Document:

exv10w1

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

 

Plexus Corp.

$175,000,000 5.20% Senior Notes, due June 15, 2018

 

Note Purchase Agreement

 

Dated as of April 21, 2011

 

 

Table of Contents

(Not a part of the Agreement)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section	 	Heading	 	Page	 
	Section 1.
	 	Authorization of Notes	 	 	 1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.
	 	Sale and Purchase of Notes	 	 	 1	 
	Section 2.1.
	 	Purchase and Sale of Notes	 	 	1	 
	Section 2.2.
	 	Subsidiary Guaranties	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.
	 	Closings	 	 	 2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.
	 	Conditions to Closings	 	 	 2	 
	Section 4.1.
	 	Representations and Warranties	 	 	2	 
	Section 4.2.
	 	Performance; No Default	 	 	2	 
	Section 4.3.
	 	Compliance Certificates	 	 	3	 
	Section 4.4.
	 	Opinions of Counsel	 	 	3	 
	Section 4.5.
	 	Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc.	 	 	3	 
	Section 4.6.
	 	Sale of Other Notes	 	 	4	 
	Section 4.7.
	 	Payment of Special Counsel Fees	 	 	4	 
	Section 4.8.
	 	Private Placement Number	 	 	4	 
	Section 4.9.
	 	Changes in Corporate Structure	 	 	4	 
	Section 4.10.
	 	Subsidiary Guaranty	 	 	4	 
	Section 4.11.
	 	Consent	 	 	4	 
	Section 4.12.
	 	Funding Instructions	 	 	4	 
	Section 4.13.
	 	First Closing Consummated	 	 	4	 
	Section 4.14.
	 	Proceedings and Documents	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.
	 	Representations and Warranties of the Company	 	 	 5	 
	Section 5.1.
	 	Organization; Power and Authority	 	 	5	 
	Section 5.2.
	 	Authorization, Etc.	 	 	5	 
	Section 5.3.
	 	Disclosure	 	 	5	 
	Section 5.4.
	 	Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries	 	 	6	 
	Section 5.5.
	 	Financial Statements; Material Liabilities	 	 	6	 
	Section 5.6.
	 	Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.	 	 	7	 
	Section 5.7.
	 	Governmental Authorizations, Etc.	 	 	7	 
	Section 5.8.
	 	Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders	 	 	7	 
	Section 5.9.
	 	Taxes	 	 	7	 
	Section 5.10.
	 	Title to Property; Leases	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.11.
	 	Licenses, Permits, Etc.	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.12.
	 	Compliance with ERISA	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.13.
	 	Private Offering by the Company	 	 	9	 

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	Section	 	Heading	 	Page	 
	Section 5.14.
	 	Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations	 	 	9	 
	Section 5.15.
	 	Existing Debt; Future Liens	 	 	9	 
	Section 5.16.
	 	Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc	 	 	10	 
	Section 5.17.
	 	Status under Certain Statutes	 	 	11	 
	Section 5.18.
	 	Pari Passu Rank	 	 	11	 
	Section 5.19.
	 	Environmental Matters	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.
	 	Representations of the Purchasers	 	 	12	 
	Section 6.1.
	 	Purchase for Investment	 	 	12	 
	Section 6.2.
	 	Source of Funds	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.
	 	Information as to the Company	 	 	14	 
	Section 7.1.
	 	Financial and Business Information	 	 	14	 
	Section 7.2.
	 	Officer's Certificate	 	 	16	 
	Section 7.3.
	 	Visitation	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.
	 	Payment and Prepayment of the Notes	 	 	17	 
	Section 8.1.
	 	Maturity	 	 	17	 
	Section 8.2.
	 	Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount	 	 	17	 
	Section 8.3.
	 	Change in Control	 	 	18	 
	Section 8.4.
	 	Allocation of Partial Prepayments	 	 	20	 
	Section 8.5.
	 	Maturity; Surrender, Etc.	 	 	20	 
	Section 8.6.
	 	Purchase of Notes	 	 	20	 
	Section 8.7.
	 	Make-Whole Amount	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.
	 	Affirmative Covenants	 	 	22	 
	Section 9.1.
	 	Compliance with Laws	 	 	22	 
	Section 9.2.
	 	Insurance	 	 	22	 
	Section 9.3.
	 	Maintenance of Properties	 	 	23	 
	Section 9.4.
	 	Payment of Taxes and Claims	 	 	23	 
	Section 9.5.
	 	Legal Existence, Etc.	 	 	23	 
	Section 9.6.
	 	Notes to Rank Pari Passu	 	 	23	 
	Section 9.7.
	 	Guaranty by Subsidiaries	 	 	23	 
	Section 9.8.
	 	Books and Records	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.
	 	Negative Covenants	 	 	25	 
	Section 10.1.
	 	Financial Covenants	 	 	25	 
	Section 10.2.
	 	Limitations on Borrowings and Guaranties	 	 	25	 
	Section 10.3.
	 	Limitation on Liens	 	 	26	 
	Section 10.4.
	 	Sale of Assets	 	 	27	 
	Section 10.5.
	 	Dividends and Certain Other Restricted Payments	 	 	28	 
	Section 10.6.
	 	No Restrictions	 	 	28	 
	Section 10.7.
	 	Mergers, Consolidations, Etc.	 	 	29	 
	Section 10.8.
	 	Acquisitions	 	 	30	 

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	Section	 	Heading	 	Page	 
	Section 10.9.
	 	Transactions with Affiliates	 	 	30	 
	Section 10.10.
	 	Line of Business	 	 	30	 
	Section 10.11.
	 	Terrorism Sanctions Regulations	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.
	 	Events of Default	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.
	 	Remedies on Default, Etc.	 	 	33	 
	Section 12.1.
	 	Acceleration	 	 	33	 
	Section 12.2.
	 	Other Remedies	 	 	33	 
	Section 12.3.
	 	Rescission	 	 	34	 
	Section 12.4.
	 	No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.
	 	Registration; Exchange; Substitution of Notes	 	 	34	 
	Section 13.1.
	 	Registration of Notes	 	 	34	 
	Section 13.2.
	 	Transfer and Exchange of Notes	 	 	34	 
	Section 13.3.
	 	Replacement of Notes	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 14.
	 	Payments on Notes	 	 	35	 
	Section 14.1.
	 	Place of Payment	 	 	35	 
	Section 14.2.
	 	Home Office Payment	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 15.
	 	Expenses, Etc.	 	 	36	 
	Section 15.1.
	 	Transaction Expenses	 	 	36	 
	Section 15.2.
	 	Survival	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 16.
	 	Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 17.
	 	Amendment and Waiver	 	 	37	 
	Section 17.1.
	 	Requirements	 	 	37	 
	Section 17.2.
	 	Solicitation of Holders of Notes	 	 	37	 
	Section 17.3.
	 	Binding Effect, Etc.	 	 	38	 
	Section 17.4.
	 	Notes Held by Company, Etc.	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 18.
	 	Notices	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 19.
	 	Reproduction of Documents	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 20.
	 	Confidential Information	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 21.
	 	Substitution of Purchaser	 	 	40	 

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	Section	 	Heading	 	Page	 

	Section 22.
	 	Miscellaneous	 	 	40	 
	Section 22.1.
	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	40	 
	Section 22.2.
	 	Payments Due on Non-Business Days	 	 	41	 
	Section 22.3.
	 	Accounting Terms	 	 	41	 
	Section 22.4.
	 	Severability	 	 	41	 
	Section 22.5.
	 	Construction, Etc.	 	 	41	 
	Section 22.6.
	 	Counterparts	 	 	41	 
	Section 22.7.
	 	Governing Law	 	 	41	 
	Section 22.8.
	 	Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Signature
	 	 	 	 	43	 

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	Schedule	 	 	 	Heading
	Schedule A

	 	—
	 	Information Relating to Purchasers
	 
	Schedule B

	 	—
	 	Defined Terms
	 
	Schedule 2.2

	 	—
	 	Original Subsidiary Guarantors
	 
	Schedule 5.4

	 	—
	 	Subsidiaries of the Company and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock
	 
	Schedule 5.5

	 	—
	 	Financial Statements
	 
	Schedule 5.15

	 	—
	 	Existing Debt
	 
	Schedule 10.3

	 	—
	 	Liens
	 
	Exhibit 1

	 	—
	 	Form of 5.20% Senior Note, due June 15, 2018
	 
	Exhibit 2.2

	 	—
	 	Form of Subsidiary Guaranty
	 
	Exhibit 4.4(a)

	 	—
	 	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Company
	 
	Exhibit 4.4(b)

	 	—
	 	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Purchasers

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Plexus Corp.

One Plexus Way

P.O. Box 156

Neenah, Wisconsin 54957-0156

5.20% Senior Notes due June 15, 2018

Dated as of April 21, 2011

To Each of the Purchasers Listed in 

    Schedule A Hereto:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Plexus Corp., a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), agrees with each of the
purchasers whose names appear at the end hereof (each, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the
“Purchasers”) as follows:

	Section 1. Authorization of Notes.

     The Company will authorize the issue and sale of $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
its 5.20% Senior Notes, due June 15, 2018 (the “Notes,” such term to include any such notes issued
in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13). The Notes shall be substantially in the form set
out in Exhibit 1. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in
Schedule B; and references to a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit” are, unless otherwise specified, to a
Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement.

	Section 2. Sale and Purchase of Notes.

     Section 2.1. Purchase and Sale of Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from
the Company, at the respective Closings provided for in Section 3, Notes in the principal amount
specified opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A with respect to such Closing at the purchase
price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. The Purchasers’ obligations hereunder are several
and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability to any Person for the
performance or non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder.

     Section 2.2. Subsidiary Guaranties. The payment by the Company of all amounts due with
respect to the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement
will be absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed by the Original Subsidiary Guarantors (together
with any additional Subsidiary who delivers a guaranty pursuant to Section 9.7, the “Subsidiary
Guarantors”) pursuant to the guaranty agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2 attached
hereto and made a part hereof (as the same may be amended, modified, extended or renewed, the
“Subsidiary Guaranty”).

 

 

Section 3. Closings.

     The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the
offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, at 10:00
a.m. Chicago time, at a closing (i) on April 21, 2011 or on such other Business Day
thereafter on or prior to April 25, 2011 as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers
(the “First Closing”) and (ii) on June 15, 2011 or on such other Business Day thereafter on or
prior to June 17, 2011 as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers (the “Second
Closing” and together with the First Closing, a “Closing” and, collectively, the “Closings”). At
each Closing, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes to be purchased by such
Purchaser at the related Closing in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in
denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of the related
Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of its 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 of immediately available funds for the account of the
Company to account number _____________ at ___________________________, ABA No. _____________. If
at either Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in
this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 with respect to such Closing shall
not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its 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 4. Conditions to Closings.

     Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at
each Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at each
Closing, of the following conditions:

     Section 4.1. Representations and Warranties. (a) The representations and warranties of the
Company in this Agreement shall be correct when made and at the time of each Closing.

          (b) The representations and warranties of each Original Subsidiary Guarantor in the Subsidiary
Guaranty shall be correct when made and at the time of each Closing.

     Section 4.2. Performance; No Default. (a) The Company shall have performed and complied with
all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with
by it prior to or at each Closing, and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and
the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14), no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have
entered into any transaction since the date of the Memorandum that would have been prohibited by
Section 10 had such Section applied since such date.

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          (b) Each Original Subsidiary Guarantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements
and conditions contained in the Subsidiary Guaranty required to be performed and complied with by
it prior to or at each Closing.

     Section 4.3. Compliance Certificates.

          (a) Officer’s Certificate of the Company. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser
an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of such Closing, certifying that the conditions specified
in Sections 4.1(a), 4.2(a) and 4.9 have been fulfilled.

          (b) Officer’s Certificate of each Original Subsidiary Guarantor. Each Original Subsidiary
Guarantor shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of an authorized officer, dated the
date of such Closing, certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 4.1(b), 4.2(b) and 4.9
have been fulfilled.

          (c) Secretary’s Certificate of the Company. The Company shall have delivered to such
Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated the date of such Closing,
certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the
authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes and this Agreement.

          (d) Secretary’s Certificate of each Original Subsidiary Guarantor. Each Original Subsidiary
Guarantor shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant
Secretary, dated the date of such Closing, certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and
other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Subsidiary
Guaranty.

     Section 4.4. Opinions of Counsel. Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and
substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the date of such Closing (a) from Quarles & Brady
LLP, counsel for the Company and the Original Subsidiary Guarantors, substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit 4.4(a) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated
hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs
its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers) and (b) from Chapman and Cutler LLP, the
Purchasers’ special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit 4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such
Purchaser may reasonably request.

     Section 4.5. Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc. On the date of each Closing such
Purchaser’s purchase of 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 T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject such 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 such Purchaser, such Purchaser shall have

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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.

     Section 4.6. Sale of Other Notes. Contemporaneously with each Closing, the Company shall sell
to each other Purchaser, and each other Purchaser shall purchase, the Notes to be purchased by it
at such Closing as specified in Schedule A.

     Section 4.7. Payment of Special Counsel Fees. Without limiting the provisions of Section
15.1, the Company shall have paid on or before each Closing the fees, charges and disbursements of
the Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement
of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day prior to such Closing.

     Section 4.8. Private Placement Number. A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor’s
CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the SVO) shall have been obtained for the Notes.

     Section 4.9. Changes in Corporate Structure. Neither the Company nor the Original Subsidiary
Guarantors shall have changed their respective jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as
applicable, or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial
part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent
financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5.

     Section 4.10. Subsidiary Guaranty. The Subsidiary Guaranty shall have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Original Subsidiary Guarantors and shall constitute the legal, valid
and binding contract and agreement of the Original Subsidiary Guarantors, and such Purchaser shall
have received a true, correct and complete copy thereof.

     Section 4.11. Consent. Each Purchaser shall have received true, correct and complete copies,
certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company of: (a) the Bank Credit Agreement and (b) any
necessary amendments, consents or waivers to the Bank Credit Agreement necessary to permit the
issuance and sale of the Notes.

     Section 4.12. Funding Instructions. At least three Business Days prior to the date of each
Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on
letterhead of the Company confirming the information specified in Section 3 including (a) the name
and address of the transferee bank, (b) such transferee bank’s ABA number and (c) the account name
and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited.

     Section 4.13. First Closing Consummated. In the case of the Second Closing, all of the
transactions contemplated herein with respect to the First Closing shall have been consummated in
accordance with the terms and provisions hereof.

     Section 4.14. Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to
such transactions shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special

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counsel, and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart
originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such special counsel
may reasonably request.

Section 5. Representations and Warranties of the Company.

     The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser that:

     Section 5.1. Organization; Power and Authority. The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in active status under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own or
hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it
transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes and to
perform the provisions hereof and thereof.

     Section 5.2. Authorization, Etc. This Agreement and the Notes have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon
execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (b) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).

     Section 5.3. Disclosure. The Company, through its agent, BMO Capital Markets Corp., has
delivered to each Purchaser a copy of the Plexus Corp. Confidential Private Placement Memorandum,
dated March 2011 (the “Memorandum”), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. The
Memorandum fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and
principal properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, to the extent
projections are contained in the Memorandum, the Company makes no representation or warranty as to
such projections, other than that such projections are based on information that the Company
believes to be accurate and that they were calculated in a manner the Company believes to be
reasonable. This Agreement, the Memorandum and 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 listed in Schedule 5.5 (this Agreement, the
Memorandum and such documents, certificates or other writings and such financial statements
delivered to each Purchaser prior to the date hereof being referred to, collectively, as the
“Disclosure Documents”), 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 Documents,
since October 2, 2010, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business or
properties of the Company or any Subsidiary except changes that individually or in the aggregate
could not reasonably be expected

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to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to the Company that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure
Documents.

     Section 5.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries. (a) Schedule 5.4 contains
(except as noted therein) complete and correct lists of (i) the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as
to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the
percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding
owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary and (ii) the Company’s directors and senior
officers.

          (b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each
Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been
validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary
free and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.4).

          (c) Each Subsidiary identified in Schedule 5.4 is a corporation or other legal entity duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing (or equivalent status) under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity
and is in good standing (or equivalent status) in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in
good standing (or equivalent status) could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power
and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and
to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact.

          (d) No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to, any legal, regulatory, contractual
or other restriction (other than this Agreement, the Bank Credit Agreement, the agreements listed
on Schedule 5.4 and customary limitations imposed by corporate law or similar statutes) restricting
the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar
distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of
capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.

     Section 5.5. Financial Statements; Material Liabilities. The Company has delivered to each
Purchaser copies of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule
5.5. All of said financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes)
fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such financial statements and the consolidated
results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set
forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal
year-end adjustments). The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any Material liabilities that
are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Documents.

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     Section 5.6. Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes will not (a) contravene, result in any
breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any
Property of the Company or any Subsidiary under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan,
purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by-laws, or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (b) conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or
ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any
Subsidiary or (c) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any
Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, other than, in each case, for
such contravention, default, conflict or breach (other than a contravention, default, conflict or
breach of the corporate charter or by-laws of the Company or any Subsidiary) which, individually or
in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 5.7. Governmental Authorizations, Etc. No consent, approval or authorization of, or
registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with
the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the Notes.

     Section 5.8. Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders. (a) There are no
actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary or any Property of the Company or any
Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental
Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

          (b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is (i) in default under any term of any agreement
or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, (ii) in violation of any order,
judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or (iii) in violation
of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority (including,
without limitation, Environmental Laws, the USA Patriot Act or any of the other laws and
regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16), which default or violation, in each case,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 5.9. Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are
required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and
payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties,
assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable
and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (a) the amount of
which is not individually or in the aggregate Material or (b) the amount, applicability or validity
of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to
which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP. The Company knows of no other proposed additional tax assessment that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges,

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accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of federal, state
or other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate. The federal income tax liabilities of the
Company and its Subsidiaries have been finally determined (whether by reason of completed audits or
the statute of limitations having run) for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2006.

     Section 5.10. Title to Property; Leases. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title (or a valid leasehold interest) to their respective properties that individually
or in the aggregate are Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent
audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Company
or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course
of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that
individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and
effect in all material respects.

     Section 5.11. Licenses, Permits, Etc. (a) The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all
licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary software, service
marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are
Material, without known conflict with the rights of others.

          (b) To the best knowledge of the Company, no product of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
infringes in any Material respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright,
proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other Person.

          (c) To the best knowledge of the Company, there is no Material violation by any Person of any
right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any patent, copyright, proprietary
software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.

     Section 5.12. Compliance with ERISA. (a) The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated
and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of
noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to
Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee
benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has
occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such
liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the
rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to
Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty or excise tax provisions or to section 401(a)(29) or 412
of the Code or section 4068 of ERISA, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be
individually or in the aggregate Material.

          (b) The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans (other than
Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan’s most recently ended plan year on the
basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in such Plan’s most

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recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such
Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities in the aggregate for all Plans. The term “benefit
liabilities” has the meaning specified in section 4001 of ERISA and the terms “current value” and
“present value” have the meaning specified in section 3 of ERISA.

          (c) The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred withdrawal liabilities (and are not
subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of
Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material.

          (d) The expected post retirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of the
Company’s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 106, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by
section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not Material.

          (e) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Notes
hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of section 406 of
ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of
the Code. The representation by the Company to each Purchaser in the first sentence of this
Section 5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of such Purchaser’s
representation in Section 6.2 as to the sources of the funds used to pay the purchase price of the
Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser.

     Section 5.13. Private Offering by the Company. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on
its behalf has offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to
buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person
other than the Purchasers and not more than 65 other Institutional Investors, each of which has
been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company nor any Person acting
on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the
Notes to the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration
requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

     Section 5.14. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. (a) The Company will apply the proceeds
of the sale of the Notes as set forth in section 1.02 of the Memorandum and in compliance with all
laws referenced in Section 5.16. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will
be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the
meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or
for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances as to
involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any
broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not
constitute any of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does
not have any present intention to acquire any margin stock. As used in this Section, the terms
“margin stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said
Regulation U.

     Section 5.15. Existing Debt; Future Liens. (a) Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15
sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Debt of the Company and

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its Subsidiaries as of January 1, 2011 (including a description of the principal amount outstanding and
collateral therefor, if any, and Guaranty thereof, if any), since which date there has been no
Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities
of the Debt of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or
interest on any Debt of the Company or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with
respect to any Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary the outstanding principal amount of which
exceeds $5,000,000 that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would
permit) one or more Persons to cause such Debt to become due and payable before its stated maturity
or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

          (b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or
consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any
of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien not permitted by
Section 10.3.

          (c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any
provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Debt of the Company or such Subsidiary, any
agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter or
other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the
incurring of, Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary, except for this Agreement or as specifically
indicated in Schedule 5.15.

     Section 5.16. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc. (a) Neither the Company nor any
Affiliated Entity is (i) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of Treasury
(“OFAC”) (an “OFAC Listed Person”) or (ii) a department, agency or instrumentality of, or is
otherwise controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, (x) any OFAC Listed Person
or (y) any Person, entity, organization, foreign country or regime that is subject to any OFAC
Sanctions Program (each OFAC Listed Person and each other Person, entity, organization and
government of a country described in clause (ii), a “Blocked Person”).

          (b) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder constitutes or will
constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used, directly by
the Company or indirectly through any Affiliated Entity, in connection with any investment in, or
any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person.

          (c) To the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, neither the Company nor any
Affiliated Entity (i) is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for, or has been charged
with, or convicted of, money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other
money laundering predicate crimes under any applicable law (collectively, “Anti-Money Laundering
Laws”), (ii) has been assessed civil penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws or (iii) has
had any of its funds seized or forfeited in an action under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The
Company has taken reasonable measures appropriate to the circumstances (in any event as required by
applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each

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Affiliated Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future
Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

          (d) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the 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, official of any public international
organization or any one else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct
business or obtain any improper advantage in violation of applicable anti-corruption laws and
regulations. The Company has taken reasonable measures appropriate to the circumstances (in any
event as required by applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Affiliated Entity is and
will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future anti-corruption laws and
regulations.

     Section 5.17. Status under Certain Statutes. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the ICC Termination Act
of 1995, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended.

     Section 5.18. Pari Passu Rank. The obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the
Notes rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all other senior unsecured Debt (actual or
contingent) of the Company, including, without limitation, all senior unsecured Debt of the Company
described in Schedule 5.15 hereto. The obligations of the Original Subsidiary Guarantors under the
Subsidiary Guaranty rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all other senior unsecured
Debt (actual or contingent) of the Original Subsidiary Guarantors, including, without limitation,
all senior unsecured Debt of the Original Subsidiary Guarantors described in Schedule 5.15 hereto.

     Section 5.19. Environmental Matters. (a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge
of any claim or has received any notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted raising
any claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties
now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or other assets, alleging any damage to
the environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          (b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to
any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment
emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased
or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          (c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has stored any Hazardous Materials on real
properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or has disposed of any
Hazardous Materials in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws in each case in any manner that
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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          (d) All buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or any
Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6. Representations of the Purchasers.

     Section 6.1. Purchase for Investment. Each Purchaser severally represents that it is
purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by such
Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the
distribution thereof; provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or its Property shall at
all times be within such Purchaser’s or its control. Each Purchaser understands that the Notes
have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to
the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except
under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and
that the Company is not required to register the Notes.

     Section 6.2. Source of Funds. Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the
following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be
used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser
hereunder:

     (a) the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as the term is defined in the
United States Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60) in
respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life
insurance companies approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the
“NAIC Annual Statement”)) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any
employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the
general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans
maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the
same employee organization in the general account do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the
total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account
liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such
Purchaser’s state of domicile; or

     (b) 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

     (c) the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the
meaning of PTE 90-1, or (ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the
PTE 91-38 and, except as have been disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company in writing
pursuant to this clause (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the
same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more

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than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment
fund; or

     (d) 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, as of the
last day of its most recent calendar quarter, the QPAM does not own a 10% or more interest
in the Company and no Person controlling or controlled by the QPAM (applying the definition
of “control” in section V(e) of the QPAM Exemption) owns a 20% or more interest in the
Company (or less than 20% but greater than 10%, if such person exercises control over the
management or policies of the Company by reason of its ownership interest) 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 clause (d); 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 the INHAM nor a Person controlling or controlled
by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in section IV(d) 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 clause (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 clause (g); or

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

          As used in this Section 6.2, 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.

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Section 7. Information as to the Company.

     Section 7.1. Financial and Business Information. The Company shall deliver to each holder of
Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

          (a) Quarterly Statements — within 45 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days
greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q (the “Form 10-Q”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Company is subject to the
filing requirements thereof) after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal
year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year),
duplicate copies of:

          (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the
end of such quarter, and

          (ii) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and
cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such quarter and (in the case of
the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such
quarter,

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in
the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP
applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial
Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the
companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to
changes resulting from year-end adjustments; provided that delivery within the time period
specified above of copies of the Company’s Form 10-Q prepared in compliance with the
requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of
this Section 7.1(a); provided, further, that the Company shall be deemed to have made such
delivery of such Form 10-Q if it shall have timely made such Form 10-Q available on “EDGAR”
and on its home page on the worldwide web (at the date of this Agreement located at:
http//www.plexus.com) and shall have given each Purchaser prior notice of such availability
on EDGAR and on its home page in connection with each delivery (such availability and notice
thereof being referred to as “Electronic Delivery”);

          (b) Annual Statements — within 90 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater
than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the
“Form 10-K”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing
requirements thereof) after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of,

          (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as at the
end of such year, and

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          (ii) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and
cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such year,

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all
in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion
thereon of independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion
shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and
cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such
accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for
such opinion in the circumstances, provided that the delivery within the time period
specified above of the Company’s Form 10-K for such fiscal year (together with the Company’s
annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange
Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be
deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(b); provided, further, that the
Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-K if it shall have timely
made Electronic Delivery thereof;

          (c) SEC and Other Reports — promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i)
each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Company or any
Subsidiary to its principal lending banks as a whole (excluding information sent to such
banks in the ordinary course of administration of a bank facility, such as information
relating to pricing and borrowing availability or to its public securities holders
generally) and (ii) each regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without
exhibits except as expressly requested by such holder), and each prospectus and all
amendments thereto filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the SEC and of all press
releases and other statements made available generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to
the public concerning developments that are Material;

          (d) Notice of Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within five
days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of
Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a
claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with
respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section 11(f), a written notice
specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto;

          (e) ERISA Matters — promptly, and in any event within five days after a Responsible
Officer becoming aware of any of the following, a written notice setting forth the nature
thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with
respect thereto:

          (i) with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in section
4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof

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has not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof; or

          (ii) the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the
PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the
receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan
that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan;
or

          (iii) any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence
of any liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of
ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee
benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or
assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or
such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together
with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect;

     (f) Notices from Governmental Authority — promptly, and in any event within 30 days of
receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Company or any Subsidiary from any Federal or
state Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or
regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

     (g) Requested Information — with reasonable promptness, such other data and
information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or
properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, but without limitation,
actual copies of the Company’s Form 10-Q and Form 10-K) or relating to the ability of the
Company to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes as from time to time may be
reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes.

     Section 7.2. Officer’s Certificate. Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of
Notes pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a
Senior Financial Officer setting forth (which, in the case of Electronic Delivery of such financial
statements, shall be by separate concurrent delivery of such certificate to each holder of Notes):

     (a) Covenant Compliance — the information (including detailed calculations) required
in order to establish whether the Company was in compliance with the requirements of Section
10.1 through Section 10.4, inclusive, during the quarterly or annual period covered by the
statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such Section, where
applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the
case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the calculation of the
amount, ratio or percentage then in existence); and

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     (b) Event of Default — a statement that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the
relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a
review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the
beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall
not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that
constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or
exists (including, without limitation, any such event or condition resulting from the
failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying
the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall have taken or
proposes to take with respect thereto.

     Section 7.3. Visitation. The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes
that is an Institutional Investor:

     (a) No Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such
holder and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company, to visit the principal executive
office of the Company, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its
Subsidiaries with the Company’s officers, and (with the consent of the Company, which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld) its independent public accountants, and (with the
consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit the other
offices and properties of the Company and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and
as often as may be reasonably requested in writing; and

     (b) Default — if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the
Company, to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Company or any
Subsidiary, to examine all their respective 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 and independent public accountants (and
by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances
and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often as may be
requested.

Section 8. Payment and Prepayment of the Notes.

     Section 8.1. Maturity. As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Notes
shall be due and payable on the stated maturity date thereof.

     Section 8.2. Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount. The Company may, at its option,
upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes,
in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding in
the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with
interest accrued thereon to the date of such prepayment, and the Make-Whole Amount determined for
the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount. The Company will give each holder of
Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this

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Section 8.2 not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify
such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be
prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid
(determined in accordance with Section 8.4), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and
shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole
Amount due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the
date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation. Two Business Days prior to
such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes a certificate of a Senior
Financial Officer specifying the calculation of such Make-Whole Amount as of the specified
prepayment date.

     Section 8.3. Change in Control. (a) Notice of Change in Control or Control Event. The
Company will, within five Business Days after any Responsible Officer has knowledge of the
occurrence of any Change in Control or Control Event, give written notice of such Change in Control
or Control Event to each holder of Notes unless notice in respect of such Change in Control (or the
Change in Control contemplated by such Control Event) shall have been given pursuant to
subparagraph (b) of this Section 8.3. If a Change in Control has occurred, such notice shall
contain and constitute an offer to prepay Notes as described in subparagraph (c) of this Section
8.3 and shall be accompanied by the certificate described in subparagraph (g) of this Section 8.3.

          (b) Condition to Company Action. The Company will not take any action that consummates or
finalizes a Change in Control unless (i) at least 30 days prior to such action it shall have given
to each holder of Notes written notice containing and constituting an offer to prepay Notes as
described in subparagraph (c) of this Section 8.3, accompanied by the certificate described in
subparagraph (g) of this Section 8.3, and (ii) contemporaneously with such action, it prepays all
Notes required to be prepaid in accordance with this Section 8.3.

          (c) Offer to Prepay Notes. The offer to prepay Notes contemplated by subparagraphs (a) and
(b) of this Section 8.3 shall be an offer to prepay, in accordance with and subject to this Section
8.3, all, but not less than all, the Notes held by each holder (in this case only, “holder” in
respect of any Note registered in the name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean
such beneficial owner) on a date specified in such offer (the “Proposed Prepayment Date”). If such
Proposed Prepayment Date is in connection with an offer contemplated by subparagraph (a) of this
Section 8.3, such date shall be not less than 30 days and not more than 120 days after the date of
such offer (if the Proposed Prepayment Date shall not be specified in such offer, the Proposed
Prepayment Date shall be the first Business Day after the 45th day after the date of such offer).

          (d) Acceptance/Rejection. A holder of Notes may accept the offer to prepay made pursuant to
this Section 8.3 by causing a notice of such acceptance to be delivered to the Company not later
than 15 days after receipt by such holder of the most recent offer of prepayment. A failure by a
holder of Notes to respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.3 shall be deemed
to constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder.

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          (e) Prepayment. Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 8.3 shall be
at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with interest on such Notes accrued to the
date of prepayment, but without Make-Whole Amount or other premium. The prepayment shall be made on the Proposed Prepayment Date except as provided in subparagraph (f) of
this Section 8.3.

          (f) Deferral Pending Change in Control. The obligation of the Company to prepay Notes
pursuant to the offers required by subparagraph (c) and accepted in accordance with subparagraph
(d) of this Section 8.3 is subject to the occurrence of the Change in Control in respect of which
such offers and acceptances shall have been made. In the event that such Change in Control has not
occurred on the Proposed Prepayment Date in respect thereof, the prepayment shall be deferred
until, and shall be made on, the date on which such Change in Control occurs. The Company shall
keep each holder of Notes reasonably and timely informed of (i) any such deferral of the date of
prepayment, (ii) the date on which such Change in Control and the prepayment are expected to occur,
and (iii) any determination by the Company that efforts to effect such Change in Control have
ceased or been abandoned (in which case the offers and acceptances made pursuant to this Section
8.3 in respect of such Change in Control shall be deemed rescinded).

          (g) Officer’s Certificate. Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this Section 8.3 shall
be accompanied by a certificate, executed by a Senior Financial Officer of the Company and dated
the date of such offer, specifying: (i) the Proposed Prepayment Date; (ii) that such offer is made
pursuant to this Section 8.3; (iii) the principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid; (iv)
the interest that would be due on each Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to the Proposed
Prepayment Date; (v) that the conditions of this Section 8.3 have been fulfilled; and (vi) in
reasonable detail, the nature and date or proposed date of the Change in Control.

          (h) Certain Definitions. “Change of Control” means any of:

          (a) the acquisition by any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) at any time of beneficial ownership of 20% or more of
the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of the Company on a fully-diluted
basis, other than acquisitions of such interests by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,

          (b) the failure of individuals who are members of the board of directors (or similar
governing body) of the Company on the date of the First Closing (together with any new or
replacement directors whose initial nomination for election was approved by a majority of
the directors who were either directors on the date of the First Closing or previously so
approved) to constitute a majority of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of
the Company, or

          (c) any “Change of Control” (or words of like import), as defined in any agreement or
indenture relating to any issue of Debt shall occur.

“Control Event” means:

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     (i) the execution by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any
agreement or letter of intent with respect to any proposed transaction or event or
series of transactions or events which, individually or in the aggregate, may reasonably be
expected to result in a Change in Control,

     (ii) the execution of any written agreement which, when fully performed by the parties
thereto, would result in a Change in Control, or

     (iii) the making of any written offer by any person (as such term is used in section
13(d) and section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the First
Closing) or related persons constituting a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under
the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the First Closing) to the holders of the common
stock of the Company, which offer, if accepted by the requisite number of holders, would
result in a Change in Control.

          (i) All calculations contemplated in this Section 8.3 involving the capital stock of any
Person shall be made with the assumption that all convertible Securities of such Person then
outstanding and all convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of any warrants, options and
other rights outstanding at such time were converted at such time and that all options, warrants
and similar rights to acquire shares of capital stock of such Person were exercised at such time.

     Section 8.4. Allocation of Partial Prepayments. In the case of each partial prepayment of the
Notes pursuant to Section 8.2, 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 not theretofore called for prepayment. All partial
prepayments made pursuant to Section 8.3 shall be applied only to the Notes of the holders who have
elected to participate in such prepayment.

     Section 8.5. Maturity; Surrender, Etc. In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to
this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and
payable on the date fixed for such prepayment (which shall be a Business Day), together with
interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount, if
any. From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so
due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest
on such principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be
surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in
lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.

     Section 8.6. Purchase of Notes. The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliate to
purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes
except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Notes or (b) pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the Company or an Affiliate
pro rata to the holders of all Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions.
Any such offer shall provide each holder with sufficient information to enable it to make an
informed decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain open for at least 15 Business Days.
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outstanding accept such offer, the Company shall promptly notify the remaining holders of such fact and the expiration date
for the acceptance by holders of Notes of such offer shall be extended by the number of days necessary to give each such remaining holder at least 10 Business
Days from its receipt of such notice to accept such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all
Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange
for any such Notes.

     Section 8.7. Make-Whole Amount. The term “Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any Note,
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, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is
to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and
payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

     “Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 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 is
payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

     “Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% (50
basis points) 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 “Page PX1” (or such other display as
may replace Page PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued 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 (or any comparable successor publication) for U.S. Treasury
securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called
Principal as of such Settlement Date. In the case of each determination under clause (i) or
clause (ii), as the case may be, of the preceding paragraph, 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 applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than such
Remaining Average Life and (2) the applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity
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Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be
rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable
Note.

     “Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of
years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (a) such Called
Principal into (b) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the principal
component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (ii)
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 any Note,
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, 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 Section 8.2 or 12.1.

     “Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on
which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is
declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context
requires.

Section 9. Affirmative Covenants.

The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:

     Section 9.1. Compliance with Laws. Without limiting Section 10.11, the Company will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or
regulations to which each of them is subject, including, without limitation, ERISA, Environmental
Laws, the USA Patriot Act and the other laws and regulations that are referred to in
Section 5.16, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits,
franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective
properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary
to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or
failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other
governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 9.2. Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective
properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms
and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves

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are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established
reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated.

     Section 9.3. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties
in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; provided that
this Section 9.3 shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation
and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of
its business and the Company has concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 9.4. Payment of Taxes and Claims. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and
discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments,
governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or
franchises, to the extent the same have become due and payable and before they have become
delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a
Lien on properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (a) the amount,
applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis
in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company or a Subsidiary has established
adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary
or (b) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims in the aggregate
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 9.5. Legal Existence, Etc. Subject to Section 10.7, the Company will at all times
preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence. Subject to Sections 10.4 and 10.7,
the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the legal existence of
each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or a Wholly-owned Subsidiary) and all
rights and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the
Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such legal
existence, right or franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     Section 9.6. Notes to Rank Pari Passu. The Notes and all other obligations under this
Agreement of the Company are and at all times shall rank at least pari passu in right of payment
with all other present and future unsecured Debt (actual or contingent) of the Company which is not
expressed to be subordinate or junior in rank to any other unsecured Debt of the Company.

     Section 9.7. Guaranty by Subsidiaries. (a) The Company will cause (i) each Domestic
Subsidiary formed or acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary and (ii) any other Subsidiary which
delivers a Guaranty of, or becomes an obligor under, the Bank Credit Agreement to

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concurrently enter into a Subsidiary Guaranty, and will deliver to each of the holders of the Notes the
following items:

     (1) an executed counterpart of such Subsidiary Guaranty or joinder agreement in respect
of an existing Subsidiary Guaranty, as appropriate;

     (2) a certificate signed by the President, a Vice President or another authorized
Responsible Officer of such Subsidiary making representations and warranties to the effect
of those contained in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.6 and 5.7, but with respect to such Subsidiary
and such Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable;

     (3) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying that at such time
and after giving effect to the execution and delivery of such Subsidiary Guaranty or joinder
agreement, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

     (4) such documents and evidence with respect to such Subsidiary as the Required Holders
may reasonably request in order to establish the existence and good standing (or equivalent
standing) of such Subsidiary and the authorization of the transactions contemplated by such
Subsidiary Guaranty; and

     (5) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Required Holders to the effect that (A)
such Subsidiary Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes
the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of such Subsidiary enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as an 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, (B) the
execution, delivery and performance by such Subsidiary Guarantor of the Subsidiary Guaranty
does not contravene the constituent documents of such Subsidiary Guarantor or applicable
laws, and (C) such Subsidiary Guarantor’s payment obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty
rank at least pari passu, without preference or priority, with all other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor.

          (b) The Company may further, from time to time at its discretion and upon written notice from
the Company to the holders of the Notes referring to this Section 9.7(b) (which notice shall
contain a certification by a Responsible Officer as to the matters specified in clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii) below), terminate the Subsidiary Guaranty issued by a Subsidiary Guarantor with effect
from the date of such notice so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
then be continuing or shall result therefrom, (ii) no payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor is due
under such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guaranty, and (iii) such Subsidiary Guarantor is not a
guarantor of, or an obligor under, the Bank Credit Agreement.

          Section 9.8. Books and Records. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
maintain proper books of record and account in conformity with GAAP and all applicable requirements
of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Company, or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be.

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Section 10. Negative Covenants.

     The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:

     Section 10.1. Financial Covenants. (a) Total Leverage Ratio. As of the last day of each
fiscal quarter of the Company, the Company shall not permit the Total Leverage Ratio to be greater
than 3.25 to 1.00.

          (b) Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company,
the Company shall not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 3.25 to 1.00.

          (c) Net Worth. The Company shall, at all times, maintain Net Worth in an amount not less
than the sum of (i) $350,000,000 plus (ii) 25% of Net Income (if positive) for each fiscal quarter
of the Company ending on or after April 21, 2011 (without deduction for losses).

          Section 10.2. Limitations on Borrowings and Guaranties. The Company shall not, nor shall
it permit any Subsidiary to, issue, incur, assume, create or have outstanding any Debt, or be or
become liable as endorser, guarantor, surety or otherwise for any debt, obligation or undertaking
of any other Person, or otherwise agree to provide funds for payment of the obligations of another,
or supply funds thereto or invest therein or otherwise assure a creditor of another against loss,
or apply for or become liable to the issuer of a letter of credit which supports an obligation of
another, or subordinate any claim or demand it may have to the claim or demand of any other Person;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not restrict nor operate to prevent:

     (a) (i) the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account
Liability (each as defined in the Bank Credit Agreement) of the Company and its Subsidiaries
owing to the Administrative Agent and the lenders (and their Affiliates) under the Bank
Credit Agreement, and (ii) the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty;

     (b) purchase money indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Company
and its Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $80,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding;

     (c) obligations of the Company arising out of interest rate, foreign currency, and
commodity hedging agreements entered into with financial institutions in the ordinary course
of business;

     (d) endorsement of items for deposit or collection of commercial paper received in
the ordinary course of business;

     (e) intercompany indebtedness from time to time owing among the Company and its
Subsidiaries, to the extent permitted by Section 8.9 of the Bank Credit Agreement;

     (f) indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Section 10.3(i) hereof;

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     (g) unsecured indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries not otherwise
permitted by this Section in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one
time outstanding, provided that this clause (g) shall not be understood to permit
intercompany loans or advances not otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 10.3 hereof;

     (h) Guaranties existing as of the date of this Agreement and listed on Schedule
5.15 hereto; and

     (i) unsecured Guaranties by the Company or any Subsidiary of indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time.

     Section 10.3. Limitation on Liens. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary
to, create, incur or permit to exist any Lien of any kind on any Property owned by any such Person;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent:

     (a) Liens arising by statute in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, old age benefits, social security obligations, taxes, assessments, statutory
obligations or other similar charges (other than Liens arising under ERISA), good faith cash
deposits in connection with tenders, contracts or leases to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or other cash deposits required to be made in the ordinary course of
business, provided in each case that the obligation is not for borrowed money and that the
obligation secured is not overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and adequate
reserves have been established therefor;

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

     (c) judgment liens and judicial attachment liens not constituting an Event of Default
under Section 11(i) hereof and the pledge of assets for the purpose of securing an appeal,
stay or discharge in the course of any legal proceeding, provided that the aggregate amount
of such judgment liens and attachments and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries
secured by a pledge of assets permitted under this subsection, including interest and
penalties thereon, if any, shall not be in excess of $2,500,000 at any one time outstanding;

     (d) Liens on equipment of the Company or any Subsidiary created solely for the purpose
of securing purchase money indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations, representing or
incurred to finance the purchase price of such Property, provided that no such Lien shall
extend to or cover other Property of the Company or such Subsidiary other than the
respective Property so acquired, and the principal amount of indebtedness secured by any
such Lien shall at no time exceed the purchase price of such Property, as reduced by
repayments of principal thereon;

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     (e) any interest or title of a lessor under any Operating Lease;

     (f) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, and other similar encumbrances against real
Property incurred in the ordinary course of business which, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount and which do not materially detract from the value of the Property
subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Company or any Subsidiary;

     (g) Liens outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and listed on Schedule 10.3
hereof;

     (h) Liens in the nature of licenses that arise in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

     (i) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section securing indebtedness in an amount not
to exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; provided that the value
of the Property encumbered by such Liens may not exceed $25,000,000 at any time; and
provided further that the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, grant any
Lien securing Debt outstanding under or pursuant to any Bank Credit Agreement pursuant to
this Section 10.3(i) unless and until all obligations of the Company under this Agreement
and the Notes shall concurrently be secured equally and ratably with such Debt pursuant to
documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders; and

     (j) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements), in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses;
provided that such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or a part
of the Property which secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced, and the allowance
of such extension, renewal and replacement Liens pursuant to this clause (j) shall not be
understood to increase the maximum amounts described in the foregoing clauses (d), (g) and
(i).

          Section 10.4. Sale of Assets. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary
to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its Property, including any
disposition of Property as part of a sale and leaseback transaction, or in any event sell or
discount (with or without recourse) any of its notes or accounts receivable; provided, however,
that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists this Section shall not apply to nor operate
to prevent:

     (a) the sale or lease of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

     (b) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition in the ordinary course of
business of Property of (i) the Company and the Domestic Subsidiaries to one another, (ii)
the Foreign Subsidiaries to one another, and (iii) the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary to
any Foreign Subsidiary, provided that any sale, transfer, lease or other disposition
permitted under this clause (iii) shall, for the purposes of Section 10.8 hereof,

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be treated as an equity investment in the Foreign Subsidiary receiving such Property in an
amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the Property received by such Foreign
Subsidiary over the amount of any consideration tendered by it for such Property;

     (c) the issuance, sale, and transfer to any person of any shares of capital stock
of a Subsidiary solely for the purpose of qualifying, and to the extent legally necessary to
qualify, such person as a director of such Subsidiary;

     (d) the sale of delinquent notes or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of
business for purposes of collection only (and not for the purpose of any bulk sale or
securitization transaction);

     (e) the sale, transfer or other disposition of any tangible personal Property that,
in the reasonable business judgment of the Company or its Subsidiary, has become obsolete or
worn out, and which is disposed of in the ordinary course of business; and

     (f) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Property (other than shares of
capital stock or other equity interests of a Subsidiary) of the Company or any Subsidiary
(including any disposition of Property as part of a sale and leaseback transaction)
aggregating for the Company and its Subsidiaries not more than $20,000,000 during any fiscal
year of the Company, provided that no additional sales, transfers, leases or other
dispositions of Property by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary to any Foreign Subsidiary
shall be permitted pursuant to this clause (f).

     Section 10.5. Dividends and Certain Other Restricted Payments. The Company shall not, nor
shall it permit any Subsidiary to, (a) declare or pay any dividends on or make any other
distributions in respect of any class or series of its capital stock or other equity interests or
(b) directly or indirectly purchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire or retire any of its capital
stock or other equity interests or any warrants, options, or similar instruments to acquire the
same; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not operate to prevent (i) the declaration or
payment of dividends or distributions by any Subsidiary to the Company or (ii) the declaration or
payment of dividends or distributions on its capital stock or other equity interests by the
Company, or the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of its capital stock or
other equity interests or any warrants, options or similar instruments to acquire the same,
provided that no Default or Event of Default exists or would be caused thereby.

     Section 10.6. No Restrictions. Except as provided herein, the Company shall not, nor shall it
permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or
become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of the
Company or any Subsidiary to: (a) pay dividends or make any other distribution on any Subsidiary’s
capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Company or any other Subsidiary, (b) pay any
indebtedness owed to the Company or any other Subsidiary, (c) make loans or advances to the Company
or any other Subsidiary, (d) transfer any of its Property to the Company or any other Subsidiary or
(e)
guarantee the Debt under the Notes and this Agreement to the holders of the Notes as required by
this Agreement.

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     Section 10.7. Mergers, Consolidations, Etc. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, consolidate with or be a party to a merger with any other Person, or sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets; provided that:

     (a) any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into the Company or any Wholly-owned
Subsidiary, provided that, (i) in the case of any merger involving the Company, the Company
is the corporation surviving the merger, and (ii) in the case of any merger involving a
Wholly-owned Subsidiary (and not the Company), the Wholly-owned Subsidiary is the
corporation or limited liability company surviving the merger, (iii) in the case of any
merger involving a Domestic Subsidiary, the corporation or limited liability company
surviving the merger shall not be a Foreign Subsidiary, and (iv) the corporation or limited
liability company surviving the merger shall be solvent;

     (b) the Company may consolidate or merge with or into any other corporation if (i) the
corporation or limited liability company which results from such consolidation or merger
(the “Surviving Person”) is solvent and 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 and this Agreement to be performed or observed by the Company are expressly assumed in
writing by the Surviving Person and the Surviving Person shall furnish to the holders of the
Notes an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Required Holders 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 Person 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, (iii) each Subsidiary
Guarantor shall have affirmed in writing its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty to
which it is a party, and (iv) (A) at the time of such consolidation or merger and
immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default would exist and (B)
assuming on a pro forma basis that such consolidation or merger occurred on the last day of
the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, no Default would exist under Section 10.1 as of
such date;

     (c) the Company may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (other than as
provided in Section 10.4) to any Person for consideration which represents the fair market value of such assets (as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) at the time of such sale or other disposition if (i) the acquiring Person (the “Acquiring Person”) is a
solvent corporation or limited liability company 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 the Notes, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of
the covenants in the Notes and in this Agreement to be performed or observed by the Company are expressly assumed in writing by the Acquiring Person and the
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assumption has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of such Acquiring Person 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, (iii) each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have affirmed in writing its obligations under the Subsidiary
Guaranty to which it is a party, and (iv) (A) at the time of such sale or disposition and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default would
exist and (B) assuming on a pro forma basis that such sale
or disposition occurred on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, no Default would exist under Section 10.1 as of such date.

     Section 10.8. Acquisitions. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to,
directly or indirectly make, retain or have outstanding any investments (whether through purchase
of stock or obligations or otherwise), in, or loans or advances to (other than for travel advances
and other similar cash advances made to employees in the ordinary course of business), any other
Person, or acquire all or any substantial part of the assets or business of any Persons or division
thereof, other than as expressly provided in the Bank Credit Agreement, including without
limitation, Permitted Acquisitions.

     Section 10.9. Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not and will not permit any
Subsidiary to enter into directly or indirectly any transaction or group of related transactions
(including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or
the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Company or another Subsidiary),
except in the ordinary course and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company’s or such
Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such
Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an
Affiliate.

     Section 10.10. Line of Business. The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to
engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business in which the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would then be engaged would be substantially changed from the
general nature of the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are
engaged on the date of this Agreement as described in the Memorandum.

     Section 10.11. Terrorism Sanctions Regulations. The Company will not and will not permit any
Affiliated Entity to (a) become a Blocked Person or (b) have any investments in or engage in any
dealings or transactions with any Blocked Person.

Section 11. Events of Default.

          An “Event of Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and
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     (a) the Company defaults in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole Amount, if any,
on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed
for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or

     (b) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five
Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or

     (c) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in
Section 7.1(d) or Sections 10.1 through 10.8; or

     (d) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained
herein (other than those referred to in Sections 11(a), (b) and (c)) and such default is not
remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual
knowledge of such default and (ii) the Company receiving written notice of such default from
any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and
to refer specifically to this Section 11(d)); or

     (e) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor or by any officer of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in this
Agreement, a Subsidiary Guaranty or in any writing furnished in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material
respect on the date as of which made; or

     (f) (i) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other
surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or make-whole amount or interest on
any Debt that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least $10,000,000 beyond
any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii) the Company or any Subsidiary is
in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any Debt in
an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $10,000,000 or of any mortgage,
indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a
consequence of such default or condition such Debt has become, or has been declared (or one
or more Persons are entitled to declare such Debt to be), due and payable before its stated
maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as a consequence of
the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or
the right of the holder of Debt to convert such Debt into equity interests), (1) the Company
or any Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Debt before its regular maturity
or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal
amount of at least $10,000,000, or (2) one or more Persons have the right to require the
Company or any Subsidiary so to purchase or repay such Debt; or

     (g) the Company or any Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its
inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or
otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or
arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any
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jurisdiction,
(iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents to the appointment
of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or
with respect to any substantial part of its Property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to
be liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or

     (h) a court or Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order
appointing, without consent by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a custodian,
receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to
any substantial part of its Property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a
petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation
or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering
the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
such petition shall be filed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and such
petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or

     (i) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of
$10,000,000 (except to the extent fully covered by insurance pursuant to which the insurer
has accepted liability therefor in writing) are rendered against one or more of the Company
and its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof,
bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the
expiration of such stay; or

     (j) if (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the
Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any
amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of
intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the
PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the
aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of section
4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA,
shall exceed $10,000,000, (iv) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is
reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty
or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) the Company or any
Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides
post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of the
Company or any Subsidiary thereunder; and any such event or events described in clauses (i)
through (vi) above, either
individually or together with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

     (k) any Subsidiary Guaranty shall cease to be in full force and effect for any reason
whatsoever, including, without limitation, a determination by any Governmental Authority
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Subsidiary Guarantor
which is a party to such Subsidiary Guaranty shall contest or deny in writing the validity
or enforceability of any of its obligations under such Subsidiary Guaranty, but excluding
any Subsidiary Guaranty which ceases to be in full force and effect in accordance with and
by reason of the express provisions of Section 9.7(b).

As used in Section 11(j), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan”
shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA.

Section 12. Remedies on Default, Etc.

     Section 12.1. Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described
in Section 11(g) or (h) (other than an Event of Default described in clause (i) of Section 11(g) or
described in clause (vi) of Section 11(g) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause
(i) of Section 11(g)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become
immediately due and payable.

          (b) If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of more
than 50% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may at any time at its or their
option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be
immediately due and payable.

          (c) If any Event of Default described in Section 11(a) or (b) has occurred and is continuing,
any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any
time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes held by it
or them to be immediately due and payable.

          Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by
declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes,
plus (i) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including, but not limited to, interest accrued
thereon at the Default Rate) and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal
amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be immediately due and payable,
in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are
hereby waived. The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note
has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as
herein specifically provided for), and that the provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the
Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of
Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such
circumstances.

     Section 12.2. Other Remedies. If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due
and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to
protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other
appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or
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any of the
terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law
or otherwise.

     Section 12.3. Rescission. At any time after any Notes have been declared due and payable
pursuant to Section 12.1(b) or (c), the holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding, by written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and
its consequences if (a) the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of
and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Notes that are due and payable and are unpaid other than by
reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount, if
any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes,
at the Default Rate, (b) neither the Company nor any other Person shall have paid any amounts which
have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (c) all Events of Default and Defaults, other
than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been
cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (d) no judgment or decree has been entered
for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to the Notes. No rescission and annulment
under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.

     Section 12.4. No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc. No course of dealing and no
delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate
as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No right,
power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by any Note upon any holder thereof shall be
exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter
available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the
Company under Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any
enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements.

Section 13. Registration; Exchange; Substitution of Notes.

     Section 13.1. Registration of Notes. The Company shall keep at its principal executive office
a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of
each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee
of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and
treated as the owner and holder thereof for all
purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary.
The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon
request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders
of Notes.

     Section 13.2. Transfer and Exchange of Notes. Upon surrender of any Note to the Company at the
address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)) for
registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer
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registered holder of such Note
or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address
and other information for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof), within ten
Business Days thereafter, the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company’s expense (except
as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange
therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered
Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from
the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the
surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such
transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $100,000; provided
that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of
Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $100,000. 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
representation set forth in Section 6.2.

     Section 13.3. Replacement of Notes. Upon receipt by the Company at the address and to the
attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)) of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note
(which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional
Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and

     (a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to
it (provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser
or another holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least $100,000,000 or a Qualified
Institutional Buyer, such Person’s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to
be satisfactory), or

     (b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof,

within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver, in
lieu thereof, a new Note, dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have
been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.

Section 14. Payments on Notes.

     Section 14.1. Place of Payment. Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole
Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in Chicago,
Illinois at the principal office of Bank of Montreal in such jurisdiction. The Company may at any
time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such
place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the
principal office of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction.

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     Section 14.2. Home Office Payment. So long as any Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder
of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the
contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal, Make-Whole Amount,
if any, and interest by the method and at the address specified for such purpose below such
Purchaser’s name in Schedule A, or by such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser
shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the
presentation or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon
written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or
prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall surrender such Note for cancellation,
reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive office or at
the place of payment most recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to
any sale or other disposition of any Note held by a Purchaser or its nominee, such Purchaser will,
at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to
which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new
Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2. The Company will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2
to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by a
Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note as the
Purchasers have made in this Section 14.2.

Section 15. Expenses, Etc.

     Section 15.1. Transaction Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated, the Company will pay all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of a
special counsel and, if reasonably required by the Required Holders, local or other counsel)
incurred by the Purchasers and each other holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and
in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, the
Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranty (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes
effective),
including, without limitation: (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or
determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement, the Notes or the
Subsidiary Guaranty or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal
investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement, the Notes or the Subsidiary
Guaranty, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, (b) the costs and expenses, including
financial advisors’ fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company
or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the Notes, and (c) the costs and expenses incurred in connection with
the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information, with the
SVO, provided that such costs and expenses under this clause (c) shall not exceed $3,000. The
Company will pay, and will save each Purchaser and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all
claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses, if any, of brokers and finders (other than those,
if any, retained by a Purchaser or other holder in connection with its purchase of the Notes).

     Section 15.2. Survival. The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will survive the
payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranty, and the termination of this Agreement.

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Section 16. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement.

          All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guaranty, the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser
of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied
upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on
behalf of such Purchaser or any other holder of a Note. All statements contained in any
certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement
shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement. Subject to the
preceding sentence, this Agreement, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guaranty embody the entire
agreement and understanding between each Purchaser and the Company and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

Section 17. Amendment and Waiver.

     Section 17.1. Requirements. This Agreement, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guaranty may be
amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively
or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Company and the Required
Holders, except that (a) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any Purchaser
unless consented to by such Purchaser in writing, and (b) no such amendment or waiver may, without
the written consent of the holder of each Note at the time outstanding affected thereby, (i)
subject to the provisions of Section 12
relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of
principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of interest
or of the Make-Whole Amount on, the Notes, (ii) change the percentage of the principal amount of
the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver, or (iii)
amend any of Section 8, 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20.

     Section 17.2. Solicitation of Holders of Notes.

          (a) Solicitation. The Company will provide each holder of the Notes (irrespective of the
amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the
date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with
respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or
of the Notes. The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment,
waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 17 to each holder of
outstanding Notes promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives
the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.

          (b) Payment. 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, or grant any
security or provide other credit support, to any holder of Notes as consideration for or as an
inducement to the entering into by any holder of Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the
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concurrently granted or other credit support concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to
each holder of Notes then outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or
amendment.

          (c) Consent in Contemplation of Transfer. Any consent made pursuant to this Section 17.2 by
the holder of any Note that has transferred or has agreed to transfer such Note to the Company, any
Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Company and has provided or has agreed to provide such written
consent as a condition to such transfer shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to
such holder, and any amendments effected or waivers granted or to be effected or granted that would
not have been or would not be so effected or granted but for such consent (and the consents of all
other holders of Notes that were acquired under the same or similar conditions) shall be void and
of no force or effect except solely as to such transferring holder.

     Section 17.3. Binding Effect, Etc. Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this
Section 17 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future
holder of any Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to
indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any
obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or
impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of
any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a
waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note. As used herein, the term “this Agreement” and
references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or
supplemented.

     Section 17.4. Notes Held by Company, Etc. Solely for the purpose of determining whether the
holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding
approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement or the
Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in the Notes to be taken upon
the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall
be deemed not to be outstanding.

Section 18. Notices.

          All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by
telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized
overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return
receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with
charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:

     (i) if to any Purchaser or its nominee, to such Purchaser or nominee at the address
specified for such communications in Schedule A, or at such other address as such Purchaser
or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing,

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     (ii) if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other
holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or

     (iii) if to the Company, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof
to the attention of Corporate Treasurer, or at such other address as the Company shall have
specified to the holder of each Note in writing.

Notices under this Section 18 will be deemed given only when actually received.

Section 19. Reproduction of Documents.

          This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a)
consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any
Purchaser at any Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates
and other information previously or hereafter furnished to any Purchaser, may be reproduced by such
Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic, electronic, digital or other similar process and such
Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced. The Company agrees and stipulates that,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as
the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in
existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of
business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall
likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19 shall not prohibit the Company or any other
holder of Notes from contesting any such
reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing
evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.

Section 20. Confidential Information.

          For the purposes of this Section 20, “Confidential Information” means information delivered to
any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions
contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was
clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such Purchaser as
being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary; provided that such term does not
include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the
time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by such
Purchaser or any Person acting on such Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to such
Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes
financial statements delivered to such Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly
available. Each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in
accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential
information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser; provided that such Purchaser may deliver
or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys,
trustees 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 Section 20, (iii) any

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other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional
Investor 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 Section 20), (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 Section 20), (vi) any federal or
state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser, (vii) the NAIC or the SVO or,
in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires
access to information about such 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, (x) in response to any subpoena or
other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser is a party or
(z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such 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 Notes, the Subsidiary
Guaranty and this Agreement. Each holder of a Note, 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 Section 20 as though it were
a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to
any holder of a Note of information required to
be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or
requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee),
such holder will enter into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section
20.

Section 21. Substitution of Purchaser.

          Each Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates as the purchaser
of the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, by written notice to the Company, which
notice shall be signed by both such Purchaser and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate’s
agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the
accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6. Upon receipt of such
notice, any reference to such Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21) shall be
deemed to refer to such Affiliate in lieu of such original Purchaser. In the event that such
Affiliate is so substituted as a Purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to
such original Purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company
of notice of such transfer, any reference to such Affiliate as a “Purchaser” in this Agreement
(other than in this Section 21) shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall
refer to such original Purchaser, and such original Purchaser shall again have all the rights of an
original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.

Section 22. Miscellaneous.

     Section 22.1. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements contained in this
Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note)
whether so expressed or not.

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     Section 22.2. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to
the contrary notwithstanding (but without limiting the requirement in Section 8.5 that the notice
of any optional prepayment specify a Business Day as the date fixed for such prepayment), 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; provided that if the maturity date of any Note is a date other than a Business Day, the
payment otherwise due on such maturity date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and
shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next
succeeding Business Day.

     Section 22.3. Accounting Terms. (a) All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly
defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all computations made pursuant to this
Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) all financial statements shall be
prepared in accordance with GAAP.

          (b) For purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants contained in this
Agreement, any election by the Company to measure an item of Debt using an amount other than
par (as permitted by FASB ASC 825-10 or any similar or successor accounting standard) shall be
disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made.

     Section 22.4. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by
law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

     Section 22.5. Construction, Etc. Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent
express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so
that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be
deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action
to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be
applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.

          For the avoidance of doubt, all Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be
deemed to be a part hereof.

     Section 22.6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each
counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together
signed by all, of the parties hereto.

     Section 22.7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of
the State of

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Illinois, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of
the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

     Section 22.8. Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) The Company irrevocably
submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois or any Illinois State court sitting in the City of Chicago, over any suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes. To the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, the Company irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way
of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any
such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such
suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

     (b) The Company consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any
suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 22.8(a) by mailing a copy thereof
by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 18 or at such other
address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section. The Company
agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of
process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal
delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a
delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery
service.

     (c) Nothing in this Section 22.8 shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve
process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may
have to bring proceedings against the Company in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to
enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

     (d) The parties hereto hereby waive trial by jury in any action brought on or with respect
to this Agreement, the Notes or any other document executed in connection herewith or
therewith.

*       *       *      *      *

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          If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on a counterpart
of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon this Agreement shall become a binding
agreement between you and the Company.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

Plexus Corp.

 	 
	 	By  	/s/ George W.F. Setton
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	George W.F. Setton 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Corporate Treasurer & Chief
Treasury Officer 	 

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This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed
to as of the date thereof.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
 
	 
	 	MetLife Investors Insurance Company
 
	 
	 	By: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, its Investment Manager

 
	 
	 	MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company
 
	 	By: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, its
Investment Manager

 
	 
	 	By  	      /s/ Judith A. Gulotta
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Judith A. Gulotta 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 

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This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed
to as of the date thereof.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of

America

 	 
	 	By  	/s/ Laura Parrott
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Laura Parrott 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director 	 

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This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed
to as of the date thereof.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	State of Wisconsin Investment Board

 	 
	 	By  	/s/ Christopher P. Prestigiacomo
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher P. Prestigiacomo 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Portfolio Manager 	 

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This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed
to as of the date thereof.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CUNA Mutual Insurance Society
 
	 
	 	By: MEMBERS Capital Advisors, Inc. acting as Investment Advisor

 
	 	 	 
	 	By  	                         /s/ Allen R. Cantrell
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Allen R. Cantrell 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director, Investments 	 

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This Agreement is hereby accepted and
agreed to as of the date thereof.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of

America

 	 
	 	By  	/s/ Annette M. Masterson
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Annette M. Masterson 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 

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This Agreement is hereby accepted and
agreed to as of the date thereof.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Assurity Life Insurance Company

 	 
	 	By  	/s/ Victor Weber
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Victor Weber 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Director - Investments 	 

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Information Relating to Purchasers

	 	 	 

	Name and Address of Purchaser

	 	Principal Amount of

Series of Note(s) to Be Purchased

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
	 	1st Funding	 	$	27,700,000	 
	1095 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10036
	 	2nd Funding	 	$	22,300,000 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	$	 

Payments

All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Bank Name:
	 	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ABA Routing #:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Account No.:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Account Name:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ref:
	 	Plexus Corp. 5.20% Due 6/15/18	 	 

	 	 	With sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including
issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make
whole amount or otherwise. For all payments other than scheduled payments of principal and
interest, the Company shall seek instructions from the holder, and in the absence of
instructions to the contrary, will make such payments to the account and in the manner set
forth above.

Schedule A

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

Notices

All notices and communications:

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Investments, Private Placements

P. O. Box 1902

10 Park Avenue

Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902

Attention: Director

Fax Number: (973) 355-4250

With a copy (OTHER than with respect to deliveries of financial statements) to:

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

P. O. Box 1902

10 Park Avenue

Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902

Attention: Chief Counsel — Securities Investments (PRIV)

Email: sec_invest_law@metlife.com

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: ______________________

Notes should be delivered to:

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Securities Investments, Law Department

10 Park Avenue

Morristown, New Jersey 07962

Attention: Nicollette C. Lopez, Esq.

A-2

 

	 	 	 

	Name and Address of Purchaser

	 	Principal Amount of

Series of Note(s) to Be Purchased

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	MetLife Investors USA Insurance
Company
	 	1st Funding	 	$	9,000,000	 
	c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 

1095 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10036
	 	2nd Funding	 	$	6,000,000	 

Payments

All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Bank Name:
	 	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ABA Routing #:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Account No.:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Account Name:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ref:
	 	Plexus Corp. 5.20% Due 6/15/18	 	 

	 	 	With sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including
issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make
whole amount or otherwise. For all payments other than scheduled payments of principal and
interest, the Company shall seek instructions from the holder, and in the absence of
instructions to the contrary, will make such payments to the account and in the manner set
forth above.

A-3

 

Notices

All notices and communications:

MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company

c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Investments, Private Placements

P. O. Box 1902

10 Park Avenue

Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902

Attention: Director

Fax Number: (973) 355-4250

With a copy (OTHER than with respect to deliveries of financial statements) to:

MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company

c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

P. O. Box 1902

10 Park Avenue

Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902

Attention: Chief Counsel — Securities Investments (PRIV)

Email: sec_invest_law@metlife.com

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: ______________________

Notes should be delivered to:

MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company

c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Securities Investments, Law Department

10 Park Avenue

Morristown, New Jersey 07962

Attention: Nicollette C. Lopez, Esq.

A-4

 

	 	 	 

	Name and Address of Purchaser

	 	Principal Amount of

Series of Note(s) to Be Purchased

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	MetLife Investors Insurance Company
	 	1st Funding	 	$	9,000,000	 
	c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 

1095 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10036
	 	2nd Funding	 	$	6,000,000	 

Payments

All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Bank Name:
	 	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ABA Routing #:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Account No.:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Account Name:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ref:
	 	Plexus Corp. 5.20% Due 6/15/18	 	 

With sufficient information to identify the source and application
 of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole
amount or otherwise.  For all payments other than scheduled payments of principal and interest, the Company shall seek
instructions from the holder, and in the absence of instructions to the contrary, will make such payments to the account
and in the manner set forth above.

A-5

 

Notices

All notices and communications:

MetLife Investors Insurance Company

c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Investments, Private Placements

P. O. Box 1902

10 Park Avenue

Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902

Attention: Director

Fax Number: (973) 355-4250

With a copy (OTHER than with respect to deliveries of financial statements) to:

MetLife Investors Insurance Company

c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

P. O. Box 1902

10 Park Avenue

Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902

Attention: Chief Counsel — Securities Investments (PRIV)

Email: sec_invest_law@metlife.com

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: ______________________

Notes should be delivered to:

MetLife Investors Insurance Company

c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Securities Investments, Law Department

10 Park Avenue

Morristown, New Jersey 07962

Attention: Nicollette C. Lopez, Esq.

A-6

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Principal Amount of
	Name and Address of Purchaser	 	Series of Note(s) to Be Purchased
	Teachers Insurance and Annuity

	 	1st Funding
	 	$	34,300,000	 
	Association of America

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	730 Third Avenue

	 	2nd Funding
	 	$	25,700,000	 
	New York, New York 10017
	 	 	 	 	 	 

Payments

All payments on or in respect of the Senior Notes shall be made in immediately available funds on
the due date by electronic funds transfer, through the Automated Clearing House System, to:

______________________

ABA # ______________________

Account Number: ______________________

Account Name: ______________________

For Further Credit to the Account Number: _________

Reference: PPN: __________/Type Name of Issuer: Plexus Corp.

Maturity Date: 2018/Interest Rate: 5.20%/P&I Breakdown

Payment Notices

All notices with respect to payments and prepayments of the Senior Notes shall be sent to:

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America

730 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Securities Accounting Division

Phone: (212) 916-4109

Facsimile: (212) 916-6955

With a copy to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

P.O. Box 35308

Newark, New Jersey 07101

Contemporaneous written confirmation of any electronic funds transfer shall be sent to the above
addresses setting forth (1) the full name, private placement number, interest rate and maturity
date of the Senior Notes, (2) allocation of payment between principal, interest, Make-Whole Amount,
other premium or any special payment and (3) the name and address of the bank from which such
electronic funds transfer was sent.

A-7

 

Notices and Communications

All notices and communications, including notices with respect to payments and prepayments, shall
be delivered or mailed to:

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America

8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd

Charlotte, NC 28263

Attention: Laura Parrott, Director

Telephone: (704) 988-6327

Facsimile: (704) 988-4916

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: ______________________

Notes should be delivered to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

4 Chase Metrotech Center, 3rd Floor

Brooklyn, New York 11245-0001

Attention: Physical Receive Department

For TIAA A/C #_________

A-8

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Principal Amount of
	Name and Address of Purchaser	 	Series of Note(s) to Be Purchased
	State of Wisconsin Investment

	 	1st Funding
	 	$	6,300,000	 
	 Board
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	121 East Wilson Street

	 	2nd Funding
	 	$	4,700,000	 
	Madison, Wisconsin 53703
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attention: Portfolio Manager, Private

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Markets Group — Wisconsin

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Private Debt Portfolio
	 	 	 	 	 	 

Payments

All payments are to be made on or before 11:00 a.m. local time on each payment date in immediately
available funds to:

______________________

ABA #______________________

For the account of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Account #______________________

Attn: ______________________

For: ______________________

	 	 	With notice of payment, including a message as to the source (identifying the security by
name and CUSIP number) and application of funds, copy of notice of payment to:

A-9

 

Ms. Cindy Griffin

Accounting Supervisor

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

121 East Wilson Street

P. O. Box 7842

Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7842

Phone: (608) 266-9136

Fax: (608) 266-2436

Address for notices other than confirmation of payment is:

Postal Address

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

121 East Wilson Street

P. O. Box 7842

Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7842

Attention: Portfolio Manager, Private Markets Group — Wisconsin
Private Debt Portfolio

Street Address

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

121 East Wilson Street

Madison, Wisconsin 53703

Attention: Portfolio Manager, Private Markets Group — Wisconsin Private Debt
Portfolio

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: ______________________

Notes should be delivered to:

Ms. Cindy Griffin

Accounting Supervisor

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

121 East Wilson Street

Madison, Wisconsin 53703

Phone: (608) 266-9136

Fax: (608) 266-2436

A-10

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Principal Amount of
	Name and Address of Purchaser	 	Series of Note(s) to Be Purchased
	CUNA Mutual Insurance Society

	 	1st Funding
	 	$	5,700,000	 
	c/o Members Capital Advisors, Inc.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attn: Private Placements

	 	2nd Funding
	 	$	4,300,000	 
	5910 Mineral Point Road
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Madison, Wisconsin 53705-4456
	 	 	 	 	 	 

Payments

All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other
immediately available funds (identifying each payment as “Plexus Corp., 5.20% Senior Notes due June
15, 2018, PPN __________,” principal, premium or interest) to:

ABA: ______________________

Bank: ______________________

Account Name: ______________________

DDA #: ______________________

Reference Fund: ______________________

Notices

All notices of payments, written confirmations of such wire transfers and other communications
(financials), to be addressed:

Email: DS-PrivatePlacements@cunamutual.com

Members Capital Advisors, Inc.

Attention: Private Placements

5910 Mineral Point Road

Madison, Wisconsin 53705-4456

	 	 	 
	   Contacts:	 	Attorney:
	   Members Capital Advisors, Inc.

	 	Members Capital Advisors, Inc.
	   Atten: Stuart Rossmiller

	 	Atten: John Britt
	   Managing Director, Research, Fixed

	 	Legal Counsel
	   Income

	 	5910 Mineral Point Road
	   5910 Mineral Point Road

	 	Madison, WI 53705-4456
	   Madison, WI 53705-4456

	 	Email: John.Britt@cunamutual.com
	   Email:

	 	Phone: 608/231-8653
	   Stuart.Rossmiller@cunamutual.com

	 	Fax:  860/693-6402
	   Phone: 608/231-8292
	 	 
	   Fax: 608/236-7601
	 	 

A-11

 

	 

	   Members Capital Advisors, Inc.

	   Atten: Allen Cantrell

	   Managing Director, Investments

	   5910 Mineral Point Road

	   Madison, WI 53705-4456

	   Email: Al.Cantrell@cunamutual.com

	   Phone: 608/231-7243

	   Fax: 608/236-8228

	 

	   Members Capital Advisors, Inc.

	   Atten: Carrie Snell

	   Servicing and Closing Specialist

	   5910 Mineral Point Road

	   Madison, WI 53705-4456

	   Email: Carrie.Snell@cunamutual.com

	   Phone: 608/231-8639

	   Fax: 608/236-8639

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: TURNKEYS + CO

CUNA Mutual Insurance Society Taxpayer I.D. Number: ______________________

TURNKEYS + CO Taxpayer I.D. Number: ______________________

Notes should be delivered to:

State Street Bank

DTC/New York Window

55 Water Street

Plaza Level — 3rd Floor

New York, New York 10041

Attention: Robert Mendez

Phone: 617/985-1914

A/C: CUNA Mutual Insurance Society

A/C Number: Fund # ______________________

DDA #: ______________________

A-12

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Principal Amount of
	Name and Address of Purchaser	 	Series of Note(s) to Be Purchased
	Travelers Casualty Insurance

	 	1st Funding
	 	$	5,700,000	 
	 Company of America
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	c/o The Travelers Companies, Inc.

	 	2nd Funding
	 	$	4,300,000	 
	9275-NB11B
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	385 Washington Street
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	St. Paul, Minnesota 55102-1396
	 	 	 	 	 	 

Payments

All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other
immediately available funds (identifying each payment as “Plexus Corp., 5.20% Senior Notes due June
15, 2018, PPN __________,” principal, premium or interest) to:

______________________

ABA #______________________

Wire Account Name: ______________________

Wire Account Number: ______________________

Notices

All notices and communications, including notices with respect to payments and written confirmation
of each such payment, to be addressed as first provided above.

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: ______________________

Notes should be delivered to:

Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America

c/o The Travelers Companies, Inc.

9275-NB11B

385 Washington Street

St. Paul, Minnesota 55102-1396 

Attention: Nicole Ankeny

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	 	 	Principal Amount of
	Name and Address of Purchaser	 	Series of Note(s) to Be Purchased
	Assurity Life Insurance Company

	 	1st Funding
	 	$	2,300,000	 
	1526 K Street
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	P.O. Box 82533

	 	2nd Funding
	 	$	1,700,000	 
	Lincoln, Nebraska 68501-2533
	 	 	 	 	 	 

Payments

	(1)	 	All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be made by bank wire transfer of immediately
available funds at the opening of business on the due date to:

______________________

______________________

______________________

ABA No. ______________________

Account of: ______________________

General Fund Account: ______________________

	 	 	Each such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the issuer, the full title of the Notes
(including the rate and final redemption to maturity date) and application of such funds
among principle, premium and interest, if applicable.

Notices

	(2)	 	All notices of payments and written confirmations of such wire transfers should be sent to:

Assurity Life Insurance Company

1526 K Street

Lincoln, NE 68508

Attention: Investment Division

Fax: (402) 458-2170

Phone: (402) 437-3682

	(3)	 	All other communications to be addressed as first provided above.

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	(4)	 	Securities should be delivered to:

Assurity Life Insurance Company

1526 K Street

Lincoln, NE 68508

Attention: Victor Weber

	(5)	 	Contact:

Victor Weber

Senior Director — Investments

Telephone: 402/437-3682

Fax: 402/458-2170

E-mail: vweber@assurity.com

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: ______________________

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Defined Terms

          As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth
in the Section hereof following such term:

          “Acquired Business” means the entity or assets acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary in an
Acquisition, whether before or after the date hereof.

          “Acquiring Person” is defined in Section 10.7(c).

          “Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or
resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets
of a Person, or of any business or division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of
the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or equity of any Person (other than
a Person that is a Subsidiary), or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary, or (c) a
merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person (other than a Person that is a
Subsidiary) provided that the Company or the Subsidiary is the surviving entity.

          “Administrative Agent” means Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent under the Bank Credit
Agreement, and its successors and assigns.

          “Adjusted EBITDA” means, with reference to any period, the sum of (a) EBITDA for such period,
and (b) without duplication of amounts included in clause (a), an amount calculated by the Company
and approved by the Administrative Agent under the Bank Credit Agreement equal to the EBITDA of the
Acquired Business subject of any Permitted Acquisition consummated during such period for that
portion of such period prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition to the extent not
subsequently sold or otherwise disposed of during such period.

          “Affiliate” means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, any other Person that at such
time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is
under common Control with, such first Person, and with respect to the Company, shall include any
Person beneficially owning or holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting
or equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or any corporation of which the Company and
its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of
any class of voting or equity interests. As used in this definition, “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 securities, by contract or
otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an “Affiliate” is a
reference to an Affiliate of the Company.

          “Affiliated Entity” means any of the Subsidiaries of the Company and any of their or the
Company’s respective Controlled Affiliates. As used in this definition, “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 securities, by contract or
otherwise.

Schedule B

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

          “Anti-Money Laundering Laws” is defined in Section 5.16(c).

          “Bank Credit Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
April 4, 2008, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the
lenders party thereto, as amended, modified, extended, renewed, replaced or refinanced from time to
time.

          “Base Rate” means for any day the greater of: (i) the rate of interest announced or otherwise
established by the Administrative Agent from time to time as its prime commercial rate, or its
equivalent, for U.S. dollar loans to borrowers located in the United States as in effect on such
day, with any change in the Base Rate resulting from a change in said prime commercial rate to be
effective as of the date of the relevant change in said prime commercial rate (it being
acknowledged and agreed that such rate may not be the Administrative Agent’s best or lowest rate)
and (ii) the sum of (x) the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average (rounded
upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) of the rates per annum quoted to the
Administrative Agent at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) (or as soon thereafter as is
practicable) on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding
Business Day) by two or more Federal funds brokers selected by the Administrative Agent for sale to
the Administrative Agent at face value of Federal funds in the secondary market in an amount equal
or comparable to the principal amount for which such rate is being determined, plus (y) 1/2 of 1%.

          “Blocked Person” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

          “Business Day” means (a) for the purposes of Section 8.7 only, any day other than a Saturday,
a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be
closed, and (b) for the purposes of any other provision of this Agreement, any day other than a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in Chicago, Illinois or Madison, Wisconsin
are required or authorized to be closed.

          “Capital Lease” means any lease of Property which in accordance with GAAP is required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee.

          “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, for any Person, the amount of the liability shown on the
balance sheet of such Person in respect of a Capital Lease determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “Closing” and “Closings” are defined in Section 3.

          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.

          “Company” means Plexus Corp., a Wisconsin corporation or any successor that becomes such in
the manner prescribed in Section 10.7.

          “Confidential Information” is defined in Section 20.

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          “Debt” means for any Person (without duplication):

     (a) all indebtedness created, assumed or incurred in any manner by such Person
representing money borrowed (including by the issuance of debt securities),

     (b) all indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other
than trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business which are not more
than sixty (60) days past due),

     (c) all indebtedness secured by any Lien upon Property of such Person, whether or not
such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness,

     (d) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person,

     (e) all obligations of such Person on or with respect to letters of credit, bankers’
acceptances and other extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for
borrowed money, such obligations to be included at the full face or stated amount thereof,
and

     (f) all Debt of any other Person at such time which is directly or indirectly
guaranteed by such first Person or which such first Person has agreed (contingently or
otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which such first Person has
otherwise assured a creditor against loss.

          “Default” means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the
lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event of Default.

          “Default Rate” means that rate of interest that is the greater of (i) 2.00% per annum above
the rate of interest stated in clause (a) of the first paragraph of the Notes or (ii) 2.00% over
the rate of interest publicly announced by Bank of Montreal in Chicago, Illinois as its “base” or
“prime” rate.

          “Disclosure Documents” is defined in Section 5.3.

          “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

          “EBIT” means, with reference to any period, Net Income for such period plus the sum of all
amounts deducted in arriving at such Net Income amount in respect of (a) Interest Expense for such
period and (b) federal, state, and local income taxes for such period.

          “EBITDA” means, with reference to any period, Net Income for such period plus the sum of all
amounts deducted in arriving at such Net Income amount in respect of (a) Interest Expense for such
period, (b) federal, state, and local income taxes for such period, and (c) depreciation of fixed
assets and amortization of intangible assets for such period.

          “Electronic Delivery” is defined in Section 7.1(a).

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          “Eligible Line of Business” means any business engaged in as of the date of this Agreement by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or reasonably related thereto.

          “Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the
protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including but
not limited to those related to Hazardous Materials.

          “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

          “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as
a single employer together with the Company under section 414 of the Code.

          “Event of Default” is defined in Section 11.

          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

          “First Closing” is defined in Section 3.

          “Foreign Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary which is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than the United States of America or any state thereof.

          “Foreign Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Foreign Subsidiary.

          “Form 10-K” is defined in Section 7.1(b).

          “Form 10-Q” is defined in Section 7.1(a).

          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the
United States of America.

          “Governmental Authority” means

               (a) the government of

                    (i) the United States of America or any State or other political subdivision
thereof, or

     (ii) any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all
or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of
the Company or any Subsidiary, or

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               (b) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.

     “Guaranty” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement 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 in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations
incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person:

               (a) to purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any Property constituting security
therefor;

               (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or
obligation, or (ii) to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any
income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available
funds for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation;

               (c) to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose
of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or obligation of the ability of any other Person
to make payment of the indebtedness or obligation; or

               (d) otherwise to assure the owner of such indebtedness or obligation against loss in
respect thereof.

In any computation of the indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the
indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be
direct obligations of such obligor.

     “Hazardous Materials” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or any other
substances, including all substances listed in or regulated in any Environmental law that might
pose a hazard to health and safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation,
manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation,
transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage, or filtration of which is or shall
be restricted, regulated, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law including, but not limited
to, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum
products, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances.

     “holder” means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in
the register maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 13.1.

     “Hostile Acquisition” means the acquisition of the capital stock or other equity interests of
a Person through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such capital stock or
other equity interests which has not been approved (prior to such acquisition) by resolutions of
the Board of Directors of such Person or by similar action if such Person is not a corporation, and
as to which such approval has not been withdrawn.

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          “Institutional Investor” means (a) any purchaser of a Note, (b) any holder of a Note holding
(together with one or more of its affiliates) more than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding, (c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other
financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker
or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form, and (d)
any Related Fund of any holder of any Note.

          “Interest Coverage Ratio” means, at any time the same is to be determined, the ratio of (a)
EBIT for the most recent four fiscal quarters of the Company then ended to (b) Interest Expense for
the most recent four fiscal quarters of the Company then ended.

          “Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the sum of all interest charges
(including imputed interest charges with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations and all
amortization of debt discount and expense) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          “Lien” means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or other encumbrance, or any interest or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other
secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or
Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any Property or asset of such Person (including in the case
of stock, stockholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements).

          “Make-Whole Amount” is defined in Section 8.7.

          “Material” means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial
condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

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

          “Memorandum” is defined in Section 5.3.

          “Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in
section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

          “NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor thereto.

          “Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or net loss) of the Company
and its Subsidiaries for such period computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP minus
(i) any extraordinary gains for such period, plus (ii) to the extent deducted in calculating Net
Income, (A) non-cash compensation expense, or other non-cash expenses or

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charges, for such period arising from the sale of stock, granting of stock options, the
granting of stock appreciation rights and similar arrangements (including any repricing, amendment,
modification, substitution or change of any such stock, stock option, stock appreciation rights or
similar arrangements) (minus the amount of any such expense or charges when paid in cash to the
extent not deducted in the computation of Net Income); plus (B) non-cash charges for such period
which may be taken from to time as a result of impairment charges arising from SFAS No. 142
(Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets) in connection with the Company’s goodwill; plus (C) non-cash
restructuring charges for such period; provided that there shall be excluded from Net Income (a)
the net income (or net loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of, or
has merged into or consolidated with, the Company or another Subsidiary, and (b) the net income (or
net loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has an equity interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions
actually paid to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during such period.

          “Net Worth” means, at any time the same is to be determined, the total shareholders’ equity
(including capital stock, additional paid-in capital and retained earnings after deducting treasury
stock) which would appear on the balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          “Notes” is defined in Section 1.

          “OFAC” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

          “OFAC Listed Person” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

          “OFAC Sanctions Program” means any economic or trade sanction that OFAC is responsible for
administering and enforcing. A list of OFAC Sanctions Programs may be found at
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/.

          “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any other
officer of the Company whose responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such certificate.

          “Operating Lease” shall mean any lease of Property other than a Capital Lease.

          “Original Subsidiary Guarantors” means the Subsidiaries which are listed in
Schedule 2.2.

          “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA or any
successor thereto.

          “Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition approved by the Administrative Agent in writing
with respect to which all of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

               (a) the Acquired Business is in an Eligible Line of Business;

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               (b) the Acquisition shall not be a Hostile Acquisition;

               (c) the financial statements of the Acquired Business shall have been audited by one of
the “Big Three” accounting firms or by another independent accounting firm of national or
regional repute or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or if such
financial statements have not been audited by such an accounting firm, (i) such financial
statements shall have been approved by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Acquired
Business has undergone a successful so-called businessman’s review by one of the “Big Three”
accounting firms as part of the Company’s due diligence on the Acquisition;

               (d) the Total Consideration for the Acquired Business, when taken together with the
Total Consideration for all Acquired Businesses acquired during the term of this Agreement,
does not exceed $75,000,000 in the aggregate;

               (e) if a new Subsidiary is formed or acquired as a result of or in connection with the
Acquisition, the Company shall have complied with the requirements of Section 9.7 hereof in
connection therewith; and

               (f) immediately prior to and after giving effect to the Acquisition, no Default or
Event of Default shall exist, including with respect to the financial covenants contained in
Section 10.1 hereof on a pro forma basis (and, prior to the consummation of the Acquisition,
the Company shall have demonstrated such pro forma compliance in a manner reasonably
acceptable to the holders of the Notes).

          “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
association, trust, unincorporated organization, business entity or Governmental Authority.

          “Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title
I of ERISA that is or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to
which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made,
by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
may have any liability.

          “Property” means, as to any Person, all types of real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed
property owned by such Person, whether or not included in the most recent balance sheet of such
Person and its subsidiaries under GAAP.

          “PTE” is defined in Section 6.2(a).

          “Purchaser” is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

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

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          “Qualified Institutional Buyer” means any Person who is a “qualified institutional buyer”
within the meaning of such term as set forth in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act.

          “Related Fund” means, with respect to any holder of any Note, any fund or entity that (i)
invests in Securities or bank loans, and (ii) is advised or managed by such holder, the same
investment advisor as such holder or by an affiliate of such holder or such investment advisor.

          “Required Holders” means, at any time, the holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the
Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its
Affiliates).

          “Responsible Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer of the Company
with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement.

          “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, or any successor
thereto.

          “Second Closing” is defined in Section 3.

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

          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

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

          “Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person or one or
more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient
equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of
such second Person, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits
or capital thereof is owned by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first
Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture can and does
ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of
its Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary”
is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.

          “Subsidiary Guarantor” is defined in Section 2.2 and shall include any Subsidiary Guarantor
which is required to comply with the requirements of Section 9.7.

          “Subsidiary Guaranty” is defined in Section 2.2 and shall include any Subsidiary Guaranty
delivered pursuant to Section 9.7.

          “Surviving Person” is defined in Section 10.7(b).

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          “SVO” means the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC or any successor to such Office.

          “Total Consideration” means, with respect to an Acquisition, the sum (but without duplication)
of (a) cash paid in connection with any Acquisition, (b) indebtedness payable to the seller in
connection with such Acquisition, (c) the fair market value of any equity securities, including any
warrants or options therefor, delivered in connection with any Acquisition, (d) the present value
of covenants not to compete entered into in connection with such Acquisition or other future
payments which are required to be made over a period of time and are not contingent upon the
Company or its Subsidiaries meeting financial performance objectives (exclusive of salaries paid in
the ordinary course of business and earn-outs unless such earn-outs are not contingent upon the
Company or its Subsidiaries meeting financial performance objectives) (discounted at the Base
Rate), but only to the extent not included in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, and (e) the amount of
indebtedness assumed in connection with such Acquisition.

          “Total Funded Debt” means, at any time the same is to be determined, the sum (but without
duplication) of (a) all Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such time and (b) all Debt of
any other Person at such time which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed (contingently or
otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has otherwise assured a creditor against loss.

          “Total Leverage Ratio” means, at any time the same is to be determined, the ratio of (a) Total
Funded Debt at such time to (b) Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent four fiscal quarters of the
Company then ended.

          “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.

          “Wholly-owned Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary one hundred percent (100%) of all
of the equity interests (except directors’ qualifying shares) and voting interests of which are
owned by any one or more of the Company and the Company’s other Wholly-owned Subsidiaries at such
time.

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Original Subsidiary Guarantors

Plexus Intl. Sales & Logistics, LLC

Plexus QS, LLC

Plexus Management Services Corporation

Plexus International Services, Inc.

PTL Information Technology Services Corp.

Schedule 2.2

(to Note Purchase Agreement

 

 

Subsidiaries of the Company and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock

[Information in this schedule is not material.]

Schedule 5.4

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

Financial Statements

	 	1.	 	The Summary of Historical Financial Data set forth on page 6 of the Memorandum;
	 
	 	2.	 	The Consolidated Balance Sheet set forth on page 39 of the Memorandum;
	 
	 	3.	 	The Consolidated Statement of Earnings set forth on page 40 of the Memorandum;
	 
	 	4.	 	The Consolidated Cash Flow Statement set forth on page 41 of the Memorandum;

provided, the foregoing information regarding the Company is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the audited financial statements of the Company and notes thereto for the Company’s 2006, 2007,
2008, 2009 and 2010 fiscal years and the unaudited financial statements of the Company and notes
thereto for the quarterly period ended January 1, 2011.

Schedule 5.5

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

Existing Debt

Debt and capital lease obligations as of January 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010, consisted of (in
thousands):

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Q1 2011	 	 	Q4 2010	 
	Debt:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Borrowings under the Bank Credit Agreement
(interest rate of base rate or LIBOR rate plus
1.00%):
	 	$	108,750	 	 	$	112,500	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Capital leases:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Capital lease obligations for equipment and
facilities located in San Diego, Kelso, and
Xiamen, China, expiring on various dates
through 2017; weighted average interest rates
of 10.2% for fiscal 2010.
	 	 	16,522	 	 	 	17,375	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Less: current portion
	 	 	(17,052	)	 	 	(17,409	)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Long-term debt and capital lease obligations,
net of current portion
	 	$	108,220	 	 	$	112,466	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

In February 2010, the Company negotiated the settlement of a capital lease in Kelso, Scotland.
The termination of this capital lease obligation and acquisition of the property was effected
through a cash payment by Plexus of $3.9 million.

The aggregate scheduled maturities of the Company’s debt obligations as of January 1, 2011, are as
follows (in thousands):

	 	 	 	 	 

	2011
	 	$	11,250	 
	2012
	 	 	15,000	 
	2013
	 	 	82,500	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Total
	 	$	108,750	 
	 
	 	 	 

Schedule 5.15

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

The aggregate scheduled maturities of the Company’s obligations under capital leases as of January
1, 2011, are as follows (in thousands):

	 	 	 	 	 

	2011
	 	$	2,727	 
	2012
	 	 	3,772	 
	2013
	 	 	3,866	 
	2014
	 	 	3,956	 
	2015
	 	 	4,050	 
	Thereafter
	 	 	3,630	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	22,001	 
	Less: interest portion of capital leases
	 	 	5,479	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Total
	 	$	16,522	 
	 
	 	 	 

          The above are unsecured.

Guarantees:

          $3.6 million [Balance of information is not material.]

          $150,000 [Balance of information is not material.]

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Liens

[Lien information in this schedule is not material.]

Schedule 10.3

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

[Form of Note]

Plexus Corp.

5.20% Senior Note, due June 15, 2018

			
	No. [___]

$[_______]
	 	[Date]

PPN 729132 A*1

          For Value Received, the undersigned, Plexus Corp. (herein called the
“Company"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, hereby
promises to pay to [_______], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [_______]
Dollars (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on June 15, 2018, with
interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid balance
hereof at the rate of (a) 5.20% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the 15th
day of June and December in each year, commencing with the June or December next succeeding the
date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent
permitted by law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event of
Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per
annum from time to time equal to the greater of (i) 7.20% or (ii) 2.00% over the rate of interest
publicly announced by Bank of Montreal from time to time in Chicago, Illinois as its “base” or
“prime” rate payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof,
on demand).

          Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are
to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at Bank of Montreal in Chicago, Illinois
or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this
Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

          This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes") issued pursuant to
the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 21, 2011 (as from time to time amended, the “Note
Purchase Agreement"), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is
entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance
hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note
Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representation set forth in Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase
Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement.

          This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender
of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized
in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name
of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat
the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the

Exhibit 1

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected
by any notice to the contrary.

          This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the
times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise.

          Pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of June 15, 2011 (as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subsidiary Guaranty”), certain Subsidiaries of the
Company have absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed payment in full of the principal of,
Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on this Note and the performance by the Company of its
obligations contained in the Note Purchase Agreement all as more fully set forth in said Subsidiary
Guaranty.

          If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or
otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole
Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.

          This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company
and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois, excluding
choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of
a jurisdiction other than such State.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 	 	Plexus
Corp.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title:

E-1-2

 

 

 

Guaranty Agreement

Dated as of April 21, 2011

Re:  $175,000,000 5.20% Senior Notes, due June 15, 2018

of

Plexus Corp.

 

Exhibit 2.2

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

Table of Contents

(Not a part of the Agreement)

	 	 	 	 	 
	Section                Heading	 	Page	 
	Parties
	 	 	1	 
	Recitals
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1. Definitions
	 	 	 2	 
	Section 2. Guaranty of Notes and Note Purchase Agreement
	 	 	 2	 
	Section 3. Guaranty of Payment and Performance
	 	 	 2	 
	Section 4. General Provisions Relating to the Guaranty
	 	 	 3	 
	Section 5. Representations and Warranties of the Guarantors
	 	 	 8	 
	Section 6. Guarantor Covenants
	 	 	 9	 
	Section 7. Reserved
	 	 	 9	 
	Section 8. Governing Law
	 	 	 9	 
	Section 9. Reserved
	 	 	10	 
	Section 10. Amendments, Waivers and Consents
	 	 	10	 
	Section 11. Notices
	 	 	11	 
	Section 12. Miscellaneous
	 	 	11	 
	Section 13. Indemnity
	 	 	12	 
	Signature
	 	 	14	 

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Guaranty Agreement

     Re:  $175,000,000 5.20% Senior Notes, due June 15, 2018

     This Guaranty Agreement dated as of April 21, 2011 (the or this “Guaranty”)
is entered into on a joint and several basis by each of the undersigned, together with any entity
which may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Guaranty Supplement in substantially
the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto (a “Guaranty Supplement”) (which parties are hereinafter
referred to individually as a “Guarantor” and collectively as the “Guarantors”).

R e c i t a l s

     A. Each Guarantor is a subsidiary of Plexus Corp., a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”).

     B. In order to refinance certain debt and for general corporate purposes, the Company has
entered into that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 21, 2011 (the “Note Purchase
Agreement”) among the Company and each of the purchasers named on Schedule A thereto (the “Initial
Note Purchasers”; the Initial Note Purchasers, together with their successors, assigns or any other
future holder of the Notes (as defined below), the “Holders”), providing for, inter alia, the issue
and sale by the Company to the Initial Note Purchasers of $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of its 5.20% Senior Notes, due June 15, 2018 (the “Notes”).

     C. The Initial Note Purchasers have required as a condition to their purchase of the Notes
that the Company cause each of the undersigned to enter into this Guaranty and to cause (i) each
Domestic Subsidiary (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) formed or acquired by the Company
or any Subsidiary and (ii) each other Subsidiary (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) that
after the date hereof delivers a guaranty of, or becomes an obligor under, the Bank Credit
Agreement (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) to enter into a Guaranty Supplement, in each
case as security for the Notes, and the Company has agreed to cause each of the undersigned to
execute this Guaranty and to cause such Subsidiaries to execute a Guaranty Supplement, in each case
in order to induce the Initial Note Purchasers to purchase the Notes and thereby benefit the
Company and its Subsidiaries by providing funds to refinance certain debt and for general corporate
purposes.

     D. Each of the Guarantors will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the sale of
the Notes to the Initial Note Purchasers.

     Now, therefore, as required by Section 9.7 of the Note Purchase Agreement and in
consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency whereof are hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor does hereby covenant and agree, jointly
and severally, as follows:

 

 

			
	Section 1.	 	Definitions.

     Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement
unless herein defined or the context shall otherwise require.

			
	Section 2.	 	Guaranty of Notes and Note Purchase Agreement.

     (a) Subject to the limitation set forth in Section 2(b) hereof, each Guarantor jointly and
severally does hereby irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantee unto the Holders: (1)
the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes from
time to time outstanding, as and when such payments shall become due and payable whether by lapse
of time, upon redemption or prepayment, by extension or by acceleration or declaration or otherwise
(including (to the extent legally enforceable) interest due on overdue payments of principal,
premium, if any, or interest at the rate set forth in the Notes and interest accruing at the then
applicable rate provided in the Notes after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Company, whether
or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) in Federal
or other immediately available funds of the United States of America which at the time of payment
or demand therefor shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, (2) the full
and prompt performance and observance by the Company of each and all of the obligations, covenants
and agreements required to be performed or owed by the Company under the terms of the Notes and the
Note Purchase Agreement and (3) the full and prompt payment, upon demand by any Holder, of all
costs and expenses, legal or otherwise (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), if any, as shall
have been expended or incurred in the protection or enforcement of any rights, privileges or
liabilities in favor of the Holders under or in respect of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement
or under this Guaranty or in any consultation or action in connection therewith or herewith and in
each and every case irrespective of the validity, regularity, or enforcement of any of the Notes or
Note Purchase Agreement or any of the terms thereof or any other like circumstance or
circumstances.

     (b) The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall not exceed an amount equal to a
maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other liabilities of
such Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, result in the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder not
constituting a fraudulent transfer, obligation or conveyance.

			
	Section 3.	 	Guaranty of Payment and Performance.

     This is a guarantee of payment and performance and each Guarantor hereby waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, any right to require that any action on or in respect of any Note
or the Note Purchase Agreement be brought against the Company or any other Person or that resort be
had to any direct or indirect security for the Notes or for this Guaranty or any other remedy. Any
Holder may, at its option, proceed hereunder against any Guarantor in the first instance to collect
monies when due, the payment of which is guaranteed hereby, without first proceeding against the
Company or any other Person and without first resorting to any direct or indirect security for the Notes or for this Guaranty or any other remedy. The liability of
each Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be affected or impaired by any acceptance by any Holder of

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any direct or indirect security for, or other guaranties of, any Debt, liability or obligation of
the Company or any other Person to any Holder or by any failure, delay, neglect or omission by any
Holder to realize upon or protect any such guarantees, Debt, liability or obligation or any notes
or other instruments evidencing the same or any direct or indirect security therefor or by any
approval, consent, waiver, or other action taken, or omitted to be taken by any such Holder.

     The covenants and agreements on the part of the Guarantors herein contained shall take effect
as joint and several covenants and agreements, and references to the Guarantors shall take effect
as references to each of them and none of them shall be released from liability hereunder by reason
of the guarantee ceasing to be binding as a continuing security on any other of them.

			
	Section 4.	 	General Provisions Relating to the Guaranty.

     (a) Each Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that any Holder or Holders from time to time,
with or without any further notice to or assent from any other Guarantor may, without in any manner
affecting the liability of any Guarantor under this Guaranty, and upon such terms and conditions as
any such Holder or Holders may deem advisable:

     (1) extend in whole or in part (by renewal or otherwise), modify, change, compromise,
release or extend the duration of the time for the performance or payment of any Debt,
liability or obligation of the Company or of any other Person secondarily or otherwise
liable for any Debt, liability or obligations of the Company on the Notes, or waive any
Default with respect thereto, or waive, modify, amend or change any provision of any other
agreement or this Guaranty; or

     (2) sell, release, surrender, modify, impair, exchange or substitute any and all
property, of any nature and from whomsoever received, held by, or for the benefit of, any
such Holder as direct or indirect security for the payment or performance of any Debt,
liability or obligation of the Company or of any other Person secondarily or otherwise
liable for any Debt, liability or obligation of the Company on the Notes; or

     (3) settle, adjust or compromise any claim of the Company against any other Person
secondarily or otherwise liable for any Debt, liability or obligation of the Company on the
Notes.

     Each Guarantor hereby ratifies and confirms any such extension, renewal, change, sale,
release, waiver, surrender, exchange, modification, amendment, impairment, substitution,
settlement, adjustment or compromise and that the same shall be binding upon it, and hereby waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all defenses, counterclaims or offsets which it
might or could have by reason thereof, it being understood that such Guarantor shall at all times
be bound by this Guaranty and remain liable hereunder.

     (b) Each Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law:

     (1) notice of acceptance of this Guaranty by the Holders or of the creation, renewal or
accrual of any liability of the Company, present or future, or of the reliance of

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such Holders upon this Guaranty (it being understood that every Debt, liability and obligation
described in Section 2 hereof shall conclusively be presumed to have been created,
contracted or incurred in reliance upon the execution of this Guaranty);

     (2) demand of payment by any Holder from the Company or any other Person indebted in
any manner on or for any of the Debt, liabilities or obligations hereby guaranteed; and

     (3) presentment for the payment by any Holder or any other Person of the Notes or any
other instrument, protest thereof and notice of its dishonor to any party thereto and to
such Guarantor.

     The obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty and the rights of any Holder to enforce
such obligations by any proceedings, whether by action at law, suit in equity or otherwise, shall
not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination (other than by payment in
full of the Notes and the obligations of the Company under the Note Purchase Agreement), whether by
reason of any claim of any character whatsoever or otherwise and shall not be subject to any
defense, set-off, counterclaim (other than any compulsory counterclaim), recoupment or termination
whatsoever.

     (c) The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be binding upon the Guarantors and their
successors and assigns, and shall remain in full force and effect until the entire principal,
interest and premium, if any, on the Notes and all other sums due pursuant to Section 2 shall have
been paid and such obligations shall not be affected, modified or impaired upon the happening from
time to time of any event, including without limitation any of the following, whether or not with
notice to or the consent of the Guarantors:

     (1) the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes, the Note
Purchase Agreement or any other agreement or any of the terms of any thereof, the
continuance of any obligation on the part of the Company, any other Guarantors or any other
Person on or in respect of the Notes or under the Note Purchase Agreement or any other
agreement or the power or authority or the lack of power or authority of the Company to
issue the Notes or the Company to execute and deliver the Note Purchase Agreement or any
other agreement or of any other Guarantors to execute and deliver this Guaranty or any other
agreement or to perform any of its obligations hereunder or the existence or continuance of
the Company or any other Person as a legal entity; or

     (2) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance by the
Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person of any obligations of any kind or character
whatsoever under the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, this Guaranty or any other
agreement; or

     (3) any creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, receivership or other insolvency proceeding of
the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or in respect of the
property of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any merger,

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consolidation, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation, the sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of or winding up of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person;
or

     (4) impossibility or illegality of performance on the part of the Company, any other
Guarantor or any other Person of its obligations under the Notes, the Note Purchase
Agreement, this Guaranty or any other agreements; or

     (5) in respect of the Company, any other Guarantors or any other Person, any change of
circumstances, whether or not foreseen or foreseeable, whether or not imputable to the
Company, any other Guarantors or any other Person, or other impossibility of performance
through fire, explosion, accident, labor disturbance, floods, droughts, embargoes, wars
(whether or not declared), civil commotion, acts of God or the public enemy, delays or
failure of suppliers or carriers, inability to obtain materials, action of any Federal or
state regulatory body or agency, change of law or any other causes affecting performance, or
any other force majeure, whether or not beyond the control of the Company, any other
Guarantors or any other Person and whether or not of the kind hereinbefore specified; or

     (6) any attachment, claim, demand, charge, Lien, order, process, encumbrance or any
other happening or event or reason, similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, or any
withholding or diminution at the source, by reason of any taxes, assessments, expenses,
Debt, obligations or liabilities of any character, foreseen or unforeseen, and whether or
not valid, incurred by or against the Company, any Guarantor or any other Person or any
claims, demands, charges or Liens of any nature, foreseen or unforeseen, incurred by the
Company, any Guarantor or any other Person, or against any sums payable in respect of the
Notes or under the Note Purchase Agreement or this Guaranty, so that such sums would be
rendered inadequate or would be unavailable to make the payments herein provided; or

     (7) any order, judgment, decree, ruling or regulation (whether or not valid) of any
court of any nation or of any political subdivision thereof or any body, agency, department,
official or administrative or regulatory agency of any thereof or any other action,
happening, event or reason whatsoever which shall delay, interfere with, hinder or prevent,
or in any way adversely affect, the performance by the Company, any Guarantor or any other
Person of its respective obligations under or in respect of the Notes, the Note Purchase
Agreement, this Guaranty or any other agreement; or

     (8) the failure of any Guarantor to receive any benefit from or as a result of its
execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty; or

     (9) any failure or lack of diligence in collection or protection, failure in
presentment or demand for payment, protest, notice of protest, notice of default and of
nonpayment, any failure to give notice to any Guarantor of failure of the Company, any
Guarantor or any other Person to keep and perform any obligation, covenant or agreement
under the terms of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, this
Guaranty or any other agreement or failure to resort for payment to the Company, any other Guarantor

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or
to any other Person or to any other guaranty or to any property, security, Liens or other
rights or remedies; or

     (10) the acceptance of any additional security or other guaranty, the advance of
additional money to the Company or any other Person, the renewal or extension of the Notes
or amendments, modifications, consents or waivers with respect to the Notes, the Note
Purchase Agreement or any other agreement, or the sale, release, substitution or exchange of
any security for the Notes; or

     (11) any merger or consolidation of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other
Person into or with any other Person or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of
any of the assets of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person to any other
Person, or any change in the ownership of any shares of the Company, any other Guarantor or
any other Person; or

     (12) any defense whatsoever that: (i) the Company or any other Person might have to
the payment of the Notes (principal, premium, if any, or interest), other than payment
thereof in Federal or other immediately available funds, or (ii) the Company or any other
Person might have to the performance or observance of any of the provisions of the Notes,
the Note Purchase Agreement or any other agreement, whether through the satisfaction or
purported satisfaction by the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person of its debts
due to any cause such as bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, merger, consolidation,
reorganization, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or otherwise, other than the defense of
indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Notes; or

     (13) any act or failure to act with regard to the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement,
this Guaranty or any other agreement or anything which might vary the risk of any Guarantor
or any other Person; or

     (14) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or
a discharge of, any Guarantor or any other Person in respect of the obligations of any
Guarantor or other Person under this Guaranty or any other agreement, other than the defense
of indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Notes;

provided that the specific enumeration of the above-mentioned acts, failures or omissions shall not
be deemed to exclude any other acts, failures or omissions, though not specifically mentioned
above, it being the purpose and intent of this Guaranty and the parties hereto that the obligations
of each Guarantor shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be discharged, impaired or
varied except by the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in
accordance with their respective terms whenever the same shall become due and payable as in the
Notes provided and all other sums due and payable under the Note Purchase Agreement, at the place
specified in and all in the manner and with the effect provided in the Notes and the Note Purchase
Agreement, as each may be amended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the foregoing,
it is understood that repeated and successive demands may be made and recoveries may be had
hereunder as and when, from time to time, the Company shall default
under or in respect of the terms of the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement and that

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notwithstanding recovery hereunder for or in respect of any given default or defaults by the
Company under the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement, this Guaranty shall remain in full force
and effect and shall apply to each and every subsequent default.

          (d) All rights of any Holder may be transferred or assigned at any time and shall be
considered to be transferred or assigned at any time or from time to time upon the transfer of such
Note whether with or without the consent of or notice to the Guarantors under this Guaranty or to
the Company.

          (e) To the extent of any payments made under this Guaranty, the Guarantors shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holder or Holders upon whose Notes such payment was made, but each Guarantor
covenants and agrees that such right of subrogation shall be junior and subordinate in right of
payment to the prior indefeasible final payment in cash in full of all amounts due and owing by the
Company with respect to the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement and by the Guarantors under this
Guaranty, and the Guarantors shall not take any action to enforce such right of subrogation, and
the Guarantors shall not accept any payment in respect of such right of subrogation, until all
amounts due and owing by the Company under or in respect of the Notes and the Note Purchase
Agreement and all amounts due and owing by the Guarantors hereunder have indefeasibly been finally
paid in cash in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding
sentence at any time prior to the indefeasible payment in cash in full of the Notes and all other
amounts payable under the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement and this Guaranty, such amount shall
be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders and shall forthwith be paid to the Holders to be
credited and applied to the amounts due or to become due with respect to the Notes and all other
amounts payable under the Note Purchase Agreement and this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured.
Each Guarantor acknowledges that it has received direct and indirect benefits from the financing
arrangements contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement and that the waiver set forth in this
paragraph (e) is knowingly made as a result of the receipt of such benefits.

          (f) To the extent of any payments made under this Guaranty, each Guarantor making such payment
shall have a right of contribution from the other Guarantors, but such Guarantor covenants and
agrees that such right of contribution shall be subordinate in right of payment to the rights of
the Holders for which full payment has not been made or provided for and, to that end, such
Guarantor agrees not to claim or enforce any such right of contribution unless and until all of the
Notes and all other sums due and payable under the Note Purchase Agreement have been fully and
irrevocably paid and discharged.

          (g) Each Guarantor agrees that to the extent the Company, any other Guarantor or any other
Person makes any payment on any Note, which payment or any part thereof is subsequently
invalidated, voided, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered, rescinded or
is required to be retained by or repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other Person under any
bankruptcy code, common law, or equitable cause, then and to the extent of such payment, the
obligation or the part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full
force and effect with respect to the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder, as if said payment had not
been made. The liability of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced or discharged,
in whole or in part, by any payment to any Holder from any source that is thereafter paid,

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returned
or refunded in whole or in part by reason of the assertion of a claim of any kind relating thereto,
including, but not limited to, any claim for breach of contract, breach of warranty, preference,
illegality, invalidity, or fraud asserted by any account debtor or by any other Person.

          (h) No Holder shall be under any obligation: (1) to marshal any assets in favor of the
Guarantors or in payment of any or all of the liabilities of the Company under or in respect of the
Notes or the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder or (2) to pursue any other remedy that the
Guarantors may or may not be able to pursue themselves and that may lighten the Guarantors’ burden,
any right to which each Guarantor hereby expressly waives.

          (i) The obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty rank pari passu in right of payment
with all other Debt of such Guarantor which is not secured or which is not expressly subordinated
in right of payment to any other Debt of such Guarantor.

Section 5. Representations and Warranties of the Guarantors.

          Each Guarantor represents and warrants to each Holder that:

          (a) Such Guarantor is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing or active status under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to
which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (1) the business,
operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of such Guarantor and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (2) the ability of such Guarantor to perform its obligations
under this Guaranty, or (3) the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty (herein in this Section
5, a “Material Adverse Effect”). Such Guarantor has the power and authority to own or hold under
lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts
and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform the provisions
hereof.

          (b) This Guaranty has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such
Guarantor, and this Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor
enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
be limited by (1) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (2) general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

          (c) The execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty will not (1)
contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of
any Lien in respect of any property of such Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries under any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, charter document or
by-law, or any other agreement or instrument to which such Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries
is bound or by which such Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties may be bound or affected, (2) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms,

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conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or
Governmental Authority applicable to such Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries or (3) violate any
provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to
the such Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries other than, in each case, for such contravention,
default, conflict or breach (other than a contravention, default, conflict or breach of the
corporate charter or by-laws of such Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries) which, individually or
in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (d) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any
Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by
such Guarantor of this Guaranty.

          (e) Such Guarantor is solvent, has capital not unreasonably small in relation to its business
or any contemplated or undertaken transaction and has assets having a value both at fair valuation
and at present fair salable value greater than the amount required to pay its debts as they become
due and greater than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liability on its existing
debts as they become absolute and matured. Such Guarantor does not intend to incur, or believe or
should have believed that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become
due. Such Guarantor will not be rendered insolvent by the execution and delivery of, and
performance of its obligations under, this Guaranty. Such Guarantor does not intend to hinder,
delay or defraud its creditors by or through the execution and delivery of, or performance of its
obligations under, this Guaranty.

Section 6. Guarantor Covenants.

          From and after the date of issuance of the Notes by the Company and continuing so long as any
amount remains unpaid thereon each Guarantor agrees to comply with the terms and provisions of
Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 and 9.8 of the Note Purchase Agreement, insofar as such provisions
apply to such Guarantor, as if said Sections were set forth herein in full.

Section 7. Reserved.

Section 8. Governing Law.

          (a) This Guaranty shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state
of Illinois applicable therein.

          (b) Each Guarantor hereby (1) irrevocably submits and consents to the jurisdiction of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (or if such court lacks
jurisdiction, the State courts located therein), and irrevocably agrees that all actions or
proceedings relating to this Guaranty may be litigated in such courts, and (2) waives any objection
which it may have based on improper venue or forum non conveniens to the conduct of
any proceeding in any such court and waives personal service of any and all process upon it, and
(3) consents that all such service of process be made by delivery to it at the address of such
Person set forth in Section 11 below or to its agent referred to below at such agent’s address set

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forth below (with a courtesy copy to such Guarantor at the address set forth in Section 11) and
that service so made shall be deemed to be completed upon actual receipt. Each Guarantor hereby
irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for the purpose of accepting service of any process
within the State of Illinois. Nothing contained in this section shall affect the right of any
Holder to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or to bring any action or
proceeding in the courts of any jurisdiction against a Guarantor or to enforce a judgment obtained
in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

          (c) The parties hereto waive any right to have a jury participate in resolving any dispute,
whether sounding in contract, tort, or otherwise, between them arising out of, connected with,
related to or incidental to the relationship established between them in connection with this
Guaranty, any financing agreement, any loan party document or any other instrument, document or
agreement executed or delivered in connection herewith or the transactions related hereto. The
parties hereto hereby agree and consent that any such claim, demand, action or cause of action
shall be decided by court trial without a jury and that any of them may file an original
counterpart or a copy of this Guaranty with any court as written evidence of the consent of the
parties hereto to the waiver of their right to trial by jury.

Section 9. Reserved.

Section 10. Amendments, Waivers and Consents.

          (a) This Guaranty may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either
retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of each Guarantor and the
Required Holders; provided, however, that any amendment hereof with respect to the liability of a
Guarantor under this Guaranty pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof shall not require the written consent
of the Guarantors or the Required Holders and shall be deemed to have been automatically consented
to by the Guarantors and each Holder.

          (b) To the extent any Guarantor proposes to amend this Guaranty, the Guarantors will provide
each Holder (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient information,
sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such Holder to make an
informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in
respect of any of the provisions hereof. The Guarantors will deliver executed or true and correct
copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10
to each Holder promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives
the consent or approval of, the requisite Holders.

          (c) The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration,
whether by way of fee or otherwise, or grant any security, to any Holder as consideration for or as
an inducement to the entering into by any Holder of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and
provisions hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently
paid, or security is concurrently granted, on the same terms, ratably to each Holder even if
such Holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.

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          (d) Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 10 applies equally to all
Holders and is binding upon them and upon each future holder and upon the Guarantors. No such
amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant or agreement not expressly
amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the
Guarantors and any Holder nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder shall operate as a
waiver of any rights of any Holder. As used herein, the term “this Guaranty” and references
thereto shall mean this Guaranty as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.

          (e) Solely for the purpose of determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of
the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment,
waiver or consent to be given under this Guaranty, Notes directly or indirectly owned by any
Guarantor, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries or Affiliates shall be deemed not to
be outstanding.

Section 11. Notices.

          All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by
telefacsimile if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized
overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return
receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with
charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:

     (1) if to an Initial Note Purchaser or such Initial Note Purchaser’s nominee, to such
Initial Note Purchaser or such Initial Note Purchaser’s nominee at the address specified for
such communications in Schedule A to the Note Purchase Agreement, or at such other address
as such Initial Note Purchaser or such Initial Note Purchaser’s nominee shall have specified
to any Guarantor or the Company in writing,

     (2) if to any other Holder, to such Holder at such address as such Holder shall have
specified to any Guarantor or the Company in writing, or

     (3) if to any Guarantor, to such Guarantor c/o the Company at its address set forth at
the beginning of the Note Purchase Agreement to the attention of the Corporate Treasurer, or
at such other address as such Guarantor shall have specified to the Holders in writing.

Notices under this Section 11 will be deemed given only when actually received.

Section 12. Miscellaneous.

          (a) No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to any Holder is intended to be exclusive of
any other available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be
cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given under this Guaranty now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power
accruing upon any default, omission or failure of performance hereunder shall impair any such

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right
or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof but any such right or power may be exercised
from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entitle any Holder to
exercise any remedy reserved to it under the Guaranty, it shall not be necessary for such Holder to
physically produce its Note in any proceedings instituted by it or to give any notice, other than
such notice as may be herein expressly required.

          (b) The Guarantors will pay all sums becoming due under this Guaranty by the method and at the
address specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, or by such other method or at such other address
as any Holder shall have from time to time specified to the Guarantors in writing for such purpose,
without the presentation or surrender of this Guaranty or any Note.

          (c) Any provision of this Guaranty that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

          (d) If the whole or any part of this Guaranty shall be now or hereafter become unenforceable
against any one or more of the Guarantors for any reason whatsoever or if it is not executed by any
one or more of the Guarantors, this Guaranty shall nevertheless be and remain fully binding upon
and enforceable against each other Guarantor as if it had been made and delivered only by such
other Guarantors.

          (e) This Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and
shall inure to the benefit of each Holder and its successors and assigns so long as its Notes
remain outstanding and unpaid.

          (f) This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist
of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the
parties hereto.

Section 13. Indemnity

          To the fullest extent of applicable law, each Guarantor shall indemnify and save each Holder
harmless from and against any losses which may arise by virtue of any of the obligations hereby
guaranteed being or becoming for any reason whatsoever in whole or in part void, voidable, contrary
to law, invalid, ineffective or otherwise unenforceable by the Holder or any of them in accordance
with its terms (all of the foregoing collectively, an “Indemnifiable Circumstance”). For greater
certainty, these losses shall include without limitation all obligations hereby guaranteed which
would have been payable by the Company but for the existence of an Indemnifiable Circumstance;
provided, however, that the extent of the
Guarantor’s aggregate liability under this Section 13 shall not at any time exceed the amount
(but for any Indemnifiable Circumstance) otherwise guaranteed pursuant to Section 2.

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     In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has caused this Guaranty to be
duly executed by an authorized representative as of this ___ day of April, 2011.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Plexus Intl. Sales & Logistics, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Plexus QS, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Plexus Management Services Corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Plexus International Services, Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PTL Information Technology Services
Corp.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

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	 	Accepted and Agreed:

Plexus Corp.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

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Guaranty Supplement

To the Holders of the Notes (as hereinafter
 defined) of Plexus Corp. (the “Company”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          Whereas, in order to refinance certain debt and for general corporate purposes, the
Company issued (a) $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.20% Senior Notes, due June 15,
2018 (the “Notes”) pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 21, 2011 (the
“Note Purchase Agreement”) among the Company and each of the purchasers named on Schedule A thereto
(the “Initial Note Purchasers”).

          Whereas, as a condition precedent to their purchase of the Notes, the Initial Note
Purchasers required that certain subsidiaries of the Company enter into a Guaranty Agreement as
security for the Notes (the “Guaranty”).

          Pursuant to Section 9.7 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to cause the
undersigned, [_______], a [_______] organized under the laws of [_______] (the “Additional
Guarantor”), to join in the Guaranty. In accordance with the requirements of the Guaranty, the
Additional Guarantor desires to amend the definition of Guarantor (as the same may have been
heretofore amended) set forth in the Guaranty attached hereto so that at all times from and after
the date hereof, the Additional Guarantor shall be jointly and severally liable as set forth in the
Guaranty for the obligations of the Company under the Note Purchase Agreement and Notes to the
extent and in the manner set forth in the Guaranty. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Guaranty unless herein defined or the context shall otherwise require.

[(A) Payments Free and Clear of Taxes. [This section to be included if the Additional
Guarantor is an entity other than a U.S. domestic entity.]

          All payments whatsoever under the Guaranty will be made by the Additional Guarantor in lawful
currency of the United States of America free and clear of, and without liability or withholding or
deduction for or on account of, any present or future Taxes of whatever nature imposed or levied by
or on behalf of any jurisdiction other than the United States (or any political subdivision or
taxing authority of or in such jurisdiction) (hereinafter a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the
withholding or deduction of such Tax is compelled by law.

          If any deduction or withholding for any Tax of a Taxing Jurisdiction shall at any time be
required in respect of any amounts to be paid by the Additional Guarantor under the Guaranty, the
Additional Guarantor will pay to the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction the full amount required to be
withheld, deducted or otherwise paid before penalties attach thereto or interest accrues thereon
and pay to each Holder such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts
paid to such Holder pursuant to the terms of the Guaranty after such deduction,

Exhibit 2.2

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

withholding or payment (including without limitation any required deduction or withholding of
Tax on or with respect to such additional amount), shall be not less than the amounts then due and
payable to such Holder under the terms of the Guaranty before the assessment of such Tax, provided
that no payment of any additional amounts shall be required to be made for or on account of:

     (a) any Tax that would not have been imposed but for the existence of any present or
former connection between such Holder (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member of,
shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate,
trust, partnership or corporation or any Person other than the Holder to whom the Notes or
any amount payable thereon is attributable for the purposes of such Tax) and the Taxing
Jurisdiction, other than the mere holding of the relevant Note or the receipt of payments
thereunder or in respect thereof, including without limitation such Holder (or such other
Person described in the above parenthetical) being or having been a citizen or resident
thereof, or being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein or having
or having had an establishment, office, fixed base or branch therein, provided that this
exclusion shall not apply with respect to a Tax that would not have been imposed but for the
Additional Guarantor, after the date of the Closing, opening an office in, moving an office
to, reincorporating in, or changing the Taxing Jurisdiction from or through which payments
on account of the Guaranty or the Notes are made to, the Taxing Jurisdiction imposing the
relevant Tax;

     (b) any Tax that would not have been imposed but for the delay or failure by such
Holder (following a written request by the Additional Guarantor) in the filing with the
relevant Taxing Jurisdiction of Forms (as defined below) that are required to be filed by
such Holder to avoid or reduce such Taxes and that in the case of any of the foregoing would
not result in any confidential or proprietary income tax return information being revealed,
either directly or indirectly, to any Person and such delay or failure could have been
lawfully avoided by such Holder, provided that such Holder shall be deemed to have satisfied
the requirements of this clause (b) upon the good faith completion and submission of such
Forms as may be specified in a written request of the Additional Guarantor no later than 60
days after receipt by such Holder of such written request (accompanied by copies of such
Forms and related instructions, if any, all in the English language or with an English
translation thereof); or

     (c) any combination of clauses (a) and (b) above;

and provided further that in no event shall the Additional Guarantor be obligated to pay such
additional amounts (i) to any Holder not resident in the United States of America or any other
jurisdiction in which an original Purchaser is resident for tax purposes on the date of the Closing
in excess of the amounts that the Additional Guarantor would be obligated to pay if such Holder had
been a resident of the United States of America or such other jurisdiction, as applicable, for
purposes of, and eligible for the benefits of, any double taxation treaty at the time in effect
between the United States of America or such other jurisdiction and the relevant Taxing
Jurisdiction or (ii) to any Holder registered in the name of a nominee if under the law of the
relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (or the current regulatory interpretation of such law) securities held

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in the name of a nominee do not qualify for an exemption from the relevant Tax and the Additional
Guarantor shall have given timely notice of such law or interpretation to such Holder.

          By acceptance of any Note, each Holder agrees that it will from time to time with reasonable
promptness (x) duly complete and deliver to or as reasonably directed by the Additional Guarantor
all such forms, certificates, documents and returns provided to such Holder by the Additional
Guarantor (collectively, together with instructions for completing the same, “Forms”) required to
be filed by or on behalf of such Holder in order to avoid or reduce any such Tax pursuant to the
provisions of an applicable statute, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant Taxing
Jurisdiction or of a tax treaty between the United States and such Taxing Jurisdiction and (y)
provide such Guarantor with such information with respect to such Holder as such Guarantor may
reasonably request in order to complete any such Forms, provided that nothing in this clause (A)
shall require any Holder to provide information with respect to any such Form or otherwise if in
the opinion of such Holder such Form or disclosure of information would involve the disclosure of
tax return or other information that is confidential or proprietary to such Holder, and provided
further that each such Holder shall be deemed to have complied with its obligation under this
paragraph with respect to any Form if such Form shall have been duly completed and delivered by
such Holder to the Additional Guarantor or mailed to the appropriate taxing authority, whichever is
applicable, within 60 days following a written request of the Additional Guarantor (which request
shall be accompanied by copies of such Form and English translations of any such Form not in the
English language) and, in the case of a transfer of any Note, at least 90 days prior to the
relevant interest payment date.

          On or before joinder to the Guaranty, the Additional Guarantor will furnish each Holder with
copies of the appropriate Form (and English translation if required as aforesaid) currently
required to be filed in a Taxing Jurisdiction pursuant to clause (b) of the first paragraph of this
clause (A), if any, and in connection with the transfer of any Note the Additional Guarantor will
furnish the transferee of such Note with copies of any Form and English translation then required.

          If any payment is made by the Additional Guarantor to or for the account of the Holder of any
Note after deduction for or on account of any Taxes, and increased payments are made by the
Additional Guarantor pursuant to this clause (A), then, if such Holder at its sole discretion
determines that it has received or been granted a refund of such Taxes, such Holder shall, to the
extent that it can do so without prejudice to the retention of the amount of such refund, reimburse
to the Additional Guarantor such amount as such Holder shall, in its sole discretion, determine to
be attributable to the relevant Taxes or deduction or withholding. Nothing herein contained shall
interfere with the right of any Holder to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit
and, in particular, no Holder shall be under any obligation to claim relief from its corporate
profits or similar tax liability in respect of such Tax in priority to any other claims, reliefs,
credits or deductions available to it or (other than as set forth in clause (b) above) oblige any
Holder to disclose any information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect
thereof.

          The Additional Guarantor will furnish the Holders, promptly and in any event within 60 days
after the date of any payment by the Additional Guarantor of any Tax in respect of any amounts paid
under the Guaranty, the original tax receipt issued by the relevant taxation or other

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authorities involved for all amounts paid as aforesaid (or if such original tax receipt is not
available or must legally be kept in the possession of the Additional Guarantor, a duly certified
copy of the original tax receipt or any other reasonably satisfactory evidence of payment),
together with such other documentary evidence with respect to such payments as may be reasonably
requested from time to time by any Holder.

          If the Additional Guarantor makes payment to or for the account of any Holder and such Holder
is entitled to a refund of the Tax to which such payment is attributable upon the making of a
filing (other than a Form described above), then such Holder shall, as soon as practicable after
receiving written request from the Additional Guarantor (which shall specify in reasonable detail
and supply the refund forms to be filed) use reasonable efforts to complete and deliver such refund
forms to or as directed by the Additional Guarantor, subject, however, to the same limitations with
respect to Forms as are set forth above.

          The obligations of the Additional Guarantor under this clause (A) shall survive the payment or
transfer of any Note and the provisions of this clause (A) shall also apply to successive
transferees of the Notes.]

[(B) Judgments. [This section to be included if the Additional Guarantor is an entity other
than a U.S. domestic entity.]

          Any payment on account of an amount that is payable hereunder or in U.S. Dollars which is made
to or for the account of any Holder in any other currency, whether as a result of any judgment or
order or the enforcement thereof or the realization of any security or the liquidation of the
Additional Guarantor, shall constitute a discharge of the obligation of the Additional Guarantor
under the Guaranty only to the extent of the amount of U.S. Dollars which such Holder could
purchase in the foreign exchange markets in London, England, with the amount of such other currency
in accordance with normal banking procedures at the rate of exchange prevailing on the London
Banking Day following receipt of the payment first referred to above. If the amount of U.S.
Dollars that could be so purchased is less than the amount of U.S. Dollars originally due to such
Holder, the Additional Guarantor agrees to the fullest extent permitted by law, to indemnify and
save harmless such Holder from and against all loss or damage arising out of or as a result of such
deficiency. This indemnity shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, constitute an obligation
separate and independent from the other obligations contained in the Guaranty, shall give rise to a
separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by
such Holder from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any
judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due hereunder or under the Notes or
under any judgment or order. As used herein the term “London Banking Day” shall mean any day other
than Saturday or Sunday or a day on which commercial banks are required or authorized by law to be
closed in London, England.]

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[Section (C) English Language. [This section to be included if the Additional Guarantor is
an entity other than a U.S. domestic entity.]

          Each document, instrument, financial statement, report, notice or other communication
delivered in connection with the Guaranty shall be in English or accompanied by an English
translation thereof.

          The Guaranty has been prepared and signed in English and the parties hereto agree that the
English version hereof and thereof (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) shall be the
only version valid for the purpose of the interpretation and construction hereof and thereof
notwithstanding the preparation of any translation into another language hereof or thereof, whether
official or otherwise or whether prepared in relation to any proceedings which may be brought in
[_______] or any other jurisdiction in respect hereof or thereof.]

[Section (D) Waiver of Immunity. [This section to be included if the Additional Guarantor is
an entity other than a U.S. domestic entity.]

          The Additional Guarantor irrevocably waives any immunity to which it or its property may at
any time be or become entitled, whether characterized as sovereign immunity or otherwise, from any
set-off or legal action in [_______], Illinois or elsewhere, including immunity from service of
process, immunity from jurisdiction of any court or tribunal, and immunity of any of its property
from attachment prior to judgment or from execution of a judgment.]

          The undersigned is the duly elected [_______] of the Additional Guarantor, a subsidiary of the
Company, and is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Guaranty Supplement to each of you.
The execution by the undersigned of this Guaranty Supplement shall evidence its consent to and
acknowledgment and approval of the terms set forth herein and in the Guaranty and by such execution
the Additional Guarantor shall be deemed to have made in favor of the Holders the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the Guaranty.

          Upon execution of this Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty shall be deemed to be amended as set
forth above. Except as amended herein, the terms and provisions of the Guaranty are hereby
ratified, confirmed and approved in all respects.

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          Any and all notices, requests, certificates and other instruments (including the Notes) may
refer to the Guaranty without making specific reference to this Guaranty Supplement, but
nevertheless all such references shall be deemed to include this Guaranty Supplement unless the
context shall otherwise require.

          Dated: _________________, ____.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Name of Additional Guarantor]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

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Form of Opinion of Special Counsel

to the Company

Exhibit 4.4(a)

(to Note Purchase Agreement

 

Form of Opinion of Special Counsel

to the Purchasers

Exhibit 4.4(b)

(to Note Purchase Agreement)Exhibit 10.13

Exhibit 10.13

Cortland Bancorp

Director Retirement Agreement

This Director Retirement Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of this                      day of                     
                    , 2011, by and between Cortland Bancorp (the “Company”), a bank holding
company located in Cortland, Ohio, and Joseph E. Koch, a director of the Company (the “Director”).

Whereas, to encourage the Director to remain a member of the Company’s board of
directors, the Company desires to provide a retirement benefit for the Director after termination
of director service, payable from the Company’s general assets, and

Whereas, none of the conditions or events included in the definition of the term
“golden parachute payment” that is set forth in section 18(k)(4)(A)(ii) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act [12 U.S.C. 1828(k)(4)(A)(ii)] and in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Rule
359.1(f)(1)(ii) [12 CFR 359.1(f)(1)(ii)] exists or, to the best knowledge of the Company, is
contemplated insofar as the Company or The Cortland Savings and Banking Company is concerned.

Now Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and acceptance of which are hereby acknowledged, the Director and the
Company hereby agree as follows.

Article 1

Definitions

1.1 “Accrual Balance” means the liability that should be accrued by the Company under
generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for the Company’s obligation to the Director
under this Agreement, by applying Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 12, as amended by
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106, and the calculation method and discount rate
specified hereinafter. The Accrual Balance at Normal Retirement Age shall equal the present value
of the normal retirement benefits. The discount rate means the rate used by the Plan Administrator
for determining the Accrual Balance. The rate is based on the yield on a 20-year corporate bond
rated Aa by Moody’s, rounded to the nearest 1/4%. The Plan Administrator may adjust the discount
rate to maintain the rate within reasonable standards according to GAAP.

1.2 “Beneficiary” means each designated person, determined according to Article 4, or the
estate of the deceased Director, entitled to benefits, if any, at the Director’s death.

1.3 “Beneficiary Designation Form” means the form established from time to time by the Plan
Administrator that the Director completes, signs, and returns to the Plan Administrator to
designate one or more Beneficiaries.

 

 

 

1.4 “Change in Control” means a change in control as defined in Code section 409A and rules,
regulations, and guidance of general application thereunder issued by the Department of the
Treasury from time to time, which currently define the term change in control to include the
following transactions —

(a) Change in ownership: a change in ownership of the Company occurs on the date any one person
or group accumulates ownership of Company stock constituting more than 50% of the total fair
market value or total voting power of Company stock,

(b) Change in effective control: (x) any one person, or more than one person acting as a group,
acquires within a 12-month period ownership of Company stock possessing 30% or more of the total
voting power of Company stock, or (y) a majority of the Company’s board of directors is replaced
during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed in advance
by a majority of the Company’s board of directors, or

(c) Change in ownership of a substantial portion of assets: a change in ownership of a
substantial portion of the Company’s assets occurs if in a 12-month period any one person or
more than one person acting as a group acquires from the Company assets having a total gross
fair market value equal to or exceeding 40% of the total gross fair market value of all of the
Company’s assets immediately before the acquisition or acquisitions. For this purpose, gross
fair market value means the value of the Company’s assets, or the value of the assets being
disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with the assets.

1.5 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and rules, regulations, and
guidance of general application issued by the Department of the Treasury under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.

1.6 “Disability” means, because of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that
can be expected to result in death or that can be expected to last for a continuous period of at
least 12 months, (x) the Director is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity, or (y)
the Director is receiving income replacement benefits for a period of at least three months under
an accident and health plan. Medical determination of disability may be made either by the Social
Security Administration or by the provider of an accident or health plan covering employees of the
Company or its subsidiaries. Upon request of the Plan Administrator, the Director must submit
proof to the Plan Administrator of the Social Security Administration’s or provider’s
determination.

1.7 “Early Termination” means Separation from Service before Normal Retirement Age for reasons
other than death, Disability, or Termination with Cause. Early Termination excludes a Separation
from Service governed by section 2.4.

1.8 “Effective Date” means March 1, 2011.

1.9 “Normal Retirement Age” means age 70.

1.10 “Plan Administrator” or “Administrator” means the plan administrator described in Article
7.

1.11 “Plan Year” means each consecutive 12-month period from the Effective Date of this
Agreement.

1.12 “Separation from Service” means the Director’s service as a director and independent
contractor to the Company and any member of a controlled group, as defined in Code section 414,
terminates for any reason, other than because of a leave of absence approved by the Company or the
Director’s death. For purposes of this Agreement, if there is a dispute about the status of the
Director or the date of the Director’s Separation from Service, the Company shall have the sole and absolute
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1.13 “Termination with Cause” or “Cause” means the Director is not nominated by the board or
nominating committee for reelection as a director after the expiration of his current term, or the
Director is removed from the board of directors, in either case because of the Director’s —

(a) gross negligence or gross neglect of duties, or

(b) commission of a felony or commission of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or

(c) fraud, disloyalty, dishonesty, or willful violation of any law or significant policy of the
Company committed in the Director’s service and resulting in an adverse effect on the Company,
or

(d) removal from service or permanent prohibition from participating in the Company’s or The
Cortland Savings and Banking Company’s affairs by an order issued under section 8(e)(4) or
(g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act [12 U.S.C. 1818(e)(4) or (g)(1)].

Article 2

Lifetime Benefits

2.1 Normal Retirement. For Separation from Service after attaining Normal Retirement Age, the
Company shall pay to the Director the benefit described in this section 2.1 instead of any other
benefit under this Agreement. However, no benefits shall be payable if this Agreement terminates
under Article 5.

2.1.1 Amount of benefit. The annual benefit under this section 2.1 is $10,000.

2.1.2 Payment of benefit. Beginning with the month immediately after the month in which the
Director’s Separation from Service occurs, the Company shall pay the annual benefit to the
Director in 12 equal monthly installments on the first day of each month. The annual benefit
shall be paid to the Director for ten years.

2.2 Early Termination. After Early Termination, the Company shall pay to the Director the
benefit described in this section 2.2 instead of any other benefit under this Agreement. However,
no benefits shall be payable if this Agreement terminates under Article 5. Neither the Director
nor the Company shall be entitled to elect in the 12-month period after a Change in Control between
the benefit under this section 2.2 versus the benefit under section 2.4. If the Director’s
Separation from Service occurs within 12 months after a Change in Control, no benefit shall be
payable under this section 2.2 and the Director shall instead be entitled to the benefit under
section 2.4 or, if the Director first attained Normal Retirement Age, section 2.1.

2.2.1 Amount of benefit. The annual benefit under this section 2.2 is calculated as the amount
that fully amortizes the Accrual Balance existing at the end of the month immediately before the
month in which Separation from Service occurs, amortizing that Accrual Balance over ten years
and taking into account interest at the discount rate or rates established by the Plan
Administrator.

2.2.2 Payment of benefit. Beginning with the month immediately after the month in which the
Director attains Normal Retirement Age, the Company shall pay the annual benefit to the Director
in 12 equal monthly installments on the first day of each month. The annual benefit shall be paid
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2.3 Disability Benefit. If the Director’s Separation from Service occurs because of
Disability before Normal Retirement Age, the Company shall pay to the Director the benefit
described in this section 2.3 instead of any other benefit under this Agreement.

2.3.1 Amount of benefit. The annual benefit under this section 2.3 is calculated as the amount
that fully amortizes the Accrual Balance existing at the end of the month immediately before the
month in which Separation from Service occurs, amortizing that Accrual Balance over ten years
and taking into account interest at the discount rate or rates established by the Plan
Administrator.

2.3.2 Payment of benefit. Beginning with the month immediately after the month in which the
Director attains Normal Retirement Age, the Company shall pay the annual benefit to the Director
in 12 equal monthly installments on the first day of each month. The annual benefit shall be
paid to the Director for ten years.

2.4 Change in Control. If the Director’s Separation from Service occurs within 12 months
after a Change in Control, the Company shall pay to the Director the benefit described in this
section 2.4 instead of any other benefit under this Agreement. However, no benefits shall be
payable under this Agreement if this Agreement terminates under Article 5. Neither the Director
nor the Company shall be entitled to elect in the 12-month period after a Change in Control between
the benefit under this section 2.4 versus the Early Termination benefit under section 2.2. If the
Director’s Separation from Service occurs within 12 months after a Change in Control, no benefit
shall be payable under section 2.2 and the Director shall instead be entitled to the benefit under
this section 2.4. But if the Director shall have attained Normal Retirement Age when Separation
from Service within 12 months after a Change in Control occurs, the Director shall be entitled
solely to the benefit provided by section 2.1, not this section 2.4.

2.4.1 Amount of benefit. The benefit under this section 2.4 is the Accrual Balance on the date
of the Director’s Separation from Service.

2.4.2 Payment of benefit. The Company shall pay this benefit to the Director in a single lump
sum three days after the Director’s Separation from Service.

2.5 Lump-Sum Payout of Remaining Normal Retirement Benefit, Early Termination Benefit, or
Disability Benefit When a Change in Control Occurs. If a Change in Control occurs while the
Director is receiving the Normal Retirement Age benefit under section 2.1, the Company shall pay
the remaining salary continuation benefits to the Director in a single lump sum three days after
the Change in Control. If a Change in Control occurs after Separation from Service but while the
Director is receiving or is entitled at Normal Retirement Age to receive the Early Termination
benefit under section 2.2 or the Disability benefit under section 2.3, the Company shall pay the
remaining benefits to the Director in a single lump sum three days after the Change in Control.
The lump-sum payment due to the Director as a result of a Change in Control shall be an amount
equal to the Accrual Balance amount corresponding to the particular benefit when the Change in
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2.6 Annual Benefit Statement. Within 120 days after the end of each Plan Year, the Plan
Administrator shall provide or cause to be provided to the Director an annual benefit statement
showing benefits payable or potentially payable to the Director under this Agreement. Each annual
benefit statement shall supersede the previous year’s annual benefit statement. If there is a
contradiction between this Agreement and the annual benefit statement concerning the amount of a
particular benefit payable or potentially payable to the Director under sections 2.2, 2.3, or 2.4
hereof, the amount of the benefit determined under the Agreement shall control.

2.7 Savings Clause Relating to Compliance with Code Section 409A. If any provision of this
Agreement would subject the Director to additional tax or interest under Code section 409A, the
Company shall reform the provision. However, the Company shall maintain to the maximum extent
practicable the original intent of the applicable provision without subjecting the Director to
additional tax or interest, and the Company shall not be required to incur any additional
compensation expense as a result of the reformed provision.

2.8 One Benefit Only. Despite anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Director and
Beneficiary are entitled to one benefit only under this Agreement, which shall be determined by the
first event to occur that is dealt with by this Agreement. Except as provided in section 2.5 or
Article 3, subsequent occurrence of events dealt with by this Agreement shall not entitle the
Director or Beneficiary to other or additional benefits under this Agreement.

Article 3

Death Benefits

3.1 Death Before Normal Retirement Age and Before Separation from Service. If the Director
dies before Normal Retirement Age and before Separation from Service, 30 days after the Director’s
death the Company shall pay to the Director’s Beneficiary in a single lump sum an amount equal to
the Accrual Balance on the date of the Director’s death.

3.2 Death After Normal Retirement Age but Before Separation from Service. If the Director
dies after Normal Retirement Age but before Separation from Service, the Company shall for a period
of ten years pay to the Director’s Beneficiary the Normal Retirement Benefit specified in section
2.1.

3.3 Death Before Normal Retirement Age but After Separation from Service. (a) After payments
begin. If, a Separation from Service before Normal Retirement Age having previously occurred, the
Director dies after Early Termination benefits under section 2.2 or Disability benefits under
section 2.3 begin but before receiving all such payments, the Company shall pay the remaining
benefits to the Director’s Beneficiary at the same time and in the same amounts the payments would
have been made to the Director had the Director survived.

(b) Before payments begin. If, a Separation from Service before Normal Retirement Age having
previously occurred, the Director is entitled at Normal Retirement Age to the Early Termination
benefit under section 2.2 or the Disability benefit under section 2.3 but dies before the benefit
payments begin, the Company shall pay to the Director’s Beneficiary the Early Termination benefit
under section 2.2 or the Disability benefit under section 2.3, as the case may be, but the benefit
payments shall begin on the first day of the month immediately after the month in which the
Director’s death occurs.

3.4 Death After Separation from Service After Normal Retirement Age. (a) After payments
begin. If, a Separation from Service on or after Normal Retirement Age having previously occurred,
the Director dies after benefit payments under section 2.1 begin but before receiving all such
payments, the Company shall pay the remaining benefits to the Director’s Beneficiary at the same
time and in the same amounts the payments would have been made to the Director had the Director
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(b) Before payments begin. If, a Separation from Service on or after Normal Retirement Age
having previously occurred, the Director is entitled to the benefit under section Article 2.1 but
dies before the benefit payments begin, beginning with the month immediately after the month in
which the Director’s death occurs the Company shall pay to the Director’s Beneficiary the Normal
Retirement benefit under section 2.1.

Article 4

Beneficiaries

4.1 Beneficiary Designations. The Director shall have the right to designate at any time a
Beneficiary to receive any benefits payable under this Agreement after the Director’s death. The
Beneficiary designated under this Agreement may be the same as or different from the beneficiary
designation under any other benefit plan of the Company in which the Director participates.

4.2 Beneficiary Designation: Change. The Director shall designate a Beneficiary by completing
and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form and delivering it to the Plan Administrator or its
designated agent. The Director’s Beneficiary designation shall be deemed automatically revoked if
the Beneficiary predeceases the Director or if the Executive names a spouse as Beneficiary and the
marriage is subsequently dissolved. The Director shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by
completing, signing, and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and
the Plan Administrator’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. Upon the acceptance
by the Plan Administrator of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations
previously filed shall be cancelled. The Plan Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the last
Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Executive and accepted by the Plan Administrator before
the Director’s death.

4.3 Acknowledgment. No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be
effective until received, accepted, and acknowledged in writing by the Plan Administrator or its
designated agent.

4.4 No Beneficiary Designation. If the Director dies without a valid beneficiary designation
or if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Director, the Director’s spouse shall be the
designated Beneficiary. If the Director has no surviving spouse, the benefit payments shall be
made to the personal representative of the Director’s estate.

4.5 Facility of Payment. If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person declared
incapacitated, or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of his or her property, the
Company may pay the benefit to the guardian, legal representative, or person having the care or
custody of the minor, incapacitated person, or incapable person. The Company may require proof of
incapacity, minority, or guardianship as it may deem appropriate before distribution of the
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Article 5

General Limitations

5.1 Termination with Cause. Despite any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Company
shall not pay any benefit under this Agreement and this Agreement shall terminate if the
Director’s Separation from Service is the result of Termination with Cause. Likewise, no benefits
shall be paid under the Split Dollar Agreement and Endorsement, as amended, between the Company and
the Director and the Split Dollar Agreement and Endorsement, as amended, also shall terminate if
Separation from Service is a Termination with Cause. The board of directors or a duly authorized
committee of the board shall have the sole and absolute right to determine whether the bases for
denial of benefits for cause exist. Benefits may be denied for cause regardless of whether the
Director continued to serve as a director after the board or committee made its determination not
to nominate the Director for reelection.

5.2 Misstatement. The Company shall not pay any benefit under this Agreement if the Director
has made any material misstatement of fact on any application for life insurance purchased by the
Company.

5.3 Removal. If the Director is removed or permanently prohibited from participating in the
Company’s or The Cortland Savings and Banking Company’s affairs by an order issued under section
8(e)(4) or (g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. 1818(e)(4) or (g)(1), all
obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the
order, and the Split Dollar Agreement and Endorsement, as amended, also shall terminate.

5.4 Default. Despite any contrary provision of this Agreement, if the Company or The Cortland
Savings and Banking Company is in “default” or “in danger of default,” as those terms are defined
in section 3(x) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. 1813(x), all obligations under this
Agreement shall terminate.

5.5 FDIC Open-Bank Assistance. All obligations under this Agreement shall terminate, except
to the extent determined that continuation of the contract is necessary for the continued operation
of The Cortland Savings and Banking Company, when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation enters
into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of The Cortland Savings and Banking Company
under the authority contained in section 13(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. 12 U.S.C.
1823(c). Any rights of the parties that have already vested shall not be affected by such action,
however.

Article 6

Claims and Review Procedures

6.1 Claims Procedure. The Company shall notify any person or entity that makes a claim for
benefits under this Agreement (the “Claimant”) in writing, within 90 days after receiving
Claimant’s written application for benefits, of his or her eligibility or noneligibility for
benefits under the Agreement. If the Company determines that the Claimant is not eligible for
benefits or full benefits, the notice shall set forth (w) the specific reasons for such denial, (x)
a specific reference to the provisions of the Agreement on which the denial is based, (y) a
description of any additional information or material necessary for the Claimant to perfect his or
her claim, and a description of why it is needed, and (z) an explanation of the Agreement’s claims
review procedure and other appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Claimant
wishes to have the claim reviewed. If the Company determines that there are special circumstances
requiring additional time to make a decision, the Company shall notify the Claimant of the special
circumstances and the date by which a decision is expected to be made, and may extend the time for
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6.2 Review Procedure. If the Claimant is determined by the Company not to be eligible for
benefits, or if the Claimant believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits,
the Claimant shall have the opportunity to have such claim reviewed by the Company by filing a
petition for review with the Company within 60 days after receipt of the notice issued by the
Company. Said petition shall
state the specific reasons, which the Claimant believes entitle him or her to benefits or to
greater or different benefits. Within 60 days after receipt by the Company of the petition, the
Company shall afford the Claimant (and counsel, if any) an opportunity to present his or her
position to the Company verbally or in writing, and the Claimant (or counsel) shall have the right
to review the pertinent documents. The Company shall notify the Claimant of its decision in
writing within the 60-day period, stating specifically the basis of its decision, written in a
manner to be understood by the Claimant and the specific provisions of the Agreement on which the
decision is based. If, because of the need for a hearing, the 60-day period is not sufficient, the
decision may be deferred for up to another 60 days at the election of the Company, but notice of
this deferral shall be given to the Claimant.

Article 7

Administration of Agreement

7.1 Plan Administrator Duties. This Agreement shall be administered by a Plan Administrator
consisting of the Company’s board of directors or such committee or person as the board shall
appoint. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion and authority to (x) make, amend,
interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this
Agreement and (y) decide or resolve any and all questions that may arise, including interpretations
of this Agreement.

7.2 Agents. In the administration of this Agreement, the Plan Administrator may employ agents
and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit (including acting through a duly
appointed representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel, who may be counsel to the
Company.

7.3 Binding Effect of Decisions. The decision or action of the Plan Administrator about any
question arising out of the administration, interpretation, and application of the Agreement and
the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all
persons having any interest in the Agreement. No Director or Beneficiary shall be deemed to have
any right, vested or nonvested, regarding the continued use of any previously adopted assumptions,
including but not limited to the discount rate and calculation method employed in the determination
of the Accrual Balance.

7.4 Indemnity of Plan Administrator. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the
members of the Plan Administrator against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses, or
liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Agreement, except in the
case of willful misconduct by the Plan Administrator or any of its members.

7.5 Company Information. To enable the Plan Administrator to perform its functions, the
Company shall supply full and timely information to the Plan Administrator on all matters relating
to the date and circumstances of the retirement, Disability, death, or Separation from Service of
the Director, and such other pertinent information as the Plan Administrator may reasonably
require.

Article 8

Miscellaneous

8.1 Amendment and Termination. This Agreement may be amended solely by a written agreement
signed by the Company and by the Director. Except as provided in Article 5 this Agreement may be
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8.2 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind the Director and the Company and their
beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors, administrators, and transferees.

8.3 No Guarantee of Service. This Agreement is not a contract for services. It does not give
the Director the right to remain a Director of the Company nor does it interfere with the right of
the Company’s shareholders not to re-elect the Director or the right of shareholders or the Board
to remove an individual as a director of the Company. The Agreement also does not require the
Director to remain a director or interfere with the Director’s right to terminate service at any
time.

8.4 Non-Transferability. Benefits under this Agreement may not be sold, transferred,
assigned, pledged, attached, or encumbered.

8.5 Successors; Binding Agreement. By an assumption agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Director, the Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect,
by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or
assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner
and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform this Agreement had no
succession occurred.

8.6 Tax Withholding. The Company shall withhold any taxes that are required to be withheld
from the benefits provided under this Agreement.

8.7 Applicable Law. The Agreement and all rights hereunder shall be governed by the laws of
the State of Ohio, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States of America.

8.8 Unfunded Arrangement. The Director and Beneficiary are general unsecured creditors of the
Company for the payment of benefits under this Agreement. The benefits represent the mere promise
by the Company to pay benefits. The rights to benefits are not subject to anticipation,
alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, or garnishment by
creditors. Any insurance on the Director’s life is a general asset of the Company to which the
Director and Beneficiary have no preferred or secured claim.

8.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Split Dollar Agreement and Endorsement, as
amended, constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the Director concerning the
subject matter. No rights are granted to the Director under this Agreement other than those
specifically set forth.

8.10 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect any other provision of this Agreement not held invalid and each such other provision
shall continue in full force and effect to the full extent consistent with law. If any provision
of this Agreement is held invalid in part, such invalidity shall not affect the remainder of such
provision and the remainder of such provision, together with all other provisions of this
Agreement, shall continue in full force and effect to the full extent consistent with law.

8.11 Captions and Counterparts. Captions and section headings in this Agreement are included
solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
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8.12 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand or mailed, certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid, to the following addresses or to such other
address as either party may designate by like notice. If to the Company, notice shall be given to
the board of directors, Cortland Bancorp, 194 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 98, Cortland, Ohio
44410-1466, or to such other or additional person or persons as the Company shall have designated
to the Director in writing. If to the Director, notice shall be given to the Director at the
address of the Director appearing on the Company’s records, or to such other or additional person
or persons as the Director shall have designated to the Company in writing.

In Witness Whereof, the Director and a duly authorized Company officer have executed
this Director Retirement Agreement as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Director	 	Cortland Bancorp	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 
	 

Joseph E. Koch

	 	 	 	Title: 	 	 

 

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Beneficiary Designation

Cortland Bancorp

Director Retirement Agreement

I, Joseph E. Koch, designate the following as beneficiary of any death benefits under this
Director Retirement Agreement:

Primary:               
                        
                          
                            
                           
                          
                           
                           
                          
                           
                           
                          
               .

Contingent:              
                         
                        
                          
                           
                           
                           
                           
                          
                           
                           
                          
                  .

	Note:	 	To name a trust as beneficiary, please provide the name of the trustee(s) and the
exact name and date of the trust agreement.

I understand that I may change these beneficiary designations by filing a new written
designation with the Company. I further understand that the designations will be automatically
revoked if the beneficiary predeceases me, or, if I have named my spouse as beneficiary and our
marriage is subsequently dissolved.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Signature:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Joseph E. Koch
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:	 	                  
                         
                           
          , 20__

Received by the Company this           
           day of                 
                        , 20_____.

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 

 

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