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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

Basic Energy Services, Inc.

$225,000,000 7.125% Senior Notes due 2016

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

April 7, 2006

New York, New York

UBS Securities LLC

Banc of America Securities LLC

Lehman Brothers Inc.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

c/o UBS Securities LLC

299 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10171

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          Basic Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each of the other
Guarantors (as defined herein) agree with you as follows:

          1. Issuance of Notes. The Company proposes to issue and sell to UBS Securities LLC
(the “Representative”) and Banc of America Securities LLC, Lehman Brothers, Inc., Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (together with the Representative, the “Initial
Purchasers”) $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Original
Notes”). The Company’s obligations under the Original Notes and the Indenture (as defined below)
will be, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”), on a senior basis,
by each of the Subsidiaries (as defined below) listed on the signature pages hereto (collectively,
the “Guarantors,” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”). The Original Notes and the
Guarantees are referred to herein as the “Securities.” The Securities will be issued pursuant to
an indenture (the “Indenture”), to be dated the Closing Date (as defined herein), by and between
the Issuers and The Bank of New York Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee”).

          The Securities will be offered and sold to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The
Issuers have prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated as of March 29, 2006, the
"Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), and a pricing supplement thereto dated the date hereof (the
"Pricing Supplement”). The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement are herein
referred to as the “Pricing Disclosure Package.” Promptly after the execution of this Purchase
Agreement (this “Agreement”), the Issuers will prepare a final offering memorandum dated the date
hereof (the “Final Offering Memorandum”).

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          The Initial Purchasers have advised the Issuers that the Initial Purchasers intend, as soon as
they deem practicable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered, to resell (the “Exempt
Resales”) the Securities in private sales exempt from registration under the Act on the terms set
forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package, solely to (i) persons whom the Initial Purchasers
reasonably believe to be “qualified institutional buyers” (“QIBs”), as defined in Rule 144A under
the Act (“Rule 144A”), in accordance with Rule 144A and (ii) other eligible purchasers pursuant to
offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the
Act (“Regulation S”) in accordance with Regulations S (the persons specified in clauses (i) and
(ii), the “Eligible Purchasers”).

          Holders (including subsequent transferees) of the Securities will have the registration rights
under the registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), between the Issuers
and the Initial Purchasers, to be dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A. Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers will agree to (i) file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) (a) a registration statement under
the Act (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) relating to a new issue of debt securities
(collectively with the Private Exchange Notes (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement),
the “Exchange Notes” and, together with the Original Notes, the “Notes”), guaranteed by the
guarantors under the Indenture, to be offered in exchange for the Original Notes and the Guarantees
thereof (the “Exchange Offer”) and issued under the Indenture or an indenture substantially
identical to the Indenture and/or (b) under certain circumstances set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement, a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (the “Shelf
Registration Statement” relating to the resale by certain holders of the Original Notes and the
Guarantees thereof, (ii) to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
effective and (iii) to consummate the Exchange Offer, all within the time periods specified in the
Registration Rights Agreement.

          This Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement
are hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the “Note Documents.”

          2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. On the basis of the representations, warranties
and covenants contained in this Agreement, the Issuers agree to issue and sell to the Initial
Purchasers, and on the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in this
Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, each of the Initial
Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Issuers, the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities set forth opposite its name on Schedule I attached hereto. The
purchase price for the Securities shall be 98.25% of their principal amount.

          3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of, and payment of the purchase price (via wire
transfer) for, the Securities shall be made at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on April 12, 2006 (such
date and time, the “Closing Date”) at the offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel llp, 80 Pine
Street, New York, New York 10005. The Closing Date and the location of delivery of and the form of
payment for the Securities may be varied by mutual agreement between the Initial Purchasers and the
Company.

          The Securities shall be delivered by the Issuers to the Initial Purchasers (or as the Initial
Purchasers direct) through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company against payment by the
Initial Purchasers of the purchase price therefor by means of wire transfer of immediately
available funds to such account or accounts specified by the Company in accordance with Section
8(h) on or prior to the Closing Date, or by such means as the parties hereto shall agree prior to
the Closing Date. The Securities shall be evidenced by one or more certificates in global form
registered in such names as the Initial Purchasers

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may request upon at least one business day’s notice prior to the Closing Date and
having an aggregate principal amount corresponding to the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities.

          4. Agreements of the Issuers. The Issuers jointly and severally, covenant and agree
with the Initial Purchasers as follows:

          (a) To furnish the Initial Purchasers and those persons identified by the Initial
Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the
Pricing Supplement and the Final Offering Memorandum, and any amendments or supplements
thereto, as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request. The Issuers consent to the use
of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement and the Final Offering
Memorandum, and any amendments or supplements thereto, by the Initial Purchasers in
connection with Exempt Resales.

          (b) As promptly as practicable following the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and in any event not later than the second business day following the date hereof, to
prepare and deliver to the Initial Purchasers the Final Offering Memorandum, which shall
consist of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum as modified only by the information contained
in the Pricing Supplement. Not to amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Memorandum
or the Pricing Supplement. Not to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum prior
to the Closing Date unless the Initial Purchasers shall previously have been advised of such
proposed amendment or supplement at least two business days prior to the proposed use, and
shall not have objected to such amendment or supplement.

          (c) If, prior to the later of (x) the Closing Date and (y) the time that the Initial
Purchasers have completed their distribution of the Securities, any event shall occur that,
in the judgment of the Issuers or in the judgment of counsel to the Initial Purchasers,
makes any statement of a material fact in the Final Offering Memorandum, as then amended or
supplemented, untrue or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Final
Offering Memorandum in order to make the statements in the Final Offering Memorandum, as
then amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading, or if it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum
to comply with all applicable laws, the Issuers shall promptly notify the Initial Purchasers
of such event and (subject to Section 4(b)) prepare an appropriate amendment or supplement
to the Final Offering Memorandum so that (i) the statements in the Final Offering
Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances at the Closing Date and at the time of sale of Securities,
not misleading and (ii) the Final Offering Memorandum will comply with applicable law.

          (d) To qualify or register the Securities under the securities laws of such
jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may request and to continue such qualification in
effect so long as required for the Exempt Resales. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Issuer
shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not
so qualified or to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction
or subject itself to taxation in excess of a nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction
where it is not then so subject.

          (e) To advise the Initial Purchasers promptly, and if requested by the Initial
Purchasers, to confirm such advice in writing, of the issuance by any securities commission
of any stop order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the
Securities for offering

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or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for such
purpose by any securities commission or other regulatory authority. The Issuers shall use
their reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or order suspending
the qualification or exemption of any of the Securities under any securities laws, and if at
any time any securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order
suspending the qualification or exemption of any of the Securities under any securities
laws, the Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or
lifting of such order at the earliest possible time.

          (f) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, to
pay all costs, expenses, fees and disbursements (including fees and disbursements of counsel
and accountants for the Issuers) incurred and stamp, documentary or similar taxes incident
to and in connection with: (i) the preparation, printing and distribution of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement and the Final Offering Memorandum
and any amendments and supplements thereto, (ii) all expenses (including travel expenses) of
the Issuers and the Initial Purchasers in connection with any meetings with prospective
investors in the Securities, (iii) the preparation, notarization (if necessary) and delivery
of the Note Documents and all other agreements, memoranda, correspondence and documents
prepared and delivered in connection with this Agreement and with the Exempt Resales, (iv)
the issuance, transfer and delivery of the Securities by the Issuers to the Initial
Purchasers, (v) the qualification or registration of the Securities for offer and sale under
the securities laws of the several states of the United States or provinces of Canada
(including, without limitation, the cost of printing and mailing preliminary and final Blue
Sky or legal investment memoranda and fees and disbursements of counsel (including local
counsel) to the Initial Purchasers relating thereto), (vi) the application for quotation of
the Securities in The Portal Market (“Portal”) of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”), (vii) the inclusion of the Securities in the book-entry system of
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), (viii) the rating of the Securities by rating
agencies, (ix) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel and (x) the performance
by the Company of its other obligations under the Note Documents; provided, notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Issuers shall pay the first $110,000 of expenses in connection with
chartered aircraft and the Initial Purchasers shall pay all such expenses in excess of such
amount.

          (g) To use the proceeds from the sale of the Original Notes in the manner described in
the Pricing Disclosure Package under the caption “Use of proceeds.”

          (h) To do and perform all things required to be done and performed under this Agreement
by it prior them or after the Closing Date and to satisfy all conditions precedent on their
part to the delivery of the Securities.

          (i) Not to, and not to permit any Subsidiary to, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers
to buy any security (as defined in the Act) that would be integrated with the sale of the
Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Act of the sale of the
Securities to the Initial Purchasers or any Eligible Purchasers.

          (j) Not to, and to cause its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Act) not to,
resell any of the Securities that have been reacquired by any of them.

          (k) Not to engage, not to allow any Subsidiary to engage, and to cause its other
affiliates and any person acting on their behalf (other than, in any case, the Initial
Purchasers and any of their affiliates, as to whom the Company makes no covenant) not to
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general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under
the Act) in connection with any offer or sale of the Securities in the United States.

          (l) Not to engage, not to allow any Subsidiary to engage, and to cause its other
affiliates and any person acting on their behalf (other than, in any case, the Initial
Purchasers and any of their affiliates, as to whom the Company makes no covenant) not to
engage, in any directed selling effort with respect to the Securities, and to comply with
the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S. Terms used in this paragraph have
the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

          (m) From and after the Closing Date, for so long as any of the Securities remain
outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the
Act and during any period in which the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), to make available upon
request the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act to (i) any holder or
beneficial owner of Securities in connection with any sale of such Securities and (ii) any
prospective purchaser of such Securities from any such holder or beneficial owner designated
by the holder or beneficial owner. The Company will pay the expenses of preparing, printing
and distributing such documents.

          (n) To comply with their obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.

          (o) To cooperate with and assist the Initial Purchasers to obtain approval of the
Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

          (p) Prior to the Closing Date, to furnish without charge to the Initial Purchasers, (i)
as soon as they have been prepared by the Company, a copy of any regularly prepared internal
financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries for any period subsequent to the
period covered by the financial statements appearing in the Pricing Disclosure Package, (ii)
all other reports and other communications (financial or otherwise) that the Company mails
or otherwise makes available to its security holders and (iii) such other information as the
Initial Purchasers shall reasonably request.

          (q) Not to, and not to permit any of its affiliates or anyone acting on its or its
affiliates’ behalf to (other than the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates), distribute
prior to the Closing Date any offering material in connection with the offer and sale of the
Securities other than the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, press
releases pursuant to Rule 135 under the Act and the Final Offering Memorandum.

          (r) During the period of two years after the Closing Date or, if earlier, until such
time as the Securities are no longer restricted securities (as defined in Rule 144 under the
Act), not to be or become a closed-end investment company required to be registered, but not
registered, under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

          (s) In connection with the offering, until the Initial Purchasers shall have notified
the Company of the completion of the distribution of the Securities, not to, and not to
permit any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under
the Act) to, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchase for any
account in which it or any of its affiliates has a beneficial interest, for the purpose of
creating actual or apparent active trading in, or of raising the price of, the Securities.

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          (t) During the period from the date hereof through and including the date that is 30
days after the date hereof, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer,
sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by
the Company or any Subsidiary and having a tenor of more than one year.

          5. Representations and Warranties.

          (a) The Issuers represent and warrant to the Initial Purchasers that, as of the date hereof
and as of the Closing Date (references in this Section 5 to the “Offering Memorandum” are to (x)
the Pricing Disclosure Package in the case of representations and warranties made as of the date
hereof and (y) the Final Offering Memorandum in the case of representations and warranties made as
of the Closing Date):

          (ii) Neither the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the date hereof, nor the Final
Offering Memorandum, as of its date or (as amended or supplemented in accordance with
Section 4(b), if applicable) as of the Closing Date, contains or represents any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that the Issuers make no representation or warranty with
respect to information relating to the Initial Purchasers contained in or omitted from the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement
thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in
writing by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for
inclusion in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or amendment or
supplement thereto, as the case may be. No order preventing the use of the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement or the Final Offering Memorandum, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any order asserting that any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the registration requirements of the Act, has
been issued or, to the knowledge of the Issuers, has been threatened.

          (iii) There are no securities of the Issuers that are listed on a national securities
exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or that are quoted in a United
States automated interdealer quotation system of the same class within the meaning of Rule
144A as the Securities.

          (iv) The capitalization of the Company as of the Closing Date will be as set forth in
the “As adjusted” column under the heading “Capitalization” in the Offering Memorandum,
other than changes since December 31, 2005 in (i) cash and cash equivalents in the ordinary
course of business, (ii) other debt and obligations under capital leases in the ordinary
course of business, and (iii) items of stockholders’ equity for shares issued upon the
exercise of options (including treasury stock) and shares repurchased by the Company, and
for retained earnings. All of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Company
have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and were not
issued in violation of any preemptive or similar right. Attached as Schedule II is
a true and complete list of each entity in which the Company has a direct or indirect
majority equity or voting interest (each, a “Subsidiary” and, together, the “Subsidiaries”),
their jurisdictions of organization, name of its equityholder(s) and percentage of
outstanding equity owned of record by each equityholder. All of the issued and outstanding
equity interests of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are
fully paid (to the extent required under the applicable limited liability company agreement
or limited partnership agreement of the Subsidiary, as applicable) and nonassessable (except
as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 18-607 of the Delaware Limited Liability
Company Act (the

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"Delaware LLC Act”), in the case of limited liability company interests in a Delaware
limited liability company, and Section 17-607 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act (the “Delaware LP Act”), in the case of any partnership interests in a
Delaware limited partnership, and Section 17-403 of the Delaware LP Act with respect to
general partner interests in a Delaware limited partnership), and, except for directors’
qualifying shares and as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, are owned, directly or
indirectly through Subsidiaries, by the Company free and clear of all liens (other than
transfer restrictions imposed by the Act, the securities or Blue Sky laws of certain
jurisdictions and security interests granted pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2003, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”)). Except
as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other
rights to acquire or purchase, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any
equity interests of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. No holder of any securities of
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is entitled to have such securities (other than the
Securities) registered under any registration statement contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreement.

          (v) Each of the Company and each Subsidiary (A) is a corporation, limited liability
company, partnership or other entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization; (B) has all requisite corporate or other power and
authority necessary to own its property and carry on its business as now being conducted and
(C) is qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the
nature of the business conducted by it or its ownership of property makes such qualification
necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified and be in good standing, individually
or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. A “Material Adverse Effect” means (x) a material
adverse effect on, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in,
the business, condition (financial or other), results of operations, performance or
properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (y) an adverse effect on
the ability to consummate the Transactions on a timely basis.

          (vi) Each Issuer has all requisite corporate or other power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform all of its obligations under the Note Documents to which it is a party
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and, without limitation, the Company
has all requisite corporate power and authority to issue, sell and deliver and perform its
obligations under the Notes.

          (vii) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by
each Issuer.

          (viii) The execution and delivery of, and the performance by each Issuer of their
respective obligations under the Indenture have been duly and validly authorized by each
Issuer and, when duly executed and delivered by the Issuers (assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee), will be a legally binding and valid
obligation of each such Issuer, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except
as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered at
equity or at law) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may
be brought (the “Enforceability Exceptions”). The Indenture, when executed and delivered,
will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Offering Memorandum.

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          (ix) The Original Notes have been duly and validly authorized for issuance and sale to
the Initial Purchasers by the Company, and when issued, authenticated by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and delivered by the Company against
payment therefor by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
and the Indenture, the Original Notes will be legally binding and valid obligations of the
Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the
Enforceability Exceptions. The Original Notes, when issued, authenticated by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered, will conform in all material
respects to the description thereof in the Offering Memorandum.

          (x) The Exchange Notes have been, or on or before the Closing Date will be, duly and
validly authorized for issuance by the Company, and when issued, authenticated and delivered
by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Exchange Offer and the Indenture, the Exchange Notes will be legally binding and valid
obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be
limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

          (xi) The Guarantees have been duly and validly authorized by each of the Guarantors and
when the Original Notes are issued, authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture, and delivered by the Company against payment by the Initial
Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture, will be legally
binding and valid obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in
accordance with their terms, except that enforceability thereof may be limited by the
Enforceability Exceptions. The guarantees of the Exchange Notes have been duly and validly
authorized by each of the Guarantors and, when the Exchange Notes are issued, authenticated
by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and delivered in
accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Exchange Offer and the
Indenture, will be legally binding and valid obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable
against each of them in accordance with their terms, except that enforceability thereof may
be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

          (xii) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by each
Issuer and, when duly executed and delivered by the Issuers (assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by the Initial Purchasers), will constitute a valid and
legally binding obligation of each such Issuer, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, except that (A) the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability
Exceptions and (B) any rights to indemnity or contribution thereunder may be limited by
federal and state securities laws and public policy considerations. The Registration Rights
Agreement, when executed and delivered, will conform in all material respects to the
description thereof in the Offering Memorandum.

          (xiii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is (A) in violation of its charter,
bylaws or other constitutive documents, (B) in default (or, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would be in default) in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan or credit agreement, lease, license, franchise agreement, authorization, permit,
certificate or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of their assets or properties is
subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”), or (C) in violation of any law,
statute (including, without limitation, rule or regulation or any judgment, order or decree
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authority, agency or other body with jurisdiction over any of them or any of their
assets or properties (“Governmental Authority”), except, in the case of clauses (B) and (C),
for such defaults or violations as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

          (xiv) The execution, delivery and performance of the Note Documents and the issuance
and sale of the Securities does not and will not (i) violate the charter, bylaws or other
constitutive documents of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) conflict with or constitute a
breach of or a default under (or an event that with notice or the lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default), or require consent under, or result in a Repayment Event (as
defined below), other than a Repayment Event that will be satisfied at the Closing Date as
contemplated by the Offering Memorandum, or the creation or imposition of a lien, charge or
encumbrance on any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary under any of the
Agreements and Instruments or (iii) violate any law, statute, rule or regulation, including,
without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, or any judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Authority, except for such
conflicts, violations, breaches or defaults in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii) that
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial
Purchasers in Section 5(b) of this Agreement, no consent, approval, authorization or order
of, or filing, registration, qualification, license or permit of or with, any Governmental
Authority is required to be obtained or made by the Company or any Subsidiary for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Transaction
Documents and the consummation of the Transactions, except (A) such as have been or will be
obtained or made on or prior to the Closing Date and (B) registration of the Exchange Offer
or resale of the Notes under the Act pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, and
qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust
Indenture Act”), in connection with the issuance of the Exchange Notes. No consents or
waivers from any other person or entity are required for the execution, delivery and
performance of the Note Documents and the issuance and sale of the Securities, other than
such consents and waivers as have been obtained or will be obtained prior to the Closing
Date and will be in full force and effect. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any
event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of
indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the
repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company
or any Subsidiary.

          (xv) The public accountants whose report is included in the Offering Memorandum are
independent within the meaning of the Act. The historical financial statements (including
the notes thereto) included in the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material
respects the consolidated financial position, results of operations, cash flows and changes
in stockholder’s equity of the Company at the respective dates and for the respective
periods indicated. All such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods presented (except as disclosed therein) and in
compliance with Regulation S-X (“Regulation S-X”) under the Exchange Act. The information
set forth under the captions “Offering memorandum summary — Summary financial data” and
“Selected historical consolidated financial data” included in the Offering Memorandum have
been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements of the
Company. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges has been calculated in compliance with Item
503(d) of Regulation S-K. Since the date as of which information is given in the Offering
Memorandum, except as set forth or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum, (A) neither the
Company or any Subsidiary has (1) incurred any liabilities or obligations,

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direct or contingent, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (2) entered into any material transaction not
in the ordinary course of business, (B) there has not been any event or development in
respect of the business or condition (financial or other) of the Company or any Subsidiary
that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, paid or made by the Company on any of its equity interests and (D) there has not
been any change in the long-term debt of the Company or any Subsidiary other than changes
due to ordinary course of business capital leases .

          (xvi) The statistical and market-related data and forward-looking statements included
in the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Issuers believe to
be reliable and accurate in all material respects and represent their good faith estimates
that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources. The Company has obtained the
written consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent required.

          (xvii) As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, immediately prior to and
immediately following the issuance and sale of the Securities, each Issuer is and will be
Solvent. As used herein, “Solvent” shall mean, for any person on a particular date, that on
such date (A) the fair value of the property of such person is greater than the total amount
of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such person, (B)
the present fair salable value of the assets of such person is not less than the amount that
will be required to pay the probable liability of such person on its debts as they become
absolute and matured, (C) such person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will,
incur debts and liabilities beyond such person’s ability to pay as such debts and
liabilities mature, (D) such person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is
not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such person’s property would
constitute an unreasonably small capital and (E) such person is able to pay its debts as
they become due and payable.

          (xviii) Except as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, there is (A) no action, suit or
proceeding before or by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, now pending or, to the
knowledge of the Issuers, threatened or contemplated, to which the Company or any Subsidiary
is or may be a party or to which the business, assets or property of the Company or any
Subsidiary is or may be subject and (B) no judgment, decree or order of any Governmental
Authority that, in either of clause (A) or (B), could reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (xix) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no
labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary exists or, to the
knowledge of the Issuers, is imminent.

          (xx) Except as described in the Offering Memorandum and except for such matters as
would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect (1) none of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any
judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative
order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the
environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land
surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and
regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants,
contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum
products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”)

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or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”),
(2) the Company and its Subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required
under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements,
(3) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative,
regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of
noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law
against the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, and (4) to the knowledge of the Company,
there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of
an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party
or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

          (xxi) The Company and its Subsidiaries possess adequate certificates, authorities or
permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the
business now operated by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would individually or in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (xxii) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and indefeasible title in fee simple
to all items of owned real property, and good and marketable title to all personal property
owned by each of them in each case free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security
interest or other defect or claim of any third party, except (A) such as would not
reasonably be expected a Material Adverse Effect, (B) liens described in the Offering
Memorandum and (C) liens permitted by the Indenture. Any real property, personal property
and buildings held under lease by the Company or any such Subsidiary are held under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected
a Material Adverse Effect.

          (xxiii) All tax returns required to be filed by the Company or any Subsidiary have been
filed (or extensions have been obtained) in all jurisdictions where such returns are
required to be filed; and all taxes, including withholding taxes, value added and franchise
taxes, penalties and interest, assessments, fees and other charges due or claimed to be due
from such entities or that are due and payable have been paid, other than those being
contested in good faith and for which reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or
those currently payable without penalty or interest and except where the failure to make
such required filings or payments could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (xxiv) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is, or after giving effect to the
Transactions will be, required to be registered as an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.

          (xxv) The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (A) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of their financial statements in conformity with
GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded
accountability for their assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

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          (xxvi) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as
such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure
controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the
Company and the Subsidiaries is made known to the chief executive officer and chief
financial officer of the Company by others within the Company or any Subsidiary, and such
disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably effective to perform the functions for
which they were established subject to the limitations of any such control system; the
Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company have
been advised of: (A) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize,
and report financial data; and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s internal controls; and since
the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there
have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could
significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

          (xxvii) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of
Regulation D under the Act) has, directly or through any person acting on its or their
behalf (other than any Initial Purchaser, as to which no representation is made), (A) taken,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to,
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of any Issuer
to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities, (B) sold, bid for, purchased or paid any
person any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Securities in a manner that would
require registration of the Securities under the Act or paid or agreed to pay to any person
any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of any Issuer in a
manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Act, (C) sold, offered
for sale, contracted to sell, pledged, solicited offers to buy or otherwise disposed of or
negotiated in respect of any security (as defined in the Act) that is currently or will be
integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration
of the Securities under the Act or (D) engaged in any directed selling effort (as defined by
Regulation S) with respect to the Securities, and each of them has complied with the
offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

          (xxviii) No form of general solicitation or general advertising (prohibited by the Act
in connection with offers or sales such as the Exempt Resales) was used by the Company or
any person acting on its behalf (other than any Initial Purchaser, as to which no
representation is made) in connection with the offer and sale of any of the Securities or in
connection with Exempt Resales, including, but not limited to, articles, notices or other
communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over
television or radio or the Internet, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been
invited by any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Regulation
D under the Act. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has entered into, or will
enter into, any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Securities
except for this Agreement.

          (xxix) Except as described in the section entitled “Plan of distribution” in the
Offering Memorandum, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company or any Subsidiary and any other person other than the Initial Purchasers pursuant to
this Agreement that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company, any Subsidiary or
any of the Initial Purchasers for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in
connection with the issuance, purchase and sale of the Securities.

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          (xxx) The principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Company
have made all certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and
regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes Oxley Act”). The Company is
otherwise in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act that are effective.

          Each certificate signed by any officer of any Issuer and delivered to the Initial Purchasers
or counsel for the Initial Purchasers pursuant to, or in connection with, this Agreement shall be
deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Issuers to the Initial Purchasers as to the
matters covered by such certificate.

          The Company acknowledges that the Initial Purchasers and, for purposes of the opinions to be
delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement, counsel to the Company
and counsel to the Initial Purchasers will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing
representations and the Company hereby consents to such reliance.

          (b) Each Initial Purchaser represents to the Issuers that it is a QIB and acknowledges that it
is purchasing the Securities pursuant to a private sale exemption from registration under the Act,
and that the Securities have not been registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold
within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to
an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and
not jointly, represents, warrants and covenants to the Issuers that:

          (xxxi) Neither it, nor any person acting on its behalf, has or will solicit offers for,
or offer or sell, any Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising
(as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Act) or in any manner involving a public
offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Act, and it has and will solicit offers
for the Securities only from, and will offer and sell the Securities only to, (1) persons
whom such Initial Purchaser reasonably believes to be QIBs or, if any such person is buying
for one or more institutional accounts for which such person is acting as fiduciary or
agent, only when such person has represented to such Initial Purchaser that each such
account is a QIB to whom notice has been given that such sale or delivery is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A, and, in each case, in accordance with and reliance on the exemption
from the registration requirements of the Act pursuant to Rule 144A, or (2) persons other
than U.S. persons outside the United States in reliance on, and in compliance with, the
exemption from the registration requirements of the Act provided by Regulation S.

          (xxxii) With respect to offers and sales outside the United States, such Initial
Purchaser has offered the Securities and will offer and sell the Securities (1) as part of
its distribution at any time and (2) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the
commencement of the offering of the Securities and the Closing Date, only in accordance with
Rule 903 of Regulation S or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Act.
Accordingly, neither such Initial Purchasers nor any person acting on their behalf has
engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S)
with respect to the Securities, and any such persons have complied and will comply with the
offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S. Terms used in this Section 5(b)(ii)
have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

          Each Initial Purchaser severally agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of a sale of
Securities pursuant to Regulation S it will have sent to each distributor, dealer or person
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concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Securities from it or through it
during the restricted period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

          “The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
may not be offered or sold within the United States or to or for the account
or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time
and (ii) otherwise until forty days after the later of the date upon which
the offering of the Securities commenced and the date of closing, except in
either case in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A under the
Securities Act. Terms used above have the meaning given to them by
Regulation S.”

          The Initial Purchasers understand that the Issuers and, for purposes of the opinions to be
delivered to them pursuant to Section 8 hereof, counsel to the Issuers and counsel to the Initial
Purchasers will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations, and each Initial
Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.

          6. Indemnification.

          (a) The Issuers, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial
Purchasers, each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, the agents, employees, officers and directors
of any Initial Purchaser and the agents, employees, officers and directors of any such controlling
person from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever
(including, but not limited, to reasonable attorneys’ fees and any and all reasonable expenses
whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all reasonable amounts paid in settlement of any
claim or litigation) (collectively, “Losses”) to which they or any of them may become subject under
the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment
or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that none of the Issuers will be liable in any
such case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon
any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission relating to
an Initial Purchaser made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser through the Representative
expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the
Issuers may otherwise have, including, but not limited to, liability under this Agreement.

          (b) Each Initial Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, and each person,
if any, who controls any of the Issuers within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section
20(a) of the Exchange Act, the agents, employees, officers and directors and the agents, employees,
officers and directors of any of the Issuers of any such controlling person from and against any
and all Losses to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out
of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but

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only to the extent, that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission relating to such Initial Purchaser made
therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by
or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use therein. The
Issuers and the Initial Purchasers severally acknowledge that, for all purposes (including Section
5(a)(i) and this Section 6), the statements set forth in the first sentence of the fourth
paragraph, the first sentence of the sixth paragraph and eighth, tenth and twelfth paragraphs under
“Plan of distribution” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum
constitute the only information furnished in writing by or behalf of any Initial Purchaser
expressly for use in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.

          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection 6(a) or 6(b) above of
notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding (collectively, an “action”), such
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of
the commencement of such action (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not
relieve such indemnifying party from any liability that it may have under this Section 6 except to
the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure). In case any such
action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the
commencement of such action, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in such action,
and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after
receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense of such action
with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such
action, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized
in writing by the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the
indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the defense of such action
within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or (iii) the named parties to
such action (including any impleaded parties) include such indemnified party and the indemnifying
parties (or such indemnifying parties have assumed the defense of such action), and such
indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available
to it or them that are different from or additional to those available to one or all of the
indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the
defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. In no event
shall the indemnifying parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel
(together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all indemnified parties in connection
with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions arising in the same
jurisdiction out of the same general allegations or circumstances. An indemnifying party shall not
be liable for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its written consent, which
consent may not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party
for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6, then
the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt
by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have
reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying party at least 45
days’ prior notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity
could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such proceeding and (y) does not

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include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on
behalf of any indemnified party.

          7. Contribution. In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the
indemnification provided for in Section 6 of this Agreement is for any reason held to be
unavailable from the indemnifying party, or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified
under Section 6 of this Agreement, each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such aggregate Losses (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuers, on the one hand, and the
Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if such
allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Issuers, on the one
hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions
that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand,
shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total proceeds from the offering of
Securities (net of discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Issuers
are to (y) the total discount and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers. The relative
fault of the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by an Issuer or the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or alleged
statement or omission.

          The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other
method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to
above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, (i) in no case shall any Initial
Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount
and commissions applicable to the Securities purchased by such Initial Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required
to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii)
no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls any Initial
Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Initial Purchasers, and each person, if any, who
controls an Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act
and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Issuer shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Issuers. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of
notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for
contribution may be made against another party or parties under this Section 7, notify such party
or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or
parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any
obligation it or they may have under this Section 7 or otherwise, except to the extent that it has
been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure; provided, however, that no additional
notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 6
for purposes of indemnification. Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, no
party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its
written consent; provided, however, that such written consent was not unreasonably withheld.

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          8. Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligations of the Initial
Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Securities, as provided for in this Agreement, shall be
subject to satisfaction of the following conditions prior to or concurrently with such purchase:

          (a) All of the representations and warranties of the Issuers contained in this
Agreement shall be true and correct on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date.
The Issuers shall have performed or complied with all of the agreements and covenants
contained in this Agreement and required to be performed or complied with by them at or
prior to the Closing Date. The Initial Purchasers shall have received a certificate, dated
the Closing Date, signed by the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the
Company, certifying as to the foregoing and to the effect in Section 8(c).

          (b) The Final Offering Memorandum shall have been printed and copies distributed to the
Initial Purchasers as required by Section 5(b). No stop order suspending the qualification
or exemption from qualification of the Securities in any jurisdiction shall have been issued
and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending or
threatened.

          (c) Since the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in
the rating of any debt or preferred stock of the Company or any Subsidiary by any
“nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule
436(g) under the Act), or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such
rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of
the possible change.

          (d) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date opinions dated the
Closing Date, addressed to the Initial Purchasers, of (i) Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel to the
Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, including with
respect to Guarantors organized under the laws of the states of Delaware and Texas and (ii)
counsel to the Guarantor organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma substantially in
the form of Exhibit C and, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representative and counsel to the Initial Purchasers.

          (e) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion dated the
Closing Date of Cahill Gordon & Reindel llp, counsel to the Initial Purchasers, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Representative. Such counsel shall have been
furnished with such certificates and documents as they may reasonably request to enable them
to review or pass upon the matters referred to in this Section 8 and in order to evidence
the accuracy, completeness or satisfaction in all material respects of any of the
representations, warranties or conditions contained in this Agreement.

          (f) On the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have received a “comfort letter”
from KPMG LLP, the independent public accountants for the Company, dated the date of this
Agreement, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representative and counsel to the Initial Purchasers, covering the financial and accounting
information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement. In addition,
the Initial Purchasers shall have received a “bring-down comfort letter” from the
independent public accountants for the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to
the Initial Purchasers and in the form of the “comfort letter” delivered on the date hereof,
except that (i) it shall cover the financial and accounting information in the Final
Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto and (ii) procedures shall be
brought down to a date no more than 5 days prior

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to the Closing Date, and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representative and counsel to the Initial Purchasers.

          (g) The Issuers and the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the Indenture and the
Initial Purchasers shall have received copies thereof. The Issuers shall have executed and
delivered the Registration Rights Agreement and the Initial Purchasers shall have received
executed counterparts thereof.

          (h) The Initial Purchasers shall have been furnished with wiring instructions for the
application of the proceeds of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and such
other information as they may reasonably request.

          (i) The Securities shall be eligible for trading in Portal upon issuance. All
agreements set forth in the blanket representation letter of the Company to DTC relating to
eligibility of the Securities for clearance and settlement through DTC shall have been
complied with.

          If any of the conditions specified in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled when and as
required by this Agreement to be fulfilled (or waived by the Initial Purchasers), this Agreement
may be terminated by the Initial Purchasers on notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the
Closing Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party.

          The documents required to be delivered by this Section 8 will be delivered at the office of
counsel for the Initial Purchasers on the Closing Date.

          9. Survival of Representations and Agreements. All representations and warranties,
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, including the agreements contained in
Sections 4(f) and 10(d), the indemnity agreements contained in Section 6 and the contribution
agreements contained in Section 7, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless
of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or any controlling person
thereof or by or on behalf of the Company or any controlling person thereof, and shall survive
delivery of and payment for the Original Notes to and by the Initial Purchasers. The agreements
contained in Sections 4(f), 6, 7, and 10(d) shall survive the termination of this Agreement,
including pursuant to Section 10.

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          10. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination.

          (a) This Agreement shall become effective upon execution and delivery of a counterpart hereof
by each of the parties hereto.

          (b) The Initial Purchasers shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior
to the Closing Date by notice to the Company from the Initial Purchasers, without liability (other
than with respect to Sections 6 and 7) on the Initial Purchasers’ part to the Company or any
affiliate thereof if, on or prior to such date, (i) the Company shall have failed, refused or been
unable to perform any agreement on its part to be performed under this Agreement when and as
required; (ii) any other condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers under this
Agreement to be fulfilled by the Issuers pursuant to Section 8 is not fulfilled when and as
required in any material respect; (iii) trading in any securities of the Company shall be suspended
or limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or trading in securities generally on
the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market shall have
been suspended or materially limited, or minimum prices shall have been established thereon by the
Commission, or by such exchange or other regulatory body or governmental authority having
jurisdiction; (iv) a general moratorium shall have been declared by either Federal or New York or
Texas State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or
clearance services in the United States shall have occurred; (v) there is an outbreak or escalation
of hostilities or national or international calamity in any case involving the United States, on or
after the date of this Agreement, or if there has been a declaration by the United States of a
national emergency or war or other national or international calamity or crisis (economic,
political, financial or otherwise) which affects the U.S. and international markets, making it, in
the Representative’s judgment, impracticable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the
Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package; or (vi)
there shall have been such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial
conditions or the effect (or potential effect if the financial markets in the United States have
not yet opened) of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be
such as, in the Representative’s judgment, to make it inadvisable or impracticable to proceed with
the offering or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Pricing Disclosure Package.

          (c) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 10 shall be given at the address
specified in Section 11 below by telephone or facsimile, confirmed in writing by letter.

          (d) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10(b), or if the sale of the
Securities provided for in this Agreement is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or
failure on the part of the Issuers to satisfy any condition to the obligations of the Initial
Purchasers set forth in this Agreement to be satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or
failure on the part of the Issuers to perform any agreement in this Agreement or comply with any
provision of this Agreement, the Issuers, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial
Purchasers for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, the
fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers’ counsel) incurred in connection with this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby.

          (e) If any one or more Initial Purchasers shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the
Securities agreed to be purchased by such Initial Purchaser hereunder and such failure to purchase
shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the
remaining Initial Purchasers shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective
proportions which the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I
hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all
the remaining Initial Purchasers) the Securities which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial
Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase;

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provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the
defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10%
of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining
Initial Purchasers shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to
purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Initial Purchasers do not purchase all
the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Initial
Purchaser or the Company. In the event of a default by any Initial Purchaser as set forth in this
Section 10(e), the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven Business
Days, as the Representative shall determine in order that the required changes in the Final
Offering Memorandum or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained
in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser of its liability, if any, to the
Company or any nondefaulting Initial Purchaser for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

          11. Notice. All communications with respect to or under this Agreement, except as may
be otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, shall be in writing and, if sent to the
Initial Purchasers, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed in writing to c/o UBS
Securities LLC, 677 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901 (fax number: 203-719-1075), Attention:
High Yield Syndicate Department, with a copy for information purposes only to (i) UBS Securities
LLC, 677 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901 (fax number: 203-719-0680), Attention: Legal and
Compliance Department and (ii) Cahill Gordon & Reindel llp, 80 Pine Street, New York, NY
10005 (fax number: 212-269-5420), Attention: Michael E. Michetti; and if sent to the Issuers,
shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed in writing to (i) Basic Energy Services,
Inc., 400 W. Illinois, Midland, TX 79701 (telephone: 432-620-5500, fax: 432-620-5501, Attention:
Kenneth V. Huseman and (ii) Andrews Kurth LLP, 600 Travis, Suite 4200, Houston, TX 77002,
Attention: David C. Buck, Esq. (fax number: 713-220-4285).

          All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered
by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged by telecopier machine, if telecopied; and one
business day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier.

          12. Parties. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be
binding upon, the Initial Purchasers, the Issuers and the other indemnified parties referred to in
Sections 6 and 7, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall have or be
construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue
of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” shall not
include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Notes from the Initial Purchasers.

          13. Construction. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New
York.

          14. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. The Issuers hereby waive all
right to trial by jury in any proceeding (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any
way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Issuers agree that a final judgment in any
such proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Issuers and may
be enforced in any other courts in the jurisdiction of which the Issuers are or may be subject, by
suit upon such judgment.

          15. Captions. The captions included in this Agreement are included solely for
convenience of reference and are not to be considered a part of this Agreement.

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          16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in various counterparts that
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

          17. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Issuers hereby acknowledge that the Initial
Purchasers are acting solely as initial purchasers in connection with the purchase and sale of the
Securities. The Issuers further acknowledge that each of the Initial Purchasers is acting pursuant
to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length
basis and in no event do the parties intend that any Initial Purchaser act or be responsible as a
fiduciary to the Issuers, their management, stockholders, creditors or any other person in
connection with any activity that such Initial Purchaser may undertake or has undertaken in
furtherance of the purchase and sale of the Securities, either before or after the date hereof.
The Initial Purchasers hereby expressly disclaim any fiduciary or similar obligations to the
Issuers, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters
leading up to such transactions, and the Issuers hereby confirm their understanding and agreement
to that effect. The Issuers and each Initial Purchaser agree that they are each responsible for
making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions, and that any opinions
or views expressed by any Initial Purchaser to the Issuers regarding such transactions, including
but not limited to any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the Securities, do
not constitute advice or recommendations to the Issuers. The Issuers hereby waive and release, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that such Issuers may have against the Initial
Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the
Issuers in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading
up to such transactions.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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          If the foregoing Purchase Agreement correctly sets forth the understanding among the Issuers
and the Initial Purchasers, please so indicate in the space provided below for the purpose,
whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement among the Issuers
and the Initial Purchasers.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	FIRST ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	H.B.& R., INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	FESCO ALASKA, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, L.P.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES GP, LLC,

its General Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President

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	 	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES GP, LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES LP, LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Scott Kinnamon
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Scott Kinnamon
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC ESA, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WESTERN OIL WELL SERVICE CO.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC MARINE SERVICES, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ENERGY AIR DRILLING SERVICE CO.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President

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	 	 	R&R HOT OIL SERVICE INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:  Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:    President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	OILWELL FRACTURING SERVICES, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:  Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:    President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LEBUS OIL FIELD SERVICE CO.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:  Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:    President

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Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

UBS SECURITIES LLC

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

	 	 	 	 	 
	By: UBS SECURITIES LLC	 	 
	as Representative of the several Initial Purchasers	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/ Chris Bradshaw
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name: Chris Bradshaw	 	
	 

	 	Title: Director	 	
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/ Michael Jamieson
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name: Michael Jamieson	 	
	 

	 	Title: Managing Director	 	

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Schedule I

	 	 	 	 	 
	Principal Amount of
	Initial Purchaser	Notes to Be Purchased
	UBS Securities LLC
	 	$	90,000,000	 
	Banc of America Securities LLC
	 	 	45,000,000	 
	Lehman Brothers Inc.
	 	 	45,000,000	 
	Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
	 	 	22,500,000	 
	Goldman, Sachs & Co.
	 	 	22,500,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Total
	 	$	225,000,000	 

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Schedule II

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction	 	Equity Holder and
	Subsidiary	 	of Organization	 	% Held by Each
	Basic Energy Services GP, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	Basic Energy Services Inc. — 100%
	Basic Energy Services LP, LLC

	 	Delaware
	 	Basic Energy Services Inc. — 100%
	 

	 	 	 	Basic Energy Services GP, LLC. — 0.01%
	Basic Energy Services L.P.

	 	Delaware
	 	Basic Energy Services LP, LLC — 99.99%
	Basic ESA, Inc.*

	 	Texas
	 	Basic Energy Services L.P. — 100%
	Energy Air Drilling Services Co., Inc.*

	 	Colorado
	 	Basic Energy Services L.P. — 100%
	R&R Hot Oil Service Inc.*

	 	North Dakota
	 	Basic Energy Services L.P. — 100%
	Basic Marine Services, Inc.

	 	Delaware
	 	Basic Energy Services L.P. — 100%
	First Energy Services Company

	 	Delaware
	 	Basic Energy Services L.P. — 100%
	Oilwell Fracturing Services, Inc.

	 	Oklahoma
	 	Basic Energy Services L.P. — 100%
	Western Oil Well Service Co.*

	 	Montana
	 	First Energy Services Company — 100%
	FESCO Alaska, Inc.*

	 	Alaska
	 	First Energy Services Company — 100%
	H.B.&R., Inc.*

	 	Montana
	 	FESCO Alaska — 100%
	LeBus Oil Field Service Co.

	 	Texas
	 	Basic Energy Services Inc. — 100%

* Not a “Significant Subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X

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Exhibit A

[FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]

A-1exv10w2

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Dated as of April 12, 2006

By and Among

BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, INC.,

the GUARANTORS named herein

and

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,

LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.,

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

and

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,

as Initial Purchasers

7.125% Senior Notes due 2016

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	Section 1.
	 	Definitions	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.
	 	Exchange Offer	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.
	 	Shelf Registration	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.
	 	Liquidated Damages	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.
	 	Registration Procedures	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.
	 	Market Making	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.
	 	Registration Expenses	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.
	 	Indemnification	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.
	 	Rules 144 and 144A	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.
	 	Underwritten Registrations	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.
	 	Miscellaneous	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	(a)
	 	No Inconsistent Agreements	 	 	27	 
	(b)
	 	Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes	 	 	27	 
	(c)
	 	Amendments and Waivers	 	 	27	 
	(d)
	 	Notices	 	 	27	 
	(e)
	 	Guarantors	 	 	28	 
	(f)
	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	28	 
	(g)
	 	Counterparts	 	 	29	 
	(h)
	 	Headings	 	 	29	 
	(i)
	 	Governing Law	 	 	29	 
	(j)
	 	Severability	 	 	29	 
	(k)
	 	Securities Held by the Issuers or Their Affiliates	 	 	29	 
	(l)
	 	Third-Party Beneficiaries	 	 	29	 
	(m)
	 	Entire Agreement	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNATURES	 	 	S-1	 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

          This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of April 12, 2006,
by and among BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each
of the Guarantors (as defined herein) (the Company and the Guarantors are referred to collectively
herein as the “Issuers”), on the one hand, and UBS
SECURITIES LLC (the “Representative”)
and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, LEHMAN BROTHERS INC., CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC AND
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. (together with the Representative, the “Initial Purchasers”), on the
other hand.

          This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 7,
2006, by and among the Issuers and the Initial Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”),
relating to the offering of $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2016
of the Company (including the guarantees thereof by the Guarantors, the “Notes”). The
execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial Purchasers’ obligation to
purchase the Notes under the Purchase Agreement.

          The parties hereby agree as follows:

     Section 1. Definitions

          As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

          “action” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c) hereof.

          “Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.

          “Affiliate” of any specified Person shall mean any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified
Person. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or
indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative
to the foregoing.

          “Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory paragraph
hereto.

          “Applicable Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

          “Board of Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.

          “Business Day” shall mean a day that is not a Legal Holiday.

          “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto and
shall also include the Company’s permitted successors and assigns.

          “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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          “day” shall mean a calendar day.

          “Delay Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.

          “Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.

          “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

          “Exchange Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

          “Exchange Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

          “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a) hereof.

          “Guarantors” means each subsidiary of the Company listed on the signature page to this
Agreement and each Person who executes and delivers a counterpart of this Agreement after the date
hereof pursuant to Section 11(e) hereof.

          “Holder” shall mean any holder of a Registrable Note or Registrable Notes.

          “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of April 12, 2006, by and among the
Issuers and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are
being issued, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

          “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory
paragraph hereof.

          “Inspectors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(n) hereof.

          “Issue Date” shall mean April 12, 2006, the date of original issuance of the Notes.

          “Issuers” shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory paragraph hereto.

          “Legal Holiday” shall mean a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions
in New York, New York are required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

          “Liquidated Damages” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

          “Liquidated Damages Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b)
hereof.

          “Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.

          “NASD” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(s) hereof.

 

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          “Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the second introductory paragraph hereto.

          “Participant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.

          “Participating Broker-Dealer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

          “Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated limited liability company, government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

          “Private Exchange” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

          “Private Exchange Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

          “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a prospectus that includes
any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

          “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the second introductory
paragraph hereof.

          “Records” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(n) hereof.

          “Registrable Notes” shall mean each Note upon its original issuance and at all times
subsequent thereto, each Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable upon
original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto and each Private Exchange Note upon original
issuance thereof and at all times subsequent thereto, in each case until (i) a Registration
Statement (other than, with respect to any Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is
applicable, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) covering such Note, Exchange Note or Private
Exchange Note has been declared effective by the Commission and such Note, Exchange Note or such
Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective
Registration Statement, (ii) such Note has been exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for an
Exchange Note or Exchange Notes that may be resold without restriction under state and federal
securities laws, (iii) such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be,
ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture or (iv) such Note, Exchange Note or Private
Exchange Note has been sold in compliance with Rule 144 or is salable pursuant to Rule 144(k).

          “Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

          “Registration Statement” shall mean any appropriate registration statement of the
Issuers covering any of the Registrable Notes filed with the Commission under the Securities Act,
and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective
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ments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
material incorporated by reference therein.

          “Representative” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph
hereto.

          “Requesting Participating Broker-Dealer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(b) hereof.

          “Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission providing for offers and sales of securities made in compliance therewith
resulting in offers and sales by subsequent holders that are not Affiliates of an issuer of such
securities being free of the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act.

          “Rule 144A” shall mean Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144) or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission.

          “Rule 415” shall mean Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
Commission.

          “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

          “Shelf Filing Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c) hereof.

          “Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.

          “TIA” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

          “Trustee” shall mean the trustee under the Indenture and the trustee (if any) under
any indenture governing the Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes.

          “underwritten registration” or “underwritten offering” shall mean a
registration in which securities of the Issuers are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public.

     Section 2. Exchange Offer

          (a) Unless the Exchange Offer would violate applicable law or interpretation of the staff of
the Commission, the Issuers shall (i) file a Registration Statement (the “Exchange Offer
Registration Statement”) with the Commission on an appropriate registration form with respect
to a registered offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange any and all of the Registrable
Notes for a like aggregate principal amount of notes (including the guarantees with respect
thereto, the “Exchange Notes”) that are identical in all material respects to the Notes
(except that the Exchange Notes shall not contain restrictive legends, terms with respect to
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Registration Default), (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act and (iii) use their
reasonable best efforts to consummate the Exchange Offer within 270 days after the Issue Date.
Upon the Exchange Offer Registration Statement being declared effective by the Commission, the
Issuers will offer the Exchange Notes in exchange for surrender of the Notes. The Issuers shall
keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days (or longer if required by
applicable law) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders.

          Each Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer will be required to represent to the
Issuers in writing that (i) any Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the
ordinary course of its business, (ii) it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to
participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes in
violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not an affiliate of the Company or
any Guarantor as defined by Rule 405 of the Securities Act, or if it is an affiliate, it will
comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the
extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, it is not engaged in, and does not
intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer
that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Notes that were acquired as a
result of market-making or other trading activities, it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Notes.

          (b) The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers acknowledge that the staff of the Commission has
taken the position that any broker-dealer that elects to exchange Notes that were acquired by such
broker-dealer for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities for
Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be
an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes (other than
a resale of an unsold allotment resulting from the original offering of the Notes).

          The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers also acknowledge that the staff of the Commission has
taken the position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which
Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Notes, without naming the Participating
Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be
delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligations under
the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Notes for their own accounts, so long as
the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

          In light of the foregoing, if requested by a Participating Broker-Dealer (a “Requesting
Participating Broker-Dealer”), the Issuers agree to use their reasonable best efforts to keep
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective for a period necessary to comply
with applicable law in connection with such resales but in no event more than 180 days after the
date on which the Exchange Registration Statement is declared effective, or such longer period if
extended pursuant to any Delay Period in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof
(such period, the “Applicable Period”), or such earlier date as each Requesting
Participating Broker-Dealer shall have notified the Company in writing that such Requesting
Participating Broker-Dealer has resold all Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer.
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in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement that meets the requirements set forth in the
preceding paragraph.

          If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser or any other Holder
holds any Notes acquired by it that have, or that are reasonably likely to be determined to have,
the status of an unsold allotment in an initial distribution, or if any Holder is not entitled to
participate in the Exchange Offer, the Issuers upon the request of the Initial Purchasers or any
such Holder, as the case may be, shall simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes in
the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers or any such Holder, as the case may
be, in exchange (the “Private Exchange”) for such Notes held by such Initial Purchaser or
any such Holder a like principal amount of notes (the “Private Exchange Notes”) of the
Issuers that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange Notes except that the Private
Exchange Notes may be subject to restrictions on transfer and bear a legend to such effect. The
Private Exchange Notes shall be issued pursuant to the same indenture as the Exchange Notes and
bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes (if permitted by the CUSIP Service Bureau).

          Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section 2, the Issuers shall
have no further registration obligations other than the Issuers’ continuing registration
obligations with respect to (i) Private Exchange Notes, (ii) Exchange Notes held by Participating
Broker-Dealers and (iii) Notes or Exchange Notes as to which clause (c)(iv) of this Section 2
applies.

          In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall:

        (1) mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder entitled to participate in the Exchange
Offer a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

        (2) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with an address in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York;

        (3) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to the close of
business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Exchange Offer shall remain
open; and

        (4) otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations.

          As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange, if any,
the Issuers shall:

        (1) accept for exchange all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn by the
Holders pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange, if any;

        (2) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable
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        (3) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each such Holder of
Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, equal in principal
amount to the Registrable Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

          The Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange shall not be subject to any conditions, other than
that (i) the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange, as the case may be, does not violate applicable
law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission, (ii) no action or proceeding
shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by any governmental agency which might
materially impair the ability of the Issuers to proceed with the Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, and no material adverse development shall have occurred in any existing action or
proceeding with respect to the Issuers and (iii) all governmental approvals shall have been
obtained, which approvals the Company deems necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer or
Private Exchange.

          The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes shall be issued under (i) the Indenture or
(ii) an indenture identical in all material respects to the Indenture (in either case, with such
changes as are necessary to comply with any requirements of the Commission to effect or maintain
the qualification thereof under the TIA) and which, in either case, has been qualified under the
TIA and shall provide that (a) the Exchange Notes shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions
set forth in the Indenture and (b) the Private Exchange Notes shall be subject to the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the
Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes shall vote and consent together on all
matters as one class and that none of the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes or the Notes
will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.

          (c) In the event that (i) the applicable law or interpretations of the staff of the Commission
do not permit the Issuers to effect the Exchange Offer, (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is
not consummated within 270 days of the Issue Date, (iii) any Holder notifies the Company prior to
the 20th Business Day following consummation of the Exchange Offer that it is prohibited by law or
the applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission from participating in the Exchange
Offer, (iv) in the case of any Holder who participates in the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not
receive Exchange Notes on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state
and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of
any Issuer within the meaning of the Securities Act) or (v) any Initial Purchaser so requests with
respect to Notes or Private Exchange Notes that have, or that are reasonably likely to be
determined to have, the status of unsold allotments in an initial distribution (each such event
referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of this sentence, a “Shelf Filing Event”), then the
Issuers shall file a Shelf Registration pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

          Section 3. Shelf Registration

          If at any time a Shelf Filing Event shall occur, then:

          (a) Shelf Registration. The Issuers shall file with the Commission a Registration
Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the
Registrable Notes not exchanged in the Exchange Offer, Private Exchange Notes and Exchange Notes as
to which Section 2(c)(iv) is applicable (the “Shelf Registration”). The Shelf Registration
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on Form S-1 or another appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Notes for
resale by Holders in the manner or manners designated by them (including, without limitation, one
or more underwritten offerings). The Issuers shall not permit any securities other than the
Registrable Notes to be included in the Shelf Registration.

          (b) The Issuers shall use all their reasonable best efforts (x) to cause the Shelf
Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to the later of (A) the
150th day after the Issue Date and (B) the 120th day after the occurrence of the applicable Shelf
Filing Event and (y) to keep the Shelf Registration continuously effective under the Securities Act
for the period ending on the date which is two years from the Issue Date, subject to extension
pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 5 hereof (the “Effectiveness Period”), or
such shorter period ending when all Registrable Notes covered by the Shelf Registration have been
sold in the manner set forth and as contemplated in the Shelf Registration; provided,
however, that (i) the Effectiveness Period in respect of the Shelf Registration shall be
extended to the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable prospectus delivery
requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as otherwise provided herein and (ii) the
Company may suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration by written notice to the Holders
solely (A) as a result of the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration to
incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the Company where such
post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders
to use the related Prospectus or (B) to the extent and for so long as permitted by the penultimate
paragraph of Section 5.

          (c) Supplements and Amendments. The Issuers agree to supplement or make amendments to
the Shelf Registration as and when required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to
the registration form used for such Shelf Registration or by the Securities Act or rules and
regulations thereunder for shelf registration, or if reasonably requested by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration
Statement or by any underwriter of such Registrable Notes.

     Section 4. Liquidated Damages

          (a) The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers agree that the Holders will suffer damages if the
Issuers fails to fulfill their obligations under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof and that it would
not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Issuers
agree that if:

     (i) the Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to the 270th day following the
Issue Date, or, if that day is not a Business Day, the next day that is a Business Day; or

     (ii) the Shelf Registration is required to be filed but is not declared effective
within the time period specified in Section 3(b)(x), or is declared effective by such date
but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable (unless the Shelf Registration ceases to be
effective or usable as specifically permitted by the penultimate paragraph of Section 5
hereof),

(each such event referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) a “Registration Default”), additional
interest in the form of additional cash interest (“Liquidated Damages”) will accrue on the
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The rate of Liquidated Damages will be 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately
following the occurrence of a Registration Default, increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum
with respect to each subsequent 90-day period up to a maximum amount of Liquidated Damages of 1.00%
per annum, from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to, but
excluding, the earlier of (1) the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured or (2)
the date on which such Registrable Note ceases to be a Registrable Note or otherwise become freely
transferable by Holders other than Affiliates of the Issuers without further registration under the
Securities Act. If, after the cure of all Registration Defaults then in effect, there is a
subsequent Registration Default, the rate of Liquidated Damages for such subsequent Registration
Default shall initially be 0.25% regardless of the rate in effect with respect to any prior
Registration Default at the time of cure of such Registration Default and shall increase in the
manner and be subject to the maximum Liquidated Damages rate contained in the preceding sentence.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the amount of Liquidated Damages payable shall not increase
because more than one Registration Default has occurred and is pending and (2) a Holder of
Registrable Notes that is not entitled to the benefits of the Shelf Registration (e.g.,
such Holder has not elected to include information) shall not be entitled to Liquidated Damages
with respect to a Registration Default that pertains to the Shelf Registration.

          (b) So long as Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall notify the Trustee within five
Business Days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Liquidated
Damages is required to be paid. Any amounts of Liquidated Damages due pursuant to clauses (a)(i)
or (a)(ii) of this Section 4 will be payable in cash semi-annually on each April 15 and October 15
(each a “Liquidated Damages Payment Date”), commencing with the first such date occurring
after any such Liquidated Damages commences to accrue, to Holders to whom regular interest is
payable on such Liquidated Damages Payment Date with respect to Notes that are Registrable Notes.
The amount of Liquidated Damages for each Registrable Note will be determined by multiplying the
applicable rate of Liquidated Damages by the aggregate principal amount of such Registrable Note
outstanding on the Liquidated Damages Payment Date following such Registration Default in the case
of the first such payment of Liquidated Damages with respect to a Registration Default (and
thereafter at the next succeeding Liquidated Damages Payment Date until the cure of such
Registration Default), and multiplying the product of the foregoing by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days such Liquidated Damages rate was applicable during such period
(determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of a
partial month, the actual number of days elapsed), and the denominator of which is 360.

     Section 5. Registration Procedures

          In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2 or 3 hereof,
the Issuers shall effect such registrations to permit the sale of the securities covered thereby in
accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in
connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuers hereunder, the Issuers shall:

     (a) Prepare and file with the Commission the Registration Statement or Registration
Statements prescribed by Section 2 or 3 hereof, and use their reasonable best efforts to
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herein; provided, however, that, if (1) such filing is pursuant to
Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by
any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable
Period relating thereto, before filing any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
amendments or supplements thereto, the Issuers shall furnish to and afford the Holders of
the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel (if requested by any such person) and the
managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review copies of all such
documents (including copies of any documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all
exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed (in each case at least five Business Days prior to
such filing). The Issuers shall not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
amendments or supplements thereto if the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement, or any such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel, or the managing underwriters, if any,
shall reasonably object.

     (b) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments
to each Shelf Registration or Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, as
may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the
Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be; cause the related
Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and
as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in
force) promulgated under the Securities Act; and comply with the applicable provisions of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so
supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any securities being sold by a
Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus, in each case, in accordance with
the intended methods of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or Prospectus,
as so amended or supplemented.

     (c) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period relating thereto
from whom the Company has received written notice that such Broker-Dealer will be a
Participating Broker-Dealer in the applicable Exchange Offer, notify the selling Holders of
Registrable Notes, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their
counsel (if such counsel is known to the Issuers) and the managing underwriters, if any, as
promptly as possible, and, if requested by any such Person, confirm such notice in writing,
(i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been
filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when
the same has become effective under the Securities Act (including in such notice a written
statement that any Holder may, upon request, obtain, at the sole expense of the Issuers, one
conformed copy of such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment including
financial statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference and exhibits), (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
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Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary
prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if at any time when
a Prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of
the Registrable Notes or resales of Exchange Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers the
representations and warranties of the Issuers contained in any agreement (including any
underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 5(m) hereof cease to be true and correct in
all material respects, (iv) of the receipt by any of the Issuers of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of a
Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes for offer or
sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose, (v) of the happening of any event, the existence of any condition or any
information becoming known to any Issuer that makes any statement made in such Registration
Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any
changes in or amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or
documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of
the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of
the Company’s determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement
would be appropriate.

     (d) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, use their
reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of
a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or
suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable
Notes or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, for sale in any jurisdiction, and, if any
such order is issued, to use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any
such order at the earliest practicable moment.

     (e) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period and if requested
by the managing underwriter or underwriters (if any), the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or any
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, (i) promptly incorporate in such
Registration Statement or Prospectus a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters (if any), such Holders or any
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be (based upon advice of counsel), determine is
reasonably required to be included therein and (ii) make all required filings of such
prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the
Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus
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provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be required to take any
action hereunder that would, in the written opinion of counsel to the Issuers, violate
applicable laws.

     (f) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, furnish to each
selling Holder of Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case
may be, who so requests, their counsel (if requested by any such person) and each managing
underwriter, if any, at the sole expense of the Issuers, one conformed copy of the
Registration Statement or Registration Statements and each post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits.

     (g) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, deliver to each
selling Holder of Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case
may be, their respective counsel (if requested) and the underwriters, if any, at the sole
expense of the Issuers, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each
form of preliminary prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents
incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably request; and, subject to
the last paragraph of this Section 5, the Issuers hereby consent to the use of such
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of
Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the
underwriters or agents, if any, and dealers (if any), in connection with the offering and
sale of the Registrable Notes covered by, or the sale by Participating Broker-Dealers of the
Exchange Notes pursuant to, such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

     (h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes or any delivery
of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, use their
reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and to cooperate with the selling Holders of
Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the managing
underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the
registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such
Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any selling
Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably
request; provided, however, that where Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes
are offered other than through an underwritten offering, the Issuers agree to cause the
Issuers’ counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and file registrations and
qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h); keep each such
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such
Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and do any and all other acts or
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dictions of such Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes covered by the applicable
Registration Statement; provided, however, that no Issuer shall be required
to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so
qualified, (B) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any
such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in
excess of a nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

     (i) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, cooperate with the
selling Holders of Registrable Notes and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any,
to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable
Notes to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in
a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; and enable such Registrable
Notes to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter
or underwriters, if any, or selling Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to
any sale of such Registrable Notes.

     (j) Use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes
covered by any Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other
governmental agencies or authorities as may be reasonably necessary to enable the seller or
sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of
such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, except as may be required solely as a consequence
of the nature of such selling Holder’s business, in which case the Issuers will cooperate in
all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of
such approvals.

     (k) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, upon the
occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi) hereof, as promptly as
practicable prepare and (subject to Section 5(a) and the penultimate paragraph of this
Section 5) file with the Commission, at the sole expense of the Issuers, a supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference,
or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
the Registrable Notes being sold thereunder or to the purchasers of the Exchange Notes to
whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer, any such Prospectus
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     (l) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to the
Registrable Notes, (i) provide the Trustee with certificates for the Registrable Notes in a
form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide a CUSIP number
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     (m) In connection with any underwritten offering of Registrable Notes pursuant to a
Shelf Registration, enter into an underwriting agreement as is customary in underwritten
offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes and take all such other actions as are
reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in order to expedite or
facilitate the registration or the disposition of such Registrable Notes and, whether or not
such offering is an underwritten offering, (i) make such representations and warranties to
the underwriter or underwriters (and to any Holder that has advised the Company that such
Holder may have a “due diligence” defense under Section 11 of the Securities Act), and
covenants with, the underwriters with respect to the business of the Issuers and their
subsidiaries (including any acquired business, properties or entity, if applicable), and the
Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein, in each case, as are customarily made by issuers to
underwriters in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes, and confirm
the same in writing if and when requested; (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain
the written opinions of counsel to the Issuers and written updates thereof in form, scope
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters, addressed
to the underwriters (and to any Holder that has advised the Company that such Holder may
have a “due diligence” defense under Section 11 of the Securities Act) covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters
as may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters; (iii) use their
reasonable best efforts to obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof in form, scope
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters from the
independent certified public accountants of the Issuers (and, if necessary, any other
independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business
acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are
required to be, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement),
addressed to each of the underwriters (and to any Holder that has advised the Company that
such Holder may have a “due diligence” defense under Section 11 of the Securities Act), such
letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in
“cold comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings; and (iv) if an
underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions
and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 8 hereof (or such other
provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or
underwriters or agents) with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said
Section; provided that the Issuers shall not be required to provide indemnification
to any underwriter selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof with
respect to information relating to such underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by
or on behalf of such underwriter expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement.
The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the
extent required thereunder.

     (n) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, make available
for inspection by any selling Holder of such Registrable Notes being sold or each such
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter participating in any such
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ble Notes, if any, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such
selling Holder or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, or underwriter
(collectively, the “Inspectors”), at the offices where normally kept, during
reasonable business hours, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents
and instruments of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Records”) as
shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence
responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector in
connection with such Registration Statement and Prospectus. Each Inspector shall agree in
writing that it will keep the Records confidential and that it will not disclose, or use in
connection with any market transactions in violation of any applicable securities laws, any
Records that the Company determines, in good faith, to be confidential and that it notifies
the Inspectors in writing are confidential unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement or
Prospectus, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other
order from a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii) disclosure of such information is
necessary or advisable in the opinion of counsel for an Inspector in connection with any
action, claim, suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or potentially
involving such Inspector and arising out of, based upon, relating to, or involving this
Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or
arising hereunder or thereunder, or (iv) the information in such Records has been made
generally available to the public; provided, however, that (i) each
Inspector shall agree to use reasonable best efforts to provide notice to the Company of the
potential disclosure of any information by such Inspector pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) of this sentence to permit the Issuers to obtain a protective order (or waive the
provisions of this paragraph (n)) and (ii) each such Inspector shall take such actions as
are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information (if practicable)
to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in
derogation of the rights and interests of the Holder or any Inspector.

     (o) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes, as
the case may be, and cause the Indenture or the trust indenture provided for in Section 2(a)
hereof to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the Exchange Offer
or the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Notes; and in connection
therewith, cooperate with the trustee under any such indenture and the Holders of the
Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as applicable, to effect such changes to such indenture
as may be required for such indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the
TIA; and execute, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such trustee to execute,
all documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents
required to be filed with the Commission to enable such indenture to be so qualified in a
timely manner.

     (p) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and make
generally available to the Company’s securityholders earnings statements satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar
rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the end of any
12-month period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal
year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Notes or Exchange
Notes are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts underwritten offering
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not sold to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the first
fiscal quarter of the Company after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which
statements shall cover said 12-month periods consistent with the requirements of Rule 158.

     (q) Upon the request of a Holder, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer or a Private
Exchange, use their reasonable best efforts to obtain an opinion of counsel to the Issuers,
in a form customary for underwritten transactions, addressed to the Trustee for the benefit
of all Holders of Registrable Notes participating in the Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, as the case may be, that the Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case
may be, and the related indenture constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Issuers, enforceable against the Issuers in accordance with its respective terms, subject to
customary exceptions and qualifications.

     (r) If the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of
the Registrable Notes by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as directed by the
Company) in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may
be, mark, or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Notes that such Registrable Notes are
being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the
case may be; provided that in no event shall such Registrable Notes be marked as
paid or otherwise satisfied.

     (s) Cooperate with each seller of Registrable Notes covered by any Registration
Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable
Notes and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with
the National Association of Securities Dealers (the “NASD”).

     (t) Use their reasonable best efforts to take all other steps reasonably necessary or
advisable to effect the registration of the Exchange Notes and/or Registrable Notes covered
by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.

          The Company may require each seller of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes as to which any
registration is being effected to furnish to the Company such information regarding such seller and
the distribution of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes as the Company may, from time to time,
reasonably request. The Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Notes of any
seller so long as such seller fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after
receiving such request and in the event of such an exclusion, the Issuers shall have no further
obligation under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the obligations under Section 4)
with respect to such seller or any subsequent Holder of such Registrable Notes. Each seller as to
which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all
information required to be disclosed in order to make any information previously furnished to the
Company by such seller not materially misleading.

          If any such Registration Statement refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of
any securities of the Company or the Guarantors, then such Holder shall have the right to require
(i) the insertion therein of language, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
Holder, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as
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ommendation by such Holder of the investment quality of the securities covered thereby and
that such holding does not imply that such Holder will assist in meeting any future financial
requirements of the Company or the Guarantors, or (ii) in the event that such reference to such
Holder by name or otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute
then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Holder in any amendment or supplement to the
applicable Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the time that such reference
ceases to be required.

          Each Holder of Registrable Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer agrees by acquisition of
such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes that, upon the Company providing notice to such Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, (x) of the happening of any event of the kind
described in Section 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iii), 5(c)(iv), or 5(c)(v) hereof, or (y) that the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) has resolved that the Company has a
bona fide business purpose for doing so, then, upon providing such notice (which shall refer to the
penultimate paragraph of this Section 5), the Issuers may delay the filing or the effectiveness of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration (if not then filed or
effective, as applicable) and shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness thereof or amend
or supplement the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration, in all cases,
for a period (a “Delay Period”) expiring upon the earlier to occur of (i) in the case of
the immediately preceding clause (x), such Holder’s or Participating Broker-Dealer’s receipt of the
copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof or until it is
advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus
may be resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto or (ii) in the
case of the immediately preceding clause (y), the date which is the earlier of (A) the date on
which such business purpose ceases to interfere with the Issuers’ obligations to file or maintain
the effectiveness of any such Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement or (B) 60 days
after the Company notifies the Holders of such good faith determination. There shall not be more
than 90 days of Delay Periods during any 12-month period. The maximum length of the Applicable
Period set forth in Section 2(b) shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days
during any Delay Period. Any Delay Period will not alter the obligations of the Issuers to pay
Liquidated Damages under the circumstances set forth in Section 4 hereof.

          Each Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, by its acceptance of any Registrable Note, agrees
that during any Delay Period, each Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer will discontinue
disposition of such Notes or Exchange Notes covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus or
Exchange Notes to be sold by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be.

     Section 6. Market Making.

          (a) At such time and for so long as any of the Notes or Exchange Notes are outstanding and any
of the Initial Purchasers (each in such capacity, the “Market Maker”) or any of their
Affiliates is an Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their Affiliates and proposes
to make a market in the Notes or the Exchange Notes as applicable, as part of its business in the
ordinary course, the following provisions shall apply for the sole benefit of the Market Maker:

     (i) The Company and the Guarantors shall (A) on the date that the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or, if required hereby, the Shelf Registration is filed with the
Commission, file one or more registration statements (the “Market Making Registration
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ments”) (which may be the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration if permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission) and use their
commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Market Making Registration Statements to
be declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the consummation of the Exchange
Offer or the effective date of the Shelf Registration, as applicable; (B) periodically amend
such Market Making Registration Statements so that the information contained therein
complies with the requirements of Section 10(a) under the Securities Act; (C) amend the
Market Making Registration Statements or amend or supplement the related Prospectuses when
necessary to reflect any material changes in the information provided therein; and (D) amend
the Market Making Registration Statements when required to do so in order to comply with
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; provided, however, that (1) prior to filing the
Market Making Registration Statements, any amendment thereto or any supplement to the
related Prospectuses, the Company shall furnish to the Market Maker copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of the Market
Maker and its counsel and (2) the Company and the Guarantors will not file any Market Making
Registration Statement, any amendment thereto or any amendment or supplement to the related
Prospectus to which the Market Maker and its counsel shall reasonably object unless the
Company is advised by counsel that such Market Making Registration Statement, amendment or
supplement is required to be filed under applicable securities laws and the Company will
provide the Market Maker and its counsel with copies of such Market Making Registration
Statement and each amendment and supplement filed. The Company, in its sole discretion, may
determine to include Prospectuses relating to each of the Notes or the Exchange Notes in the
same or different Market Making Registration Statements so long as each such registration
statement complies with this Section 6. The term “Prospectus” in this Section 6 includes
any Prospectus contained in a Market Making Registration Statement relating to any or all of
the Notes or the Exchange Notes, as applicable.

     (ii) The Company shall notify the Market Maker and, if requested by the Market Maker,
confirm such advice in writing, (A) when any Market Making Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment to any Market Making Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the related Prospectus has been filed, and, with respect to any Market Making
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective;
(B) of any request by the Commission for any post-effective amendment to any Market Making
Registration Statement, any supplement or amendment to the related Prospectus or for
additional information; (C) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of any Market Making Registration Statement or the initiation of any
proceedings for that purpose; (D) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Notes or the Exchange Notes, as
applicable, for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings
for that purpose; and (E) of the happening of any event that makes any statement made in any
Market Making Registration Statement, the related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto untrue or that requires that making of any changes in any Market Making Registration
Statement, such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, in order to make the
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     (iii) If any event contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii)(B) through (E) occurs during the
period for which the Company and the Guarantors are required to maintain an effective Market
Making Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall promptly prepare and
file with the Commission a post-effective amendment to each Market Making Registration
Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required
document so that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     (iv) In the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any
Market Making Registration Statement or of any order suspending the qualification of the
Notes or Exchange Notes for sale in any jurisdiction, the Company and the Guarantors shall
promptly use their reasonable best efforts to obtain its withdrawal.

     (v) The Company shall furnish to the Market Maker, without charge, (A) at least one
conformed copy of any Market Making Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto and (B) as many copies of the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto as the Market Maker may reasonably request.

     (vi) The Company and the Guarantors shall consent to the use of any Prospectus
contained in any Market Making Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto
by the Market Maker in connection with its market-making activities.

     (vii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6, the Company and the
Guarantors may for valid business reasons, including without limitation, a potential
material acquisition, divestiture of assets or other material corporate transaction, notify
the Market Maker in writing that a Market Making Registration Statement is no longer
effective or the Prospectus included therein is no longer usable for offers and sales of
Notes or Exchange Notes; provided that the use of a Market Making Registration Statement or
the Prospectus contained therein shall not be suspended for more than 75 days (whether or
not consecutive) in the aggregate in any 12-month period. The Market Maker agrees that upon
receipt of any notice from the Company pursuant to this Section 6(a)(vii), it will
discontinue use of the Prospectus contained in such Market Making Registration Statement
until receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus relating thereto or until
advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus contained in such Market
Making Registration Statement may be resumed.

          (b) In connection with any Market Making Registration Statement, the Company and the
Guarantors shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by a representative of, and counsel
acting for, the Market Maker all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate
documents and properties of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries and (ii)
use their respective reasonable best efforts to have their respective officers, directors,
employees, accountants and counsel supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such
representative or counsel or the Market Maker; provided, however, that any information that is
designated in writing by the Company or the Guarantors, in good faith, as confidential at the time
of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Market Maker or any
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is made in connection with a court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes
available to the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of
confidentiality;

          (c) Prior to the effective date of any Market Making Registration Statement, the Company and
the Guarantors shall arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Notes or Exchange Notes,
as applicable, for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Market Maker reasonably
requests in writing and will maintain such qualification in effect so long as required to enable
the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Notes or Exchange Notes, as applicable, covered by
such Market Making Registration Statement; provided that in no event shall the Company and the
Guarantors be obligated to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in
securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file
any general consent to subject itself to service of process in any such jurisdictions or (iii)
subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it not so subject.

          (d) The Company and the Guarantors represent and agree that any Market Making Registration
Statement, any post-effective amendments thereto, any amendments or supplements to the related
Prospectus and any documents filed by them under the Exchange Act will, when they become effective
or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conform in all respects to the requirements
of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and will not, as of the effective date of such Market Making Registration Statement or
post-effective amendments and as of the filing date of amendments or supplements to such Prospectus
or filings under the Exchange Act, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from any Market Making
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by the Market Maker specifically for inclusion therein, which
information the parties hereto agree will be limited to the statements concerning the market-making
activities of the Market Maker to be set forth on the cover page and in the “Plan of Distribution”
section of the related Prospectus (the “Market Maker’s Information”).

          (e) At the time of effectiveness of any Market Making Registration Statement and concurrently
with each time such Market Making Registration Statement or the related Prospectus shall be amended
or such Prospectus shall be supplemented, the Company shall (if requested by the Market Maker)
furnish the Market Maker and its counsel with a certificate of its Chief Executive Officer and its
Chief Financial Officer to the effect that:

     (i) such Market Making Registration Statement has been declared effective;

     (ii) in the case of an amendment to such Market Making Registration Statement, such
amendment has become effective under the Act as of the date and time specified in such
certificate, if applicable; and in the case of an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus,
such amendment or supplement to the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to the
subparagraph of Rule 424(b) under the Act specified in such certificate on the date
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     (iii) to the knowledge of such officers, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
such Market Making Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
is pending or threatened by the Commission; and

     (iv) such officers have carefully examined such Market Making Registration Statement
and the Prospectus (and, in the case of an amendment or supplement, such amendment or
supplement) and as of the date of such Market Making Registration Statement, amendment or
supplement, as applicable, the Market Making Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, if applicable, did not include any untrue statement of a material
fact and did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading.

          (f) At the time of effectiveness of any Market Making Registration Statement and concurrently
with each time any Market Making Registration Statement or the related Prospectus shall be amended
or such Prospectus shall be supplemented, the Company shall (if requested by the Market Maker)
furnish the Market Maker and its counsel with the written opinion of counsel for the Company
satisfactory to the Market Maker to the effect that:

     (i) such Market Making Registration Statement has been declared effective;

     (ii) in the case of an amendment to such Market Making Registration Statement, such
amendment has become effective under the Securities Act as of the date and time specified in
such opinion, if applicable; and in the case of an amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus, such amendment or supplement to the Prospectus was filed with the Commission
pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule 424(b) under the Act specified in such opinion on the
date specified therein;

     (iii) to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
such Market Making Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
is pending or threatened by the Commission; and

     (iv) such counsel has reviewed such Market Making Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (and, in the case of an amendment or supplement, such amendment or supplement)
and participated with officers of the Company and independent public accountants for the
Company in the preparation of such Market Making Registration Statement and Prospectus (and,
in the case of an amendment or supplement, such amendment or supplement) and has no reason
to believe that (except for the financial statements and other financial and statistical
data contained therein as to which such counsel need express no belief) as of the date of
such Market Making Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, as applicable, the
Market Making Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.

          (g) At the time of effectiveness of any Market Making Registration Statement and concurrently
with each time such Market Making Registration Statement or the related Prospectus shall be amended
or such Prospectus shall be supplemented to include audited annual
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mation, the Company shall (if requested by the Market Maker) furnish the Market Maker and its
counsel with a letter of KPMG LLP (or other independent public accountants for the Company or the
Guarantors of nationally recognized standing) in form satisfactory to the Market Maker, addressed
to the Market Maker and dated the date of delivery of such letter, (i) confirming that they are
independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with
the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of
Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii) in all other respects, substantially in the form of the
letter delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, with, in the case of
an amendment or supplement that includes audited financial information, such changes as may be
necessary to reflect the amended or supplemented financial information.

          (h) The Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Market Maker, on the other hand,
hereby agree to indemnify each other, and, if applicable, contribute to the other, in accordance
with Section 8 of this Agreement.

          (i) The Company and the Guarantors will comply with the provisions of this Section 6 at their
own expense and will reimburse the Market Maker for its expenses associated with this Section 6
(including reasonable fees of counsel for the Market Maker).

          (j) The agreements contained in this Section 6 and the representations, warranties and
agreements contained in this Agreement shall survive all offers and sales of the Notes and Exchange
Notes and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of
this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

          (k) For purposes of this Section 6, (i) any reference to the terms “amend”, “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to any Market Making Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained
therein shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing under the Exchange Act of any document
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and (ii) any reference to the terms “Notes” or
“Exchange Notes” shall be deemed to refer to and include any securities issued in exchange for or
with respect to such Notes or Exchange Notes.

     Section 7. Registration Expenses

          All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the
Issuers (other than any underwriting discounts or commissions) shall be borne by the Issuers,
whether or not the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration is filed or
becomes effective or the Exchange Offer is consummated, including, without limitation, (i) all
registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of compliance with
state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel
in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes and
determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes for investment under
the laws of such jurisdictions (x) where the holders of Registrable Notes are located, in the case
of an Exchange Offer, or (y) as provided in Section 5(h) hereof, in the case of a Shelf
Registration or in the case of Exchange Notes to be sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer during
the Applicable Period)), (ii) printing expenses, including, without limitation, expenses of
printing certificates for Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes in a form eligible for deposit with
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prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes included in any
Registration Statement or in respect of Exchange Notes to be sold by any Participating
Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, as the case may be, (iii) messenger, telephone and
delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers and the reasonable fees
and disbursements of one special counsel for all of the sellers of Registrable Notes (exclusive of
any counsel retained pursuant to Section 8 hereof) selected by the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Notes, Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes being registered and
reasonably satisfactory to the Issuers, (v) fees and disbursements of all independent certified
public accountants referred to in Section 5(m)(iii) hereof (including, without limitation, the
expenses of any special audit and “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such
performance), (vi) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Issuers desire such insurance, (vii)
fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by any of the Issuers, (viii) internal expenses of
the Issuers (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of
the Company performing legal or accounting duties), (ix) the expense of any annual audit, (x) the
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any
securities exchange, and the obtaining of a rating of the securities, in each case, if applicable,
(xi) any required fees and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required to be made with
the NASD and (xii) the expenses relating to printing, word processing and distributing all
Registration Statements, underwriting agreements, indentures and any other documents necessary in
order to comply with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary,
each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions of any underwriters with respect
to any Registrable Notes sold by or on behalf of it.

     Section 8. Indemnification

          (a) The Issuers, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
Registrable Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Notes during the Applicable
Period, each Person, if any, who controls any such Person within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, the agents, employees, officers and directors
of each Holder and each such Participating Broker-Dealer and the agents, partners, members,
employees, officers, managers and directors of any such controlling Person (each, a
“Participant”) from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses whatsoever (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and any and all
reasonable expenses whatsoever actually incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against
any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all reasonable
amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation) (collectively, “Losses”) to which
they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise
insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have
furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by,
arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the
Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
provided that the foregoing indemnity shall not be available to any Participant insofar as
such Losses are caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to such Participant furnished to
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by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement will
be in addition to any liability that the Issuers may otherwise have, including, but not limited to,
liability under this Agreement.

          (b) Each Participant agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless each
Issuer, each Person, if any, who controls any Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, and each of their respective agents, partners,
members, employees, officers and members of the board of directors from and against any Losses to
which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall
have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by,
arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the
Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information relating to such Participant furnished in writing to the Company
by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use therein.

          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection 8(a) or 8(b) above of
notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding (collectively, an “action”),
such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in
writing of the commencement of such action (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party
shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability that it may have under this Section 8
except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure). In case
any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of
the commencement of such action, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in such
action, and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party
promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense of
such action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel
in any such action, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been
authorized in writing by the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action,
(ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the defense of such
action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or (iii) the named
parties to such action (including any impleaded parties) include such indemnified party and the
indemnifying party or parties (or such indemnifying parties have assumed the defense of such
action), and such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded, after consultation
with counsel, that there may be defenses available to it or them that are different from or
additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the
indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the
indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. In no event shall the indemnifying party be liable for
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expenses of more than one counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for
all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or
related actions arising in the same jurisdiction out of the same general allegations or
circumstances. Any such separate firm for the Participants shall be designated in writing by
Participants who sold a majority in interest of Registrable Notes sold by all such Participants and
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company and any such separate firm for the Issuers, their
Affiliates, officers, directors, representatives, employees and agents and such control Person of
such Issuers shall be designated in writing by such Issuers and shall be reasonably acceptable to
the Holders. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any claim or action
effected without its written consent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8, then the indemnifying party agrees that it
shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party
shall have given the indemnifying party at least 45 days’ prior notice of its intention to settle.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party,
unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.

          (d) In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification
provided for in this Section 8 is for any reason held to be unavailable from the indemnifying party
for any Losses referred to therein, or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified under
this Section 8 for any Losses referred to therein, each indemnifying party shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such aggregate Losses (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by each indemnifying party,
on the one hand, and each indemnified party, on the other hand, from the sale of the Notes to the
Initial Purchasers or the resale of the Registrable Notes by such Holder, as applicable, or (ii) if
such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of each
indemnified party, on the one hand, and each indemnifying party, on the other hand, in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Issuers, on the one hand, and each
Participant, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total
proceeds from the sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers (net of discounts and commissions but
before deducting expenses) received by the Issuers are to (y) the total net profit received by such
Participant in connection with the sale of the Registrable Notes. The relative fault of the
parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Issuers or such Participant and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission or alleged statement or omission.

 

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          (e) The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not
take into account the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions
of this Section 8, (i) in no case shall any Participant be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the net profit received by such Participant in connection with the
sale of the Registrable Notes exceeds the amount of any damages that such Participant has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after
receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for
contribution may be made against another party or parties under this Section 8, notify such party
or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or
parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any
obligation it or they may have under this Section 8 or otherwise, except to the extent that it has
been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure; provided, however, that no
additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given
under this Section 8 for purposes of indemnification. Anything in this section to the contrary
notwithstanding, no party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim
settled without its written consent, provided, however, that such written consent
was not unreasonably withheld.

     Section 9. Rules 144 and 144A

          The Issuers covenant that they will file the reports required, if any, to be filed by them
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission thereunder in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act and, if at any time the Issuers are not required to file such reports, they
will, upon the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Notes, make available such
information necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Issuers
further covenant that for so long as any Registrable Notes remain outstanding they will take such
further action as any Holder of Registrable Notes may reasonably request from time to time to
enable such Holder to sell Registrable Notes without registration under the Securities Act within
the limitation of the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144(k) and Rule 144A under the Securities
Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission.

     Section 10. Underwritten Registrations

          If any of the Registrable Notes covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an
underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that
will manage the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of such Registrable Notes included in such offering and shall be reasonably acceptable to
the Company.

          No Holder of Registrable Notes may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder if
such Holder does not (a) agree to sell such Holder’s Registrable Notes on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder
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rangements and (b) complete and execute all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.

     Section 11. Miscellaneous

          (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers have not, as of the date hereof, and
shall not, after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to any of their
securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Notes in this
Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders
hereunder do not conflict with and are not inconsistent with, in any material respect, the rights
granted to the holders of any of the Issuers’ other issued and outstanding securities under any
such agreements. The Issuers have not entered and will not enter into any agreement with respect
to any of their securities which will grant to any Person piggy-back registration rights with
respect to any Registration Statement.

          (b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes. The Issuers shall not, directly or
indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Notes as a class that would adversely
affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable Notes to include such Registrable Notes in a
registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.

          (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not
be given except pursuant to a written agreement duly signed and delivered by (I) the Company (on
behalf of all Issuers) and (II)(A) the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Registrable Notes and (B) in circumstances that would adversely
affect the Participating Broker-Dealers, the Participating Broker-Dealers holding not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes held by all Participating
Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that Section 8 and this Section 11(c) may not be amended,
modified or supplemented except pursuant to a written agreement duly signed and delivered by the
Issuers and each Holder and each Participating Broker-Dealer (including any Person who was a Holder
or Participating Broker-Dealer of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, disposed
of pursuant to any Registration Statement) affected by any such amendment, modification, waiver or
supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions
hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable
Notes whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not
directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of
Registrable Notes may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Notes being sold pursuant to such Registration Statement.

          (d) Notices. All notices and other communications (including, without limitation, any notices or other
communications to the Trustee) provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by
hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or telecopier:

     (i) if to a Holder of the Registrable Notes or any Participating Broker-Dealer, at the
most current address of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set
forth on the records of the registrar under the Indenture.

 

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(ii) if to any Issuer, to it

c/o Basic Energy Services, Inc.

400 W. Illinois, Suite 800

Midland, TX 79701

Fax: (432) 620-5501

Attention: Alan Krenek, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer

with a copy to:

Andrews Kurth LLP

600 Travis, Suite 4200

Houston, TX 77002

Fax: (713) 220-4285

Attention: David C. Buck, Esq.

(iii) if to the Initial Purchasers, at the address as follows:

UBS Securities LLC

677 Washington Blvd.

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

Fax number: (203) 719-1075

Attention: High Yield Syndicate Department

          All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered
by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by the recipient’s telecopier machine, if
telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery.

          Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by
the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address and in the manner specified in such
Indenture.

          (e) Guarantors. So long as any Registrable Notes remain outstanding, the Issuers shall cause each Person
that becomes a guarantor of the Notes under the Indenture to execute and deliver a counterpart to
this Agreement which subjects such Person to the provisions of this Agreement as a Guarantor. Each
of the Guarantors agrees to join the Issuers in all of their undertakings hereunder to effect the
Exchange Offer for the Exchange Notes and the filing of any Shelf Registration required hereunder.

          (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto, the Holders and the
Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit
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upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or
assign holds Registrable Notes.

          (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

          (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

          (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          (j) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in
full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or
restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they
would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including
any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

          (k) Securities Held by the Issuers or Their Affiliates. Whenever the consent or
approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Notes is required hereunder,
Registrable Notes held by the Issuers or any of their affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule
405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval
was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

          (l) Third-Party Beneficiaries. Holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Notes and
Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and this
Agreement may be enforced by such Persons. No other Person is intended to be, or shall be
construed as, a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.

          (m) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement and the
Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive statement of the agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein
and any and all prior oral or written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts,
understandings, correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Holders on the one hand and
the Issuers on the other, or between or among any agents, representatives, parents, subsidiaries,
Affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in interest with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby.

 

 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President and Chief Executive Officer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	FIRST ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY,
	 	 	as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	H. B. & R., INC., as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	FESCO ALASKA, INC., as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, L.P., as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES GP, LLC,
	 	 	 	 	its General Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES GP, LLC,
	 	 	as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES LP, LLC,
	 	 	as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Scott Kinnamon
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	Scott Kinnamon
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC ESA, INC., as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WESTERN OIL WELL SERVICE CO.,
	 	 	as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BASIC MARINE SERVICES, INC.,
	 	 	as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:

Title:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman

President

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ENERGY AIR DRILLING SERVICE CO.,
	 	 	as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	R&R HOT OIL SERVICE INC.,
	 	 	as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	OILWELL FRACTURING SERVICES, INC.,
	 	 	as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LEBUS OIL FIELD SERVICE CO.,
	 	 	as a Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Kenneth V. Huseman
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	UBS SECURITIES LLC
	 	 	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
	 	 	LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
	 	 	CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
	 	 	GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	UBS SECURITIES LLC, as
Representative of the Initial Purchasers
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Mark Hobbs
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	Mark Hobbs
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	Executive Director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Samuel Pitts
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	Samuel Pitts
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	Executive Director

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