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    Exhibit
10.26

     

     

    Certificate
No. (Specimen)

     

     

     

     

    CONVERTIBLE
DEBENTURE

     

    OF

     

    FIRSTGOLD
CORP.

     

    ISSUE
OF CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE

     

    OF
US $1,100,000 PRINCIPAL SUM

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    
 

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	No.                      	

              Principal
      Amount US
      $1,100,000

            

    

     

     

    UNLESS
PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES SHALL NOT
TRADE THE SECURITIES BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE LATER
OF (i) [DATE OF CLOSING] AND (ii) THE DATE THE ISSUER BECAME A REPORTING ISSUER
IN ANY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY.

     

    CONVERTIBLE
DEBENTURE

     

    FIRSTGOLD
CORP.

    A
Delaware Corporation

     

    NOW THEREFORE it is hereby
covenanted, agreed and declared as follows:

     

    ARTICLE
I

    INTERPRETATION

     

    
      	
              1.1

            	
              Definitions.  In
      this Debenture, including the preamble, unless there is something in the
      subject matter or context inconsistent therewith, the following
      expressions shall have the following meanings
  namely:

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (a)

            	
              "Business Day" means any
      day other than a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banking
      institutions are closed in Toronto,
Ontario;

            

    

     

    
      	
                
      

            	
              (b)

            	
              "Common Shares" means the
      common shares of the Corporation as such shares are constituted on the
      date hereof;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (c)

            	
              "Corporation" means
      Firstgold Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and
      assigns;

            

    

     

    
      	
               

            	(d)  	"Conversion Notice" has
      the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4.1
  hereof;

    

             

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (e)

            	
              "Conversion Price" means the price
      per Debenture Share at which the Principal Sum outstanding under this
      Debenture shall from time to time be convertible into Common Shares
      pursuant to a Holder Conversion, being US$0.80 per Debenture Share,
      subject to adjustment;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (f)

            	
              "Debenture Shares" means
      the Common Shares issuable upon the due conversion of
      Debentures;

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              (g)

            	
              "this Debenture", the
      "Debenture",
      "herein", "hereby", "hereof", "hereto", "hereunder" and similar
      expressions mean or refer to this convertible, subordinated, unsecured
      debenture and any debenture, deed or instrument supplemental or ancillary
      thereto and any schedules hereto or thereto and not to any particular
      article, section, subsection, clause, subclause or other portion hereof;
      the "Debentures"
      means this Debenture together with all others, being part of a series of
      like debentures except as to principal amount
  thereof;

            

    

     

    
      	
               

            	(h)	"Event of
      Default" means any of the events specified in Section 5.1
      hereof;

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (i)

            	
              "Holder" or "Debentureholder" has the
      meaning ascribed hereto in Section 2.1
hereof;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (j)

            	"Maturity Date" means
      January ●,
      2010;

    

    
       

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (k)

            	
              "person" means an
      individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated syndicate,
      unincorporated organization, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, or
      other legal representative, or any group or combination
      thereof;

            

    

     

    
      	
               

            	(l)  	"Principal Sum" means $US
      1.1 million;

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (m)

            	
              "Redemption Amount" has
      the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2.2
  hereof;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (n)

            	
              "Redemption Date" has the
      meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2.2
  hereof.

            

    

     

    
      	
              1.2

            	
              Gender.  Whenever
      used in this Debenture, words importing the singular number only shall
      include the plural, and vice versa, and words importing the masculine
      gender shall include the feminine
gender.

            

    

     

    
      	
              1.3

            	
              Numbering
      of Articles, etc.  Unless otherwise stated, a reference
      herein to a numbered or lettered article, section, subsection, clause,
      subclause or schedule refers to the article, section, subsection, clause,
      subclause or schedule bearing that number or letter in this
      Debenture.

            

    

     

    
      	
              1.4

            	
              Day
      not a Business Day.  In the event that any day on or
      before which any action is required to be taken hereunder is not a
      Business Day, then such action shall be required to be taken on or before
      the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a Business
      Day.  If the payment of any amount is deferred for any period,
      then such period shall be included for purposes of the computation of any
      interest payable hereunder.

            

    

     

    
      	
              1.5

            	
              Computation
      of Time Period.  Except to the extent otherwise provided
      herein, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a
      later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including" and the
      words "to" and "until" each mean "to but
  excluding".

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
II

    PROMISE TO
PAY

     

    
      	
              2.1

            	
              Indebtedness.  The
      Corporation, for value received, and in consideration of the premises
      hereby acknowledges itself indebted and promises and covenants to pay to
      _____________________, the registered holder hereof for the time being
      (the "Holder"):

            

    

     

    
      (a)   That
amount of the Principal Sum outstanding on January ●,
2010 (the "Maturity
Date") or sooner in accordance with Section 2.2 or upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default or upon such other date as specified herein, subject to the
reduction of such Principal Sum from time to time upon the exercise of the
conversion rights set out in Article IV hereof, at the principal office of the
Corporation in Cameron Park, California;

    

     

    
      (b)   interest
on any monies owing by the Corporation to the Holder hereunder, all as
specifically calculated hereunder; and

    

     

    
      (c)   all other
monies which may be owing by the Corporation to the Holder pursuant to this
Debenture.

    

     

    
      	
              2.2

            	
              Early
      Redemption.  After six (6) months from the Closing Date,
      this Debenture may be prepaid in whole prior to the Maturity Date at the
      Corporation’s option by providing the Holder with at least five (5) days
      prior written notice, for an amount equal to the sum of the following: (i)
      the Principal Sum then outstanding, and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest
      to the date fixed for early redemption (the "Redemption Date"); and
      (iii) a premium of 10% of the Principal Sum (the “Redemption Premium”)
      (the sum of (i), (ii) and (iii) (being the "Redemption
      Amount").

            

    

     

    Notice of
redemption shall be sent to the Holder not less than five (5) days prior to the
Redemption Date and shall state:

     

    
      (a)   the
Redemption Date; and

    

     

    (b)   the place
where this Debenture is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Amount
thereof.

     

    Notice of
redemption having been given as aforesaid, this Debenture shall, on the
Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Principal Sum thereof and on and
after such date such Debentures shall only bear interest if the Corporation
shall default in the payment of the Redemption Amount on the Redemption
Date.  Upon surrender of this Debenture for redemption in accordance
with such notice, such Debenture shall be paid by the Corporation.  In
addition, and for greater certainty, until this Debenture has been redeemed in
accordance with this Section 2.2, the Holder retains the right to convert the
Principal Sum to Debenture Shares in accordance with Article IV
hereof.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    This
Debenture may also be prepaid in part provided that any partial redemption is in
the minimum amount of US$350,000; and further provided that the Corporation pay
to the Holder the Redemption Premium on any amount so partially
redeemed.

     

    Notice of
partial redemption shall be sent to the Holder not less than five (5) days prior
to the date set for such partial redemption (the “Partial Redemption Date”) and
shall state:

     

    
      (a)   the
Partial Redemption Date;

    

     

    
      (b)   the
amount of such partial redemption (the “Partial Redemption Amount”);
and

    

     

    
      (c)   the place
where this Debenture is to be surrendered for payment of the partial redemption
amount thereof.

    

     

    Notice of
partial redemption having been given as aforesaid, this Debenture shall, on the
Partial Redemption Date, become due and payable as to the Partial Redemption
Amount thereof and on and after such date such Debenture shall only bear
interest on the remaining Principal Sum.  Upon surrender of this
Debenture for partial redemption in accordance with such notice, such Debenture
shall be replaced with a new Debenture evidencing the remaining Principal
Sum.

     

    ARTICLE
III

    INTEREST

     

    
      	
              3.1

            	
              Calculation
      and Payment of Interest, etc.  The Corporation shall pay
      interest on the Principal Sum at the rate of 10.00% per annum, calculated
      and payable monthly in arrears (less any tax required by law to be
      deducted or withheld).  Contemporaneous with the delivery of
      this Debenture to the Holder duly executed by the Corporation (the “Closing Date”), the
      Corporation shall prepay an amount equal to the aggregate interest payable
      (without compounding interest) for a period of six (6)
      months.  Subsequent interest payments shall commence on the
      first business day of the eighth (8th)
      month following the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs and
      shall continue on the first business day of each subsequent month while
      any Principal Amount remains outstanding
  hereunder

            

    

     

    
      	
              3.2

            	
              Overdue
      Interest.  All interest payable hereunder on becoming
      overdue shall be forthwith treated, as to the payment of interest thereon,
      as principal and thereafter shall bear interest calculated at the same
      rate and in the same manner as if it were principal.  Overdue
      interest shall be payable forthwith without demand by the
      Holder.  Any interest amount added to the Principal Sum by
      operation of this section may only be converted into Common Shares upon
      receipt of all required regulatory approvals which approvals may or may
      not be granted and if not granted, such additional interest amount will
      only be payable in cash.

            

    

     

    
      	
              3.3

            	
              No
      Merger In Judgement.  The covenant of the Corporation to
      pay interest at the rate provided herein shall not merge in any judgement
      in respect of any obligation of the Corporation hereunder and such
      judgement shall bear interest in the manner set out in this Article III
      and be payable on the same days when interest (whether hereunder or
      otherwise) is payable hereunder.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
IV 

    CONVERSION OF
DEBENTURE

     

    
      	
              4.1

            	
              Conversion.  The
      Holder may, at its election, upon surrender (either in person, by mail
      (postage prepaid) or other means of delivery) of this Debenture along with
      a completed notice of conversion (the "Conversion Notice") in
      the form attached hereto as Schedule "A"
      at the principal office of the Corporation in the Cameron Park, California
      at any time prior to the close of business on the earlier of (a) the
      Redemption Date; and (b) January ●, 2010, convert
      that portion of the Principal Sum so surrendered into Debenture Shares
      (without adjustment for interest accrued but unpaid hereon or for
      dividends on Common Shares issuable upon conversion) ("Holder
      Conversion").  Debentures may be converted on or prior to
      the Maturity Date or the Redemption Date, as the case may be, at a
      conversion price equal to the Conversion Price per Debenture Share;
      provided, however, that the Holder shall not be entitled to a Holder
      Conversion if, upon issuance of the Debenture Shares, the Holder would
      own, either directly or beneficially, in excess of 4.99% of the
      outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation.  The delivery of
      the Conversion Notice duly executed by the Holder and the surrender of the
      Debenture shall be deemed to constitute a contract between the Holder and
      the Corporation whereby (i) the Holder subscribes for the number of
      Debenture Shares which he shall be entitled to receive upon such Holder
      Conversion, (ii) the Holder releases the Corporation from all
      liability thereon or from all liability with respect to the portion of the
      Principal Sum thereof to be converted, as the case may be, and
      (iii) the Corporation agrees that the surrender of the Debenture for
      Holder Conversion constitutes full payment of the subscription price for
      the Debenture Shares issuable on such Holder Conversion and that the
      Debenture Shares will be issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common
      Shares in the capital of the
Corporation.

            

    

     

    As
promptly as possible after receipt of the Conversion Notice and the Debenture
but subject to Section 4.3 hereto, the Corporation shall issue or cause to be
issued and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate or
certificates in the name or names of the person or persons specified in the
Conversion Notice for the number of Debenture Shares deliverable upon the Holder
Conversion. Upon completion of the conversion transaction, the rights of the
Holder to receive, in respect of the amount hereof so converted, the Principal
Sum and interest thereon, shall cease and the Holder or the other person or
persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for Common Shares
shall be deliverable upon such Holder Conversion shall be deemed to have become
on such date the holder or holders of record of such Common Shares represented
thereby.  Interest will be payable on the Principal Sum up to the date
of Holder Conversion.

     

    In the
event that only a portion of the Principal Sum is subject to Holder Conversion,
the Holder will be entitled to receive a replacement Debenture representing the
Principal Sum not subject to Holder Conversion on the same terms and provisions
contained herein.  In this event, interest shall continue to be
payable on the remainder of the Principal Sum.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              4.2

            	
              Adjustment.

            

    

     

    
      	
               

            	(a)	
              If
      and whenever the Corporation shall (i) subdivide or redivide the
      outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of Common Shares;
      (ii) reduce, combine or consolidate the outstanding Common Shares
      into a smaller number of Common Shares; (iii) issue any Common Shares
      to the holders of all or substantially all of the outstanding Common
      Shares by way of a stock dividend, the number of Common Shares which may
      be acquired pursuant to this Article 4 on and at any time after the
      effective date of such subdivision, redivision, reduction, combination or
      consolidation or on the record date for such issue of Common Shares by way
      of a stock dividend, as the case may be, shall be increased, in the case
      of the events referred to in (i) and (iii) above, in the proportion which
      the number of Common Shares outstanding before such subdivision,
      redivision or dividend bears to the number of Common Shares outstanding
      after such subdivision, redivision or dividend, or shall be decreased, in
      the case of the events referred to in (ii) above, in the proportion which
      the number of Common Shares outstanding before such reduction,
      combination, or consolidation bears to the number of Common Shares
      outstanding after such reduction, combination or consolidation and in each
      case the price at which the Holder Conversion shall occur will be adjusted
      to reflect the change in the number of Common Shares that become issuable
      under this Article 4.  Any such issue of Common Shares by way of
      a stock dividend shall be deemed to have been made on the record date
      fixed for such stock dividend for the purpose of calculating the number of
      outstanding Common Shares under this Section 4.2(a) or Section
      4.2(c).

            

    

     

    
      	
                
      

            	(b)	
              In
      the case of any reclassification of, or other change in, the outstanding
      Common Shares other than a subdivision, redivision, reduction, combination
      or consolidation, subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange
      (if applicable), the Holder shall be entitled to receive upon conversion
      pursuant to Article IV, and shall accept in lieu of the number of Common
      Shares to which it was theretofore entitled upon such conversion, the kind
      and amount of shares and other securities or property which the Holder
      would have been entitled to receive as a result of such reclassification
      if, on the effective date thereof, it had been the registered holder of
      the number of Common Shares to which it was theretofore entitled upon
      conversion.  If necessary, appropriate adjustments shall be made
      in the application of the provisions set forth in this Article IV
      with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Holder to the
      end that the provisions set forth in this Article IV shall thereafter
      correspondingly be made applicable as nearly as may be possible in
      relation to any shares or other securities or property thereafter
      deliverable upon the conversion of any Debenture.  Any such
      adjustments shall be made by and set forth in a supplemental certificate
      approved by the directors of the Corporation and shall for all purposes be
      conclusively deemed to be an appropriate adjustment, after reasonable
      consultation with the Holder.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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            	(c)	
              
                If
      and whenever the Corporation shall issue or distribute to all or
      substantially all the holders of Common Shares (i) shares of the
      Corporation of any class; (ii) rights, options or warrants (that
      shall not have expired unexercised, unconverted or unexchanged at the time
      a Holder converts any Debenture, in whole or in part);
      (iii) evidences of indebtedness; or (iv) any other assets or
      securities and if such issuance or distribution does not result in an
      adjustment as provided for in Section 4.2(a) or Section 4.2(b), subject to
      the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange (if applicable), the price at
      which the Principal Amount may be converted into Common Shares pursuant to
      Article IV shall be adjusted effective immediately before the record date
      at which the holders of Common Shares are determined for purposes of any
      such issuance or distribution as aforesaid in such manner as the directors
      of the Corporation determine to be appropriate on a basis consistent with
      this Section 4.3.

              

            

    

     

    
      	
                
      

            	(d)	If,
      at any time, the Holder exercises its conversion rights before the record
      date and before the occurrence of an event, for which this Section 4.2
      requires that an adjustment shall become effective immediately before the
      record date for such event, the Corporation may defer issuing to the
      Holder the additional Common Shares issuable upon such conversion, by
      reason of the adjustment required by such event, until the occurrence of
      such event.  In the event of such an adjustment, the Corporation
      shall deliver to the Holder an appropriate instrument evidencing the
      Holder's right to receive such additional Common Shares upon the
      occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment and the right to receive
      any distributions made on such additional Common Shares declared in favour
      of the holders of Common Shares on and before the date of conversion or
      such later date as such holder would, but for the provisions of this
      Section 4.2, have become the holder of record of such additional Common
      Shares.

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	(e)	
              If
      a dispute shall at any time arise with respect to adjustments of the
      Conversion Price or the number of Common Shares issuable upon the
      conversion of this Debenture, such disputes shall be conclusively
      determined by the auditors of the Corporation or if they are unable or
      unwilling to act, by such other firm of independent chartered accountants
      accredited by the United States Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
      as may be selected by the directors and any such determination shall be
      conclusive evidence of the correctness of any adjustment made pursuant to
      this Section 4.2 hereof and shall be binding upon the Corporation and the
      Holder.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              4.3

            	
              No
      Fractional Common Shares.  Notwithstanding anything
      herein contained, the Corporation shall in no case be required to issue
      fractional Common Shares or to pay any cash adjustment in lieu of any
      fractional Common Share upon the conversion of the
      Debenture.  Any fractions will be rounded to the nearest whole
      number with fractions of one-half or greater being rounded to the next
      higher whole number and fractions of less than one-half being rounded to
      the next lower whole number.

            

    

     

    
      	
              4.4

            	
              Reservation
      of Common Shares.  The Corporation shall at all times
      while the Debenture remains convertible into Debenture Shares as herein
      provided, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued
      share capital, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the
      Debenture, such number of Common Shares as shall from time to time be
      sufficient to effect the conversion of the Debenture.  In the
      event that the Corporation does not have available such number of Common
      Shares required to satisfy full conversion of this Debenture into
      Debenture Shares, the Corporation agrees to hold a special meeting of
      shareholders in order to increases the number of Common Shares authorized
      and reserved in order to meet its obligations
  hereunder.

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
V 

    DEFAULT

     

    
      	
              5.1

            	
              Acceleration
      of Maturity on Default.  Upon the happening of any one or
      more of the following events (herein sometimes called "Events of Default")
      namely:

            

    

     

    
       

      
        	
                 
      

              	(a)	
                if
      the Corporation does not pay on the Maturity Date any principal, interest
      or other amount payable by it under the Debenture at the place and in the
      currency in which such amount is expressed to be
  payable;

              

      

       

      
        	
                 
      

              	(b)	
                if
      the Corporation makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
      or any proceeding is instituted by it seeking relief as debtor, or to
      adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding-up,
      reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts
      or for an order for similar relief under any law relating to bankruptcy,
      insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors (including under any
      statutes relating to the incorporation of companies) or seeking
      appointment of a receiver or trustee, or other similar official for it or
      for any substantial part of its properties or assets; or any corporate or
      partnership action is taken to authorize any of the actions referred to in
      this Section 5.1(b);

              

      

       

      
        	
                 
      

              	(c)	if
      any proceedings are instituted against the Corporation seeking to
      adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding-up,
      reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts
      or an order for similar relief under any law relating to bankruptcy,
      insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors (including under any
      statutes relating to the incorporation of companies) or seeking
      appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or for
      any substantial part of its properties or assets and such proceeding is
      not dismissed within sixty (60) days of its service on the
      Corporation;

      

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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              	(d)	if
      the Corporation takes any corporate proceedings for its dissolution,
      liquidation or if the corporate existence of the Corporation shall be
      terminated by expiration, forfeiture or otherwise, or if the Corporation
      ceases or threatens to cease, to carry on all or a substantial part of its
      business;

      

       

      
        	
                  
      

              	(e)	the
      date the Holder intends to convert this Debenture into Debenture Shares in
      accordance with the terms set out herein, the Corporation fails to have
      available out of its authorized but unissued share capital, for the
      purpose of effecting the conversion of this Debenture, such number of
      Common Shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the
      conversion of this Debenture; and

      

       

      
        	
                 
      

              	(f)	
                if
      the Corporation is in material breach of the listing requirements of the
      Toronto Stock Exchange

              

      

       

    

    then in
each and every such event, and provided that the Corporation has been provided
with fifteen (15) days to cure such Event of Default (except for Subsection
5.1(c) which allows sixty (60) days to cure), the Principal Sum and interest on
the Debenture shall forthwith become immediately due and payable to the Holder,
anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Corporation
shall forthwith pay to the Holder of the Debenture the amount of the Principal
Sum and interest then accrued but unpaid on the Debenture and all other moneys
payable under the provisions hereof together with interest at the rate of
interest borne by the Debenture on such Principal Sum and interest from the date
of the said Event of Default until payment is received by the Holder, and any
moneys so received by the Holder shall be applied in the manner provided in
Section 8.1.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder shall
have the option, if it so chooses, at any time upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default that remains uncured at the conclusion of the applicable cure period
referenced herein, to convert this Debenture into Common Shares (the “Event of Default Conversion”)
at the lower of (i) US$0.80, or (ii) the volume weighted average trading price
of the Common Shares as indicated on the Toronto Stock Exchange, or if not then
listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, then on the OTCBB for the ten (10)
consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date set for the Event of
Default Conversion, provided that such price will not be  less
than  $0.50 per share.

     

    
      	
              5.2

            	
              Waiver
      of Corporation's Rights.  To the full extent that it may
      lawfully do so, the Corporation for itself and its successors and assigns
      hereby waives and disclaims any benefit of, and shall not have or assert
      any right under, any statute or rule of law pertaining to the marshaling
      of assets, discussion, division or other matter whatever, to defeat,
      reduce or affect the rights of the Holder under the terms of this
      Debenture.

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
VI

    SECURITY

     

    
      	
              6.1

            	
              Security. Payment
      of the Principal Sum and of any Interest is secured by a first lien on the
      assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, subject to permitted
      encumbrances (the “Secured Interest”). To
      this effect, the security interest provided to and granted in favour of
      the Holder hereunder shall be documented by the relevant instrument under
      the Uniform Commercial Code and be filed with all necessary regulatory
      authorities, and be registered in all necessary public registers, such
      that a legal, valid and enforceable security interest on the Security
      Interest be created exclusively in favour of the Holder. Such Secured
      Interest shall remain in full force and effect for so long as any
      obligation of the Corporation hereunder remains outstanding. Without
      limiting the foregoing, the Secured Interest shall include a pledge and
      assignment agreement as well as a general security agreement, both of
      which must be in recordable form acceptable to Holder’s counsel, acting
      reasonably.

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
VII

    WAIVER

     

    
      	
              7.1

            	
              Waiver.  The
      Holder may waive any breach of any of the provisions contained in this
      Debenture or any default by the Corporation in the observance or
      performance of any covenant, condition or obligation required to be
      observed or performed by it under the terms of this
      Debenture.  No waiver, consent, act or omission by the Holder
      shall extend to or be taken in any manner whatsoever to affect any other
      or subsequent breach or default or the rights resulting therefrom and no
      waiver or consent by the Holder shall bind the Holder unless it is in
      writing.  The inspection or approval by the Holder of any
      document or matter or thing done by the Corporation shall not be deemed to
      be a warranty or holding out of the adequacy, effectiveness, validity or
      binding effect of such document, matter or thing or a waiver of the
      Corporation's obligations.

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
VIII 

    OTHER RIGHTS OF THE
HOLDER

     

    
      	
              8.1

            	
              Rights
      of Set-Off.  The Corporation acknowledges and agrees that
      the Principal Sum and the other obligations hereunder shall be paid,
      satisfied and discharged to the Holder without regard to such dealings as
      may from time to time occur as between any one or more of the Holder, the
      Corporation and any other person and without regard to such equities or
      rights of set-off or counterclaim which may from time to time exist
      between any one or more of the Holder, the Corporation or any other
      person, and that the Principal Sum and other obligations hereof shall be
      paid without regard to any equities between the Corporation and the Holder
      hereof or any set-off or cross-claims and the receipt of the Holder for
      the payment of the Principal Sum will be a good discharge to the
      Corporation in respect thereof.

            

    

     

    
      	
              8.2

            	
              No
      Merger.  Neither the taking of any judgement nor the
      exercise of any rights hereunder shall operate to extinguish the
      obligation of the Corporation to pay the monies under this Debenture and
      shall not operate as a merger of any covenant in this Debenture, and the
      acceptance of any payment shall not constitute or create a novation, and
      the taking of a judgement or judgements under a covenant herein contained
      shall not operate as a merger of those covenants and affect the Holder's
      right to interest under this
Debenture.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
IX

    ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS

     

    
      	
              9.1

            	
              Transfer
      of Debenture.  This Debenture may be transferred only by
      transfer in writing in the form attached hereto as Schedule
      "B", and will only be effective as regards the Corporation when
      delivered at the registered office of the Corporation in Cameron Park,
      California accompanied by this Debenture together with such evidence of
      identity or title as the Corporation may reasonably require and upon
      payment of all applicable transfer taxes.  Thereupon, the
      Corporation will record such transfer on its books and issue a new
      debenture to the transferee in exchange for this
  Debenture.

            

    

     

    
      	
              9.2

            	
              Registered
      Holders.  The person in whose name this Debenture shall
      be registered shall be deemed and regarded as the owner and holder hereof
      for all purposes, and the payment to and/or receipt of any Holder for any
      Principal Sum or interest hereby secured shall be a good discharge of the
      Corporation for the same, and the Corporation shall not be bound to enter
      in the register notice of any trust or to inquire into the title of any
      Holder or to recognize any trust or equity affecting the title hereof save
      as ordered by some court of competent jurisdiction or as required by
      statute.

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
X

    MISCELLANEOUS

     

    
      	
              10.1

            	
              Time.  Time
      shall be of the essence of this
Debenture.

            

    

     

    
      	
              10.2

            	
              Governing
      Law.  This Debenture shall be governed by, and construed
      in accordance with, the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of
      Canada applicable therein but the reference to such laws shall not, by
      conflict of laws rules or otherwise, require the application of the law of
      any jurisdiction other than the Province of Ontario.  The
      Corporation hereby irrevocably attorns to the jurisdiction of the Courts
      of the Province of Ontario except that US law shall apply to UCC
      matters.

            

    

     

    
      	
              10.3

            	
              Severability.  If
      any one or more of the provisions or parts thereof contained in this
      Debenture should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
      remaining provisions or parts thereof contained herein shall be and shall
      be conclusively deemed to be, severable therefrom and the validity,
      legality or enforceability of such remaining provisions or parts thereof
      shall not in any way be affected or impaired by the severance of the
      provisions or parts thereof
severed.

            

    

     

    
      	
              10.4

            	
              Headings.  The
      headings of the articles, sections, subsections and clauses of this
      Debenture have been inserted for convenience and reference only and do not
      define, limit, alter or enlarge the meaning of any provision of this
      Debenture.

            

    

     

    
      	
              10.5

            	
              Binding
      Effect.  This Debenture and all of its provisions shall
      enure to the benefit of the Holder, its successors and assigns, and shall
      be binding upon the Corporation and its successors and permitted
      assigns.  The expression the "Holder" as used herein shall
      include the Holder's assigns whether immediate or
    derivative.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              10.6

            	
              Notices.  Any
      notice required or permitted to be given under any of this Debenture or
      any tender or delivery of documents may be given by personal delivery or
      by facsimile transmission to the parties at the following
      addresses:

            

    

     

    
      	
              (a)   
        

            	
              to
      the Holder at:

            

    

     

    l

     

    
      	
              (b)   
        

            	
              to
      the Corporation at:

            

    

     

    Firstgold
Corp.

    3108
Ponte Morino Drive, Suite 210

    Cameron
Park

    CA
95682

    

    Attention:
Mr. Steve Akerfeldt

    Fax:
(530) 698-4995

    

    Any
notice or delivery shall be given as herein provided or to such other addresses
or telecopier number or in care of such other person as a party may from time to
time advise by notice in writing as aforesaid.  The date of receipt of
such notice or delivery shall be the date of actual delivery to the address
specified if delivered or the date of actual transmission to the telecopier
number if telecopied, unless such date is not a Business Day, in which event the
date of receipt shall be the next Business Day immediately following the date of
such delivery or transmission.

     

    ARTICLE
XI

     

    
      	
              11.1 

            	
              Arranging
      Fee.  Upon Closing, the Corporation shall pay to the
      Holder or as the Holder may direct the amount of US$100,000, which amount
      will be netted out of the Principal Sum advanced at Closing
    .

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF the
Corporation has duly executed these presents as of the date first above by its
duly authorized officer.

     

    
      
        	 	
                FIRSTGOLD
      CORP.

              	 
	 	 	 	 
	
                 

              	
                Per:

              	/s/ Stephen
      Akerfeldt	 
	 	Name:	Stephen
      Akerfeldt	 
	 	Title:	Chief
      Executive Officer	 
	 	 	 	 

      

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    SCHEDULE
"A"

     

    CONVERSION
FORM

     

    TO:           FIRSTGOLD
CORP. (the
"Corporation")

     

    The
undersigned registered holder of the convertible debenture (the "Debenture") represented by the
within certificate hereby subscribes for Debenture Shares of the Corporation
pursuant to the within Debenture certificate on the terms specified in the
within Debenture certificate, to the extent of US$______________ of Principal
Sum, which certificate is hereby tendered to the Corporation and which will,
upon due issuance of the Units aforesaid and, if required, any replacement
certificate for any portion of the Debenture not converted, be null and
void.

     

    The
Debenture Shares subscribed for will be issued as set forth below and will be
mailed to the address set forth below.

     

    DATED this                                           
day of                                ,
200    

     

    
      	
              If
      subscriber is a corporation:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              By:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Name:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Title:

            	 
      

    

     

    
      	
              If
      subscriber is an individual:

            	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Witness

            	 
      	
              Signature
      of Subscriber

            

    

     

    Signature
guaranteed:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    The
signature must be guaranteed by a Canadian chartered bank or a member of a
recognized stock exchange or other entity acceptable to the
Trustee.

     

    Print
below the name and address in full of the Person in whose name the Debenture
Shares subscribed for are to be issued.  If the Debenture Shares
subscribed for are to be issued to more than one person, similar information
must be provided for each person, as well as the number of Debenture Shares to
be issued to each.  (If any of the Debenture Shares are to be issued
to a person or persons other than the holder of the within Debenture
certificate, the holder must pay to the Corporation all requisite
taxes.)

     

    
      	
              Name:

            	 
      
	
              Address:

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              Social
      Insurance Number

            	
              Postal
      Code

            

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    SCHEDULE
"B"

     

    TRANSFER
FORM

     

    FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the
undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to (name of
transferee) US$                
      (indicate principal amount of debentures being
transferred) principal amount of convertible debentures of Firstgold Corp.
represented by certificate(s) no.             
          (indicate
number(s) of certificate(s) being transferred) and irrevocably constitutes and
appoints                      
         (indicate name of
transferee) attorney to transfer such debenture(s) on the securities register of
Firstgold Corp., with full power of substitution.

     

    DATED:         
                                                  

     

    
      	 
      	
              IF
      TRANSFEROR IS A CORPORATION:

            
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              By:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Name:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Title:

            	 
      

    

    

     

    
      	
              If
      transferor is an individual:

            	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Witness

            	 
      	
              Signature
      of Transferor

            

    

     

     

    Signature
guaranteed:

     

    The
signature must be guaranteed by a Canadian chartered bank or a member of a
recognized stock exchange or other entity acceptable to the
Trustee.

     

     

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-EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

Allied Capital Corporation

Note Agreement

Dated as of June 20, 2008

Re: $140,500,000 7.82% Senior Notes, Series 2008-A, due June 20, 2013

and

$52,500,000 8.14% Senior Notes, Series 2008-B, due June 20, 2015

1

Table of Contents

	 	 	 
	SectionHeading

Section 1.Description of Notes and Commitment.

Section 1.1.Description of Series 2008 Notes

Section 1.2.Applicable Interest Rates

Section 1.3.Additional Series of Notes

Section 1.4.Commitment, Closing Date

Section 2.Payment of Notes.

Section 2.1.Required Payments

Section 2.2.Optional Prepayment with Premium

Section 2.3.Notice of Optional Prepayments

Section 2.4.Application of Prepayments

Section 2.5.Direct Payment

Section 2.6.Payments Due on Non-Business Days

Section 3.Representations.

Section 3.1.Representations of the Company

Section 3.2.Representations of the Purchasers

Section 4.Closing Conditions

Section 4.1.Conditions

Section 4.2.Waiver of Conditions

Section 5.Covenants

Section 5.1.Corporate Existence, Etc

Section 5.2.Insurance

Section 5.3.Taxes, Claims for Labor and Materials, Compliance with Laws

Section 5.4.Maintenance, Etc

Section 5.5.Nature of Business

Section 5.6.Status of RIC and BDC

Section 5.7.Financial Covenants

Section 5.8.Subsidiary Guaranties; Interest Rate Swaps

Section 5.9.Limitation on Liens

Section 5.10.Restricted Payments

Section 5.11.Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets

Section 5.12.Repurchase of Notes

Section 5.13.Transactions with Affiliates

Section 5.14.Termination of Pension Plans

Section 5.15.Reports and Rights of Inspection

Section 5.16.Terrorism Sanctions Regulations

Section 5.17.Additional Financial Covenants

Section 6.Events of Default and Remedies Therefor

Section 6.1.Events of Default

Section 6.2.Notice to Holders

Section 6.3.Acceleration of Maturities

Section 6.4.Rescission of Acceleration

Section 7.Amendments, Waivers and Consents

Section 7.1.Consent Required

Section 7.2.Solicitation of Holders

Section 7.3.Effect of Amendment or Waiver

Section 8.Interpretation of Agreement; Definitions

Section 8.1.Definitions

Section 8.2.Accounting Principles

Section 8.3.Directly or Indirectly

Section 8.4.Schedules and Exhibits; Sections

Section 9.Taxes

Section 9.1Taxation

Section 9.2Prepayment for Tax Reasons

Section 10.Miscellaneous

Section 10.1.Registered Notes

Section 10.2.Exchange of Notes

Section 10.3.Loss, Theft, Etc. of Notes

Section 10.4. Expenses, Stamp Tax Indemnity

Section 10.5.Powers and Rights Not Waived; Remedies Cumulative

Section 10.6.Notices

Section 10.7.Successors and Assigns

Section 10.8.Survival of Covenants and Representations

Section 10.9.Severability

Section 10.10.Governing Law

Section 10.11.Captions

Section 10.12.Confidential Information

Signature

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2

	 	 	 
	Attachments to Note Agreement:

	 	

	 	 	 	 	 
	Schedule I

	 	-
	 	Names and Addresses of Purchasers
	Exhibit A-1

Exhibit A-2

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

Exhibit D

Exhibit S

	 	-

-

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-

-

-
	 	Form of Series 2008-A Note

Form of Series 2008-B Note

Representations and Warranties

Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Purchasers

Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Company

Form of Supplement to Note Agreement

3

Allied Capital Corporation

1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006

Note Agreement

Re: $140,500,000 7.82% Senior Notes, Series 2008-A, due June 20, 2013

and

$52,500,000 8.14% Senior Notes, Series 2008-B,

due June 20, 2015

Dated as of

June 20, 2008

	 	 	To the Purchasers named

	•	 	n Schedule I to this Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Allied Capital Corporation (the “Company”), a Maryland corporation,
hereby agrees with the Purchasers named on Schedule I (the “Purchasers”) to this Note Agreement
(this “Agreement”) as follows:

	 	 	Section 1. Description of Notes and Commitment.

Section 1.1. Description of Series 2008 Notes. The Company will authorize the issue and sale
of (i) $140,500,000 7.82% Senior Notes, Series 2008-A, due June 20, 2013 (the “Series 2008-A
Notes”) and (ii) $52,500,000 8.14% Senior Notes, Series 2008-B, due June 20, 2015 (the
“Series 2008-B Notes” and, together with the Series 2008-A Notes, the “Series 2008 Notes”. The
Series 2008 Notes, together with each Series of Additional Notes which may from time to time be
issued pursuant to the provisions of §1.3, are collectively referred to as the “Notes”, such
respective terms to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to §10 of this
Agreement). The Series 2008 Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit A-1 and
A-2, respectively, with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by the Purchasers and
the Company. The Notes are not subject to prepayment or redemption at the option of the Company
prior to their expressed maturity dates except on the terms and conditions and in the amounts and
with the Premium, if any, set forth in §2 of this Agreement or in the relevant Supplement.

Section 1.2. Applicable Interest Rates. The Series 2008 Notes shall bear interest (computed
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid principal balance thereof
from the date of issuance. The Series 2008-A Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 7.82% per
annum and the Series 2008-B Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 8.14% per annum. Interest on
the Series 2008 Notes is payable semiannually on June 20 and December 20 in each year, commencing
December 20, 2008, until such principal sum shall have become due and payable (whether at maturity,
upon notice of prepayment or otherwise) and the Company shall pay on demand interest on any overdue
principal and Premium (as provided herein) and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on any
overdue interest, from the due date thereof at a rate of 9.82% per annum for the Series 2008-A
Notes and 10.14% per annum for the Series 2008-B Notes (whether by acceleration or otherwise) until
paid.

Section 1.3. Additional Series of Notes. The Company may, from time to time, in its sole
discretion but subject to the terms hereof, issue and sell one or more additional Series of its
unsecured promissory notes under the provisions of this Agreement pursuant to a supplement (a
“Supplement”) substantially in the form of Exhibit S, provided that the aggregate principal amount
of Notes of all Series issued pursuant to all Supplements in accordance with the terms of this §1.3
shall not exceed $182,000,000. Each additional Series of Notes (the “Additional Notes”) issued
pursuant to a Supplement shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(i) each Series of Additional Notes, when so issued, shall be differentiated from all
previous Series by sequential alphabetical designation inscribed thereon;

(ii) Additional Notes of the same Series may consist of more than one different and
separate tranches and may differ with respect to outstanding principal amounts, maturity
dates, interest rates and premiums, if any, and price and terms of redemption or payment
prior to maturity, but all such different and separate tranches of the same Series shall
constitute one Series and all Notes shall vote as a single class without regard to Series;

(iii) each Series of Additional Notes shall be dated the date of issue, bear interest
at such rate or rates, mature on such date or dates, be subject to such mandatory and
optional prepayment on the dates and at the premiums, if any, have such additional or
different conditions precedent to closing, such representations and warranties and such
additional covenants as shall be specified in the Supplement under which such Additional
Notes are issued and upon execution of any such Supplement, this Agreement shall be deemed
to be amended without further action on the part of the holders of the Notes outstanding
under this Agreement (a) to reflect such additional covenants, provided, that any such
additional covenants shall inure to the benefit of all holders of Notes so long as any
Additional Notes issued pursuant to such Supplement remain outstanding, and (b) to reflect
such representations and warranties as are contained in such Supplement for the benefit of
the holders of such Additional Notes in accordance with the provisions of §10.8;

(iv) each Series of Additional Notes issued under this Agreement shall be in
substantially the form of Exhibit 1 to Exhibit S hereto with such variations, omissions and
insertions as are necessary or permitted hereunder;

(v) the minimum principal amount of any Additional Note issued under a Supplement shall
be $500,000, except as may be necessary to evidence the outstanding amount of any Additional
Note originally issued in a denomination of $500,000 or more;

(vi) all Additional Notes shall constitute Senior Funded Debt of the Company and shall
rank pari passu with all other outstanding Notes; and

(vii) no Additional Notes shall be issued hereunder if at the time of issuance thereof
and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds thereof, any Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

The obligations of the Additional Purchasers to purchase any Additional Notes shall be subject
to the following conditions precedent, in addition to the conditions specified in the Supplement
pursuant to which such Additional Notes may be issued:

(a) Compliance Certificate. A duly authorized Senior Financial Officer shall execute
and deliver to each Additional Purchaser and each holder of Notes a certificate dated the
date of issue of such Series of Additional Notes stating that such officer has reviewed the
provisions of this Agreement (including any Supplements hereto) and setting forth the
information and computations (in sufficient detail) required in order to establish whether
after giving effect to the issuance of the Additional Notes and after giving effect to the
application of the proceeds thereof, the Company is in compliance with the requirements of
§5.7 on such date (based upon the financial statements for the most recent fiscal quarter
ended prior to the date of such certificate and for any relevant prior fiscal quarters).

(b) Execution and Delivery of Supplement. The Company and each such Additional
Purchaser shall execute and deliver a Supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit S
hereto.

(c) Representations of Additional Purchasers. Each Additional Purchaser shall have
confirmed in the Supplement that the representations set forth in §3.2 are true with respect
to such Additional Purchaser on and as of the date of issue of the Additional Notes.

Section 1.4. Commitment, Closing Date. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and on the
basis of the representations and warranties hereinafter set forth, the Company agrees to issue and
sell to the Purchasers, and each Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, Series 2008 Notes
in the principal amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I hereto at a price
equal to the principal amount thereof on June 20, 2008 (the “Closing Date”); provided that the
Closing Date may be postponed to such other date (but not more than ten days after the originally
scheduled Closing Date) as shall mutually be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers
scheduled to purchase the Series 2008 Notes on the Closing Date. Delivery of the Series 2008 Notes
will be made at the offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois
60603. On the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes of the Series to
be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Note for each applicable Series (or such
greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $500,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated
the Closing Date and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of such Purchaser’s
nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available
funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer via Fedwire of immediately
available funds for the account of the Company pursuant to wire instructions provided to the
Purchasers prior to the execution and delivery thereof. If, on the Closing Date, the Company shall
fail to tender such Series 2008 Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this §1.4, or any of
the conditions specified in §4 shall not have been fulfilled to any Purchaser’s satisfaction, such
Purchaser shall, at such Purchaser’s election, be relieved of all further obligations under this
Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure or
such nonfulfillment.

	 	 	Section 2. Payment of Notes.

Section 2.1. Required Payments. (a) The entire outstanding principal amount of the
Series 2008-A Notes shall become due and payable on June 20, 2013.

(b) The entire outstanding principal amount of the Series 2008-B Notes shall become due and
payable on June 20, 2015.

Section 2.2. Optional Prepayment with Premium In addition to the payments required by §2.1,
upon compliance with §2.3 the Company shall have the privilege, at any time and from time to time,
of prepaying the outstanding Notes, either in whole or in part (but if in part then in a minimum
principal amount of $1,000,000) and ratably among each Series of Notes by payment of the principal
amount of the Notes, or portion thereof to be prepaid, and accrued interest thereon to the date of
such prepayment, together with a Premium, in the case of the Series 2008 Notes, equal to the
Make-Whole Amount and in the case of Additional Notes, the Premium, if any, provided for in the
applicable Supplement, in either case, determined as of two Business Days prior to the date of such
prepayment pursuant to this §2.2.

Section 2.3. Notice of Optional Prepayments. The Company will give notice of any prepayment
of the Notes pursuant to §2.2 to each Holder thereof not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days
before the date fixed for such optional prepayment specifying (i) such date, (ii) the principal
amount and the Holder’s Notes to be prepaid on such date, (iii) that a Premium, if any, may be
payable, (iv) the date when such Premium, if any, will be calculated, (v) the estimated Premium, if
any, and (vi) the accrued interest applicable to the prepayment. Notice of prepayment having been
so given, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in such notice, together with
accrued interest thereon and the Premium, if any, payable with respect thereto shall become due and
payable on the prepayment date specified in said notice. Not later than two Business Days prior to
the prepayment date specified in such notice, the Company shall provide each Holder of a Note
written notice of the Premium, if any, payable in connection with such prepayment and, whether or
not any Premium is payable, a reasonably detailed computation of the Make-Whole Amount (which
calculation shall be reasonably satisfactory to each Holder of the Notes to be prepaid).

Section 2.4. Application of Prepayments. In the case of all partial prepayments pursuant to
§2.2, the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes at
the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal
amounts thereof. All regularly scheduled partial prepayments made with respect to any Series of
Additional Notes pursuant to any Supplement shall be allocated as provided therein.

Section 2.5. Direct Payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement (including any Supplement) or the Notes, in the case of any Note owned by any Holder that
is a Purchaser, an Additional Purchaser or any other Institutional Holder which has given written
notice to the Company requesting that the provisions of this §2.5 shall apply, the Company will
punctually pay when due the principal thereof, interest thereon and Premium, if any, due with
respect to said principal, without any presentment thereof, directly to such Holder at its address
set forth in Schedule I hereto, Schedule I to any Supplement, if applicable, or such other address
as such Holder may from time to time designate in writing to the Company or, if a bank account with
a United States bank is so designated for such Holder on Schedule I hereto or Schedule I to any
Supplement, if applicable, the Company will make such payments in immediately available funds to
such bank account, marked for attention as indicated, or in such other manner or to such other
account in any United States bank as such Holder may from time to time direct in writing.

Section 2.6. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement (including any
Supplement) or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or Make-Whole
Amount or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of
the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

	 	 	Section 3. Representations.

Section 3.1. Representations of the Company. The Company represents and warrants that all
representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B are true and correct as of the date hereof
and are incorporated herein by reference with the same force and effect as though herein set forth
in full.

Section 3.2. Representations of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser severally represents, and in
entering into this Agreement the Company understands, that such Purchaser is acquiring the
Series 2008 Notes in a private placement for the purpose of investment and not with a view to the
distribution thereof, and that such Purchaser has no present intention of selling, negotiating or
otherwise disposing of the Series 2008 Notes; it being understood, however, that the disposition of
the Purchaser’s property shall at all times be and remain within its control. Sun Life represents
that it is an institutional “accredited investor” and “Canadian financial institution”, each within
the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 45-106 pursuant to Canadian provincial securities
legislation. Each Purchaser severally represents that it is an institutional “accredited investor”
within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act and at least
one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a
“Source”) to be used by it to pay the purchase price of the Series 2008 Notes to be purchased by it
hereunder:

(a) the Source is an “insurance company general account” within the meaning of
Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60 (issued July 12, 1995)
and there is no employee benefit plan, treating as a single plan all plans maintained by the
same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in Section V(a)(1) of PTE 95-60) or employee
organization, with respect to which the amount of the general account reserves and
liabilities for all contracts held by or on behalf of such plan exceeds ten percent (10%) of
the total reserves and liabilities of such general account (exclusive of separate account
liabilities) plus surplus, as set forth in the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners (“NAIC”) Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser’s state of domicile; or

(b) the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the
meaning of PTE 90-1 (issued January 29, 1990), or (ii) a bank collective investment fund,
within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 (issued July 12, 1991) and, except as such Purchaser has
disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (b), no employee benefit plan
or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns
more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective
investment fund; or

(c) the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part V
of the QPAM Exemption) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within
the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are
included in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee
benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the
meaning of Section V(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee
organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client assets managed by such
QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the
QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM (applying the definition of
“control” in Section V(e) of the QPAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the Company
and (i) the identity of such QPAM and (ii) the names of all employee benefit plans whose
assets are included in such investment fund have been disclosed to the Company in writing
pursuant to this paragraph (c); or

(d) the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such
Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to
any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate
account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are
not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or

(e) the Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Section IV of
PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption”) managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within
the meaning of Part IV of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of
the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither of the INHAM nor a person controlling or
controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section IV(h) of the INHAM
Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the Company and (i) the identity of such INHAM and
(ii) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have
been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (e); or

(f) the Source is a governmental plan; or

(g) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust
fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to
the Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (g); or

(h) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan
exempt from the coverage of ERISA.

If a Purchaser or any subsequent transferee of the Series 2008 Notes indicates that such Purchaser
or such transferee is relying on any representation contained in paragraphs (b), (c) or (g) above,
the Company shall deliver on the Closing Date and on the date of any applicable transfer a
certificate, which shall either state that (i) it is neither a party in interest nor a
“disqualified person” (as defined in Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code), with respect to any plan
identified pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (g) above, or (ii) with respect to any plan, identified
pursuant to paragraph (c) above, neither it nor any “affiliate” (as defined in Section V(c) of the
QPAM Exemption) has at such time, and during the immediately preceding one year, exercised the
authority to appoint or terminate said QPAM as manager of any plan identified in writing pursuant
to paragraph (c) above or to negotiate the terms of said QPAM’s management agreement on behalf of
any such identified plan.

As used in this §3.2, the terms “employee benefit plan,” “governmental plan,” “party in
interest” and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in
Section 3 of ERISA.

	 	 	Section 4. Closing Conditions.

Section 4.1. Conditions. The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase the Series 2008 Notes
on the Closing Date shall be subject to the performance by the Company of its agreements hereunder
which by the terms hereof are to be performed at or prior to the time of delivery of the
Series 2008 Notes and to the following further conditions precedent:

(a) Closing Certificates. On the Closing Date such Purchaser shall have received a
certificate dated the Closing Date, signed by the President or an Executive Vice President
or the Chief Operating Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, the truth and
accuracy of which shall be a condition to such Purchaser’s obligation to purchase the
Series 2008 Notes proposed to be sold to such Purchaser on the Closing Date and to the
effect that (i) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Exhibit B
hereto are true and correct on and with respect to the Closing Date, (ii) the Company has
performed all of its obligations hereunder which are to be performed on or prior to the
Closing Date, and (iii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(b) Legal Opinions. Each Purchaser shall have received from Chapman and Cutler LLP,
who is acting as special counsel to the Purchasers in this transaction, and from Sutherland
Asbill & Brennan LLP, counsel for the Company, their respective opinions dated the Closing
Date, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, covering the matters set forth
in Exhibits C and D, respectively, hereto.

(c) Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc. On the Closing Date, each purchase of
Series 2008 Notes shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to
which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as Section 1405(a)(8)
of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without
restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (b) not violate any applicable
law or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation U, T or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject any Purchaser to any tax,
penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or
regulation was not in effect on the date hereof. If requested by any Purchaser, such
Purchaser shall have received an officer’s certificate certifying as to such matters of fact
as such Purchaser may reasonably specify to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such
purchase is so permitted.

(d) Sale of Other Notes. The Company shall have consummated the sale of the entire
principal amount of the Series 2008 Notes scheduled to be sold on the Closing Date as
specified in Schedule I.

(e) Private Placement Number. A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor’s
CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC) shall
have been obtained for each Series of the Series 2008 Notes.

(f) At least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall have
received written instructions signed by an officer on letterhead of the Company stating the
Company’s wire instructions including (i) the name and address of the transferee bank,
(ii) such transferee bank’s ABA number and (iii) the account name and number into which the
purchase price for the Series 2008 Notes is to be deposited.

(g) Satisfactory Proceedings. All corporate and other proceedings taken in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all documents and instruments
necessary to the consummation thereof, shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the
Purchasers and the Purchasers’ special counsel, and the Purchasers shall have received a
copy (executed or certified as may be appropriate) of all legal documents or proceedings
taken in connection with the consummation of said transactions.

Section 4.2. Waiver of Conditions. If on the Closing Date the Company fails to tender to the
Purchasers of any of the Series 2008 Notes to be issued to the Purchasers on such date or if the
conditions specified in §4.1 have not been fulfilled, any Purchaser may thereupon elect to be
relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, if the
conditions specified in §4.1 have not been fulfilled, each Purchaser may waive compliance by the
Company with any such condition to such extent as each Purchaser may in its sole discretion
determine. Nothing in this §4.2 shall operate to relieve the Company of any of its obligations
hereunder or to waive any of the Purchaser’s rights against the Company.

	 	 	Section 5. Covenants.

From and after the Closing Date and continuing so long as any amount remains unpaid on any
Note:

Section 5.1. Corporate Existence, Etc. The Company will preserve and keep in full force and
effect, and will cause each Consolidated Subsidiary to keep in full force and effect, its corporate
existence and all registrations, licenses, permits and governmental approvals necessary to the
proper conduct of its business except, where the failure to maintain such registrations, licenses,
permits and governmental approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however,
that the foregoing shall not prevent any transaction permitted by §5.11.

Section 5.2. Insurance. The Company will maintain, and will cause each Consolidated
Subsidiary to maintain, insurance coverage by financially sound and reputable insurers in such
forms and amounts and against such risks as are customary for corporations and limited liability
companies of established reputation engaged in the same or a similar business and owning and
operating similar properties.

Section 5.3. Taxes, Claims for Labor and Materials, Compliance with Laws. The Company will
promptly pay and discharge, and will cause each Consolidated Subsidiary to pay and discharge, all
lawful taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Company or such
Consolidated Subsidiary, respectively, or upon or in respect of all or any part of the property or
business of the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary, all trade accounts payable in accordance
with usual and customary business terms, and all claims for work, labor or materials, which if
unpaid might become a Lien upon any property of the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary;
provided, however, that the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary shall not be required to pay
any such tax, assessment, charge, levy, account payable or claim if (i) the validity, applicability
or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate actions or proceedings which will
prevent the forfeiture or sale of any property of the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary or
any material interference with the use thereof by the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary, and
(ii) the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary shall set aside on its books, reserves deemed by
it to be adequate with respect thereto. The Company will promptly comply and will cause each
Consolidated Subsidiary to promptly comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules and
regulations to which it is subject including, without limitation, the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970, as amended, ERISA and all laws, ordinances, governmental rules and regulations
relating to environmental protection in all applicable jurisdictions, the violation of which could
have a Material Adverse Effect or would result in any Lien not permitted under §5.9.

Section 5.4. Maintenance, Etc. The Company will maintain, preserve and keep, and will cause
each Consolidated Subsidiary to maintain, preserve and keep, its material properties which are used
in the conduct of its business (whether owned in fee or a leasehold interest) in good repair and
working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and from time to time will make all necessary
repairs, replacements and renewals as the Company may determine to be appropriate to the conduct of
its business.

Section 5.5. Nature of Business. Neither the Company nor any Consolidated Subsidiary will
engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business, taken on a consolidated
basis, which would then be engaged in by the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries would be
substantially changed from the general nature of the business engaged in by the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement as described in the Company’s most recently
filed Form 10-K.

Section 5.6. Status of RIC and BDC. The Company will maintain its status as a RIC under the
Code, and as a “business development company” under the Investment Company Act.

Section 5.7. Financial Covenants.

(a) Capital Maintenance. The Company shall at all times maintain Consolidated
Shareholders Equity in an amount not less than (i) $1,900,000,000 plus (ii) 75% of the Net
Proceeds of all Equity Issuances effected by the Company or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries at any time after December 31, 2007 (excluding the Net Proceeds of any Equity
Issuance by a Consolidated Subsidiary to a Consolidated Subsidiary or to the Company).

(b) Interest Charges Coverage Ratio. The Company shall maintain the ratio of Adjusted
EBIT to Interest Expense of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis as of the last day of each fiscal quarter for the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such day, at not less than 1.8 to 1.

(c) Ratio of Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity. The Company will
have on the last day of each quarterly fiscal period a ratio of Consolidated Debt to
Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity not exceeding 1.5 to 1.

(d) Priority Debt. The Company will not at any time permit the aggregate principal
amount of Priority Debt to exceed 25% of Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity.

(e) Asset Coverage Ratio. The Company will not at any time permit the Asset Coverage
Ratio to be less than 2 to 1.

Section 5.8. Subsidiary Guaranties; Interest Rate Swaps. (a) The Company will not permit any
Consolidated Subsidiary to enter into any Subsidiary Bank Guaranty or Subsidiary Existing Note
Guaranty, unless the Company shall first furnish to each Holder of the Notes (i) an unconditional
Subsidiary Note Guaranty, (ii) an Intercreditor Agreement, and (iii) an opinion of counsel to the
effect that such Subsidiary Note Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
Consolidated Subsidiary and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Consolidated Subsidiary, enforceable against such Consolidated Subsidiary in accordance with the
terms thereof, and covering such other matters as the Holders of 51% or more of the principal
amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may reasonably request.

(b) The Company will not and will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to enter into any
Interest Rate Swap except in the ordinary course of business pursuant to transactions that are
entered into for bona fide purposes of managing the Company’s interest rate and currency risk and
not for speculation.

Section 5.9. Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Consolidated
Subsidiary to, create or incur, or suffer to be incurred or to exist, any Lien on its or their
property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or upon any income or profits
therefrom, or transfer any property for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of
obligations in priority to the payment of its or their general creditors, or acquire or agree to
acquire any property or assets upon conditional sales agreements or other title retention devices,
except:

(a) Liens for property taxes and assessments or governmental charges or levies and
Liens securing claims or demands of mechanics and materialmen, provided payment thereof is
not at the time required by §5.3;

(b) Liens of or resulting from any judgment or award, the time for the appeal or
petition for rehearing of which shall not have expired, or in respect of which the Company
or a Consolidated Subsidiary shall at any time in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or
proceeding for a review and in respect of which a stay of execution pending such appeal or
proceeding for review shall have been secured;

(c) Liens incidental to the conduct of business or the ownership of properties and
assets (including Liens in connection with the making of loans to customers, worker’s
compensation, unemployment insurance and other like laws, warehousemen’s and attorneys’
liens and statutory landlords’ liens) and Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders
or trade contracts, or to secure statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds or other
Liens of like general nature incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in
connection with (i) the borrowing of money or (ii) obligations pursuant to ERISA, provided
in each case, the obligation secured is not overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in
good faith by appropriate actions or proceedings;

(d) minor survey exceptions or minor encumbrances, easements or reservations, or rights
of others for rights-of-way, utilities and other similar purposes, or zoning or other
restrictions as to the use of real properties, which are necessary for the conduct of the
activities of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries or which customarily exist on
properties of corporations engaged in similar activities and similarly situated and which do
not in any event materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the Company
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries;

(e) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Consolidated Subsidiary to the Company or to
another Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiary;

(f) Liens incurred after the Closing Date given to secure the payment of the purchase
price or cost of construction incurred in connection with the acquisition of, or
improvements to, fixed assets useful and intended to be used in carrying on the business of
the Company or a Consolidated Subsidiary, including Liens existing on such assets at the
time of acquisition thereof or at the time of acquisition by the Company or a Consolidated
Subsidiary of any business entity then owning such assets, whether or not such existing
Liens were given to secure the payment of the purchase price of the assets to which they
attach so long as they were not incurred, extended or renewed in contemplation of such
acquisition, provided that (i) the Lien shall attach solely to the assets acquired or
purchased, (ii) the Lien (other than Liens that are existing on such assets at the time of
acquisition thereof and that are permitted as aforesaid) shall have been created or incurred
within 180 days of the date of acquisition of such fixed assets, except in the case of
construction or acquisition of improvements to real estate, the land on which such
improvements are located shall not be required to have been acquired within such 180 day
period; (iii) at the time of acquisition of such assets, the aggregate amount remaining
unpaid on all Indebtedness secured by Liens on such assets whether or not assumed by the
Company or a Consolidated Subsidiary shall not exceed an amount equal to 80% (or 100% in the
case of Capitalized Leases) of the lesser of the total purchase price or fair market value
at the time of acquisition of such assets (as determined in good faith by the board of
directors of the Company), and (iv) all Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall be
permitted hereunder; and

(g) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens in existence on the Closing Date and
securing the Indebtedness described on Annex B to Exhibit B) so long as the aggregate
Indebtedness secured by all such Liens is permitted within the limitations of §5.7.

The Company will not, and will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist (upon the happening of a contingency or
otherwise) any Lien on or with respect to any property which secures Debt outstanding under the
Bank Credit Agreement or the Existing Note Agreements, unless the Company makes, or causes to be
made, effective provision whereby the Notes will be equally and ratably secured with any and all
other obligations thereby secured; provided that such security is granted pursuant to an agreement
reasonably satisfactory to the Holders of 51% or more of the principal amount of the Notes at the
time outstanding.

Section 5.10. Restricted Payments. The Company will not except as hereinafter provided:

(a) Declare or pay any dividends, either in cash or property, on any shares of its
capital stock of any class (except dividends or other distributions payable solely in shares
of capital stock of the Company);

(b) Directly or indirectly, or through any Subsidiary, purchase, redeem or retire any
            shares of its capital stock of any class or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or
acquire any shares of its capital stock (other than in exchange for or out of the net cash
proceeds to the Company from the substantially concurrent issue or sale of other shares of
capital stock of the Company or warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire any
            shares of its capital stock); or

(c) Make any other payment or distribution, either directly or indirectly or through
any Subsidiary, in respect of its capital stock;

(such declarations or payments of dividends, purchases, redemptions or retirements of capital stock
and warrants, rights or options and all such other payments or distributions being herein
collectively called “Restricted Payments”), if after giving effect thereto (i) an Event of Default
described in paragraph (a) or (b) of §6.1 shall exist, (ii) as the result of an occurrence of any
other Event of Default described in §6.1 the Notes shall have been accelerated under §6.3 or
(iii) the Company would not be in compliance with the limitations of §5.7(c), (d) or (e) or §5.8.

The Company will not declare any regular quarterly dividend which constitutes a Restricted
Payment payable more than 80 days after the date of declaration thereof; provided that any year-end
extra dividend which constitutes a Restricted Payment shall not be payable more than 120 days after
the date of declaration thereof.

For the purposes of this §5.10, the amount of any Restricted Payment declared, paid or
distributed in property shall be deemed to be the greater of the book value or fair market value
(as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Company) of such property at the time
of the making of the Restricted Payment in question.

Section 5.11. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets. (a) The Company will not, and will
not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, consolidate with or be a party to a merger with any
other Person or dispose of all or a substantial part of the assets of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries; provided that:

(1) any Consolidated Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or a substantial part of its assets to the Company or any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary so long as (A) (i) in any merger or consolidation involving the
Company, the Company shall be the surviving or continuing corporation and (ii) in any merger
or consolidation involving a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (and not the Company), a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary shall be the surviving or continuing corporation, and (B) at the time of such
consolidation or merger and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of
Default would exist;

(2) the Company may consolidate or merge with or into any other corporation if (i) the
corporation which results from such consolidation or merger (the “surviving corporation”) is
organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, (ii)
the due and punctual payment of the principal of and Premium, if any, and interest on all of
the Notes, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observation of
all of the covenants in the Notes, this Agreement and any Supplement, to be performed or
observed by the Company are expressly assumed in writing by the surviving corporation and
the surviving corporation shall furnish to the holders of the Notes an opinion of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Holder or Holders of 51% or more of the principal amount of
the Notes at the time outstanding to the effect that the instrument of assumption has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
contract and agreement of the surviving corporation enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general equitable principles, and (iii) at the time of such consolidation
or merger and immediately after giving effect thereto and to the incurrence of any Debt
assumed or incurred in connection therewith, (x) the aggregate amount of outstanding
Consolidated Debt and Priority Debt of the surviving corporation would be permitted by the
terms of §5.7(c) and (d) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the
date of such consolidation or merger, and (y) no Default or Event of Default would exist;
and

(3) the Company and any Consolidated Subsidiary may, sell, transfer or otherwise
dispose of all or any part of its Investments in the ordinary course of business including,
without limitation, in securitization transactions.

(b) The Company will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to issue any Voting Stock of such
Consolidated Subsidiary except to satisfy the rights of minority shareholders to receive issuances
of stock which are non-dilutive to the Company and/or any Consolidated Subsidiary; provided that
the foregoing restrictions do not apply to issuances to the Company or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
or the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares.

(c) The Company will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of stock or Debt of any
Consolidated Subsidiary (except issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and sales, transfers and
dispositions of all the stock of a special purpose Consolidated Subsidiary for consideration if
(x) substantially all the assets of such Consolidated Subsidiary constitute Investments and (y) the
sale, transfer or disposition of all such Investments for substantially the same consideration
would be permitted by §5.11(a)(3)) and will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of stock (otherwise than by purchase or redemption of preferred
stock) of a Consolidated Subsidiary or Debt of any other Consolidated Subsidiary (except issuances
to the Company or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or issuance of directors’ qualifying shares);
provided that the foregoing restrictions do not apply if the following conditions are met:

(1) all shares of stock and all Debt of such Consolidated Subsidiary held by the
Company and its Subsidiaries shall be sold simultaneously;

(2) in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors:

	 	(i)	 	such sale of stock or Debt is in the best
interests of the Company; and

	 	(ii)	 	the consideration paid for such stock and Debt
is deemed adequate and satisfactory.

(3) the Consolidated Subsidiary being disposed of shall not have any continuing
investment in the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary that is not being disposed of
simultaneously; and

(4) such sale or disposition does not involve a substantial part of assets of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.

As used in this §5.11, a sale of assets will be deemed a “substantial part” of the assets of
the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries if (i) the Book Value of such assets sold in a given
fiscal year (except those sold in the ordinary course of business) exceeds 15% of the Consolidated
Total Assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined at the close of the
immediately preceding fiscal year, or (ii) the operations of such assets sold (except those sold in
the ordinary course of business) generated 15% or more of the consolidated operating profit of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during the immediately preceding fiscal year; provided,
however, that for purposes of the foregoing calculation, there shall not be included any assets if
a portion of the proceeds of such assets equal to the aggregate Book Value thereof immediately
prior to such sale was or is applied within 365 days of the date of sale of such assets to either
(A) the acquisition of Investments useful and intended to be used in the operation of the business
of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and having a fair value (as determined in good
faith by the board of directors of the Company) at least equal to the Book Value of the assets so
disposed of, or (B) the prepayment at any applicable prepayment Premium, on a pro rata basis, of
Senior Funded Debt of the Company. It is understood and agreed by the Company that any such
proceeds paid and applied to the prepayment of the Notes as hereinabove provided shall be prepaid
as and to the extent provided in §2.2.

Section 5.12. Repurchase of Notes. Neither the Company nor any Consolidated Subsidiary or
Affiliate, directly or indirectly, may repurchase or make any offer to repurchase any Notes unless
an offer has been made to repurchase Notes, pro rata, from all holders of the Notes at the same
time and upon the same terms. In case the Company repurchases or otherwise acquires any Notes, such
Notes shall immediately thereafter be canceled and no Notes shall be issued in substitution
therefor. Without limiting the foregoing, upon the repurchase or other acquisition of any Notes by
the Company, any Consolidated Subsidiary or any Affiliate, such Notes shall no longer be
outstanding for purposes of any section of this Agreement or any Supplement, in each case relating
to the taking by the holders of the Notes of any actions with respect hereto or thereto, including
without limitation, §6.3, §6.4 and §7.1.

Section 5.13. Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Consolidated Subsidiary to, enter into or be a party to any transaction or arrangement with any
Affiliate (including, without limitation, the purchase from, sale to or exchange of property with,
or the rendering of any service by or for, any Affiliate), except transactions involving
consideration in an aggregate amount for all such transactions not in excess of $25,000,000 per
fiscal year, and transactions in the ordinary course of, and pursuant to the reasonable
requirements of the Company’s or such Consolidated Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary than would be
obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate.

Section 5.14. Termination of Pension Plans. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Consolidated Subsidiary to, withdraw from any Multiemployer Plan to which it may hereafter
contribute or permit any employee benefit plan hereafter maintained by it to be terminated if such
withdrawal or termination could result in withdrawal liability (as described in Part 1 of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA) or the imposition of a Lien on any property of the Company or any
Consolidated Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA.

Section 5.15. Reports and Rights of Inspection. The Company will keep, and will cause each
Consolidated Subsidiary to keep, proper books of record and account in which full and correct
entries will be made of all dealings or transactions of, or in relation to, the business and
affairs of the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary, in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied (except for changes disclosed in the financial statements furnished to the Holders pursuant
to this §5.15 and concurred with by the independent registered public accounting firm referred to
in §5.15(b) hereof), and will furnish to each Institutional Holder of the then outstanding Notes
(in duplicate if so specified below or otherwise requested):

(a) Quarterly Statements. As soon as available and in any event within 50 days (or
such period as is 5 Business Days greater than the period applicable to the required filing
date of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q) after the end of each quarterly fiscal
period (except the last) of each fiscal year, copies of:

(1) consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the close of such quarterly fiscal period, setting forth in
comparative form the consolidated figures for the fiscal year then most recently
ended,

(2) consolidated statements of operations of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries for such quarterly fiscal period and for the portion of the fiscal year
ending with such quarterly fiscal period, in each case setting forth in comparative
form the consolidated figures for the corresponding periods of the preceding fiscal
year, and

(3) consolidated statements of changes in net assets and cash flows of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the portion of the fiscal year ending
with such quarterly fiscal period, setting forth in comparative form the
consolidated figures for the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year,

all in reasonable detail and certified as complete and correct by a Senior Financial Officer
of the Company;

(b) Annual Statements. As soon as available and in any event within 95 days (or such
period as is 5 Business Days greater than the period applicable to the required filing date
of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K) after the close of each fiscal year, copies of:

(1) consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year,

(2) consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash
flows, and

(3) consolidated statement of investments

setting forth in comparative form the consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year
(except in the case of such statement of investments) and in each case all in reasonable
detail and accompanied by a report thereon of an independent registered public accounting
firm selected by the Company to the effect that the consolidated financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of the fiscal year being reported on and the
consolidated results of their operations, changes in net assets and cash flows for said year
in conformity with GAAP and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such
financial statements has been conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards and included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing
procedures as said accountants deemed necessary in the circumstances;

(c) Audit Reports. Promptly upon receipt thereof, one copy of each interim or special
audit made by an independent registered public accounting firm of the books of the Company
or any Consolidated Subsidiary and any management letter received from such accountants;

(d) SEC and Other Reports. (i) Promptly upon their becoming available (or in the case
of registration statements, promptly after their becoming effective), copies of all
effective registration statements (other than the exhibits thereto, any prospectus
supplements, and any effective registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent), and
reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K (or their equivalents) filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (or any Governmental Authority substituted therefor) or
any national securities exchange, (ii) promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders
of the Company generally, copies of all financial statements, reports, and proxy statements
so mailed, and (iii) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of any orders, judgments
or decrees in excess of $25,000,000 that have been entered against the Company or any of its
Consolidated Subsidiaries in any proceedings to which the Company or any Consolidated
Subsidiary is a party, issued by any governmental agency, Federal or state, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries;

(e) ERISA Reports. Promptly upon the occurrence thereof, written notice of (i) a
Reportable Event with respect to any Plan hereafter maintained by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate; (ii) the institution of any steps by the Company, any ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC
or any other person to terminate any such Plan; (iii) the institution of any steps by the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate to withdraw from any such Plan; (iv) a non-exempt “prohibited
transaction” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA in connection with any such Plan;
(v) any material contingent liability of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary with
respect to any post-retirement welfare liability hereafter existing; or (vi) the taking of
any action by, or the threatening of the taking of any action by, the Internal Revenue
Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect to any of the foregoing;

(f) Officer’s Certificates. Within the periods provided in paragraphs (a) and (b)
above, a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer of the Company stating that such officer
has reviewed the provisions of this Agreement (including any Supplement) and setting forth:
(i) the information and computations (in sufficient detail) required in order to establish
whether the Company was in compliance with the requirements of §5.7 through §5.11 at the end
of the period covered by the financial statements then being furnished and (ii) whether
there existed as of the date of such financial statements and whether, to the best of such
officer’s knowledge, there exists on the date of the certificate or existed at any time
during the period covered by such financial statements any Default or Event of Default and,
if any such condition or event exists on the date of the certificate, specifying the nature
and period of existence thereof and the action the Company is taking and proposes to take
with respect thereto;

(g) Accountant’s Certificates. Within the period provided in paragraph (b) above, a
certificate of the accountants who render an opinion with respect to such financial
statements acknowledging that the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants of
§5.7, and setting forth the procedures used to make such determination;

(h) Supplements. Promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days after the execution
and delivery of any Supplement, a copy thereof; and

(i) Requested Information. With reasonable promptness, such other data and information
as any Institutional Holder may reasonably request.

Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will permit each Institutional Holder of the then
outstanding Notes (or such Persons as such Holder may designate), to visit and inspect, under the
Company’s guidance, any of the properties of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary, to examine
all of their books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts
therefrom and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective
officers, employees, and independent registered public accounting firm (and by this provision the
Company authorizes said accountants to discuss with such Holder the finances and affairs of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries) all at such reasonable times and as often as may be
reasonably requested. Any visitation shall be at the sole expense of such Institutional Holder,
unless a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or the Holder of any
Note or of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary gives
any written notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed default, in which case, any
such visitation or inspection shall be at the sole expense of the Company.

Section 5.16. Terrorism Sanctions Regulations. The Company will not and will not permit any
Consolidated Subsidiary to (a) become a Person described or designated in the Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the
Anti-Terrorism Order or (b) knowingly engage in any dealings or transactions with any such Person.

Section 5.17. Additional Financial Covenants. If the Company shall at any time enter into one
or more agreements (including any amendment of an existing agreement) pursuant to which Senior
Funded Debt in an aggregate principal amount greater than $30,000,000 shall be outstanding and such
agreement contains one or more financial covenants which are more restrictive on the Company and
its Subsidiaries than the financial covenants contained in this Agreement, then such more
restrictive financial covenants and any related definitions (the “Additional Financial Covenants”)
shall automatically be deemed to be incorporated into §5.7 of this Agreement) by reference and
§6.1(e) shall be deemed to be amended to include such Additional Financial Covenants from the time
such other agreement becomes binding upon the Company until such time as such other Senior Funded
Debt is repaid in full and all commitments related thereto are terminated; provided, that if at the
time of any such repayment or the termination of any such commitment a Default or Event of Default
shall exist under this Agreement, then such covenants shall continue in full force and effect so
long as such Default or Event of Default continues to exist. So long as such Additional Financial
Covenants shall be in effect, no modification or waiver of such Additional Financial Covenants
shall be effective unless the Holders of at least 51% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
shall have consented thereto pursuant to §7.1 hereof. Promptly but in no event more than 10
Business Days following the execution of any agreement providing for Additional Financial
Covenants, the Company shall furnish each holder of the Notes with a copy of such agreement. Upon
written request of the Holders of at least 51% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, the
Company will enter into an amendment to this Agreement pursuant to which this Agreement will be
formally amended to incorporate the Additional Financial Covenants on the terms set forth herein.

	 	 	Section 6. Events of Default and Remedies Therefor.

Section 6.1. Events of Default. Any one or more of the following shall constitute an “Event
of Default” as such term is used herein:

(a) Default shall occur in the payment of interest on any Note when the same shall have
become due and such default shall continue for more than five Business Days; or

(b) Default shall occur in the making of any payment of the principal of any Note or
Premium, if any, thereon at the expressed or any accelerated maturity date or at any date
fixed for prepayment; or

(c) Default shall be made in the payment when due (whether by lapse of time, by
declaration, by call for redemption or otherwise) of the principal of or interest on any
Consolidated Debt (other than the Notes) of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary
having an aggregate unpaid principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 and such default shall
continue beyond the period of grace, if any, allowed with respect thereto; or

(d) Default or the happening of any event shall occur under any indenture, agreement or
other instrument under which Consolidated Debt of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary
having an aggregate unpaid principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 may be issued and such
default or event shall continue for a period of time sufficient to permit the acceleration
of the maturity of such Consolidated Debt or the Company or a Consolidated Subsidiary has
become obligated to purchase such Consolidated Debt or one or more Persons have the right to
require the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary to purchase such Consolidated Debt; or

(e) Default shall occur in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement
contained in §5.7 through §5.11, §6.2 or any covenant in a Supplement which specifically
provides that it shall have the benefit of this §6.1(e) and such default shall continue for
more than five Business Days; or

(f) Default shall occur in the observance or performance of any other provision of this
Agreement (including any Supplement) which is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier
of (i) the day on which a Senior Financial Officer first obtains actual personal knowledge
of such default, or (ii) the day on which written notice thereof is given to the Company by
the Holder of any Note; or

(g) Any representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement (including any
Supplement), or made by the Company in any statement or certificate furnished by the Company
in connection with the consummation of the issuance and delivery of the Notes or furnished
by the Company pursuant hereto, is untrue in any material respect as of the date of the
issuance or making thereof; or

(h) Final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of
$25,000,000 is or are outstanding against the Company or any Material Subsidiary or against
any property or assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary and any such final judgment
or final judgments have remained unpaid, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed by appeal or
otherwise for a period of 60 days from the date of its entry; or

(i) A custodian, liquidator, receiver or similar official is appointed for the Company
or any Material Subsidiary or for the major part of its property and is not discharged
within 60 days after such appointment; or

(j) The Company or any Material Subsidiary becomes insolvent or bankrupt, is generally
not paying its debts as they become due or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or the Company or any Material Subsidiary applies for or consents to the appointment of a
custodian, liquidator, trustee or receiver for the Company or such Material Subsidiary or
for the major part of its property; or

(k) Bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement or insolvency proceedings, or other
proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy or similar law or laws for the relief of
debtors, are instituted by or against the Company or any Material Subsidiary and, if
instituted against the Company or such Material Subsidiary, are consented to or are not
dismissed within 60 days after such institution.

Section 6.2. Notice to Holders. When any Event of Default described in the foregoing §6.1 has
occurred, or if the Holder of any Note or of any other evidence of Debt of the Company gives any
notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed default, the Company agrees to give
notice within three Business Days of such event to all holders of the Notes then outstanding.

Section 6.3. Acceleration of Maturities. When any Event of Default described in paragraph (a)
or (b) of §6.1 has happened and is continuing, any Holder of any Note may declare the entire
principal and all interest accrued on such Holder’s Notes to be and such Notes shall thereupon
become, forthwith due and payable, without any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived. When any Event of Default described in paragraphs (a)
through (i), inclusive, of §6.1 has happened and is continuing, the Holder or Holders of 51% or
more of the principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding may, by notice to the Company,
declare the entire principal and all interest accrued on all Notes to be, and all Notes shall
thereupon become, forthwith due and payable, without any presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived. When any Event of Default described
in paragraph (j) or (k) of §6.1 has occurred, then all outstanding Notes shall immediately become
due and payable without presentment, demand or notice of any kind. Upon any Note becoming due and
payable as a result of any Event of Default as aforesaid, the Company will forthwith pay to the
Holder of such Note the entire principal and interest accrued on such Note and (to the extent
permitted by applicable law) an amount as liquidated damages for the loss of the bargain evidenced
hereby (and not as a penalty) equal to the applicable Make-Whole Amount which the Company would be
obligated to pay if the Notes were being prepaid pursuant to §2.2, determined as of the date on
which such Note shall so become due and payable. No course of dealing on the part of the Holder or
Holders of any Notes nor any delay or failure on the part of any Holder of Notes to exercise any
right shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice such Holder’s rights, powers
and remedies. The Company further agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to pay to the Holder or
Holders of the Notes all costs and expenses incurred by them in the collection of any Notes upon
any default hereunder or thereon, including reasonable compensation to such Holder’s or Holders’
attorneys for all services rendered in connection therewith.

Section 6.4. Rescission of Acceleration. The provisions of §6.3 are subject to the condition
that if the principal of and accrued interest on all or any outstanding Notes have been declared
immediately due and payable by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default described in
paragraphs (a) through (i), inclusive, of §6.1, the holders of 66-2/3% in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding may, by written instrument filed with the Company, rescind and
annul such declaration and the consequences thereof, provided that at the time such declaration is
annulled and rescinded:

(a) no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant
to the Notes or this Agreement (including any Supplement);

(b) all arrears of interest upon all the Notes and all other sums payable under the
Notes and under this Agreement (including any Supplement) (except any principal, interest or
Premium, if any, on the Notes which has become due and payable solely by reason of such
declaration under §6.3) shall have been duly paid; and

(c) each and every other Default and Event of Default shall have been made good, cured
or waived pursuant to §7.1;

and provided further, that no such rescission and annulment under this §6.4 shall extend to or
affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

	 	 	Section 7. Amendments, Waivers and Consents.

Section 7.1. Consent Required. (a) Any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this
Agreement (including any Supplement) may, with the consent of the Company, be amended or compliance
therewith may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively), if the Company has obtained the consent in writing of the Holders of at least 51%
in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes; provided that without the written consent of
the Holders of all of the Notes then outstanding affected thereby, no such amendment or waiver
shall be effective (i) which will change the time of payment of the principal of or the interest on
any Note, change the principal amount thereof, reduce the rate of interest thereon or change the
method of computation of the Make-Whole Amount, or (ii) which will change any of the provisions
with respect to optional prepayments or (iii) which will change the percentage of holders of the
Notes required to consent to any such amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of this §7 or
§6.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may enter into any
Supplement providing for the issuance of one or more Series of Additional Notes consistent with
§1.3 hereof without obtaining the consent of any holder of any other Series of Notes.

Section 7.2. Solicitation of Holders. So long as there are any Notes outstanding, the Company
will not solicit, request or negotiate for or with respect to any proposed waiver or amendment of
any of the provisions of this Agreement (including any Supplement) or the Notes unless each Holder
of Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) shall be informed thereof by the
Company and shall be afforded the opportunity of considering the same and shall be supplied by the
Company with sufficient information to enable it to make an informed decision with respect thereto.
The Company will not, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by
way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of Notes as
consideration for or as an inducement to entering into by any Holder of Notes of any waiver or
amendment of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement (including any Supplement) or the
Notes unless such remuneration is concurrently paid on the same terms, ratably to each Holder of
Notes then outstanding even if such Holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.

Section 7.3. Effect of Amendment or Waiver. Any such amendment or waiver shall apply equally
to all of the Holders of the Notes and shall be binding upon them, upon each future Holder of any
Note and upon the Company, whether or not such Note shall have been marked to indicate such
amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not
expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon.

	 	 	Section 8. Interpretation of Agreement; Definitions.

Section 8.1. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms hereinafter set
forth when used herein shall have the following meanings and the following definitions shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of any of the terms herein defined:

“Additional Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in §1.3.

“Additional Purchasers” means the purchasers of the Additional Notes.

“Adequate Rating” means a senior unsecured debt rating of A- or higher by Standard & Poor’s
Rating Services or Fitch Ratings, or a rating of A3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Services.

“Adjusted EBIT” means, for any period with respect to the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, income after deduction of all expenses and other proper
charges other than taxes, Interest Expense and non-cash employee stock options expense and
excluding (i) net realized gains or losses, (ii) net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation, and (iii) the amount of interest paid-in-kind (“PIK”) to the extent such amount
exceeds the sum of (x) PIK interest collected in cash and (y) realized gains collected in cash (net
of realized losses); provided that the amount determined pursuant to this clause (y) shall not be
less than 0, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Affiliate” shall mean any Person (other than a Consolidated Subsidiary) which (i) directly or
indirectly, or through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the Company, (ii) beneficially owns or holds 5% or more of any class of the Voting
Stock of the Company or iii) 5% or more of the Voting Stock (or in the case of a Person which is
not a corporation, 5% or more of the equity interest) of which is beneficially owned by the Company
or a Subsidiary. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise, other than by investment advisory contracts
entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.

“Anti-Terrorism Order” means Executive Order No. 13,224 of September 24, 2001, Blocking
Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support
Terrorism, 66 U.S. Fed. Reg. 49, 079 (2001), as amended.

“Asset Coverage Ratio” shall mean on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries the ratio which the value of total assets, less all liabilities and indebtedness not
represented by senior securities (all as determined pursuant to the Investment Company Act and any
orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued to the Company thereunder), bears to the
aggregate amount of senior securities representing indebtedness of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries.

“Bank Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement between the Banks and the Company dated as
of April 9, 2008, as amended from time to time, pursuant to which the Banks have extended credit to
the Company, and any renewals, extensions or replacements thereof.

“Banks” means the banks or financial institutions which are party to the Bank Credit Agreement
from time to time.

“Book Value” means, with respect to any asset at any time, the value thereof as the same would
be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at
such time prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“Business Day” shall mean (a) for the purposes of computation of the Make-Whole Amount only,
any day of the week (excluding Saturday or Sunday) on which banks in New York, New York are not
obligated by law to close and (b) for the purposes of any other provision of this Agreement any day
of the week (excluding Saturday or Sunday) on which banks in Washington, D.C. and New York, New
York are not obligated by law to close.

“Capitalized Lease” shall mean any lease the obligation for Rentals with respect to which is
required to be capitalized on a consolidated balance sheet of the lessee and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Rentals” of any Person shall mean as of the date of any determination thereof the
amount at which the aggregate Rentals due and to become due under all Capitalized Leases under
which such Person is a lessee would be reflected as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet of
such Person.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

“Consolidated Debt” shall mean as of the date of any determination thereof, the aggregate
unpaid amount of all Debt of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity” as of the date of determination thereof, shall mean the
total shareholders’ equity of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as the same would
appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared as
of such date in accordance with GAAP, including, in any case, common stock of the Company (valued
at cost) held in the deferred compensation trusts and Permitted Preferred Stock of the Company and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries but excluding any stock, common or preferred, not both issued and
outstanding.

“Consolidated Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary which is required to be consolidated on
financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean total assets of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

“Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication,

(a) its liabilities for borrowed money;

(b) all liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person
(excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business but including,
without limitation, all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement with respect to any such property);

(c) its Capitalized Rentals;

(d) all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property
owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such
liabilities);

(e) all liabilities under Interest Rate Swaps entered into for the purpose of hedging
currency risk with respect to Debt; and

(f) any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any
of clauses (a) through (e) hereof.

Debt of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described in
clauses (a) through (e) to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof
notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP. Any amount
receivable by the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries under an Interest Rate Swap
referred to in clause (e) above, as determined in accordance with the definition of Interest Rate
Swap, shall apply as an offset in the calculation of the total amount of Debt if and only if
(i) the counterparty in such Interest Rate Swap has an Adequate Rating or (ii) in the event such
counterparty ceases to maintain an Adequate Rating, such counterparty has posted collateral to the
benefit of the Company or the relevant Consolidated Subsidiary to secure such receivable, in which
case, the amount of such receivable that shall apply as an offset in the calculation of the total
amount of Debt shall be limited to the fair market value of such collateral.

“Default” shall mean any event or condition the occurrence of which would, with the lapse of
time or the giving of notice, or both, constitute an Event of Default.

“Disclosure Materials” shall mean the Company’s December 31, 2007 Form 10-K, the Company’s
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarterly period ended March 31, 2008, and its current reports filed on
Form 8-K subsequent to May 12, 2008.

“Equity Issuance” means any issuance or sale by a Person of its capital stock or other similar
equity security, or any warrants, options or similar rights to acquire, or securities convertible
into or exchangeable for, such capital stock or other similar equity security.

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any
successor statute of similar import, together with the regulations thereunder, in each case as in
effect from time to time. References to sections of ERISA shall be construed to also refer to any
successor sections.

“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any corporation, trade or business that is, along with the
Company, a member of a controlled group of corporations or a controlled group of trades or
businesses, as described in Section 414(b) and 414(c), respectively, of the Code or Section 4001 of
ERISA.

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in §6.1.

“Existing Notes” means the notes issued by the Company pursuant to the Existing Note
Agreements.

“Existing Note Agreements” means (i) the Note Agreement dated as of May 14, 2003, pursuant to
which the Company has issued its $147,000,000 6.05% Senior Notes, Series B, due May 14, 2010, and
any replacement or renewal thereof, (ii) the Note Agreement dated as March 25, 2004, pursuant to
which the Company has issued its €5,000,000 5.703% Senior Notes, Euro Series due
March 25, 2009 and its £5,000,000 7.343% Senior Notes, Sterling Series due March 25, 2009,
and any replacement or renewal thereof, (iii) the Note Agreement dated as of November 15, 2004,
pursuant to which the Company has issued its $252,500,000 5.53% Senior Notes, Series A, due
November 15, 2009 and its $72,500,000 5.99% Senior Notes, Series B, due November 15, 2011, and any
replacement or renewal thereof, (iv) the Note Agreement dated as of October 13, 2005, pursuant to
which the Company has issued its $261,000,000 6.15% Senior Notes, Series A, due October 13, 2010
and its $89,000,000 6.34% Senior Notes, Series B, due October 13, 2012, and any replacement or
renewal thereof, (v) the Note Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006, pursuant to which the Company has
issued its $50,000,000 6.75% Senior Notes due May 1, 2013, and any replacement or renewal thereof,
and (vi) the Indenture by and between Company and The Bank of New York, dated as of June 16, 2006,
as supplemented by (x) the First Supplemental Indenture by and between the Company and The Bank of
New York, dated as of July 25, 2006, pursuant to which the Company has issued its $400,000,000
6.625% Notes due July 15, 2011, and any replacement or renewal thereof, (y) the Second Supplemental
Indenture by and between the Company and The Bank of New York, dated as of December 8, 2006,
pursuant to which the Company has issued its $250,000,000 6.0% Notes due April 1, 2012, and any
replacement or renewal thereof, and (z) the Third Supplemental Indenture by and between the Company
and The Bank of New York, dated as of March 28, 2007, pursuant to which the Company has issued its
$230,000,000 6.875% Notes due April 15, 2047, and any replacement or renewal thereof.

“Foreign Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in §9.1.

“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles at the time in the United States.

“Guaranties” by any Person shall mean all obligations (other than endorsements in the ordinary
course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person
guaranteeing, or in effect guaranteeing, any Indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any
other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including,
without limitation, all obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such
Person: (i) to purchase such Indebtedness or obligation or any property or assets constituting
security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (x) for the purchase or payment of such
Indebtedness or obligation, (y) to maintain working capital or other balance sheet condition or
otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or
obligation, (iii) to lease property or to purchase Securities or other property or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or obligation of the ability
of the primary obligor to make payment of the Indebtedness or obligation, or (iv) otherwise to
assure the owner of the Indebtedness or obligation of the primary obligor against loss in respect
thereof. For the purposes of all computations made under this Agreement, a Guaranty in respect of
any Indebtedness for borrowed money shall be deemed to be Indebtedness equal to the principal
amount of such Indebtedness for borrowed money which has been guaranteed, and a Guaranty in respect
of any other obligation or liability or any dividend shall be deemed to be Indebtedness equal to
the maximum aggregate amount of such obligation, liability or dividend.

“Holder” shall mean any Person which is, at the time of reference, the registered Holder of
any Note.

“Indebtedness” with respect to any Person means, at any time, without duplication,

(a) its liabilities for borrowed money and its redemption obligations in respect of
mandatorily redeemable preferred stock;

(b) its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person
(excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business but including all
liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
with respect to any such property);

(c) all liabilities appearing on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect
of Capitalized Leases;

(d) all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property
owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such
liabilities);

(e) all its liabilities in respect of unreimbursed drawings under letters of credit or
instruments serving a similar function issued or accepted for its account by banks and other
financial institutions (whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money);

(f) Interest Rate Swaps of such Person; and

(g) any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any
of clauses (a) through (f) hereof.

Indebtedness of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character
described in clauses (a) through (g) to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect
thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.

“Institutional Holder” shall mean any Holder which is an insurance company, bank, savings and
loan association, trust company, investment company, charitable foundation, employee benefit plan
(as defined in ERISA) or other institutional investor or any other similar financial institution
which is not principally engaged in, or has one of its important activities, in the business of
making small business investments of the type made by the Company.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement pursuant to which the Banks, the
holders of the Existing Notes and the Holders of the Notes have agreed to share payments made by
any Consolidated Subsidiary under a Subsidiary Existing Note Guaranty, a Subsidiary Note Guaranty
or a Subsidiary Bank Guaranty on an equal and ratable basis.

“Interest Expense” means, with respect to a Person and for any period, the total consolidated
interest expense (including, without limitation, capitalized interest expense and interest expense
attributable to Capitalized Leases) of such Person and in any event shall include all interest
expense with respect to any Debt in respect of which such Person is wholly or partially liable.

“Interest Rate Swap” means a currency swap, an interest rate swap or other currency or
interest rate hedge entered into by the Company or a Consolidated Subsidiary. For the purposes of
this Agreement, the amount of the obligation (whether positive or negative) under any Interest Rate
Swap shall be the amount payable or receivable by the Company or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries determined in respect thereof as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal
quarter of such Person, based on the assumption that such Interest Rate Swap had terminated at the
end of such fiscal quarter, and in making such determination, if any agreement relating to such
Interest Rate Swap provides for the netting of amounts payable by and to such Person thereunder or
if any such agreement provides for the simultaneous payment of amounts by and to such Person, then
in each such case, the amount of such obligation shall be the net amount so determined.

“Investment Company Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and all
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Investments” shall mean all investments, in cash or by delivery of property made, directly or
indirectly in any Person, whether by acquisition of shares of capital stock, Indebtedness or other
obligations or Securities or by loan, advance, capital contribution or otherwise.

“Lien” shall mean any interest in property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a
Person other than the owner of the property, whether such interest is based on the common law,
statute or contract, and including but not limited to the security interest lien arising from a
mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or
bailment for security purposes. The term “Lien” shall include reservations, exceptions,
encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions, leases and other
title exceptions and encumbrances (including, with respect to stock, stockholder agreements, voting
trust agreements, buy-back agreements and all similar arrangements) affecting property. For the
purposes of this Agreement, the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary shall be deemed to be the
owner of any property which it has acquired or holds subject to a conditional sale agreement,
Capitalized Lease or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the property has been retained by
or vested in some other Person for security purposes and such retention or vesting shall constitute
a Lien.

“Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to a Note of any Series, an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the
Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called Principal, provided that the
Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the
Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Called Principal” means the principal of any Note of any Series that is to be prepaid
pursuant to §2.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to
§6.3, as the context requires.

“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of a Note of any Series,
the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such
Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with
respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a
discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the Notes
of such Series is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called
Principal.

“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of a Note of any
Series, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported, as of
10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date
with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “PX-1” of the Bloomberg
Financial Markets Services Screen (or such other display as may replace PX-1 of the
Bloomberg Financial Markets Services Screen) for actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury
securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as
of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported as of such time or the
yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation),
the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which such
yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date
with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or
any comparable successor publication) for actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury
securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called
Principal as of such Settlement Date. Such implied yield will be determined, if necessary,
by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with
accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the actively traded
on-the-run U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than the
Remaining Average Life and (2) the actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury security with
the maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Average Life.

“Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal of either Series
of Notes, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by
dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying
(a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called
Principal by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will
elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled
due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of a Note of
any Series, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due
after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called
Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date
is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of the Notes of
such Series, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be
reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on
such Settlement Date pursuant to §2.2 or §6.3.

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of a Note of any Series,
the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to §2.2 or has become or
is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to §6.3, as the context requires.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations,
affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement
(including any Supplement) and the Notes, or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement
(including any Supplement) or the Notes.

“Material Subsidiary” shall mean any Consolidated Subsidiary which has total assets having a
value (determined in accordance with the valuation method pursuant to GAAP) greater than or equal
to $60,000,000.

“Modified Make-Whole Amount” means an amount calculated in accordance with the definition of
the Make-Whole Amount, except for this purpose, “1.50%” shall be substituted for “0.50%” in
calculating the Reinvestment Yield component.

“Multiemployer Plan” shall have the same meaning as in ERISA.

“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to an Equity Issuance by a Person, the aggregate amount of
all cash received by such Person in respect of such Equity Issuance net of investment banking fees,
legal fees, accountants fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and
expenses actually incurred by such Person in connection with such Equity Issuance.

“Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in §1.1.

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

“Permitted Preferred Stock” means preferred stock that is issued from time to time by a
Consolidated Subsidiary for the purpose of qualifying such Consolidated Subsidiary as a real estate
investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and having an aggregate stated value
not exceeding $500,000 at any one time outstanding, provided that in any event Permitted Preferred
Stock shall not include any Voting Stock.

“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust
or unincorporated organization, and a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under
Sections 412 and 430 of the Code and either (i) is maintained, or contributed to, by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate for employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or (ii) has at any time
within the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by the Company or any Person
which was at such time an ERISA Affiliate for employees of the Company or of any Person which was
at such time an ERISA Affiliate.

“Priority Debt” means (without duplication) the sum of (i) all Debt of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries secured by a Lien, (ii) all liabilities of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries under Interest Rate Swaps entered into for the purpose of hedging
interest rate risk with respect to Debt, if and only if such liabilities are secured by a Lien,
(iii) all unsecured Debt of Consolidated Subsidiaries, and (iv) all unsecured liabilities of
Consolidated Subsidiaries under Interest Rate Swaps entered into for the purpose of hedging
interest rate risk with respect to Debt (excluding in each case, any Debt or liability owing to the
Company or another Consolidated Subsidiary).

“Premium” means (i) in the case of the Series 2008 Notes, the Make-Whole Amount and (ii) in
the case of any Series of Additional Notes, the premium, if any, specified in the applicable
Supplement.

“Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“QPAM Exemption” means Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 issued by the United
States Department of Labor.

“Rentals” shall mean and include as of the date of any determination thereof all fixed
payments (including as such all payments which the lessee is obligated to make to the lessor on
termination of the lease or surrender of the property) payable by the Company or any Consolidated
Subsidiary, as lessee or sublessee under a lease of real or personal property, but shall be
exclusive of any amounts required to be paid by the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary (whether
or not designated as rents or additional rents) on account of maintenance, repairs, insurance,
taxes and similar charges. Fixed rents under any so-called “percentage leases” shall be computed
solely on the basis of the minimum rents, if any, required to be paid by the lessee regardless of
sales volume or gross revenues.

“Reportable Event” means a reportable event within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA for
which the reporting to the PBGC is not waived.

“RIC” means a Person qualifying for treatment as a “regulated investment company” under the
Code.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time or any
successor legislation.

“Security” shall have the same meaning as in Section 2(1) of the Securities Act.

“Senior Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, chief operating officer,
principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.

“Senior Funded Debt” means any Debt of the Company which is classified as long term debt in
accordance with GAAP (including, without limitation, the Bank Credit Agreement) other than
Subordinated Debt.

“Series” means any series of Notes issued under this Agreement or any Supplement hereto.

“Series 2008 Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in §1.1.

“Series 2008-A Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in §1.1.

“Series 2008-B Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in §1.1.

“Subordinated Debt” means all unsecured Debt of the Company which shall contain or have
applicable thereto subordination provisions providing for the subordination thereof to other Debt
of the Company (including, without limitation, the obligations of the Company under the Notes).

“Subsidiary” with respect to any Person shall mean (i) any corporation, partnership,
association or other business entity at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock or
similar interests of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person (including, without
limitation, any limited partnership in which such Person, directly or indirectly, shall have at
least a 50% vote on matters as to which limited partners may vote), (ii) any general or limited
partnership of which such Person shall be a general partner or as to which such Person otherwise
shall have unlimited liability, (iii) any general or limited partnership a general partner of which
can be changed or removed by such Person (other than removals that could be accomplished by
voluntary withdrawal of such general partner only), or (iv) any general or limited partnership in
which (x) the amount represented by such Person’s capital account shall be equal to at least 50% of
the aggregate amount represented by the total of all partners’ capital accounts or (y) such Person
shall be allocated at least 50% of the profit (or loss) or distributable cash of the partnership;
provided, however, that the term “Subsidiary”, when used in this Agreement without reference to any
particular Person, shall mean a Subsidiary of the Company.

“Subsidiary Bank Guaranty” means any agreement pursuant to which a Consolidated Subsidiary has
guaranteed the Debt of the Company under the Bank Credit Agreement.

“Subsidiary Existing Note Guaranty” means any agreement pursuant to which a Consolidated
Subsidiary has guaranteed the Debt of the Company under the Existing Notes.

“Subsidiary Note Guaranty” means any agreement pursuant to which a Consolidated Subsidiary has
guaranteed the Debt of the Company under the Notes.

“Sun Life” means, for the purposes of §9, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, a life
insurance company incorporated and operating in Canada with a permanent residence at 227 King
Street South, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, but specifically excluding its U.S. branch with offices
located in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

“Supplement” has the meaning set forth in §1.3.

“USA Patriot Act” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of
2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time
to time in effect.

“Voting Stock” shall mean Securities of any class or classes, the holders of which are
ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to elect a majority of the corporate
directors (or Persons performing similar functions).

“Wholly-Owned” when used in connection with any Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of which
all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock (except shares required as directors’ qualifying
shares and Permitted Preferred Stock) shall be owned by the Company and/or one or more of its
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.

Section 8.2. Accounting Principles. Where the character or amount of any asset or liability
or item of income or expense is required to be determined or any consolidation or other accounting
computation is required to be made for the purposes of this Agreement (including any Supplement),
the same shall be done in accordance with GAAP, to the extent applicable, except where such
principles are inconsistent with the requirements of this Agreement (including any Supplement). If
the Company or any Holder determines that a change in GAAP from that in effect on the date hereof
has altered the treatment of certain financial data to its detriment under this Agreement
(including any Supplement), such party may, by written notice to the Holders (in the case of a
notice sent by the Company) and to the Company and the other Holders (in the case of a notice sent
by a Holder) not later than 30 days after the Company’s delivery of any financial statements
pursuant to §5.15(a) or (b) reflecting such change in GAAP, request renegotiation of the financial
covenants affected by such change. If the Company and the Holders of 51% or more of the principal
amount of the Notes at the time outstanding have not agreed on revised covenants within 30 days
after delivery of such notice, then, for purposes of this Agreement (including any Supplement),
GAAP will mean generally accepted accounting principles on the date immediately prior to the date
on which the change that gave rise to the renegotiation occurred; provided, that, the Company shall
provide to the Holders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement
(including any Supplement) or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation
between calculations of such covenants made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

Section 8.3. Directly or Indirectly. Where any provision in this Agreement (including any
Supplement) refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from
taking, such provision shall be applicable whether the action in question is taken directly or
indirectly by such Person.

Section 8.4. Schedules and Exhibits; Sections. References to a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit”
are, unless otherwise specified, references to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement.
References to a “Section” are, unless otherwise specified, references to a Section of this
Agreement.

	 	 	Section 9. Taxes.

Section 9.1 Taxation. (a) All payments of principal, interest, Make-Whole Amount and Modified
Make-Whole Amount in respect of the Series 2008 Note or Series 2008 Notes issued to Sun Life on the
Closing Date (the “Gross-up Notes”) shall be made free and clear of, and without withholding or
deduction for, any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatsoever nature imposed,
levied, collected, withheld or assessed by the United States or any political subdivision or any
authority thereof or therein having power to tax, unless such withholding or deduction is required
by law. In that event, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as will result in the receipt
by Sun Life or its registered transferees (collectively, the “Foreign Holders”) of such amounts as
would have been received by the Foreign Holders if no such withholding or deduction had been
required, except that no such additional amounts shall be payable in respect of any tax, assessment
or other governmental charge that:

(1) is imposed or withheld solely by reason of the existence of any present or former
connection (other than the mere fact of being a Foreign Holder) between any Foreign Holder
and the United States, including, without limitation, such Foreign Holder being or having
been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as being or having been a
resident thereof;

(2) is imposed or withheld solely by reason of any Foreign Holder (or any partnership,
trust, estate, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity of which such
Foreign Holder is a partner, beneficiary, settlor or member) (i) being or having been
present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, (ii) being treated as
having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, or
(iii) having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States;

(3) is imposed or withheld solely by reason of the Foreign Holder (or any partnership,
trust, estate, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity of which the
Foreign Holder is a partner, beneficiary, settlor or member) being or having been with
respect to the United States a personal holding company, a controlled foreign corporation, a
passive foreign investment company, a foreign private foundation or other foreign tax-exempt
organization, or being a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States
federal income tax;

(4) is an estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property or excise tax
or any similar tax assessment or governmental charge;

(5) is imposed on a beneficial owner that actually or constructively owns 10% or more
of the total combined voting power of all of the classes of stock of the Company that are
entitled to vote within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) of the Code (as in effect on the
date of this Agreement or, in the case of a transfer to another Foreign Holder, as in effect
on the date of such transfer) or that is a bank making a loan entered into in the ordinary
course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code (as
in effect on the date of this Agreement, or in the case of a transfer to another Foreign
Holder, as in effect on the date of such transfer);

(6) would not have been imposed but for the failure of the beneficial owner or any
Foreign Holder to comply with certification, information, documentation or other reporting
requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United
States of such beneficial owner or such Foreign Holder, if such compliance is required by
statute or by regulation of the United States or of any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, duty,
assessment or other governmental charge;

(7) is payable otherwise than by withholding by the Company from payments on or in
respect of any Gross-up Note held by any Foreign Holder;

(8) is imposed by reason of the failure of any Foreign Holder or the beneficial owner
to fulfill the statement requirements of sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code (as in effect
on the date of this Agreement or in the case of a transfer to another Foreign Holder, as in
effect on the date of such transfer); or

(9) if applicable, is imposed on a payment to an individual and required to be withheld
pursuant to any European Union Directive on the taxation of savings implementing the
conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26-27 November 2000 or any law implementing or
complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive; or

(10) any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9).

(b) In addition, the Company will not pay additional amounts to any Foreign Holder if it is a
partnership, trust, estate, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, or to
any Foreign Holder if it is not the sole beneficial owner of the Gross-up Note held by it, as the
case may be. This exception, however, will apply only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor
with respect to the trust or estate, or a beneficial owner or member of the partnership, limited
liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, would not have been entitled to payment of
an additional amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its
beneficial or distributive share of the payment.

(c) Within five days of the Closing Date Sun Life shall provide, and on the date of any
transfer of a Gross-up Note by a Foreign Holder (including Sun Life) to another Foreign Holder,
such transferee Foreign Holder shall provide, the Company with a properly executed original United
States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as appropriate, or any successor or other
form prescribed by the United States Internal Revenue Service, certifying that it is not a United
States person for United States federal income tax purposes. Thereafter such Foreign Holder shall
provide additional Forms W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or any successor or other form prescribed by the United
States Internal Revenue Service) (i) to the extent a form previously provided has become
inaccurate, invalid or otherwise ceases to be effective or (ii) as requested in writing by the
Company, unless such Foreign Holder is unable to provide such form solely as a result of any change
in, or amendment to, the laws, regulations, or rulings of the United States or any political
subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or any change in the
application or official interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding by
any court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the
Closing Date.

(d) Any reference in this Agreement to principal, Make-Whole Amount, Modified Make-Whole
Amount or interest shall be deemed to include any additional amounts in respect of principal or
interest (as the case may be) which may be payable under this §9.

(e) This §9.1 shall apply only with respect to the Foreign Holders. It shall not apply to
payments made to any Holder other than the Foreign Holders.

Section 9.2 Prepayment for Tax Reasons. (a) The Company shall have an option to prepay the
Gross-up Notes in whole, but not in part, at any time, on giving not less than 30 nor more than 60
days’ notice to the Foreign Holders (which notice shall be irrevocable) by payment of the principal
amount, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for prepayment and with a premium in an
amount equal to the Modified Make-Whole Amount, determined as of two Business Days prior to the
date of such prepayment pursuant to this §9.2, if (i) the Company (a) has or will become obliged to
pay additional amounts as provided or referred to in §9.1 as a result of any change in, or
amendment to, the laws, regulations or rulings of the United States or any political subdivision or
any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or any change in the application or official
interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding by a court of competent
jurisdiction), which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Closing Date and (b) in
its business judgment, determines that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable
measures available to it; or (ii) (a) any action has been taken by a taxing authority of, or any
decision has been rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction in, the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including any actions specified in
(i) above, whether or not such action was taken or decision was rendered with respect to the
Company, or any change, amendment, application or interpretation shall be officially proposed,
which, in any such case, in the written opinion of independent legal counsel of recognized legal
standing, will result in a material probability that the Company will become obligated to pay
additional amounts and (b) in its business judgment the Company determines that such obligation
cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to it; provided that no such notice
of prepayment shall be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company
would be obliged to pay such additional amounts if a payment in respect of such Gross-up Notes held
by the Foreign Holders were then due.

(b) Prior to the giving of any notice of prepayment pursuant to this §9.2, the Company shall
deliver to the Foreign Holder of any Gross-up Note to be prepaid (1) a certificate signed by two
officers of the Company stating that the Company is entitled to effect such prepayment and setting
forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company so to
prepay have occurred and (2) in the case of a determination under (ii) above, an opinion of
independent legal advisers of recognized standing to the effect that there is a material
probability that the Company will become obliged to pay such additional amounts as a result of such
change or amendment. Upon the expiry of any such notice as is referred to in this §9.2, the Company
shall be bound to prepay such Gross-up Note in accordance with this §9.2.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall give a Foreign Holder notice of
prepayment of any Gross-up Note pursuant to §9.2(a), such Foreign Holder, if it then holds one or
more such Gross-up Notes in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than $5,000,000, shall have a
one time option to reject such prepayment; provided however, if such Foreign Holder rejects such
prepayment, §9.1(a) shall no longer be operative with respect to any Gross-up Notes held by such
Foreign Holder. To exercise such option, such Foreign Holder shall provide a rejection notice to
the Company within ten Business Days after its receipt of the Company’s notice of prepayment. Such
notice by a Foreign Holder shall be irrevocable and shall be binding on all subsequent Foreign
Holders of such Foreign Holder’s Gross-up Notes.

(d) The provisions of §2.2, §2.3 and §2.4 shall not apply to any prepayment pursuant to this
§9.2.

	 	 	Section 10. Miscellaneous.

Section 10.1. Registered Notes. The Company shall cause to be kept at the principal office of
the Company a register for the registration and transfer of the Notes (hereinafter called the “Note
Register”) and the Company will register or transfer or cause to be registered or transferred as
hereinafter provided any Note issued pursuant to this Agreement (including any Supplement).

At any time and from time to time the Holder of any Note may transfer such Note to another
Institutional Holder upon surrender thereof at the principal office of the Company duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the Holder of such Note or its
attorney duly authorized in writing.

The Person in whose name any registered Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated
as the owner and Holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement (including any Supplement, if
applicable). Payment of or on account of the principal, Premium, if any, and interest on any
registered Note shall be made to or upon the written order of such registered Holder.

Section 10.2. Exchange of Notes. At any time and from time to time, upon not less than ten
days’ notice to that effect given by the Holder of any Note initially delivered or of any Note
substituted therefor pursuant to §10.1, this §10.2 or §10.3, and, upon surrender of such Note at
its office, the Company will deliver in exchange therefor, without expense to such Holder, except
as set forth below, a Note of the same Series for the same aggregate principal amount as the then
unpaid principal amount of the Note so surrendered, or Notes in the denomination of $500,000 or any
amount in excess thereof as such Holder shall specify, dated as of the date to which interest has
been paid on the Note so surrendered or, if such surrender is prior to the payment of any interest
thereon, then dated as of the date of issue, registered in the name of such one or more
Institutional Holders as may be designated by such Holder, and otherwise of the same form and tenor
and of the same Series as the Notes so surrendered for exchange. The Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed upon such
exchange or transfer. Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the
name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representations set forth in §3.2 or in §6
of a Supplement.

Section 10.3. Loss, Theft, Etc. of Notes. Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, mutilation or destruction of any Note, and in the case of any such
loss, theft or destruction upon delivery of a bond of indemnity in such form and amount as shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the event of such mutilation upon surrender and
cancellation of the Note, the Company will make and deliver without expense to the Holder thereof,
a new Note, of like tenor and of the same Series, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated Note. If a Purchaser, an Additional Purchaser or any subsequent Institutional Holder is
the owner of any such lost, stolen or destroyed Note, then the affidavit of an authorized officer
of such owner, setting forth the fact of loss, theft or destruction and of its ownership of such
Note at the time of such loss, theft or destruction shall be accepted as satisfactory evidence
thereof and no further indemnity shall be required as a condition to the execution and delivery of
a new Note other than the written agreement of such owner to indemnify the Company.

Section 10.4. Expenses, Stamp Tax Indemnity. Whether or not the transactions herein
contemplated shall be consummated, the Company agrees to pay directly all of the Purchasers’ and
the Additional Purchasers’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the preparation,
execution and delivery of this Agreement (including any Supplement) and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including but not limited to the reasonable charges and disbursements of
Chapman and Cutler LLP, special counsel to the Purchasers, duplicating and printing costs and
charges for shipping the Notes, adequately insured to each Purchaser’s and/or each Additional
Purchaser’s home office or at such other place as such Purchaser and/or such Additional Purchaser
may designate, the cost of obtaining a Private Placement Number for the Notes from Standard &
Poor’s Corporation, and all such reasonable expenses relating to any amendment, waivers or consents
pursuant to the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, any amendments, waivers, or
consents resulting from any work-out, renegotiation or restructuring relating to the performance by
the Company of its obligations under this Agreement (including any Supplement) and the Notes. The
Company also agrees that it will pay and save each Purchaser and each Additional Purchaser harmless
against any and all liability with respect to stamp and other taxes, if any, which may be payable
or which may be determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement (including any Supplement) or the Notes, (other than as specified in the penultimate
sentence of §10.2) whether or not any Notes are then outstanding. The Company agrees to protect
and indemnify each Purchaser and each Additional Purchaser against any liability for any and all
brokerage fees and commissions payable or claimed to be payable to any Person in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including any Supplement) other than any Person
retained by or acting on behalf of a Purchaser or an Additional Purchaser, as applicable.

Section 10.5. Powers and Rights Not Waived; Remedies Cumulative. No delay or failure on the
part of the Holder of any Note in the exercise of any power or right shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of the same preclude any other or further
exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other power or right, and the rights and remedies of the
Holder of any Note are cumulative to, and are not exclusive of, any rights or remedies any such
Holder would otherwise have.

Section 10.6. Notices. (a) All communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and
shall (except as otherwise provided in clause (b) below) be, if to a Holder, delivered or mailed
prepaid by registered or certified mail or overnight air courier, or by facsimile communication
(with a confirming copy of any such facsimile communication sent via overnight courier service), in
each case addressed to such Holder at its address appearing on Schedule I to this Agreement or
Schedule I to any Supplement, if applicable, or such other address as such Holder may designate to
the Company in writing, and if to the Company delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail
or overnight air courier, or by facsimile communication, to the Company at 1919 Pennsylvania
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, Attention: Penni F. Roll or to such other address as the
Company may in writing designate to the Holders; provided, however, that a notice to a Holder by
overnight air courier shall only be effective if delivered to such Holder at a street address
designated for such purpose in Schedule I to this Agreement or Schedule I to any Supplement, if
applicable, and a notice to a Holder by facsimile communication shall only be effective if made by
confirmed transmission to such Holder at a telephone number designated for such purpose in Schedule
I to this Agreement or Schedule I to any Supplement, if applicable, or, in either case, as such
Holder may designate to the Company in writing.

(b) Electronic mail and Internet and intranet websites may be used to distribute routine
communications, such as financial statements and other information as provided in §5.15, and to
distribute this Agreement (including any Supplement) for execution by the parties hereto; provided
that upon the request of a Holder, copies of all such information (other than Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission) will also be furnished to such Holder in the manner set
forth in §10.6(a).

Section 10.7. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement (including any Supplement) shall be
binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each
Purchaser and each Additional Purchaser as well as to the benefit of each Purchaser’s and/or
Additional Purchaser’s successors and assigns, including each successive Holder.

Section 10.8. Survival of Covenants and Representations. All covenants, representations and
warranties made by the Company herein, in any Supplement and in any certificates delivered pursuant
hereto and/or thereto, whether or not in connection with the Closing Date or the closing of the
Supplement, shall survive the closing and the delivery of this Agreement, such Supplement and the
Notes and shall terminate upon payment in full of all amounts due under the Notes, such Supplement
and this Agreement or, if earlier in the case of covenants, representations and warranties made by
the Company in any Supplement, upon payment in full of all amounts due under such Supplement and
the Additional Notes issued thereunder.

Section 10.9. Severability. Should any part of this Agreement (including any Supplement) for
any reason be declared invalid or unenforceable, such decision shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any remaining portion, which remaining portion shall remain in force and effect
as if this Agreement (including any Supplement) had been executed with the invalid or unenforceable
portion thereof eliminated and it is hereby declared the intention of the parties hereto that they
would have executed the remaining portion of this Agreement (including any Supplement) without
including therein any such part, parts or portion which may, for any reason, be hereafter declared
invalid or unenforceable.

Section 10.10. Governing Law. This Agreement, any Supplement and the Notes issued and sold
hereunder or thereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the
parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York, excluding choice-of-law principles
of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other
than such State.

Section 10.11. Captions. The descriptive headings of the various Sections or parts of this
Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the
provisions hereof.

Section 10.12. Confidential Information. For the purposes of this §10.12, “Confidential
Information” means information delivered to any Purchaser or any Additional Purchaser by or on
behalf of the Company or a Consolidated Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated
by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, provided that such term does not include information
that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser prior
to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission
by such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser or any Person acting on such Purchaser’s or such
Additional Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to such Purchaser or such Additional
Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or a Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial
statements delivered to such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser under §5.15 that are otherwise
publicly available. Each Purchaser and each Additional Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality
of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser or such
Additional Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered
to such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser, provided that such Purchaser or such Additional
Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, trustees,
officers, employees, agents, attorneys and affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably
relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Notes), (ii) its financial
advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential
Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this §10.12, (iii) any other holder of
any Note, (iv) any Institutional Holder to which it sells or offers to sell such Note or any part
thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of
such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this §10.12), (v) any Person from
which it offers to purchase any security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior
to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this §10.12), (vi)
any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser or such
Additional Purchaser, (vii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or the Securities
Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or, in each case, any
similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to
information about such Purchaser’s or such Additional Purchaser’s investment portfolio, or (viii)
any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect
compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser or such Additional
Purchaser, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any
litigation to which such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser is a party or (z) if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser
may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the
enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchaser’s or such
Additional Purchaser’s Notes and this Agreement (including any Supplement). Each Holder, by its
acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the
benefits of this §10.12 as though it were a party to this Agreement (including any Supplement, if
applicable). On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any Holder of
information required to be delivered to such Holder under this Agreement (including any Supplement,
if applicable) or requested by such Holder (other than a Holder that is a party to this Agreement
(including any Supplement) or its nominee), such Holder will enter into an agreement with the
Company embodying the provisions of this §10.12.

* * * * *

The execution hereof by you shall constitute a contract between us for the uses and purposes
hereinabove set forth, and this Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
executed counterpart constituting an original but all together only one agreement.

	 	 	 	Allied Capital Corporation

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Penni F. Roll

	 	 	Name: Penni F. Roll

Title: Chief Financial Officer

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Accepted as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance
Company

	 	 	 	ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company

	 	 	 	ReliaStar Life Insurance Company

	 	 	 	Security Life of Denver Insurance
Company

	 	 	 	By:
ING Investment Management LLC, as Agent

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Gregory R. Addicks

	 	 	Name: Gregory R. Addicks

Title: Vice President

	 	 	 	Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Paul Sinclair

	 	 	Name: Paul Sinclair

Title: Managing Director,

Head of Private Debt Finance

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Kevin Phelan

	 	 	Name: Kevin Phelan

Title: Managing Director

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	 	 	 	Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
(U.S.)

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Deborah J. Foss

	 	 	Name: Deborah J. Foss

Title: Managing Director, Head of Private

Debt, Private Fixed Income

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Ann C. King

	 	 	Name: Ann C. King

Title: Assistant Vice President and

Senior Counsel

Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company

of New York

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Deborah J. Foss

	 	 	Name: Deborah J. Foss

Title: Authorized Signer

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Ann C. King

	 	 	Name: Ann C. King

Title: Authorized Signer

	 	 	 	Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Deborah J. Foss

	 	 	Name: Deborah J. Foss

Title: Managing Director, Head of Private

Debt, Private Fixed Income

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Ann C. King

	 	 	Name: Ann C. King

Title: Senior Counsel

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	 	 	 	The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Richard A. Strait

	 	 	Name: Richard A. Strait

Its Authorized Representative

	 	 	 	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of
America

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Brian K. Roelke

	 	 	Name: Brian K. Roelke

Title: Director

	 	 	 	Minnesota Life Insurance Company

	 	 	 	Cincinnati Insurance Company

	 	 	 	American Republic Insurance Company

	 	 	 	The Lafayette Life Insurance Company

	 	 	 	Great Western Insurance Company

	 	 	 	Catholic Knights

	 	 	 	Fidelity Life Association

	 	 	 	GuideOne Mutual Insurance Company

	 	 	 	Security National Life Insurance Company

	 	 	 	The Catholic Aid Association

	 	 	 	By:
Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

By /s/ Theodore R. Hoxmeier

	 	 	Name:
Theodore R. Hoxmeier

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President

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	 	 	 	CUNA Mutual Insurance Society

	 	 	 	By:
MEMBERS Capital Advisors, Inc.,

acting as Investment Advisor

By /s/ Allen R. Cantrell

	 	 	Name:
Allen R. Cantrell

	 	 	 	Title: Director, Private Placements

	 	 	 	Ohio National Life Assurance Corporation

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Jed R. Martin

	 	 	Name: Jed R. Martin

Title: Vice President, Private Placements

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Representations and Warranties

The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser as follows:

1. Subsidiaries. Annex A attached hereto states the name of each of the Company’s
Consolidated Subsidiaries, its jurisdiction of organization and the percentage of its Voting Stock
owned by the Company and/or its Consolidated Subsidiaries. The Company and each Consolidated
Subsidiary has good and marketable title to all of the shares of stock or other equity interests it
purports to own in each Consolidated Subsidiary, free and clear in each case of any Lien. All such
shares or other equity interests have been duly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The
Company is a Business Development Company under the Investment Company Act.

2. Corporate Organization and Authority. Except where failure to be qualified or authorized
would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Consolidated Subsidiary (other than
Allied Capital Beteiligungsberatung GmbH, a company organized under the laws of Germany, which is
in the process of being dissolved),

(a) is a corporation or limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization;

(b) has all requisite power and authority and all necessary licenses and permits to own and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to
be conducted; and

(c) is duly licensed or qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or limited
liability company in each jurisdiction wherein the nature of the business transacted by it or the
nature of the property owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary.

3. Financial Statements. (a) The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2006 and 2007 and
the consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows of the Company for
three years ended December 31, 2007, each accompanied by a report thereon containing an opinion
unqualified as to scope limitations imposed by the Company and otherwise without qualification
except as therein noted, by KPMG LLP have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied except as therein noted, are correct and complete and present fairly the financial position
of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and the results of their
operations, changes in net assets and cash flows for such periods.

(b) Since December 31, 2007, there has been no change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as shown on the consolidated balance
sheet as of such date except changes in the ordinary course of business, none of which individually
or in the aggregate has been materially adverse.

4. Debt. Annex B attached hereto correctly describes all Debt and Capitalized Leases of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries outstanding on March 31, 2008 since which date there has
been no material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or
maturities of the Indebtedness of the Company or its Consolidated Subsidiaries, other than as
disclosed on Annex B.

5. Full Disclosure. Except as disclosed in the Agreement, the Disclosure Materials, the
documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the
Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the financial statements
described in paragraph 3 hereof, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Except as disclosed in the
Disclosure Materials or in one of the documents, certificates or other writings identified therein,
or in the financial statements described in paragraph 3 hereof, since December 31, 2007, there has
been no change in the financial condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of the
Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary except changes that individually or in the aggregate could
not reasonably be expected to materially affect adversely the properties, business, prospects,
profits or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
taken as a whole. There is no fact known to the Company that could reasonably be expected to
materially affect adversely the properties, business, prospects, profits or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries that has not been set forth herein or
in the Disclosure Materials or in the other documents, certificates and other writings delivered to
the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company specifically for use in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, except matters of an economic or regulatory nature generally
affecting businesses of the type engaged in by the Company.

6. Pending Litigation. Except as disclosed in Annex C, there are no actions, suits or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary in any court or before any governmental authority or
arbitration board or tribunal. As to the matters set forth in Annex C, the Company represents as
set forth therein.

7. Title to Properties. The Company and each Consolidated Subsidiary has good and marketable
title in fee simple (or its equivalent under applicable law) to all material parcels of real
property and has good title to all the other material items of property it purports to own,
including that reflected in the most recent balance sheet referred to in paragraph 3 hereof, except
as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and except for Liens permitted
by the Agreement. The Company and each Consolidated Subsidiary has the right to, and does, enjoy
peaceful and undisturbed possession under all leases to which it is a party or under which it is a
party. All such leases are valid, subsisting and in full force and effect, none of such leases is
in default and no event has occurred and is continuing, and no condition exists which, after the
passage of time or giving of notice or both could become an event of default under any such lease.

8. Patents and Trademarks. The Company and each Consolidated Subsidiary owns or possesses all
the patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks, copyrights, licenses, permits, registrations,
consents (governmental or other) and rights with respect to the foregoing necessary for the present
and planned future conduct of its business, without any known conflict with the rights of others.

9. Sale is Legal and Authorized. The execution and delivery of the Agreement, sale of the
Series 2008 Notes to the Purchasers, compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the
Series 2008 Notes and compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Agreement —

(a) are within the corporate powers of the Company;

(b) will not violate any provisions of any law or any order of any court or
governmental authority or agency and will not conflict with or result in any breach of any
of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary or any indenture or
other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary is a party
or by which it may be bound or result in the imposition of any Liens or encumbrances on any
property of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary; and

(c) have been duly authorized by proper corporate action on the part of the Company (no
action by the stockholders of the Company being required by law, by the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company or otherwise), and the Agreement and the Series 2008
Notes have been executed and delivered by the Company and upon payment of the purchase price
of the Series 2008 Notes by the Purchasers, the Series 2008 Notes and the Agreement
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations, contracts and agreements of the Company
enforceable in accordance with their terms.

10. No Defaults. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Neither the
Company nor any Consolidated Subsidiary is in default in the payment of principal or interest on
any Debt nor is in default under any instrument or instruments or agreements under and subject to
which any Debt has been issued and no event has occurred and is continuing under the provisions of
any such instrument or agreement which with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both,
would constitute an event of default thereunder.

11. Governmental Consent. No approval, consent or authorization of, or registration, filing
or declaration with or withholding of objection on the part of, any regulatory body, state, Federal
or local, other than, the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a report on Form
8-K with respect to the execution and delivery of the Agreement and the Series 2008 Notes, and any
Supplement and any Additional Notes, is necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by
the Company of the Agreement and the Series 2008 Notes, and any Supplement and any Additional
Notes, or compliance by the Company with any of the provisions thereof.

12. Taxes. All tax returns required to be filed by the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary
in any jurisdiction have, in fact, been filed, and all taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges upon the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary or upon any of their
respective properties, income or franchises, which are shown to be due and payable in such returns
have been paid, except to the extent such failure to file or to pay would not materially and
adversely affect the properties, business, profits or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole . For all taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2003, the Federal income tax liability of the Company has been satisfied and
either the period of limitations on assessment of additional Federal income tax has expired or the
Company has entered into an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service closing conclusively the
total tax liability for the taxable year. The Company does not know of any proposed additional tax
assessment against it for which adequate provision has not been made on its accounts, and no
material controversy in respect of additional Federal or state income taxes due since said date is
pending or to the knowledge of the Company threatened. The provisions for taxes in the financial
statements of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries described in paragraph 3 hereof are
adequate for all open years.

13. Use of Proceeds. The net proceeds from the sale of the Series 2008 Notes will be used by
the Company for general corporate purposes. None of the transactions contemplated in the Agreement
(including, without limitation thereof, the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Series 2008
Notes) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or any regulation issued pursuant thereto, including, without
limitation, Regulations U, T and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
12 C.F.R., Chapter II. The Company is not engaged principally, or as one of its important
activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
“margin stock” within the meaning of said Regulation U. None of the proceeds from the sale of the
Series 2008 Notes will be used to purchase, or refinance any borrowing the proceeds of which were
used to purchase, any such margin stock.

14. Private Offering. Neither the Company, directly or indirectly, nor any agent on its
behalf has offered or will offer the Series 2008 Notes or has solicited or will solicit an offer to
acquire the Series 2008 Notes from or has otherwise approached or negotiated or will approach or
negotiate in respect of the Series 2008 Notes with any Person except for not more than [68]
institutional investors (excluding the Purchasers), each of whom was offered a portion of the
Series 2008 Notes at private sale for investment purposes only. Neither the Company, directly or
indirectly, nor any agent on its behalf has offered or will offer the Series 2008 Notes or any
similar Security or has solicited or will solicit an offer to acquire the Series 2008 Notes or any
similar Security from any Person so as to bring the issuance and sale of the Series 2008 Notes
within the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act. When issued the Series 2008 Notes will
not be of the same class as Securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under
Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or quoted in a U.S. automated
inter-dealer quotation system, and will not be convertible or exchangeable into any such
Securities.

15. ERISA. The consummation of the transactions provided for in the Agreement and compliance
by the Company with the provisions thereof and of the Series 2008 Notes issued thereunder will not
involve any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406(a) of ERISA or
Sections 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The Company and each ERISA Affiliate has fulfilled its
obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan and
is in compliance with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to
each Plan except for noncompliances which would not, individually or in the aggregate, cause a
Default or an Event of Default or have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any
ERISA Affiliate has any contingent liability with respect to any post-retirement “welfare benefit
plan” (as such term is defined in ERISA) except as has been disclosed to the Purchasers. The
representation by the Company in the first sentence of this paragraph 15 is made in reliance upon
and subject to the accuracy of the representation in §3.2 as to the sources of the funds used to
pay the purchase price of the Series 2008 Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser.

16. Compliance with Law. Neither the Company nor any Consolidated Subsidiary (a) is in
violation of any law, ordinance, franchise, governmental rule or regulation to which it is subject;
or (b) has failed to obtain any license, permit, registration, consent, franchise or other
governmental authorization necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its
business, which violation or failure to obtain would materially adversely affect the business,
profits, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or impair the ability of the Company to perform its obligations
contained in the Agreement or the Series 2008 Notes. Neither the Company nor any Consolidated
Subsidiary is in default with respect to any order of any court or governmental authority or
arbitration board or tribunal.

17. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries is in violation of any applicable Federal, state, or local laws, statutes, rules,
regulations or ordinances relating to public health, safety or the environment, including, without
limitation, relating to releases, discharges, emissions or disposals to air, water, land or ground
water, to the withdrawal or use of ground water, to the use, handling or disposal of
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s), asbestos or urea formaldehyde, to the treatment, storage,
disposal or management or hazardous substances (including, without limitation, petroleum, crude oil
or any fraction thereof, or other hydrocarbons), pollutants or contaminants, or to exposure to
toxic, hazardous or other controlled, prohibited or regulated substances, which violation could
have a material adverse effect on the business, profits, properties or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company does
not know of any liability or class of liability of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42
U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.), or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42
U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.).

18. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc. (a) Neither the sale of the Series 2008 Notes by
the Company hereunder nor its use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy
Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury
Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive
order relating thereto.

(b) Neither the Company nor any Consolidated Subsidiary is a Person described or designated in
the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control
or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or, to the knowledge of the Company, engages in any
dealings or transactions with any such Person. The Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries are
in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable provisions of the USA Patriot Act.

(c) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Series 2008 Notes hereunder will be used,
directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party,
official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official
capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in
violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, to the extent
that such Act applies to the Company.

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