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to (a) until the
Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitments at such time and (b)
thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans
and (ii) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect or, if the Revolving
Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then
outstanding.

     “Aggregate Exposure Percentage”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed
as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all
Lenders at such time.

     “Agreement”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

     “Applicable Margin”: for each Type of Loan (other than Term Loans, for which such per annum
rates shall be agreed to by the Borrower and the applicable Term Lenders as shown in the applicable
Incremental Facility Activation Notice), (a) 2.75% in the case of ABR Loans and (b) 3.75% in the
case of Eurodollar Loans; provided that if the all-in pricing of any Term Loan made pursuant to an
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Administrative Agent upon written notice which shall provide sufficient detail to support such calculation
(it being understood that any such all-in pricing may take the form of original issue discount
(“OID”) or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of DID), with DID being
equated to an interest rate based on an assumed four-year life to maturity)) is greater than the
pricing of the Revolving Facility or any other Term Loans by more than 0.25% per annum, the
Applicable Margin with respect to the Revolving Facility or such Term Loans, as applicable, shall
be increased concurrently with the funding of such incremental Term Loan such that such Applicable
Margin is equal to the all-in pricing for such incremental Term Loan (calculated in the manner
provided above) minus 0.25%.

     “Application”: an application, in such form as the Issuing Lender may specify from time to
time, requesting the Issuing Lender to open a Letter of Credit.

     “Approved Fund”: as defined in Section 10.6(b); provided that a Competitor shall not be an
“Approved Fund”.

     “Asset Sale”: any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property
pursuant to Section 7.5(j) that yields gross proceeds to any Group Member (valued at the initial
principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of Notes or other debt
securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of
$1,000,000.

     “Assignee”: as defined in Section 10.6(b).

     “Assignment and Assumption”: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E.

     “Available Revolving Commitment”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lender’s
Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.

     “Benefitted Lender”: as defined in Section 10.7(a).

     “Board”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any
successor).

     “Borrower”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

     “Borrowing Date”: any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the Borrower
requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.

     “Business”: as defined in Section 4.17(b).

     “Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in
New York City are authorized or required by law to close, provided, that with respect to notices
and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans,
such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank
eurodollar market.

     “Capital Expenditures”: for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all
expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a
capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements,
capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that should be capitalized under GAAP on a
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries.

     “Capital Lease Obligations”: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or
other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal
property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted
for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this
Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at
such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

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     “Capital Stock”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a
Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of
the foregoing.

     “Cash Consideration”: with respect to any Acquisition, consideration consisting of cash, cash
equivalents, Indebtedness assumed and deferred purchase price obligations (including any earn-out
payment obligations).

     “Cash Equivalents”: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed
by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition;
(b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits
having maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Lender or by any
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined
capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least
A-2 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or P-2 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
(“Moody’s”), or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of
the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and
maturing within six months from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of any Lender
or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a
term of not more than 30 days, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States government; (e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United
States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or
territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory,
political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at
least A by S&P or A by Moody’s; (f) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date
of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank
satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition; (g) any money market mutual or
similar fund that invests at least 95% of its assets in instruments satisfying the requirements of
clauses (a) through (f) of this definition; or (h) money market funds that (i) comply with the
criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are
rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.

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

          (a) prior to a Qualified Public Offering:

     (i) (x) the Permitted Holders fail to collectively maintain “beneficial
ownership” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) of more than 35% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or, if the Holdco
Reorganization has occurred, Holdco) entitled to vote for members of the board of
directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower (or, if the Holdco
Reorganization has occurred, Holdco) on a fully diluted basis (and taking into
account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire
pursuant to any option right) or (y) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are
used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but
excluding (A) any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any
person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or
administrator of any such plan and (B) the Permitted Holders) becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all Capital Stock that such person or group has the right
to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of a
greater percentage of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or, if the Holdco
Reorganization has occurred, Holdco) entitled to vote for members of the board of
directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower (or, if the Holdco
Reorganization has occurred, Holdco) on a fully diluted basis (and taking into
account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire
pursuant to any option right) than the percentage of such Capital Stock then
beneficially owned (determined as provided in clause (x) above) by the Permitted
Holders;

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     (ii) the Permitted Holders fail to collectively have the right, whether
through ownership of Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors (or persons performing similar functions), by contract or otherwise, to
elect or appoint at least a majority of the seats (excluding vacant seats) of the
board of directors of the Borrower (or, if the Holdco Reorganization has occurred,
Holdco); or

     (iii) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) under,
and as defined in, the Senior Note Indenture or any agreement governing Permitted
Additional Debt.

          (b) after a Qualified Public Offering:

     (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding (A) any employee
benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in
its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan
and (B) the Permitted Holders) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules
13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or
group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all Capital Stock that such
person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether
such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly
or indirectly, of 35% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or, if the Holdco
Reorganization has occurred, Holdco) entitled to vote for members of the board of
directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower (or, if the Holdco
Reorganization has occurred, Holdco) on a fully diluted basis (and taking into
account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire
pursuant to any option right);

     (ii) during any period of 36 consecutive months, a majority of the members of
the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower (or, if
the Holdco Reorganization has occurred, Holdco) cease to be composed of individuals
(i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of
such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above
constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that
board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that
board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in
clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination
at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the
case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination
for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing
body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or
group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on
behalf of the board of directors); or

     (iii) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) under,
and as defined in, the Senior Note Indenture or any agreement governing Permitted
Additional Debt.

     “Closing Date”: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 shall have
been satisfied, which date is November 10, 2009.

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

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

     “Commitment Fee Rate”: 0.75% per annum.

     “Competitor”: (a) any Person that is engaged in the design, development, production,
marketing, selling or distribution of firearms, weapon systems and related accessories and spare
products or other related systems integrated into the products for any of the commercial, military,
or law enforcement markets, (b) any Majority Affiliate

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of any Person described in clause (a); or (c) any Person that, directly or indirectly holds more
than 15% of the outstanding Capital Stock on a fully diluted basis in any of the Persons described
in clause (a) or (b).

     “Compliance Certificate”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

     “Conduit Lender”: any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for
the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such
Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender
shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this
Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating
Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all
consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender,
and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount
pursuant to Section 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 or 10.5 than the designating Lender would have been entitled
to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to
have any Revolving Commitment.

     “Consolidated Current Assets”: at any date, all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents)
that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or
any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such
date.

     “Consolidated Current Liabilities”: at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with
GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (a) the
current portion of any Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) without duplication
of clause (a) above, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Loans to the extent otherwise
included therein.

     “Consolidated EBITDA”: with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income
of such Person for such period:

     (a) increased (without duplication) by the following items to the extent deducted in
calculating such Consolidated Net Income:

     (i) Consolidated Interest Expense; plus

     (ii)
Consolidated Income Taxes; plus

     (iii) consolidated
depreciation expense; plus

     (iv) consolidated amortization expense or impairment charges recorded in
connection with the application of Financial Accounting Standard No. 142 “Goodwill
and Other Intangibles” and Financial Accounting Standard No. 144 “Accounting for
the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets”; plus

     (v) the amount of any non-cash restructuring charges or non-cash restructuring
expenses deducted in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including
any one-time non-cash charges or non-cash expenses incurred in connection with
acquisitions after the Closing Date; plus

     (vi) other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income, including any
writeoffs or write-downs (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent it
represents an accrual of, or reserve for, cash charges in any future period or
amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period not included
in the calculation); plus

     (vii) the amount of any fees and paid to Sciens Management, L.L.C. or any
other Affiliate pursuant to Section 7.10(h); plus

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     (viii) any expenses or charges (other than any consolidated depreciation or
amortization expense) related to any issuance of Capital Stock, Investments
permitted under
Section 7.8, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence or
repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (whether or
not successful), in each case in the nature of closing costs payable to
professionals or advisors, including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to
the offering of the Senior Notes and the related transactions and (ii) any
amendment or other modification of the Senior Notes or other Indebtedness; and

     (b) decreased (without duplication) by non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net
Income of such Person for such period (excluding any items which represent the reversal of
any accrual of, or reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced Consolidated EBITDA
in any prior period); and

     (c) increased or decreased by (without duplication) the following items reflected in
Consolidated Net Income:

     (i) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from obligations pursuant to
any Swap Agreements and the application of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 133;

     (ii) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency translation
gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any
net loss or gain resulting from any obligations pursuant to Swap Agreements for
currency exchange risk); and

     (iii) effects of non-cash adjustments (including the effects of such
adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and any Group Member) in any line item in
such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the
application of purchase accounting in relation to any completed acquisition; and

     (d) decreased by any cash payments made during such period in respect of non-cash
charges or other items described above in this definition subsequent to the fiscal quarter
in which the relevant non-cash charges or other items were reflected in Consolidated Net
Income.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, clauses (a)(ii) through (viii) relating to amounts of a
Subsidiary of a Person will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated EBITDA of
such Person only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income (loss) of such
Subsidiary was included in calculating the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and, to the
extent the amounts set forth in clauses (a)(ii) through (viii) are in excess of those necessary to
offset a net loss of such Subsidiary or if such Subsidiary has net income for such period included
in Consolidated Net Income, only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of
determination to be dividended to the Borrower by such Subsidiary without prior approval (that has
not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments,
judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that
Subsidiary or its stockholders.

     For any determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio
or Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio, Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters shall be calculated in accordance with the definition of Pro Forma Basis.

     “Consolidated Income Taxes”: with respect to any Person for any period, taxes imposed upon
such Person or other payments required to be made by such Person by any Governmental Authority
which taxes or other payments are calculated by reference to the income or profits or capital of
such Person or such Person and its Subsidiaries (to the extent such income or profits were included
in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period), including, without limitation, state,
franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes regardless of whether such taxes or
payments are required to be remitted to any Governmental Authority.

     “Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio”: for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA
for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.

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     “Consolidated Interest Expense”: for any period, (a) total cash interest expense (including
that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including
all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and
bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Agreements in respect of interest rates to
the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in
accordance with GAAP) minus (b) cash interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
such period.

     “Consolidated Leverage Ratio”: as at the last day of any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated
Total Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such period.

     “Consolidated Net Income”: for any period, the net income (loss) of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided,
that on an after-tax basis:

     (i) any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Subsidiary or that is
accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be excluded, except that:

     (A) subject to the limitations contained in clauses (v) and (vi) below, the
Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period will be
included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash
actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Borrower or a
Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend
or other distribution to a Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (ii)
below); and

     (B) the Borrower’s equity in a net loss of any such Person for such period
will be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income to the extent such
loss has been funded with cash from the Borrower or a Subsidiary;

     (ii) any net income (but not loss) of any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary
Guarantor) if such Subsidiary is subject to prior government approval or other restrictions
due to the operation of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order
statute, rule or government regulation (which have not been waived), directly or
indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Subsidiary,
directly or indirectly, to the Borrower shall be excluded, except that:

     (A) subject to the limitations contained in clauses (v) and (vi) below, the
Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Subsidiary for such period will be
included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash that
could have been distributed by such Subsidiary during such period to the Borrower
or another Subsidiary as a dividend (subject, in the case of a dividend to another
Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause); and

     (B) the Borrower’s equity in a net loss of any such Subsidiary for such period
will be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income;

     (iii) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or
similar rights, stock options or other rights to officers, directors or employees shall be
excluded;

     (iv) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and
the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;

     (v) any gain or loss (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) realized upon sales
or other dispositions of any assets of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, other than in the
ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Borrower shall be excluded;

     (vi) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of
Indebtedness or Swap Agreements or other derivative instruments or any currency translation
gains and losses related to

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currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from hedging
transactions for currency exchange risk shall be excluded;

     (vii) any extraordinary non-cash gain or loss shall be excluded;

     (viii) an amount equal to the amount of tax distributions actually made to any parent
or equity holder of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 7.6(c)
shall be
included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person for
such period; and

     (ix) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded.

     “Consolidated Senior Secured Debt”: all Consolidated Total Debt that is secured by a
consensual Lien, including all Indebtedness outstanding hereunder.

     “Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio”: as of the last day of any period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated
EBITDA for such period.

     “Consolidated Total Debt”: at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.

     “Consolidated Working Capital”: at any date, the excess of Consolidated Current Assets on such
date over Consolidated Current Liabilities on such date.

     “Contractual Obligation”: 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.

     “Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any requirement for the
giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied, including, in any event, a
“Default” under and as defined in the Senior Note Indenture or any agreement governing Permitted
Additional Debt.

     “Defaulting Lender”: any Lender, as determined by the Administrative Agent, that has (a)
failed to fund any portion of its Loans or participation in Letters of Credit within three Business
Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) notified the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply
with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to the
effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or under
other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within ten Business Days after
request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this
Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then
outstanding Letters of Credit, (d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three Business Days of the
date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e) (i) become or is insolvent or has
a parent company that has become or is insolvent or (ii) become the subject of a bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it,
or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the
subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or
custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent
to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.

     “Disposition”: with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have
correlative meanings.

     “Disqualified Capital Stock”: any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security or other Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or
upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than
solely for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as
a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of

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the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or Asset Sale event shall be subject
to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable
and the termination of the Revolving Commitments and all outstanding Letters of Credit), (b) is
redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), in
whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or
becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Capital Stock that would
constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case prior to the date that is one
year after the later of the Revolving Termination Date and any Term Maturity Date.

     “Dollars” and “$”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.

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

     “ECF Percentage”: 50%; provided, that, with respect to each fiscal year of the Borrower ending
on or after December 31, 2010, the ECF Percentage shall be reduced to: (a) 25% if the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than 4.0 to 1.0 but equal to or
greater than 3.0 to 1.0 and (b) 0% if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such
fiscal year is less than 3.0 to 1.0.

     “Environmental Laws”: any and all foreign, federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules,
orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental
Authority or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating or relating to protection
of human health or the environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.

     “ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

     “ERISA Affiliate”: any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any
Group Member, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

     “ERISA Event”: (a) any Reportable Event; (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of a
non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (c) any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum
funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA)
applicable to such Pension Plan, including any “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (d) the filing pursuant to
Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum
funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required
installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure by any
Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (e)
the incurrence by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA
with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan, including but not limited to the imposition of
any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (f) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or
is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA); (g) the receipt
by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice
relating to an intention to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any
Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (h) the incurrence by any Group Member or any ERISA
Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (i) the receipt by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate of any
notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from a Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate of any
notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer
Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in Reorganization or in endangered or critical status,
within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 or Title IV of ERISA.

     “Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements”: for any day during each Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal
fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including supplemental or any other
marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the
Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.

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     “Eurodollar Base Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for
a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period
appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior
to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on such page
(or otherwise on such screen), the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such
other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be selected by
the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which
the Administrative Agent is offered Dollar deposits at or about 11:00 A.M., New York City time, two
Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar
market where its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations are then being conducted
for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Eurodollar Base Rate be less than 2.00%.

     “Eurodollar Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the
Eurodollar Rate.

     “Eurodollar Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula:

Eurodollar Base Rate

 

1.00 — Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements

     “Eurodollar Tranche”: the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans under a particular Facility
the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on
the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).

     “Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8, provided that any requirement
for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

     “Excess Cash Flow”: for any fiscal year of the Borrower, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum,
without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year, (ii) the amount of all
noncash charges (including depreciation and amortization) deducted in arriving at such Consolidated
Net Income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital (excluding the effect of any write-up
in inventory as a result of purchase accounting) for such fiscal year, and (iv) the aggregate net
amount of non-cash loss on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during
such fiscal year (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent
deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income over (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i)
the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (ii) the
aggregate amount actually paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash during such fiscal year
on account of Capital Expenditures (excluding any such expenditures financed with the proceeds of
Indebtedness or any Reinvestment Deferred Amount), (iii) the aggregate amount of all prepayments of
Revolving Loans during such fiscal year to the extent accompanying permanent optional reductions of
the Revolving Commitments and all optional prepayments of the Term Loans during such fiscal year,
(iv) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments of Funded Debt (including
the Term Loans) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made during such fiscal year (other than in
respect of any revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent
reduction in commitments thereunder), (v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital (excluding the
effect of any write-up in inventory as a result of purchase accounting) for such fiscal year, (vi)
the aggregate net amount of non-cash gain on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of
business), to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (vii) cash fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the closing of any Permitted Acquisition during such fiscal
year, (viii) the net amount of Investments made during such period pursuant to Section 7.8(m) or
(n), or committed during such fiscal year to be used to make such Investments and as to which a
binding agreement exists as of the time of determination of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year
(excluding any such Investments financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness or any Reinvestment
Deferred Amount) provided that any amount so deducted in respect of Investment committed to be made
but not yet made, shall be added to Excess Cash Flow in respect of the next succeeding fiscal year
if such Investments are not in fact made or are financed as described in the preceding
parenthetical; (ix) the amount (determined by the Borrower) of such Consolidated Net Income
comprised of Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales or Recovery

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Events received during such fiscal year which is mandatorily prepaid or reinvested or subject to
reinvestment pursuant to Section 2.7(c) (or as to which a waiver of the requirements of such
Section applicable thereto has been granted under Section 10.1), (x) taxes for which reserves have
been established in accordance with GAAP, to the extent not reflected in the computation of
Consolidated Net Income, provided that any amount so deducted shall be added to Excess Cash Flow in
respect of any subsequent fiscal year in which such taxes reduced Consolidated Net Income, (xi)
cash expenditures made in respect of Swap Agreements during such fiscal year, to the extent not
reflected in the computation of Consolidated Net Income, and (xii) solely to the extent not
otherwise deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period, Restricted Payments made
to any Person other than a Group Member pursuant to Section 7.6 during such period.

     “Excess Cash Flow Application Date”: as defined in Section 2.7(d).

     “Excluded Foreign Subsidiary”: any Foreign Subsidiary or any Subsidiary thereof.

     “Existing Credit Agreement”: the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 9,
2007, among Colt Defense LLC, Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and the other parties
thereto.

     “Facility”: each of (a) the Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder
(the “Revolving Facility”) and (b) the Term Commitments and the Term Loans made thereunder (the
“Term Facility”).

     “Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight
federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds
brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for the day of such transactions received by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from three
federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

     “Fee Payment Date”: (a) the third Business Day following the last day of each March, June,
September and December and (b) the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period.

     “Foreign Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

     “Foreign Benefit Arrangement”: any employee benefit arrangement mandated by non-US law that is
maintained or contributed to by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate.

     “Foreign Plan”: each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) that
is not subject to US law and is maintained or contributed to by any Group Member or any ERISA
Affiliate.

     “Funded Debt”: as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that matures more than one
year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date but is renewable or
extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises
under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit
during a period of more than one year from such date, including all current maturities and current
sinking fund payments in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not required to be paid within one
year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness in respect of the
Loans.

     “Funding Office”: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 10.2 or such
other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding
office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

     “GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time
to time, except that for purposes of Section 7.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis of such
principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation of the
most recent audited financial statements referred to in Section 4.1(b). In the event that any
“Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the
method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such
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Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the
criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting
Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall
have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be
calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. “Accounting Changes” refers
to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation,
pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

     “Governmental Authority”: any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision
thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions
of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization
(including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).

     “Group Members”: the collective reference to the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and, if the Holdco
Reorganization has occurred, Holdco.

     “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed
and delivered by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit
A.

     “Guarantee Obligation”: as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation,
including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing Person that
guarantees or has the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person (the “primary obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person,
whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting
direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or
payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the
primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to
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 or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation
against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not
include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.
The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower
of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of
which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing
person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation
determined in accordance with GAAP.

     “Guarantors”: the collective reference to the Subsidiary Guarantors.

     “Holdco”: as defined in the definition of “Holdco Reorganization”.

     “Holdco Reorganization”: the formation of a corporation (“Holdco”) and either (a) the transfer
to Holdco of not less than 95% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower or (b) the merger of the
Borrower into a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Holdco provided that the Borrower is the continuing or
surviving Person of such merger.

     “Incremental Amendment”: as defined in Section 2.3(a).

     “Incremental Facility Activation Notice”: as defined in Section
2.3(a).

     “Incremental Facility Closing Date”: as defined in
Section 2.3(a).

     “incur”: as defined in Section 7.2.

     “Indebtedness”: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of
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current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other 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 (other than (i) trade payables incurred in the
ordinary course of business and (ii) any cam-out obligation until such obligation appears in the
liabilities section of the balance sheet of such Person), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such
Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or
applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar
arrangements, (g) the liquidation value of all Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person, (h) all
Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses
(a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above
(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 and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar
financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited
in recourse, and (j) for the purposes of Section 8(e) only, net obligations of such Person in
respect of Swap Agreements. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any
other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent
such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other
relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly
provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for
purposes of clause (i) above shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid
amount of such Indebtedness and (y) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as
determined by the Borrower in good faith.

     “Insolvency”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is
insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

     “Insolvent”: pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.

     “Intellectual Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges
relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign
laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks,
trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity
for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and
damages therefrom.

     “Interest Payment Date”: (a) as to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September
and December (or, if an Event of Default is in existence, the last day of each calendar month) to
occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any
Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest
Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day
that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and
the last day of such Interest Period and (d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is
an ABR Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof.

     “Interest Period”: as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the
borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending
one, two, three or six months or, if agreed to by the relevant Lenders, nine or twelve months,
thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the
case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day
of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three
or six months or, if agreed to by the relevant Lenders, nine or twelve months, thereafter, as
selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00
A.M., New York City time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions
relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

     (i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the
result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month
in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

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     (ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period under a particular Facility that
would extend beyond the Revolving Termination Date or beyond the date final payment is due
on the Term Loans, as the case may be;

     (iii) 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 a calendar month; and

     (iv) the Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a payment or
prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period for such Loan.

     “Investment Loans”: as defined in Section 7.8.

     “Investments”: as defined in Section 7.8.

     “Issuing Lender”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. or any affiliate thereof, in its capacity as
issuer of any Letter of Credit.

     “L/C Commitment”: at any time, $40,000,000 minus the aggregate amount of all Investment Loans
made after the Closing Date (without giving effect to any subsequent prepayment thereof).

     “L/C Exposure”: with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of such Revolving Lender’s L/C Obligations at such time.

     “L/C Obligations”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn
and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of
drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.

     “L/C Participants”: the collective reference to all the Revolving Lenders other than the
Issuing Lender.

     “Lenders”: as defined in the preamble hereto; provided, that unless the context otherwise
requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender.

     “Letters of Credit”: as defined in Section 3.1(a).

     “Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance,
lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

     “Loan”: any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

     “Loan Documents”: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Notes and any amendment, waiver,
supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing.

     “Loan Parties”: each Group Member that is a party to a Loan Document.

     “Majority Affiliates”: with respect to any Person (the “Reference Person”), another Person
that is (a) a Subsidiary of the Reference Person or (b) a Subsidiary of a Person of which the
Reference Person is also a Subsidiary.

     “Majority Facility Lenders”: with respect to any Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans or the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit, as
the case may be, outstanding under such Facility (or, in the case of the Revolving Facility, prior
to any termination of the Revolving Commitments, the holders of more than 50% of the Total
Revolving Commitments).

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     “Material Adverse Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the business, property, operations
or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b)
the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights
or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.

     “Materials of Environmental Concern”: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any
fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes,
defined or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated
biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.

     “Mortgage”: any mortgage or deed of trust made by any Loan Party in favor of, or for the
benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, in each case in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

     “Multiemployer Plan”: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA.

     “Net Cash Proceeds”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds
thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of
deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price
adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, and any cash or Cash Equivalents
received upon the Disposition of any non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in respect of any such Asset Sale or Recovery Event), net of (i) attorneys’ fees,
accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, (ii) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of
such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document), (iii)
taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable in connection therewith by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries attributable to such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (including, in respect of any
proceeds received in connection with an Asset Sale or Recovery Event of any asset of any Subsidiary
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction different from the jurisdiction of organization of the
Borrower that is its most direct parent company, deductions in respect of withholding taxes that
are payable in cash if such funds are repatriated to the jurisdiction of the relevant Borrower),
(iv) any reserve for adjustment in respect of (x) the sale price of such asset or assets
established in accordance with GAAP and (y) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets
and retained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after such sale or other Disposition
thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to
environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction,
it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include the amount of any reversal (without the
satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any reserve
described in this clause (iv) or, if such liabilities have not been satisfied in cash and such
reserve not reversed within 365 days after such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, the amount of such
reserve, and (v) other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and
(b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the
cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking
fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and
expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.

     “Non-Excluded Taxes”: as defined in Section 2.15(a).

     “Non-U.S. Lender”: as defined in Section 2.15(d).

     “Notes”: the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.

     “Obligations”: the unpaid principal of, and interest on (including interest accruing after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like
proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding), the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of Specified Swap Agreements
and Specified Cash Management Agreements, any affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may
arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of
Credit, any Specified Swap Agreement, any Specified Cash Management Agreement or any other document
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given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower
pursuant hereto) or otherwise.

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

     “Participant”: as defined in Section 10.6(c).

     “PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title
IV of ERISA (or any successor).

     “Pension Plan”: any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title
IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which any Group
Member or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such Plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in section 3(5) of ERISA.

     “Permitted Acquisitions”: Investments consisting of an Acquisition by any Group Member, from
any Person other than another Group Member, provided that (a) in the case of an Acquisition of the
Capital Stock of another Person, the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of
such other Person shall have duly approved such Acquisition; (b) the Borrower shall have delivered
to the Administrative Agent a certificate demonstrating that, upon giving effect to such
Acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis (including any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection
therewith), (i) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7.1, (ii) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be no greater than 4.25 to 1.0 and (iii)
the unutilized portion of the Total Revolving Commitments shall equal at least $10,000,000; (c)
with respect to any Acquisitions excluding (i) Acquisitions of Capital Stock of any Person that
becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, so long as no more than 10% of the
consideration (“Attributable Consideration”) paid in connection therewith (as reasonably determined
by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent) is attributable to Subsidiaries of
such Person that do not also become Subsidiary Guarantors or Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and (ii)
Acquisitions of assets (other than Capital Stock) by the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
Wholly Owned Subsidiary, the aggregate consideration (including Attributable Consideration but
excluding consideration constituting Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower (or, if the Holdco
Reorganization has occurred, of Holdco)) paid by the Group Members for all such non-excluded
Acquisitions occurring during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $100,000,000, (provided
that for purposes of this clause (c) the consideration for any Acquisition shall be reduced by an
amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds of the issuance of Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower
(or, if the Holdco Reorganization has occurred, of Holdco) received during the period sixty days
prior to and thirty days after the closing of such Acquisition; and (d) the Group Members shall be
in compliance with the requirements of Section 6.9.

     “Permitted Additional Debt”: Indebtedness of the Borrower that (a) does not mature, and is not
subject to mandatory repurchase, redemption or amortization (other than pursuant to customary asset
sale or change in control provisions), in each case prior to the date that is one year after the
later of the Revolving Termination Date and any Term Maturity Date; (b) does not have financial
maintenance covenants; (c) does not have negative covenants and/or default provisions that are
materially more restrictive than those contained in the Senior Note Indenture as in effect on the
Closing Date as certified, in the case of this clause (c), by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
pursuant to a certificate reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which certificate,
upon acceptance by the Administrative Agent, shall be conclusive as to compliance with this clause
(c); (d) is not secured, directly or indirectly, by any assets of any Group Member; and (e) does
not benefit from any Guarantee Obligations of any Group Member other than a Subsidiary Guarantor.

     “Permitted Holders”: Sciens Management LLC, any of its Majority Affiliates that is a holding
company or an investment fund, and any investment fund managed by any of the foregoing.

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

     “Plan”: any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (other than a Foreign
Plan), including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), any
employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and any plan which is both an
employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which any
Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

     “Prime Rate”: the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime
Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in
connection with extensions of credit to debtors).

     “Pro Forma Basis,” “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect”: with respect to compliance
with any test or covenant hereunder, means giving effect to the adjustments or events described in
clauses (a) through (c) below as if all Specified Transactions consummated after the first day of
the relevant period through and including the date such compliance is determined (or, in the case
of Section 7.1, through the last day of the relevant historical fiscal period) had occurred as of
the first day of such period: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative)
attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in
the case of (x) a Disposition of all or substantially all the assets of such Person or of any
division or product line of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) a transaction pursuant to
which a Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary, in each case shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case
of any Acquisition constituting an Investment pursuant to Section 7.8(m) or (n), in each case shall
be included, (b) any repayment of Indebtedness, and (c) any incurrence of Indebtedness (and, if
such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall be deemed to have an
implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by
utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the
relevant date of determination); provided that the adjustments described in clause (a) above may be
made solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated
EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income, as applicable, and give effect to events or results that (w)
have occurred or been achieved on or prior to such date, (x) are directly attributable to such
transaction, (y) are expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
(z) are factually supportable.

     “Prohibited Transaction”: as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(f)(3) of the
Code.

     “Projections”: as defined in Section 6.2(c).

     “Properties”: as defined in Section
4.17(a). 

     “Qualified Capital Stock”: any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital
Stock.

     “Qualified Public Offering”: an underwritten sale to the public of the Borrower’s (or if the
Holdco Reorganization has occurred, Holdco’s) common equity securities pursuant to an effective
registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-1 (or any
successor form) which results in gross proceeds to the Borrower (or if the Holdco Reorganization
has occurred, Holdco) and selling stockholders of at least $75,000,000; provided that a Qualified
Public Offering shall not include any issuance of equity securities in any merger or other business
combination, and shall not include any registration of the issuance of securities to existing
securityholders or employees of the Group Members on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or any successor form).

     “Recovery Event”: any settlement of, or payment in respect of, any property or casualty
insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Group Member.

     “Register”: as defined in Section 10.6(b).

     “Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

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     “Reimbursement Obligation”: the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender
pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.

     “Reinvestment Deferred Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Cash
Proceeds received by any Group Member in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the
Term Loans or reduce the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.7(c) as a result of the
delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.

     “Reinvestment Event”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the Borrower has
delivered a Reinvestment Notice.

     “Reinvestment Notice”: a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or
indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net
Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire or repair assets useful in its
business.

     “Reinvestment Prepayment Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment
Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment
Prepayment Date to acquire or repair assets useful in the Borrower’s business.

     “Reinvestment Prepayment Date”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the
date occurring six months after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date on which the Borrower
shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire or repair assets useful in
the Borrower’s business with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.

     “Reorganization”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in
reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.

     “Reportable Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those
events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. § 4043, with respect to a Pension Plan.

     “Required Lenders”: at any time, the holders of more than 50% of (a) until the Closing Date,
the Revolving Commitments then in effect and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Total Revolving Commitments then
in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of
Credit then outstanding.

     “Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other
organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or
determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to, or binding upon, such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its
property is subject.

     “Responsible Officer”: the chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer of a
Loan Party and any other officer of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing
officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. 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 Payments”: as defined in Section 7.6.

     “Revolving Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make
Revolving Loans and participate in Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount
not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption or the Incremental Facility Activation
Notice pursuant to which such Lender became a

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party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The
original amount of the Total Revolving Commitments is $50,000,000.

     “Revolving Commitment Period”: the period from and including the Closing Date to the Revolving
Termination Date.

     “Revolving Exposure”: with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment and Revolving Loans at such time.

     “Revolving Extensions of Credit”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to
the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then
outstanding and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding.

     “Revolving Lender”: each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that holds Revolving
Loans.

     “Revolving Loans”: as defined in Section 2.1(a).

     “Revolving Percentage”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such
Lender’s Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the Total Revolving Commitments or, at any time
after the Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the
aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the
aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, provided, that, in the event
that the Revolving Loans are paid in full prior to the reduction to zero of the Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit, the Revolving Percentages shall be determined in a manner designed to ensure
that the other outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit shall be held by the Revolving Lenders on
a comparable basis. In the case of Section 2.19 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Revolving
Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the Total Revolving Commitments (disregarding any
Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. If the
Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Percentage shall be determined
based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments and
to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.

     “Revolving Termination Date”: January 31, 2014.

     “SEC”: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous
Governmental Authority.

     “Security Documents”: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the
Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting
a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party
under any Loan Document.

     “Senior Note Indenture”: the Indenture entered into by the Borrower and certain of its
Subsidiaries in connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes, together with all instruments and
other agreements entered into by the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in connection therewith.

     “Senior Notes”: the senior unsecured notes of the Borrower issued on the Closing Date pursuant
to the Senior Note Indenture.

     “Solvent”: when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of any date of determination,
(a) the amount of the “present fair saleable value” of the assets of such Person will, as of such
date, exceed the amount of all “liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise,” as of such
date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws
governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the
assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to
pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such
Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to
conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For
purposes of this definition, (i) “debt” means liability on

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a “claim”, and (ii) “claim” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced
to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed,
legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of
performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an
equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed,
undisputed, secured or unsecured.

     “Specified Cash Management Agreement”: any agreement providing for treasury, depositary,
purchasing card or cash management services, including in connection with any automated clearing
house transfers of funds or any similar transactions between any Loan Party and any Lender or
affiliate thereof.

     “Specified Change of Control”: a “Change of Control” (or any other defined term having a
similar purpose) as defined in the Senior Note Indenture.

     “Specified Swap Agreement”: any Swap Agreement in respect of interest rates, currency exchange
rates or commodity prices entered into by any Loan Party and any Person that is a Lender or an
affiliate of a Lender at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into.

     “Specified Transaction”: (a) any Investment made pursuant to Section 7.8(m) or (n), (b) any
transaction of the type described in clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” or (c)
any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (i) in connection with any transaction described in
clause (a) or (b) above, (ii) any other transaction as to which a pro forma calculation is required
by this Agreement or (iii) pursuant to Section 7.2(i).

     “Sponsor Management Agreement”: the management agreement, dated as of July 9, 2007, between
certain of the management companies associated with Sciens Management, L.L.C. and the Borrower.

     “Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other
than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation,
partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this
Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower (or, if the Holdco
Reorganization has occurred, Holdco).

     “Subsidiary Guarantor”: each Subsidiary of the Borrower other than any Excluded Foreign
Subsidiary.

     “Swap Agreement”: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative
transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more
rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or
pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar
transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar
plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors,
officers, employees or consultants of any Group Member shall be a “Swap Agreement.”

     “Syndication Agent”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

     “Term Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make a Term Loan to the
Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth pursuant to the Incremental
Amendment relating to Term Loans.

     “Term Lender”: each Lender that has a Term Commitment or that holds a Term Loan.

     “Term Loan”: any Loan made pursuant to Section 2.3(a), as described pursuant to any
Incremental Amendment relating to Term Loans.

     “Term Maturity Date”: with respect to the Term Loans to be made pursuant to any Incremental
Facility Activation Notice, the maturity date specified in such Incremental Facility Activation
Notice.

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     “Term Percentage”: as to any Term Lender at any time, the percentage which the aggregate
principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate
principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding.

     “Total Revolving Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments
then in effect.

     “Total Revolving Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Lenders outstanding at such time.

     “Transferee”: any Assignee or Participant.

     “Type”: as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

     “United States”: the United States of America.

     “Wholly Owned Subsidiary”: as to any Person, any other Person all of the Capital Stock of
which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) is owned by such Person directly
and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

     “Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor”: any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower.

     “Withdrawal Liability”: any liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or
partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.

     1.2. Other Definitional Provisions.

     (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the
defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.

     (b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not
defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words “include,”
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (iii)
the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect
of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings),
(iv) 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, Capital Stock,
securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and (v) references to
agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer
to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time.

     (c) The words “
hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.

     (d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.

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     SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

     2.1. Revolving Commitments.

     (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make
revolving credit loans (“Revolving Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving
Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding, which, when added
to such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the sum of the L/C Obligations then outstanding does not
exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. During the Revolving Commitment Period the
Borrower may use the Revolving Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or
in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving
Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and
notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.8.

     (b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans on the Revolving Termination
Date.

     2.2. Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing. The Borrower may borrow under the
Revolving Commitments during the Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by
the Administrative Agent prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, (a) three Business Days prior to
the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b) on the requested Borrowing
Date, in the case of ABR Loans, specifying (i) the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be
borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the
respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest
Period therefor. Each borrowing under the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x)
in the case of ABR Loans, $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if the
then aggregate Available Revolving Commitments are less than $500,000, such lesser amount) and (y)
in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof Upon
receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Revolving Lender thereof. Each Revolving Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding
Office prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in
funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available
to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of
such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the
Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

     2.3. Incremental Credit Extensions. The Borrower may at any time or from time to time
after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent
shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders), request (a) one or more additional tranches
of term loans (the “Term Loans”), or (b) one or more increases in the amount of the Revolving
Commitments (each such increase, a “Revolving Commitment Increase”), provided that (i) both at the
time of any such request and after giving effect to the
effectiveness of any Incremental Amendment referred to below (including, in the case of any
Term Loan, after giving effect thereto), no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (ii) the
Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.1 determined on a pro
forma basis as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements
have been delivered hereunder, in each case, as if such Term Loans or Revolving Commitment
Increases, as applicable, had been outstanding on the last day of such fiscal quarter for testing
compliance therewith and after giving effect to the intended use of proceeds thereof. Each tranche
of Term Loans and each Revolving Commitment Increase shall be in an aggregate principal amount that
is not less than $10,000,000 (provided that such amount may be less than $10,000,000 if (x) such
amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in the next sentence or (y)
if otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, the aggregate amount of the Term Loans and the Revolving Commitment Increases shall not
exceed $50,000,000. The Term Loans shall rank pari passu in right of payment with the Revolving
Loans. Each notice (each, an “Incremental Facility Activation Notice”) from the Borrower pursuant
to this Section 2.3, which shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Term Loans or Revolving
Commitment Increases, including, in the case of Term Loans, (i) the applicable Term Maturity Date,
which shall in any case be no earlier than one year subsequent to the Revolving Termination Date,
(ii) the amortization schedule, if any, for such Term Loans, which shall not exceed more than 1%
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annum of the original principal amount thereof prior to one year after the Revolving Termination
Date, (iii) the Applicable Margin for such Term Loans and (iv) the proposed original issue discount
applicable to such Term Loans, if any. Term Loans may be made, and Revolving Commitment Increases
may be provided, by any existing Lender or by any other bank or other financial institution (any
such other bank or other financial institution being called an “Additional Lender”), provided that
the Administrative Agent shall have consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld,
delayed or conditioned) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s making such Term Loans or providing
such Revolving Commitment Increases if such consent would be required under Section 10.6 for an
assignment of Loans or Revolving Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender.
Term Commitments shall become Term Loans and Revolving Commitment Increases shall become Revolving
Commitments (or in the case of a Revolving Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Lender
with a Revolving Commitment, an increase in such Lender’s applicable Revolving Commitment) under
this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as
appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed (in the case of such amendment to this Agreement)
by the Borrower, each Lender agreeing to provide such Term Commitment or Revolving Commitment, if
any, each Additional Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent. Any Incremental Amendment may,
without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section. The effectiveness of any
Incremental Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an
“Incremental Facility Closing Date”) of each of the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 (it being
understood that all references to “the date of such extension of credit” or similar language in
such Section 5.2 shall be deemed to refer to the effective date of such Incremental Amendment) and
such other conditions as the parties thereto shall agree. The Borrower may use the proceeds of the
Term Loans and Revolving Commitment Increases for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement. No
Lender shall be obligated to provide any Term Loans or Revolving Commitment Increases unless it so
agrees. Upon each increase in the Revolving Commitments, if any, pursuant to this Section, (a) each
Lender with a Revolving Commitment immediately prior to such increase will automatically and
without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Revolving
Commitment Increase (each a “Revolving Commitment Increase Lender”) in respect of such increase,
and each such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be
deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters
of Credit such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of
participation, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding participations hereunder in Letters of
Credit held by each Lender with a Revolving Commitment (including each such Revolving Commitment
Increase Lender) will equal the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Lenders
with Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and (b) if, on the
date of such increase, there are any Revolving Loans outstanding, such Revolving Loans, shall on or
prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase, be prepaid from the proceeds of
additional Revolving Loans, as applicable, made hereunder (reflecting such increase in Revolving
Commitments), which prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on
the Revolving Loans
being prepaid and any costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with Section 2.16. The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing
and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the
transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

     2.4. Commitment Fees, Etc.

     (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving
Lender a commitment fee for the period from and including the date hereof to the last day of the
Revolving Commitment Period, computed at the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the
Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable
quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the
date hereof.

     (b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the
dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative Agent and to perform any other
obligations contained therein.

     2.5. Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments. The Borrower shall have the
right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the
Revolving Commitments or,

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from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitments; provided that no such
termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect
thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Total
Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving Commitments. Any such reduction
shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof, and shall reduce
permanently the Revolving Commitments then in effect.

     2.6. Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay
the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon irrevocable notice delivered to
the Administrative Agent no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, three Business Days prior
thereto, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, one
Business Day prior thereto, in the case of ABR Loans, which notice shall specify the date and
amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans; provided, that
if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.16. Upon
receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender
thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable
on the date specified therein, together with (except in the case of Revolving Loans that are ABR
Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Term Loans and
Revolving Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple
thereof.

     2.7. Mandatory Prepayments.

     (a) If any Capital Stock shall be issued by any Group Member, an amount equal to 50% of the
Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of such issuance toward the prepayment of
the Term Loans and the Revolving Loans as set forth in Section 2.7(e).

     (b) If any Indebtedness shall be incurred by any Group Member (excluding any Indebtedness
incurred in accordance with Section 7.2), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof
shall be applied on the date of such incurrence toward the prepayment of the Term Loans and the
Revolving Loans as set forth in Section 2.7(e).

     (c) If on any date any Group Member shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or
Recovery Event, then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof, such Net
Cash Proceeds shall be applied on such date toward the prepayment of the Term Loans and the
Revolving Loans as set forth in Section 2.7(e); provided, that, on each Reinvestment Prepayment
Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant
Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Term Loans and the Revolving Loans
as set forth in Section 2.7(e).

     (d) If, for any fiscal year of the Borrower commencing with the fiscal year ending December
31, 2010, there shall be Excess Cash Flow, the Borrower shall, on the relevant Excess Cash Flow
Application Date, apply the ECF Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow toward the prepayment of the
Term Loans and the Revolving Loans as set forth in Section 2.7(e). Each such prepayment and
commitment reduction shall be made on a date (an “Excess Cash Flow Application Date”) no later than
five days after the earlier of (i) the date on
which the financial statements of the Borrower referred to in Section 6.1(a), for the fiscal
year with respect to which such prepayment is made, are required to be delivered to the Lenders and
(ii) the date such financial statements are actually delivered.

     (e) Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.7 shall be
applied, to the extent that no Term Loans are then outstanding, to the prepayment of Revolving
Loans without an accompanying reduction of the Revolving Commitments; otherwise, first, to the
prepayment of the Term Loans and, second, to the prepayment of Revolving Loans without an
accompanying reduction of the Revolving Commitments. The application of any prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.7 shall be made, first, to ABR Loans and, second, to Euro-dollar Loans. Each prepayment
of the Loans under Section 2.7 (except in the case of Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans) shall be
accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid.

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     2.8. Conversion and Continuation Options.

     (a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans by
giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 11:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date, provided that any
such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with
respect thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans
by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 11:00
A.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which
notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor), provided that no ABR Loan
under a particular Facility may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect
of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversions.
Upon receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant
Lender thereof.

     (b) Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period”
set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans,
provided that no Eurodollar Loan under a particular Facility may be continued as such when any
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Majority
Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to
permit such continuations, and provided, further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give any
required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted
pursuant to the preceding proviso, such Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the
last day of such then expiring Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

     2.9. Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of Eurodollar Loans and all
selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so
that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans
comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000
in excess thereof and (b) no more than five Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one
time under any Facility.

     2.10. Interest Rates and Payment Dates.

     (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with
respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the
Applicable Margin.

     (b) Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable
Margin.

     (c) (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation
shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), after
giving effect to any applicable grace period, such overdue Loans and Reimbursement Obligations
shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would
otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% or (y)
in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable
to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%, and (ii) if all or a portion of any
interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee or other amount
payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise), after giving effect to any applicable grace period, such overdue amount shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant
Facility plus 2% (or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular
Facility, the rate then applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%), in each
case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such
amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

     (d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest
accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on demand.

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     2.11. Computation of Interest and Fees.

     (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to ABR Loans the rate of interest on
which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the
basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed. The
Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of
each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a
change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening
of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as
soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the
amount of each such change in interest rate.

     (b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the
absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver
to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining
any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.10(a).

     2.12. Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any
Interest Period:

     (a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the
relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar
Rate for such Interest Period, or

     (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Majority Facility
Lenders in respect of the relevant Facility that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be
determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected
Loans during such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or
telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable
thereafter. If such notice is given (x) any Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility
requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans,
(y) any Loans under the relevant Facility that were to have been converted on the first day
of such Interest Period to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (z) any
outstanding Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be converted, on the last day
of the then-current Interest Period, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by
the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be
made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Loans under the
relevant Facility to Eurodollar Loans.

     2.13. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.

     (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on
account of any commitment fee and any reduction of the Revolving Commitments of the Lenders shall
be made pro rata according to the respective Term Percentages or Revolving
Percentages, as the case may be, of the relevant Lenders.

     (b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of, and
interest on, the Term Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective
outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans then held by the Term Lenders. The amount of each
principal prepayment of the Term Loans shall be applied to reduce the then remaining installments
of the Term Loans pro rata based upon the respective then remaining principal
amounts thereof. Amounts prepaid on account of the Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

     (c) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of, and
interest on, the Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective
outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the Revolving Lenders.

     (d) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on
account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and
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12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to each relevant Lender promptly upon receipt
in like funds as received, net of any amounts owing by such Lender pursuant to Section 9.7. If any
payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day
other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If
any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the
maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such
extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment
shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any
payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at
the then applicable rate during such extension.

     (e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to
a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If
such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing
Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with
interest thereon, at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the
Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with
respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent
by such Lender within three Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall
also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to
ABR Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower.

     (f) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior
to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make
such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is
making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata
shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to
the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily
average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.

     (g) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section
2.13(e), 2.13(f), 3.4(a) or 9.7, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion
(notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement), apply any amounts thereafter received
by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender for the account of such Lender to satisfy such
Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

     2.14. Requirements of Law.

     (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to
the date hereof:

     (i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this
Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or
change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for (A)
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes (which are covered by Section 2.15) and (B) taxes
explicitly excluded from the definition of Non-Excluded Taxes in Section 2.15(a) or
described in the proviso of Section 2.15(a));

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     (ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for
the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition
of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination
of the Eurodollar Rate; or

     (iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount that
such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar
Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable
hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender,
upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost
or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts
pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.

     (b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement
of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by
such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made
subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s
or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect
of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have
achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or
such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to
be material, then from time to time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender
such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such
reduction.

     (c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by
any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the Borrower
shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more
than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such Lender’s
intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such
claim have a retroactive effect, then such nine-month period shall be extended to include the
period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder.

     2.15. Taxes.

     (a) All payments made by the Borrower or any other Loan Party under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on
account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges,
fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed
by any Governmental Authority, excluding income taxes imposed on or measured by net income or
profits and franchise taxes imposed on or measured by net income, profits or gross receipts,
imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection
between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority
imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than
any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed,
delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or
any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) or Other Taxes are required to be
withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts
so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to
yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other
Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts
specified in this Agreement, provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender
with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply
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this Section, (ii) that are United States withholding taxes imposed pursuant to any Requirement of
Law in effect at the time the applicable Lender acquires the applicable interest in the Loan in
question or changes its lending office (other than at the request of the Borrower), except to the
extent that such Lender or such Lender’s assignor (if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the
time of assignment or change in lending office, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower
with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this paragraph or (iii) any United States
backup withholding taxes imposed under Section 3406 of the Code (or any successor provision).

     (b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority
in accordance with applicable law.

     (c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower or other Loan
Party, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower or other Loan Party shall send to the
Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may
be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Borrower or any other Loan
Party showing payment thereof (or other evidence of payment reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent). The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender,
within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Non-Excluded Taxes imposed
in respect of amounts payable under any Loan Document (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any
taxes described in the proviso to Section 2.15(a)) or Other Taxes (including any such Non-Excluded
Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section)
paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest
and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Non-Excluded
Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability (along with a reasonably
detailed explanation thereof) delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) or by the Administrative Agent, on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender,
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     (d) Any Lender that is not a “U.S. person” as defined by section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a
“Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of any applicable
withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver
to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed
documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by
applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to
backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in the preceding two sentences, in the case of any withholding tax other than the U.S. federal
withholding tax, the completion, execution and submission of such forms shall not be required if in
the Foreign Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject
such Foreign Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the
legal or commercial position of such Foreign Lender.

     Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it
is legally entitled to do so, 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), whichever of the following is applicable:

     (i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility
for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party,

     (ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

     (iii) 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 substantially in the
Form of Exhibit D to the
effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section
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“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 that the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with a United
States trade or business conducted by such Lender (a “U.S. Tax Compliance
Certificate”) and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN,

     (iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the
Foreign Lender is a partnership or participating Lender granting a typical participation),
an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by a Form W8ECI, W-8BEN, U.S. Tax
Compliance Certificate, Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial
owner, as applicable, or

     (v) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from
or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax duly completed together with such
supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or
Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

     Each Lender that is a “U.S. person” (as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall
provide, at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (and at any time thereafter when reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), duly completed copies of IRS Form W-9
certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax.

     Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification previously delivered by it expires or
becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or
promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do
so.

     (e) Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent within 10 days after demand therefor,
for the full amount of any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or
withholdings attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, and
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings were correctly or legally imposed or
asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.

     (f) If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has
received a refund of any Non-Excluded 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 2.15, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity
payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.15 with respect to
the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket
expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest
paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that
the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, 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 or such Lender in the event the
Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental
Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender
to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems
confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

     (g) The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

     2.16. Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each
Lender harmless from, any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of
(a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar
Loans after the Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of, or conversion from, Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice
thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment of
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last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification may include an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so
prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such
prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of such Interest
Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would
have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for
such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any)
over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have
accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period
with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market. A certificate as to any amounts payable
pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in the absence
of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of
the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

     2.17. Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any
event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.14 or 2.15(a) or (c) with respect to such Lender,
it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy
considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such
event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such
designation is made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and
its lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and
provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the
obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.15(a) or (c).

     2.18. Mitigation of Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

     (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, 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 2.15(a) or (c), then such Lender shall 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 reasonable
judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts
payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.15(a) or (c), as the case may be, in the future and (ii)
would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be
materially disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs
and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

     (b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, 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 2.15(a) or (c), or if any Lender does not consent to any proposed amendment,
supplement, modification, consent or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document that requires the consent of each of the Lenders or each of the Lenders affected thereby
(so long as the consent of the Required Lenders has been obtained), or if any Lender becomes 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 with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.6), all its interests,
rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations
(which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that
(i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if
a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably
be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans and participations in drawings under Letters of Credit that have not been
reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts
payable to it hereunder, 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) and (iii) in the case of any
such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to
be made pursuant to Section 2.15(a) or (c), such assignment will result in a reduction in such
compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and 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.

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     2.19. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for
so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

     (a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Revolving Commitment of
such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.4;

     (b) the Revolving Commitment, Revolving Exposure and Term Loans of such Defaulting
Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have
taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver
pursuant to Section 10.1), provided that any waiver, amendment or modification
requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting
Lender differently than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting
Lender;

     (c) if any L/C Exposure exists at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender
then:

     (i) all or any part of such L/C Exposure shall be reallocated among the
non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Percentages but
only to the extent (x) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit
Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure does not exceed the total of
all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth
in Section 5.2 are satisfied at such time;

     (ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only
partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice
by the Administrative Agent cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure
(after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 8 for so long as such L/C
Exposure is outstanding;

     (iii) if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting
Lender’s L/C Exposure pursuant to this Section 2.19(c), the Borrower shall not be
required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.3 with
respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure during the period such Defaulting
Lender’s L/C Exposure is cash collateralized;

     (iv) if the L/C Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant
to this Section 2.19(c), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section
2.4 and Section 3.3 shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting
Lenders’ Revolving Percentages; or

     (v) if any Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure is neither cash collateralized nor
reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.19(c), then, without prejudice to any rights
or remedies of the Issuing Lender or any Lender hereunder, all Letter of Credit fees
payable under Section 3.3 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure
shall be payable to the Issuing Lender until such L/C Exposure is cash
collateralized and/or reallocated;

     (d) so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Lender shall not be
required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the
related exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Commitments of the non-Defaulting
Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section
2.19(c), and participating interests in any such newly issued or increased Letter of Credit
shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section
2.19(c)(i) (and Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein); and

     (e) any amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of
principal, interest, fees or otherwise and including any amount that would otherwise be
payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.7 but excluding Section 2.18)
shall, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the
Administrative Agent in a segregated account and, subject to
any applicable requirements of law, be applied at such time or times as may be
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Agent (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to
the Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) second, pro rata, to the
payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Lender hereunder,
(iii) third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by an Issuing
Lender, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the
Defaulting Lender in respect of any existing or future participating interest in any Letter
of Credit, (iv) fourth, to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such
Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as
determined by the Administrative Agent, (v) fifth, if so determined by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, held in such account as cash collateral for future
funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender in respect of any Loans under this Agreement,
(vi) sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or an Issuing Lender
as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or
such Issuing Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s
breach of its obligations under this Agreement, (vii) seventh, to the payment of any
amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such
Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, and (viii)
eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent
jurisdiction, provided, with respect to this clause (viii), that if such payment is (x) a
prepayment of the principal amount of any Loans or reimbursement obligations in respect of
LC Disbursements which a Defaulting Lender has funded its participation obligations and (y)
made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 are satisfied, such payment
shall be applied solely to prepay the Loans of, and reimbursement obligations owed to, all
non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata prior to being applied to the prepayment of
any Loans, or reimbursement obligations owed to, any Defaulting Lender.

     In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Issuing Lender each agrees
that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a
Defaulting Lender, then the L/C Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the
inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par
such of the Revolving Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative shall determine may be
necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Revolving
Percentage.

     SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT

     3.1. L/C Commitment.

     (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Lender, in reliance on the
agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to issue letters of
credit (“Letters of Credit”) for the account of the Borrower on any Business Day during the
Revolving Commitment Period in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Issuing
Lender; provided that the Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of
Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C
Commitment or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would be less than
zero. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars and (ii) expire no later than the
earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the date that is five Business
Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date, provided that any Letter of Credit with a
one-year term may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in
no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (y) above).

     (b) The Issuing Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if
such issuance would conflict with, or cause the Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any
limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law.

     3.2. Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit. The Borrower may from time to time
request that the Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the Issuing Lender at its
address for notices specified herein an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of the
Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the
Issuing Lender may request. Upon receipt of any Application, the Issuing Lender will process such
Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to
it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly
issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the Issuing Lender be required
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Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates,
documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter
of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by the Issuing Lender and the
Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower promptly
following the issuance thereof. The Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Administrative
Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish to the Lenders, notice of the issuance of each Letter
of Credit (including the amount thereof).

     3.3. Fees and Other Charges.

     (a) The Borrower will pay a fee on all outstanding Letters of Credit at a per annum rate equal
to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurodollar Loans under the Revolving
Facility, shared ratably among the Revolving Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee
Payment Date after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Lender for
its own account a fronting fee of 0.125% per annum on the undrawn and unexpired amount of each
Letter of Credit, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date.

     (b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse the Issuing Lender
for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Lender
in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of
Credit.

     3.4. L/C Participations.

     (a) The Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant,
and, to induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, each L/C Participant irrevocably
agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the Issuing Lender, on the
terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant’s own account and risk an undivided
interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Percentage in the Issuing Lender’s obligations
and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit and the amount of each draft paid by the
Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant agrees with the Issuing Lender that, if a draft is
paid under any Letter of Credit for which the Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the
Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (or in the event that any reimbursement
received by the Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by it at any time), such L/C
Participant shall pay to the Issuing Lender upon demand at the Issuing Lender’s address for notices
specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Percentage of the amount that
is not so reimbursed (or is so returned). Each L/C Participant’s obligation to pay such amount
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i)
any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such L/C Participant may have
against the Issuing Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the
occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the
other conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other L/C Participant or (v) any other circumstance,
happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing

     (b) If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the Issuing Lender pursuant to
Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by the Issuing Lender
under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date
such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal
to the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during
the period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment
is immediately available to the Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is
the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such
amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 3.4(a) is not made available
to the Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such
payment is due, the Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on
demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum
applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility. A certificate of the Issuing Lender submitted
to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall be conclusive in
the absence of manifest error.

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     (c) Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit
and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such payment in
accordance with Section 3.4(a), the Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of
Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied
thereto by the Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Issuing Lender
will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof;
provided, however, that in the event that any such payment received by the Issuing
Lender shall be required to be returned by the Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to
the Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender to it.

     3.5. Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. If any draft is paid under any Letter
of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Lender for the amount of (a) the draft so paid
and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in
connection with such payment, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice. Each such payment shall be
made to the Issuing Lender at its address for notices referred to herein in Dollars and in
immediately available funds. Interest shall be payable on any such amounts from the date on which
the relevant draft is paid until payment in full at the rate set forth in (x) until the Business
Day next succeeding the date of the relevant notice, Section 2.10(b) and (y) thereafter, Section
2.10(c).

     3.6. Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligations under this Section 3 shall be
absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff,
counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against the Issuing
Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with
the Issuing Lender that the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower’s
Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by, among other things, the
validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents
shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the
Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of
Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such
Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any error,
omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice,
however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions found
by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender. The Borrower agrees that any
action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or
the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct,
shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of the Issuing Lender to the
Borrower.

     3.7. Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for payment under any
Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the date and amount
thereof. The responsibility of the Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft
presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation
expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents
(including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment
are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit.

     3.8. Applications. To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any
Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this
Section 3 shall apply.

     SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make
the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:

     4.1. Financial Statements. The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower as
at December 31, 2006, December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008, and the related consolidated
statements of income and of cash
flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by an
unqualified report from UHY LLP, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the
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results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then
ended. The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as at October 4, 2009, and the
related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the nine-month period ended
on such date, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower as at such date,
and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the nine-month
period then ended (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes). All
such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as expressly
disclosed therein, and subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes).
During the period from October 4, 2009 to and including the date hereof there has been no
Disposition by any Group Member of any material part of its business or property.

     4.2. No Change. Since October 4, 2009, there has been no development or event that has
had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     4.3. Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Group Member (a) is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the
power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it
operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in good standing under the laws of
each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law, in each
case except as could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     4.4. Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Loan Party has the power and
authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a
party and, in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan Party
has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the
extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No material consent or
authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental
Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or
with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of
the Loan Documents, except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule
4.4, which consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full
force and effect and (ii) the filings referred to in Section 4.19. Each Loan Document has been duly
executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and
each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of
each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally
and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at
law).

     4.5. No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of
the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of any
Group Member and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of
their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual
Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents). No Requirement of Law or
Contractual Obligation applicable to any Loan Party could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

     4.6. Litigation. No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened by
or against any Group Member or against any of their respective properties or revenues (a) with
respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or
(b) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     4.7. No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

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     4.8. Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Group Member 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 reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The property of each Group Member is subject to no
Liens other than Liens in favor of the Lenders and permitted by Section 7.3.

     4.9. Intellectual Property. Each Group Member owns, or is licensed to use, all
Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted. Except as
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, no material claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning
the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property,
nor does the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim. The use of Intellectual Property
by each Group Member or the conduct of each Group Member’s business does not infringe on the
Intellectual Property of any Person in any material respect.

     4.10. Taxes. Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect: each Group Member has filed or caused to be
filed all tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due and
payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other
taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority
(other than any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been
provided on the books of the relevant Group Member); no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax.

     4.11. Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other
extensions of credit hereunder, will be used (a) for “buying” or “carrying” any “margin stock”
within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time
to time hereafter in effect for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the
Board or (b) for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. No more
than 25% of the assets of the Group Members consist of “margin stock” as so defined. If requested
by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form
G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U.

     4.12. Labor Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any Group
Member pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, overtly threatened; (b) hours worked by and
payment made to employees of each Group Member have not been in violation, in any material
respects, of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with
such matters; and (c) all payments due from any Group Member on account of employee health and
welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant Group
Member.

     4.13. ERISA.

     (a) Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Group Member and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates is in
compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provisions of the Code relating to Plans
and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder; (ii) no ERISA Event has occurred or
is reasonably expected to occur; and (iii) all amounts required by applicable law with respect to,
or by the terms of, any retiree welfare benefit arrangement maintained by any Group Member or any
ERISA Affiliate or to which any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate has an obligation to contribute
have been accrued in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106. The
present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Pension Plan (based on the
assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of
the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than
$3,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of such Pension Plan allocable to such accrued
benefits, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Pension
Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements
reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than $3,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of all
such underfunded Pension Plans.

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     (b) Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (i) all employer and employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of
any Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued in
accordance with normal accounting practices; (ii) the accrued benefit obligations of each Foreign
Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Foreign Plan) with respect to all current and
former participants do not exceed the assets of such Foreign Plan; (iii) each Foreign Plan that is
required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with
applicable regulatory authorities; and (iv) each such Foreign Benefit Arrangement and Foreign Plan
is in compliance (A) with all material provisions of applicable law and all material applicable
regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to such Foreign Benefit
Arrangement or Foreign Plan and (B) with the terms of such plan or arrangement.

     4.14. Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Loan Party is an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan Party is
subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) that
limits its ability to incur Indebtedness.

     4.15. Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower in
writing from time to time after the Closing Date, (a) Schedule 4.15 sets forth the name and
jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of
each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party and (b) there are no outstanding subscriptions,
options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options
granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any
Capital Stock of any Group Member, except as created by the Loan Documents.

     4.16. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans, and the Letters of Credit, shall be
used for general corporate purposes, including to finance Permitted Acquisitions.

     4.17. Environmental Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

     (a) the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any Group Member (the
“Properties”) do not contain, and have not previously contained, any Materials of
Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations or under circumstances that constitute or
constituted a violation of, or could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law;

     (b) no Group Member has received or is aware of any notice of violation, alleged
violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters
or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties or the business
operated by any Group Member (the “Business”), nor does the Borrower have knowledge
or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened;

     (c) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of from
the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that could give rise to
liability under, any Environmental Law, nor have any Materials of Environmental Concern been
generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Properties in violation
of, or in a manner that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental
Law;

     (d) no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Group
Member is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor
are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or
other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any
Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business;

     (e) there has been no release or threat of release of Materials of Environmental
Concern at or from the Properties, or arising from or related to the operations of any Group
Member in connection with
the Properties or otherwise in connection with the Business, in violation of or in
amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws;

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     (f) the Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance, and have in
the last five years been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is
no contamination at, under or about the Properties or violation of any Environmental Law
with respect to the Properties or the Business; and

     (g) no Group Member has assumed any liability of any other Person under Environmental
Laws.

     4.18. Accuracy of Information, Etc. No financial statement or other information
contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any certificate furnished by or on behalf
of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, for use in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (in each case as
modified or supplemented by other information so furnished prior to the date this representation is
made or deemed made), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light
of the circumstances under which made. The projections contained in the materials referenced above
are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be
reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as
it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period
or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth
therein by a material amount.

     4.19. Security Documents; Real Property.

     (a) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security
interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Stock
described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when stock certificates representing such
Pledged Stock are delivered to the Administrative Agent (together with a properly completed and
signed stock power or endorsement), and in the case of the other Collateral described in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when financing statements and other filings specified in the
Schedules to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in appropriate form are filed in the offices
specified in such Schedules, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully
perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in
such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person
(except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by Section 7.3).

     (b) Schedule 1.1B lists, as of the Closing Date, each parcel of owned real property located in
the United States and held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that has a value, in the
reasonable opinion of the Borrower, in excess of $1,000,000.

     4.20. Solvency. Each Loan Party is, and after giving effect to the incurrence of all
Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith and therewith will be and will
continue to be, Solvent.

     4.21. Regulation H. 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 and in which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968.

     4.22. Certain Documents. The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a
complete and correct copy of the Senior Note Indenture and any agreement governing Permitted
Additional Debt, including any amendments, supplements or modifications with respect thereto.

     SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     5.1. Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make
the initial extension of credit requested to be made by it is subject to the satisfaction, prior to
or concurrently with the making of such extension of credit on the Closing Date, of the following
conditions precedent:

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     (a) Credit Agreement; Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Administrative Agent
shall have received (i) this Agreement executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower and each Person listed on Schedule 1.1A, (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement,
executed and delivered by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) an Acknowledgement
and Consent in the form attached to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered
by each Issuer (as defined therein), if any, that is not a Loan Party.

     (b) Senior Notes. The Borrower shall have received at least $225,000,000 in gross
cash proceeds from the issuance of the Senior Notes.

     (c) Existing Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received
satisfactory evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been terminated and all
amounts thereunder shall have been paid in full and satisfactory arrangements shall have been
made for the termination of all Liens granted in connection therewith.

     (d) Projections. The Lenders shall have received satisfactory projections through
2013.

     (e) Approvals. All governmental and third party approvals necessary in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full force and
effect. There shall not exist any action, investigation, litigation or proceeding pending or
threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental authority that could reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Borrower or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby.

     (f) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a
recent Lien search with respect to each Loan Party, and such search shall reveal no Liens on any
of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Liens (i) permitted by Section 7.3 and (ii) subject
to Section 6.10, discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.

     (g) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees
required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP), on or before the Closing Date.
All such amounts will be paid with proceeds of Loans made on the Closing Date and will be
reflected in the funding instructions given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or
before the Closing Date.

     (h) Closing Certificate; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing
Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of each Loan
Party, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions
and attachments, including the certificate of incorporation of each Loan Party that is a
corporation certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan
Party, and (ii) a long form good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of
organization.

     (i) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following
executed legal opinions:

     (i) the legal opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel to the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1; and

     (ii) the legal opinion of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, counsel to the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.

Each such legal opinion shall cover such other matters incident to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

     (j) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. Except as provided in Section 6.10,
the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the certificates, if any, representing the shares
of Capital Stock

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pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock
power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the
pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or
accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledger thereof.

     (k) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including any Uniform
Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law or
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in
order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a
perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other
Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3), shall
be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.

     (l) Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
solvency certificate from the chief financial officer of the Borrower.

     (m) Insurance. Except as provided in Section 6.10, the Administrative
Agent shall have received insurance certificates satisfying the requirements of Section
5.2(b) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

     For the purpose of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section
5.1, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have accepted, and to be
satisfied with, each document or other matter required under this Section 5.1 unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from such Lender prior to the proposed
Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

     5.2. Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make any
extension of credit requested to be made by it on any date (including its initial extension of
credit) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

     (a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties
made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date, except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in
which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.

     (b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be
made on such date.

     Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower hereunder shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit
that the conditions contained in this Section 5.2 have been satisfied.

     SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Revolving Commitments remain in effect, any
Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall and shall cause each other Group Member to:

     6.1. Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

     (a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related audited
consolidated statements of income and of
cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures
for the previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or
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scope of the audit, by PriceWaterhouse Coopers or other independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing; and

     (b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each
of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end
of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash
flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified
by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as being fairly stated in all material respects
(subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).

     All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall
be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied (except as approved by such
accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein)
consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods.

     6.2. Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender (or, in the case of clause (h), to the relevant Lender):

     (a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section
6.1(a), a certificate of the independent certified public accountants reporting on such
financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge
was obtained of any Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.1, except as specified in such
certificate;

     (b) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1,
(i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that, to the best of each
such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed or
performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every condition contained
in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to be observed,
performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of
any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate and (ii) in the case
of quarterly or annual financial statements, (x) a Compliance Certificate containing all
information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by each Group Member with
the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as of the last day of the fiscal
quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower, as the case may be, and (y) to the extent not
previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, (1) a description of any change in the
jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party, (2) a list of any Intellectual Property
acquired by any Loan Party, (3) a description of any Person that has become a Group Member
and (4) a description of all Investments made with Investment Loans, including the purchase
price of such Investments and the amount of the Investment Loans borrowed in connection
therewith, in each case since the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this
clause (y) (or, in the case of the first such report so delivered, since the Closing Date);

     (c) as soon as available, and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated budget for the following fiscal year in a level
of detail consistent with the budget provided to the Governing Board of the Borrower (but in
any event including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, the related consolidated statements
of projected cash flow and projected income) (the “Projections”);

     (d) within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, a narrative
discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the period from the beginning of the
then current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter, as compared to the portion of
the Projections covering such periods and to the comparable periods of the previous year;

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     (e) no later than 10 Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof, copies of
substantially final drafts of any proposed amendment, supplement, waiver or other
modification with respect to the Senior Note Indenture;

     (f) within five days after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements and
reports that the Borrower sends to the holders of any class of its debt securities or public
equity securities and, within five days after the same are filed, copies of all financial
statements and reports that the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC;

     (g) promptly following receipt thereof, copies of (i) any documents described in
Section 101(k) of ERISA that any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate may request with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan and (ii) any notices described in Section 101(1) of ERISA
that any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate may request with respect to any Multiemployer
Plan; provided, that if the relevant Group Member or ERISA Affiliate has not
requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable
Multiemployer Plan, then, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, such Group
Member or the ERISA Affiliate shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices
from such administrator or sponsor and the Borrower shall provide copies of such documents
and notices promptly after receipt thereof; and

     (h) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from
time to time reasonably request.

     6.3. Payment of Obligations. Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect: pay and discharge, as the same shall
become due and payable, 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 applicable Group Member.

     6.4. Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. (a)(i) Preserve, renew and keep in full
force and effect its organizational existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all
rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business,
except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii)
above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law except to
the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

     6.5. Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property useful and necessary in
its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and (b) maintain
with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property with such
deductibles and against such risks as are usually insured against in the same general area by
companies engaged in the same or a similar business.

     6.6. Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep proper books of
records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all
Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and
activities and (b) permit representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender (coordinated
through the Administrative Agent) to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make
abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and as often as may reasonably
be desired and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of
the Group Members with officers and employees of the Group Members and with their independent
certified public accountants; provided that so long as no Event of Default is in existence
only one such visit shall be permitted during any fiscal year, such visit to be coordinated by the
Administrative Agent with reasonable notice to the Lenders providing each Lender the opportunity to
be included in such visit.

     6.7. Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of:

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

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     (b) any (i) default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any Group
Member or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding that may exist at any time between
any Group Member and any Governmental Authority, that in either case, if not cured or if
adversely determined, as the case may be, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;

     (c) any litigation or proceeding affecting any Group Member (i) in which the amount
involved is $5,000,000 or more and not covered by insurance, (ii) in which injunctive or
similar relief is sought or (iii) which relates to any Loan Document;

     (d) an ERISA Event, as soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after the
Borrower has knowledge thereof; and

     (e) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 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 relevant Group Member proposes to take with respect thereto.

     6.8. Environmental Laws.

     (a) Comply in all material respects with, and ensure compliance in all material respects by
all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply
in all material respects with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and
comply in all material respects with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications,
registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws.

     (b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial,
removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material
respects with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding
Environmental Laws.

     6.9. Additional Collateral, Etc.

     (a) With respect to any property acquired after the Closing Date by any Group Member (other
than (w) any property described in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) below, (x) any property subject to a
Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.3(g), (y) property acquired by any Excluded Foreign
Subsidiary and (z) any property of a type that is not intended to be subject to a Lien under the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) as to which the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Lenders, does not have a perfected Lien, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the
Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in such property and (ii) take all actions necessary or
advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first
priority security interest in such property, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent.

     (b) With respect to any fee interest in any real property having a value (together with
improvements thereof) of at least $1,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any Group Member
(other than (x) any such real property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.3(g) and
(y) real property acquired by any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary), promptly (i) execute and deliver a
first priority Mortgage, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders,
covering such real property, (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, provide the Lenders
with (x) title and extended coverage insurance covering such real property in an amount at least
equal to the purchase price of such real property (or such other amount as shall be reasonably
specified by the Administrative Agent) as well as a current ALTA survey thereof, together with a
surveyor’s certificate and (y) any consents or
estoppels reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by the Administrative Agent in connection
with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
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requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to
the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel,
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

     (c) With respect to any new Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) created or
acquired after the Closing Date by any Group Member (which, for the purposes of this paragraph (c),
shall include any existing Subsidiary that ceases to be an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary), and with
respect to Holdco if the Holdco Reorganization occurs, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the
Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such
new Subsidiary that is owned by any Group Member (or, in the case of Holdco, the Capital Stock of
the Borrower that is owned by Holdco), (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates
representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Group Member, (iii) cause such new
Subsidiary or Holdco, as the case may be, (A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement (and, in the case of Holdco, to enter into an amendment to this Agreement confirming that
Holdco shall be bound by all provisions of this Agreement applicable to it), (B) to take such
actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders
a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement with respect to such new Subsidiary or Holdco, as the case may be, including
the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required
by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative
Agent and (C) to deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of such Subsidiary or Holdco, as
the case may be, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and
attachments, and (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent
legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and
substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

     (d) With respect to any new Excluded Foreign Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing
Date by any Group Member (other than by any Group Member that is an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary),
promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest
in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by any such Group Member
(provided that in no event shall more than 66% of the total outstanding voting Capital
Stock of any such new Subsidiary be required to be so pledged), (ii) deliver to the Administrative
Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in
blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Group Member, and take
such other action as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to
perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein, and (iii) if requested by the
Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters
described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

     6.10. Post-Closing Items. Not later than 30 days from the Closing Date (or on such
later date as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole reasonable discretion), the Borrower
shall deliver or cause to be delivered the items listed on Schedule 6.10.

     SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Revolving Commitments remain in effect, any
Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Group Member to,
directly or indirectly:

     7.1. Financial Condition Covenants.

     (a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio on any day to
exceed 4.5 to 1.0.

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     (b) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending on or after April
4, 2010 to be less than 2.0 to 1.0; provided, that for the purposes of determining the
ratio described above for the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending April 4, 2010, July 4, 2010
and October 3, 2010, Consolidated Interest Expense for the relevant period shall be deemed to equal
Consolidated Interest Expense for such fiscal quarter (and, in the case of the latter two such
determinations, each previous fiscal quarter commencing after the Closing Date) multiplied by 4, 2
and 4/3, respectively.

     (c) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Senior Secured
Debt Ratio on any day to exceed 2.0 to 1.0.

     7.2. Indebtedness. Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer
to exist (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness, except:

     (a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;

     (b) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary
Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;

     (c) Guarantee Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries of obligations of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor;

     (d) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.2(d) and any
refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without increasing, or shortening the
maturity of, the principal amount thereof);

     (e) Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) secured by Liens
permitted by Section 7.3(g) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any one
time outstanding;

     (f) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

     (g) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Notes in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $250,000,000 and (ii) Guarantee Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor in
respect of such Indebtedness;

     (h) letters of credit denominated in any currency other than Dollars and related reimbursement
obligations so long as the aggregate face amount thereof together with the aggregate amount of any
reimbursement obligations owing in respect thereof (determined without duplication) does not exceed
$5,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

     (i) Permitted Additional Debt and Guarantee Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect
thereof, provided, that, prior to the incurrence thereof, the Borrower shall have delivered
to the Administrative Agent a certificate demonstrating that, upon giving effect to the incurrence
of such Indebtedness on a pro forma basis, (i) the Borrower shall be in compliance
with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 and (ii) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
shall be no greater than 4.25 to 1.0;

     (j) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof;
provided that (i) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and
is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary and (ii)
the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this paragraph 0) shall not
exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;

     (k) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in respect of workers’
compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or
liability insurance, self insurance obligations, performance, bid surety and similar bonds and
completion guarantees (not for borrowed money), in each case in the ordinary course of business;

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     (l) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or a Subsidiary providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-out payments or similar obligations, in each
case incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or Disposition of any business or
assets of the Borrower or any business, assets or Capital Stock of a Subsidiary, other than
guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business,
assets or a Subsidiary;

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

     (n) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary consisting of (i) the financing of
insurance premiums of (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case
in the ordinary course of business; and

     (o) additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal amount (for the Borrower and all Subsidiaries) not to exceed $5,000,000 at any one time
outstanding.

     7.3. Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its
property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

     (a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet subject to
penalties for nonpayment or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, provided that appropriate reserves required pursuant to GAAP have been
made in respect thereof;

     (b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue for a period of more
than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

     (c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment
insurance and other social security legislation;

     (d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for
borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds
and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (e) encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for,
licenses, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other
similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without
limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use
of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to
the ownership of its properties that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the
value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of
such Person;

     (f) Liens in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 7.3(f), securing
Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(d), provided that no such Lien is spread to
cover any additional property after the Closing Date and that the amount of Indebtedness
secured thereby is not increased;

     (g) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred pursuant to
Section 7.2(e) to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets, provided that
(i) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of such
fixed or capital assets, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than
the property financed by such Indebtedness and (iii) the amount of Indebtedness secured
thereby is not increased;

     (h) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a
Subsidiary after

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the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such
Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person
becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or
assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than proceeds), (iii) such Lien shall secure only
those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes
a Subsidiary, as the case may be and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements thereof
that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than by an amount not in
excess of accrued interest and fees and expenses, including premium and defeasance costs,
associated therewith) and (iv) neither (x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
obligations secured thereby nor (y) the aggregate fair market value (determined as of the date such
Lien is assumed) of the assets subject thereto exceeds (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries)
$5,000,000 at any one time;

     (i) Liens on assets of a Foreign Subsidiary securing debt incurred by such Foreign
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.2(f);

     (j) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;

     (k) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor or licensor under any lease, sublease or
license entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and
covering only the assets so leased, subleased or licensed;

     (l) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to
banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other
funds maintained with a depositary institution; provided that (i) such deposit account is
not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by the
Borrower in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board and
(ii) such deposit account is not intended by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to provide a lien to
the depository institution;

     (m) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding
operating leases entered into by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business;

     (n) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing
such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of
such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

     (o) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance
carriers;

     (p) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

     (q) Liens resulting from the cash collateralization of any letters of credit permitted by
Section 7.2(h);

     (r) Liens in favor of any Loan Party;

     (s) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Lien is adequately
bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of
such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be
initiated has not expired; and

     (t) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section so long as neither (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby nor (ii) the aggregate fair
market value (determined as of the date such Lien is incurred) of the assets subject thereto
exceeds (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries) $500,000 at any one time.

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     7.4. Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or
liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all
or substantially all of its property or business, except that:

     (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into the
Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving
corporation) or with or into any Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that
the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation);

     (b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets (i) to the
Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise)
or (ii) pursuant to a Disposition permitted by Section 7.5;

     (c) any Investment expressly permitted by Section 7.8 may be structured as a merger,
consolidation or amalgamation; and

     (d) the Holdco Reorganization may occur.

     7.5. Disposition of Property. Dispose of any of its property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such
Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except:

     (a) the Disposition of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of
business;

     (b) the sale of Cash Equivalents or inventory in the ordinary course of
business;

     (c) Dispositions permitted by clause (i) of Section 7.4(b);

     (d) the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Borrower or any
Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor;

     (e) the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles
and licenses, leases or subleases of other property, in each case in the ordinary course of
business and so long as any such transaction does not materially interfere with the business
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

     (f) any Disposition constituting a Restricted Payment permitted by Section 7.6 or an
Investment permitted by Section 7.8;

     (g) the granting of a Lien permitted by Section 7.3 (but not the exercise of any remedy
in connection therewith);

     (h) Dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or
collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar
proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;

     (i) the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property pursuant to manufacturing
license agreements or technical assistance agreements with certain foreign governments, or
otherwise in accordance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations; and

     (j) the Disposition of other property having a fair market value not to exceed
$2,500,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the Borrower.

     7.6. Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable
solely in common stock of the Person making such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of,
or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption,
defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of any Group Member, whether now
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respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of
any Group Member (collectively, “Restricted Payments”), except that:

     (a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments ratably to the holders of its
Capital Stock;

     (b) any Group Member may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Capital Stock
payable solely in additional Capital Stock of the same class;

     (c) for each taxable year beginning after the Closing Date with respect to which the
Borrower is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Borrower may make
distributions, advances or other payments to each member, in an amount equal to the product
of (i) the portion of the Borrower’s “taxable income” (as modified below) allocable to such
member for such period and (ii) the highest combined marginal federal, state and/or local
income tax rate applicable to any member for such period; provided, that, for
purposes of this paragraph (c), the Borrower’s “taxable income” for any period shall be
computed (x) without any deduction for any interest expense attributable to any indebtedness
of the Borrower used to finance distributions (as determined in accordance with Treasury
Regulation Section 1.163-8T) or any indebtedness treated as having refinanced any such
indebtedness, or any other interest expense incurred by the Borrower that, in each case, is
not treated as deductible for federal income tax purposes by each member of the Borrower and
(y) for the avoidance of doubt, by including any increases to taxable income as a result of
any tax examination, audit or other adjustment, whether for taxable years ended prior to or
after the Closing Date;

     (d) the Borrower may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions to
Holdco, provided that Holdco uses the proceeds of such Restricted Payments solely to
pay administrative expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (e) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement for value
(collectively, “repurchases”) of Capital Stock (or options, warrants, equity
appreciation rights or other rights to purchase or acquire Capital Stock) of the Borrower or
any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower held by any existing or former employees or
management of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or their assigns, estates or
heirs, in each case in connection with the repurchase provisions under employee stock option
or stock purchase agreements or other agreements to compensate management employees approved
by the Board of Directors of the Borrower; provided that (i) such Capital Stock, or
options, warrants, equity appreciation rights or other rights to purchase or acquire Capital
Stock, were received for services related to, or for the benefit of, the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, (ii) no such repurchases may be made at any time when (x) any Revolving Loans
are outstanding (which, for the avoidance of doubt, for this purpose shall not include
Letters of Credit) or (y) a Default or Event of Default is in existence and (iii) the
aggregate amount expended in connection with such repurchases shall not exceed $2,500,000
during any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year ending on or after
December 31, 2010 being permitted to be carried over to the next succeeding calendar year so
long as any repurchases made pursuant to this paragraph (e) during any calendar year shall
be deemed made, first, in respect of amounts permitted for such calendar year as
provided above and, second in respect of amounts carried over from the prior
calendar year);

     (f) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$10,000,000 during the term of this Agreement for the purpose described to the Agents prior
to the Closing Date; and

     (g) in addition to Restricted Payments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section,
the Group Members may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$20,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; provided that no such Restricted
Payments may be made at any time when (i) any Revolving Loans are outstanding (which, for
the avoidance of doubt, for this purpose shall not include Letters of Credit) or (ii) a
Default or Event of Default is in existence.

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     7.7. Capital Expenditures. Make or commit to make any Capital Expenditure, except (a)
Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business not
exceeding $10,000,000; provided, that (i) up to $5,000,000 of any such amount referred to
above, if not so expended in the fiscal year for which it is permitted, may be carried over for
expenditure in the next succeeding fiscal year and (ii) Capital Expenditures made pursuant to this
Section during any fiscal year shall be deemed made, first, in respect of amounts permitted
for such fiscal year as provided above and, second, in respect of amounts carried over from
the prior fiscal year pursuant to clause (i) above, and (b) Capital Expenditures of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries related to the possible relocation of the Borrower’s headquarters in
Connecticut to another facility not exceeding $10,000,000 so long as, after giving Pro Forma Effect
thereto, no Event of Default shall be in existence under Section 7.1.

     7.8. Investments. Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or
otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or
other debt securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make any other
investment in, any Person (all of the foregoing, “Investments”), except:

     (a) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

     (b) investments in Cash Equivalents;

     (c) Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 7.2;

     (d) loans and advances to employees of any Group Member in the ordinary course of
business (including for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses) in an aggregate
amount for all Group Members not to exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding;

     (e) intercompany Investments by any Group Member in the Borrower or any Person that,
prior to such investment, is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor;

     (f) Investments in Holdco to pay administrative expenses incurred in the ordinary
course of business;

     (g) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time
of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are
made in the ordinary course of business;

     (h) Investments made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from a
Disposition permitted by Section 7.5;

     (i) Investments in existence on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.8(i);

     (j) Swap Agreements permitted by Section 7.12;

     (k) Investments made in connection with the funding of contributions under any
nonqualified retirement plan or similar employee compensation plan in an amount not to
exceed the amount of compensation expense recognized by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
connection with such plans;

     (l) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies,
materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of
intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

     (m) Permitted Acquisitions; and

     (n) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section,
Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount (valued at
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term of this Agreement, the sum of (i) $15,000,000 and (ii) the lesser of (x) 50% of
cumulative Consolidated Net Income since the Closing Date and (y) $10,000,000.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Investment made pursuant to paragraph (m) or (n)
above that is financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of Revolving Loans (any such Loans,
“Investment Loans”), at the time of such Investment after giving effect thereto the sum of
(i) all Investment Loans made after the Closing Date (without giving effect to any subsequent
prepayment thereof) and (ii) the outstanding L/C Obligations at the time of such Investment shall
not exceed $40,000,000.

     7.9. Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. (a) Make or
offer to make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or
otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to the Senior Notes or
any Permitted Additional Debt or (b) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree
to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Senior Notes or
any Permitted Additional Debt in a manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders.

     7.10. Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into or conduct any transaction (including
the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or asset or the rendering of any service)
with any Affiliate of the Borrower (an “Affiliate Transaction”) unless (x) the terms of
such Affiliate Transaction are fair, reasonable and no less favorable to the relevant Group Member
than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an
Affiliate and (y) in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate consideration in
excess of $5,000,000, the terms of such transaction have been approved by a majority of the members
of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower or by a majority of the
members of such board of directors or equivalent governing body having no personal stake in such
transaction, if any (and such majority or majorities, as the case may be, determines that such
Affiliate Transaction satisfies the criteria in clause (x) above).

     The preceding paragraph will not apply to:

     (a) any transaction between Group Members permitted hereby;

     (b) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 7.6;

     (c) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities
or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements and other compensation
arrangements, options to purchase Capital Stock of the Borrower, restricted stock plans,
long-term incentive plans, stock appreciation rights plans, participation plans or similar
employee benefits plans and/or indemnity provided on behalf of officers and employees
approved by the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower;

     (d) the payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to and indemnity provided on
behalf of directors of a Group Member;

     (e) any agreement as in effect as of the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.10(e),
as each such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time
to time, so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension or renewal is
not more disadvantageous to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any material respect
in the good faith judgment of the Borrower when taken as a whole than the terms of such
agreement in effect on the Closing Date;

     (f) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or
purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of the
business of the Group Members and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement;
provided that in the good faith determination of the Borrower, such transactions are
on terms that are no less favorable to the relevant Group Member than those that could have
been obtained at the time of such transactions in a comparable transaction by such Group
Member with an unrelated Person;

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     (g) any issuance or sale of Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than Capital Stock
that matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, is convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or is redeemable at the
holder’s option) to Affiliates of the Borrower and the granting of registration and other
customary rights in connection therewith;

     (h) so long as no Default or Event of Default is in existence or would result
therefrom, the payment of the Base Fee under and defined in the Sponsor Management Agreement
or any amendment thereto not to exceed the amount set forth in the Sponsor Management
Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date; and

     (i) the payment of all fees and expenses related to the transactions (including the
Senior Notes) contemplated by this Agreement on the Closing Date.

     7.11. Sales and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for
the leasing by any Group Member of real or personal property that has been or is to be sold or
transferred by such Group Member to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or
are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of such
Group Member.

     7.12. Swap Agreements. Enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements
entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure
(other than those in respect of Capital Stock or the Senior Notes) and (b) Swap Agreements entered
into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates,
from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing
liability or investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

     7.13. Changes in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a
day other than December 31 or change the Borrower’s method of determining fiscal quarters.

     7.14. Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any
agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Group Member to create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party other than (a)
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the Senior Note Indenture as in effect on the
Closing Date, (c) any agreements governing Permitted Additional Debt so long as such prohibitions
or limitations are not materially more restrictive than those set forth in the Senior Note
Indenture as in effect on the Closing Date and (d) any agreements governing any purchase money
Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or
limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby).

     7.15. Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or suffer to exist or
become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary of the
Borrower to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held
by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) make
loans or advances to, or other Investments in, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower
or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, except
for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing
under the Loan Documents and (ii) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to
an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially
all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary.

     7.16. Lines of Business. Enter into any business, either directly or through any
Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on
the date of this Agreement or that are reasonably related thereto.

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     SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:

     (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation when
due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan
or Reimbursement Obligation, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, within three Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in
accordance with the terms hereof; or

     (b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any
other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or financial or other
statement famished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other
Loan Document shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date
made or deemed made; or

     (c) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained
in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.4(a) (with respect to the Borrower only), Section 6.7(a) or
Section 7 of this Agreement or Sections 5.5 and 5.6(b) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;
or

     (d) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a)
through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days
after notice to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

     (e) any Group Member shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any
Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Loans) on the scheduled or
original due date with respect thereto; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on
any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement
under which such Indebtedness was created; or (iii) default in the observance or performance of any
other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or
agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition
exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder
or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary)
to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its
stated maturity or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to
become payable; provided, that a default, event or condition described in clause (i), (ii)
or (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such
time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of which is $3,000,000 or more; or

     (f) (i) any Group Member shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any
existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with
respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with
respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets; or
(ii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action of a
nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any
such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of 60
days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other
action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against
all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief
that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days
from the entry thereof; or (iv) any Group Member shall take any action in furtherance of, or
indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause
(i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Group Member shall generally not, or

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shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become
due; or (vi) or any Group Member shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors; or

     (g) (i) an ERISA Event shall have occurred, (ii) a trustee shall be appointed by a
United States district court to administer any Pension Plan, (iii) the PBGC shall institute
proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan(s), (iv) any Loan Party or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has
incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such entity
does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not
contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner; or (v) any other
event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses
(i) through (v) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or
conditions, if any, could, in the sole judgment of the Required Lenders, reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

     (h) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Group Member
involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance as to which
the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage) of $3,000,000 or more, and all
such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending
appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof; or

     (i) any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and
effect, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert, or any Lien
created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the same
effect and priority purported to be created thereby; or

     (j) the guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any Loan Party or any
Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert; or

     (k) a Change of Control shall occur; or

     (l) if the Holdco Reorganization occurs, Holdco shall (i) own any property other than
the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) engage in any business other than business
incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock of the Borrower or (iii) have any
liabilities other than its obligations under the Loan Documents and tax liabilities and
administrative expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business;

then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or
(ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower, automatically the Revolving Commitments
shall immediately terminate and the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts
owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations,
whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the
documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is
any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the
consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Revolving
Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Commitments shall immediately
terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon
the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower,
declare the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the
beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required
thereunder) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and
payable. With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall
not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall at
such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal
to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such
cash collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn
under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof
after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be
applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.
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Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Borrower
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in
such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower (or such other Person as may be
lawfully entitled thereto). Except as expressly provided above in this Section, presentment,
demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.

     SECTION 9. THE AGENTS

     9.1. Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the
Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take
such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative
Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in
this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except
those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied
covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

     9.2. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and
shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

     9.3. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any
action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a
final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or
such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any
of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party
or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any
certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the
Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value,
validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations
hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or
to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions
of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of
any Loan Party.

     9.4. Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely,
and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent,
certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy or email message, statement, order or other document or
conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the
proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the
Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes
unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with
the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing
to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive
such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all
Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the
Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected
in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in
accordance with a request of the
Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any
action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all
future holders of the Loans.

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     9.5. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative
Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing
such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” In the
event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give
notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such
Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so
specified by this Agreement, all Lenders); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent
shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to)
take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of
Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

     9.6. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that
neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act
by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate
of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any
Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon
any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and
made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and
based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make
its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to
inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other
documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder,
the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any
credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that
may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors,
employees, agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

     9.7. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent and its officers,
directors, employees, affiliates, agents, advisors and controlling persons (each, an “Agent
Indemnitee”) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation
of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in
effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is
sought after the date upon which the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans
shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages
immediately prior to such date; provided that, in the case of Section 2.19, when a
Defaulting Lender shall exist, any such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment shall be
disregarded in the calculation), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind
whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against such Agent Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of, the
Revolving Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
or any action taken or omitted by such Agent Indemnitee under or in connection with any of the
foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of
the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

     9.8. Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans
to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though
such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to
any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and
powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as
though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its
individual capacity.

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     9.9. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as
Administrative Agent upon 10 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative
Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then
the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which
successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 8(a) or Section 8(f) with respect
to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent
shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term
“Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and
approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent
shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former
Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no
successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days
following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and
perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the
Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 and of Section 10.5
shall continue to inure to its benefit.

     9.10. Syndication Agent. The Syndication Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.

     SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

     10.1. Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any
terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 10.1. The Required Lenders and each Loan Party party to the relevant
Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent
and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (a) enter into
written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the
purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any
manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on
such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be,
may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided,
however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i)
forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, extend the
scheduled date of any amortization payment in respect of any Term Loan, reduce the stated rate of
any interest or fee payable hereunder (except (x) in connection with the waiver of applicability of
any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall be effective with the consent of
the Majority Facility Lenders of each adversely affected Facility) and (y) that any amendment or
modification of defined terns used in the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not
constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (i)) or extend
the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of
any Lender’s Revolving Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby; (ii) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section 10.1
without the written consent of such Lender; (iii) reduce any percentage specified in the definition
of Required Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, release all or substantially all of
the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their
obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case without the written consent
of all Lenders; (iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.13 or 10.7(a) without the
written consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of each Facility adversely affected
thereby; (v) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 5.2 without the written consent of the
Majority Facility Lenders under the Revolving Facility; (vi) reduce the amount of Net Cash Proceeds
or Excess Cash Flow required to be applied to prepay Loans under this Agreement without the written
consent of the Majority Facility Lenders with respect to each Facility adversely affected thereby;
(vii) reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Majority Facility Lenders with respect
to any Facility without the written consent of all Lenders under such Facility; (viii) amend,
modify or waive any provision of Section 9 or any other provision of any Loan Document that affects
the Administrative Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent; (ix) amend,
modify or waive any provision of Section 2.19 without the written consent of the Administrative
Agent and the Issuing Lender; or (x) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 without the
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consent of the Issuing Lender. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification
shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders,
the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan
Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and
rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived
shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with
the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add
one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit
from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to
share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans
and Revolving Extensions of Credit and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to
include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the
Required Lenders and Majority Facility Lenders.

     In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written
consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant
Replacement Revolving Commitments (as defined below) to permit the replacement or modification of
all outstanding Revolving Commitments (“Replaced Revolving Commitments”) with a replacement
revolving credit facility hereunder (“Replacement Revolving Commitments”), provided
that (a) the aggregate amount of such Replacement Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the
aggregate amount of such Replaced Revolving Commitments, (b) such Replacement Revolving Commitments
shall not have a scheduled termination or any scheduled reductions prior to January 31, 2014 and
(c) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Revolving Commitments shall be substantially
identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Commitments
than, those applicable to such Replaced Revolving Commitments, except to the extent necessary to
provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of
the Term Loans.

     In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written
consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant
Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing, replacement or modification of
all outstanding Term Loans, if any (“Replaced Term Loans”) with a replacement term loan
tranche hereunder (“Replacement Term Loans”), provided that (a) the aggregate
principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of
such Replaced Term Loans, (b) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be
higher than the Applicable Margin for such Replaced Term Loans and (c) the weighted average life to
maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to
maturity of such Replaced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing.

     In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) Incremental Amendments shall require only the
consent of the Persons specified in Section 2.3 and (b) if the Holdco Reorganization occurs, this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended without the consent of any Lender to the
extent deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent to reflect the existence of Holdco.

     10.2. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties
hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business
Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when
received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and as set
forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the
Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:

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	 	Borrower:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	 

	 	 	 	547 New Park Avenue
	 

	 	 	 	West Hartford, CT 06110-1336
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	LTGEN Wm M. Keys, USMC (Ret.)
	 

	 	 	 	President and CEO
	 

	 	Facsimile:
	 	(860) 244-1481 
	 

	 	Telephone:
	 	(860) 244-1300 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	With copies to:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Colt Defense LLC
	 

	 	 	 	547 New Park Avenue
	 

	 	 	 	West Hartford, CT 06110-1336
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Jeffrey G. Grody
	 

	 	 	 	Senior Vice President and General Counsel
	 

	 	Facsimile:
	 	(860) 244-1475 
	 

	 	Telephone:
	 	(860) 244-1325 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Herrick, Feinstein LLP
	 

	 	 	 	2 Park Avenue
	 

	 	 	 	New York, NY 10016
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Richard M. Morris
	 

	 	Facsimile:
	 	(212) 545-3371 
	 

	 	Telephone:
	 	(212) 592-1432 
	 

	 	Email:
	 	rmorris@Herrick.com
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
	 

	 	 	 	80 Pine Street
	 

	 	 	 	New York, NY 10005
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	William J. Miller
	 

	 	Facsimile:
	 	(212) 378-2500 
	 

	 	Telephone:
	 	(212) 701-3836 
	 

	 	Email:
	 	wmiller@cahill.com
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Administrative Agent:
	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	 

	 	 	 	270 Park Avenue
	 

	 	 	 	New York, NY 10017
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Matthew H. Massie
	 

	 	Facsimile:
	 	(212) 270-5100 
	 

	 	Telephone:
	 	(212) 270-5432 
	 

	 	Email:
	 	Matthew.Massie@jpmorgan.com

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders shall not be effective until received.

     Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided
that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. 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.

     10.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in
exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or

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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 are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

     10.4. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties
made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered
pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.

     10.5. Payment of Expenses. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all its reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or
modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in
connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent and filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements
with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the
case of amounts to be paid on the Closing Date) and from time to time thereafter on a quarterly
basis or such other periodic basis as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate, (b) to pay
or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents and any such other documents, including the fees and disbursements of counsel and (c) to
pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender, the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent and their
respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, advisors and controlling persons
(each, an “Indemnitee”) harmless from and against any and all other liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any
such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans
or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the
operations of any Group Member or any of the Properties and the reasonable fees and expenses of
legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against any Loan
Party under any Loan Document (all the foregoing in this clause (c), collectively, the
“Indemnified Liabilities”), provided, that (i) reimbursement of fees and expenses
of counsel pursuant to clause (b) or (c) above shall be limited to one counsel to the
Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Lenders taken as a whole (and, if deemed
necessary by the Administrative Agent, one local counsel and one regulatory counsel to the
Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Lenders taken as a whole in each appropriate
jurisdiction), unless (x) the interests of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the
Lenders are sufficiently divergent, in which case the fees and expenses of one additional counsel
to the Lenders (in addition to counsel to the Administrative Agent and Syndication Agent) shall be
so reimbursed or (y) if the interests of any Lender or group of Lenders (other than all of the
Lenders) are distinctly or disproportionately affected, in which case the fees and expenses of one
counsel for each such Lender or group of Lenders (in addition to counsel to the Administrative
Agent and Syndication Agent) shall be so reimbursed and (ii) the Borrower shall have no obligation
hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified
Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to
have resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or
(y) a breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations under the Loan Documents. Without
limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to
assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its
Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of recovery with respect to
all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of
whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by
statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section 10.5 shall be
payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower
pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall be submitted to the Borrower at the address of the Borrower set
forth in Section 10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the
Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section 10.5 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder. This Section 10.5 shall not apply to any taxes other than taxes, if any, that
represent damages resulting from a non-tax claim.

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     10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participation and Assignments.

     (a) 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 (including any
affiliate of the Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may
not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without
such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights
or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.

     (b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign
to one or more assignees other than (x) a Defaulting Lender or (y) a Competitor (each, an
“Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Revolving Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) at any time on
or after June 30, 2010, with the prior written consent of:

     (A) the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), provided that
no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of
a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, if an Event of Default under Section 8(a)
or (1) has occurred and is continuing, any other Person; and

     (B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative
Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender,
an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.

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

     (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an
Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Revolving Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Revolving Commitments
or 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) shall not be less than, in the case of Term Facility, $1,000,000, and
in the case of the Revolving Facility, $2,000,000, unless each of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of the
Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2)
such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its affiliates or Approved
Funds, if any;

     (B) (1) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500
and (2) the assigning Lender shall have paid in full any amounts owing by it to the
Administrative Agent; and

     (C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent an administrative questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit
contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public
information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their
respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in
accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal
and state securities laws.

     For the purposes of this Section 10.6, “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a
natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or
managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an entity
that administers or manages a Lender.

     (iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, from
and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee thereunder
shall be a party hereto 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

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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 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 10.5). Any assignment or transfer by a
Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.6
shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such
rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

     (iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall
maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a
register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Revolving
Commitments of, and principal amount 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, the Issuing Lender and
the Lenders shall 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.

     (v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee
shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph
(b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the
information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of
this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

     (c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities other than a Competitor (a
“Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitments and the Loans owing to it);
provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of
such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the other
Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement 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 may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the
consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of
Section 10.1 and (2) directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this
Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections
2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations of such sections (including the
obligation to provide forms under Section 2.15(d)) and Sections 2.17 and 2.18 to the same extent as
if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 10.7(b) as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to
Section 10.7(a) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting
solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the
name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each
Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant
Register”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error,
and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the
owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.

     (ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or
2.15 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. Any Participant that is a Non-U.S. Lender shall not
be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless such Participant complies with Section 2.15(d).

     (d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or
assignment to secure obligations

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to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a
security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall
release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee
for such Lender as a party hereto.

     (e) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue
Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph
(d) above.

     (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it
may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 10.6(b). Each of
the Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute
against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state
bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest
maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however,
that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless
each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to
institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.

     10.7. Adjustments; Set-off.

     (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement or a court order expressly provides for payments
to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender
(a “Benefitted Lender”) shall receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing
to it (other than in connection with an assignment made pursuant to Section 10.6), or receive any
collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events
or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion
than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of the
Obligations owing to such other Lender, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the
other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other
Lender, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be
necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such
collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any
portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender,
such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of
such recovery, but without interest.

     (b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall
have the right, without notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the
Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any Obligations becoming due and payable
by the Borrower (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to apply to the
payment of such Obligations, by set-off or otherwise, any and all deposits (general or special,
time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or
claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured
or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender, any affiliate thereof or any of their
respective branches or agencies to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower. Each Lender
agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such application made
by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity
of such application.

     10.8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to
this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page
of this Agreement by email or facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall
be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

     10.9. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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     10.10. Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire
agreement of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject
matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set
forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

     10.11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     10.12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Borrower hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally:

     (a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of
the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States for the Southern
District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

     (b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and
waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

     (c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by
mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of
mail), postage prepaid, to the Borrower at its address set forth in Section 10.2 or at such
other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

     (d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in
any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction;
and

     (e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim
or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special,
exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

     10.13. Acknowledgements. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

     (a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

     (b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with
or duty to the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, and the relationship between Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one
hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely
that of debtor and creditor; and

     (c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise
exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the
Borrower and the Lenders.

     10.14. Releases of Guarantees and Liens.

     (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document,
the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of
notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 10.1) to take any action
requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations
(i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan
Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 10.1 or (ii) under the
circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.

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     (b) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the other obligations under
the Loan Documents (other than (i) obligations under or in respect of Specified Swap Agreements or
Specified Cash Management Agreements not yet due and payable and (ii) contingent obligations not
yet accrued and payable under the Loan Documents) shall have been paid in full, the Revolving
Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding (or any outstanding
Letters of Credit shall have been cash collateralized or backstopped by other letters of credit, in
each case in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent), the Collateral shall be released
from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all obligations
(other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and
each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any
instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

     10.15. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to
keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party, the Administrative
Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement that is designated by the
provider thereof as confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the
Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative
Agent, any other Lender or any affiliate thereof, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with the
provisions of this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any direct or indirect
counterparty to any Swap Agreement (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to its
employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of
any of its affiliates, (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in
response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required
pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any
litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been publicly disclosed, (h) to the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized
rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in
connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in connection with the exercise
of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (j) if agreed by the Borrower in its
sole discretion, to any other Person.

     Each Lender acknowledges that information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower and its
Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities, and confirms that it has
developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and that it
will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable
law, including Federal and state securities laws.

     All information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public
information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective
securities. Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that
it has identified in its administrative questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information
that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and
applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.

     10.16. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

     10.17. USA Patriot Act. Each 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 “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information
that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.

-66-

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COLT DEFENSE LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Wm M. Keys
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	LTGEN Wm M. Keys, USMC (Ret.) 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
as a Lender

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Matthew H. Massie
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Matthew H. Massie 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 
	 	MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Syndication
Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Peter Zippelius
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Peter Zippelius 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Peter Zippelius
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Peter Zippelius 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 

 

Schedule 1.1(A)

Revolving Commitments

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Revolving	 
	Lender	 	Commitments	 
	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	 	$	25,000,000	 
	Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
	 	$	25,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Total
	 	$	50,000,000	 

Schedule 1.1(A)-1

 

 

Schedule 1.1(B)

Certain Real Property

Colt Defense LLC

None.

Colt Rapid Mat LLC

None.

Schedule 1.1(B)-1

 

 

Schedule 4.4

Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices

Colt Defense LLC

None.

Colt Rapid Mat LLC

None.

Schedule 4.4-1

 

 

Schedule 4.15

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries of Colt Defense LLC:

	 	 	 

	Name:

	 	Colt Canada Corporation
	 
	 	 
	Jurisdiction of Formation:

	 	Nova Scotia
	 
	 	 
	Number of Shares of each class of Equity Interests
outstanding:

	 	100 shares of common stock, no par value
	 
	 	 
	No. and % of Shares owned by parent:

	 	100 shares of common stock; 100% ownership
	 
	 	 
	Number and effect of all outstanding options,
warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other
similar rights:

	 	None
	 
	 	 
	Name:

	 	Colt Rapid Mat LLC
	 
	 	 
	Jurisdiction of Formation:

	 	Delaware
	 
	 	 
	Number of Shares of each class of Equity Interests
outstanding:

	 	None
	 
	 	 
	No. and % of Shares owned by parent:

	 	100% ownership — sole member
	 
	 	 
	Number and effect of all outstanding options,
warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other
similar rights:

	 	None

Subsidiaries of Colt Canada Corporation:            None.

Subsidiaries of Colt Rapid Mat LLC:

	 	 	 

	Name:

	 	Colt Rapid Mat SarL
	 
	 	 
	Jurisdiction of Formation:

	 	Switzerland
	 
	 	 
	Number of Shares of each class of Equity Interests
outstanding:

	 	None
	 
	 	 
	No. and % of Shares owned by parent:

	 	68% ownership*
	 
	 	 
	Number and effect of all outstanding options,
warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other
similar rights:

	 	None

 

			
	*	 	Ownership interests are not certificated. The remaining ownership interests are held by two
individuals, R. Timothy Tapp and Jean-Claude Roch.

Schedule 4.15-1

 

 

Schedule 6.10

Post-Closing Matters

     1. The Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, certificates representing the limited
liability company interests of Colt Rapid Mat LLC pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.

     2. The Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Patent Security Agreement, by and
between Colt Rapid Mat LLC, as grantor, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
under the Credit Agreement.

     3. The Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, insurance certificates satisfying the
requirements of Section 5.2(b) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

     4. The Borrower shall make all commercially reasonable efforts to deliver, or caused to be
delivered, evidence, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the termination and release of
the liens on the following patent and trademark filings:

     (a) Untitled grant of security interest, dated as of September 28, 1994, by and between
Colt’s Manufacturing Company, Inc. and the First National Bank of Boston.

     (b) Amended and Restated Patent Collateral Security and Pledge Agreement, dated as of
December 16, 1998, by and between Colt’s Manufacturing Company, Inc. and BankBoston, N.A.

     (c) Untitled grant of security interest, dated as of June 11, 2003, by and between Colt
Defense LLC and Fleet Capital Corporation (as Successor in Interest to Fleet National Bank).

     (d) Untitled grant of security interest, dated as of September 28, 1994, by and between
New Colt Holding Corp. and the First National Bank of Boston.

     (e) Untitled license, dated as of September 28, 1994, by and between New Colt Holding
Corp. and Colt’s Manufacturing Company, Inc.

     (f) Amended and Restated Trademark Collateral Security and Pledge Agreement, dated as
of December 16, 1998, by and between Colt’s Manufacturing Company and BankBoston, N.A.

     (g) Amended and Restated Trademark Collateral Security and Pledge Agreement, dated as
of December 16, 1998, by and between New Colt Holding and BankBoston, N.A.*

     (h) Untitled grant of security interest, dated as of November 28, 2001, by and
between New Colt Holding Corp. and Fleet National Bank.

     (i) Untitled grant of security interest, dated as of November 28, 2001, by and between
Colt’s Manufacturing Company, Inc. and Fleet National Bank.

     (j) Untitled assignment of entire interest, dated as of June 11, 2003, by and between
Colt Defense LLC and Fleet Capital Corporation.”**

 

			
	*	 	Note: The title of the agreement specifies that it is dated as of December 23, 1998, but the
filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office specifies that it is dated as of December
16, 1998.
	 
	**	 	Note: This agreement is a security interest that was erroneously filed as an assignment.

Schedule 6.10-1

 

 

Schedule 7.2(d)

Indebtedness Existing on the Closing Date

Colt Defense LLC

	 	 	 	 	 

	Capital Leases:
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Bank of America — Barrel Line
	 	$	783,513	 
	 
	GE Capital — Compressors
	 	$	20,401	 
	 
	NMHG Financial Services, Inc. — Forklift trucks
	 	$	2,902	 
	 
	NXeGEN — Facility Lighting
	 	$	22,228	 
	 
	Bank of America — Bolt Line
	 	$	2,048,479	 
	 
	Bank of America — Barrel Line Machinery
	 	$	1,480,335	 
	 
	Trade Accounts Payable* in the ordinary course of business
past due for more than 120 days after the date on which
such trade accounts payable was created:
	 	None	 
	 
	Bank of America Standby Letters of Credit
	 	$	1,513,507	 
	 
	UAE Contingent Reimbursement Obligations
	 	$	2,969,318	 

Colt Rapid Mat LLC

None.

Colt Canada Corporation

None.

 

			
	*	 	Trade Accounts Payable is understood to represent any payment due to suppliers of raw materials,
production parts, utilities, supplies, freight, and services related to the production of our
product, and not professional services such as legal expenses and commissions.

Schedule 7.2(d)-1

 

 

Schedule 7.3(f)

Liens Existing on the Closing Date

Colt Defense LLC

Real Property:

None.

Personal Property:

	 	 	 

	Original financing statement number 41718032
	Secured Party:
	 	IOS Capital, LLC
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	June 8, 2004
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 42391870
	Secured Party:
	 	IOS Capital, LLC
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	August 23, 2004
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 43644632
	Secured Party:
	 	NMHG Financial Services, Inc.
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	December 27, 2004
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 50059593
	Secured Party
	 	California First Leasing Corporation
	Debtor
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	January 6, 2005
	Date of Amendment
	 	June 16, 2005
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 51519827
	Secured Party:
	 	West Bank
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	May 17, 2005
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased equipment

Schedule 7.3(f)-1

 

 

	 	 	 

	Original financing statement number 64195020
	Secured Party:
	 	General Electric Capital Corporation
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	November 15, 2006
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Specific Equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 70993898
	Secured Party:
	 	IOS Capital
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	March 16, 2007
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased Equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 0002455851
	Secured Party:
	 	USACH Technologies Inc.
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	May 14, 2007
	Location of Filing:
	 	Connecticut Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Specific Equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 72966314
	Secured Party:
	 	IKON Financial Services
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	August 4, 2007
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 73439691
	Secured Party:
	 	IKON Financial Services
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	September 11, 2007
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 73439709
	Secured Party:
	 	IKON Financial Services
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	September 11, 2007
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 74216734
	Secured Party:
	 	Bank of America Leasing & Capital LLC
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	November 6, 2007
	Date of Amendment:
	 	January 11, 2008
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased Equipment

Schedule 7.3(f)-2

 

 

	 	 	 

	Original financing statement number 74899794
	Secured Party:
	 	MagnetBank
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	December 28, 2007
	Date of Amendment:
	 	January 9, 2008
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Leased Equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 74899844
	Secured Party:
	 	The Huntington National Bank
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	December 28, 2007
	Date of Amendment:
	 	March 19, 2008
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Specific Equipment
	 
	 	 
	Original financing statement number 92483730
	Secured Party:
	 	Makino Inc.
	Debtor:
	 	Colt Defense LLC
	Date of Filing:
	 	August 4, 2009
	Location of Filing:
	 	Delaware Secretary of State
	Property covered:
	 	Specific Equipment

Cash Collateral Account at Interaudi Bank securing UAE warranty obligation: $478,982

Bank of America Standby Letters of Credit: $1,513,507

Colt Canada Corporation

Real Property:

     The following title encumbrances/registrations affect Colt Canada’s title to its property
located at 1036 Wilson Avenue, Kitchener, Ontario N2C 1J3 Canada:

     (a) Instrument No. 287664 registered on November 3, 1964 constitute a by-law enacted by
The Corporation of the City of Kitchener designating an area of subdivision control.

     (b) Instrument No. 478053 registered on September 19, 1972 constitute an agreement in
favour of The Corporation of the City of Kitchener.

     (c) Instrument No. 621290 registered on February 20, 1978 constitute a complete release
of Agreement No. 478053.

     (d) Instrument No. WR125665 registered on May 20, 2005 is a transfer/deed of land in
favour of Diemaco Inc. from Devtek Corporation.

     (e) Charge/Mortgage of Land granted by Diemaco Inc. to Bank of America, N.A. (PIN
22731-0044 (LT)), on Lot 9, Registrar’s Compiled Plan 1522, City of Kitchener, Regional
Municipality of Waterloo, registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles
Division of Waterloo on May 20, 2005 as Instrument WR125742.

Schedule 7.3(f)-3

 

 

     In addition to the above title encumbrances, the following qualifications may also affect
Colt Canada’s title to its property located at 1036 Wilson Avenue, Kitchener, Ontario N2C 1J3
Canada:

     (f) Rights of expropriation, access or user or any similar rights conferred by or
reserved in any statutes of Canada or the Province of Ontario.

     (g) Easements, restrictions, rights of way, licenses, leases and like rights not
disclosed by publicly available registrations including rights that may have arisen by
prescription through possession or otherwise.

     Exceptions and qualifications of Section 44(1) of the Land Titles Act (Ontario), except
paragraph 11 thereof.

Personal Property:

     (a) Security granted by Colt Canada Corporation in favour of MCAP Leasing Inc., and registered
on July 13, 2005 under the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario), for a term of three years
(Registration No. 20050713 1439 8077 8896, File No. 616955121) (collateral: leased Ricoh
photocopier).

Colt Rapid Mat LLC

Real Property:

None.

Personal Property:

None.

Schedule 7.3(f)-4

 

 

Schedule 7.8(i)

Investments Existing on the Closing Date

Colt Defense LLC

None.

Colt Rapid Mat LLC

None.

Schedule 7.8(i)-1

 

 

Schedule 7.10(e)

Affiliate Transactions Existing on the Closing Date

     1. Sponsor Management Agreement, between certain of the management companies associated with
Sciens Management, L.L.C. and Colt Defense LLC, as amended, restated or modified from time to time.

     2. License Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2003, between Colt Defense LLC and New Colt
Holding Corp., and any amendment thereto.

     3. First Amended and Restated Sublease Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2005, between Colt
Defense LLC and Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC, and any amendment thereto.

     4. Intercompany Services Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2007, between Colt Defense LLC and
Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC, and any amendment thereto.

     5. Match Target Agreements, and any amendments thereto, as described in the Offering
Memorandum dated November 3, 2009, relating to the issuance of $250 million aggregate principal
amount of 8.75% Senior Notes due 2017 by Colt Defense LLC and Colt Finance Corp.

Schedule 7.10(e)-1

 

 

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

[See Attached]

Ex. A-1

 

 

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Financial Statement Date: [ ]

     This Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b) of the Credit Agreement,
dated as of November 10, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
(the “Credit Agreement”), among Colt Defense LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto, the Syndication Agent named therein
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

     The undersigned Responsible Officer hereby certifies, solely in [his/her] capacity as an
officer of the Borrower and not in [his/her] individual capacity, as of the date hereof that
[he/she] is the of                                          the Borrower, and that, as such, [he/she] is authorized to execute and deliver
this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Borrower, and that:

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements]

     1. Attached hereto as Attachment 1 are the year-end audited financial statements
required by Section
6.1 (a) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal year of the Borrower ended as of the above date,
together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant required by such
section.

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements]

     1. Attached hereto as Attachment 1 are the unaudited financial statements required by Section
6.1(b) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended as of the above date.
Such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with
GAAP as at such date, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes.

     2. The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Credit Agreement and has
made or caused to be made under [his/her] supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the
transactions and condition of the Borrower during the accounting period covered by the financial
statements attached hereto.

[select one:]

     [To the knowledge of the undersigned during such accounting period, the Borrower performed and
observed each covenant of the Loan Documents applicable to it, and no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing.]

—or—

     [The following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed and the following
is a list of each such Default or Event of Default, as applicable, and its nature and status:]

     3. The financial covenant analyses and information delivered in compliance with Section 6.2(b)
and the computations showing compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.1 of the Credit
Agreement are set forth on Attachment 2.

Ex. B-1

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certificate this                      day of                     , 200   .

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Ex. B-2

 

 

Attachment 1 

to Compliance Certificate

[Attach Financial Statements]

Ex. B-3

 

 

Attachment 2 to

Compliance Certificate

     The information described herein is as of                     ,                     , and pertains to the period from                  , to
                    
   ,                     .

[Set forth Covenant Calculations]

Ex. B-4

 

 

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF

CLOSING CERTIFICATE

[See Attached]

Ex. C-1

 

 

EXHIBIT D-1

FORM OF

UNITED STATES TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2009 (as amended, amended
and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)
among Colt Defense LLC, the Lenders party thereto, the Syndication Agent named therein and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined
shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement.

     Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any
Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is
not a “bank” as such term is used in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, (the “Code”), (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the
meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” described
in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with the Loan Documents are
effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

     The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent with a certificate of its Non-U.S.
person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the
undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the
undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2)
the undersigned shall furnish the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a properly completed and
currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which payment is to be made by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years
preceding such payment.

[Signature Page Follows]

Ex. D-1-1

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Lender]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	 [Address]

 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 

Dated: _______________, 2009

Ex. D-1-2

 

 

EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF

UNITED STATES TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2009 (as amended, amended
and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)
among Colt Defense LLC, the Lenders party thereto, the Syndication Agent named therein and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined
shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement.

     Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing
such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are
the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Notes) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii)
neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”), (iv) none of its
partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section
871(h)(3)(B), (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the
Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with
the Loan Documents are effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its partners/members’
conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

     The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN from each of its
partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption, provided that, for the avoidance of
doubt, the foregoing shall not limit the obligation of the Lender to provide, in the case
of a partner/member not claiming the portfolio interest exemption, a Form W-8ECI, Form W-9 or Form
W-8IMY (including appropriate underlying certificates from each interest holder of such
partner/member), in each case establishing such partner/member’s any available exemption from U.S.
federal withholding tax. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the
information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing with a properly completed and currently effective
certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or
in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

[Signature Page Follows]

Ex. D-2-1

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Lender]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	[Address]	 

Dated: _______________, 2009

Ex. D-2-2

 

 

EXHIBIT D-3

FORM OF

UNITED STATES TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2009 (as amended, amended
and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)
among Colt Defense LLC, the Lenders party thereto, the Syndication Agent named therein and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise de-fined
shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement.

     Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of
which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”), (iii) it is not a ten
percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871 (h)(3)(B), (iv) it is
not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C)
of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with the Loan Documents are effectively connected
with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

     The undersigned has furnished its participating Non-U.S. Lender with a certificate of its
non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the
undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the
undersigned shall promptly so inform such Non-U.S. Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall
have at all times furnished such Non-U.S. Lender with a properly completed and currently effective
certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or
in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

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Ex. D-3-1

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Lender]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	 [Address]	 

Dated: _______________, 2009

Ex. D-3-2

 

 

EXHIBIT D-4

FORM OF

UNITED STATES TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2009 (as amended, amended
and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)
among Colt Defense LLC, the Lenders party thereto, the Syndication Agent named therein and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined
shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement.

     Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is
providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such
participation, (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the
“Code”), (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower
within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled
foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and
(vi) no payments in connection with the Loan Documents are effectively connected with the
undersigned’s or its partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

     The undersigned has furnished its participating non-U.S. Lender with Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN from each of its
partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption, provided that, for the
avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not limit the obligation of the Lender to provide, in the
case of a partner/member not claiming the portfolio interest exemption, a Form W-8ECI, Form W-9 or
Form W-8IMY (including appropriate underlying certificates from each interest holder of such
partner/member), in each case establishing such partner/member’s any available exemption from U.S.
federal withholding tax. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the
information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such
Non-U.S. Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Non-U.S.
Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in
which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years
preceding such payments.

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Ex. D-4-1

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Lender]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	 [Address]	 

Dated: _______________, 2009

Ex. D-4-2

 

 

EXHIBIT E

FORM OF

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as November 10, 2009 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Colt
Defense LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party
thereto, the Syndication Agent named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined
herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them
in the Credit Agreement.

     The Assignor identified on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Assignor”) and the Assignee
identified on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Assignee”) agree as follows:

     1. The Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the
Assignee without recourse to the Assignor, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably
purchases and assumes from the Assignor without recourse to the Assignor, as
of the Effective Date (as defined below), the interest described in Schedule 1
hereto (the “Assigned Interest”) in and to the Assignor’s rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreement with respect to those credit facilities
contained in the Credit Agreement as are set forth on Schedule 1 hereto
(individually, an “Assigned Facility”; collectively, the
“Assigned Facilities”), in a principal amount for each
Assigned Facility as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.

     2. The Assignor (a) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility
with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with
the Credit Agreement or with respect to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that the Assignor has
not created any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that
such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim and (b) makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the
Borrower, any of its Affiliates or any other obligor or the performance or observance by
the Borrower, any of its Affiliates or any other obligor of any of their respective
obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other instrument
or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto.

     3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter
into this Assignment and Assumption; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit
Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section
4.1 thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make
its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption; (c)
agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor, the Agents or
any Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the
time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the
Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Agents to take such action as
agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement,
the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or
thereto as are delegated to the Agents by the terms thereof, together with such powers as
are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the
Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by
the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender including,
if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, its
obligation pursuant to Section 2.15(d) of the Credit Agreement.

     4. The effective date of this Assignment and Assumption shall be the Effective Date of
Assignment described in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Effective Date”). Following the
execution of this Assignment and Assumption, it will be delivered to the Administrative
Agent for acceptance by it and recording

Ex. E-1

 

 

by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, effective as of the Effective
Date (which shall not, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, be earlier
than five Business Days after the date of such acceptance and recording by the
Administrative Agent).

     5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the
Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including
payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which
have accrued to the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued
subsequent to the Effective Date.

     6. From and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit
Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Assumption, have the rights
and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the other Loan Documents and shall be
bound by the provisions thereof and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this
Assignment and Assumption, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under
the Credit Agreement.

     7. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Assumption to be
executed as of the date first above written by their respective duly authorized officers on
Schedule 1 hereto.

Ex. E-2

 

 

Schedule 1

to Assignment and Assumption with respect to

the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2009,

among Colt Defense LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”),

the Lenders party thereto, the Syndication Agent named therein

and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

Name of Assignor:                                         

Name of Assignee:                                         

Effective Date of Assignment:                     

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Principal	 	 
	Credit Facility Assigned	 	Amount Assigned	 	Commitment Percentage Assigned
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	$                    
	 	     .                    %

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	[Name of Assignee]	 	 	 	[Name of Assignor]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Title:
	 	 
	 	 	 	 

Title:
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Accepted for Recordation in the Register:	 	 	 	Required Consents (if any):	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as 

Administrative Agent	 	 	 	COLT DEFENSE LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as 
Administrative Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

Ex. E-3exv4w4

Exhibit 4.4

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

          FIRST AMENDMENT, dated as of March 11, 2010 (this “Amendment”), to the CREDIT
AGREEMENT (the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of November 10, 2009, among Colt Defense LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other
financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the
“Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms which are
defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to the Credit
Agreement;

          WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested an amendment to the Credit Agreement as set forth herein;

          WHEREAS, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are willing to agree to such amendment to
the Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the
Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby agree as follows:

          1. Amendment to Section 7.1 (Financial Condition
Covenants). Subsection 7.1(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such subsection in its entirety with
the following:

     (a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio on any
day (i) from and including the Closing Date up to but not including December 31, 2010 to
exceed 5.5 to 1.0 and (ii) from and including December 31, 2010 and thereafter to exceed 4.5
to 1.0.

          2. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the date on which the
Administrative Agent duly executes a counterpart of this Amendment and notifies the Borrower that
it has received counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Company and the Required
Lenders.

          3. Continuing Effect of the Credit Agreement. This Amendment shall not constitute an
amendment of any other provision of the Credit Agreement not expressly referred to herein and shall
not be construed as a waiver or consent to any further or future action on the part of the Borrower
that would require a waiver or consent of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent. Except as
expressly amended hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall remain in full force
and effect.

          4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in any number of
separate counterparts (including by email or telecopy), each of which shall be

 

 

deemed to be an original, and all of which taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the
same instrument.

          5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and
delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COLT DEFENSE LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Wm M. Keys
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Wm. M. Keys, LtGen, USMC (ret) 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President & CEO 	 
	 
	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent and as a Lender

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Matthew H. Massie
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Matthew H. Massie 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 
	 	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a

Lender

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Melissa James
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Melissa James 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory

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