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Exhibit 10.1

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and between John F. Remondi, a
resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“Executive”), and SLM Corporation, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”).

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (“Board”) wishes to retain Executive as Vice
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Executive wishes to accept such employment
with the Company, in each case, on the terms set forth herein;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations contained herein, and
intending to be legally bound, the parties, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
agree as follows:

     1. Employment and Term. Executive hereby agrees to be employed as Vice Chairman and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, and the Company hereby agrees to retain Executive as Vice
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. Executive’s employment under this Agreement may be
maintained through Sallie Mae, Inc. (“Sallie Mae”) or another wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company used to employ the Company executives, and in such case any reference in this Agreement to
employment or termination of employment with the Company shall be deemed to include employment or
termination of employment with Sallie Mae or such other subsidiary. The term of Executive’s
employment as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer under this Agreement shall be the period
commencing on January 8, 2008 (the “Commencement Date”) and ending on the earlier of January 8,
2011 and the effective date of any termination pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 (the
“Term”).

     2. Duties. During the Term, Executive will have the title of Vice Chairman and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company. Executive agrees to assume such duties and responsibilities as
may be reasonably assigned to Executive from time to time by the Board or the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer, which duties shall include, but not be limited to, primary management
responsibility for accounting and financial reporting, corporate finance, relationships with
regulators and rating agencies, investor relations, and financial planning. During the Term,
Executive shall report directly to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. As requested by the
Chief Executive Officer, Executive shall assume such additional positions with respect to
subsidiaries of the Company as necessary or appropriate in furtherance of his responsibilities.

     3. Other Business Activities. During the Term, Executive agrees to devote such time,
attention, skill and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company as may be required by the
Chief Executive Officer or the Board and/or necessary to discharge the duties and responsibilities
assigned to Executive hereunder. Executive shall serve the Company faithfully and to the best of
his ability. In furtherance of the foregoing, and not by way of limitation, for so long as he
remains Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Executive shall not directly or
indirectly engage in any other business activities or pursuits, except for (a) those arising from
positions held as of the Commencement Date as a director or otherwise with charitable or business
organizations, and (b) with prior notice to the Chief Executive Officer,

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activities in connection with (i) service as a volunteer, officer or director or in a similar
capacity of any charitable or civic organization, and (ii) serving as a director, executor, trustee
or in another similar fiduciary capacity for a non-commercial entity; provided, however, that any
such activities do not conflict with or materially interfere with Executive’s performance of his
responsibilities and obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

     4. Base Salary. During the Term, the Company shall pay Executive a salary at the annual rate
of $1,000,000 (the “Base Salary”). The Base Salary shall be inclusive of all applicable income,
Social Security and other taxes and charges which are required by law or requested to be withheld
by Executive and which shall be withheld and paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll
practice for its similarly situated executives as in effect from time to time.

     5. Annual Incentive Compensation. Executive shall participate in the Company’s annual
incentive compensation program(s) for executive officers as provided in the SLM Corporation
Incentive Plan (or any successor plan) as such may be amended from time to time and (the “Incentive
Plan”), subject to the limitations and conditions set forth therein or in any successor plan.
During the Term, the maximum bonus opportunity available for Executive under the Incentive Plan
shall not be less than three (3) times his Base Salary.

     6. Initial Stock Option Award. As a material inducement for Executive to accept employment
with the Company, on the Commencement Date, Executive was granted a stock option award covering two
million (2,000,000) shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Initial Stock Option”). A portion
of the Initial Stock Option covering one million (1,000,000) shares of the Company’s common stock
was granted under the Incentive Plan (the “Initial Plan Grant”). The portion of the Initial Stock
Option not represented by the Initial Plan Grant was granted as an “employment inducement award”
(within the meaning of Section 303A.08 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual).

          6.1 Exercise Price; Net Exercise of Option. The Initial Stock Option has a per share
exercise price equal to $17.30, which price was the per share closing price of the Company’s
common stock on the Commencement Date. The exercise price shall be paid by the Company
withholding from the shares of common stock that otherwise would be issuable to the optionholder
upon the exercise of the Stock Option (or portion thereof) the whole number of shares (rounded up)
having a fair market value (as determined pursuant to the Plan) on the date of exercise sufficient
to satisfy the exercise price. If the withheld shares are more than sufficient to satisfy the
exercise price the Company shall make such arrangement as it determines appropriate to credit such
amount for the optionholder’s benefit.

          6.2 Vesting and Exercisability. The extent to which the Initial Stock Option vests and
becomes exercisable shall be determined under this Section 6.2 and Section 8.2. Subject to
Executive’s continued employment with the Company as an executive officer through the applicable
vesting date, the Initial Stock Option shall become vested and exercisable in its entirety upon
the earlier of (a) the Company’s stock price closing at a price for five (5) consecutive trading
days that is equal or greater than $20.76 per share, (b) January 8, 2013, and (c) the Executive’s
death or Disability (as defined herein); provided, however, that

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in no event shall the Initial Stock Option become vested and exercisable before January 8,
2009.

     7. Additional Stock Option Award. On the first anniversary of the Commencement Date, so long
as Executive is then employed as an executive officer of the Company, Executive shall be granted a
stock option award covering one million (1,000,000) shares of the Company’s common stock (the
“Additional Stock Option”, and together with the Initial Stock Option, the “Stock Options”).

          7.1 Exercise Price; Net Exercise of Option. The Additional Stock Option shall have a per
share exercise price equal to the per share closing price of the Company’s common stock on the
first anniversary of the Commencement Date. The exercise price shall be paid by the Company
withholding from the shares of common stock that otherwise would be issuable to the optionholder
upon the exercise of the Stock Option (or portion thereof) the whole number of shares (rounded up)
having a fair market value (as determined pursuant to the Plan) on the date of exercise sufficient
to satisfy the exercise price. If the withheld shares are more than sufficient to satisfy the
exercise price the Company shall make such arrangement as it determines appropriate to credit such
amount for the optionholder’s benefit.

          7.2 Vesting and Exercisability. The extent to which the Additional Stock Option vests and
becomes exercisable shall be determined under this Section 7.2 and Section 8.2. Subject to
Executive’s continued employment with the Company as an executive officer through the applicable
vesting date, the Additional Stock Option shall become vested and exercisable in its entirety upon
the earlier of (a) the Company’s stock price closing at a price for five (5) consecutive trading
days that is equal or greater than $24.22 per share, (b) January 8, 2014, and (c) the Executive’s
death or Disability (as defined herein); provided, however, that in no event shall the Additional
Stock Option become vested and exercisable before January 8, 2010.

     8. Additional Terms Applicable to the Stock Options.

          8.1 Expiration. The Stock Options shall be forfeited and shall immediately expire and
terminate if not vested on or before the date Executive’s employment with the Company as an
executive officer terminates. In addition, to the extent that the Stock Options have not been
forfeited or exercised, the Stock Options shall expire on the earlier of (a) the tenth anniversary
of the date of their grant, (b) the first anniversary of Executive’s termination of employment on
account of death or Disability (as defined herein); (c) the date Executive’s employment is
terminated for Cause (as defined herein) or (d) three months following the date Executive’s
employment is terminated for any reason other than death, Disability or Cause.

          8.2 Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.2, Section 7.2
and Section 8.1, vesting, exercise, and expiration of the Stock Options in the context of an
actual or proposed Change of Control shall be governed by the terms of the Change in Control
Severance Plan.

          8.3 Anti-Dilution Adjustments. The number of shares subject to the Stock Options, the
exercise price of the Stock Options and the stock price vesting criteria set forth in

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Sections 6.2 and 7.2 shall be proportionately adjusted by the Compensation Committee if the
class of securities which are subject to the Stock Options is (i) exchanged for or converted into
cash, property or a different number or kind of shares or securities as a result of a
reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, restructuring or reclassification, or
(ii) if the number of securities of the class of securities then subject to the Stock Options are
increased or decreased or if cash, property or shares or securities are distributed in respect of
such subject securities as a result of a dividend (other than a regular, quarterly cash dividend)
or other distribution, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off or the like.

          8.4 Tax Withholding. Upon exercise of all or a portion of the Stock Options, (i) Executive
shall pay in cash or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Compensation Committee for the
satisfaction of any withholding tax obligations that arise by reason of exercise of the Stock
Options, in whole or in part, and (ii) the Company shall not be required to issue shares of common
stock until such obligations are satisfied.

          8.5 Stockholder Rights; Securities Laws Compliance. Executive shall not be deemed a
stockholder of the Company with respect to any of the shares subject to the Stock Options, except
to the extent that such shares shall have been transferred to Executive upon exercise of the
award. The Company shall not be required to issue or transfer any certificates for shares of
common stock upon exercise of the Stock Options until all applicable requirements of law have been
complied with and such shares shall have been duly listed on any securities exchange on which the
common stock may then be listed. The Company may impose such restrictions, conditions or
limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any exercise of the Stock
Options and/or any resales by Executive or other subsequent transfers by Executive of any shares
of the Company’s common stock issued as a result of the exercise of the Stock Options, including
without limitation (a) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (b) restrictions that may be
necessary in the absence of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, covering the Stock Options and/or the common stock underlying the Stock Options and
(c) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm or other agent for exercising the
Stock Options and/or for such resales or other transfers. The sale of the shares underlying the
Stock Options must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the sale of
such shares.

          8.6 Other Terms and Conditions. The Stock Options shall be subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement. To the extent not addressed or provided otherwise in this
Agreement, the Initial Plan Grant shall also be subject to the terms and conditions of the
Incentive Plan (including the administrative terms) and the portion of the Stock Options not
represented by the Initial Plan Grant shall likewise for purposes of administration and
interpretation be treated as if granted under and subject to the terms and conditions of the
Incentive Plan.

     9. Other Benefits.

          (a) Retirement Plans. During the Term, to the extent permissible under the terms of the
applicable plans, Executive shall be entitled to participate in all tax-qualified and
non-tax-qualified pension plans maintained or contributed to by the Company or for the benefit of
its executives, including without limitation, the Sallie Mae 401(k) Savings Plan and the Sallie

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Mae Supplemental 401(k) Savings Plan (collectively, the “the Company 401(k) Plans”), in
accordance with the terms of such the Company 401(k) Plans as they may be amended from time to
time in the discretion of the Company.

          (b) Medical Insurance. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in any
medical and dental insurance plans generally available to the senior management of the Company, in
accordance with the terms of such plans as they may be amended from time to time in the discretion
of the Company.

          (c) Other Benefit Plans. Executive shall be entitled to receive or participate in such
further retirement, savings, deferred compensation, matching gift program, life insurance, health
or welfare benefit plans offered to the Company’s senior management generally, in accordance with
the terms of such plans as they may be amended from time to time in the discretion of the Company.

          (d) Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse Executive for all reasonable, ordinary and
necessary business expenses incurred by Executive in performing his duties pursuant to this
Agreement, in accordance with the Company’s reimbursement policies generally applicable to
management personnel. In no event shall any such reimbursement be paid later than the end of the
calendar year following the year in which the expense was incurred.

          (e) Temporary Housing, Travel Allowance. For up to a two-year period following the
Commencement Date, Executive will be provided with housing in Reston, Virginia and an allowance of
up to $200,000, on an after-tax basis, for two years for use of corporate aircraft in commuting
between headquarters location and the Executive’s principal residence.

     10. No Other Compensation. Except as set forth in Sections 4-9 above, Executive shall have no
right to any other remuneration from the Company in respect of his services as Vice Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company during the Term.

     11. Nondisclosure of Confidential Information.

          (a) Executive and the Company acknowledge that Executive will, in the course of his
employment, come into possession of confidential, proprietary business and technical information,
and trade secrets of the Company and its Affiliates, as defined in Section 11(b) (the “Proprietary
Information”). Proprietary Information includes, but is not limited to, the following:

	 	•	 	Business procedures. All information concerning or relating to the way the Company
and its Affiliates conduct their business, which is not generally known to the public
or within the industry or trade in which the Company or its Affiliates compete (such as
the Company contracts, internal business procedures, controls, plans, licensing
techniques and practices, supplier, subcontractor and prime contractor names and
contacts and other vendor information, computer system passwords and other computer
security controls, financial information, distributor information, and employee data)
and the physical embodiments of such information (such as check lists, samples, service
and operational manuals,

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	 	 	 	contracts, proposals, printouts, correspondence, forms, listings, ledgers, financial
statements, financial reports, financial and operational analyses, financial and
operational studies, management reports of every kind, databases, employment or
personnel records, and any other written or machine-readable expression of such
information as are filed in any tangible media).

	 	•	 	Marketing Plans and Customer Lists. All information not generally known to the
public or within the industry or trade in which the Company or its Affiliates compete
pertaining to the Company’s and its Affiliates’ marketing plans and strategies;
forecasts and projections; marketing practices, procedures and policies; goals and
objectives; quoting practices, procedures and policies; and customer data including the
customer list, contracts, representatives, requirements and needs, specifications, data
provided by or about prospective customers, and the physical embodiments of such
information.
	 
	 	•	 	Business Ventures: All information not generally known to the public or within the
industry or trade in which the Company or its Affiliates operate concerning new product
development, negotiations for new business ventures, future business plans, and similar
information and the physical embodiments of such information.
	 
	 	•	 	Software. All information relating to the Company’s and its Affiliates’ software or
hardware in operation or various stages of research and development, which are not
generally known to the public or within the industry or trade in which the Company or
its Affiliates compete and the physical embodiments of such information.
	 
	 	•	 	Litigation. Information which is not a public record and is not generally known to
the public or within the industry or trade in which the Company or its Affiliates
compete regarding litigation and potential litigation matters and the physical
embodiments of such information.
	 
	 	•	 	Policy Information. Information not of a public nature regarding the policies and
positions that have been or will be advocated by the Company and its Affiliates with
government officials, the views of government officials toward such policies and
positions, and the status of any communications that the Company or its Affiliates may
have with any government officials.
	 
	 	•	 	Information Not Generally Known. Any information which (a) is not generally known
to the public or within the industry or trade in which the Company or its Affiliates
compete, (b) gives the Company or its Affiliates a significant advantage over its or
their competitors, or (c) has significant economic value or potentially significant
economic value to the Company or its Affiliates, including the physical embodiments of
such information.

          (b) Executive acknowledges that the Proprietary Information is a valuable and unique asset of
the Company and its Affiliates. Executive agrees that he will not, at any time during his
employment or after the termination of his employment with the Company, without

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the prior written consent of the Company or its Affiliates, as applicable, either directly or
indirectly divulge any Proprietary Information for his own benefit or for any purpose other than
the exclusive benefit of the Company and/or its Affiliates.

     12. Agreement Not to Compete.

          (a) Executive agrees that he shall not compete with the Company or its Affiliates during the
Term and for a period of two years thereafter (the “Restricted Period”).

          (b) For the purposes of this Section 12, “compete” shall mean directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries (i) working or serving as a director, officer, employee, consultant,
agent, representative, or in any other capacity, with or without compensation, on behalf of one or
more entities engaged in the Company’s Business (as defined below) in the United States, or any
other country where the Company (including any Affiliate) either engages in the Company’s Business
at the time of Executive’s termination or where the Company, at the time of Executive’s
termination, has developed a business plan or taken affirmative steps to engage in the Company’s
Business; (ii) soliciting any employees, customers, or business partners of the Company, inducing
any customer or business partner of the Company to breach a contract with the Company or any
principal for whom the Company acts as agent to terminate such agency relationship; and/or (iii)
making statements about the Company or its management reasonably determined by the Board to be
disparaging. For purposes of this provision, the term “the Company’s Business” shall mean any
business activity or line of business similar to the type of business conducted by the Company,
Sallie Mae, and/or their Affiliates at the time of Executive’s termination of employment or which
the Company, Sallie Mae and/or their Affiliates at the time of Executive’s termination of
employment or within one year prior thereto have planned to enter into or conduct. Executive
expressly agrees that the markets served by the Company, Sallie Mae and their Affiliates extend
nationally and are not dependent on the geographic location of the executive personnel or the
businesses by which they are employed and that the restrictions set forth in this Section 12 are
reasonable and are no greater than are required for the protection of the Company, Sallie Mae, and
its Affiliates. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Affiliate” shall be deemed to refer to
the Company, and any entity (whether or not existing on the date hereof) controlling, controlled by
or under common control with the Company.

          (c) In the event the Board reasonably determines that Executive has violated any provision of
this Section 12, without limitation of the Company’s other rights and remedies as specified in
Section 24, Executive shall (i) forfeit the Stock Options granted under this Agreement, regardless
of whether then vested, unvested, exercisable or unexercisable, and (ii) repay to the Company any
gross profits realized from the exercise of the Stock Options since the earlier of one year prior
to the date of such violation and the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company
(whichever date occurred the longest period of time before the date of any such option exercise).

     13. Termination of Employment. Executive shall be employed by the Company under this
Agreement on an at-will basis meaning that Executive’s employment by the Company may be terminated
by Executive or the Company at any time during the Term, with or without cause, and with or without
notice. Upon termination of his employment with the Company,

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Executive shall be entitled to exercise the Stock Options to the extent set forth in this
Agreement, vested or exercisabilty under the terms and conditions of such awards as may be granted
to the Executive, and to such compensation and benefits as described in this Section 13.

               13.1 Disability and Death.

          (a) Disability. If Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by
reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result
in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or is, by
reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result
in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving
income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under the Company’s disability
plan available generally to all employees (any such situation, “Disability”), the Company may
terminate Executive’s employment hereunder. The determination of whether the Executive has a
Disability under this Agreement shall be made by the Compensation Committee, which shall consider
the information presented by Executive’s personal physician and by any other advisors, including
any other physician, which the Compensation Committee determines appropriate. The determination of
the Compensation Committee shall be final and binding, unless it is determined to have been
arbitrary and capricious. If the employment of Executive terminates during the Term due to the
Disability of Executive, the Company shall provide to Executive (i) whatever benefits are available
to him under any disability benefit plan(s) in which Executive participates as an employee of the
Company at the time of such termination to the extent Executive satisfies the requirements of such
plan(s), and (ii) the payments set forth in Section 13.1(c).

          (b) Death. If Executive dies during the Term, the Company shall pay to Executive’s executors,
legal representatives or administrators the payments set forth in Section 13.1(c). Except as
specifically set forth in this Section 13.1 or under applicable laws, the Company shall have no
liability or obligation hereunder to Executive’s executors, legal representatives, administrators,
heirs or assigns or any other person claiming under or through him by reason of Executive’s death,
except that Executive’s executors, legal representatives or administrators will be entitled to
receive any death benefit payable to them as beneficiaries under any insurance policy or other
benefits plans in which Executive participates as an employee of the Company at the time of such
termination to the extent Executive satisfies the requirements of such plan(s) and to exercise any
rights afforded them under any benefit plan then in effect.

          (c) Payment Upon Disability or Death. Upon termination of the employment of Executive due to
death or Disability during the Term, the Company shall pay an amount equal to all accrued but
unpaid Base Salary through the date of termination of employment, plus a portion of the Target
Annual Incentive Compensation (as defined in Section 13.2(c)) pro-rated for the year through the
date of termination.

               13.2 Termination By Company Without Cause.

          (a) Termination By Company Without Cause. The Chief Executive Officer or the Board of
Directors may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder at any time for any reason other than
Cause upon written notice to Executive (“Termination Without Cause”).

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          (b) In the event of a Termination Without Cause, the Company shall pay to Executive within
forty-five (45) days after termination (i) an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid Base Salary
through the date of termination of employment, plus a severance payment equal to a portion of the
Target Annual Incentive Compensation pro-rated for the year through the date of termination and
(ii) the Multiplier times the Compensation Amount (as such terms are defined in Section 13.2(c));
provided, however, that (1) if the Termination Without Cause occurs before January 8, 2009, the
amount payable under clause (ii) of this Section 13.2(b) shall be no less than $1,500,000, and (2)
for purposes of this Section 13.2(b), in no event shall the Multiplier exceed three (3). Further,
upon and following Executive’s Termination Without Cause, Executive and Executive’s eligible
dependents or survivors shall be entitled to medical and dental insurance benefits as provided in
Section 9(b) for a number of months equal to the Multiplier times twelve (12).

          (c) The Multiplier is defined as the number obtained by dividing by two the number of full
years following the Commencement Date that Executive remains continuously employed by the Company.
The Target Annual Incentive Compensation shall be a cash payment equal to the value of the
Executive’s target bonus under the Incentive Plan which shall be no less than $1.5 million. The
Compensation Amount is defined as the sum of (i) the average annual Base Salary paid to Executive
during the Term and (ii) the average annual incentive compensation earned by Executive under
Section 5 of this Agreement during the Term.

               13.3 Termination By Executive For Good Reason.

          (a) Termination By Executive For Good Reason. Executive may terminate his employment
hereunder at any time For Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Termination For Good
Reason” shall mean, Executive’s resignation from employment within sixty (60) days after the
occurrence of one of the following events without Executive’s express written consent, provided,
however, that Executive must provide written notice to the Company within thirty (30) days after
the occurrence of the event allegedly constituting Good Reason, and the Company shall have thirty
(30) days after such notice is given to cure: (i) a material reduction in the position or
responsibilities of Executive, provided that a Change in Control (including the fact that the
Company’s stock is not publicly held or is held or controlled by a single stockholder as a result
of a Change in Control) shall not of itself be deemed a material reduction in the position or
responsibilities of Executive; (ii) a material reduction in Executive’s Base Salary or a material
reduction in Executive’s compensation arrangements or benefits (provided that variability in the
value of stock-based compensation or in the compensation provided under the Incentive Plan shall
not be deemed to cause a material reduction in compensation); (iii) a material breach by the
Company of any material provision of this Agreement; or (iv) a relocation of the Company’s
executive offices to a distance of more than seventy-five (75) miles from its location as of the
date of this Agreement, unless such relocation results in the Company’s executive offices being
closer to Executive’s then primary residence or does not substantially increase the average
commuting time of Executive.

          (b) In the event of a Termination By Executive For Good Reason, the Company shall pay to
Executive within forty-five (45) days after termination (i) an amount equal to all accrued but
unpaid Base Salary through the date of termination of employment, plus a portion of the Target
Annual Incentive Compensation pro-rated for the year through the date of termination and

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(ii) the Multiplier times the Compensation Amount (as such terms are defined in Section 13.2(c)).
Further, upon and following Termination By Executive For Good Reason, Executive and Executive’s
eligible dependents or survivors shall be entitled to medical and dental insurance benefits as
provided in Section 9(b) for a number of months equal to the Multiplier times twelve (12).

               13.4 Termination by Executive for Promotional Reasons. If after January 8, 2009, and each
anniversary date during the term of this agreement, the Board of Directors selects a chief
executive officer other than the Executive, Executive may terminate his employment hereunder and in
just an event, Executive shall receive the termination payments described in Section 13.3 (b)
above; provided however that in no event shall the Multiplier exceed one (1).

               13.4 Termination For Cause; Termination By Executive Without Good Reason.

          (a) Termination for Cause. The Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors may
terminate the employment of Executive for Cause at any time during the Term. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Cause” shall mean a determination by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board that
there has been a willful and continuing failure of Executive to perform substantially his
obligations under this Agreement (other than as a result of Executive’s death or Disability) and,
if in the judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or the Board such willful and continuing failure
may be cured by Executive, that such failure has not been cured by Executive within thirty (30)
days after written notice of such was given to Executive by the Chief Executive Officer or the
Board, or that Executive has committed an act of Misconduct. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Misconduct” shall mean: (i) embezzlement, fraud, commission of a felony, breach of fiduciary duty
or deliberate disregard of material the Company rules; (ii) personal dishonesty of Executive
materially injurious to the Company; (iii) an unauthorized disclosure of any Proprietary
Information; or (iv) competing with the Company while employed by the Company or during the Term,
in contravention of Section 12.

          (b) Termination By Executive Without Good Reason. Executive may terminate his employment
hereunder at any time other than by reason of a Termination For Good Reason (a termination “Without
Good Reason”).

          (c) In the event that Executive employment with the Company terminates as a result of a
termination by the Company for Cause or by Executive Without Good Reason, Executive shall receive
all accrued but unpaid Base Salary, and benefits as of the effective date of termination. In the
event Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated by Company for Cause, Executive shall
forfeit and not be entitled to exercise any Stock Option granted to Executive pursuant to this
Agreement.

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               13.5 Board of Directors Service. If at the time of any termination of employment Executive
serves on the Board of Directors, as a condition to the payment of any termination benefits under
this Agreement Executive shall offer to tender his resignation from the Board of Directors upon
expiration of the Term, or upon any earlier termination of his employment, which resignation may
or may not be accepted.

     14. Other Agreements. Executive represents and warrants to the Company that:

          (a) There are no restrictions, agreements or understandings whatsoever to which Executive is a
party or by which he is bound that would prevent or make unlawful Executive’s execution of this
Agreement or Executive’s employment hereunder, or which are or would be inconsistent or in conflict
with this Agreement or Executive’s employment hereunder, or which would prevent, limit or impair in
any way the performance by Executive of his obligations hereunder.

          (b) Executive shall disclose the existence and terms of the restrictive covenants set forth in
this Agreement to any employer by whom Executive may be employed during the Term (which employment
is not hereby authorized) or during the Restricted Period as defined in the Agreement Not to
Compete by and between Executive and the Company set forth in Section 13 hereof.

     15. Survival of Provisions. The provisions of this Agreement, including without limitation
those set forth in Sections 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24 and 25 hereof, shall survive the
termination of Executive’s employment hereunder and the payment of all amounts payable and delivery
of all post-termination compensation and benefits pursuant to this Agreement incident to any such
termination of employment.

     16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the Company and its successors or permitted assigns and Executive and his executors, administrators
or heirs. The Company shall require any successor or successors expressly to assume the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
“successor” shall include the ultimate parent corporation of any corporation involved in a merger,
consolidation, or reorganization with or including the Company that results in the stockholders of
the Company immediately before such merger, consolidation or reorganization owning, directly or
indirectly, immediately following such merger, consolidation or reorganization, securities of
another corporation, regardless of whether any such merger, consolidation or reorganization is
deemed to constitute a Change of Control for purposes of this Agreement. Executive may not assign
any obligations or responsibilities under this Agreement or any interest herein, by operation of
law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Company. At any time during the Term,
the Company may provide, without the prior written consent of Executive, that Executive shall be
employed pursuant to this Agreement by any of its Affiliates instead of or in addition to Sallie
Mae or the Company, and in such case all references herein to the “Company” shall be deemed to
include any such entity, provided that such action shall not relieve the Company of its obligation
to make or cause an Affiliate to make or provide for any payment to or on behalf of Executive
pursuant to this Agreement. The Board may assign any or all of its responsibilities hereunder to
any committee of the Board, in which case references to Board shall be deemed to refer to such
committee.

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     17. Notices. All notices required to be given to any of the parties of this Agreement shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given, subject to the further
provisions of this Section 17, for all purposes when presented personally to such party, or sent by
facsimile transmission, any national overnight delivery service, or certified or registered mail,
to such party at its address set forth below:

	 	(a)	 	If to Executive:

John F. Remondi

	 	(b)	 	If to the Company:

SLM Corporation

Sallie Mae, Inc.

12061 Bluemont Way

Reston, VA 20190

Attention: General Counsel

Fax No. (703) 984-7695

Such notice shall be deemed to be received when delivered if delivered personally, upon electronic
or other confirmation of receipt if delivered by facsimile transmission, the next business day
after the date sent if sent by a national overnight delivery service, or three (3) business days
after the date mailed if mailed by certified or registered mail. Any notice of any Change of such
address shall also be given in the manner set forth above. Whenever the giving of notice is
required, the giving of such notice may be waived in writing by the party entitled to receive such
notice.

     18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Incentive Plan as
referenced in this Agreement, and any other documents, instruments or other writings delivered or
to be delivered in connection with this Agreement as specified herein constitute the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all
prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, and negotiations, whether written or oral,
with respect to the terms of Executive’s employment by the Company.

     19. Amendments; Waiver. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written
instrument signed by all parties hereto. The waiver of the breach of any term or provision of this
Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach of
this Agreement.

     20. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed and construed as to its validity,
interpretation and effect by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

     21. 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 of this Agreement or such

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provisions, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

     22. Section Headings. The section headings in this Agreement are for convenience only; they
form no part of this Agreement and shall not affect its interpretation.

     23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such
counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

     24. Specific Enforcement; Extension of Period. Executive acknowledges that the restrictions
contained in Sections 11 and 12 hereof are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate
interests of the Company and its Affiliates and that the Company would not have entered into this
Agreement in the absence of such restrictions. Executive also acknowledges that any breach by him
of Sections 11 or 12 hereof will cause continuing and irreparable injury to the Company for which
monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy. Executive shall not, in any action or proceeding
by the Company to enforce Sections 11 or 12 of this Agreement, assert the claim or defense that an
adequate remedy at law exists. In the event of such breach by Executive, the Company shall have
the right to enforce the provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of this Agreement by seeking injunctive
or other relief in any court, and this Agreement shall not in any way limit remedies at law or in
equity otherwise available to the Company. In the event that the provisions of Sections 11 or 12
hereof should ever be adjudicated to exceed the time, geographic, or other limitations permitted by
applicable law in any applicable jurisdiction, then such provisions shall be deemed reformed in
such jurisdiction to the maximum time, geographic, or other limitations permitted by applicable
law.

     25. Arbitration. Any dispute or claim, other than those referred to in Section 24, arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or otherwise relating to the employment relationship between
Executive and the Company (including but not limited to any claims under Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Americans with Disabilities Act; the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act; the Family Medical Leave Act; and the Employee Income Retirement Security Act)
shall be submitted to Arbitration, in Fairfax County, Virginia, and except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of, but not under the auspices of,
the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall be conducted before an arbitration
tribunal comprised of three individuals, one selected by the Company, one selected by Executive,
and the third selected by the first two. The parties and the arbitrators selected by them shall
use their best efforts to reach agreement on the identity of the tribunal within ten (10) business
days of either party to this Agreement submitting to the other party a written demand for
arbitration. The proceedings before the tribunal shall take place within twenty (20) business days
of the selection thereof. Executive and the Company agree that such arbitration will be
confidential and no details, descriptions, settlements or other facts concerning such arbitration
shall be disclosed or released to any third party without the specific written consent of the other
party, unless required by law or court order or in connection with enforcement of any decision in
such arbitration. Any damages awarded in such arbitration shall be limited to the contract measure
of damages, and shall not include punitive damages. The parties shall equally divide the costs of
the arbitrators, and each party shall bear his or its attorneys’ fees and other costs, except that
the arbitrators may specifically direct one party to

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bear the entire cost of the arbitration, including all attorneys’ fees, if the arbitrators
determine that such party acted in bad faith.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed the day and year first
written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SLM Corporation

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Michael E. Sheehan
	 	 
	 	/s/ John F. Remondi
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title: SVP & General Counsel
	 	 	 	John F. Remondi	 	 

14exv10w1

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

Published CUSIP Number: [                    ]

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of February 8, 2008

among

AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS COMPANY,

as the Borrower,

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION,

as Holdings,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent,

The Other Lenders Party Hereto,

and

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,

and

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,

as  Joint Lead Arrangers.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Section
	 	Page
	 
	Article I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
	 	 	1	 
	1.01 Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions
	 	 	13	 
	1.03 Accounting Terms
	 	 	14	 
	1.04 Rounding
	 	 	14	 
	1.05 Times of Day
	 	 	14	 
	Article II THE COMMITMENTS AND LOANS
	 	 	15	 
	2.01 The Loans
	 	 	15	 
	2.02 The Making, Conversions and Continuations of Loans
	 	 	15	 
	2.03 Optional Prepayments
	 	 	16	 
	2.04 Reduction of Commitments
	 	 	17	 
	2.05 Repayment of Loans
	 	 	17	 
	2.06 Interest
	 	 	17	 
	2.07 Fees
	 	 	17	 
	2.08 Computation of Interest and Fees
	 	 	18	 
	2.09 Evidence of Debt
	 	 	18	 
	2.10 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback
	 	 	18	 
	2.11 Sharing of Payments by Lenders
	 	 	20	 
	2.12 Payments by Holdings
	 	 	21	 
	Article III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
	 	 	21	 
	3.01 Taxes
	 	 	21	 
	3.02 Illegality
	 	 	23	 
	3.03 Inability to Determine Rates
	 	 	23	 
	3.04 Increased Costs
	 	 	24	 
	3.05 Compensation for Losses
	 	 	25	 
	3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
	 	 	26	 
	3.07 Survival
	 	 	26	 
	Article IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE LOANS
	 	 	26	 
	4.01 Conditions to the Loans
	 	 	26	 
	Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	28	 

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	Section
	 	Page
	 
	5.01 Existence and Qualification; Power; Compliance with Law
	 	 	28	 
	5.02 Authority; Compliance with Other Instruments and Government Regulations
	 	 	29	 
	5.03 No Governmental Approvals Required
	 	 	29	 
	5.04 Subsidiaries
	 	 	29	 
	5.05  Financial Statements
	 	 	30	 
	5.06 No Material Adverse Change or Other Liabilities
	 	 	30	 
	5.07 Title to Assets
	 	 	30	 
	5.08 Regulated Industries
	 	 	30	 
	5.09 Litigation
	 	 	30	 
	5.10 Binding Obligations
	 	 	31	 
	5.11 No Default
	 	 	31	 
	5.12 ERISA
	 	 	31	 
	5.13 Regulation U
	 	 	31	 
	5.14 Tax Liability
	 	 	31	 
	5.15 Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, etc.
	 	 	32	 
	5.16 Environmental Matters
	 	 	32	 
	5.17 Insurance
	 	 	32	 
	5.18 Disclosure
	 	 	32	 
	Article VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	32	 
	6.01 Financial and Business Information
	 	 	32	 
	6.02 Certificates; Other Information
	 	 	33	 
	6.03 Notices
	 	 	33	 
	6.04 Payment of Taxes and Other Potential Liens
	 	 	34	 
	6.05 Preservation of Existence
	 	 	35	 
	6.06 Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	35	 
	6.07 Maintenance of Insurance
	 	 	35	 
	6.08 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	35	 
	6.09 Inspection Rights
	 	 	35	 
	6.10 Keeping of Records and Books of Account
	 	 	36	 
	6.11 ERISA Compliance
	 	 	36	 
	6.12 Environmental Laws
	 	 	36	 
	6.13 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	36	 

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	Section
	 	Page
	 
	6.14 Termination of the Existing Credit Agreement
	 	 	36	 
	6.15 Assumption of the Obligations by Holdings
	 	 	36	 
	Article VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	37	 
	7.01 Type of Business
	 	 	37	 
	7.02 Liens
	 	 	37	 
	7.03 Investments
	 	 	38	 
	7.04 Contingent Obligations
	 	 	38	 
	7.05 Subordinated Debt
	 	 	38	 
	7.06 Sale of Assets or Merger
	 	 	38	 
	7.07 Financial Covenants
	 	 	38	 
	7.08 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	38	 
	Article VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
	 	 	39	 
	8.01 Events of Default
	 	 	39	 
	8.02 Remedies upon Event of Default
	 	 	40	 
	Article IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	 	 	41	 
	9.01 Appointment and Authority
	 	 	41	 
	9.02 Rights as a Lender
	 	 	41	 
	9.03 Exculpatory Provisions
	 	 	41	 
	9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent
	 	 	42	 
	9.05 Delegation of Duties
	 	 	42	 
	9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent
	 	 	43	 
	9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
	 	 	43	 
	9.08 No Other Duties, Etc
	 	 	43	 
	9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	44	 
	Article X CONTINUING GUARANTY
	 	 	44	 
	10.01 Guaranty
	 	 	44	 
	10.02 Rights of Lenders
	 	 	45	 
	10.03 Certain Waivers
	 	 	45	 
	10.04 Obligations Independent
	 	 	45	 
	10.05 Subrogation
	 	 	45	 
	10.06 Termination; Reinstatement
	 	 	46	 
	10.07 Subordination
	 	 	46	 
	10.08 Stay of Acceleration
	 	 	46	 

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	Section
	 	Page
	 
	10.09 Condition of the Borrower
	 	 	46	 
	Article XI MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	47	 
	11.01 Amendments, etc.
	 	 	47	 
	11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications
	 	 	47	 
	11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
	 	 	49	 
	11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	 	 	49	 
	11.05 Payments Set Aside
	 	 	51	 
	11.06 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	51	 
	11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality
	 	 	54	 
	11.08 Right of Setoff
	 	 	55	 
	11.09 Interest Rate Limitation
	 	 	55	 
	11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
	 	 	55	 
	11.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties
	 	 	55	 
	11.12 Severability
	 	 	56	 
	11.13 Replacement of Lenders
	 	 	56	 
	11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; etc.
	 	 	57	 
	11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	57	 
	11.16 California Judicial Reference
	 	 	58	 
	11.17 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
	 	 	58	 
	11.18 USA PATRIOT Act Notice
	 	 	59	 
	SIGNATURES
	 	 	S-1	 

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	Schedules
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.01
	Commitments and Applicable Percentages	 	 	 
	5.04 
	Subsidiaries	 	 	 
	5.09 
	Litigation	 	 	 
	11.02 
	Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibits
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Form of
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	A
	Committed Loan Notice	 	 	 
	B
	Note	 	 	 
	C
	Compliance Certificate	 	 	 
	D
	Assignment and Assumption	 	 	 
	E-1
	Opinion Matters – Counsel to Loan Parties	 	 	 
	E-2
	Opinion Matters – Local Counsel to Loan Parties	 	 	 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

     This CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of February 8, 2008, among
AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS COMPANY, a Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”), AVERY
DENNISON CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), each lender from time to time
party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).

PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS:

     The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a term loan facility and the Lenders have
indicated their willingness to lend on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

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

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

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

     “Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions,
consummated after the Closing Date, by which Holdings and/or any of its Subsidiaries directly or
indirectly (a) acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any firm,
corporation, or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (b)
acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) control
of at least a majority in ordinary voting power of the securities of a corporation which have
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or (c) acquires control of at least a majority
ownership interest in any partnership or joint venture.

     “Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto
and also means any successor administrative agent appointed pursuant to Section 9.06.

     “Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02, or such other address or account as
the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

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

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

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

 

 

     “Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

     “Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage
(carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Loans represented by (i) on or prior to the Closing
Date, such Lender’s Commitment at such time and (ii) thereafter, the principal amount of such
Lender’s Loans at such time. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of the
Loans is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment
and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

     “Applicable Rate” means, in respect of the Loans, from time to time, the following
percentages per annum, based upon the Debt Rating as set forth below:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Applicable Rate
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Applicable
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Applicable	 	Margin for
	Pricing	 	Debt Ratings	 	Margin for	 	Base Rate
	Level	 	S&P/Moody’s	 	LIBOR Loans	 	Loans
	1
	 	A+/A1 or better	 	 	0.300	%	 	 	0.000	%
	2
	 	 	A/A2	 	 	 	0.350	%	 	 	0.000	%
	3
	 	 	A-/A3	 	 	 	0.450	%	 	 	0.000	%
	4
	 	BBB+/Baa1	 	 	0.550	%	 	 	0.000	%
	5
	 	BBB/Baa2 or lower	 	 	0.850	%	 	 	0.000	%

“Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by
either S&P or Moody’s (collectively, the “Debt Ratings”) of Holdings’
non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt; provided that (a) if the
respective Debt Ratings issued by the foregoing rating agencies differ by one level, then
the Pricing Level for the higher of such Debt Ratings shall apply (with the Debt Rating for
Pricing Level 1 being the highest and the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 5 being the lowest);
(b) if there is a split in Debt Ratings of more than one level, then the Pricing Level that
is one level lower than the Pricing Level of the higher Debt Rating shall apply; (c) if
Holdings has only one Debt Rating, the Pricing Level that is one level lower than that of
such Debt Rating shall apply; and (d) if Holdings does not have any Debt Rating, Pricing
Level 5 shall apply.

     Initially, the Applicable Rate shall be based upon the Debt Rating in effect as of the Closing
Date. Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a publicly announced change in
the Debt Rating shall be effective during the period commencing on the date of the public
announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next
such change.

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

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     “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of
Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

     “Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006, and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such
fiscal year of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

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

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

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

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

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

     “Cash Equivalents” means, when used in connection with any Person, such Person’s
Investments in:

     (a) Government Securities due within one year after the date of the making of the
Investment;

     (b) certificates of deposit issued by, bank deposits in, bankers’ acceptances of, and
repurchase agreements covering Government Securities executed by, any Lender or any bank
doing business in and incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
or Canada and having on the date of such Investment combined capital, surplus, and undivided
profits of at least $500,000,000 in each case due within one year after the date of the
making of the Investment; and

     (c) readily marketable commercial paper of corporations doing business in and
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or Canada or any
province thereof given on the date of such Investment the highest credit rating by

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NCO/Moody’s Commercial Paper Division of Moody’s or S&P, in each case due within six
months after the date of the making of the Investment.

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

     “Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section
4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.01.

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

     “Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Loans to the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.01 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the
caption “Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which
such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time
in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Commitments hereunder is
$400,000,000.

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

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

     “Consolidated Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the Debt of Holdings and
the Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis as of such date.

     “Consolidated Earnings Before Interest and Taxes” means, as of any date of
determination, the earnings of Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for the twelve month
fiscal period most recently ended on or prior to such date before deducting interest expense and
taxes on or measured by income charged against earnings for such period plus non-cash
expenses of Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries reducing such earnings, which do not
represent usage of cash in such period or any future period..

     “Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period
plus, to the extent deducted in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, (a) Consolidated
Interest for such period, (b) the provision for income taxes for such period, (c) depreciation and
amortization expense for such period and (d) non-cash expenses of Holdings and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries reducing such Consolidated Net Income, which do not represent usage of cash in such
period or any future period.

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     “Consolidated Interest” means, as of any date of determination, the interest expense
of Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for the twelve month fiscal period most recently
ended on or prior to such date.

     “Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income of
Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period.

     “Consolidated Net Worth” means, as of any date of determination, the consolidated net
worth of Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, plus Subordinated Debt in an amount up
to but not exceeding 20% of the consolidated net worth of Holdings and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries (minus any Subordinated Debt carried in the treasury of Holdings and any of its
Subsidiaries); provided that, for purposes of this definition only, any guaranty by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of any Subordinated Debt shall be excluded from the calculation
of Subordinated Debt.

     “Consolidated Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Holdings whose financial statements
are consolidated with the financial statements of Holdings in conformity with GAAP.

     “Consolidated Total Tangible Assets” means, as of any date of determination, all
assets of Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries that should be reflected in the asset side of
a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date of
determination, excluding any Intangible Assets.

     “Contingent Obligation” means any guarantee of any obligation of another Person, or
any agreement to become directly or indirectly responsible for an obligation of another Person,
(including, without limitation, any agreement to maintain the net worth or liquidity of another
Person or to purchase any obligation, goods or services of another Person, or otherwise to provide
credit assurances to the holder of an obligation of another Person), or any agreement in the nature
of a guarantee or having the effect of creating responsibility for the obligation of another
Person, except the guarantee or agreement in the nature of a guarantee by Holdings or a
Consolidated Subsidiary of the obligations of a Consolidated Subsidiary.

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

     “Debt” of any Person means at any date, without duplication, (a) all obligations of
such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or other similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services, except trade accounts payable and deferred employee compensation
obligations arising in the ordinary course of business, (d) all obligations of such Person as
lessee which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, (e) all unpaid reimbursement obligations of
such Person in respect of letters of credit or similar instruments but only to the extent that
either (i) the issuer has honored a drawing thereunder or (ii) payment of such obligation is
otherwise due under the terms thereof, (f) all Debt secured by a Lien on real

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property which is otherwise an obligation of such Person, and (g) all Debt of others in excess
of $1,000,000 guaranteed by such Person.

     “Debt Rating” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”

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

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

     “Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the
Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum;
provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate
shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise
applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum.

     “Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the
Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be
funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the
date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or
become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.

     “Designated Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial
officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller 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 Designated 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 Designated Officer shall be
conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

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

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

     “Eligible Assignee” means, (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved
Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative
Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (ii) unless (A) such Person
is taking delivery of an assignment in connection with physical settlement of a credit derivative
transaction or (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such
consent to be within the discretion of the consenting party); provided that notwithstanding
the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s
Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

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     “Environmental Claims” means all claims, however asserted, by any Governmental
Authority or other Person alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any
Environmental Law, or for release or injury to the environment.

     “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state or local laws, statutes, common law
duties, rules, regulations, ordinances and codes, together with all administrative orders, directed
duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental
Authorities, in each case relating to environmental, health, safety and land use matters.

     “ERISA” means, at any date, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and
the regulations thereunder.

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

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

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

     “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any
other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower
hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and
franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal
office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located,
(b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than
an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 11.13), any withholding tax
that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a
party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s
failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section
3.01(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled,
at the time of designation of a new Lending Office

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(or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding
tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a).

     “Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain bridge credit agreement dated as of
June 13, 2007 by and among Holdings, the lenders party thereto, and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as
arranger.

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

     “Fee Letters” means, collectively, (i) the letter agreement, dated January 4, 2008,
among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Banc of America Securities LLC, and (ii) the
letter agreement, dated January 8, 2008, among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc., as either letter agreement may be amended, modified, replaced or restated
from time to time.

     “Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this
definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.

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

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

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

     “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or

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pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or
the European Central Bank).

     “Government Securities” means readily marketable direct obligations of the United
States or obligations fully guaranteed by the United States.

     “Guarantied Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and
each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to
Section 9.05.

     “Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by Holdings under Article X in favor of the
Guarantied Parties.

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

     “Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

     “Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).

     “Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.

     “Intangible Assets” means assets having no physical existence and that, in conformity
with GAAP, should be classified as intangible assets, including without limitation such intangible
assets as patents, trademarks, copyrights, franchises, licenses and goodwill.

     “Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of
each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided,
however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the
respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall
also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the first Business Day of each
April, July, October and January and the Maturity Date.

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

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

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

     (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

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     “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

     “Investment” means, when used in connection with any Person, any investment by such
Person, whether by means of purchase or other acquisition of stock or other securities or by means
of loan, advance, capital contribution, guarantee, or other debt or equity participation or
interest in any other Person.

     “Joint Lead Arrangers” means, collectively, Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. in their capacities as joint lead arrangers.

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

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

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

     “Leverage Ratio” means, at any date, the ratio of Consolidated Debt at such date to
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or
prior to such date.

     “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien
or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease
in the nature thereof, and any financing statement filed under the Uniform Commercial Code of any
jurisdiction).

     “Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article
II.

     “Loan Documents” means, collectively, (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) the
Guaranty, and (d) the Fee Letters.

     “Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and Holdings.

     “Loan Party Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.03.

     “Majority Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, a Lender or Lenders holding
more than 50% of the Outstanding Amount on such date; provided that the portion of the Outstanding
Amount held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Majority Lenders.

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     “Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation U of the
FRB.

     “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change in, or a material adverse
effect upon, the operations, business, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of Holdings or
Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

     “Maturity Date” means February 8, 2011; provided, however, that if
such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

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

     “Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing
Loans made or held by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

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

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

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

     “Outstanding Amount” means, on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Loans after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans occurring on
such date.

     “Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).

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     “Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
ERISA) which is subject to ERISA and which is from time to time maintained by Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries.

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

     “Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.03.

     “Public Lender” means any Lender that may have personnel who do not wish to receive
material non-public information with respect to Holdings or its Affiliates, or the respective
securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related
activities with respect to any such Person’s securities.

     “Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).

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

     “Restricted Margin Stock” means, as of any date of determination, all of the Margin
Stock owned by Holdings and its Subsidiaries to the extent that the fair market value thereof is
not more than 25% of the aggregate fair market value of the assets of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis.

     “Rights of Others” means, as to any property in which a Person has an interest, any
legal or equitable claim or other interest (other than a Lien) in or with respect to that property
held by any other Person, and any option or right held by any other Person to acquire any such
claim or other interest, including a Lien.

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

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

     “Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Holdings with assets in excess of 3%
of Consolidated Total Tangible Assets.

     “Subordinated Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal
amount then outstanding of Debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries that is subordinated to the
Obligations, on terms that (a) prohibit any payment on that Debt (whether principal, premium, if
any, interest, or otherwise) if: (i) any event not waived hereunder has occurred and is continuing
that is a Default or an Event of Default, or (ii) the payment would cause the occurrence of a
Default or an Event of Default; and (b) require that, upon acceleration of that Debt or upon
dissolution, liquidation, or reorganization of Holdings or any such Subsidiary, the Obligations
must be paid in full before any payment (whether of principal, premium, if any, interest, or
otherwise) may be made on that Debt.

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

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

     “to the best knowledge of” means, when modifying a representation, warranty, or other
statement of any Person, that the fact or situation described therein is known by such Person (or,
in the case of a Person other than a natural person, known by a responsible officer, director or
partner of such Person) making the representation, warranty, or other statement, or with the
exercise of reasonable due diligence under the circumstances (in accordance with the standard of
what a reasonable person in similar circumstances would have done) should have been known by the
Person (or, in the case of a Person other than a natural person, should have been known by a
responsible officer, director or partner of such Person).

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

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

     “Unrestricted Margin Stock” means, as of any date of determination, all of the Margin
Stock owned by Holdings and its Subsidiaries that is not Restricted Margin Stock.

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

     (a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,”
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
“without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any
Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or
other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to
any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any
other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include
such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be
construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision
thereof,

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(iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Preliminary Statements, Exhibits
and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Preliminary
Statements, Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear,
(v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or
regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) except where the context provides
otherwise, the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the
same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ARTICLE II

THE COMMITMENTS AND LOANS

     2.01 The Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each
Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount not
to exceed such Lender’s Commitment. The Loans shall be made simultaneously by the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages. Amounts borrowed under this
Section 2.01 and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Loans may be Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

     2.02 The Making, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. (a) The Loans, each
conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be
given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
9:00 a.m. (i) in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Loans to be made on the Closing Date, three
Business Days prior to the Closing Date, and, in the case of any conversion to or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, three
Business Days prior to the requested date of such continuation or conversion, and (ii) in the case
of Base Rate Loans to be made on the Closing Date, on the Closing Date. Each telephonic notice by
the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a
Designated Officer of the Borrower. Each Eurodollar Rate Loan made on the Closing Date, and each
conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, shall be in a principal amount of
$5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Each conversion to Base Rate Loans
shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each
Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is
requesting the Loans be made, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation
of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the Closing Date or the requested date of the conversion or
continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day in any event), (iii) the principal
amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to
which existing Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest
Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan
Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation,
then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic
conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in
effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests Eurodollar
Rate Loans to be made on the Closing Date or requests conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar
Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be
deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.

     (b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage, and if no timely notice of a
conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each
Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section
2.02(a). Each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent
in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not

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later than 11:00 a.m. on the Closing Date. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set
forth in Section 4.01, the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available
to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the
account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire
transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably
acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.

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

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

     (e) After making the Loans on the Closing Date, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the
other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than eight Interest
Periods in effect in respect of the Loans.

     2.03 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part
without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative
Agent not later than 9:00 a.m. (1) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of
Eurodollar Rate Loans and (2) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the
entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and
amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are
to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify
each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion
of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage). If such notice is given by the
Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice
shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan
shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional
amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of the outstanding Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Applicable Percentages.

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     2.04 Reduction of Commitments. The aggregate Commitments shall be
automatically and permanently reduced to zero upon the funding of the Loans on the Closing Date.

     2.05 Repayment of Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans on the Maturity Date.

     2.06 Interest. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(b), (i)
each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each
Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Rate; and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof from the Closing Date or the date on which such Loan was converted to a Base Rate
Loan, as the case may be, at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

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

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

     (iii) While any other Event of Default exists, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise), then, upon the request of the Majority Lenders, the Borrower
shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a
fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Laws.

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

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

     2.07 Fees. (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Joint Lead Arrangers and the
Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times
specified in the Fee Letters. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be
refundable for any reason whatsoever.

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     (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon
in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid
and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

     2.08 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base
Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Bank of America’s “prime rate” shall be made on the
basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other
computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days
elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the
basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is
made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such
portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall,
subject to Section 2.10(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the
Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.

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

     2.10 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback. (a)
General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or
deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative
Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date
specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable
Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received
by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative
Agent after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any
applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower
shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following
Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected on computing interest or fees, as the
case may be.

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

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

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

     (c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the
Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing
provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent because the conditions to the Loans set forth in Article IV are not

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satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return
such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

     (d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make
Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The
failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any
date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so
on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its
Loan or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).

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

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

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

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

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

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

     2.12 Payments by Holdings. Any payment made hereunder by Holdings on the
Borrower’s behalf shall be deemed to be a payment by the Borrower for purposes of this Agreement.

ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

     3.01 Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on
account of any obligation of the Borrower or Holdings hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes, provided that if the Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct any
Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be
increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, shall make such deductions
and (iii) the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, shall timely pay the full amount deducted
to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

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

     (c) Indemnification by the Borrower and Holdings. The Borrower and Holdings shall,
jointly and severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after
demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section)
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 Indemnified
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 delivered to the Borrower
by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent),

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or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a
Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     (d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, to a Governmental Authority,
the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the
original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such
payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

     (e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower or Holdings,
as the case may be, is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a
party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the
Borrower and Holdings (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by
applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, Holdings 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, Holdings or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such
other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, Holdings
or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower, Holdings or the Administrative Agent to
determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting
requirements.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be,
is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the
Borrower, Holdings 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, Holdings or the
Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), 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 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, (A) a certificate to the effect that
such Foreign Lender is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the
Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower or Holdings within the meaning of
section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in
section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (B) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN, or

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     (iv) 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 to
determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

     (f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender
determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, or with respect to
which the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, has paid additional amounts pursuant to this
Section, it shall pay to the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, an amount equal to such
refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the
Borrower or Holdings under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to
such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such
Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower or
Holdings, as the case may be, 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
if the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental
Authority. This subsection 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 that it
deems confidential) to the Borrower, Holdings or any other Person.

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

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

     3.04 Increased Costs. (a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law
shall:

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

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

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

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

     (b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting
such Lender or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any,
regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of
this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below
that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in
Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding
company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such
Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding
company for any such reduction suffered.

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

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

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

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

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

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

     (c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the
Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section
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including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or
reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the
deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary and
reasonable administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

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

     3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) Designation of
a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or
the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority
for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice
pursuant to Section 3.02, 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 judgment of
such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant
to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need
for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not
subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or
assignment.

     (b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrower
may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.

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

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE LOANS

     4.01 Conditions to the Loans. The obligation of each Lender to make its Loans
hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

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

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

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

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

     (iv) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and
that the Borrower is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in
business in the State of Nevada and Holdings is validly existing, in good standing
and qualified to engage in business in the State of Delaware and the State of
California;

     (v) a favorable opinion of Richard P. Randall, counsel to the Loan Parties,
addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters set forth
in Exhibit E-1 and such other matters concerning the Loan Parties and the
Loan Documents as the Majority Lenders may reasonably request;

     (vi) a favorable opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, local counsel
to the Borrower in Nevada, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as
to the matters set forth in Exhibit E-2 and such other matters concerning
the Borrower and the Loan Documents to which it is party as the Majority Lenders may
reasonably request;

     (vii) a certificate signed by a Designated Officer of Holdings certifying that
the Existing Credit Agreement has been terminated as of the Closing Date or will be
terminated no later than three Business Days after the Closing Date; and

     (viii) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as
the Administrative Agent or any Lender reasonably may require.

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

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

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     (d) The Closing Date shall have occurred on or before February 8, 2008.

     (e) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party
contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any
document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true
and correct on and as of the Closing Date.

     (f) No Default shall exist, or would result from the making of the Loans or from the
application of the proceeds thereof.

     (g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Committed Loan Notice in accordance
with the requirements hereof, and such Committed Loan Notice shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.01(e) and
(f) have been satisfied on and as of the Closing Date.

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.03,
for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01,
each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or
accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented
to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection
thereto.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     Each of Holdings and the Borrower, as applicable, represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

     5.01
Existence and Qualification; Power; Compliance with Law. (a) The Borrower
is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Nevada, and Holdings is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware. The chief executive offices of Holdings are in Pasadena,
California. Holdings is duly qualified or registered to transact business in the State of
California and each other jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its
properties make such qualification or registration necessary, except where the failure so to
qualify or register would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Loan Party has all requisite
corporate power and authority to conduct its business, to own and lease its properties and to
execute, deliver and perform all of its obligations under the Loan Documents.

     (b) All outstanding shares of capital stock of each Loan Party are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid, nonassessable, and issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal
securities and other laws.

     (c) Each Loan Party is in compliance with all Laws and other legal requirements applicable to
its business, has obtained all authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses and permits
from, and has accomplished all filings, registrations and qualifications with, or obtained
exemptions from any of the foregoing from, any Governmental Authority

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that are necessary for the transaction of its business, except where the failure so
to comply, file, register, qualify or obtain exemptions would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     5.02 Authority; Compliance with Other Instruments and Government Regulations.
The execution, delivery, and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is
party have been duly authorized by all necessary action and do not and will not (a) require any
consent or approval not heretofore obtained of any stockholder, security holder or creditor;
(b) violate or conflict with any provision of such Loan Party’s charter, certificate, articles of
incorporation or bylaws, or amendments thereof; (c) result in or require the creation or imposition
of any Lien or Rights of Others upon or with respect to any property now owned or leased or
hereafter acquired by such Loan Party; (d) violate any provision of any Laws (including without
limitation Regulation U of the FRB), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination, or
award presently in effect having applicability to such Loan Party; or (e) result in a breach of or
constitute a default under, or cause or permit the acceleration of any obligation owed under, any
indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other material agreement, lease, or instrument to
which such Loan Party is a party or by which such Loan Party or any of its property, is bound or
affected; and such Loan Party is not in default under any Laws, order, writ, judgment, injunction,
decree, determination, award, indenture, agreement, lease, or instrument described in Section
5.02(e) in any respect that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

     5.03 No Governmental Approvals Required. No authorization, consent, approval,
order, license or permit from, or filing, registration, or qualification with, or exemption from
any of the foregoing from, any Governmental Authority is or will be required to authorize or permit
under applicable Laws the execution, delivery, and performance by any Loan Party of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party.

     5.04
Subsidiaries. (a) Schedule 5.04 hereto correctly sets forth as of
December 30, 2006 the names, forms of legal entity and jurisdictions of formation of all
Subsidiaries and states whether each is or is not a Consolidated Subsidiary. Except for shares of
capital stock or partnership interests in a Subsidiary required by applicable Laws to be held by a
director or comparable official of that Subsidiary and unless otherwise indicated in Schedule
5.04 or where the failure to own all of the shares of capital stock or partnership interests in
such Subsidiary would not have a Material Adverse Effect, all of the outstanding shares of capital
stock or partnership interests of each Subsidiary are owned beneficially by Holdings, and, to the
best knowledge of Holdings, all securities and interests so owned are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal
securities and other laws, and are free and clear of all Liens and Rights of Others.

     (b) Each Subsidiary is a corporation or other legal entity duly formed, validly existing, and
in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, is duly qualified to do business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership
or leasing of its properties makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure
to be so duly qualified and in good standing does not have a Material Adverse Effect, and has all
requisite legal power and authority to conduct its business and to own and lease its properties.

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     (c) Each Subsidiary is in compliance with all Laws and other requirements applicable to its
business and has obtained all authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses, and permits
from, and has accomplished all filings, registrations, and qualifications with, or obtained
exemptions from any of the foregoing from, any Governmental Authority that are necessary for the
transaction of its business, except where the failure to be in such compliance, obtain such
authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses, and permits, accomplish such filings,
registrations, and qualifications, or obtain such exemptions, does not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     5.05 Financial Statements. The Borrower has furnished to each Lender the
following financial statements: (i) the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 30, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of
income, shareholders’ equity and changes in financial position for the year then ended, together
with the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers on such financial statements and (ii) the consolidated
balance sheet of Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as at September 29, 2007, and the
related consolidated statements of income, shareholder’s equity and changes in financial position
for the three months then ended. The foregoing financial statements are in accordance with the
books and records of Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, were prepared in accordance with
GAAP and fairly present the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of Holdings
and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the dates and for the periods covered thereby.

     5.06 No Material Adverse Change or Other Liabilities. Except as set forth in
Section 5.09, since December 30, 2006, there has been no event or circumstance that has had
a Material Adverse Effect. Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries do not have any material
liability or material contingent liability required to be reflected or disclosed in the financial
statements or notes thereto described in Section 5.05 which is not so reflected or
disclosed.

     5.07 Title to Assets. Holdings and its Subsidiaries have good and valid title
to all of the assets reflected in the financial statements described in Section 5.05
(except for assets that are sold in transactions that are not prohibited by the terms of this
Agreement) free and clear of all Liens and Rights of Others other than (a) those reflected or
disclosed in such financial statements or notes thereto, (b) immaterial Liens or Rights of Others
not required under GAAP to be so reflected or disclosed, and (c) Liens or Rights of Others
permitted pursuant to Section 7.02.

     5.08 Regulated Industries. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is or
is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

     5.09 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the best of Holdings’ knowledge, threatened against or affecting Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries or any property of any of them in any court of law or before any Governmental
Authority which, if determined adversely to any of them, would have a Material Adverse Effect,
except as set forth in Schedule 5.09 annexed hereto or as referred to in Holdings’ news
releases and filings with the SEC made or filed on or prior to the Closing Date (including the
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission investigation into industry competitive practices,
and any related or threatened inquiries, claims, proceedings or lawsuits pertaining to this
investigation or to the subject matter thereof or of the concluded investigations by the U.S.
Department of Justice, the European Commission and the Canadian Department of Justice

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(including purported class actions seeking treble damages for alleged unlawful competitive
practices, and purported class actions related to alleged disclosure and fiduciary duty violations
pertaining to alleged unlawful competitive practices, which were filed after the announcement of
the U.S. Department of Justice investigation), as well as the impact of potential violations of the
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act based on issues in China).

     5.10 Binding Obligations. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid, and
binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its
terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by
equitable principles relating to the granting of specific performance and other equitable remedies
as a matter of judicial discretion.

     5.11 No Default. No Default or Event of Default exists or has resulted from
the incurring of any Obligations by any Loan Party. As of the Closing Date, neither Holdings nor
any of its Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any material contractual obligation
in any respect which, individually or together with all such defaults, has had a Material Adverse
Effect.

     5.12 ERISA. (a) The actuarial present value of all vested accrued benefits
under all Pension Plans does not exceed the current fair market value of the assets determined on
an ongoing basis of the Pension Plans by an amount which would materially affect the financial
condition of any Loan Party or any Loan Party’s ability to pay or perform its obligations under the
Loan Documents; (b) no Pension Plan or trust created thereunder has incurred any “accumulated
funding deficiency” (as such term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA) whether or not waived, since
the effective date of ERISA; and (c) based on information received from the respective
administrators of “multiemployer plans” (as defined in ERISA) to which Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries contributes, the aggregate present value of the unfunded vested benefits allocable to
Holdings and its Subsidiaries under all such multiemployer plans is not an amount which would
materially affect the financial condition of any Loan Party or any Loan Party’s ability to pay or
perform its obligations under the Loan Documents.

     5.13 Regulation U. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged
principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for purpose
of “buying” or “carrying” any Margin Stock within the meanings of Regulation U of the FRB. No part
of any Loan will be used to buy or carry any Margin Stock, or to extend credit to others for that
purpose, or for any purpose, if to do so would violate the provisions of Regulation U of the FRB.

     5.14 Tax Liability. Holdings and its Subsidiaries have filed all income tax
returns which are required to be filed, and have paid, or made provision for the payment of, all
taxes which have become due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, except such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good
faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided, and except such taxes the failure of
which to pay will not have a Material Adverse Effect.

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     5.15 Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, etc. Holdings and its
Subsidiaries own or are licensed or otherwise have the right to use all of the patents, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, copyrights, contractual franchises, authorizations and other rights
that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, where the failure
to have such rights would have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of Holdings, no
slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now
employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries infringes upon
any rights held by any other Person, where such infringement would create a Material Adverse
Effect.

     5.16 Environmental Matters. Holdings conducts in the ordinary course of
business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws applicable to, and existing
Environmental Claims of, its business, operations and properties, and as a result thereof Holdings
has reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and Environmental Claims would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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

     5.18 Disclosure. No written statement made by any Loan Party to the Lenders
in connection with the Loan Documents or any Loan contains or will contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omits or will omit a material fact necessary to make the statements contained or
made therein not misleading. There is no fact which any Loan Party has not disclosed to the
Lenders in writing which materially and adversely affects nor, so far as any Loan Party can now
foresee, is reasonably likely to prove to affect materially and adversely the business, operations,
properties, prospects, profits or condition (financial or otherwise) of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the ability of any Loan Party to pay or perform the Obligations.

ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     As long as any Loan remains unpaid, or any other Obligation remains unpaid or unperformed, or
any commitment to make Loans remains in effect, Holdings shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, unless the Majority Lenders otherwise consent in writing:

     6.01 Financial and Business Information. As long as any Loan remains unpaid
or any other Obligation remains unpaid or unperformed, or any Commitment remains in effect,
Holdings shall, unless the Majority Lenders otherwise consent in writing, deliver to the Lenders at
its own expense:

     (a) As soon as reasonably possible, and in any event within 60 days after the close of each of
the first three fiscal quarters of Holdings, (i) the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter, setting forth in

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comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding quarter of the preceding
fiscal year, if available, and (ii) the consolidated statements of profit and loss and changes in
financial position of Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such quarter and for the
portion of the fiscal year ended with such quarter, setting forth in comparative form the
corresponding periods of the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in
accordance with GAAP and certified by the principal financial officer of Holdings, subject to
normal year-end audit adjustments;

     (b) As soon as reasonably possible, and in any event within 120 days after the close of each
fiscal year of Holdings, (i) the consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding
figures at the end of the preceding fiscal year and (ii) the consolidated statements of profit and
loss and changes in financial position of Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such
fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous fiscal
year. Such consolidated balance sheet and statements shall be prepared in reasonable detail, in
accordance with GAAP, and shall be accompanied by a report and opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers or
other independent public accountants selected by Holdings and reasonably satisfactory to the
Majority Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and shall be
subject only to such qualifications and exceptions as are acceptable to the Majority Lenders.

     6.02 Certificates; Other Information. As long as any Loan remains unpaid or
any other Obligation remains unpaid or unperformed, or any Commitment remains in effect, Holdings
shall deliver or make available to the Lenders via Holdings’ website, averydennison.com or at its
own expense:

     (a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections
6.01(a) and (b), a Compliance Certificate executed by a Designated Officer;

     (b) promptly after request by any Lender, copies of any material report filed by Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries with any Governmental Authority unless to do so would violate applicable
Laws or would waive attorney-client privilege held by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries; and

     (c) promptly after the same are available, at any Lender’s request, copies of each annual
report, proxy or financial statement or other material report or communication sent to all
stockholders of Holdings, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and
registration statements which Holdings files with the SEC or any similar or corresponding
Governmental Authority or with any securities exchange.

     6.03 Notices. Holdings and the Borrower, as applicable, shall promptly notify
the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

     (a) promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of any (i) “reportable event” (as such term
is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) or (ii) “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in
Section 406 or Section 2003(a) of ERISA) with respect to which Holdings may be liable for excise
tax under Section 4975 of the Code in connection with any

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Pension Plan or any trust created thereunder, in either case which may result in a Material
Adverse Effect, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action Holdings and/or any of
its Subsidiaries is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto, and, when known, any action
taken by the IRS with respect thereto; it being understood that for purposes of this provision,
“aware” means that such event or transaction must be actually known to the chief financial officer
or the treasurer of Holdings;

     (b) promptly upon, and in any event within five Business Days after, becoming aware of the
existence of any condition or event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default a written
notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action such Loan Party is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto; it being understood that for purposes of this
provision, “aware” means that such condition or event must be actually known to the chief financial
officer or the treasurer of such Loan Party;

     (c) promptly upon becoming aware that the holder of any evidence of Debt or other security of
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that is material to Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries,
considered as a whole, has given notice or taken any other action with respect to a claimed default
or event of default, a written notice specifying the notice given or action taken by such holder
and the nature of the claimed default or event of default and what action such Loan Party is taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto; it being understood that for purposes of this provision,
“aware” means that such notice or action must be actually known to the chief financial officer or
the treasurer of such Loan Party;

     (d) of any change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by Holdings or any
of the Consolidated Subsidiaries that is material to Holdings and the Consolidated Subsidiaries
considered as a whole; and

     (e) such other data and information as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any
Lender.

     Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or
the Joint Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided
by or on behalf of Holdings and the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Loan Party
Materials”) by posting the Loan Party Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic
system (the “Platform”) and (b) no Lender shall be a Public Lender.

     6.04 Payment of Taxes and Other Potential Liens. Pay and discharge promptly,
all taxes (including any withholding taxes required by law to be paid by any Loan Party),
assessments, and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it, upon its property or any part
thereof, upon its income or profits or any part thereof, in each case that, individually or in the
aggregate, are material to Holdings and its Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, or upon any right
or interest of the Lenders under any Loan Document; except that Holdings and its
Subsidiaries shall not be required to pay or cause to be paid (a) any income or gross receipts tax
generally applicable to banks or (b) any tax, assessment, charge, or levy that is not yet past due,
or is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, as long as the relevant entity has
established and maintains adequate reserves for the payment of the same and by reason of such
nonpayment no material property of any Loan Party is in danger of being lost or forfeited.

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     6.05 Preservation of Existence. Preserve and maintain their respective
existence, licenses, rights, franchises, and privileges in the jurisdiction of their formation and
all authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses, permits, or exemptions from, or
registrations with, any Governmental Authority that are necessary for the transaction of their
respective businesses, and qualify and remain qualified to transact business in each jurisdiction
in which such qualification is necessary in view of their respective business or the ownership or
leasing of their respective properties, except that the failure to preserve and maintain
any particular license, right, franchise, privilege, authorization, consent, approval, order,
permit, exemption, or registration, or to qualify or remain qualified in any jurisdiction, that
would not have a Material Adverse Effect will not constitute a violation of this covenant, and
except that nothing in this Section 6.05 shall prevent the termination of the business or
existence (corporate or otherwise) of any Subsidiary which in the reasonable judgment of the Board
of Directors of Holdings is no longer necessary or desirable.

     6.06 Maintenance of Properties. Maintain, preserve, and protect all of their
respective properties and equipment in good order and condition, subject to wear and tear in the
ordinary course of business and, in the case of unimproved properties, damage caused by the natural
elements, and not permit any waste of their respective properties, except where a failure
to maintain, preserve, and protect a particular item of property or equipment would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect.

     6.07 Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain insurance with responsible insurance
companies in such amounts and against such risks as is usually carried by responsible companies
engaged in similar businesses and owning similar assets in the general areas in which Holdings and
its Subsidiaries operate except to the extent that Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is, in the
reasonable opinion of a Designated Officer, adequately self-insured in a manner comparable to
responsible companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar assets in the general areas
in which Holdings or any such Subsidiary operates.

     6.08 Compliance with Laws. Comply with the requirements of all applicable
Laws and orders of any Governmental Authority, noncompliance with which would result in a Material
Adverse Effect, except that Holdings and its Subsidiaries need not comply with a
requirement then being contested by any of them in good faith by appropriate proceedings so long as
no interest of the Lenders would be materially impaired thereby.

     6.09 Inspection Rights. At any time during regular business hours and as
often as reasonably requested, permit any Lender or any employee, agent, or representative thereof
to examine, audit and make copies and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and to
visit and inspect the properties of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and to discuss the affairs,
finances, and accounts of Holdings and its Subsidiaries with any of their officials, customers or
vendors, and, upon request, to furnish promptly to each Lender true copies of all material
financial information formally made available to the senior management of Holdings and reasonably
identifiable by Holdings. Nothing herein shall obligate Holdings to disclose any information to
the Lenders respecting trade secrets or similar proprietary information constituting products or
processes relating to the business of Holdings or its Subsidiaries or in violation of applicable
Laws.

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     6.10 Keeping of Records and Books of Account. Keep in conformity with GAAP
adequate records and books of account reflecting financial transactions and all applicable
requirements of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, except where the failure to comply with GAAP or such applicable requirements would
not make the records and books of accounts of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
materially misleading.

     6.11 ERISA Compliance. Comply with the minimum funding requirements of ERISA
with respect to all Pension Plans.

     6.12 Environmental Laws. Conduct its operations and keep and maintain its
property in compliance with all Environmental Laws where failure to do so will have a Material
Adverse Effect.

     6.13 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans for working capital,
commercial paper backup and other general corporate purposes not in contravention of any Law or of
any Loan Document, including acquiring other Persons so long as the acquisition is approved by the
board of directors, requisite general partners, requisite managers or other governing board or body
of the Person being acquired.

     6.14 Termination of the Existing Credit Agreement. No later than three
Business Days after the Closing Date, terminate the Existing Credit Agreement and, concurrently
therewith, deliver evidence of such termination to the Administrative Agent (which evidence shall
be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).

     6.15
Assumption of the Obligations by Holdings. (a) If at any time (i) more
than 50% of the assets, property or shares of the Borrower are sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Holdings or (ii) the Borrower is dissolved or
the existence (corporate or otherwise) of the Borrower is terminated (other than as a result of a
merger, acquisition or consolidation with or into an Affiliate of Holdings), Holdings shall assume
the Loans and all other Obligations hereunder; provided that (A) the Administrative Agent
shall have received an agreement duly executed by Holdings evidencing such assumption, and a
favorable legal opinion of counsel to Holdings with regard to corporate power and authority to
enter into such assumption agreement and the due execution, due delivery, due authorization and
enforceability thereof, such assumption agreement and legal opinion to be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (B) the execution, delivery and performance by Holdings
of such assumption agreement shall have been duly authorized by all necessary action and (C) such
assumption would not materially impair the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s rights and
remedies under the Loan Documents.

     (b) If at any time (i) more than 50% of the assets, property or shares of the Borrower are
sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person that is an Affiliate of Holdings or (ii) the
existence (corporate or otherwise) of the Borrower is terminated as a result of a merger,
acquisition or consolidation with or into an Affiliate of Holdings, either of Holdings or such
Affiliate shall assume the Loans and all other Obligations hereunder;  provided  that (A) the
Administrative Agent shall have received an assumption agreement duly executed by Holdings or such
Affiliate, as the case may be, evidencing such assumption, and a favorable legal opinion

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of counsel to Holdings or such Affiliate, as the case may be, with regard to corporate power
and authority to enter into such assumption agreement and the due execution, due delivery, due
authorization and enforceability thereof, such assumption agreement and legal opinion to be in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (B) the execution, delivery and performance
by Holdings or such Affiliate, as the case may be, of such assumption agreement shall have been
duly authorized by all necessary action, (C) in the case of an assumption by such Affiliate, such
assumption agreement shall have been consented to by Holdings in writing and Holdings shall have
agreed in writing that the Guaranty hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be
impaired or limited by the execution or effectiveness of such assumption and (D) such assumption
would not materially impair the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s rights and remedies under
the Loan Documents.

ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     As long as any Loan remains unpaid or any other Obligation remains unpaid or unperformed, or
any commitment to make Loans remains in effect, Holdings shall not, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to not, unless the Majority Lenders otherwise consent in writing:

     7.01 Type of Business. Make any substantial change in the present character
of the business of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

     7.02 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its
property or assets (other than Unrestricted Margin Stock) now owned or hereafter acquired if the
aggregate obligations secured by all such Liens exceeds, or would exceed (giving effect to any
proposed new Lien) an amount equal to 10% of Consolidated Net Worth, except:

     (a) Liens for taxes not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
in accordance with  Section 6.04;

     (b) Liens arising in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or social
security obligations;

     (c) mechanics’, workmen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, carriers’, or other like Liens arising
in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

     (d) minor Liens which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its
property or assets or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries;

     (e) Liens in existence on property at the time of its acquisition by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries;

     (f) Liens under the Loan Documents; and

     (g) purchase money Liens in connection with nonrecourse tax sale and leaseback transactions.

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     7.03 Investments. Make or permit to exist any Investment in any Person,
except:

     (a) credit extended in connection with the sale of goods or rendering of services in the
ordinary course of business;

     (b) Investments in a Consolidated Subsidiary;

     (c) Acquisitions;

     (d) Investments consisting of Cash Equivalents;

     (e) Investments that individually or in the aggregate would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect; and

     (f) Investments in corporations, joint ventures, partnerships and other Persons not
majority-owned by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not exceeding 5% of
Consolidated Net Worth in the aggregate.

     7.04 Contingent Obligations. Incur or permit to exist any Contingent
Obligation if the aggregate of all Contingent Obligations exceeds, or would exceed (giving effect
to any proposed new Contingent Obligation) an amount equal to 5% of Consolidated Net Worth,
except the endorsement of negotiable instruments in the ordinary course of collection.

     7.05 Subordinated Debt. Make any principal prepayment on any Subordinated
Debt or, if and so long as a Default or an Event of Default exists, any payment of principal or
interest on any Subordinated Debt.

     7.06 Sale of Assets or Merger. Sell or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets (other than Unrestricted Margin Stock), or merge with any other
corporation unless Holdings or one of its Subsidiaries is the surviving corporation except
that the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of any Subsidiary, or the merger of any
Subsidiary when it is not the surviving corporation shall not violate this Section 7.06 if
the assets of such Subsidiary are not material in relation to the assets of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

     7.07 Financial Covenants.

     (a) Not permit the Leverage Ratio to exceed 3.50 to 1.00 at any time; and

     (b) Not permit the ratio of Consolidated Earnings Before Interest and Taxes to Consolidated
Interest to be less than 3.50 to 1.00 at any time.

     7.08 Use of Proceeds. Use any portion of the Loan proceeds, in any manner
that might cause the Loan or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation U, Regulation T
or Regulation X of the FRB or any other regulation of the FRB or to violate the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, in each case as in effect on the date or dates of such Loan and such use
of proceeds.

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ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

     8.01 Events of Default. There will be a default hereunder if any one or more
of the following events (“Events of Default ”) occurs and is continuing, whatever the reason
therefor:

     (a) failure of the Borrower to pay any installment of principal when due or to pay interest
hereunder or any fee or other amounts due to any Lender hereunder within three Business Days after
the date when due; or

     (b) any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other term, covenant, or agreement
contained in any Loan Document to which it is a party within 30 days after the date performance is
due; or

     (c) any representation or warranty in any Loan Document or in any certificate, agreement,
instrument, or other document made or delivered pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document
proves to have been incorrect when made in any material respect; or

     (d) (i) Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (1) fails to pay the principal, or any principal
installment, or any present or future Debt for borrowed money, or any guaranty of present or future
Debt for borrowed money, within 10 days of the date when due (or within any longer stated grace
period), whether at the stated maturity, upon acceleration, by reason of required prepayment or
otherwise in excess of $50,000,000, or (2) fails to perform or observe any other term, covenant, or
agreement on its part to be performed or observed in connection with any present or future Debt for
borrowed money, or any guaranty of present or future Debt for borrowed money, in excess of
$50,000,000, if as a result of such failure any holder or holders thereof (or an agent or trustee
on its or their behalf) has the right to declare it due before the date on which it otherwise would
become due, or (ii) any default or event of default pursuant to that certain First Amended and
Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2007, by and among Holdings, the
lenders party thereto, Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent, Bank of America, as syndication
agent, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as joint lead
arrangers; or

     (e) any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other
than the agreement of the Lenders or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in
full force and effect or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void,
invalid, or unenforceable in any respect which is, in the reasonable opinion of the Majority
Lenders, materially adverse to the interest of the Lenders; or any Loan Party denies that it has
any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document; or

     (f) a final judgment against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is entered for the payment of
money in excess of $50,000,000, and remains unsatisfied without procurement of a stay of execution
for 45 days after the date of entry of judgment or in any event later than five days prior to the
date of any proposed sale under such judgment; or

     (g) Holdings, any Domestic Subsidiary or any Significant Subsidiary is the subject of an order
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to pay its debts as they mature, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, rehabilitator, or similar officer for it or for all or any part of its property; or any
receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, or similar officer is
appointed without the application or consent of that entity and the appointment continues
undischarged or unstayed for 60 days; or institutes or consents to any bankruptcy, proposal in
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution,
custodianship, conservatorship, liquidation, rehabilitation, or similar proceeding relating to it
or to all or any part of its property under the laws of any jurisdiction; or any similar proceeding
is instituted without the consent of that entity and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 days;
or any judgment, writ, warrant of attachment or execution, or similar process is issued or levied
against all or any part of the property of any such entity in an amount in excess of 10% of the
total assets of such entity, and is not released, vacated, or fully bonded within sixty (60) days
after its issue or levy, or Holdings, any Domestic Subsidiary or any Significant Subsidiary shall
take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this subsection
(g).

     8.02 Remedies upon Event of Default. (a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default (other than an Event of Default described in Section 8.01(g)): (i) all commitments
to make Loans may be terminated by the Majority Lenders without notice to or demand upon the
Borrower, which are expressly waived by the Borrower and (ii) the Majority Lenders may declare the
unpaid principal of or unperformed balance of all Obligations due to the Lenders hereunder, all
interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents to be
forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall become and be forthwith due and payable,
without protest, presentment, notice of dishonor, demand, or further notice of any kind, all of
which are expressly waived by the Borrower.

     (b) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.01(g): (i) all
commitments to make Loans shall terminate without notice to or demand upon the Borrower, which are
expressly waived by the Borrower; and (ii) the unpaid principal of or unperformed balance of all
Obligations due to the Lenders hereunder, and all interest accrued and unpaid on such Obligations
shall be forthwith due and payable, without protest, presentment, notice of dishonor, demand, or
further notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower.

     (c) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and acceleration of the unpaid principal of or
unperformed balance of all Obligations due to the Lenders hereunder, as provided in Sections
8.02(a) or (b), the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, without
notice to or demand upon the Borrower, which are expressly waived by the Borrower, may proceed to
protect, exercise, and enforce their rights and remedies under the Loan Documents against the
Borrower and such other rights and remedies as are provided by law or equity. The order and manner
in which the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan
Documents and otherwise may be protected, exercised, or enforced shall be determined by the
Majority Lenders.

     (d) All payments received by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, shall
be applied: first to the costs and expenses (including attorneys fees and disbursements) of
the Administrative Agent, acting as Administrative Agent, and of the Lenders;

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and thereafter to the Lenders pro rata according to the unpaid principal amount of the
Loans held by each Lender. Regardless of how any Lender may treat the payments for the purpose of
its own accounting, for the purpose of computing the Borrower’s Obligations hereunder, the payments
shall be applied: first, to the payment of accrued and unpaid fees provided for hereunder
and interest on all Obligations to and including the date of such application; second, to
the ratable payment of the unpaid principal of all Loans; and third, to the payment of all
other amounts then owing to the Lenders under the Loan Documents. No application of the payments
will cure any Event of Default or prevent acceleration, or continued acceleration, of amounts
payable under the Loan Documents or prevent the exercise, or continued exercise, of rights or
remedies of the Administrative Agent or Lenders hereunder or under applicable Laws.

ARTICLE IX

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

     9.01 Appointment and Authority. (a) Each of the Lenders hereby
irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its
behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof
or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The
provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of
any of such provisions.

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

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

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

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

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

     The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with
the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be
necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 8.02) or (ii)
in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall
be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is
given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.

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

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

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

     9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any
time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such
notice of resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the
Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an
Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have
been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days
after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting
the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such
resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made
by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly,
until such time as the Majority Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for
above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under
the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section).
The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those
payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After
the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the
provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of
such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect
of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent
was acting as Administrative Agent.

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

     9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
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responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its
capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder.

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

     (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and
to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent under Sections 2.07 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial
proceeding; and

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

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the
Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.07 and
11.04.

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

ARTICLE X

CONTINUING GUARANTY

     10.01 Guaranty. Holdings hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, as
a guaranty of payment and performance and not merely as a guaranty of collection, prompt payment
when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration, demand or
otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all of the Obligations, whether for principal,
interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, damages, costs, expenses or otherwise, of the Borrower to
the Guarantied Parties, arising hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including all
renewals, extensions, amendments, refinancings and other modifications thereof and all costs,
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the collection or enforcement thereof). The Administrative Agent’s books and records showing
the amount of the Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and
shall be binding upon Holdings, and conclusive for the purpose of establishing the amount of the
Obligations. This Guaranty shall not be affected by the validity, regularity or enforceability of
the Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any Obligations, or by any fact or
circumstance relating to the Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to the
obligations of Holdings under this Guaranty, and Holdings hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it
may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to any or all of the foregoing.

     10.02 Rights of Lenders. Holdings consents and agrees that the Guarantied
Parties may, at any time and from time to time, without notice or demand, and without affecting the
enforceability or continuing effectiveness hereof: (a) amend, extend, renew, compromise,
discharge, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment or the terms of the Obligations or
any part thereof; (b) take, hold, exchange, enforce, waive, release, fail to perfect, sell, or
otherwise dispose of any security for the payment of this Guaranty or any Obligations; and (c)
release or substitute one or more of any endorsers or other guarantors of any of the Obligations.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Holdings consents to the taking of, or failure to
take, any action which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of Holdings under this
Guaranty or which, but for this provision, might operate as a discharge of Holdings.

     10.03 Certain Waivers. Holdings waives (a) any defense arising by reason of
any disability or other defense of the Borrower or any other guarantor, or the cessation from any
cause whatsoever (including any act or omission of any Guarantied Party) of the liability of the
Borrower; (b) any defense based on any claim that Holdings’ obligations exceed or are more
burdensome than those of the Borrower; (c) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting
Holdings’ liability hereunder; (d) any right to proceed against the Borrower, proceed against or
exhaust any security for the Obligations, or pursue any other remedy in the power of any Guarantied
Party whatsoever; (e) any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter
held by any Guarantied Party; and (f) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other
defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law limiting the liability
of or exonerating guarantors or sureties. Holdings expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims
and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance,
protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or
nature whatsoever with respect to the Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Guaranty
or of the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional Obligations. Holdings waives any
rights and defenses that are or may become available to Holdings by reason of §§ 2787 to 2855,
inclusive, and §§ 2899 and 3433 of the California Civil Code.

     10.04 Obligations Independent. The obligations of Holdings hereunder are
those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety, and are independent of the Obligations and the
obligations of any other guarantor, and a separate action may be brought against Holdings to
enforce this Guaranty whether or not the Borrower or any other person or entity is joined as a
party.

     10.05 Subrogation. Holdings shall not exercise any right of subrogation,
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under this Guaranty until all of the Obligations and any amounts payable under this Guaranty
have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full and the Commitments and the Loans are terminated.
If any amounts are paid to Holdings in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts
shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Guarantied Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the
Guarantied Parties to reduce the amount of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

     10.06 Termination; Reinstatement. This Guaranty is a continuing and
irrevocable guaranty of all Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force
and effect until all Obligations and any other amounts payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly
paid in full in cash and the Commitments and the Loans are terminated. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect or be revived, as the case may be,
if any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or Holdings is made, or any of the Guarantied
Parties exercises its right of setoff, in respect of the Obligations and such payment or the
proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent
or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by any of
the Guarantied Parties in their discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party,
in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such payment
had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and whether or not the Guarantied Parties are in
possession of or have released this Guaranty and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission,
termination or reduction. The obligations of Holdings under this paragraph shall survive
termination of this Guaranty.

     10.07 Subordination. Until the Commitments have been terminated and the
Obligations indefeasibly repaid, satisfied or discharged in full, Holdings hereby subordinates the
payment of all obligations and Debt of the Borrower owing to Holdings, whether now existing or
hereafter arising, including but not limited to any obligation of the Borrower to Holdings as
subrogee of the Guarantied Parties or resulting from Holdings’ performance under this Guaranty, to
the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations. If the Guarantied Parties so request,
any such obligation or Debt of the Borrower to Holdings shall be enforced and performance received
by Holdings as trustee for the Guarantied Parties and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to
the Guarantied Parties on account of the Obligations, but without reducing or affecting in any
manner the liability of Holdings under this Guaranty.

     10.08 Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of
the Obligations is stayed, in connection with any case commenced by or against Holdings or the
Borrower under any Debtor Relief Laws, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable
by Holdings immediately upon demand by the Guarantied Parties.

     10.09 Condition of the Borrower. Holdings acknowledges and agrees that it has
the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from the Borrower and any other
guarantor such information concerning the financial condition, business and operations of the
Borrower and any such other guarantor as Holdings requires, and that none of the Guarantied Parties
has any duty, and Holdings is not relying on the Guarantied Parties at any time, to disclose to
Holdings any information relating to the business, operations or financial condition of the
Borrower or any other guarantor (Holdings waiving any duty on the part of the Guarantied Parties to
disclose such information and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANENOUS

     11.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment, modification, supplement, termination,
or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any
departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, may in any event be effective unless
in writing signed by the Administrative Agent with the written approval of the Majority Lenders,
and then only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose given; and without the approval
in writing of all the Lenders, no amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver, or
consent may be effective:

     (a) to reduce the principal of, or the amount of principal, principal prepayments, or the rate
of interest payable on, any Obligation or increase the amount of any Commitment or decrease the
amount of any fee payable to any Lender;

     (b) to postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, prepayment of principal of, or
any installment of interest on, any Obligation or any installment of any fee or to extend the term
of any Commitment;

     (c) to amend or modify the provisions of (i) the definitions of “Commitment” or “Majority
Lenders” in Section 1.01, or (ii) this Section 11.01, Sections 2.11,
11.08 or 11.17 or Article VIII;

     (d) to amend or modify any provision of this Agreement that expressly requires the consent or
approval of all the Lenders; or

     (e) to release the Guaranty;

and provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Majority Lenders or all the
Lenders, as the case may be, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document. Any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver
or consent pursuant to this Section 11.01 shall apply equally to and be binding upon, all
of the Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have
any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the
Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.

     11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications. (a)
Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly
permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all
notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by
hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by e-mail or
telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be
given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

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     (i) if to Holdings, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address,
telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on
Schedule 11.02; and

     (ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address
or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall
be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been
given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be
deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient).
Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection
(b) below shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

     (b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders
hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet
or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided
that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such
Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such
Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its
discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such
procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

     Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications
sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement
from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available,
return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day
for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website
shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as
described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is
available and identifying the website address therefor.

     (c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT
PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR
THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE
BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR
FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE
BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its
Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to Holdings, the
Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities

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or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s
or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Loan Party Materials through the Internet, except to
the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no
event shall any Agent Party have any liability to Holdings, the Borrower, any Lender or any other
Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or actual damages).

     (d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of Holdings, the Borrower, and the Administrative
Agent may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications
hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address,
telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the
Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an
effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to
which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such
Lender.

     (e) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan
Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made
in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of
notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any
confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the
Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the
reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All
telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be
recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such
recording.

     11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof;
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each
other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and
privileges provided by law.

     11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) Costs and
Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements
of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facility
provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the
provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall
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consummated), and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent
or any Lender), and shall pay all fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights
(A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this
Section, or (B) in connection with Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses
incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.

     (b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing
Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) from and against: (i) any and all
claims, demands, actions or causes of action that are asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person
(other than the Administrative Agent or any Lender) relating directly or indirectly to a claim,
demand, action or cause of action that such Person asserts or may assert against the Borrower, any
Affiliate of the Borrower or any of their respective officers or directors which arises out of or
in connection with the Loan Documents, the use of Loan proceeds or the transactions contemplated
thereby; (ii) any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action that may at any time
(including at any time following repayment of the Obligations and the resignation or removal of the
Administrative Agent or the replacement of any Lender) be asserted or imposed against any
Indemnitee, arising out of or relating to, the Loan Documents, any predecessor loan documents, the
Commitments, the use or contemplated use of the proceeds of any Loan, or the relationship of the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document; (iii) any administrative or investigative proceeding by any Governmental Authority
arising out of or related to a claim, demand, action or cause of action described in subsection
(i) or (ii) above; and (iv) any and all liabilities (including liabilities under indemnities),
losses, damages, penalties, costs or expenses (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and
disbursements and the allocated cost of in-house counsel) that any Indemnitee suffers or incurs as
a result of the assertion of any foregoing claim, demand, action, cause of action or proceeding, or
as a result of the preparation of any defense in connection with any foregoing claim, demand,
action, cause of action or proceeding, and whether or not an Indemnitee is a party to such claim,
demand, action, cause of action or proceeding; provided that such indemnity shall not, as
to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, penalties,
liabilities or related costs or expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by
final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party
against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under
any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable
judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

     (c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to
indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to
be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), or any Related Party of any
of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent), or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
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sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified
loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any
Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent)
in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c)
are subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(d).

     (d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee,
on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to
direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee
referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by
unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended
recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information
transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and
nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

     (e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten
Business Days after demand therefor.

     (f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the
Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments
and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

     11.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of
the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, or
any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any
part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or
required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, or such
Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection
with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such
recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and
continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not
occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its
applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment
is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The
obligations of the Lenders under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in
full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

     11.06 Successors and Assigns. (a) Successors and Assigns
Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that
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nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an
assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.06(b), (ii) by way of
participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.06(d), or (iii) by way of
pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 11.06(f)
(and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).
Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person
(other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent
expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

     (b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign, with, so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Borrower (which consent may be
given or withheld in the Borrower’s sole discretion) to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of
an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at
the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an
Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this
purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) subject to each such assignment, determined as of
the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the
Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000, or that is in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent to be within the
discretion of the consenting party), (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of
a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with
respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, (iii) 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 (which fee shall not be payable by the Borrower) and (iv) no consent
of the Borrower shall be required if the proposed assignment is to another Lender, an Affiliate of
a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender unless as a result of such assignment, the
Borrower would incur an additional cost pursuant to Section 3.04, but the assigning Lender
shall give the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof. Subject to acceptance
and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this
Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the
assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned
by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by
such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the
case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be
entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 11.04
with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment.
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to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under
this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance
with Section 11.06(d).

     (c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant
to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall
be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to
time upon reasonable prior notice.

     (d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to,
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural
person or the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in
all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or
a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with
such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any
agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that
such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or
instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to
any amendment, waiver or other modification that would (x) postpone any date upon which any payment
of money is to be paid to such Participant or (y) reduce the principal, interest, fees or other
amounts payable to such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01,
3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its
interest by assignment pursuant to Section 11.06(b). To the extent permitted by law, each
Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a
Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.11 as though it
were a Lender.

     (e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender
would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant,
unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written
consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to
the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to
such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with
Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.

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     (f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest
in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to
secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender
from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as
a party hereto.

     (g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,”
“signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include
electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the
same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a
paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any
applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act,
the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on
the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

     11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates, legal counsel,
accountants, and other professional advisors provided that such advisors and Affiliates are obliged
to hold such Information in confidence, (b) to regulatory officials having jurisdiction over it or
its Affiliates, (c) as required by law or legal process or in connection with any legal proceeding
to which it is a party provided that the Borrower is notified prior to or concurrently with any
such disclosure to the extent legally permissible, (d) to the Administrative Agent or another
Lender, and (e) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a
result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than
the Borrower. This Agreement, and other confidential information as approved by the Borrower at
the time, may be disclosed, subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as
those of this Section 11.07, to any Participants, Eligible Assignees, potential
Participants or potential Eligible Assignees.

     For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all confidential information
received from any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of
Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to
do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

     Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledges that (a) the Information may
include material non-public information concerning any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, as
the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material
non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance
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     11.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time
and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any
and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency)
at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or
any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or Holdings against any and
all of the obligations of the Borrower or Holdings now or hereafter existing under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document to such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have
made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of
the Borrower or Holdings may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such
Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness.
The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to
other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective
Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall
not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

     11.09 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents
shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the
“Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount
that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans
or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the
interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the
Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any
payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude
voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in
equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the
Obligations hereunder.

     11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which
shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in
Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof
that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

     11.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and
warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery
hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the
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Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of
any extension of credit, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any
other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

     11.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not
be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to
replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect
of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.
The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

     11.13 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or
any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if
any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon
notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate,
without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents
required by, Section 11.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which
assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

     (a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee
specified in Section 11.06(b);

     (b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable
to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section
3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued
interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

     (c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

     (d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

     A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as
a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to
require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

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     11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. (a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.

     (b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SITTING IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR
FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH CALIFORNIA STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN
SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT
OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR
ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

     (c) WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF
THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

     (d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT
THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW

     11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS

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AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY
(WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT
SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND
(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

     11.16 California Judicial Reference. If any action or proceeding is filed in a
court of the State of California by or against any party hereto in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (a) the court shall, and is
hereby directed to, make a general reference pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section
638 to a referee (who shall be a single active or retired judge) to hear and determine all of the
issues in such action or proceeding (whether of fact or of law) and to report a statement of
decision, provided that at the option of any party to such proceeding, any such issues pertaining
to a “provisional remedy” as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1281.8 shall be
heard and determined by the court, and (b) without limiting the generality of Section
11.04, the Borrower shall be solely responsible to pay all fees and expenses of any referee
appointed in such action or proceeding.

     11.17 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects
of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or
other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each of the Borrower and Holdings
acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the
arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the
Joint Lead Arrangers, are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, Holdings and
their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead
Arrangers, on the other hand, (B) each of the Borrower and Holdings has consulted its own legal,
accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each of
the Borrower and Holdings is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks
and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A)
the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers each is and has been acting solely as a
principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not,
and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, Holdings or any of their
respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor the Joint
Lead Arrangers has any obligation to the Borrower, Holdings or any of their respective Affiliates
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth
herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead
Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that
involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, Holdings and their respective Affiliates,
and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Joint Lead Arrangers has any obligation to disclose
any of such interests to the Borrower, Holdings or any of their respective Affiliates. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrower and Holdings hereby waives and releases any
claims that it may have against the

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Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach
of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

     11.18 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as
hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender)
hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of
Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify
and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and
address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative
Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the Act.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS COMPANY, as the Borrower	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, as Holdings, as guarantor	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

S-1

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as 

Administrative Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

S-2

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

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SCHEDULE 2.01

COMMITMENTS AND APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Pro Rata
	Bank	 	Commitment	 	Share of Commitment
	Bank of America, N.A.

	 	$	49,500,000	 	 	 	12.375000000	%
	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

	 	$	49,500,000	 	 	 	12.375000000	%
	Barclays Bank PLC

	 	$	47,000,000	 	 	 	11.750000000	%
	Citicorp USA, Inc.

	 	$	47,000,000	 	 	 	11.750000000	%
	Wachovia Bank, N.A.

	 	$	47,000,000	 	 	 	11.750000000	%
	Bank of China, New York Branch

	 	$	20,000,000	 	 	 	5.000000000	%
	Bank of China, Los Angeles Branch

	 	$	10,000,000	 	 	 	2.500000000	%
	ABM AMRO Bank N.V.

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	 	6.250000000	%
	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	 	6.250000000	%
	First Hawaiian Bank

	 	$	15,000,000	 	 	 	3.750000000	%
	HSBC Bank USA, National Association

	 	$	15,000,000	 	 	 	3.750000000	%
	Standard Chartered Bank

	 	$	15,000,000	 	 	 	3.750000000	%
	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

	 	$	15,000,000	 	 	 	3.750000000	%
	E. Sun Commercial Bank, Ltd., Los
Angeles Branch

	 	$	10,000,000	 	 	 	2.500000000	%
	Malayan Banking Berhad

	 	$	10,000,000	 	 	 	2.500000000	%
	Total

	 	$	400,000,000	 	 	 	100.000000000	%

Schedule 2.01-1

 

 

SCHEDULE 5.04

SUBSIDIARIES

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	JURISDICTION
	 	 	 	 	IN WHICH
	 	 	SUBSIDIARY	 	ORGANIZED
	1.

	 	A.V. CHEMIE GMBH
	 	SWITZERLAND
	2.

	 	ADC PHILIPPINES, INC.
	 	PHILIPPINES
	3.

	 	ADESPAN S.R.L.
	 	ITALY
	4.

	 	ADESPAN U.K. LIMITED
	 	UNITED KINGDOM
	5.

	 	AUSTRACOTE PTY LTD.
	 	AUSTRALIA
	6.

	 	AVERY (CHINA) COMPANY LIMITED
	 	CHINA
	7.

	 	AVERY CORP.
	 	U.S.A.
	8.

	 	AVERY DE MEXICO S.A. DE C.V.
	 	MEXICO
	9.

	 	AVERY DENNISON HOLDINGS (MALTA) LIMITED
	 	MALTA
	10.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (ASIA) HOLDINGS LIMITED
	 	MAURITIUS
	11.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (BANGLADESH) LTD.
	 	BANGLADESH
	12.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (FIJI) LIMITED
	 	FIJI
	13.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (FUZHOU) CONVERTED PRODUCTS LIMITED
	 	CHINA
	14.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (GUANGZHOU) CO. LTD.
	 	CHINA
	15.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (GUANGZHOU) CONVERTED PRODUCTS LIMITED
	 	CHINA
	16.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (HONG KONG) LIMITED
	 	HONG KONG
	17.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED
	 	INDIA
	18.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (IRELAND) LIMITED
	 	IRELAND
	19.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (KUNSHAN) CO., LIMITED
	 	CHINA
	20.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
	 	MALAYSIA
	21.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (QINGDAO) CONVERTED PRODUCTS LIMITED
	 	CHINA
	22.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (SUZHOU) CO. LIMITED
	 	CHINA
	23.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (THAILAND) LTD.
	 	THAILAND
	24.

	 	AVERY DENNISON (VIETNAM) LIMITED
	 	VIETNAM
	25.

	 	AVERY DENNISON AUSTRALIA GROUP HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED
	 	AUSTRALIA
	26.

	 	AVERY DENNISON AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PTY
LTD.
	 	AUSTRALIA
	27.

	 	AVERY DENNISON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
	 	AUSTRALIA
	28.

	 	AVERY DENNISON BELGIE BVBA
	 	BELGIUM
	29.

	 	AVERY DENNISON BV
	 	NETHERLANDS
	30.

	 	AVERY DENNISON C.A.
	 	VENEZUELA
	31.

	 	AVERY DENNISON CANADA INC.
	 	CANADA
	32.

	 	AVERY DENNISON CHILE S.A.
	 	CHILE
	33.

	 	AVERY DENNISON COLOMBIA S. A.
	 	COLOMBIA
	34.

	 	AVERY DENNISON CONVERTED PRODUCTS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE
C.V.
	 	MEXICO
	35.

	 	AVERY DENNISON CONVERTED PRODUCTS EL SALVADOR S. A.
DE C. V.
	 	EL SALVADOR
	36.

	 	AVERY DENNISON COORDINATION CENTER BVBA
	 	BELGIUM
	37.

	 	AVERY DENNISON DE ARGENTINA S.A.
	 	ARGENTINA
	38.

	 	AVERY DENNISON DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	39.

	 	AVERY DENNISON DO BRASIL LTDA.
	 	BRAZIL
	40.

	 	AVERY DENNISON ETIKET TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI
	 	TURKEY
	41.

	 	AVERY DENNISON EUROPE HOLDING (DEUTSCHLAND) GMBH & CO
KG
	 	GERMANY

Schedule 5.04-1

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	JURISDICTION
	 	 	 	 	IN WHICH
	 	 	SUBSIDIARY	 	ORGANIZED
	42.

	 	AVERY DENNISON FINANCE BELGIUM BVBA
	 	BELGIUM
	43.

	 	AVERY DENNISON FINANCE FRANCE S. A. S.
	 	FRANCE
	44.

	 	AVERY DENNISON FINANCE GERMANY GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	45.

	 	AVERY DENNISON FINANCE LUXEMBOURG II SARL
	 	LUXEMBOURG
	46.

	 	AVERY DENNISON FINANCE LUXEMBOURG S. A. R. L.
	 	LUXEMBOURG
	47.

	 	AVERY DENNISON FOUNDATION
	 	U.S.A.
	48.

	 	AVERY DENNISON FRANCE S.A.S.
	 	FRANCE
	49.

	 	AVERY DENNISON G HOLDINGS I COMPANY
	 	U.S.A.
	50.

	 	AVERY DENNISON G HOLDINGS III COMPANY
	 	U.S.A.
	51.

	 	AVERY DENNISON G INVESTMENTS III LIMITED
	 	GIBRALTAR
	52.

	 	AVERY DENNISON G INVESTMENTS V LIMITED
	 	GIBRALTAR
	53.

	 	AVERY DENNISON GROUP DANMARK APS
	 	DENMARK
	54.

	 	AVERY DENNISON GROUP SINGAPORE (PTE) LIMITED
	 	SINGAPORE
	55.

	 	AVERY DENNISON HOLDING & FINANCE THE NETHERLANDS BV
	 	NETHERLANDS
	56.

	 	AVERY DENNISON HOLDING AG
	 	SWITZERLAND
	57.

	 	AVERY DENNISON HOLDING GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	58.

	 	AVERY DENNISON HOLDING LUXEMBOURG S. A. R. L.
	 	LUXEMBOURG
	59.

	 	AVERY DENNISON HOLDINGS LIMITED
	 	AUSTRALIA
	60.

	 	AVERY DENNISON HOLDINGS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
	 	NEW ZEALAND
	61.

	 	AVERY DENNISON HONG KONG BV
	 	NETHERLANDS
	62.

	 	AVERY DENNISON HUNGARY LIMITED
	 	HUNGARY
	63.

	 	AVERY DENNISON IBERICA, S.A.
	 	SPAIN
	64.

	 	AVERY DENNISON INVESTMENTS LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
	 	LUXEMBOURG
	65.

	 	AVERY DENNISON INVESTMENTS THE NETHERLANDS BV
	 	NETHERLANDS
	66.

	 	AVERY DENNISON ITALIA S.R.L.
	 	ITALY
	67.

	 	AVERY DENNISON KOREA LIMITED
	 	KOREA
	68.

	 	AVERY DENNISON LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
	 	LUXEMBOURG
	69.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MANAGEMENT GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	70.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MANAGEMENT KGAA
	 	LUXEMBOURG
	71.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MANAGEMENT LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
	 	LUXEMBOURG
	72.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS FRANCE S.A.R.L.
	 	FRANCE
	73.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	74.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS IRELAND LIMITED
	 	IRELAND
	75.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS NEDERLAND BV
	 	NETHERLANDS
	76.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
	 	NEW ZEALAND
	77.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS PTY LIMITED
	 	AUSTRALIA
	78.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS SDN BHD
	 	MALAYSIA
	79.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS U.K. LIMITED
	 	UNITED KINGDOM
	80.

	 	AVERY DENNISON MOROCCO SARL
	 	MOROCCO
	81.

	 	AVERY DENNISON NETHERLANDS INVESTMENT II B. V.
	 	NETHERLANDS
	82.

	 	AVERY DENNISON NETHERLANDS INVESTMENT III BV
	 	NETHERLANDS
	83.

	 	AVERY DENNISON NETHERLANDS INVESTMENT VI BV
	 	NETHERLANDS
	84.

	 	AVERY DENNISON NORDIC APS
	 	DENMARK
	85.

	 	AVERY DENNISON NORGE A/S
	 	NORWAY
	86.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE ACCESSORIES U.K. LIMITED
	 	UNITED KINGDOM
	87.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS (NZ) LIMITED
	 	NEW ZEALAND
	88.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS (PTY.) LTD.
	 	SOUTH AFRICA
	89.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS COMPANY
	 	U.S.A.
	90.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.
	 	MEXICO
	91.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS EUROPE GMBH
	 	SWITZERLAND
	92.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS FRANCE S. A. S.
	 	FRANCE
	93.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS ITALIA S.R.L.
	 	ITALY
	94.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING U.K. LTD.
	 	UNITED KINGDOM

Schedule 5.04-2

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	JURISDICTION
	 	 	 	 	IN WHICH
	 	 	SUBSIDIARY	 	ORGANIZED
	95.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS PTY LIMITED
	 	AUSTRALIA
	96.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS U.K. LTD.
	 	UNITED KINGDOM
	97.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OSTERREICH GMBH
	 	AUSTRIA
	98.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OVERSEAS CORPORATION
	 	U.S.A.
	99.

	 	AVERY DENNISON OVERSEAS CORPORATION (JAPAN BRANCH)
	 	JAPAN
	100.

	 	AVERY DENNISON PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED
	 	UNITED KINGDOM
	101.

	 	AVERY DENNISON PERU S. R. L.
	 	PERU
	102.

	 	AVERY DENNISON POLSKA SP. Z O.O.
	 	POLAND
	103.

	 	AVERY DENNISON PRAHA SPOL. R. O.
	 	CZECH REPUBLIC
	104.

	 	AVERY DENNISON REFLECTIVES DO BRAZIL LTDA.
	 	BRAZIL
	105.

	 	AVERY DENNISON RETAIL INFORMATION SERVICES DE MEXICO,
S. A. DE C.V.
	 	MEXICO
	106.

	 	AVERY DENNISON RETAIL INFORMATION SERVICES DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC, S. A.
	 	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
	107.

	 	AVERY DENNISON RETAIL INFORMATION SERVICES GUATEMALA,
S. A.
	 	GUATEMALA
	108.

	 	AVERY DENNISON RFID COMPANY
	 	U.S.A.
	109.

	 	AVERY DENNISON RINKE GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	110.

	 	AVERY DENNISON RIS KOREA LTD.
	 	KOREA
	111.

	 	AVERY DENNISON RIS LANKA (PRIVATE) LIMITED
	 	SRI LANKA
	112.

	 	AVERY DENNISON SCANDINAVIA APS
	 	DENMARK
	113.

	 	AVERY DENNISON SCHWEIZ AG
	 	SWITZERLAND
	114.

	 	AVERY DENNISON SECURITY PRINTING EUROPE APS
	 	DENMARK
	115.

	 	AVERY DENNISON SHARED SERVICES, INC.
	 	U.S.A.
	116.

	 	AVERY DENNISON SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD
	 	SINGAPORE
	117.

	 	AVERY DENNISON SOUTH AFRICA (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
	 	SOUTH AFRICA
	118.

	 	AVERY DENNISON SUOMI OY
	 	FINLAND
	119.

	 	AVERY DENNISON SVERIGE AB
	 	SWEDEN
	120.

	 	AVERY DENNISON SYSTEMES D’ETIQUETAGE FRANCE S.A.S.
	 	FRANCE
	121.

	 	AVERY DENNISON TAIWAN LIMITED
	 	TAIWAN
	122.

	 	AVERY DENNISON U.K. LIMITED
	 	UNITED KINGDOM
	123.

	 	AVERY DENNISON VERMOGENSVERWALTUNGS GMBH & CO K.G.
	 	GERMANY
	124.

	 	AVERY DENNISON ZWECKFORM AUSTRIA GMBH
	 	AUSTRIA
	125.

	 	AVERY DENNISON ZWECKFORM OFFICE PRODUCTS EUROPE GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	126.

	 	AVERY DENNISON ZWECKFORM OFFICE
PRODUCTS 
MANUFACTURING GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	127.

	 	AVERY DENNISON ZWECKFORM UNTERSTUTZUNGSKASSE GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	128.

	 	AVERY DENNISON, S.A. DE C.V.
	 	MEXICO
	129.

	 	AVERY DENNISON-MAXELL K. K.
	 	JAPAN
	130.

	 	AVERY GRAPHIC SYSTEMS, INC.
	 	U.S.A.
	131.

	 	AVERY GUIDEX LIMITED
	 	UNITED KINGDOM
	132.

	 	AVERY HOLDING LIMITED
	 	UNITED KINGDOM
	133.

	 	AVERY HOLDING S.A.S.
	 	FRANCE
	134.

	 	AVERY OFFICE PRODUCTS PUERTO RICO LLC
	 	PUERTO RICO
	135.

	 	AVERY PACIFIC LLC
	 	U.S.A.
	136.

	 	AVERY PROPERTIES PTY. LIMITED
	 	AUSTRALIA
	137.

	 	AVERY, INC.
	 	U.S.A.
	138.

	 	DENNISON COMERCIO, IMPORTACAS E EXPORTACAO LTDA.
	 	BRAZIL
	139.

	 	DENNISON DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES
	 	U.S.A.
	140.

	 	DENNISON INTERNATIONAL COMPANY
	 	U.S.A.
	141.

	 	DENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
	 	U.S.A.
	142.

	 	INDUSTRIAL DE MARCAS LTDA
	 	COLOMBIA
	143.

	 	JAC (U.K.) LIMITED
	 	UNITED KINGDOM

Schedule 5.04-3

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	JURISDICTION
	 	 	 	 	IN WHICH
	 	 	SUBSIDIARY	 	ORGANIZED
	144.

	 	JAC ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD.
	 	AUSTRALIA
	145.

	 	JAC ASIA PACIFIC SDN BHD
	 	MALAYSIA
	146.

	 	JAC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
	 	AUSTRALIA
	147.

	 	JAC CARIBE C.S.Z.
	 	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
	148.

	 	JAC DO BRASIL LTDA.
	 	BRAZIL
	149.

	 	JAC NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
	 	NEW ZEALAND
	150.

	 	JACKSTADT FRANCE S.N.C.
	 	FRANCE
	151.

	 	JACKSTADT FRANCE SARL
	 	FRANCE
	152.

	 	JACKSTADT GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	153.

	 	JACKSTADT SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD.
	 	SOUTH AFRICA
	154.

	 	JACKSTADT VERMOGENSVERWALTUNGS GMBH
	 	GERMANY
	155.

	 	L&E AMERICAS SERVICIOS, S. A. DE C.V.
	 	MEXICO
	156.

	 	L&E PACKAGING FAR EAST LIMITED
	 	HONG KONG
	157.

	 	MODERN MARK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
	 	HONG KONG
	158.

	 	MONARCH INDUSTRIES, INC.
	 	U.S.A.
	159.

	 	PT AVERY DENNISON INDONESIA
	 	INDONESIA
	160.

	 	PT AVERY DENNISON PACKAGING INDONESIA
	 	INDONESIA
	161.

	 	RF IDENTICS, INC.
	 	U.S.A.
	162.

	 	RINKE DIS TISCARET LTD (SIRKETI)
	 	TURKEY
	163.

	 	RINKE ETIKET SERVIS SANAYI VE TICARET LTD SIRKETI
	 	TURKEY
	164.

	 	RINKE FAR EAST LTD
	 	HONG KONG
	165.

	 	RIPRO FAR EAST LTD
	 	HONG KONG
	166.

	 	RVL AMERICAS, S DE R.L. DE C.V.
	 	MEXICO
	167.

	 	RVL CENTRAL AMERICA, S. A.
	 	GUATEMALA
	168.

	 	RVL PACKAGING FAR EAST LIMITED
	 	HONG KONG
	169.

	 	RVL PACKAGING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
	 	INDIA
	170.

	 	RVL PACKAGING MIDDLE EAST F.Z.C.
	 	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
	171.

	 	RVL PACKAGING SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
	 	SINGAPORE
	172.

	 	RVL PACKAGING TAIWAN LTD.
	 	TAIWAN
	173.

	 	RVL PACKAGING, INC.
	 	U.S.A.
	174.

	 	RVL PHILIPPINES, INC.
	 	PHILIPPINES
	175.

	 	RVL PRINTED LABEL FAR EAST LIMITED
	 	HONG KONG
	176.

	 	RVL PRINTED LABELS, LLC
	 	U.S.A.
	177.

	 	RVL SERVICE, S. DE R. L. DE C. V.
	 	MEXICO
	178.

	 	SECURITY PRINTING DIVISION, INC.
	 	U.S.A.
	179.

	 	STIMSONITE AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
	 	AUSTRALIA
	180.

	 	TIADECO PARTICIPACOES, LTDA.
	 	BRAZIL
	181.

	 	UNIVERSAL PACKAGING & DESIGN, LTD.
	 	HONG KONG
	182.

	 	WORLDWIDE RISK INSURANCE, INC.
	 	U.S.A.

Schedule 5.04-4

 

 

SCHEDULE 5.09

LITIGATION

Avery Dennison Corporation (the “Company”) has been designated by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (“EPA”) and/or other responsible state agencies as a potentially responsible
party (“PRP”) at eighteen waste disposal or waste recycling sites, including Paxar Corporation
sites, which are the subject of separate investigations or proceedings concerning alleged soil
and/or groundwater contamination and for which no settlement of the Company’s liability has been
agreed. The Company is participating with other PRPs at such sites, and anticipates that its share
of cleanup costs will be determined pursuant to remedial agreements entered into in the normal
course of negotiations with the EPA or other governmental authorities.

The Company has accrued liabilities for these and certain other sites, including sites in which
governmental agencies have designated the Company as a PRP, where it is probable that a loss will
be incurred and the cost or amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. However, because of the
uncertainties associated with environmental assessment and remediation activities, future expense
to remediate the currently identified sites and any sites which could be identified in the future
for cleanup could be higher than the liability currently accrued.

During the third quarter of 2006, the Company recognized additional liability of $13 million for
estimated environmental remediation costs for a former operating facility, for which $2 million had
been accrued in the second quarter of 2006. Of the amount accrued, which represented the lower end
of the current estimated range of $15 million to $17 million for costs expected to be incurred,
approximately $9 million remained accrued as of September 29, 2007. Management considered
additional information provided by outside consultants in revising its previous estimates of
expected costs. This estimate could change depending on various factors such as modification of
currently planned remedial actions, changes in the site conditions, a change in the estimated time
to complete remediation, changes in laws and regulations affecting remediation requirements and
other factors.

Other amounts currently accrued are not significant to the consolidated financial position of the
Company and, based upon current information, management believes it is unlikely that the final
resolution of these matters will significantly impact the Company’s consolidated financial
position, results of operations or cash flows.

On April 24, 2003, Sentry Business Products, Inc. filed a purported class action on behalf of
direct purchasers of label stock in the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Illinois against the Company, UPM, Bemis and certain of their subsidiaries seeking treble damages
and other relief for alleged unlawful competitive practices. Ten similar complaints were filed in
various federal district courts. In November 2003, the cases were transferred to the United States
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and consolidated for pretrial purposes.
Plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint on February 16, 2004, which the Company answered on
March 31, 2004. On April 14, 2004, the court separated the proceedings as to class certification
and merits discovery, and limited the initial phase of discovery to the issue of the
appropriateness of class certification. On January 4, 2006, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint.
On January 20, 2006, the Company filed an answer to the amended complaint. On August 14, 2006,

Schedule 5.09-1

 

 

the plaintiffs moved to certify a proposed class. The Company and other defendants opposed
this motion. Following multiple rounds of briefing, the Court substantially granted plaintiffs’
motion on November 19, 2007. The Company and other defendants petitioned the United States Court
of Appeals for the Third Circuit for interlocutory review of the Court’s decision on December 4,
2007. The petition is still pending. Merits discovery has not commenced in the District Court.
The Company intends to defend these matters vigorously in the District Court and in the Third
Circuit if review is granted.

On May 6, 2003, Sekuk Global Enterprises filed a purported stockholder class action in the United
States District Court for the Central District of California against the Company and Messrs. Neal,
O’Bryant and Skovran (then CEO, CFO and Controller, respectively) seeking damages and other relief
for alleged disclosure violations pertaining to alleged unlawful competitive practices.
Subsequently, another similar action was filed in the same court. On September 24, 2003, the court
appointed a lead plaintiff, approved lead and liaison counsel and ordered the two actions
consolidated as the “In Re Avery Dennison Corporation Securities Litigation.” Pursuant to court
order and the parties’ stipulation, plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint in mid-February 2004.
The court approved a briefing schedule for defendants’ motion to dismiss the consolidated
complaint, with a contemplated hearing date in June 2004. In January 2004, the parties stipulated
to stay the consolidated action, including the proposed briefing schedule, pending the outcome of
the government investigation of alleged anticompetitive conduct by the Company. The court approved
the parties’ stipulation to stay the consolidated actions. On January 17, 2007, the plaintiffs
voluntarily dismissed the consolidated complaint without prejudice.

On May 21, 2003, The Harman Press filed in the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles,
California, a purported class action on behalf of indirect purchasers of label stock against the
Company, UPM and UPM’s subsidiary Raflatac (“Raflatac”), seeking treble damages and other relief
for alleged unlawful competitive practices, essentially repeating the underlying allegations of the
DOJ Merger Complaint. Three similar complaints were filed in various California courts. In November
2003, on petition from the parties, the California Judicial Council ordered the cases be
coordinated for pretrial purposes. The cases were assigned to a coordination trial judge in the
Superior Court for the City and County of San Francisco on March 30, 2004. On January 21, 2005,
American International Distribution Corporation filed a purported class action on behalf of
indirect purchasers in the Superior Court for Chittenden County, Vermont. Similar actions were
filed by Richard Wrobel, on February 16, 2005, in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas; and
by Chad and Terry Muzzey, on February 16, 2005 in the District Court of Scotts Bluff County,
Nebraska. On February 17, 2005, Judy Benson filed a purported multi-state class action on behalf of
indirect purchasers in the Circuit Court for Cocke County, Tennessee. The Vermont, Kansas and
Nebraska cases are currently stayed. The Company intends to defend these matters vigorously.

On August 18, 2005, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission notified two of the
Company’s subsidiaries, Avery Dennison Material Pty Limited and Avery Dennison Australia Pty Ltd,
that it was seeking information in connection with a label stock investigation. The Company is
cooperating with the investigation.

Schedule 5.09-2

 

 

The Company has contacted relevant authorities in the U.S. and reported the results of an internal
investigation of potential violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The transactions
at issue were carried out by a small number of employees of the reflective business in China, and
involved, among other things, impermissible payments or attempted impermissible payments. The
payments or attempted payments and the contracts associated with them appear to have been
relatively minor in amount and of limited duration. As a result, the Company expects that fines or
other penalties may be incurred. While the Company is unable to predict the financial or operating
impact of any such fines or penalties, the Company believes that its behavior in detecting,
investigating, responding to and voluntarily disclosing these matters to authorities should be
viewed favorably. The Company is also investigating allegations concerning payments made to
customs officials in Indonesia by personnel employed by Paxar, a company recently acquired by the
Company. The investigation is ongoing.

Schedule 5.09-3

 

 

SCHEDULE 11.02

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OFFICE,

CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

THE BORROWER:

	 	 	 
	AVERY DENNISON OFFICE PRODUCTS COMPANY
	c/o Avery Dennison Corporation
	150 North Orange Grove Boulevard
	Pasadena, California 91103
	Attention:

	 	Karyn E. Rodriguez
	 

	 	Vice President and Treasurer
	 

	 	Telephone: 626-304-2210
	 

	 	Facsimile: 626-304-2319
	 
	 	 
	HOLDINGS:
	 
	 	 
	AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
	150 North Orange Grove Boulevard
	Pasadena, California 91103
	Attention:

	 	Karyn E. Rodriguez
	 

	 	Vice President and Treasurer
	 

	 	Telephone: 626-304-2210
	 

	 	Facsimile: 626-304-2319

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

Notices
(other than Requests for Extensions of Credit):

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

800 Fifth Avenue, Floor 32

Seattle, WA 98104

Mail Code: WA1-501-32-37

Attention: Ken Puro

Tel: 206-358-0138

Facsimile: 415-343-0559

Electronic Mail: Ken.Puro@Bankofamerica.com

For
Payments and Requests for Extensions of Credit:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

2001 Clayton Road, 2nd Floor

Concord, CA 94520

Mail Code: CA4-702-02-25

Attention: Jesse Phalen

Tel: 925-675-8458

Schedule 11.02-1

 

 

Facsimile: 888-969-9228

Electronic Mail: jesse.c.phalen@bankofamerica.com

Payments:

BANK OF AMERICA

New York, NY

ABA No. 026009593

Account No: 3750836479

Account Name: Corporate FTA

Attention: Jesse Phalen

Reference: Avery Dennison

Schedule 11.02-2

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