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exv10w3w3

Exhibit 10.3.3

SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 TO REVOLVING LOAN GUARANTEE

     SUPPLEMENT
NO. 2 dated as of October 16, 2008 (this “Supplement”), to the REVOLVING LOAN
GUARANTEE dated as of October 31, 2007, among each of the Guarantors listed on the signature
pages thereto (each such subsidiary individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the
“Guarantors”), and The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc.(“CIT”) and Bank of
America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as Co-Collateral Agents (collectively, the
“Collateral Agent”) for the lenders (the “Lenders”), the letter of credit
issuers (the “Letter of Credit Issuers”) from time to time parties to the Credit
Agreement referred to below.

     A. Reference is made to the Revolving Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2007
(as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or
replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among McJunkin Corporation, a West
Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuers, and
CIT, as Administrative Agent, and CIT and Bank of America, collectively, as Collateral Agent.

     B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Guarantee.

     C. The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee in order to induce the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Lenders, and the Letter of Credit
Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit
Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit
Agreement. Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement and Section 19 of the Guarantee provide that
additional Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become Guarantors under the Guarantee by execution
and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. Each undersigned Subsidiary (each
a “New Guarantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of
the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee in order to induce the Lenders
and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make additional Extensions of Credit and as consideration
for Extensions of Credit previously made.

     Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and each New Guarantor agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 19 of the Guarantee, each New Guarantor by executing
and delivering this Supplement becomes a Guarantor under the Guarantee with the same force and
effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor, and, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, each New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the
Guarantee applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the
representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct on and
as of the date hereof (after giving effect to this Supplement). Each reference to a Guarantor in
the Guarantee shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor. The Guarantee is hereby
incorporated herein by reference.

     SECTION 2. Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and

 

 

delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms.

     SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Supplement on
any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and
all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
A set of the copies of this Supplement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower
and the Collateral Agent. This Supplement shall become effective as to each New Guarantor when the
Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together,
bear the signatures of such New Guarantor and the Collateral Agent.

     SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee shall remain in full
force and effect.

     SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     SECTION 6. Any provision of this Supplement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and in
the Guarantee, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto
shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of
the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

     SECTION 7. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with
Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each New
Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in
Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 8. Each New Guarantor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its out-of-pocket
expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the fees, disbursements and other charges of
counsel for the Collateral Agent.

[Signature Pages Follow]

2

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Guarantor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this
Supplement to the Guarantee as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	LBPS Holding Company, as a New Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ James F. Underhill
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James F. Underhill 	 
	 	 	Title:  	E.V.P. and C.F.O. 	 
	 
	 	LaBarge Pipe & Steel Company, as New Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ James F. Underhill
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James F. Underhill 	 
	 	 	Title:  	E.V.P. and C.F.O. 	 
	 

[Supplement No. 2 to Revolving Loan Guarantee]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	The CIT Group/Business Credit,
Inc.,
       as Co-Collateral Agent 

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Howard Trebach
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Howard Trebach 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	Bank of America, N.A.,
     as Co-Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Joy L. Bartholomew
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Joy L. Bartholomew 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 
	 

[Supplement
No. 2 to Revolving Loan Guarantee]exv10w4

Exhibit 10.4

Execution Version

 
 

MIDFIELD SUPPLY ULC,

as Borrower

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 18, 2009

CDN$60,000,000

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (acting through its Canada branch),

and

CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO

TIME OR AT ANY TIME NAMED HEREIN AS LENDERS,

as Lenders

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (acting through its Canada branch),

as Agent

 
 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
	 	 	1	 
	1.1 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	1.2 Accounting Terms
	 	 	30	 
	1.3 Certain Matters of Construction
	 	 	30	 
	1.4 Interest Calculations and Payments
	 	 	31	 
	1.5 Interest Act (Canada)
	 	 	31	 
	1.6 Equivalent Amount
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2 CREDIT FACILITIES
	 	 	32	 
	2.1 Revolver Commitment
	 	 	32	 
	2.2 Letter of Credit Facility
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3 INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES
	 	 	39	 
	3.1 Interest
	 	 	39	 
	3.2 Fees
	 	 	40	 
	3.3 Computation of Interest, Fees, Yield Protection
	 	 	41	 
	3.4 Overdraft Loans
	 	 	42	 
	3.5 Illegality
	 	 	42	 
	3.6 Increased Costs
	 	 	42	 
	3.7 Capital Adequacy
	 	 	43	 
	3.8 Mitigation
	 	 	43	 
	3.9 Funding Losses
	 	 	44	 
	3.10 Maximum Interest
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4 LOAN ADMINISTRATION
	 	 	44	 
	4.1 Manner of Borrowing and Funding Revolver Loans
	 	 	44	 
	4.2 Defaulting Lender
	 	 	46	 
	4.3 Number and Amount of BA Equivalent Loans; Determination of Rate
	 	 	49	 
	4.4 Effect of Termination
	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5 PAYMENTS
	 	 	49	 
	5.1 General Payment Provisions
	 	 	49	 
	5.2 Repayment of Revolver Loans
	 	 	49	 
	5.3 Payment of Other Obligations
	 	 	50	 
	5.4 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside
	 	 	50	 
	5.5
Post—Default Allocation of Payments
	 	 	50	 
	5.6 Application of Payments
	 	 	51	 
	5.7 Loan Account; Account Stated
	 	 	51	 
	5.8 Taxes
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	 	 	52	 
	6.1 Conditions Precedent to Amendment and Restatement
	 	 	52	 
	6.2 Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions
	 	 	55	 
	6.3 Limited Waiver of Conditions Precedent
	 	 	56	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7 COLLATERAL
	 	 	56	 
	7.1 Grant of Security Interest
	 	 	56	 
	7.2 Lien on Deposit Accounts/Dominion Accounts; Cash Collateral
	 	 	57	 
	7.3 Other Collateral
	 	 	58	 

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	7.4 No Assumption of Liability
	 	 	58	 
	7.5 Further Assurances
	 	 	58	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8 COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION
	 	 	58	 
	8.1 Borrowing Base Certificates
	 	 	58	 
	8.2 Administration of Accounts
	 	 	59	 
	8.3 Administration of Inventory
	 	 	60	 
	8.4 Administration of Equipment and Real Estate
	 	 	60	 
	8.5 Administration of Deposit Accounts
	 	 	61	 
	8.6 General Provisions
	 	 	61	 
	8.7 Power of Attorney
	 	 	62	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	63	 
	9.1 General Representations and Warranties
	 	 	63	 
	9.2 Complete Disclosure
	 	 	70	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10 COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS
	 	 	70	 
	10.1 Affirmative Covenants
	 	 	70	 
	10.2 Negative Covenants
	 	 	76	 
	10.3 Financial Covenants
	 	 	81	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES ON DEFAULT
	 	 	81	 
	11.1 Events of Default
	 	 	81	 
	11.2 Remedies upon Default
	 	 	83	 
	11.3 License
	 	 	84	 
	11.4 Setoff
	 	 	85	 
	11.5 Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver
	 	 	85	 
	11.6 Equity Cure
	 	 	86	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 12 AGENT
	 	 	87	 
	12.1 Appointment, Authority and Duties of Agent
	 	 	87	 
	12.2 Agreements Regarding Collateral and Field Examination Reports
	 	 	88	 
	12.3 Reliance By Agent
	 	 	89	 
	12.4 Action Upon Default
	 	 	89	 
	12.5 Ratable Sharing
	 	 	89	 
	12.6 Indemnification of Agent Indemnitees
	 	 	90	 
	12.7 Limitation on Responsibilities of Agent
	 	 	90	 
	12.8 Successor Agent and Co-Agents
	 	 	91	 
	12.9 Due Diligence and Non-Reliance
	 	 	92	 
	12.10 Replacement of Certain Lenders
	 	 	92	 
	12.11 Remittance of Payments and Collections
	 	 	93	 
	12.12 Agent in its Individual Capacity
	 	 	93	 
	12.13 Agent Titles
	 	 	94	 
	12.14 No Third Party Beneficiaries
	 	 	94	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13 BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS
	 	 	94	 
	13.1 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	94	 
	13.2 Participations
	 	 	94	 
	13.3 Assignments
	 	 	95	 
	13.4 Representation of Lenders
	 	 	96	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 14 GUARANTEES
	 	 	96	 

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	14.1 The Guarantees
	 	 	96	 
	14.2 Guarantee Absolute
	 	 	96	 
	14.3 Consents, Waivers and Renewals
	 	 	97	 
	14.4 Subrogation
	 	 	98	 
	14.5 Subordination
	 	 	98	 
	14.6 Protection Clause
	 	 	99	 
	14.7 Limitation on Guarantee of Obligations
	 	 	99	 
	14.8 Guarantee of Payment
	 	 	100	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 15 MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	100	 
	15.1 Consents, Amendments and Waivers
	 	 	100	 
	15.2 Indemnity
	 	 	101	 
	15.3 Notices and Communications
	 	 	102	 
	15.4 Performance of Obligors’ Obligations
	 	 	102	 
	15.5 Credit Inquiries
	 	 	103	 
	15.6 Severability
	 	 	103	 
	15.7 Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms
	 	 	103	 
	15.8 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures
	 	 	103	 
	15.9 Entire Agreement
	 	 	103	 
	15.10 Obligations of Lenders
	 	 	103	 
	15.11 Confidentiality
	 	 	104	 
	15.12 Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of Process
	 	 	104	 
	15,13 Waivers by Obligors
	 	 	105	 
	15.14 Survival of Representations and Warranties
	 	 	106	 
	15.15 Fees and Expenses
	 	 	106	 
	15.16 Limitation of Liability
	 	 	107	 
	15.17 Final Agreement
	 	 	107	 
	15.18 Precedence
	 	 	107	 
	15.19 Judgment Currency
	 	 	108	 
	15.20 Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Legislation
	 	 	108	 
	15.21 Existing Loan and Security Agreement Amended and Restated
	 	 	109	 

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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

	 	 	 

	Exhibit A

	 	Revolver Note
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit B

	 	Intentionally Deleted
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit C

	 	Assignment and Acceptance
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit D

	 	Assignment Notice
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit E

	 	Borrowing Base Certificate
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit F

	 	Notice of Continuation/Conversion
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit G

	 	Compliance Certificate
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit H

	 	Notice of Borrowing
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 1.1

	 	Commitments of Lenders
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 1 .2

	 	EBITDA Adjustments
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 8.5

	 	Dominion Accounts
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 8.6.1

	 	Business Locations
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 9.1.4

	 	Names and Capital Structure
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 9.1.5

	 	Former Names and Companies
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 9.1.12

	 	Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 9.1.15

	 	Environmental Matters
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 9.1.16

	 	Restrictive Agreements
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 9.1.17

	 	Litigation
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 9.1.19

	 	Pension Compliance
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 9.1.21

	 	Labour Contracts
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 9.1.29

	 	Real Estate
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 10.2.2

	 	Existing Liens
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 10.2.17

	 	Existing Affiliate Transactions

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is dated as of November 18, 2009, among
MIDFIELD SUPPLY ULC, an unlimited liability company incorporated under the laws of Alberta (the
“Borrower”), Mega Production Testing Inc. and Hagan Oilfield Supply Ltd., as guarantors, the
financial institutions party to this Agreement from time to time as lenders (collectively, the
“Lenders”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (acting through its Canada branch), as agent for the Lenders
(the “Agent’).

R E C I T A L S:

     WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Bank of
America, N.A. (acting through its Canada branch), as Agent for the Lenders, are party to that
certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 2, 2006 (in effect and as amended pursuant
to a Consent and First Amendment to the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April 26, 2007, a
Second Amendment to the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of May 17, 2007, a Third Amendment,
Consent and Waiver to the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 31, 2007, a Fourth
Amendment dated April 28, 2008, a Consent and Fifth Amendment to the Loan and Security Agreement
dated as of June 26, 2008 and a Consent and Sixth Amendment to the Loan and Security Agreement
dated as of November 24, 2008, the “Existing Loan and Security Agreement”); and

     WHEREAS, certain of the Lenders under the Existing Loan and Security Agreement have assigned
their rights and obligations thereunder to Persons who are, or shall become, Lenders under this
Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, the Commitments of certain Persons who are Lenders under the Existing Loan and
Security Agreement and are continuing as Lenders under this Agreement are being modified as
provided herein; and

     WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Agent and the Lenders hereunder desire to amend and
restate the Existing Loan and Security Agreement as provided herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in this
Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the Lenders, the Agent, the Guarantors and the Borrower hereby agree that the Existing Loan and
Security Agreement shall be amended and restated, without novation, in its entirety to read as
follows:

SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

1.1 Definitions.

     As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

     Account — means all of the Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquired or arising
accounts as defined in the PPSA, including any rights to payment for the sale or lease of goods or
rendition of services, whether or not they have been earned by performance.

 

 

     Account Debtor — a Person who is obligated under an Account, Chattel Paper or General
Intangible.

     Acquisition — any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on
or after the Closing Date, by which an Obligor directly or indirectly (a) acquires debt of another
Person, (b) acquires any ongoing business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person
engaged in any ongoing business, whether through a purchase of assets, a merger/amalgamation or
otherwise, (c) acquires control of Equity Interests of a Person engaged in an ongoing business
representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other
governing position if the business affairs of such Person are managed by a board of directors or
other governing body or (d) acquires control of more than 50% of the Equity Interests in any
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, business trust
or other Person engaged in an ongoing business that is not managed by a board of directors or other
governing body.

     Adjusted EBITDA — for the period then calculated, means, EBITDA plus or minus the
adjustments (including for the requisite periods of application) set forth on Schedule 1.2.

     Affiliate — with respect to any Person, another Person (a) who directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
first Person; (b) who beneficially owns
10% or more of the voting securities or any class of
Equity Interests of such first Person; (c) at least 10% of whose voting securities or any class of
Equity Interests is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such first Person; or (d) who is
an officer, director, partner or managing member of such first
Person. “Control” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through ownership of Equity Interests, by contract or otherwise.

     Agent — Agent in its capacity as agent for the Lenders and in its capacity as
collateral agent for the Secured Parties under the Security Documents, together with any successor
in that capacity appointed pursuant to Section 12.8.

     Agent Indemnitees — Agent and its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents,
mandataries and attorneys.

     Agent Professionals — attorneys, accountants, appraisers, auditors, business valuation
experts, environmental engineers or consultants, turnaround consultants, and other professionals
and experts retained by Agent.

     Agreement — this Loan and Security Agreement and all Exhibits and Schedules thereto.

     Allocable Amount — as defined in Section 14.7.

     Anti-Terrorism Laws — any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including,
without limitation, the Patriot Act and the Proceeds of Crime Act.

     Applicable Law — all laws, rules, regulations and governmental guidelines applicable
to the Person, conduct, transaction, agreement or matter in question, including all applicable

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statutory law, common law and equitable principles, and all provisions of constitutions, treaties,
statutes, rules, regulations, orders and decrees of Governmental Authorities.

     Applicable Margin — with respect to any Type of Loan, (a) on any day on or before
December 31, 2009, 2.00% for Prime Rate Loans and 3.50% for BA Equivalent Loans, and (b) on any day
after December 31, 2009, as determined by the Average Daily Availability of the Borrower for the
preceding Fiscal Quarter:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Average Daily	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Availability for	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	previous Fiscal	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Level	 	Quarter	 	 	Prime Rate Loans	 	 	BA Equivalent Loans	 
	I
	 	<$30,000,000	 	 	 	2.25	%	 	 	3.75	%
	II
	 	≥$30,000,000 and <$60,000,000	 	 	2.00	%	 	 	3.50	%
	III
	 	≥$60,000,000	 	 	 	1.75	%	 	 	3.25	%

     Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Applicable Margin shall be subject to
increase or decrease, effective as of the first day of the next succeeding Fiscal Quarter following
a completed Fiscal Quarter as provided above.

     Asset Disposition — a sale, lease, license, consignment, transfer, alienation or
other disposition of Property of an Obligor, including a disposition of Property in connection with
a sale-leaseback transaction or synthetic lease.

     Assignment and Acceptance — an assignment agreement between a Lender and Eligible
Assignee and accepted by Agent, in the form of Exhibit C.

     ATB Financial — Alberta Treasury Branches.

     ATB Financial Debt — a fixed asset revolving term loan facility made by ATB Financial
in favour of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in the aggregate amount of $15,000,000 (the “ATB
Principal”) pursuant to the Letter Agreement dated as of May 17, 2007, as amended, modified,
supplemented or restated to November 12, 2009, and secured by the Borrower’s Real Estate, Equipment
and fixed assets only. At all times that the ATB Financial Debt is outstanding, and for so long as
any Commitments or Obligations are outstanding, each Obligor shall not, and shall cause each
Subsidiary not to, agree to the increase of the principal amount of the ATB Financial Debt in
excess of the ATB Principal, nor agree to the increase of any interest rates or any fees, premiums,
commissions or other payments except as provided for in the ATB Financial Debt existing on the
Closing Date or make any covenants and terms more restrictive than those provided for in the ATB
Financial Debt existing on the Closing Date, unless the Agent’s prior written consent, in its
discretion, has been obtained in each such case.

     ATB Intercreditor Agreement — the Intercreditor Agreement among the Agent, ATB
Financial and the Borrower dated as of May 17, 2007 (as amended, as the same may be further

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amended,
restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time on terms satisfactory to the Agent).

     ATB Principal — as defined in the definition of ATB Financial Debt.

     Availability — determined as of any date, the amount that Borrower is entitled to
borrow as Revolver Loans, being the Borrowing Base minus the principal balance of all Revolver
Loans.

     Availability Block — $20,000,000 at all times.

     Availability Reserve — the sum (without duplication) of (a) the Rent and Charges
Reserve; (b) the LC Reserve; (c) the aggregate amount of liabilities secured by Liens upon
Collateral that are senior to Agent’s Liens (but imposition of any such reserve shall not waive an
Event of Default arising therefrom); (d) the Priority Payable Reserve; (e) Availability Block; and
(f) such additional reserves, in such amounts and with respect to such matters, as Agent in its
discretion may elect to impose from time to time.

     Average Daily Availability — the amount obtained by adding the difference between the
Borrowing Base and the aggregate unpaid balance of the Revolver Loans and Swingline Loans owing by
Borrower to Agent and Lenders at the end of each day during the period in question and by dividing
such sum by the number of days in such period; provided, however, that for purposes
of determining “Average Daily Availability” as such term is used in the definition of “Applicable
Margin” of this Agreement, “Borrowing Base” shall be determined without regard to clause (a) of the
definition of “Borrowing Base” and without regard to the Availability Block.

     BA Equivalent Loan — each set of BA Equivalent Revolver Loans having a common length
and commencement of Interest Period.

     BA Equivalent Rate — for the Interest Period of each BA Equivalent Loan, the rate of
interest per annum equal to the annual rates applicable to Canadian Dollar Bankers’ Acceptances
having an identical or comparable term as the proposed BA Equivalent Loan displayed and identified
as such on the display referred to as the “CDOR Page” (or any display substituted therefor) of
Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service as at approximately 10:00 A.M. Eastern time on such day (or, if
such day is not a Business Day, as of 10:00 A.M. Eastern time on the immediately preceding Business
Day), plus five (5) basis points, provided that if such rates do not appear on the CDOR Page at
such time on such date, the rate for such date will be the annual discount rate (rounded upward to
the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) as of 10:00 A.M. Eastern time on such day at which a
Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule 1 of the Bank Act (Canada) as selected by Agent is then
offering to purchase Canadian Dollar Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by it having such specified term
(or a term as closely as possible comparable to such specified term), plus five (5) basis points;
provided, however, that in no event shall the BA Equivalent Rate be less than 2.00%.

     BA Equivalent Revolver Loan — a Revolver Loan, in Canadian Dollars, that bears
interest at a rate determined by reference to the BA Equivalent Rate.

     Bank
— Bank of America, N.A. (acting through its Canada branch) or any successor or
assign thereof.

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     Bank of America Indemnitees — Bank and all of its present and future officers,
directors, employees, Affiliates, agents, mandataries and attorneys.

     Bank Product — any of the following products, services or facilities extended to
Borrower or Canadian Subsidiary by Bank, any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) Cash Management
Services; (b) products under Hedging Agreements; (c) commercial credit card and merchant card
services; and (d) leases and other banking products or services as may be requested by Borrower or
Canadian Subsidiary, other than Letters of Credit; provided, however, that for any of the foregoing
to be included as an “Obligation” for purposes of a distribution under Section 5.5.1, the
applicable Secured Party and Obligor must have previously provided written notice to Agent of (i)
the existence of such Bank Product, (ii) the maximum dollar amount of obligations arising
thereunder (“Bank Product Amount”), and (iii) the methodology to be used by such parties in
determining the Bank Product Debt owing from time to time. The Bank Product Amount may be changed
from time to time upon written notice to Agent by the Secured Party and Obligor. No Bank Product
Amount may be established or increased at any time that a Default or Event of Default exists.

     Bank Product Amount — as defined in the definition of Bank Product.

     Bank Product Debt — Debt and other obligations of an Obligor relating to Bank
Products.

     Bankruptcy Code — Title 11 of the United States Code (or any successor statute), as
amended from time to time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

     BIA — The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) (or any successor statute), as
amended from time to time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

     Board of Governors — the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

     Bonuses — bonuses payable by the Borrower to its employees in respect of the
Borrower’s then most recently ended Fiscal Year.

     Borrowed Money — with respect to any Obligor, without duplication, its (a) Debt that
(i) arises from the lending of money by any Person to such Obligor, (ii) is evidenced by notes,
drafts, bonds, debentures, credit documents or similar instruments, (iii) accrues interest or is a
type upon which interest charges are customarily paid (excluding trade payables owing in the
Ordinary Course of Business), or (iv) was issued or assumed as full or partial payment for
Property; (b) Capital Leases; (c) reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit; and
(d) guaranties of any Debt of the foregoing types owing by another Person.

     Borrowing — a group of Loans of one Type that are made on the same day or are
converted into Loans of one Type on the same day.

     Borrowing Base — on any date of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
the aggregate amount of Revolver Commitments, minus the LC Reserve; and (b) the sum of up
to 85% of the Value of Eligible Accounts, plus the lessor of (A) the lesser of (i) the sum
of up to 60% of the Value of Eligible Inventory, and (ii) the sum of up to 85% of the Net Orderly
Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory, and (B) the Inventory Sub-Limit minus the
Availability Reserve.

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     Borrowing Base Certificate — a certificate, in the form of Exhibit E, in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent, by which Borrower certifies calculation of the Borrowing Base.

     Business Day — (a) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any other day on which banks
are permitted to be closed under the laws of the Province of Ontario or the Province of Quebec.

     Capital Adequacy Regulation — any law, rule, regulation, guideline, request or
directive of any central bank or other Governmental Authority, whether or not having the force of
law, regarding capital adequacy of a bank or any Person controlling a bank.

     Capital Expenditures — all liabilities incurred, expenditures made or payments due
(whether or not made) by Borrower or Subsidiary for (i) any Permitted Acquisition, and (ii) for the
acquisition of any fixed assets, or any improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions
thereto with a useful life of more than one year, including the principal portion of Capital
Leases.

     Capital Lease — any lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting
purposes in accordance with GAAP.

     Cash Collateral — cash, and any interest or other income earned thereon, that is
delivered to Agent to Cash Collateralize any Obligations.

     Cash Collateral Account — a demand deposit, money market or other account established
by Agent at such financial institution as Agent may select in its discretion, which account shall
be subject to Agent’s Liens for the benefit of Secured Parties.

     Cash Collateralize — the delivery of cash to Agent, as security for the payment of
Obligations, in an amount equal to (a) with respect to LC Obligations, 105% of the aggregate LC
Obligations, and (b) with respect to any inchoate or contingent Obligations (including Obligations
arising under Bank Products), Agent’s good faith estimate of the amount due or to become due,
including all fees and other amounts relating to such Obligations. “Cash Collateralization”
has a correlative meaning.

     Cash Equivalents — (a) marketable obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by,
and backed by the full faith and credit of, the Canadian or United States government, maturing
within 12 months of the date of acquisition; (b) certificates of deposit, guaranteed investment
certificates, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances maturing within 12 months of the date of
acquisition, and overnight bank deposits, in each case which are issued by a commercial bank
organized under the laws of Canada or the United States or any province, state or district thereof
rated A-1 (or better) by S&P or P-1 (or better) by Moody’s at the time of acquisition, and (unless
issued by a Lender) not subject to offset rights; (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not
more than 30 days for underlying investments of the types described in clauses (a) and (b) entered
into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b); (d) commercial paper rated
A-1 (or better) by S&P or P-1 (or better) by Moody’s, and maturing within nine months of the date
of acquisition; and (e) shares of any money market fund that has substantially all of its assets
invested continuously in the types of investments referred to above, has net assets of at least
$500,000,000 and has the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P.

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     Cash Management Services — any services provided from time to time by Bank or any of
its Affiliates to Borrower or a Canadian Subsidiary in connection with operating, collections,
payroll, trust, or other depository or disbursement accounts, including automatic clearinghouse,
controlled disbursement, depository, electronic funds transfer, information reporting, lockbox,
stop payment, overdraft and/or wire transfer services.

     CCAA — Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), (or any successor statute), as
amended from time to time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

     CERCLA — the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (42
U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), (or any successor statute), as amended from time to time, and includes all
regulations thereunder.

     Change of Control — (a) McJunkin Red Man Holding Corporation ceases to own and
control, beneficially and of record, directly or indirectly, 100% of the voting Equity Interests in
Borrower; (b) McJunkin Red Man Holding Corporation ceases to own and control, beneficially and of
record, directly or indirectly, 100% of the voting Equity Interests in McJunkin Canada; (c) a
change in the majority of directors of Borrower, unless approved by the then majority of directors;
or (d) all or substantially all of Borrower’s assets are sold or transferred.

     Chattel
Paper — as defined in the PPSA.

     Civil Code — the Civil Code (Quebec) (or any successor statute), as amended from time
to time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

     Claims — all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, actions,
suits, proceedings, awards, costs and expenses of any kind (including remedial response costs,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and Extraordinary Expenses) at any time (including after Full Payment of
the Obligations, resignation or replacement of Agent, or replacement of any Lender) incurred by or
asserted against any Indemnitee in any way relating to (a) any Loan Documents or transactions
relating thereto, (b) any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Indemnitee in connection with
any Loan Documents, (c) the existence, perfection, opposability or enforcement of any Liens on, or
realization upon, any Collateral, (d) exercise of any rights or remedies under any Loan Documents
or Applicable Law, or (e) failure by any Obligor to perform or observe any terms of any Loan
Document, in each case including all costs and expenses relating to any investigation, litigation,
arbitration or other proceeding (including an Insolvency Proceeding or appellate proceedings),
whether or not the applicable Indemnitee is a party thereto.

     Class R Note — unsecured subordinated demand promissory note, classified as the Class
R Note, dated as of June 15, 2005, issued to McJunkin Canada by the Borrower in the amount of
$37,232,833, bearing interest at the rate of 12% per annum.

     Closing Date — as defined in Section 6.1.

     Code — the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and includes
all regulations thereunder.

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     Collateral — all Property described in Section 7.1, all Property described in any
Security Documents as security for any Obligations, and all other Property that now or hereafter
secures (or is intended to secure) any Obligations.

     Commitment — for any Lender, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolver
Commitment. “Commitments” means the aggregate amount of all Revolver Commitments.

     Commitment Increase Amount — as defined in Section 2.1.7.

     Commitment
Increase Date — as defined in Section 2.1.7.

     Commitment Increase Notice — as defined in Section 2.1.7.

     Commitment Reduction Amount — as defined in Section 2.1.8.

     Commitment
Reduction Date — as defined in Section 2.1.8.

     Commitment Reduction Notice — as defined in Section 2.1.8.

     Commitment Termination Date — the earliest to occur of (a) the Revolver Termination
Date; (b) the date on which Borrower terminates the Revolver Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.4; or (c) the date on which the Revolver Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 11.2.

     Compliance Certificate — a certificate, in the form of Exhibit G, by which Borrower
certifies compliance with Sections 10.2.3 and 10.3 and calculates the applicable Level for the
Applicable Margin.

     Confirmation Agreement — that certain Confirmation, Ratification and Amendment of
Loan Documents and Security Documents dated as of the date hereof by and among the Obligors and the
Agent.

     Contaminant — any waste, pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous
waste, special waste, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos in any form or
condition, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), or any hazardous or toxic constituent of any such
substance or waste.

     Contingent Obligation — any obligation of a Person arising from a guarantee, surety,
indemnity or other assurance of payment or performance of any Debt, lease, dividend or other
obligation (“primary obligations”) of another obligor (“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person under any (a) guarantee, surety,
endorsement, co-making or sale with recourse of an obligation of a primary obligor; (b) obligation
to make take-or-pay or similar payments regardless of nonperformance by any other party to an
agreement; and (c) arrangement (i) to purchase any primary obligation or security therefor, (ii) to
supply funds for the purchase or payment of any primary obligation, (iii) to maintain or assure
working capital, equity capital, net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iv) to purchase
Property or services for the purpose of assuring the ability of the primary obligor to perform a
primary obligation, or (v) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of any primary
obligation against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Contingent Obligation

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shall be deemed to be the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation (or, if less, the
maximum amount for which such Person may be liable under the instrument evidencing the Contingent
Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability with
respect thereto.

     Credit Judgment — Agent’s reasonable credit judgment, based upon its consideration of
any factor that it believes (a) will or could be expected to adversely affect the quantity,
quality, mix or value of Collateral (including any Applicable Law that may inhibit collection of an
Account), the enforceability or priority of Agent’s Liens, or the amount that Agent and Lenders
would likely receive in liquidation of any Collateral; (b) suggests that any collateral report or
financial information delivered by any Obligor is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any
material respect; (c) materially increases the likelihood of any Insolvency Proceeding involving an
Obligor; or (d) creates or could result in a Default or Event of Default. In exercising such
judgment, Agent may consider any factors that could increase the credit risk of lending to Borrower
on the security of the Collateral.

     CWA — the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.) (or any successor statute), as
amended from time to time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

     Debt — with respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) all items that would be
included as liabilities on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation,
Capital Leases, but excluding trade payables incurred and being paid in the Ordinary Course of
Business; (b) all Contingent Obligations; (c) all reimbursement obligations in connection with
letters of credit issued for the account of such Person; and (d) in the case of Borrower, the
Obligations. The Debt of a Person shall include any recourse Debt of any partnership in which such
Person is a general partner or joint venturer.

     Default — an event or condition that, with the lapse of time or giving of notice,
would constitute an Event of Default.

     Default Rate — for any Obligation (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest
not paid when due), 2% plus the interest rate otherwise applicable thereto.

     Defaulting Lender — means any Lender, as determined by the Agent, (i) that has failed
or refused to abide by its obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation, its
obligation to make available to Agent its Pro Rata share of any Loans, expenses or setoff or
purchase its Pro Rata share of a participation interest in the Swingline Loans, Letters of Credit
and LC Obligations, (ii) that has otherwise failed to pay over to the Agent any other amount
required to be paid by it hereunder within two (2) days of receipt from the Agent of written notice
thereof, (iii) that has notified any Borrower, the Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or
any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under
this Agreement or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with
its funding obligations under this Agreement or under other agreements in which it commits to
extend credit, (iv) as to which the Agent, Swingline Lender or Issuing Bank has a good faith belief
that such Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other syndicated
credit facilities, or (v) which has (a) become or is insolvent or a Person
that controls such Lender has become or is insolvent or (b) become the subject of a bankruptcy
or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager,
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taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in
any such proceeding or appointment or a Person that controls such Lender has become the subject of
a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and
manager, administrator, liquidator, conservator, requestrator trustee or custodian appointed for
it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.

     Deposit Account —includes any bank account (with deposit functions) maintained or
held with any financial institution.

     Distributions — any declaration or payment of a distribution, interest or dividend on any
Equity Interest (other than payment-in-kind); any distribution, advance or repayment of Debt to a
holder of Equity Interests; or any purchase, redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for
value of any Equity Interest.

     Dollars or Canadian Dollars or “$” — the lawful currency of Canada.

     Dominion Account — a special account established by each Obligor at Bank, over which
Agent has exclusive access and control for withdrawal purposes.

     EBITDA — determined on a consolidated basis for Borrower and Subsidiaries, net income,
calculated before interest expense. provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization
expense, gains or losses arising from the sale of capital assets, gains arising from the write-up
of tangible assets, gains or losses arising from the write up or write down of intangible assets,
Bonuses, Shared Administration Costs, and any extraordinary gains and non-cash compensation
expenses (in each case, to the extent included in determining net income).

     Eligible Account — an Account owing to an Obligor that arises in the Ordinary Course
of Business from the sale of goods, or rendition of services, is payable in Dollars or U.S. Dollars
and is deemed by Agent, in its Credit Judgment, to be an Eligible Account. Without limiting the
foregoing, no Account shall be an Eligible Account if:

     (a) it is unpaid for more than 90 days after the original invoice date; provided, however,
that in the case of Accounts owing by the Account Debtor known as Paramount Resources Ltd., it is
unpaid for more than 120 days after the original invoice date;

     (b) 30% or more of the Accounts owing by the Account Debtor are not Eligible Accounts under
clause (a) of this definition or otherwise ineligible hereunder;

     (c) when aggregated with other Accounts owing by the Account Debtor, it exceeds 20% of the
aggregate Eligible Accounts (or such higher percentage as Agent may establish for the Account
Debtor from time to time) but only to the extent of such excess;

     (d) it does not conform with a covenant or representation herein in any material respect;

     (e) it is owing by a creditor or supplier, or is otherwise subject to a potential offset,
compensation, counterclaim, dispute, deduction, discount, recoupment, reserve, defense, chargeback,
contra, credit or allowance (but ineligibility shall be limited to the
amount thereof) unless (i) the Agent, in its Credit Judgment, has established an appropriate
reserve and

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determines to include such Account as an Eligible Account or (ii) such Account Debtor has
entered into an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Agent to waive such rights;

     (f) an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Account Debtor; or the
Account Debtor has failed, has suspended or ceased doing business, is liquidating, dissolving or
winding up its affairs, or is not Solvent or, in the case of an individual, death or judicial
declaration of incompetence;

     (g) the Account Debtor is organized or has its principal chief executive or registered offices
outside Canada, the continental United States or Hawaii except in the case where the sale giving
rise to such Account is backed by an irrevocable letter of credit issued or confirmed by a bank
(with a rating of “A” or higher by Standard & Poor’s) reasonably acceptable to Agent and that is in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent and payable in the full amount of the Account
in freely convertible (i) U.S. Dollars at a place of payment within the United States, or (ii)
Dollars at a place of payment within Canada, and, if requested by the Agent, such letter of credit,
or amounts payable thereunder, is assigned to the Agent (with such assignment acknowledged by the
issuing or confirming bank);

     (h) it is owing by a Government Authority, unless (i) the Account Debtor is the United States
or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof and the Account has been assigned to Agent in
compliance with the Assignment of Claims Act, (ii) the Account Debtor is the government of Canada
and the Account has been assigned to Agent in compliance with the Financial Administration Act
(Canada) or (iii) such Account is backed by a letter of credit reasonable acceptable to the Agent
and which is in the possession of the Agent;

     (i) it is not subject to a duly perfected, opposable and first priority Lien in favour of
Agent, or is subject to any other Lien other than a Permitted Lien which does not have priority
over the Lien in favour of the Agent; provided that, with respect to any tax Lien having
such priority, eligibility of Accounts shall, without duplication, be reduced by the amount of such
tax Lien, or the Agent’s right or ability to obtain direct payment to the Agent of the proceeds of
such Account, is governed by any federal, state or provincial statutory requirements other than
those of the UCC, the PPSA or the Civil Code;

     (j) the goods giving rise to it have not been shipped (if shipped, must be FOB Obligor
premises) to the Account Debtor, the services giving rise to it have not been performed by the
Obligor, or it otherwise does not represent a final sale;

     (k) it is evidenced by Chattel Paper or an Instrument of any kind, or has been reduced to
judgment;

     (l) its payment has been extended, the Account Debtor has made a partial payment, or it arises
from a sale on a cash-on-delivery basis;

     (m) it arises from a sale to an Affiliate, or from a sale on a bill-and-hold, pre-bill,
guaranteed sale, sale or return, sale on approval, consignment, conditional sale or other
repurchase or return basis;

     (n) it represents a progress billing or retainage;

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     (o) it represents an Account belonging to an Account Debtor where an Obligor has suspended any
further sales to such Account Debtor;

     (p) it includes a billing for interest, fees or late charges, but ineligibility shall be
limited to the extent thereof;

     (q) with respect to which the Account Debtor is located in any state of the United States or
province of Canada which requires the filing of a Notice of Business Activities Report or
registration or licencing to carry on business or similar report, registration or licencing in
order to permit an Obligor to seek judicial enforcement in such state of the United States or
province of Canada of payment of such Account, unless an Obligor has qualified to do business in
such province or state or has filed a Notice of Business Activities Report or registration or
licencing to carry on business or equivalent report, registration or licencing for the then current
year except to the extent such Obligor may qualify subsequently as a foreign entity authorized to
transact business in such state or jurisdiction and gain access to such courts, without incurring
any cost or penalty reasonably viewed by the Agent to be material in amount, and such later
qualification cures any access to such courts to enforce payment of such Account;

     (r) it arises from a retail sale to a Person who is purchasing for personal, family or
household purposes; or

     (s) such Account is determined by the Agent in its Credit Judgment to be ineligible for any
other reason.

     In calculating delinquent portions of Accounts under clauses (a) and (b), credit balances more
than 90 days old will be excluded (provided, however, that, in the case of Paramount Resources
Ltd., credit balances more than 120 days old will be excluded). If any Account at any time ceases
to be an Eligible Account, then such Account shall promptly be excluded from the calculation of
Eligible Accounts.

     Eligible Assignee — a Canadian based Affiliate of a Lender each of which is a
Qualified Lender; (ii) any other financial institution approved by Agent and Borrower (which
approval by Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and shall be deemed given if no
objection is made within two Business Days after notice of the proposed assignment), that is a
Qualified Lender, has total assets in excess of $5 billion, extends asset-based lending facilities
in its ordinary course of business, whose becoming an assignee would not constitute a prohibited
transaction under Applicable Law and who
is a Qualified Lender; and (iii) during any Event of Default, any Person acceptable to Agent
in its discretion.

     Eligible Inventory — Inventory owned by an Obligor that Agent, in its Credit Judgment,
deems to be Eligible Inventory. Without limiting the foregoing, no Inventory shall be Eligible
Inventory unless it:

     (a) is finished goods, and not raw materials, work-in-process, packaging or shipping
materials, labels, samples, display items, bags, replacement parts, spare parts or manufacturing
supplies;

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     (c) is in new and saleable condition and is not damaged, defective, shopworn or otherwise
unfit for sale;

     (d) is not slow-moving, obsolete or unmerchantable, and does not constitute returned or
repossessed goods;

     (e) meets, in all material respects, all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority, and
does not constitute hazardous materials under any Environmental Law;

     (f) conforms with the covenants and representations herein, in all material respects;

     (g) is owned by an Obligor and is maintained or stored at a location of an Obligor subject to
paragraphs (i), (j) and (k) of this definition of Eligible Inventory;

     (h) is subject to Agent’s duly perfected, opposable and first priority Lien, and no other Lien
other than a Permitted Lien which does not have priority over the Lien in favour of the Agent
(other than any bailee, warehouseman, landlord or similar non-consensual Liens having priority of
operation of law to the extent paragraph (i), (j) or (k) is satisfied with respect to the relevant
Inventory); provided that, with respect to any tax Lien having such priority, eligibility of
Inventory shall, without duplication, be reduced by the amount of such tax Lien;

     (i) is not located on leased premises unless the lessor has delivered a Lien Waiver or an
appropriate Rent and Charges Reserve at the Agent’s Credit Judgment has been established;

     (j) is not in the possession of a warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper,
freight forwarder or other Person, unless such Person has delivered a Lien Waiver;

     (k) is not consigned to any Person, provided, however, that Inventory in
Canada or the continental United States, on consignment by an Obligor to a Person, shall be
considered Eligible Inventory if (i) Obligor has filed a financing statement against such Person in
respect of such Inventory (insuring a first ranking Lien against such Inventory), (ii) Obligor has
assigned the foregoing financing statement to Agent, (iii) such Person has delivered a consignee’s
consent letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, and (iv) the Inventory
would otherwise constitute Eligible Inventory hereunder;

     (l) is within the continental United States or Canada and is not in transit except between
locations of an Obligor;

     (l) is not subject to any warehouse receipt or negotiable Document;

     (m) is not subject to any License or other arrangement that restricts an Obligor’s or Agent’s
right to dispose of such Inventory, unless Agent has received an appropriate Lien Waiver or consent
to sub-license in form and substance satisfactory to Agent; and

     (n) such Inventory is not determined by the Agent in its Credit Judgment to be ineligible for
any other reason.

     If any Inventory at any time ceases to be Eligible Inventory, such Inventory shall promptly be
excluded from the calculation of Eligible Inventory.

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     Enforcement Action — any action to enforce any Obligations or Loan Documents or to
realize upon any Collateral (whether by judicial action, self-help, notification of Account
Debtors, exercise of setoff, compensation or recoupment, or otherwise).

     Environmental Laws — all Applicable Laws (including all programs, permits,
authorizations, consents, registrations, approvals, ordinances, judgments, injunctions, notices and
guidance promulgated by regulatory agencies or other Governmental Authorities), relating to public
health (but excluding occupational safety and health, to the extent regulated by OSHA) or the
protection or pollution of the environment, including the Environmental Protection Act (Canada),
CERCLA and CWA.

     Environmental Notice — a notice (whether written or oral) from any Governmental
Authority or other Person of any possible noncompliance with, investigation of a possible violation
of, litigation relating to, or potential fine or liability under any Environmental Law, or with
respect to any Environmental Release, environmental pollution or hazardous materials, including any
complaint, summons, citation, order, claim, demand or request for correction, remediation or
otherwise.

     Environmental Release — means a release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping,
injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration of a Contaminant into the
indoor or outdoor environment or into or out of any Real Estate or other property, including the
movement of Contaminants through or in the air, soil, surface water, groundwater or Real Estate or
other property or a release as defined in CERCLA or under any other Environmental Law.

     Equipment — as defined in the PPSA, including all tools, machinery, apparatus,
equipment, fittings, furniture, fixtures, motor vehicles and other tangible (corporeal) personal
(movable) Property (other than Inventory), and all parts, accessories and special tools therefor,
and accessions thereto.

     Equity Interest — the interest of any (a) shareholder in a corporation or company, (b)
partner in a partnership (whether general, limited, special, limited liability or joint venture),
(c) member in a limited liability company or unlimited liability company, or (d) other Person
having any other form of equity security or ownership interest.

     Equivalent Amount — on any date, the amount of Dollars into which an amount of U.S.
Dollars may be converted or the amount of U.S. Dollars into which an amount of Dollars may be
converted, in either case, at the Bank’s spot buying rate in Toronto, Canada as at approximately
12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on such date.

     ERISA — the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (or any successor
statute), as amended from time to time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

     Europump — Europump Systems Inc.

     Europump Loan — an unsecured loan, in the aggregate principal amount of $760,000,
made in favour of Europump by, and currently owing to, the Borrower.

     Event of Default — as defined in Section 11.

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     Excluded Taxes — with respect to the Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any
payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of an Obligor hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on
or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in
lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the
laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office or domicile is located
and (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States, Canada or any similar tax imposed by
any other jurisdiction in which an Obligor is located.

     Existing Loan and Security Agreement — as defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.

     Extraordinary Expenses — all costs, expenses or advances that Agent may incur during a
Default or Event of Default, or during the pendency of an Insolvency Proceeding of an Obligor,
including those relating to (a) any audit, inspection, repossession, storage, repair, appraisal,
insurance, manufacture, preparation or advertising for sale, sale, collection, or other
preservation of or realization upon any Collateral; (b) any action, arbitration or other proceeding
(whether instituted by or against Agent, any Lender, any Obligor, any representative of creditors
of an Obligor or any other Person) in any way relating to any Collateral (including the validity,
perfection, opposability, priority or avoidability of Agent’s Liens with respect to any
Collateral), Loan Documents or Obligations, including any lender liability or other Claims; (c) the
exercise, protection or enforcement of any rights or remedies of Agent in, or the monitoring of,
any Insolvency Proceeding; (d) settlement or satisfaction of any taxes, charges or Liens with
respect to any Collateral; (e) any Enforcement Action; (f) negotiation and documentation of any
modification, waiver, workout, restructuring or forbearance with respect to any Loan Documents or
Obligations; or (g) Protective Advances. Such costs, expenses and advances include transfer fees,
taxes, storage fees, insurance costs, permit fees, utility reservation and standby fees, legal
fees, appraisal fees, brokers’ fees and commissions, auctioneers’ fees and commissions,
accountants’ fees, environmental study fees, wages and salaries paid to employees of any Obligor or
independent contractors in liquidating any Collateral, and travel expenses.

     Fee Letter — the fee letter agreement between Agent, Bank and Borrower dated November
1, 2006, as the same may be amended from time to time.

     Fiscal Quarter — each period of three months, commencing on the first day of a Fiscal
Year.

     Fiscal Year — the fiscal year of Borrower and Subsidiaries for accounting and tax
purposes, ending on
December 31st of each year..

     Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio — as of any date of determination, the ratio, determined
and calculated on a consolidated basis for Borrower and Subsidiaries and on a rolling historical
twelve month basis, of (a) Adjusted EBITDA, to (b) Fixed Charges.

     Fixed Charges — the sum, when actually paid in the period, of interest expense,
principal payments on Borrowed Money (other than Revolving Loans), income taxes, Capital
Expenditures (except those financed with Borrowed Money other than Revolver Loans), Bonuses, Shared
Administration Costs and Distributions.

     Foreign Lender — with respect to the Borrower, any Lender that is organized under the
laws of a jurisdiction other than the laws of Canada.

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     Foreign Plan — any employee benefit plan, pension plan or arrangement maintained or
contributed to by any Person that is not subject to the laws of Canada, or any employee benefit
plan or arrangement mandated by a government other than Canada for employees of any Person.

     FSCO — the Financial Services Commission of Ontario and any Person succeeding to the
functions thereof and includes the Superintendent under such statute and any other Governmental
Authority empowered or created by the PBA.

     Full Payment — with respect to any Obligations, (a) the full and indefeasible cash
payment thereof, including any interest, fees and other charges accruing during an Insolvency
Proceeding (whether or not allowed in the proceeding); (b) if such Obligations are LC Obligations
or inchoate or contingent in nature, Cash Collateralization thereof (or delivery of a standby
letter of credit acceptable to Agent in its discretion, in the amount of required Cash Collateral);
and (c) a release of any Claims of Obligors against Agent, Lenders and Issuing Bank arising on or
before the payment date. No Loans shall be deemed to have been paid in full until all Commitments
related to such Loans have expired or been terminated.

     GAAP — generally accepted accounting principles and practices in effect at such time
in Canada as recognized by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants which are applicable to
the circumstances.

     General Intangibles — including “Intangibles” as defined in the PPSA and including
choses in action, causes of action, company or other business records, inventions, blueprints,
designs, patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, trade names, trade
secrets, service marks, goodwill, brand names, copyrights, registrations, licenses, franchises,
customer lists, permits, tax refund claims, computer programs, operational manuals, internet
addresses and domain names, insurance refunds and premium rebates, all rights to indemnification,
and all other intangible and incorporeal Property of any kind.

     General Security Agreements — the general security agreements executed by each Obligor
in favour of the Agent dated the date hereof in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

     Goods — as defined in the PPSA.

     Governmental Approvals — all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and
exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and required reports to, all Governmental
Authorities.

     Governmental Authority — any federal, provincial, territorial, state, municipal,
foreign or other governmental department, agency, commission, board, bureau, court, tribunal,
instrumentality, political subdivision, or other entity or officer exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions for or pertaining to any government
or court, and any corporation, Crown corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through
stock or capital in each case whether associated with Canada, the United States, a province, state,
district or territory thereof, or a foreign entity or government.

     Guarantee — (i) the guarantee, as set out in Section 14 hereof, and (ii) each
guarantee or surety agreement executed by a Guarantor in favour of Agent.

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     Guaranteed Obligations — as defined in Section 14.

     Guarantors — Mega Production Testing Inc., Hagan Oilfield Supply Ltd. and each other
Person who guarantees payment or performance of any Obligations.

     Hedging Agreement — an agreement relating to any swap, cap, floor, collar, option,
forward, cross right or obligation, or combination thereof or similar transaction, with respect to
interest rate, foreign exchange, currency, commodity, credit or equity risk.

     Indemnified Taxes — all Taxes (including Other Taxes) other than Excluded Taxes.

     Indemnitees — Agent Indemnitees, Lender Indemnitees, Issuing Bank Indemnitees and Bank Indemnitees.

     Insolvency Proceeding — (i) The filing by or against an Obligor of a request,
proposal, notice of intent to file a proposal, proceeding, action or petition for liquidation,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, adjudication as a bankrupt, winding-up, or other
relief under the bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, liquidation, winding up, corporate or
similar laws of Canada, the United States, any province, state or territory thereof, or any foreign
jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect; (ii) the making of any general assignment by an Obligor
for the benefit of creditors; (iii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, monitor, custodian,
liquidator, administrator, interim receiver, monitor or trustee or other official for an Obligor or
for any of the assets of an Obligor, including, without limitation, the appointment of or taking
possession by a “trustee under” the BIA or “custodian, ” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code; (iv) the
institution by or against an Obligor of any other type of insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
winding up or reorganization proceeding (under the laws of Canada, including applicable corporate
statutes, the BIA and the CCAA) or of any formal or informal proceeding for the dissolution or
liquidation of, settlement of claims against, or winding up of affairs of, an Obligor; (v) the
sale, assignment, or transfer of all or any material part of the assets of an Obligor; (vi) the
nonpayment generally by an Obligor of its debts as they become due; or (vii) the cessation of the
business of an Obligor as a going concern;

     Instrument — as defined in the PPSA.

     Intellectual Property — all intellectual and similar Property of a Person, including
inventions, designs, patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary information, customer lists, know-how, software
and databases; all embodiments or fixations thereof and all related documentation, registrations
and franchises; all books and records describing or used in connection with the foregoing; and all
licenses or other rights to use any of the foregoing.

     Intellectual Property Claim — any claim or assertion (whether in writing, by suit or
otherwise) that Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s ownership, use, marketing, sale or distribution of any
Inventory, Equipment, intellectual Property or other Property violates another Person’s
Intellectual Property.

     Interest Period — as defined in Section 3.1.3.

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     Inventory — as defined in the PPSA, including all goods and other corporeal movable
Property intended for sale, lease, display or demonstration; all work in process; and all raw
materials, and other materials and supplies of any kind that are or could be used in connection
with the manufacture, transformation, printing, packing, shipping, advertising, sale, lease or
furnishing of such goods or Property, or otherwise used or consumed in an Obligor’s business or
enterprise, in providing a service or otherwise (but excluding Equipment).

     Inventory Sub-Limit — $40,000,000, as such amount may be increased or reduced
proportionately following a Commitment Increase Amount or a Commitment Reduction Amount, as the
case may be, in accordance with Section 2.1.7 or 2.1.8, as applicable.

     Investment — any acquisition of all or substantially all assets of a Person; any
acquisition of record or beneficial ownership of any Equity Interests of a Person; or any advance
or capital contribution to or other investment in a Person.

     Investment Property — all of an Obligor’s right, title and interest in and to any and
all: (a) securities whether certificated or uncertificated; (b) securities entitlements; (c)
securities accounts; (d) commodity contracts; and (e) commodity accounts.

     Issuing Bank — Bank or an Affiliate of Bank.

     Issuing Bank Indemnitees — Issuing Bank and its officers, directors, employees,
Affiliates, agents, mandataries and attorneys.

     ITA — the Income Tax Act (Canada) (or any successor statute), as amended from time to
time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

     LC Application — an application by Borrower to Issuing Bank for issuance of a Letter
of Credit, in form and substance satisfactory to Issuing Bank.

     LC Conditions — the following conditions necessary for issuance of a Letter of Credit:
(a) each of the conditions set forth in Section 6; (b) after giving effect to such issuance, total
LC Obligations do not exceed the Letter of Credit Subline, no Overadvance exists and, if no
Revolver Loans are outstanding, the LC Obligations do not exceed the Borrowing Base (without giving
effect to the LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation); (c) the expiration date of such Letter
of Credit is (i) no more than 365 days from issuance, in the case of standby Letters of Credit,
(ii) no more than 120 days from issuance, in the case of documentary Letters of Credit, and (iii)
at least 20 Business Days prior to the Revolver Termination Date; (d) the Letter of Credit and
payments thereunder are denominated in Dollars or U.S. Dollars; and (e) the form of the proposed
Letter of Credit is satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank in their discretion.

     LC Documents — all documents, instruments and agreements (including LC Requests and LC
Applications) delivered by Borrower or any other Person to Issuing Bank or Agent in connection with
issuance, amendment or renewal of, or payment under, any Letter of Credit.

     LC Obligations — the sum (without duplication) of (a) all amounts owing by Borrowers
for any drawings under Letters of Credit; (b) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit (which amount shall include, for Letters of Credit denominated in U.S. Dollars,

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the Equivalent Amount thereof in Dollars); and (c) all fees and other amounts owing with
respect to Letters of Credit.

     LC Request — a request for issuance of a Letter of Credit, to be provided by Borrower
to Issuing Bank, in form satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank.

     LC Reserve — the aggregate of all LC Obligations.

     Lender Indemnitees — Lenders and their officers, directors, employees, Affiliates,
agents, mandataries attorneys.

     Lenders — as defined in the preamble to this Agreement, including Agent in its
capacity as a provider of Swingline Loans and any other Person who hereafter becomes a “Lender”
pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, and their respective successors, and any one of them a
“Lender”.

     Letter of Credit — any standby or documentary letter of credit issued by Issuing Bank
in Dollars or U.S. Dollars for the account of Borrower, or any indemnity, guarantee, exposure
transmittal memorandum or similar form of credit support issued by Agent or Issuing Bank for the
benefit of an Obligor (for the account of the Borrower).

     Letter of Credit Subline — $10,000,000, or the Equivalent Amount thereof in U.S.
Dollars.

     Leverage Ratio — as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Borrowed Money
(other than Contingent Obligations of the Obligors) less the Shareholders’ Notes, the Class R Note and
any other Debt permitted under Section 10.2.1(c), in each case that is outstanding, to (b) Adjusted
EBITDA for the rolling historical twelve month period then ending.

     License — any license or agreement under which an Obligor is authorized to use
Intellectual Property in connection with any manufacture, marketing, distribution, transformation
or disposition of Collateral, any use of Property or any other conduct of its business.

     Licensor — any Person from whom an Obligor obtains the right to use any Intellectual
Property.

     Lien — any Person’s interest (choate or inchoate) in Property securing an obligation
owed to, or a claim by, such Person, whether such interest is based on common law, statute or
contract, including liens, assignments, assignments by way of security, security interests,
pledges, hypothecations, statutory trusts, reservations, rights of
retention, privileges, garnishment rights, deemed trusts, exceptions, encroachments,
easements, rights-of-way, servitudes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, leases, and other title
exceptions and encumbrances affecting Property.

     Lien Waiver — an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, by which (a)
for any material Collateral located on leased premises, the lessor waives or subordinates any Lien
it may have on the Collateral, and agrees to permit Agent to enter upon the premises and remove the
Collateral or to use the premises to store or dispose of the Collateral; (b) for any Collateral
held by a warehouseman, processor, shipper or freight forwarder, such Person waives or subordinates
any Lien it may have on the Collateral, agrees to hold any Documents in its possession relating to
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Agent upon request; (c) for any Collateral held by a repairman, mechanic or bailee, such
Person acknowledges Agent’s Lien, waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral,
and agrees to deliver the Collateral to Agent upon request; and (d) for any Collateral subject to a
Licensor’s Intellectual Property rights, the Licensor grants to Agent the right, vis-à-vis such
Licensor, to enforce Agent’s Liens with respect to the Collateral, including the right to dispose
of it with the benefit of the Intellectual Property, whether or not a default exists under any
applicable License.

     Loan - a Revolver Loan.

     Loan Account - the loan account established by each Lender on its books pursuant to
Section 5.7.

     Loan Documents - this Agreement, Other Agreements and Security Documents.

     Loan
Year - each year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, commencing on the Closing Date and
on each anniversary of the Closing Date.

     Margin Stock - as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors.

     Material Adverse Effect -  the effect of any event or circumstance that, taken alone or in
conjunction with other events or circumstances, (a) has or could be reasonably expected to have a
material adverse effect on the business, operations, Properties, prospects or condition (financial
or otherwise) of any Obligor, on the value of any material Collateral, on the enforceability of any
Loan Documents, or on the validity or priority or opposability of Agent’s Liens on any Collateral;
(b) impairs the ability of any Obligor to perform any obligations under the Loan Documents,
including repayment of any Obligations; or (c) otherwise impairs the ability of Agent or any Lender
to enforce or collect any Obligations or to realize upon any Collateral.

     Material Contract - any agreement or arrangement to which Borrower or a Subsidiary is party
(other than the Loan Documents) (a) that is deemed to be a material contract under any securities
law applicable to such Obligor, including the Securities Act of 1933, (b) for which breach,
termination, resiliation, nonperformance or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, or (c) that relates to Subordinated Debt, or Debt in an aggregate amount
of $250,000 or more.

     McJunkin
Canada - McJunkin Red Man Canada Ltd., formerly known as Red Man Pipe & Supply
Canada Ltd., and its permitted successors and assigns.

     Midfield Holdings - Midfield Holdings (Alberta) Ltd., a Person holding Equity Interests in
the Borrower.

     Moody’s - Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

     Multiemployer
Plan - any employee benefit plan or arrangement described in Section 4001(a)(3) of the ERISA that is maintained or contributed to by any Obligor or Subsidiary.

     Net Orderly Liquidation Percentage - with respect to Inventory of an Obligor at any time, the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) computed by dividing (i) the net recovery Value of the

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Inventory of such Obligor (which in any event shall give effect to all costs and expenses of
liquidation), as set forth in the appraisal of such Loan Obligor’s Inventory most recently
delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 10.1.1 by (ii) the value of the Inventory of such
Obligor, valued at cost, as set forth in the corresponding appraisal.

     Net Orderly Liquidation Value - with respect to the Inventory of an Obligor at any time, an
amount equal to the product of (i) the Value of the Inventory of such Obligor at such time,
multiplied by (ii) the Net Orderly Liquidation Percentage for such Obligor in effect at such time.

     Net Proceeds - with respect to an Asset Disposition, proceeds (including, when received,
any deferred or escrowed payments) received by Borrower or Subsidiary in cash from such
disposition, net of (a) reasonable and customary costs and expenses actually incurred in connection
therewith, including legal fees and sales commissions; (b) amounts applied to repayment of Debt
secured by a Permitted Lien senior to Agent’s Liens on Collateral sold; (c) transfer or similar
taxes; and (d) reserves for indemnities, until such reserves are no longer needed.

     New Revolver Commitments - as defined in Section 2.1.7.

     New Revolver Lender - as defined in Section 2.1.7.

     Notes
- each Revolver Note or other promissory note, as required by any Lender,
executed by Borrower to evidence any Obligations.

     Notice of Borrowing - a Notice of Borrowing to be provided by a Senior Officer of Borrower
to request the funding of Borrowing of Revolver Loans, in each case in the form of Exhibit H.

     Notice of Conversion/Continuation - a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to be provided by a
Senior Officer of Borrower to request a conversion or continuation of any Prime Rate Loans as BA
Equivalent Loans, in the form of Exhibit F.

     Obligations - all (a) principal of and premium, if any, on the Loans, (b) the LC
Obligations and other liabilities and obligations of Obligors with respect to Letters of Credit,
(c) interest, expenses, fees and other sums payable by Obligors under Loan Documents, (d)
liabilities and obligations of Obligors under any indemnity for Claims, (e) Extraordinary Expenses,
(f) Bank Product Debt, (g) the Guaranteed Obligations, and (h) other Debts, obligations, covenants,
duties and liabilities of any kind owing by Obligors pursuant to the Loan Documents, whether now
existing or hereafter arising, whether evidenced by a note or other writing, whether or not allowed
in any Insolvency Proceeding (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of any
case or proceedings by or against the Borrower under any debtor relief law (including the BIA and
the CCAA)), whether arising from an extension of credit, issuance of a letter of credit,
acceptance, loan, guarantee, covenant, indemnification or otherwise, and whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, primary or secondary, or joint or several.

     Obligor
- Borrower, Guarantor, or other Person that is liable for payment of any
Obligations or that has granted a Lien in favour of Agent on its assets to secure any Obligations.

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     Ordinary Course of Business - the ordinary course of business of Borrower or Subsidiary,
consistent with past practices and undertaken in good faith.

     Organic Documents - with respect to any Person, its charter, certificate or articles of
incorporation, articles of amalgamation, articles of amendment, certificates or articles of
constitution, letters patent, certificates and articles of continuation, bylaws, articles of
organization, limited liability agreement, operating agreement, members agreement, shareholders
agreement, partnership agreement, limited partnership agreement, certificate of partnership,
memoranda of association, certificate of formation, voting trust agreement, or similar agreement or
instrument governing the formation or operation of such Person.

     OSHA - the Occupational Safety and Hazard Act of 1970 (or any successor statute), as
amended from time to time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

     Other Agreements - each Note; LC Document; Fee Letter; Lien Waiver; the Confirmation
Agreement; ATB Intercreditor Agreement, Shareholder Subordination Agreements, Borrowing Base
Certificate, Compliance Certificate, financial statement or report delivered hereunder; or other
document, instrument or agreement (other than this Agreement or a Security Document) now or
hereafter delivered by an Obligor or other Person to Agent or a Lender in connection with any
transactions relating hereto or any other Loan Document.

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

     Overadvance - as defined in Section 2.1.5.

     Overadvance Loan - a Prime Rate Revolver Loan made when an Overadvance exists or is caused
by the funding thereof.

     Overdraft Loan - as defined in Section 3.4.

     Participant - as defined in Section 13.2.

     Patriot Act - the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (2001) (or any
successor statute), as amended from time to time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

     Payment Item - each check, draft or other item of payment payable to Borrower, including
those constituting proceeds of any Collateral.

     PBA
- Pensions Benefit Act (Ontario) or similar legislation of any other federal or
provincial jurisdiction (or any successor statute), as amended from time to time, and includes all
regulations thereunder.

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     PBGF - the Pension Benefit Guarantee Fund of Ontario or any Governmental Authority of any
other jurisdiction exercising similar functions in respect of any Plan or Foreign Plan of an
Obligor and any Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions thereof.

     Pension Event - (a) the whole or partial withdrawal of an Obligor or any of its
Subsidiaries from a Plan or Foreign Plan during a plan year; or (b) the filing of a notice of
interest to terminate in whole or in part a Plan or Foreign Plan or the treatment of a Plan or
Foreign Plan amendment as a termination of partial termination; or (c) the institution of
proceedings by any Governmental Authority to terminate in whole or in part or have a trustee
appointed to administer a Plan or Foreign Plan; or (d) any other event or condition which might
constitute grounds for the termination of, winding up or partial termination of winding up or the
appointment of trustee to administer, any Plan or Foreign Plan.

     Permitted Acquisition - any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated
on or after the Closing Date, by which an Obligor directly or indirectly acquires through a
purchase of assets any ongoing business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person
engaged in any ongoing business, provided, however, that no Default or Event of Default exists or
would result as a consequence of any such Acquisition,
provided, further, that any such ongoing
business so acquired is engaged in the same or a similar business of the applicable Obligor, as
conducted by it on the Closing Date, and any activities incidental
thereto, provided, further, that
the aggregate consideration paid for any one such Acquisition does not exceed $500,000, and
provided, further, that the aggregate consideration paid for all such Acquisitions in any 12-month
rolling period does not exceed $1,000,000.

     Permitted Asset Disposition - as long as no Default or Event of Default exists, or would
result therefrom, and all Net Proceeds are remitted to Agent (other than Net Proceeds of Real
Estate and Equipment pursuant to a permitted disposition hereunder), an Asset Disposition that is
(a) a sale of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) a disposition of Equipment in the
Ordinary Course of Business; (c) a disposition of Inventory that is obsolete, unmerchantable or
otherwise unsalable in the Ordinary Course of Business; (d) a termination of a lease of a real
(immovable) or personal (movable) Property that is not necessary for the Ordinary Course of
Business, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and does not result
from an Obligor’s default; (e) other Asset Dispositions for Net Proceeds in the aggregate amount of
$5,000,000 per annum; or (f) approved in writing by Agent and Required Lenders.

     Permitted Contingent Obligations - Contingent Obligations (a) arising from endorsements of
Payment Items for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) arising from
Hedging Agreements permitted hereunder; (c) existing on the Closing Date, and any extension or
renewal thereof that does not increase the amount of such Contingent Obligation when extended or
renewed; (d) incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety, appeal or
performance bonds, or other similar obligations; (e) arising from customary indemnification
obligations in favour of purchasers in connection with dispositions of Equipment permitted
hereunder; (f) arising under the Loan Documents; or (g) in an aggregate amount of $250,000 or less
at any time.

     Permitted
Lien - as defined in Section 10.2.2.

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     Permitted Purchase Money Debt -  Purchase Money Debt of Borrower and Subsidiaries that is
unsecured or secured only by a Purchase Money Lien, as long as the aggregate amount does not exceed
$500,000 at any time and its incurrence does not violate Section 10.2.3.

     Person - any individual, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability
company, partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, joint stock company, land
trust, business trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or other entity.

     Plan -  an employee pension benefit plan or pension plan that is covered by the Applicable
Laws of any jurisdiction in Canada including the PBA and the ITA or subject to minimum funding
standards and that is either (a) maintained or sponsored by Borrower or Subsidiary for employees or
(b) maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, or other arrangement under which more
than one employer makes contributions and to which Borrower or Subsidiary is making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five years made or accrued such
contributions.

     PPSA
-  the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) (or any successor statute) or similar
legislation (including, without limitation, the Civil Code) of any other jurisdiction, the laws of
which are required by such legislation to be applied in connection with the issue, perfection,
effect of perfection, enforcement, enforceability, opposability, validity or effect of security
interests or other applicable Lien.

     Prime Rate -  shall mean, for any day, the greater of (A) a fluctuating rate of interest per
annum equal to the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time
by Bank as its “Prime Rate”, (B) the sum of 0.50% plus the Bank of Canada overnight rate, which is
the rate of interest charged by the Bank of Canada on one-day loans to financial institutions, for
such day, and (C) the sum of 1.00% plus the BA Equivalent Rate for a 30 day Interest Period as
determined on such day. The Prime Rate is a rate set by Bank based upon various factors, including
Bank’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors and is used as a
reference point for pricing some loans. Any change in the prime rate announced by the Bank shall
take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change. Each interest rate based on the Prime Rate hereunder, shall be adjusted simultaneously with
any change in the Prime Rate. In the event that the Bank (including any successor or assignor) does
not at any time publicly announce a prime rate, the “Prime
Rate” shall mean the “prime rate”
publicly announced by a Schedule 1 chartered bank in Canada selected by the Bank.

     Prime Rate Loan -  any Loan that bears interest based on the Prime Rate.

     Prime Rate Revolver Loan -  a Revolver Loan that bears interest based on the Prime Rate.

     Priority Payable Reserve -  reserves established in the Credit Judgment of the Agent for
amounts secured by any Liens, choate or inchoate, which rank or are capable of ranking in priority
to the Agent’s and/or Lenders’ Liens and/or for amounts which may represent costs relating to the
enforcement of the Agent’s Liens including, without limitation, in the Credit Judgment of the
Agent, any such amounts due and not paid for wages or vacation pay (including amounts protected by
the Wage Earner Protection Program Act (Ontario)), amounts due and not paid under any legislation
relating to workers’ compensation or to employment insurance, all amounts deducted or withheld and
not paid and remitted when due under the ITA, amounts

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currently or past due and not paid for realty, municipal or similar taxes (to the extent impacting
personal or moveable property) and all amounts currently or past due and not contributed, remitted
or paid to any Plan or under the Canada Pension Plan, the PBA or any similar legislation.

     Pro Rata - with respect to any Lender, a percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded to the
ninth decimal place) determined (a) while Revolver Commitments are outstanding, by dividing the
amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment by the aggregate amount of all Revolver Commitments;
and (b) at any other time, by dividing the amount of such Lender’s
Loans and LC Obligations by the aggregate amount of all outstanding Loans and LC Obligations.

     Proceeds
of Crime Act - Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and
Terrorist Financing Act
(Canada) (or any successor statute), as amended from time to time, and includes all regulations
thereunder.

     Properly Contested - with respect to any obligation of an Obligor, (a) the obligation is
subject to a bona fide dispute regarding amount or the Obligor’s liability to pay; (b) the
obligation is being properly contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted
and diligently pursued; (c) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (d)
non-payment could not have a Material Adverse Effect, nor result in forfeiture or sale of any
assets of the Obligor; (e) no Lien is imposed on assets of the Obligor, unless bonded and stayed to
the satisfaction of Agent; and (f) if the obligation results from entry of a judgment or other
order, such judgment or order is stayed pending appeal or other judicial review.

     Property - any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real (immovable),
personal (movable) or mixed, or tangible (corporeal) or intangible (incorporeal).

     Protective Advances - as defined in Section 2.1.6.

     Purchase Money Debt - (a) Debt (other than the Obligations) for payment of any of the
purchase price of fixed assets; (b) Debt (other than the Obligations) incurred within 10 days
before or after acquisition of any fixed assets, for the purpose of financing any of the purchase
price thereof; and (c) any renewals, extensions or refinancings (but not increases) thereof, or
constitution of a vendor’s hypothec under the Civil Code.

     Purchase Money Lien  - a Lien that secures Purchase Money Debt, encumbering only the fixed
assets acquired with such Debt and constituting a Capital Lease or a purchase money security
interest under the PPSA or the UCC, as applicable.

     Qualified Lender - a financial institution that is listed on Schedule I, II, or III of the
Bank Act (Canada) or is not a foreign bank for purposes of the Bank Act (Canada), and if such
financial institution is not resident in Canada and is not deemed to be resident in Canada for
purposes of the ITA, that financial institution deals at arm’s length with each Canadian Obligor
for purposes of the ITA.

     RCRA
- the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
§§ 6991-6991 i) (or any
successor statute), as amended from time to time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

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     Real Estate - (a) all lands, tenements, hereditaments, real (immovable) Property and any
estate, right, title or interest therein, rights of way, easements, licenses, rights, options and
privileges appurtenant or appertaining thereto, now owned or hereafter acquired, and all beneficial
interest therein and thereto, together with all buildings, erections, structures, improvements,
fixed plant, fixed machinery, fixed equipment and other fixtures now or hereafter constructed or
placed thereon or used in connection therewith, and (b) all leasehold, sub- leasehold, license,
concession, tenancy, occupancy or other such right, title and interest now or hereafter acquired,
together with all buildings, improvements, erections, structures, fixed plant, fixed machinery,
fixed equipment and other fixtures now or hereafter constructed or
placed thereon and all its  right,
title and interest in and to the agreements relating thereto and all benefits, powers, covenants and
advantages derived therefrom.

     Reimbursement Date - as defined in Section 2.2.2.

     Rent and Charges Reserve - the aggregate of (a) all past due rent and other amounts owing
by an Obligor to any landlord, warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight
forwarder or other Person who possesses any Collateral or could assert a Lien on any Collateral;
and (b) a reserve at least equal to three months rent and other charges that could be payable to
any such Person, unless it has executed a Lien Waiver.

     Report - as defined in Section 12.2.3.

     Reportable Event - any event set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA.

     Required Lenders - Lenders (subject to Section 4.2) having Commitments in excess of 50% of
the aggregate Commitments; provided, however, that Required Lenders shall at all times include at
least two Lenders.

     Reserve Percentage - the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded upward to the
nearest 1/8th of 1%) applicable to member banks under regulations issued from time to time by the
Board of Governors for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”).

     Restricted Investment - any Investment by Borrower or Subsidiary, other than (a)
Investments in Subsidiaries to the extent existing on the Closing Date; (b) Cash Equivalents that
are subject to Agent’s Lien and control, pursuant to documentation in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent; and (c) loans and advances permitted under Section 10.2.7.

     Restrictive Agreement - an agreement (other than a Loan Document) that conditions or
restricts the right of Borrower, Subsidiary or other Obligor to incur or repay Borrowed Money, to
grant Liens on any assets, to declare or make Distributions, to modify, extend or renew any
agreement evidencing Borrowed Money, or to repay any intercompany Debt.

     Revolver Commitment - for any Lender, its obligation to make Revolver Loans and to
participate in LC Obligations, up to the maximum principal amount shown on Schedule 1.1, or as
specified hereafter in the most recent Assignment and Acceptance to which it is a party (which
amount shall include any increases in the Revolver Commitment
pursuant to Section 2.1.7). “Revolver
Commitments” means the aggregate amount of such commitments of all Lenders.

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     Revolver Loan - a loan made pursuant to Section 2.1, and any Swingline Loan,
Overadvance Loan or Protective Advance.

     Revolver Note - a promissory note or an amended and restated promissory note to be executed
by Borrower in favour of a Lender, if required by such Lender, in form and substance satisfactory
to Agent, which shall be in the amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment and shall evidence the
Revolver Loans made by such Lender.

     Revolver Termination Date - November 18, 2012.

     Royalties - all royalties, fees, expense reimbursement and other amounts payable by an
Obligor under a License.

     S&P - Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
and its successors.

     Section 10.1.2 Financials - the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 10.1.2(a) or (b) together with the Compliance Certificate delivered, or
required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 10.1.2(c).

     Section 427 Security - (a) Agreement as to Powers, (b) Application for Credit and Promise
to Give Bills of Lading, Warehouse Receipts or Security, (c) Special Security in Respect of
Specified Property and (d) Notice of Intention to Give Security, all as executed by the Borrower in
favour of the Agent in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

     Secured Parties - Agent, Issuing Bank, Lenders and providers of Bank Products, and any one
of them a “Secured Party”.

     Security Documents- the Guarantees, Deposit Account Control Agreements, Section 427
Security, the General Security Agreements and all other documents, instruments and agreements now
or hereafter securing (or given with the intent to secure) any Obligations.

     Senior Officer - the chairman of the board, president, chief executive officer, treasurer
or chief financial officer of Borrower or, if the context requires, an Obligor.

     Settlement Report - a report delivered by Agent to Lenders summarizing the Revolver Loans
and participations in LC Obligations outstanding as of a given settlement date, allocated to
Lenders on a Pro Rata basis in accordance with their Revolver Commitments.

     Shared Administration Costs - corporate costs and expenses allocated from Affiliates for
shared services.

     Shareholders Agreement - the amended and restated shareholders agreement among the
Borrower, McJunkin Canada and Midfield Holdings dated as of October 21, 2008 to be effective July
31, 2008.

     Shareholders’ Notes - collectively, (a) each of the unsecured demand promissory notes dated
(1) as of June 15, 2005, issued to McJunkin Canada by the Borrower in the amount of $9,855,750,
bearing interest at 8% per annum (which interest is payable annually in the month of

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January), (2) as of November 2, 2006, issued to McJunkin Canada by the Borrower in the amount of
$4,818,915, bearing interest at 8% per annum (which interest is payable annually in the month of
January), (3) as of March 31, 2007, issued to McJunkin Canada by the Borrower in the amount of
$15,000,000, bearing interest at 8% per annum (which interest is
payable annually in the month of January), (4) as of April 27, 2007, issued to McJunkin Canada by the Borrower in the amount of
$17,986,440, bearing interest at 8% per annum (which interest is payable annually in the month of
January), (5) as of July 7, 2007, issued to McJunkin Canada by the Borrower in the amount of
$347,905.18, bearing interest at 8% per annum (which interest is payable annually in the month of
January), (6) as of November 1, 2007, issued to McJunkin Canada by the Borrower in the amount of
$727,361.80, bearing interest at 8% per annum (which interest is payable annually in the month of
January), (7) as of April 30, 2008, issued to McJunkin Canada by the Borrower in the amount of
$6,188,146, bearing interest at 8% per annum (which interest is payable annually in the month of
January); (8) as of November 2, 2006, issued to Midfield Holdings (Alberta) Ltd. by the Borrower
(as assigned to McJunkin Canada) in the original amount of $16,389,500, bearing interest at 8% per
annum (which interest is payable annually in the month of January), (9) as of April 27, 2007,
issued to Midfield Holdings (Alberta) Ltd. by the Borrower (as assigned to McJunkin Canada) in the
original amount of $8,156,115, bearing interest at 8% per annum (which interest is payable annually
in the month of January), (10) as of April 30, 2008, issued to Midfield Holdings (Alberta) Ltd. by
the Borrower (as assigned to McJunkin Canada) in the original amount of $3,918,718 bearing interest
at 8% per annum (which interest is payable annually in the month of January), (11) as of April 30,
2008, issued to Midfield Holdings (Alberta) Ltd. by the Borrower (as assigned to McJunkin Canada)
in the original amount of $946,730 which is non-interest bearing provided the debt is paid prior to
June 30th, 2008, and thereafter bearing interest at 8% per annum (which interest is payable
annually in the month of January), (12) as of August 1, 2008, issued to McJunkin Canada by the
Borrower in the original amount of $2,887,479 bearing interest at 8% per annum beginning September
27, 2008, and (13) as of October 27, 2009, issued to McJunkin Canada by the Borrower in the
original amount of $2,197,116.29 bearing no interest; and (b) all promissory notes issued to any
shareholder of, or Person holding an Equity Interest in, the Borrower during the term of this
Agreement.

     Shareholder
Subordination Agreement -  the Subordination Agreement dated as of November 2,
2006 between McJunkin Canada and Midfield Holdings, respectively, and Agent, the Amended and
Restated Postponement and Subordination Agreement dated June 26, 2008, between McJunkin Canada and
Midfield Holdings, respectively, and Agent, in each case relating,
inter alia, to the Shareholders’
Notes and the Class R Note, as such agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, together with any and all other Subordination Agreements made by any
direct or indirect shareholder of an Obligor in favour of Agent from time to time.

     Solvent
-  as to any Person, such Person (a) owns Property whose fair salable value is
greater than the amount required to pay all of its debts (including contingent, subordinated,
unmatured and unliquidated liabilities); (b) owns Property whose present fair salable value (as
defined below) is greater than the probable total liabilities (including contingent, subordinated,
unmatured and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person as they become absolute and matured; (c) is
able to pay all of its debts as they mature; (d) has capital that is not unreasonably small for its
business and is sufficient to carry on its business and transactions and all business and
transactions in which it is about to engage; (e) is not “insolvent” within the meaning of Section

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101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code and is not an ‘insolvent person’ within the meaning of such term in
the BIA, as applicable; and (f) has not incurred (by way of assumption or otherwise) any
obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under any Loan Documents, or made any
conveyance in connection therewith, with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present
or future creditors of such Person or any of its Affiliates. “Fair salable value” means the amount
that could be obtained for assets within a reasonable time, either through collection or through
sale under ordinary selling conditions by a capable and diligent seller to an interested buyer who
is willing (but under no compulsion) to purchase.

     Statutory Reserves - the percentage (expressed as a decimal) established by the Board of
Governors as the then stated maximum rate for all reserves (including those imposed by Regulation D
of the Board of Governors, all basic, emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve
requirements, and any transitional adjustments or other scheduled changes in reserve requirements)
applicable to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System in respect of Eurocurrency Liabilities
(or any successor category of liabilities under Regulation D).

     Subordinated Debt - Debt incurred by an Obligor that is expressly subordinate and junior in
right of payment to Full Payment of all Obligations, and is on terms (including maturity, interest,
fees, repayment, covenants and subordination) satisfactory to Agent.

     Subordination Agreement - a subordination agreement, in favour of the Agent and the
Lenders, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, whereby the holder of Subordinated Debt
subordinates such Debt to the Obligations and disclaims any Liens on the Collateral.

     Subsidiary - any Person at least 50% of whose voting securities or Equity Interests is
owned or controlled by another Person (including indirect ownership or control by such Person,
through other Persons, in which such Person directly or indirectly owns or controls 50% of the
voting securities or Equity Interests). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, references
herein to a “subsidiary” refer to a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

     Swingline Loan - any Borrowing of Loans funded with Agent’s funds.

     Taxes- any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments, deductions, withholdings or
other charges of whatever nature, including income, receipts, excise, property, sales, use,
transfer, license, payroll, withholding, social security, franchise, intangibles, stamp or
recording taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority, and all interest, penalties and similar
liabilities relating thereto.

     Tax Distribution - Distributions the proceeds of which will be used by McJunkin Canada to
pay its tax liability to each relevant jurisdiction, including taxes based on income, profits or
capital.

     Transferee - any actual or potential Eligible Assignee, Participant or other Person
acquiring an interest in any Obligations.

     Type - any type of a Loan (i.e. Prime Rate Loan or BA Equivalent Loan) that has the same
interest option and, in the case of BA Equivalent Loans, the same Interest Period.

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     UCC — the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Texas or, when the laws
of any other jurisdiction govern the perfection or enforcement of any Lien, the Uniform Commercial
Code of such jurisdiction.

     Unfunded Pension Liability — at a point in time, the excess of a Plan’s benefit
liabilities, over the current value of that Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the
assumptions used for funding the Plan pursuant to applicable laws for the applicable plan year and
includes any unfunded liability or solvency deficiency as determined for the purposes of the PBA.

     U.S. Dollars or U.S.$ or United States Dollars — the lawful currency of the
United States of America.

     Upstream Payment — Distributions by a Subsidiary of Borrower to Borrower.

      Value — (a) for Inventory, its value determined on the basis of the lower of cost or market,
calculated on a first-in, first out basis or weighted average cost basis; and (b) for an Account,
its face amount, net of any returns, rebates, discounts (calculated on the shortest terms),
credits, allowances or Taxes (including sales, excise or other taxes) that have been or could be
claimed by the Account Debtor or any other Person.

1.2 Accounting Terms.

     Under the Loan Documents (except as otherwise specified herein), all accounting terms shall be
interpreted, all accounting determinations shall be made, and all financial statements shall be
prepared, in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited
financial statements of Borrower delivered to Agent before the Closing Date and using the same
inventory valuation method as used in such financial statements, except for any change required or
permitted by GAAP if Borrower’s chartered accountants concur in such change, the change is disclosed
to Agent, and Section 10.3 is amended in a manner satisfactory to Required Lenders to take into
account the effects of the change.

1.3 Certain Matters of Construction.

     The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph or subdivision. Any pronoun used
shall be deemed to cover all genders. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date
to a later specified date, “from” means “from and including,” and “to” and “until” each mean “to
but excluding.” The terms “including” and “include” shall mean “including, without limitation” and,
for purposes of each Loan Document, the parties agree that the rule of ejusdem generis shall not be
applicable to limit any provision. Section titles appear as a matter of convenience only and shall
not affect the interpretation of any Loan Document. All references to (a) laws or statutes include
all related rules, regulations, interpretations, amendments and successor provisions; (b) any
document, instrument or agreement include any amendments, waivers and other
modifications, extensions or renewals (to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents); (c) any
section mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a section of this Agreement; (d) any exhibits
or schedules mean, unless the context otherwise requires, exhibits and schedules attached hereto,
which are hereby incorporated by reference; (e) any Person include successors and assigns; (f) time
of day mean time of day at Agent’s notice address under Section 15.3.1; or (g) discretion of Agent,
Issuing Bank or any Lender mean the sole and

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absolute discretion of such Person. All calculations of Value, fundings of Loans, issuances of
Letters of Credit and payments of Obligations shall be in Dollars and, unless the context otherwise
requires, all determinations (including calculations of Borrowing Base and financial covenants)
made from time to time under the Loan Documents shall be made in light of the circumstances
existing at such time. Borrowing Base calculations shall be consistent with historical methods of
valuation and calculation, and otherwise satisfactory to Agent (and not necessarily calculated in
accordance with GAAP). Borrower shall have the burden of establishing any alleged negligence,
misconduct or lack of good faith by Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Documents. No
provision of any Loan Documents shall be construed against any party by reason of such party
having, or being deemed to have, drafted the provision. Whenever the phrase
“to the best of Borrower’s
knowledge” or words of similar import are used in any Loan Documents, it means actual knowledge of
a Senior Officer, or knowledge that a Senior Officer would have obtained if he or she had engaged
in good faith and diligent performance of his or her duties, including reasonably specific
inquiries of employees or agents and a good faith attempt to ascertain the matter to which such
phrase relates. For purposes of any Collateral located in the Province of Quebec or charged by any
deed of hypothec (or any other Loan Document) and for all other purposes pursuant to which the
interpretation or construction of a Loan Document may be subject to the laws of the Province of
Quebec or a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in the Province of Québec, (q) “personal
property” shall be deemed to include “movable property”, (r) “real property” shall be deemed to
include “immovable property”, (s) “tangible property” shall be deemed to include “corporeal
property”, (t) “intangible property” shall be deemed to include “incorporeal property”, (u)
“security interest” and “mortgage” shall be deemed to include a “hypothec”, (v) all references to
filing, registering or recording under the UCC or the PPSA shall be deemed to include publication
under the Civil Code of Québec, (w) all references to “perfection” of or “perfected” Liens shall be
deemed to include a reference to the “opposability” of such Liens to third parties, (x) any “right
of offset”, “right of setoff” or similar expression shall be deemed to include a “right of
compensation”, (y) “goods” shall be deemed to include “corporeal movable property” other than
chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, money and securities, and (z) an “agent” shall be
deemed to include a “mandatary”.

1.4 Interest Calculations and Payments

     Unless otherwise stated (as with the case of the unused line fee and the LC facility fees,
which shall be calculated at an interest per annum based on a year of three hundred and sixty (360)
days), wherever in this Agreement reference is made to a rate of interest “per annum” or a similar
expression is used, such interest will be calculated on the basis of a calendar year of three
hundred and sixty-five (365) days or three hundred and sixty-six (366) days, as the case may be.
Calculations of interest shall be made using the nominal rate method of calculation, and will not
be calculated using the effective rate method of calculation or on any other basis that gives
effect to the principle of deemed reinvestment of interest. All payments of interest to be made
hereunder will be paid both before and after maturity and before and after default and/or judgment,
if any, until payment thereof, and interest will accrue on overdue interest, if any.

1.5 Interest Act (Canada)

     For the purposes of this Agreement, whenever interest to be paid hereunder is to be calculated on
the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days, as in the case of the

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unused line fee and the LC facility fees, or any other period of time that is less than a calendar
year, the yearly rate of interest to which the rate determined pursuant to such calculation is
equivalent is the rate so determined multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year
in which the same is to be ascertained and divided by either three hundred and sixty (360) or such
other period of time, as the case may be.

1.6 Equivalent Amount

     For the purpose of determining compliance with covenant and default limitations set forth in
the Agreements, amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars shall be measured by aggregating the Equivalent
Amount of the applicable items denominated in U.S. Dollars with the items in Canadian Dollars.

SECTION 2 CREDIT FACILITIES

2.1 Revolver Commitment.

     2.1.1 Revolver Loans.

     Each Lender agrees, severally on a Pro Rata basis up to its Revolver Commitment, on the terms
set forth herein, to make Revolver Loans to Borrower from time to time through the Commitment
Termination Date. The Revolver Loans may be repaid and reborrowed as provided herein. In no event
shall Lenders have any obligation to honour a request for a Revolver Loan in excess of
Availability.

     2.1.2 Revolver Notes.

     The Revolver Loans made by each Lender and interest accruing thereon shall be evidenced by the
records of Agent and such Lender. At the request of any Lender, Borrower shall deliver a Revolver
Note to such Lender.

     2.1.3 Use of Proceeds.

     The proceeds of Revolver Loans shall be used by Borrower solely (a) to satisfy existing Debt;
(b) to pay fees and transaction expenses associated with the closing of this credit facility; (c)
to pay Obligations in accordance with this Agreement; and (d) for working capital and other lawful
general corporate purposes of Borrower, including those set out in the recitals to this Agreement.

     2.1.4 Voluntary Termination of Revolver Commitments.

     The Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the Revolver Termination Date, unless sooner
terminated in accordance with this Agreement. Upon at least 30 days prior written notice to Agent,
Borrower may, at its option, terminate, without premium or penalty, the Revolver Commitments and
this credit facility. Any notice of termination
given by Borrower shall be irrevocable. On the termination date, Borrower shall make Full Payment
of all Obligations.

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     2.1.5 Overadvances.

     If the aggregate Revolver Loans exceed the Borrowing Base (“Overadvance”) or the aggregate
Revolver Commitments at any time, the excess amount shall be payable by Borrower on demand by
Agent, but all such Revolver Loans shall nevertheless constitute Obligations secured by the
Collateral and entitled to all benefits of the Loan Documents. Unless its authority has been
revoked in writing by Required Lenders, Agent may require Lenders to honour requests for
Overadvance Loans and to forbear from requiring Borrower to cure an Overadvance, (a) when no other
Event of Default is known to Agent, as long as (i) the Overadvance does not continue for more than
30 consecutive days (and no Overadvance may exist for at least five consecutive days thereafter
before further Overadvance Loans are required), and (ii) the Overadvance is not known by Agent to
exceed $10,000,000; and (b) regardless of whether an Event of Default exists, if Agent discovers an
Overadvance not previously known by it to exist, as long as from the date of such discovery the
Overadvance does not continue for more than 30 consecutive days. In no event shall Overadvance
Loans be required that would cause the outstanding Revolver Loans and LC Obligations to exceed the
aggregate Revolver Commitments. Any funding of an Overadvance Loan or sufferance of an Overadvance
shall not constitute a waiver by Agent or Lenders of the Event of Default caused thereby. In no
event shall Borrower or other Obligor be deemed a beneficiary of this Section nor authorized to
enforce any of its terms.

     2.1.6 Protective Advances.

     Agent shall be authorized, in its discretion, at any time that a Default or Event of Default
exists or any conditions in Section 6 are not satisfied, and without regard to the aggregate
Commitments, to make Prime Rate Revolver Loans (“Protective
Advances”) (a) if Agent deems such Loans
necessary or desirable to preserve or protect any Collateral, or to enhance the collectibility or
repayment of Obligations; or (b) to pay any other amounts chargeable to Obligors under any Loan
Documents, including costs, fees and expenses. All Protective Advances shall be Obligations,
secured by the Collateral, and shall be treated for all purposes as Extraordinary Expenses. Each
Lender shall participate in each Protective Advance on a Pro Rata basis. Required Lenders may at
any time revoke Agent’s authorization to make further Protective Advances by written notice to
Agent. Absent such revocation, Agent’s determination that funding of a Protective Advance is
appropriate shall be conclusive.

     2.1.7 Request for Increase of Revolver Commitments

	 	(a)	 	Request for Increase. Provided that there exists no Default or Event of Default, the
Borrower may, at any time after delivery of the Section 10.1.2 Financials for the Fiscal Quarter
ending September 30, 2010 evidencing compliance with the covenants under Section 10.3, and from time
to time thereafter, request an increase in the Revolver Commitments (“New Revolver
Commitments”) by an amount (for all such requests) not exceeding $140,000,000 in the aggregate
by issuing a notice to that effect to the Agent and the Lenders (a “Commitment Increase
Notice”); provided that (A) any such request
for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000, and (B) the Borrower may make a
maximum of four such requests. At the time of sending a Commitment Increase Notice, the

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	 	 	 	Borrower (in consultation with the Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is
requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of
delivery of such notice to the Lenders).

	 	(b)	 	Lender Elections to Increase. Each Lender shall notify the Agent within such time
period whether or not it agrees to increase its Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal
to, greater than, or less than its Pro Rata share of such requested increase (each such requested
increase a “Commitment Increase Amount”). Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be
deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Notification by Agent; Additional Lenders. The Agent shall notify the Borrower and each
Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each Commitment Increase Notice. To achieve the full amount of
a Commitment Increase Amount and subject to the approval of the Agent (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld), the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become
Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent
and its counsel.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Effective Date and Allocations. If the Revolver Commitments are increased in accordance
with this Section 2.1.7, the Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the
“Commitment Increase Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Agent shall
promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the
Commitment Increase Date. For the avoidance of doubt, any Loans made and Letters of Credit issued
following the Commitment Increase Date and utilizing any increase in the Revolver Commitments shall
constitute Obligations for all purposes of the Loan Documents.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to any such increase,
the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate of each Obligor dated as of the Commitment
Increase Date signed by a Senior Officer of such Obligor (i) certifying and attaching the
resolutions adopted by such Obligor approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the case
of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 9 and the other Loan Documents are true and
correct on and as of the Commitment Increase Date, except to the extent that such representations
and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of
such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.1.7, the representations and
warranties contained in subsection 9.1.8 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial
statements furnished pursuant to subsection 10.1.2, (B) no Default or Event of Default exists, and
(C) the increase will not result in any obligation to grant any Liens in favour of any other Person
(other than any Liens in favour of Agent, as agent for New Revolving Lenders).

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	 	(f)	 	On any Commitment Increase Date on which New Revolver Commitments are effected, subject to the
satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each of the Lenders with Revolver
Commitments shall assign to each Lender with a New Revolver
Commitment (each, a “New Revolver
Lender”) and each of the New Revolver Lenders shall purchase from each of the Lenders with
Revolver Commitments, at the principal amount thereof (together with accrued interest), such
interests in the Revolver Loans outstanding on such Commitment Increase Date as shall be necessary
in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolver Loans will
be held by existing Lenders with Revolver Loans and New Revolver Lenders ratably in accordance with
their Revolver Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such New Revolver Commitments to
the Revolver Commitments, (ii) each New Revolver Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a
Revolver Commitment and each Loan made thereunder shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolver
Loan and (iii) each New Revolver Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the New Revolver
Commitment and all matters relating thereto.

     2.1.8 Decrease in Revolver Commitments.

     Provided that there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrower may, at any time after
the Closing Date and before the end of the Commitment Termination Date, upon not less than thirty
(30) days prior written notice to Agent (such written notice being herein referred to as a
“Commitment Reduction Notice”), reduce, without premium or penalty, on the date specified
in the Commitment Reduction Notice (the “Commitment Reduction Date”) the amount of
the Commitments by an aggregate amount (of all such requests) of up to, and not exceeding,
$100,000,000 (the “Commitment Reduction
Amount”); provided, however, that in no
event shall the amount of the Commitments be reduced to an amount less than $60,000,000; provided,
further, that if the Revolver Commitments are increased in excess of $100,000,000 pursuant to
Section 2.1.7 hereof, in no event shall the amount of the Commitments be reduced to an amount less
than $100,000,000. Subject to the preceding sentence, on the Commitment Reduction Date, (i) the
Commitments shall be reduced by the Commitment Reduction Amount and each Lender’s Commitment shall
be reduced by such Lender’s Pro Rata share of the Commitments, (ii) the Inventory Sub-Limit shall
be reduced proportionately, and (iii) Borrower shall pay to Agent, in immediately available funds,
for application to the Loans owed to relevant Lenders, the dollar amount necessary so that after
giving effect to Commitment Reduction Amount the outstanding Loans and Letters of Credit do not
exceed the Commitments; provided, however, any such reduction is subject to the following
additional conditions being satisfied in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and its counsel:
(a) Borrower shall have delivered to Agent an Amended and Restated Revolver Note, payable to the
order of the relevant Lender, reflecting the reduced Commitment of such Lender, duly executed by
Borrower; and (b) Borrower shall have delivered to Agent an amendment to this Agreement evidencing
this Commitment Reduction Amount, duly executed by Borrower, with Agent being hereby authorized by
each Lender to execute such an amendment on behalf of such Lender. A Commitment Reduction Notice
may be given only if the Commitment Reduction Amount is at least
$25,000,000 and no more than two Commitment Reduction Notices may be delivered by Borrower
pursuant to this Section 2.1.8.

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2.2 Letter of Credit Facility.

     2.2.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit.

     Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit from time to time until 30 days prior to the
Revolver Termination Date (or until the Commitment Termination Date, if earlier), on the terms set
forth herein, including the following:

	 	(a)	 	Borrower acknowledges that Issuing Bank’s willingness to issue any Letter of Credit is
conditioned upon Issuing Bank’s receipt of a LC Application with respect to the requested Letter
of Credit, as well as such other instruments and agreements as Issuing Bank may customarily require
for issuance of a letter of credit of similar type and amount. Issuing Bank shall have no
obligation to issue any Letter of Credit unless (i) Issuing Bank receives a LC Request and LC
Application at least three Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance; and (ii) each LC
Condition is satisfied. If Issuing Bank receives written notice from a Lender at least one Business
Day before issuance of a Letter of Credit that any LC Condition has not been satisfied, Issuing
Bank shall have no obligation to issue the requested Letter of Credit (or any other) until such
notice is withdrawn in writing by that Lender or until Required Lenders have waived such condition
in accordance with this Agreement. Prior to receipt of any such notice, Issuing Bank shall not be
deemed to have knowledge of any failure of LC Conditions.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Letters of Credit may be requested by Borrower only (i) to support obligations of Borrower
incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business; or (ii) for other purposes as Agent and Lenders may
approve from time to time in writing. The renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit shall be
treated as the issuance of a new Letter of Credit, except that delivery of a new LC Application
shall be required at the discretion of Issuing Bank.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Borrower assumes all risks of the acts, omissions or misuses of any Letter of Credit by the
beneficiary. In connection with issuance of any Letter of Credit, none of Agent, Issuing Bank or
any Lender shall be responsible for the existence, character, quality, quantity, condition,
packing, value or delivery of any goods purported to be represented by any Documents; any
differences or variation in the character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery
of any goods from that expressed in any Documents; the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy,
genuineness or legal effect of any Documents or of any endorsements thereon; the time, place,
manner or order in which shipment of goods is made; partial or incomplete shipment of, or failure
to ship, any goods referred to in a Letter of Credit or Documents; any deviation from instructions,
delay, default or fraud by any shipper or other Person in connection with any goods, shipment or
delivery; any breach of contract between a shipper or vendor and Borrower; errors, omissions,
interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph,
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	 	 	 	otherwise; errors in interpretation of technical terms; the misapplication by a beneficiary of any
Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof; or any consequences arising from causes beyond the
control of Issuing Bank, Agent or any Lender, including any act or omission of a Governmental
Authority. The rights and remedies of Issuing Bank under the Loan Documents shall be cumulative.
Issuing Bank shall be fully subrogated to the rights and remedies of each beneficiary whose claims
against Borrower are discharged with proceeds of any Letter of Credit.
	 
	 	(d)	 	In connection with its administration of and enforcement of rights or remedies under any
Letters of Credit or LC Documents, Issuing Bank shall be entitled to act, and shall be fully
protected in acting, upon any certification, notice or other communication in whatever form
believed by Issuing Bank, in good faith, to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or
made by a proper Person, Issuing Bank may consult with and employ legal counsel, accountants and
other experts to advise it concerning its obligations, rights and remedies, and shall be entitled
to act upon, and shall be fully protected in any action taken in good faith reliance upon, any
advice given by such experts. Issuing Bank may employ agents and attorneys in connection with any
matter relating to Letters of Credit or LC Documents, and shall not be liable for the negligence or
misconduct of any such agents or attorneys selected with reasonable care.

2.2.2 Reimbursement; Participations.

	 	(a)	 	If Issuing Bank honours any request for payment under a Letter of Credit, Borrower shall pay to
Issuing Bank, on the same day (“Reimbursement Date”), the amount paid by Issuing Bank under such
Letter of Credit, together with interest at the interest rate for Prime Rate Revolver Loans from
the Reimbursement Date until payment by Borrower. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse Issuing
Bank for any payment made under a Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be paid without regard to any lack of validity or enforceability of any
Letter of Credit or the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrower may
have at any time against the beneficiary. Whether or not Borrower submits a Notice of Borrowing,
Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Prime Rate Revolver Loans, in an amount
necessary to pay all amounts due Issuing Bank on any Reimbursement Date and each Lender agrees to
fund its Pro Rata share of such Borrowing whether or not the Commitments have terminated, an
Overadvance exists or is created thereby, or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied. The amount
of any request for payment under a Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars
shall be converted into Dollars at the Agent’s spot buying rate in Toronto at approximately 12:00
p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of such drawing/request for payment.

	 	(b)	 	Upon issuance of a Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and
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	 	 	 	recourse or warranty, an undivided Pro Rata interest and participation in all LC Obligations
relating to the Letter of Credit. If Issuing Bank makes any payment under a Letter of Credit and
Borrower does not reimburse such payment on the Reimbursement Date, Agent shall promptly notify
Lenders and each Lender shall promptly (within one Business Day) and unconditionally pay to Agent,
for the benefit of Issuing Bank, the Lender’s Pro Rata share of such payment. Upon request by a
Lender, Issuing Bank shall furnish copies of any Letters of Credit and LC Documents in its
possession at such time.

	 	(c)	 	The obligation of each Lender to make payments to Agent for the account of Issuing Bank in
connection with Issuing Bank’s payment under a Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional
and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim, setoff, compensation, qualification or exception
whatsoever, and shall be made in accordance with this Agreement under all circumstances,
irrespective of any lack of validity or unenforceability of any Loan Documents; any draft,
certificate or other document presented under a Letter of Credit having been determined to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect; or the existence of any setoff compensation or defense that any Obligor
may have with respect to any Obligations. Issuing Bank does not assume any responsibility for any
failure or delay in performance or any breach by Borrower or other Person of any obligations under
any LC Documents. Issuing Bank does not make to Lenders any express or implied warranty,
representation or guarantee with respect to the Collateral, LC
Documents or any Obligor. Issuing
Bank shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, information,
representations or warranties contained in, or for the execution, validity, genuineness,
effectiveness or enforceability of any LC Documents; the validity, genuineness, enforceability,
collectibility, value or sufficiency of any Collateral or the perfection of any Lien therein; or
the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or
legal status of any Obligor.

	 	(d)	 	No Issuing Bank Indemnitee shall be liable to any Lender or other Person for any action taken
or omitted to be taken in connection with any LC Documents except as a result of its actual gross
negligence or wilful misconduct. Issuing Bank shall not have any liability to any Lender if Issuing
Bank refrains from any action under any Letter of Credit or LC Documents until it receives written
instructions from Required Lenders.

     2.2.3 Cash Collateral.

     If any LC Obligations, whether or not then due or payable, shall for any reason be outstanding
at any time (a) that an Event of Default exists, (b) that Availability is less than zero, (c) after
the Commitment Termination Date, or (d) within 20 Business Days prior to the Revolver Termination
Date, then Borrower shall, at Issuing Bank’s or Agent’s request, Cash Collateralize all outstanding
LC Obligations. If Borrower fails to Cash Collateralize the

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outstanding LC Obligations as required herein, Lenders may (and shall upon direction of Agent)
advance, as Revolver Loans, the amount of the Cash Collateral required (whether or not the
Commitments have terminated, an Overadvance exists, or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied).

SECTION 3 INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES

3.1 Interest.

     3.1.1 Rates and Payment of Interest.

	 	(a)	 	The Obligations shall bear interest (i) if a Prime Rate Loan, at the Prime Rate in effect from
time to time, plus the Applicable Margin for Prime Rate Revolver Loans; (ii) if a BA Equivalent
Loan, at the BA Equivalent Rate for the applicable Interest Period, plus the Applicable Margin for
BA Equivalent Revolver Loans; and (iii) if any other Obligation (including, to the extent permitted
by law, interest not paid when due), at the Prime Rate in effect from time to time, plus the
Applicable Margin for Prime Rate Revolver Loans. Interest shall accrue from the date the Loan is
advanced or the Obligation is incurred or payable, until paid by Borrower. If a Loan is repaid on
the same day made, one day’s interest shall accrue.
	 
	 	(b)	 	During any Default or Event of Default, if Agent or Required Lenders in their discretion so
elect, Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate. Borrower acknowledges that the cost and
expense to Agent and each Lender due to a Default or an Event of Default are difficult to ascertain
and that the Default Rate is a fair and reasonable estimate to compensate Agent and Lenders for
such added cost and expense.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Interest accrued on the Loans shall be due and payable in arrears, (i) on the first day of each
month and, for any BA Equivalent Loan, the last day of its Interest Period; and (ii) on the
Commitment Termination Date. Interest accrued on any other Obligations shall be due and payable as
provided in the Loan Documents and, if no payment date is specified, shall be due and payable on
demand. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest accrued at the Default Rate shall be due and
payable on demand.

     3.1.2 Application of BA Equivalent Rate to Outstanding Loans.

	 	(a)	 	Borrower may on any Business Day, subject to delivery of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation,
elect to convert any portion of the Prime Rate Loans to, or to continue any BA Equivalent Loan at
the end of its Interest Period as, a BA Equivalent Loan. During any Default or Event of Default,
Agent may (and shall at the direction of Required Lenders) declare that no Loan may be made,
converted or continued as a BA Equivalent Loan.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Whenever Borrower desires to convert or continue Loans as BA Equivalent Loans, Borrower shall
give Agent a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, no later than 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) at least
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	 	 	 	requested conversion or continuation date. Promptly after receiving any such notice, Agent shall
notify each Lender thereof. Each Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall be irrevocable, and shall
specify the aggregate principal amount of Loans to be converted or continued, the conversion or
continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), and the duration of the Interest Period (which
shall be deemed to be one month if not specified). If, upon the expiration of any Interest Period
in respect of any BA Equivalent Loans, Borrower shall have failed to deliver a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation, it shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Loans into Prime Rate
Loans.

     3.1.3 Interest Periods.

     In connection with the making, conversion or continuation of any BA Equivalent Loans, Borrower
shall select an interest period (“Interest Period”) to apply, which interest period shall be one,
two, three or six months; provided, however, that:

	 	(a)	 	the Interest Period shall commence on the date the Loan is made or continued as, or converted
into, a BA Equivalent Loan, and shall expire on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at its end;
	 
	 	(b)	 	if any Interest Period commences on a day for which there is no corresponding day in the
calendar month at its end or if such corresponding day falls after the last Business Day of such
month, then the Interest Period shall expire on the last Business Day of such month; and if any
Interest Period would expire on a day that is not a Business Day, the period shall expire on the
next Business Day; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolver Termination Date.

     3.1.4 Interest Rate Not Ascertainable.

     If Agent shall determine that on any date for determining BA Equivalent Rate, adequate and fair
means do not exist for ascertaining such rates on the basis provided herein, then Agent shall
immediately notify Borrower of such determination. Until Agent notifies Borrower that such
circumstance no longer exists, the obligation of Lenders to make further BA Equivalent Loans shall
be suspended, and no further Loans may be converted into or continued as BA Equivalent Loans, as
applicable.

3.2 Fees.

     3.2.1 Unused Line Fee.

     Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of Lenders, a fee equal to the (a) (i) 1.00%
(if the outstanding amount of all Borrowings under this Agreement, for the immediately preceding
Fiscal Quarter, are greater than 50% of the Revolver Commitments), or (ii) 1.25% (if the
outstanding amount of all Borrowings under this Agreement, for the immediately preceding Fiscal
Quarter, are equal to or less than 50%
of the Revolver Commitments) times (b) the amount by which the Revolver Commitments exceed the
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any month. Such fee shall be payable in arrears, on the first day of each month and on the
Commitment Termination Date.

     The Agent shall pay to each Lender, on or before the third Business Day of each month and on the
Commitment Termination Date, the foregoing unused line fee based on each Lender’s Revolver
Commitment and each Lender’s respective Pro Rata share of the Revolver Loans during the applicable
month.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any amounts to any
Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 3.2.

     3.2.2 LC Facility Fees.

     Borrower shall pay (a) to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of Lenders, a fee equal to the Applicable
Margin in effect for BA Equivalent Revolver Loans times the average daily stated amount of Letters
of Credit (which amount shall include, for Letters of Credit denominated in U.S. Dollars, the
Equivalent Amount thereof in Dollars), which fee shall be payable monthly in arrears, on the first
day of each month; (b) Borrower shall pay to Issuing Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee
equal to 0.125% per annum of the stated amount of each Letter of Credit issued, which fee shall be
payable monthly in arrears, on the first day of each month; and (c) Borrower shall pay to Issuing
Bank, for its own account, all customary charges associated with the issuance, amending,
negotiating, payment, processing, transfer and administration of Letters of Credit, which charges
shall be paid as and when incurred. During an Event of Default, the fee payable under clause (a)
shall be increased by 2% per annum.

     3.2.3 Closing Fee.

     Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of the Lenders, a closing fee of $450,000,
which shall be paid on the Closing Date.

     3.2.4 Administrative Fees.

     In consideration of Agent’s administration of the Loans hereunder, Borrower shall pay to Agent, for
its own account, the fees described in the Fee Letter.

3.3 Computation of Interest, Fees, Yield Protection.

     In addition to Section 1.4 hereof or as otherwise set forth herein, interest, as well as fees and
other charges calculated on a per annum basis, shall be computed for the actual days elapsed, based
on a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be.

     Each determination by Agent of any interest, fees or interest rate hereunder shall be final,
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. All fees shall be fully earned when
due and shall not be subject to rebate or refund, nor subject to proration except as specifically
provided herein. All fees payable under Section 3.2 and in the Fee
Letter are compensation for services and are not, and shall not be deemed to be, interest or any
other charge for the use, forbearance or detention of money. A certificate, calculated in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as to amounts payable by Borrower under Section 3.6,
3.7, 3.9 or 5.8,

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submitted to Borrower by Agent or the affected Lender, as applicable, shall be final, conclusive
and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

3.4 Overdraft Loans.

     In respect of the accounts of an Obligor opened and maintained with the Bank, whenever a cheque or
other item is presented for payment against such account in an amount greater than the then
available balance in such account (an “Overdraft Loan”), such presentation shall be deemed to
constitute a Notice of Borrowing for a Loan on the date of such notice in the amount of such
Overdraft Loan (or the Equivalent Amount there of), bearing interest by reference to the Prime Rate
Revolver Loan. Until such Overdraft Loan shall in fact be repaid by a Prime Rate Revolver Loan, any
such Overdraft Loan shall constitute Obligations secured by the Collateral and, upon the making of
a Prime Rate Revolver Loan, each Lender shall be required to participate in each such Revolver Loan
on a Pro Rata basis and shall settle with the Agent regardless of whether any conditions of
Borrowing, under Section 6.2 or otherwise, have otherwise been met.

3.5 Illegality.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if (a) any change in any law or interpretation
thereof by any Governmental Authority makes it unlawful for a Lender to make or maintain a BA
Equivalent Loan or to maintain any Commitment with respect to BA Equivalent Loans or (b) a Lender
determines that the making or continuance of a BA Equivalent Loan has become impracticable as a
result of a circumstance that adversely affects the determination of the BA Equivalent Rate, then
such Lender shall give notice thereof to Agent and Borrower and may (i) declare that BA Equivalent
Loans, as applicable, will not thereafter be made by such Lender, whereupon any request for a BA
Equivalent Loan, from such Lender shall be deemed to be a request for a Prime Rate Loan, as
applicable, unless such Lender’s declaration has been withdrawn (and it shall be withdrawn promptly
upon cessation of the circumstances described in clause (a) or (b) above); and/or (ii) require that
all outstanding BA Equivalent Loans, as applicable, made by such Lender be converted to Prime Rate
Loan, as applicable, immediately, in which event all outstanding BA Equivalent Loans, as
applicable, of such Lender shall be immediately converted to Prime Rate Loans.

3.6 Increased Costs.

     If, by reason of (a) the introduction of or any change (including any change by way of imposition
or increase of Statutory Reserves or other reserve requirements) in any law or interpretation
thereof, or (b) the compliance with any guideline or request from any Governmental Authority or
other Person exercising control over banks or financial institutions generally (whether or not
having the force of law):

	 	(i)	 	a Lender shall be subject to any Tax with respect to any BA Equivalent Loan or Letter of Credit
or its obligation to make BA Equivalent Loans, issue Letters of Credit or participate in LC
Obligations, or a change shall result in the basis of taxation of any
payment to a Lender with respect to its BA Equivalent Loans, or its obligation to make BA
Equivalent Loans, issue Letters of Credit or participate in LC Obligations (except for Excluded
Taxes); or

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	 	(ii)	 	any reserve (including any imposed by the Board of Governors or any other Governmental
Authority), special deposits or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the
account of, or credit extended by, a Lender shall be imposed or deemed applicable, or any other
condition affecting a Lender’s BA Equivalent Loans or obligation to make BA Equivalent Loans, issue
Letters of Credit or participate in LC Obligations shall be imposed on such Lender;

and as a result there shall be an increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or
making, funding or maintaining, BA Equivalent Loans, Letters of Credit or participations in LC
Obligations, or there shall be a reduction in the amount receivable by such Lender, then the Lender
shall promptly notify Borrower and Agent of such event, and Borrower shall, within five days
following demand therefor, pay such Lender the amount of such increased costs or reduced amounts.

     If a Lender determines that, because of circumstances described above or any other circumstances
arising hereafter affecting such Lender or the Lender’s position in any market, BA Equivalent Rate
or the Applicable Margin applicable thereto, as applicable, will not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to such Lender of funding BA Equivalent Loans, issuing Letters of Credit or participating
in LC Obligations, then (A) the Lender shall promptly notify Borrower and Agent of such event; (B)
such Lender’s obligation to make BA Equivalent Loans, issue Letters of Credit or participate in LC
Obligations shall be immediately suspended, until each condition giving rise to such suspension no
longer exists; and (C) such Lender shall make a Prime Rate Loan as part of any requested Borrowing
of BA Equivalent Loans, as applicable, which Prime Rate Loan shall, for all purposes, be considered
part of such Borrowing.

3.7 Capital Adequacy.

     If a Lender determines that any introduction of or any change in a Capital Adequacy Regulation, any
change in the interpretation or administration of a Capital Adequacy Regulation by a Governmental
Authority charged with interpretation or administration thereof, or any compliance by such Lender
or any Person controlling such Lender with a Capital Adequacy Regulation, increases the amount of
capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or Person (taking into consideration
its capital adequacy policies and desired return on capital) as a consequence of such Lender’s
Commitments, Loans, participations in LC Obligations or other obligations under the Loan Documents,
then Borrower shall, within five days following demand therefor, pay such Lender an amount
sufficient to compensate for such increase. A Lender’s demand for payment shall set forth the
nature of the occurrence giving rise to such compensation and a calculation of the amount to be
paid. In determining such amount, the Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution
method.

3.8 Mitigation.

     Each Lender agrees that, upon becoming aware that it is subject to Section 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 or 5.8, it
will take reasonable measures to reduce Borrower’s obligations under such
Sections, including funding or maintaining its Commitments or Loans through another office, as long
as use of such measures would not adversely affect the Lender’s Commitments, Loans, business or
interests, and would not be inconsistent with any internal policy or applicable legal or regulatory
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3.9 Funding Losses.

     If for any reason (other than default by a Lender) (a) any Borrowing of, or conversion to or
continuation of, a BA Equivalent Loan does not occur on the date specified therefor in a Notice of
Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation (whether or not withdrawn), (b) any repayment or
conversion of a BA Equivalent Loan occurs on a day other than the end of its Interest Period, or
(c) Borrower fails to repay a BA Equivalent Loan when required hereunder, then Borrower shall pay
to Agent its customary administrative charge and to each Lender all losses and expenses that it
sustains as a consequence thereof, including any loss or expense arising form liquidation or
redeployment of funds or from fees payable to terminate deposits of matching funds. Lenders shall
not be required to purchase Dollar deposits in any Dollar market (offshore or otherwise) to fund
any BA Equivalent Loan, but the provisions hereof shall be deemed to apply as if each Lender had
purchased such deposits to fund its BA Equivalent Loans.

3.10 Maximum Interest.

     In no event shall interest, charges or other amounts that are contracted for, charged or received
by Agent and Lenders pursuant to any Loan Documents and that are deemed interest under Applicable
Law (“interest”) exceed the highest rate permissible
under Applicable Law (“maximum rate”). If, in
any month, any interest rate, absent the foregoing limitation, would have exceeded the maximum
rate, then the interest rate for that month shall be the maximum rate and, if in a future month,
that interest rate would otherwise be less than the maximum rate, then the rate shall remain at the
maximum rate until the amount of interest actually paid equals the amount of interest which would
have accrued if it had not been limited by the maximum rate. If, upon Full Payment of the
Obligations, the total amount of interest actually paid under the Loan Documents is less than the
total amount of interest that would, but for this Section, have accrued under the Loan Documents,
then Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, pay to Agent, for the account of
Lenders, (a) the lesser of (i) the amount of interest that would have been charged if the maximum
rate had been in effect at all times, or (ii) the amount of interest that would have accrued had
the interest rate otherwise set forth in the Loan Documents been in effect, minus (b) the amount of
interest actually paid under the Loan Documents. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines
that Agent or any Lender has received interest in excess of the maximum amount allowed under
Applicable Law, such excess shall be deemed received on account of, and shall automatically be
applied to reduce, Obligations other than interest (regardless of any erroneous application thereof
by Agent or any Lender), and upon Full Payment of the Obligations, any balance shall be refunded to
Borrower. In determining whether any excess interest has been charged or received by Agent or any
Lender, all interest at any time charged or received from Borrower in connection with the Loan
Documents shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and
spread in equal parts throughout the full term of the Obligations.

SECTION 4 LOAN ADMINISTRATION

4.1 Manner of Borrowing and Funding Revolver Loans.

      4.1.1 Notice of Borrowing.

	 	(a)	 	Whenever Borrower desires funding of a Borrowing of Revolver Loans, Borrower shall give Agent a
Notice of Borrowing. Such notice must be

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	 	 	 	received by Agent no later than 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) (i) on the Business Day of the
requested funding date, in the case of Prime Rate Loans, and (ii) at least three Business Days
prior to the requested funding date, in the case of BA Equivalent Loans. Notices received after
12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Each Notice of
Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) the principal amount of the Borrowing, (B) the
requested funding date (which must be a Business Day), (C) whether the Borrowing is to be made as
Prime Rate Loans or BA Equivalent Loans, and (D) in the case of BA Equivalent Loans, the duration
of the applicable Interest Period (which shall be deemed to be one month if not specified).
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless payment is otherwise timely made by Borrower, the becoming due of any Obligations
(whether principal, interest, fees or other charges, including Extraordinary Expenses, LC
Obligations, Cash Collateral and Bank Product Debt) shall be deemed to be a request for Prime Rate
Loans, on the due date, in the amount of such Obligations. The proceeds of such Loans shall be
disbursed as direct payment of the relevant Obligation.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If Borrower establishes a controlled disbursement account with Agent or any Affiliate of Agent,
then the presentation for payment of any cheque or other item of payment drawn on such account at a
time when there are insufficient funds to cover it shall be deemed to be a request for Prime Rate
Loans, on the date of such presentation, in the amount of the cheque and items presented for
payment. The proceeds of such Revolver Loans may be disbursed directly to the controlled
disbursement account or other appropriate account.

     4.1.2 Fundings by Lenders.

     Each Lender shall timely honour its Revolver Commitment by funding its Pro Rata share of each
Borrowing of Revolver Loans that is properly requested hereunder. Except for Borrowings to be made
as Swingline Loans, Agent shall endeavour to notify Lenders of each Notice of Borrowing (or deemed
request for a Borrowing) by 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the proposed funding date for Prime Rate
Loans or by 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) at least three Business Days before any proposed funding of BA
Equivalent Loans. Each Lender shall fund to Agent such Lender’s Pro Rata share of the Borrowing to
the account specified by Agent in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. (Eastern
time) on the requested funding date, unless Agent’s notice is received after the times provided
above, in which event each Lender shall fund its Pro Rata share by 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the
next Business Day. Subject to its receipt of such amounts from Lenders, Agent shall disburse the
proceeds of the Revolver Loans as directed by Borrower. Unless Agent shall have received (in
sufficient time to act) written notice from a Lender that it does not intend to fund its Pro Rata
share of a Borrowing, Agent may assume that such Lender has deposited or promptly will deposit its
share with Agent, and Agent may disburse a corresponding amount to Borrower. If a Lender’s share of
any Borrowing is not in fact received by Agent, then Borrower agrees to repay to Agent on demand
the amount of such share, together with interest thereon from the date disbursed until repaid, at
the rate applicable to such Borrowing.

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     4.1.3 Swingline Loans; Settlement.

	 	(a)	 	Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, advance Swingline Loans to Borrower out of Agent’s own
funds, up to an aggregate outstanding amount of $15,000,000, unless the funding is specifically
required to be made by all Lenders hereunder. Each Swingline Loan shall constitute a Revolver Loan
for all purposes, except that payments thereon shall be made to Agent for its own account. The
obligation of Borrower to repay Swingline Loans shall be evidenced by the records of Agent and need
not be evidenced by any promissory note.
	 
	 	(b)	 	To facilitate administration of the Revolver Loans, Lenders and Agent agree (which agreement is
solely among them, and not for the benefit of or enforceable by Borrower) that settlement among
them with respect to Revolver Loans (other than Swingline Loans) may take place periodically on a
date determined from time to time by Agent, which shall occur at least once every five Business
Days. On each settlement date, settlement shall be made with each Lender in accordance with the
Settlement Report delivered by Agent to Lenders. Between settlement dates, Agent may in its
discretion apply payments on Revolver Loans to Swingline Loans, regardless of any designation by
Borrower or any provision herein to the contrary. Each Lender’s obligation to make settlements with
Agent is absolute and unconditional, without offset, compensation, counterclaim or other defense,
and whether or not the Commitments have terminated, an Overadvance exists, or the conditions in
Section 6 are satisfied.

     4.1.4 Notices.

     Borrower authorizes Agent and Lenders to extend, convert or continue Loans, effect selections of
interest rates, and transfer funds to or on behalf of Borrower based on telephonic or e-mailed
instructions. Borrower shall confirm each such request by prompt delivery to Agent of a Notice of
Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, if applicable, but if it differs in any material
respect from the action taken by Agent or Lenders, the records of Agent and Lenders shall govern.
Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability for any loss suffered by Borrower as a result
of Agent or any Lender acting upon its understanding of telephonic or e-mailed instructions from a
person believed in good faith by Agent or any Lender to be a person authorized to give such
instructions on Borrower’s behalf.

4.2 Defaulting Lender.

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

	 	(a)	 	Agent may, in its discretion, retain payments that would otherwise be made to such Defaulting
Lender hereunder, apply the payments to such Lender’s defaulted obligations or readvance the funds
to Borrower in accordance with this Agreement and this Section 4.2. The failure of any Defaulting
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	 	 	 	shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder, and no Lender shall be responsible
for default by another Lender provided, however, that neither the Agent nor any Lender shall be
required to make any Loans, issue any Letters of Credit, make available any Bank Products or
otherwise extend any form of credit to the Borrower (“Defaulting Lender Credit Extensions”) which
may require the Agent or any such Lender to obtain settlement with or payment or repayment or
reimbursement from such Defaulting Lender, all of which Defaulting Lender Credit Extensions being
in the sole discretion of the Agent and Lenders exercised in good faith;
	 
	 	(b)	 	The sum of such Defaulting Lender’s outstanding Loans plus its risk participations in
outstanding Swingline Loans, Bank Products (if any) and LC Obligations (collectively, its
“Credit Exposure”) and such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment shall not be included in
determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder
(including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 15.1); provided that
the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of
such Defaulting Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by
the Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring the consent
of the Lenders);
	 
	 	(c)	 	Subject to clause (d) below, a Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all
payments due to it from the Obligor, whether on account of outstanding Loans, interest, fees or
otherwise, to the remaining non-defaulting Lenders for application to, and reduction of, their
proportionate shares of all outstanding Obligations until, as a result of application of such
assigned payments, the Lenders’ respective Pro Rata share of all outstanding Obligations shall have
returned to those in effect immediately prior to such delinquency and without giving effect to the
nonpayment causing such delinquency;
	 
	 	(d)	 	Subject to Section 3.2, at the option of the Agent, any amount payable to such Defaulting
Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise and including any
amount that would otherwise be payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.2) shall, in
lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Agent in a segregated
account and, subject to any applicable requirements of law, be applied at such time or times as may
be determined by the Agent, (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting
Lender to any Agent hereunder, (ii) second, Pro Rata, to the payment of any amounts owing by such
Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder, (iii) third, if so
determined by the Agent or requested by an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, held in such
account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender in respect of
any existing or future participating interest in any Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit, (iv)
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	 	 	 	such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as
determined by the Agent, (v) fifth, if so determined by the Agent, held in such account as cash
collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender in respect of any Loans under
this Agreement, (vi) sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or any Issuing Bank
or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained
by any Lender or such Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result
of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, and (vii) seventh, to
such Defaulting Lender; provided that if such payment is (x) a prepayment of the principal amount
of any Loans or reimbursement obligations in respect of LC disbursements which a Defaulting Lender
has funded its participation obligations and (y) made at a time when the conditions set forth in
Section 6.2 are satisfied, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Loans of, and
reimbursement obligations owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata prior to being applied to
the prepayment of any Loans, or reimbursement obligations owed to, any Defaulting Lender.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Defaulting Lender’s decision-making and participation rights and rights to payments as set
forth in clauses (a) through (d) hereinabove shall be restored only upon the payment by the
Defaulting Lender of its Pro Rata share of any Obligations, any participation obligation, or
expenses as to which it is delinquent, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate from the
date when originally due until the date upon which any such amounts are actually paid and/or such
Lender otherwise ceases to constitute a Defaulting Lender.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The non-defaulting Lenders shall also have the right, but not the obligation, in their
respective, sole and absolute discretion, to acquire for no cash consideration, (Pro Rata, based on
the respective Commitments of those Lenders electing to exercise such right) the Defaulting
Lender’s Commitment to fund future Loans (the “Defaulting Lender’s Future Commitment”).
Upon any such purchase of the Pro Rate Share of any Defaulting Lender’s Future Commitment, the
Defaulting Lender’s share in future Loans and its rights under the Loan Documents with respect
thereto shall terminate on the date of purchase, and the Defaulting Lender shall promptly execute
all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest, including, if so
requested, an Assignment and Acceptance. Each Defaulting Lender shall indemnify the Agent and each
non-defaulting Lender from and against any and all loss, damage or expenses, including but not
limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and funds advanced by any Agent or by any non-defaulting
Lender, on account of a Defaulting Lender’s failure to timely fund its Pro Rata share of a Loan or
to otherwise perform its obligations under the Loan Documents. Nothing contained in this Section
4.2(f) shall be deemed to limit or modify the rights of the Borrower and Agent pursuant to Section
12.10 hereof.

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4.3 Number and Amount of BA Equivalent Loans; Determination of Rate.

     For ease of administration, all BA Equivalent Revolver Loans having the same length and beginning
date of their Interest Periods shall be aggregated together, and such Loans shall be allocated
among Lenders on a Pro Rata basis. No more than three (3) aggregated BA Equivalent Loans may be
outstanding at any time, and each aggregate BA Equivalent Loan when made, continued or converted
shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000, or an increment of $100,000, in excess thereof. Upon
determining BA Equivalent Rate for any Interest Period requested by Borrower, Agent shall promptly
notify Borrower thereof by telephone or electronically and, if requested by Borrower, shall confirm
any telephonic notice in writing.

4.4 Effect of Termination.

     On the effective date of any termination of the Commitments, all Obligations shall be immediately
due and payable. All undertakings of the Obligors contained in the Loan Documents shall survive any
termination, and Agent shall retain its Liens in the Collateral and all of its rights and remedies
under the Loan Documents until Full Payment of the Obligations. Notwithstanding Full Payment of the
Obligations, Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in any Collateral unless, with
respect to any damages Agent may incur as a result of the dishonour or return of Payment Items
applied to Obligations, Agent receives (a) a written agreement, executed by the Obligors and any
Person whose advances are used in whole or in part to satisfy the Obligations, indemnifying Agent
and Lenders from any such damages; or (b) such Cash Collateral as Agent, in its discretion, deems
necessary to protect against any such damages. The provisions of Sections 2.2, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 5.4,
5.8, 12, 15.2 and this Section, and the obligation of each Obligor and Lender with respect to each
indemnity given by it in any Loan Document, shall survive Full Payment of the Obligations and any
release relating to this credit facility.

SECTION 5 PAYMENTS

5.1 General Payment Provisions.

     All payments of Obligations shall be made in Dollars, without offset, compensation, counterclaim or
defense of any kind, free of (and without deduction for) any Taxes, and in immediately available
funds, not later than 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the due date. Any payment after such time shall
be deemed made on the next Business Day. Obligors may, at the time of payment, specify to Agent the
Obligations to which such payment is to be applied, but Agent shall in all events retain the right
to apply such payment in such manner as Agent, subject to the provisions hereof, may determine to
be appropriate. If any payment under the Loan Documents shall be stated to be due on a day other
than a Business Day, the due date shall be extended to the next Business Day and such extension of
time shall be included in any computation of interest and fees. Any payment of a BA Equivalent Loan
prior to the end of its Interest Period shall be accompanied by all amounts due under Section 3.9.
Any prepayment of Loans shall be applied first to Prime Rate Loans and then to BA Equivalent Loans.

5.2 Repayment of Revolver Loans.

     Revolver Loans shall be due and payable in full on the Revolver Termination Date, unless payment is
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without penalty or premium. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an Overadvance
exists, Borrower shall, on the sooner of Agent’s demand or the first Business Day after Borrower
has knowledge thereof, repay the outstanding Revolver Loans in an amount sufficient to reduce the
principal balance of Revolver Loans to the Borrowing Base.

5.3 Payment of Other Obligations.

     Obligations other than Loans, including LC Obligations and Extraordinary Expenses, shall be paid by
Obligors as provided in the Loan Documents or, if no payment date is specified, on demand

5.4 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside.

     None of Agent or Lenders shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favour of any
Obligor or against any Obligations. If any Obligor makes a payment to Agent or Lenders, or if Agent
or any Lender receives payment from the proceeds of Collateral, exercise of setoff, compensation or
otherwise, and such payment is subsequently invalidated or required to be repaid to a trustee,
receiver or any other Person, then the Obligations originally intended to be satisfied, and all
Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if
such payment had not been received and any enforcement, setoff or compensation had not occurred.

5.5 Post-Default Allocation of Payments.

     5.5.1 Allocation.

     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during an Event of Default, monies to be applied
to the Obligations, whether arising from payments by Obligors, realization on Collateral, setoff,
compensation or otherwise, shall be allocated as follows:

	 	(a)	 	first, to all costs and expenses, including Extraordinary Expenses, owing to Agent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	second, to all amounts owing to Agent on Swingline Loans or Protective Advances;
	 
	 	(c)	 	third, to all amounts owing to Issuing Bank on LC Obligations;
	 
	 	(d)	 	fourth, to all Obligations constituting fees owing to Agent and owing to Lenders (on a Pro Rata
basis), (excluding amounts relating to Bank Products);
	 
	 	(e)	 	fifth, to all Obligations constituting interest owing to Agent and owing to the Lenders (on a
Pro Rata basis), (excluding amounts relating to Bank Products);
	 
	 	(f)	 	sixth, to provide Cash Collateral for outstanding Letters of Credit;
	 
	 	(g)	 	seventh, to all other Obligations owing to Agent, and owing to the Lenders (on a Pro Rata
basis), other than Bank Product Debt; and

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     (h) last, to Bank Product Debt in respect of Bank Products provided by Agent, any Lender or an
Affiliate of any Lender.

     Amounts shall be applied to each category of Obligations set forth above until Full Payment thereof
and then to the next category. If amounts are insufficient to satisfy a category, they shall be
applied on a pro rata basis among the Obligations in the category. Amounts distributed with respect
to any Bank Product Debt shall be the lesser of the applicable Bank Product Amount last reported to
Agent or the actual Bank Product Debt as calculated by the methodology reported to Agent for
determining the amount due. Agent shall have no obligation to calculate the amount to be
distributed with respect to any Bank Product Debt, but may rely upon written notice of the amount
(setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation) from the Secured
Party. In the absence of such
notice, Agent may assume the amount to be distributed is the Bank Product Amount last reported to
it. The allocations and applications of payments set forth in this Section are solely to determine
the rights and priorities of Agent and Lenders as among themselves, and may be changed by agreement
among them without the consent of any Obligor. This Section is not for the benefit of or
enforceable by any Obligor.

     5.5.2 Erroneous Application.

     Agent shall not be liable for any application of amounts made by it in good faith and, if any such
application is subsequently determined to have been made in error, the sole recourse of any Lender
or other Person to which such amount should have been made shall be to recover the amount from the
Person that actually received it (and, if such amount was received by any Lender, such Lender
hereby agrees to return it).

5.6 Application of Payments.

     Borrower and each applicable Obligor irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any
payments or Collateral proceeds, and agrees that Agent shall have the continuing, exclusive right
to apply and reapply same against the Obligations, in such manner as Agent deems advisable,
notwithstanding any entry by Agent in its records. If, as a result of Agent’s receipt of Payment
Items or proceeds of Collateral, a credit balance exists, the balance shall not accrue interest in
favour of Borrower and shall be made available to Borrower as long as no Default or Event of
Default exists.

5.7 Loan Account; Account Stated.

     5.7.1 Loan Account.

     Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual and customary practices an account or accounts
(“Loan Account”) evidencing the Debt of Borrower resulting from each Loan or issuance of a Letter
of Credit from time to time. Any failure of Agent to record anything in the Loan Account, or any
error in doing so, shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrower to pay any amount
owing hereunder. Agent may maintain a single Loan Account in the name of Borrower.

     5.7.2 Entries Binding.

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     Entries made in the Loan Account shall constitute presumptive evidence of the information contained
therein. If any information contained in the Loan Account is provided to or inspected by any
Person, then such information shall be conclusive and binding on such Person for all purposes
absent manifest error, except to the extent such Person notifies Agent in writing within 30 days
after receipt or inspection that specific information is subject to dispute.

5.8 Taxes.

     5.8.1 Payments Free of Taxes.

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

     5.8.2 Payment of Other Taxes by Obligors.

     Without limiting the provisions of Section 5.8.1, Obligors shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

     5.8.3 Indemnification by Obligors.

     Obligors shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the
full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Agent or Lender, as the case may
be, and any penalties, interest, additions to tax and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with
respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or
asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to an Obligor by a Lender (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent on its
own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     5.8.4 Evidence of Payments.

     As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by an Obligor to a Governmental
Authority, Obligors shall deliver to the Agent, the original or a certified copy of a receipt
issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such
payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

SECTION 6 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

6.1 Conditions Precedent to Amendment and Restatement.

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     The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligations of the Secured Parties hereunder are
subject to the following conditions precedent being satisfied:

	 	(a)	 	Notes shall have been executed by Borrower and delivered to each Lender that requests
issuance of a Note. Each other Loan Document not delivered under the Existing Loan and
Security Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered to Agent by each of the
signatories thereto, and each Obligor shall be in compliance with all terms thereof.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Agent shall have received all PPSA and other Lien searches and other evidence satisfactory to
Agent that such Liens are the only Liens upon the Collateral, except Permitted Liens.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Agent shall have received:

	 	(i)	 	acknowledgment copies of proper financing or filing statements, publications or recordations,
duly filed on or before the Closing Date under the PPSA of all jurisdictions that the Agent
may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Agent’s Lien; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	duly executed “Termination Statements” and such other instruments, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent, as shall be necessary to terminate and discharge and
satisfy all Liens on the Property of the Obligors (except Permitted Liens).

	 	(d)	 	Agent shall have received all subordination and postponement agreements required pursuant to
the terms hereof, including, as necessary, any amendment or restatements of the:

	 	(i)	 	ATB Intercreditor Agreement; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Shareholder Subordination Agreement.

	 	(e)	 	Agent shall have received duly executed agreements establishing each Dominion Account, in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent, to the extent not delivered under the Existing Loan
and Security Agreement.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Agent shall have received certificates, in form and substance satisfactory to it, from a
knowledgeable Senior Officer of each Obligor certifying that, after giving effect to the Loans
outstanding on the Closing Date and transactions hereunder, (i) such Obligor is Solvent; (ii)
no Default or Event of Default exists; (iii) the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 9 are true and correct; and (iv) such Obligor has complied with all agreements and
conditions to be satisfied by it under the Loan Documents.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Agent shall have received a certificate of a duly authorized officer of each Obligor,
certifying (i) that attached copies of such Obligor’s Organic Documents are true and complete,
and in full force and effect, without amendment except as shown, or there have been no
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	 	 	 	since November 2, 2006, (ii) that an attached copy of resolutions authorizing execution and
delivery of the Loan Documents is true and complete, and that such resolutions are in full
force and effect, were duly adopted, have not been amended, modified or revoked, and
constitute all resolutions adopted with respect to this credit facility, and (iii) to the
title, name and signature of each Person authorized to sign the Loan Documents. Agent may
conclusively rely on this certificate until it is otherwise notified by the applicable
Obligor in writing.

	 	(h)	 	Agent shall have received a written opinion of McCarthy Tetrault LLP as well as any local
counsel to Obligors or Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
	 
	 	(i)	 	Agent shall have received compliance certificates,
certificates of status, certificates d’attestation and good standing certificates for each Obligor, issued by the appropriate
official of such Obligor’s jurisdiction of organization and each jurisdiction where such
Obligor’s conduct of business or ownership of Property necessitates qualification.
	 
	 	(j)	 	Agent shall have received copies of policies or certificates of insurance and binders of
Insurance for the insurance policies carried by Obligors with requisite loss payable
endorsements, all in compliance with the Loan Documents and in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agent, to the extent not delivered under the Existing Loan and Security Agreement.
	 
	 	(k)	 	Agent shall have completed its legal due diligence of Obligors, with results satisfactory to
Agent.
	 
	 	(1)	 	Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate prepared as of September 28, 2009.
	 
	 	(m)	 	The Borrower shall have paid all fees and expenses of the Agent and Lenders, including as
provided in the Fee Letter and hereunder, and all attorney costs and audit costs incurred in
connection with any of the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby to the
extent invoiced.
	 
	 	(n)	 	The Agent shall have received an officer’s certificate from the Borrower certifying, and/or
received other evidence satisfactory to the Agent, that the terms of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents are not in violation of or contrary to the provisions of any other
document to which Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party or by which they are bound.
	 
	 	(o)	 	There shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation, or proceeding pending or
threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental authority that in Lenders’
good faith credit discretion (a) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or impair Obligors’ ability to perform their obligations under the Loan Agreement, or
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	 	 	 	reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Obligations or the transactions
contemplated thereby.
	 
	 	(p)	 	Agent shall have reviewed and confirmed its satisfaction with the instruments/debt documents
evidencing the Debt of and any other creditors not being paid out and discharged on or prior
to the Closing Date, including, without limitation, its satisfaction with the terms of the ATB
Financial Debt (including any amendments or renewals thereto) as it exists on the Closing
Date.
	 
	 	(q)	 	The Agent shall have received an officer’s certificate from the Borrower certifying, and/or
received other evidence satisfactory to it, that each Obligor shall have obtained all
governmental and third party consents and approvals as Agent may consider necessary or
appropriate in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.
	 
	 	(r)	 	Assignment and Acceptance agreements amongst the Lenders party to the Existing Loan and
Security Agreement and the Lenders party to this Agreement shall have been executed and
delivered to the Agent to the extent deemed necessary by the Agent.
	 
	 	(s)	 	All proceedings taken in connection with the execution of this Agreement, all other Loan
Documents and all documents and papers relating thereto shall be satisfactory in form, scope,
and substance to the Agent and the Lenders.

     The acceptance by the Borrower of any Loans existing or made or Letters of Credit issued on
the Closing Date shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty made by the Borrower to the
effect that all of the conditions precedent to the making of or existence such Loans or the
issuance of such Letters of Credit have been satisfied, with the same effect as delivery to the
Agent and the Lenders of a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, dated the
Closing Date, to such effect.

     Execution and delivery to the Agent by a Lender of a counterpart of this Agreement or by an
Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed confirmation by such Lender that (i) all conditions
precedent in this Section 6.1 have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of such Lender, (ii) the
decision of such Lender to execute and deliver to the Agent an executed counterpart of this
Agreement was made by such Lender independently and without reliance on the Agent or any other
Lender as to the satisfaction of any condition precedent set forth in this Section 6.1, and (iii)
all documents sent to such Lender for approval, consent, or satisfaction were acceptable to such
Lender.

6.2 Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions.

     Agent, Issuing Bank and Lenders shall not be required to fund any Loans, arrange for issuance
of any Letters of Credit or grant any other accommodation to or for the benefit of Borrower, unless
the following conditions are satisfied:

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	 	(a)	 	No Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of, or result from, such funding,
issuance or grant;
	 
	 	(b)	 	The representations and warranties of each Obligor in the Loan Documents shall be true and
correct on the date of, and upon giving effect to, such funding, issuance or grant (except for
representations and warranties that expressly relate to an earlier date);
	 
	 	(c)	 	All conditions precedent in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied;
	 
	 	(d)	 	No event shall have occurred or circumstance exist that has or could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	With respect to issuance of a Letter of Credit, the LC Conditions shall be satisfied.

     Each request (or deemed request) by Borrower for funding of a Loan, issuance of a Letter of
Credit or grant of an accommodation shall constitute a representation by Borrower that the
foregoing conditions are satisfied on the date of such request and on the date of such funding,
issuance or grant. As an additional condition to any funding, issuance or grant, Agent shall have
received such other information, documents, instruments and agreements as it deems appropriate in
connection therewith.

6.3 Limited Waiver of Conditions Precedent.

     If Agent, Issuing Bank or Lenders fund any Loans, arrange for issuance of any Letters of
Credit or grant any other accommodation when any conditions precedent are not satisfied (regardless
of whether the lack of satisfaction was known or unknown at the time), it shall not operate as a
waiver of (a) the right of Agent, Issuing Bank and Lenders to insist upon satisfaction of all
conditions precedent with respect to any subsequent funding, issuance or grant; nor (b) any Default
or Event of Default due to such failure of conditions or otherwise.

SECTION 7 COLLATERAL

7.1 Grant of Security Interest.

     To secure the prompt payment and performance of all Obligations, each Obligor hereby grants to
Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in and Lien upon all
personal Property (save and exclusive solely of Equipment) of Obligors, including all of the
following Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and wherever located:

	 	(a)	 	all Accounts;
	 
	 	(b)	 	all Chattel Paper, including electronic chattel paper;
	 
	 	(c)	 	all Deposit Accounts and Dominion Accounts;
	 
	 	(d)	 	all General Intangibles, including Intellectual Property;
	 
	 	(e)	 	all Goods, including Inventory but excluding Equipment;

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	 	(f)	 	all Instruments;
	 
	 	(g)	 	all Investment Property;
	 
	 	(h)	 	all monies, whether or not in the possession or under the control of Agent, a Lender,
or a bailee or Affiliate of Agent or a Lender, including any Cash Collateral;
	 
	 	(i)	 	all accessions to, substitutions for, and all replacements, products, and cash
and non-cash proceeds of the foregoing, including proceeds of and unearned premiums with
respect to insurance policies, and claims against any Person
for loss, damage or destruction of any Collateral; and
	 
	 	(j)	 	all books and records (including customer lists, files, correspondence, tapes, computer
programs, print-outs and computer records) pertaining to the foregoing.

7.2 Lien on Deposit Accounts/Dominion Accounts; Cash Collateral.

     7.2.1 Deposit Accounts/Dominion Accounts.

	 	(a)	 	To further secure the prompt payment and performance of all Obligations, each Obligor hereby
grants to Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in and
Lien upon all of Obligors’ right, title and interest in and to each Deposit Account and
Dominion Account of such Obligor and any deposits or other sums at any time credited to any
such Deposit Account and Dominion Account, including any sums in any blocked or lockbox
accounts or in any accounts into which such sums are swept. For greater certainty, Obligors
hereby agree that, unless otherwise agreed to by Agent, they will not maintain any Deposit
Accounts, other than Dominion Accounts with the Bank.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Obligor authorizes and directs Bank to deliver to Agent, on a daily basis, all balances
in the Dominion Accounts maintained by such Obligor with such depository for application to
the Obligations then outstanding. Each Obligor irrevocably appoints Agent as such Obligor’s
attorney to collect such balances to the extent any such delivery is not so made.

     7.2.2 Cash Collateral.

     Any Cash Collateral may be invested, in Agent’s discretion, in Cash Equivalents, but Agent
shall have no duty to do so, regardless of any agreement, understanding or course of dealing with
Borrower, and shall have no responsibility for any investment or loss. Borrower hereby grants to
Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a security interest in all Cash Collateral held from
time to time and all proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, whether such Cash Collateral
is held in the Cash Collateral Account or elsewhere. Agent may apply Cash Collateral to the payment
of any Obligations, in such order as Agent may elect, as they become due and payable. The Cash
Collateral Account and all Cash Collateral shall be under the sole dominion and control of Agent.
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on behalf of Borrower shall have any right to any Cash Collateral, until Full Payment of all
Obligations.

7.3 Other Collateral.

     7.3.1 Certain After-Acquired Collateral.

     Obligors shall promptly notify Agent in writing if, after the Closing Date, any Obligor
obtains any interest in any Collateral consisting of Deposit Accounts, Chattel Paper, documents,
Instruments, Intellectual Property or Investment Property and, upon Agent’s request, shall promptly
execute such documents and take such actions as Agent deems appropriate to effect Agent’s duly
perfected, opposable and first priority Lien upon such Collateral, subject to Permitted Liens,
including obtaining any appropriate possession, control agreement or Lien Waiver. If any Collateral
is in the possession of a third party, at Agent’s request, Obligors shall obtain an acknowledgment
that such third party holds the Collateral for the benefit of Agent.

7.4 No Assumption of Liability.

     The Lien on Collateral granted hereunder is given as security only and shall not subject Agent
or any Lender to, or in any way modify, any obligation or liability of Obligors relating to any
Collateral.

7.5 Further Assurances.

     Promptly upon request, Obligors shall deliver such instruments, assignments, title
certificates, or other documents or agreements, and shall take such actions, as Agent deems
appropriate under Applicable Law to evidence or perfect or render opposable its Lien on any
Collateral, or otherwise to give effect to the intent of this Agreement. Each Obligor authorizes
Agent to file any financing statements or other application of publication that indicates the
Collateral as “all present and after acquired personal property” or “the universality of all
present and future movable property” of such Obligor, or words to similar effect, and ratifies any
action taken by Agent before the Closing Date to effect or perfect or render opposable its Lien on
any Collateral.

SECTION 8 COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION

8.1 Borrowing Base Certificates.

     By the twenty-fifth (25th) day of each month (or with such other frequency as Agent may
require, from time to time, acting in its sole discretion), Borrower shall deliver to Agent (and
Agent shall promptly deliver same to Lenders) a Borrowing Base Certificate prepared as of the close
of business of the previous month, and at such other times as Agent may request. All calculations
of Availability in any Borrowing Base Certificate shall originally be made by Borrower and
certified by a Senior Officer, provided that Agent may from time to time review and adjust any such
calculation (a) to reflect its reasonable estimate of declines in value of any Collateral, due to
collections received in the Dominion Account or otherwise; and (b) to the extent the calculation is
not made in accordance with this Agreement or does not accurately reflect the Availability Reserve.

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8.2 Administration of Accounts.

     8.2.1 Records and Schedules of Accounts.

     Each Obligor shall keep accurate and complete records of its Accounts, including all payments
and collections thereon, and shall submit to Agent, on such periodic basis as Agent may request, a
sales and collections report, in form satisfactory to Agent. Each Obligor shall also provide to
Agent, on or before the twenty-fifth
(25th) day of each month, a detailed aged trial balance of all
Accounts as of the end of the preceding month, specifying each Account’s Account Debtor name,
amount, invoice date and due date, showing any discount, allowance,
credit, authorized return or
dispute, and including such proof of delivery, copies of invoices and invoice registers, copies of
related documents, repayment histories, status reports and other information as Agent may request
(including the addresses for each Account Debtor). If Accounts in an aggregate face amount of
$100,000 or more cease to be Eligible Accounts, Borrower or applicable Obligor shall notify Agent
of such occurrence promptly (and in any event within one Business Day) after Borrower or applicable
Obligor has knowledge thereof.

     8.2.2 Taxes.

     If an Account of an Obligor includes a charge for any Taxes, Agent is authorized, in its
discretion, to pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing authority for the account of Borrower
and to charge Borrower therefor; provided, however, that neither Agent nor Lenders shall be liable
for any Taxes that may be due from Obligor or with respect to any Collateral.

     8.2.3 Account Verification.

     Whether or not a Default or Event of Default exists, Agent shall have the right at any time,
in the name of Agent, any designee of Agent or any Obligor to verify the validity, amount or any
other matter relating to any Accounts of Obligors by mail, telephone or otherwise. Obligors shall
cooperate fully with Agent in an effort to facilitate and promptly conclude any such verification
process.

     8.2.4 Maintenance of Dominion Account.

     Obligors shall maintain Dominion Accounts pursuant to lockbox or other arrangements acceptable
to Agent with Bank. Obligors shall obtain an agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent) from Bank, establishing Agent’s control over and Lien in the Dominion Account, requiring
immediate deposit of all remittances received in the Dominion Account, and waiving offset and
compensation rights of such servicer against any funds in the Dominion Account, except offset or
compensation rights for customary administrative charges. Neither Agent nor Lenders assume any
responsibility to Obligors for any Dominion Account, including any claim of accord and satisfaction
or release with respect to any Payment Items accepted by servicer.

     8.2.5 Proceeds of Collateral.

     Obligors shall request in writing and otherwise take all reasonable steps to ensure that all
payments on Accounts or otherwise relating to Collateral are made directly to a Dominion Account.
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Collateral, it shall hold same in trust for Agent and promptly (not later than the next Business
Day) deposit same into a Dominion Account.

8.3
Administration of Inventory.

     8.3.1
Records and Reports of Inventory.

     Each Obligor shall keep accurate and complete records of its Inventory and shall submit to
Agent, on or before the twenty-fifth (25th) day of each month, or as frequent as the Agent may
request, inventory reports in form satisfactory to Agent. Agent may participate in and observe each
inventory count.

     8.3.2 Returns of Inventory.

     No Obligor shall return any Inventory to a supplier, vendor or other Person, whether for cash,
credit or otherwise, unless (a) such return is in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) no Default,
Event of Default or Overadvance exists or would result therefrom; (c) Agent is promptly notified if
the aggregate Value of all Inventory returned in any month exceeds $100,000; and (d) any payment
received by an Obligor for a return is promptly remitted to Agent for application to the
Obligations.

     8.3.3 Acquisition, Sale and Maintenance.

     No Obligor shall acquire or accept any Inventory on consignment or approval, and shall take
all steps to assure that all Inventory is produced in accordance with Applicable Law. No Obligor
shall sell any Inventory on consignment (unless the conditions in respect of such Inventory, set
forth in paragraph (i) of the definition of Eligible Inventory, are met to the satisfaction of the
Agent) or approval or any other basis under which the customer may return or require Obligors to
repurchase such Inventory. Obligors shall use, store and maintain all Inventory with reasonable
care and caution, in accordance with applicable standards of any insurance and in conformity with
all Applicable Law, and shall make current rent payments (within applicable grace periods provided
for in leases) at all locations where any Collateral is located.

8.4 Administration of Equipment and Real Estate.

     8.4.1 Records and Schedules of Equipment and Real Estate.

     Each Obligor shall keep accurate and complete records of its Equipment, including kind,
quality, quantity, cost, acquisitions and dispositions thereof, and shall submit to Agent, on such
periodic basis as Agent may request, a current schedule thereof, in form satisfactory to Agent.
Promptly upon request, Obligors shall deliver to Agent evidence of their ownership or interests in
any Real Estate and Equipment.

     8.4.2 Dispositions of Equipment.

     No Obligor shall sell, lease or otherwise dispose of or alienate any Equipment or Real Estate,
without the prior written consent of Agent, other than (a) a Permitted Asset Disposition, and (b)
Equipment or Real Estate pledged as security for the ATB Financial Debt (as long as the

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Net Proceeds of such dispositions are used to acquire replacement Equipment or Real Estate or
to pay or pre-pay amounts owing under the ATB Financial Debt or as otherwise permitted by the ATB
Financial Debt documents).

8.5 Administration of Deposit Accounts.

     Schedule 8.5 sets forth all Dominion Accounts maintained by Obligors. Each Obligor shall take
all actions necessary to establish Agent’s control of each such Dominion Account. Each Obligor shall
be the sole account holder of each Dominion Account and shall not allow any other Person (other than
Agent) to have control over a Dominion Account or any Property deposited therein. Each Obligor
shall not open any Deposit Account or Dominion Account without the consent of Agent.

8.6 General Provisions.

     8.6.1 Location of Collateral.

     All tangible (corporeal) items of Collateral, other than Inventory in transit, shall at all
times be kept by Obligors at the business locations set forth in Schedule 8.6.1, except that
Obligors may (a) make sales or other dispositions of Collateral in accordance with Section 10.2.6;
and (b) move Collateral to another location in Canada, as applicable, upon 30 Business Days prior
written notice to Agent.

     8.6.2 Insurance of Collateral; Condemnation Proceeds.

	 	(a)	 	Each Obligor shall maintain insurance with respect to the Collateral,
covering casualty, hazard, public liability, theft, malicious mischief, and such other
risks, in such amounts, with such endorsements, and with such insurers (rated A+ or
better by A.M. Best Rating Guide) as are satisfactory to Agent. All proceeds under
each policy shall be payable to Agent. From time to time upon request, Obligors shall
deliver to Agent the originals or certified copies of its insurance policies and
updated flood plain searches. Unless Agent shall agree otherwise, each policy shall
include satisfactory endorsements (i) showing Agent as sole loss payee, first
mortgagee or additional insured, as appropriate; (ii) requiring 30 days prior written
notice to Agent in the event of cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever;
and (iii) specifying that the interest of Agent shall not be impaired or invalidated
by any act or neglect of any Obligor or the owner of the Property, nor by the
occupation of the premises for purposes more hazardous than are permitted by the
policy. If any Obligor fails to provide and pay for such insurance, Agent may, at its
option, but shall not be required to, procure the insurance and charge Obligors
therefor. Each Obligor agrees to deliver to Agent, promptly as rendered, copies of all
reports made to insurance companies. While no Event of Default exists, Obligors may
settle, adjust or compromise any insurance claim, as long as the proceeds are
delivered to Agent. If an Event of Default exists, only Agent shall be authorized to
settle, adjust and compromise such claims.

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	 	(b)	 	Any proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds from workers’ compensation or
D&O insurance) and any awards arising from condemnation of any Collateral shall be
paid to Agent. Any such proceeds or awards that relate to Inventory shall be applied
to payment of the Revolver Loans, and then to any other Obligations outstanding.

     8.6.3 Protection of Collateral.

     All expenses of protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling, maintaining and shipping
any Collateral, all Taxes payable with respect to any Collateral (including any sale thereof), and
all other payments required to be made by Agent to any Person to realize upon any Collateral, shall
be borne and paid by Obligors. Agent shall not be liable or responsible in any way for the
safekeeping of any Collateral, for any loss or damage thereto (except for reasonable care in its
custody while Collateral is in Agent’s actual possession), for any diminution in the value thereof,
or for any act or default of any warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency or other Person
whatsoever, but the same shall be at Obligors’ sole risk.

     8.6.4 Defense of Title to Collateral.

     Each Obligor shall at all times defend its title to Collateral and Agent’s Liens therein
against all Persons, claims and demands whatsoever, except Permitted Liens.

8.7 Power of Attorney.

     Each Obligor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Agent (and all Persons designated by
Agent) as such Obligor’s true and lawful attorney (and agent-in-fact) for the purposes provided in
this Section. Agent, or Agent’s designee, may, without notice and in either its or an Obligor’s
name, but at the cost and expense of Obligors:

	 	(a)	 	Endorse an Obligor’s name on any Payment Item or other proceeds of
Collateral (including proceeds of insurance) that come into Agent’s possession or
control; and

	 	(b)	 	During an Event of Default, (i) notify any Account Debtors of the assignment
of their Accounts or to set-up or render opposable any Lien in respect thereof, demand
and enforce payment of Accounts, by legal proceedings or otherwise, and generally
exercise any rights and remedies with respect to Accounts; (ii) settle, adjust,
modify, compromise, discharge or release any Accounts or other Collateral, or any
legal proceedings brought to collect Accounts or Collateral; (iii) sell or assign any
Accounts and other Collateral upon such terms, for such amounts and at such times as
Agent deems advisable; (iv) take control, in any manner, of any proceeds of
Collateral; (v) prepare, file and sign in Obligor’s name to a proof of claim or other
document in a bankruptcy of an Account Debtor, or to any notice, assignment or
satisfaction of Lien or similar document; (vi) receive, open and dispose of mail
addressed to an Obligor, and notify postal authorities to change the address for
delivery thereof to such address as Agent may designate; (vii) endorse any Chattel
Paper, Document, Instrument, invoice, freight bill, bill of lading, or similar
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	 	 	 	Accounts, Inventory or other Collateral; (viii) use an Obligor’s stationery and
sign its name to verifications of Accounts and notices to Account Debtors; (ix) use
the information recorded on or contained in any data processing equipment and
computer hardware and software relating to any Collateral; (x) make and adjust
claims under policies of insurance; (xi) take any action as may be necessary or
appropriate to obtain payment under any letter of credit or banker’s acceptance for
which an Obligor is a beneficiary; and (xii) take all other actions as Agent deems
appropriate to fulfill any Obligor’s obligations under the Loan Documents.

SECTION 9 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

9.1 General Representations and Warranties.

     To induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make available the
Commitments, Loans and Letters of Credit, each Obligor represents and warrants that:

     9.1.1 Organization and Qualification.

     Each Obligor and Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Each Obligor and Subsidiary is duly qualified,
authorized to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where
failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     9.1.2 Power and Authority.

     Each Obligor is duly authorized to execute, deliver and perform its Loan Documents. The
execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all
necessary action, and do not (a) require any consent or approval of any holders of Equity Interests
of any Obligor, other than those already obtained; (b) contravene the Organic Documents of any
Obligor; (c) violate or cause a default under any Applicable Law or Material Contract; or (d)
result in or require the imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any Property of any
Obligor.

     9.1.3 Enforceability.

     Each Loan Document is a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Obligor party thereto,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

     9.1.4 Capital Structure.

     Schedule 9.1.4 shows, for each Obligor and Subsidiary, its name, its jurisdiction of
organization, its authorized and issued Equity Interests, the holders of its Equity Interests and
all direct or indirect holders of such holders, and all agreements binding on such holders with
respect to their Equity Interests. Each Obligor has good title to its Equity Interests in its
Subsidiaries, subject only to Agent’s Lien, and all such Equity Interests are duly issued, fully
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rights, agreements to issue or sell, convertible interests, phantom rights or powers of attorney
relating to any Equity Interests of any Obligor or Subsidiary.

     9.1.5 Corporate Names; Locations.

     During the five years preceding the Closing Date, except as shown on Schedule 9.1.5, no
Obligor or Subsidiary has been known as or used any corporate, fictitious or trade names, has been
the surviving corporation of a merger, amalgamation or combination, or has acquired any substantial
part of the assets of any Person. The chief executive offices and other places of business of
Obligors and Subsidiaries are shown on  Schedule 8.6.1. During the five years preceding the
Closing Date, no Obligor or Subsidiary has had any other office or place of business.

     9.1.6 Title to Properties; Priority of Liens.

     Each Obligor and Subsidiary has good and marketable title to (or valid leasehold interests in)
all of its Real Estate, and good title to all of its personal (movable) Property, including all
Property reflected in any financial statements delivered to Agent or Lenders, in each case free of
Liens except Permitted Liens. Each Obligor and Subsidiary has paid and discharged all lawful claims
that, if unpaid, could become a Lien on its Properties, other than Permitted Liens. All Liens of
Agent in the Collateral are duly perfected, opposable and first priority Liens, subject only to
Permitted Liens that are expressly allowed to have priority over Agent’s Liens.

     9.1.7 Accounts.

     Agent may rely, in determining which Accounts are Eligible Accounts, on all statements and
representations made by Borrower with respect thereto. Borrower warrants, with respect to each
Account at the time it is shown as an Eligible Account in a Borrowing Base Certificate, that:

	 	(a)	 	it is genuine and in all respects what it purports to be, and is not
evidenced by a judgment;

	 	(b)	 	it arises out of a completed, bona fide sale and delivery of goods or
rendition of services in the Ordinary Course of Business, and substantially in
accordance with any purchase order, contract or other document relating thereto;

	 	(c)	 	it is for a sum certain, maturing as stated in the invoice covering such
sale or rendition of services, a copy of which has been furnished or is available to
Agent on request;

	 	(d)	 	it is not subject to any offset, compensation, Lien (other than Agents
Lien), deduction, defense, dispute, counterclaim or other adverse condition except as
arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and disclosed to Agent; and it is
absolutely owing by the Account Debtor, without contingency in any respect;

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	 	(e)	 	no purchase order, agreement, document or Applicable Law restricts assignment
of the Account to Agent (regardless of whether, under the UCC, the PPSA or the Civil
Code, the restriction is ineffective);

	 	(f)	 	no extension, compromise, settlement, modification, credit, deduction or
return has been authorized with respect to the Account, except discounts or allowances
granted in the Ordinary Course of Business for prompt payment that are reflected on
the face of the invoice related thereto and in the reports submitted to Agent
hereunder; and

	 	(g)	 	to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, (i) there are no facts or circumstances
that are reasonably likely to impair the enforceability or collectibility of such
Account; (ii) the Account Debtor had the capacity to contract when the Account arose,
continues to meet the applicable Borrower’s customary credit standards, is Solvent, is
not contemplating or subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, and has not failed, or
suspended or ceased doing business; and (iii) there are no proceedings or actions
threatened or pending against any Account Debtor that could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the Account Debtor’s financial condition.

     9.1.8 Financial Statements.

     The consolidated and consolidating balance sheets, and related statements of income, cash flow
and shareholder’s equity, of Obligors and Subsidiaries that have been and are hereafter delivered
to Agent and Lenders, are prepared in accordance with GAAP, and fairly present the financial
positions and results of operations of Obligors and Subsidiaries at the dates and for the periods
indicated. All projections delivered from time to time to Agent and Lenders have been prepared in
good faith, based on reasonable assumptions in light of the circumstances at such time. Since
August 27, 2009 there has been no change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of any Obligor
or Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No financial
statement delivered to Agent or Lenders at any time contains any untrue statement of a material
fact, nor fails to disclose any material fact necessary to make such statement not materially
misleading. Each Obligor and Subsidiary is Solvent.

     9.1.9 Surety Obligations.

     No Obligor or Subsidiary is obligated as guarantor, surety or indemnitor under any bond or
other contract that assures payment or performance of any obligation of any Person, except as
permitted hereunder.

     9.1.10 Taxes.

     Each Obligor and Subsidiary has filed all federal, provincial, territorial, state and local
tax returns and other reports that it is required by law to file, and has paid, or made provision
for the payment of, all Taxes upon it, its income and its Properties that are due and payable,
except to the extent being Properly Contested. The provision for Taxes on the books of each Obligor
and Subsidiary is adequate for all years not closed by applicable statutes, and for its current
Fiscal Year.

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     9.1.11 Brokers.

     There are no brokerage commissions, finder’s fees or investment banking fees payable in
connection with any transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.

     9.1.12 Intellectual Property.

     Each Obligor and Subsidiary owns or has the lawful right to use all Intellectual Property
necessary for the conduct of its business, without conflict with any rights of others. There is no
pending or, any Obligor’s knowledge, threatened Intellectual Property Claim with respect to any
Obligor, any Subsidiary or any of their Property (including any Intellectual Property). Except as
disclosed on Schedule 9.1.12, no Obligor or Subsidiary pays or owes any Royalty or other
compensation to any Person with respect to any Intellectual Property. All Intellectual Property
owned, used or licensed by, or otherwise subject to any interests of, any Obligor or Subsidiary is
shown on Schedule 9.1.12.

     9.1.13 Governmental Approvals.

     Each Obligor and Subsidiary has, is in compliance with, and is in good standing with respect
to, all Governmental Approvals necessary to conduct its business and to own, lease and operate its
Properties. All necessary import, export or other licenses, permits or certificates for the import
or handling of any goods or other Collateral have been procured and are in effect, and Obligors and
Subsidiaries have complied with all foreign and domestic laws with respect to the shipment and
importation of any goods or Collateral, except where noncompliance could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     9.1.14 Compliance with Laws.

     Each Obligor and Subsidiary has duly complied, and its Properties and business operations are
in compliance, in all material respects with all Applicable Law, except where noncompliance could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There have been no citations, notices
or orders of material noncompliance issued to any Obligor or Subsidiary under any Applicable Law.

     9.1.15 Compliance with Environmental Laws.

     Except as disclosed on Schedule 9.1.15, no Obligor’s or Subsidiary’s past or present
operations, Real Estate or other Properties are subject to any federal, provincial, territorial,
state or local investigation to determine whether any remedial action is needed to address any
environmental pollution, hazardous material or environmental clean-up. No Obligor or Subsidiary has
received any Environmental Notice. No Obligor or Subsidiary has any contingent liability with
respect to any Environmental Release, environmental pollution or hazardous material on any Real
Estate now or previously owned, leased or operated by it. The representations and warranties
contained in the Environmental Agreement are true and correct on the Closing Date.

     9.1.16 Burdensome Contracts.

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     No Obligor or Subsidiary is a party or subject to any contract, agreement or charter
restriction that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Obligor or
Subsidiary is party or subject to any Restrictive Agreement, except as shown on Schedule 9.1.16,
none of which prohibit the execution or delivery of any Loan Documents by an Obligor nor the
performance by an Obligor of any obligations thereunder.

     9.1.17 Litigation.

     Except as shown on Schedule 9.1.17, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or
investigations pending or, to any Obligor’s knowledge , threatened against any Obligor or
Subsidiary, or any of their businesses, operations, Properties, prospects or conditions, that (a)
relate to any Loan Documents or transactions contemplated thereby; or (b) could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if determined adversely to
any Obligor or Subsidiary. No
Obligor or Subsidiary is in default with respect to any order, injunction or judgment of any
Governmental Authority.

     9.1 .18 No Defaults.

     No event or circumstance has occurred or exists that constitutes a Default or Event of
Default. No Obligor or Subsidiary is in default, and no event or circumstance has occurred or
exists that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute a default, under any
Material Contract or in the payment of any Borrowed Money. There is no basis upon which any party
(other than Borrower or Subsidiary) could terminate a Material Contract prior to its scheduled
termination date.

     9.1.19 Pension Compliance.

     Except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 9.1.19:

	 	(a)	 	Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and the terms of
such Plans. Each of the Obligor’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ Plans are duly registered
where required by, and are in compliance and good standing in all material respects under, all
applicable laws, acts, statutes, regulations, orders, directives and agreements, including,
without limitation, the ITA and the PBA, any successor legislation thereto, and other
applicable laws of any jurisdiction. Each Obligor has made all required contributions to any
Plan when due, and no application for or taking of a funding waiver or an extension of any
amortization period has been made with respect to any Plan.
	 
	 	(b)	 	There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of Obligors, threatened claims, actions or
lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority or any Plan administrator or trustee, with
respect to any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or breach of the fiduciary
responsibility rules with respect to any Plan or any breach by the Borrower of any other laws,
rules, regulations or terms of any Plans or any whole or
partial termination or wind up of any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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	 	(c)	 	(i) No Pension Event has occurred during the last 5 years, or is reasonably expected to
occur; (ii) no Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; and (iii) No Obligor has incurred
during the last 5 years, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under applicable laws
with respect to any Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent).
	 
	 	(d)	 	No Lien on any property of an Obligor has arisen in respect of any Plan (except inchoate
Liens for premiums and contributions not due and delinquent).
	 
	 	(e)	 	No Obligor or Subsidiary has any Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan. Each Obligor and
Subsidiary is in full compliance with the requirements of all Applicable Laws, including
ERISA, relating to each Multiemployer Plan and Foreign Plan. No fact or situation exists that
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect in connection with any
Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan. No Obligor or Subsidiary has any withdrawal liability in
connection with a Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan. All employer and employee contributions
to Foreign Plans, to the extent required by law or the terms of such plans, have been made or
accrued in accordance with normal accounting principles. The fair market value of the assets
of each funded Foreign Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Foreign Plan funded through
insurance and/or the book reserve established for each Foreign Plan, together with any accrued
contributions, are sufficient to provide the accrued benefit obligations of all participants
in such plans according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations most recently used to
account for such obligations in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting
principles. Each Foreign Plan required to be registered has been registered and is maintained
in good standing with all applicable regulatory authorities.

     9.1.20 Workers’ Compensation.

     Each Obligor does not have any unpaid workers’ compensation or like obligations except as are
being incurred and paid on a current basis in the Ordinary Course of Business, and there are no
proceedings, claims, actions, orders or investigations of any Governmental Authority relating to
worker’s compensation outstanding, pending or threatened relating to them or any of their employees
or former employees which could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect.

     9.1.21 Trade Relations.

     There exists no actual or threatened termination, resiliation, limitation or modification of
any business relationship between any Obligor or Subsidiary and any customer or supplier, or any
group of customers or suppliers, who individually or in the aggregate are material to the business
of any Obligor or Subsidiary. There exists no condition or circumstance that could reasonably be
expected to impair the ability of any
Obligor or Subsidiary to conduct its business at any time hereafter in substantially the same
manner as conducted on the Closing Date.

     9.1.22 Labour Relations.

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     Except as described on Schedule 9.1.21, no Obligor or Subsidiary is party to or bound by any
collective bargaining agreement, management agreement or consulting agreement. There are no
material grievances, disputes or controversies with any union or other organization of any
Obligor’s or Subsidiary’s employees, or, to any Obligor’s knowledge, any asserted or threatened
strikes, work stoppages or demands for collective bargaining.

     9.1.23 Payable Practices.

     No Obligor or Subsidiary has made any material change in its historical accounts payable
practices from those in effect on the closing Date.

     9.1.24 Not a Regulated Entity.

     No
Obligor is (a) an “investment company” or a “person directly or indirectly controlled by or
acting on behalf of an investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940
or (b) subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, any public
utilities code or any other Applicable Law regarding its authority to incur Debt.

     9.1.25 Margin Stock.

     No Obligor or Subsidiary is engaged, principally or as one of its important activities, in the
business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No Loan
proceeds or Letters of Credit will be used by Obligors to purchase or carry, or to reduce or
refinance any Debt incurred to purchase or carry, any Margin Stock or for any related purpose
governed by Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors.

     9.1.26 Foreign Plan Assets.

     No Obligor is an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 C.F.R.
§2510.3-101 of any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to
Title I of ERISA or any “plan” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code), and neither the
execution of this Agreement nor the funding of any Loans gives rise to a prohibited transaction
within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or under any other
Applicable Laws in respect of Foreign Plans.

     9.1.27 Solvency.

     Each Obligor is Solvent prior to and after giving effect to the making of the Revolving Loans
to be made on the Closing Date and the issuance of the Letters of Credit to be issued on the
Closing Date and the execution and delivery of all Loan Documents, and shall remain Solvent during
the term of this Agreement.

     9.1.28 Inactive Subsidiaries

     Worldwide Matrix Inc. (i) does not carry on any business whatsoever, (ii) does not own any
Inventory, Accounts or any other personal or moveable property and assets, and (iii) has not
granted a Lien to any Person and no Person otherwise has a Lien against it or its personal and
moveable property and assets.

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     9.1.29 Real Estate

	 	(a)	 	(a) Except as advised in writing to the Agent, no investigation or proceeding of any
Governmental Authority is pending against the Real Estate or against an Obligor in respect of
the Real Estate. No part of the Real Estate has been condemned, taken or expropriated by any
Governmental Authority, federal, state, provincial, municipal or any other competent
authority;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Except as advised in writing to the Agent, all present uses in respect of the Real Estate may lawfully be continued and all permitted uses
are satisfactory for the Obligors’ current and intended purposes;
	 
	 	(c)	 	All Obligor owned Real Estate is set forth in Schedule 9.1.29; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	No Inventory is located at any leased Premises except as indicated in Schedule 8.6.1.

     9.1.30 Shared Administration Costs

     The Shared Administration Costs are Affiliate transactions of the type permitted by Section
10.2.16(f) of this Agreement.

9.2 Complete Disclosure.

     No Loan Document contains any untrue statement of a material fact, nor fails to disclose any
material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading. There
is no fact or circumstance that any Obligor has failed to disclose to Agent in writing that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 10 COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS

10.1 Affirmative Covenants.

     For
so long as any Commitments or Obligations are outstanding, each Obligor shall, and shall
cause each Subsidiary to:

     10.1.1 Inspections; Appraisals.

	 	(a)	 	Permit Agent from time to time, subject (except when a Default or Event of Default
exists) to reasonable notice and normal business hours, to visit and inspect the
Properties of any Obligor or Subsidiary, inspect, audit and make extracts from any
Obligor’s or Subsidiary’s books and records, and discuss with its officers, employees,
agents, mandataries, advisors and independent accountants such Obligor’s or Subsidiary’s
business, financial condition, assets, prospects and results of operations. Lenders may
participate in any such visit or inspection, at their own expense. Neither Agent nor any
Lender shall have any duty to any Obligor to make any inspection, nor to share any results
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	 	 	 	the extent any appraisal or other information is shared by Agent or a Lender with any Obligor, such
Obligor acknowledges that it was prepared by Agent and Lenders for their purposes and Obligors
shall not be entitled to rely upon it. Agent (or its representatives) shall conduct, every year
during the term of this Agreement, at least one appraisal of Inventory and one examination.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Reimburse Agent for all charges, costs and expenses of Agent in connection with (i)
examinations of any Obligor’s books and records or any other financial or Collateral matters; and
(ii) appraisals of Inventory. Subject to the foregoing, Obligors shall pay Agent’s then standard
charges, costs and expenses for each day that an employee of Agent or its Affiliates is engaged in
any examination activities (the standard per diem, per individual, is US$1,000 (excluding costs and
expenses)). This Section 10.1.1 shall not be construed to limit Agent’s or its representatives’
right to conduct examinations or to obtain appraisals at any time in its discretion, nor to use
third parties for such purposes.

     10.1.2 Financial and Other Information.

     Keep adequate records and books of account with respect to its business activities, in which proper
entries are made in accordance with GAAP reflecting all financial
transactions; and furnish to Agent and Lenders:

	 	(a)	 	as soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the close of each Fiscal Year,
balance sheets as of the end of such Fiscal Year and the related statements of income, cash
flow and shareholders equity for such Fiscal Year, on consolidated and consolidating bases for
Obligors and Subsidiaries, which consolidated statements shall be audited and certified
(without qualification as to scope, “going concern” or similar items) by a firm of independent
chartered accountants of recognized standing selected by Borrower and acceptable to Agent, and
shall set forth in comparative form corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and
other information acceptable to Agent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	as soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar month,
(i) unaudited balance sheets as of the end of such month and the related statements of income
and cash flow for such month and for the portion of the Fiscal Year then elapsed, on
consolidated and consolidating bases for Obligors and Subsidiaries, setting forth in
comparative form corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and certified by the
chief financial officer of Borrower as prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly presenting
the financial position and results of operations for such month and period, subject to normal
year end adjustments and the absence of footnotes, (ii) a reconciliation of the detailed
accounts receivable aged trial balance most recently delivered to Agent pursuant to the
requirements of Section 8.2.1 to the accounts receivable balance provided in the unaudited
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	 	 	 	(i) above, (iii) a reconciliation of the detailed trade payable listing most recently delivered
to Agent pursuant to the requirements of Section 10.1.2(f) to the trade payable balance
provided in the unaudited balance sheet delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, and (iv) a
reconciliation of the detailed inventory reports most recently delivered to Agent pursuant to
the requirements of Section 8.3.1 to the inventory balance provided in the unaudited balance
sheet delivered pursuant to clause (i) above;

	 	(c)	 	concurrently with delivery of financial statements under clauses (a) and (b) above,or more frequently if requested by Agent while a Default or Event of Default exists, a
Compliance Certificate executed by the chief financial officer of Borrower;
	 
	 	(d)	 	concurrently with delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, copies of all
management letters and other material reports submitted to
Obligors by its accountant in connection with such financial statements;
	 
	 	(e)	 	not later than ninety (90) days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year, projections of
Obligors’ consolidated balance sheets, results of operations,
cash flow and Availability for the next Fiscal Year, month by month;
	 
	 	(f)	 	on or before the
30th day of each month, or as frequent as the Agent may request, a listing
of each Obligor’s trade payables as of the end of the preceding month, specifying the trade
creditor and balance due, all in form satisfactory to Agent;
	 
	 	(g)	 	promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of any proxy statements, financial
statements or reports that any Obligor has made generally available to its shareholders;
copies of any regular, periodic and special reports or registration statements or prospectuses
that any Obligor files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. any provincial securities
commission (including the Ontario Securities Commission) or any other Governmental Authority,
or any securities exchange; and copies of any press releases or other statements made
available by an Obligor to the public concerning material changes to or developments in the
business of such Obligor;
	 
	 	(h)	 	promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of any annual report, valuation, notice
on other filing to be filed in connection with each Plan or
Foreign Plan, to the FSCO, the Canada Revenue Agency, or otherwise;
	 
	 	(i)	 	upon request, or, in the event that such filing reflects a significant change with respect to
the matters covered thereby, within five (5) Business Days after the filing thereof with the
FSCO or any other Governmental Authority, as applicable, copies of the following: (i) each
annual report filed with the FSCO or any other Governmental Authority with respect to each
Plan and (ii) a copy of each other filing or notice filed with the FSCO or any other
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	 	(j)	 	upon request, copies of each actuarial report for any Plan or Multi- Employer Plan and within
five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by an Obligor copies of any notices of the FSCO’s
or any other Governmental Authorities’ intention to terminate a Plan or to have a third party
appointed to administer such Plan or determination that a whole or partial termination has
occurred in respect of any Plan or that any withdrawal liability exists in respect of any
Plan; or (ii) any notice regarding the imposition of withdrawal liability;
	 
	 	(k)	 	within fifteen (15) Business Days after the occurrence thereof: (i) any changes in the
benefits of any existing Plan which increase the Obligors’ annual costs with respect thereto
by an amount in excess of $250,000, or the establishment of any new Plan or the commencement
of contributions to any Plan to which the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries was not
previously contributing, in either case if the annual costs with respect thereto are in excess
of $250,000, and (ii) any failure by the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries to make a
required instalment or any other required payment in respect of a Pension Plan on or before
the due date for such instalment or payment or any other material breach or material default
by the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries under or in respect of any Plan or (iii) the
occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds for termination, or
winding up of a Plan or which might give rise to any Lien on any property of the Obligors or
any of their Subsidiaries in respect of any Plan;
	 
	 	(l)	 	At Agent’s request, a copy of any tax return filed by an Obligor; and
	 
	 	(m)	 	such other reports and information (financial or otherwise)
as Agent may request from time to time in connection with any
 Collateral or any Obligor’s, Subsidiary’s or other Obligor’s financial condition or business.

     10.1.3 Notices.

     Notify Agent and Lenders in writing, promptly after an Obligor’s obtaining knowledge thereof,
of any of the following that affects an Obligor: (a) the threat or commencement of any action,
suit, proceeding or investigation, whether or not covered by insurance, if an adverse determination
could have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) any
pending or threatened labour dispute, strike or walkout, or the expiration of any material
labour contract; (c) any default under or termination or resiliation of a Material Contract; (d) the
existence of any Default or Event of Default; (e) any judgment in an amount exceeding $100,000; (f)
the assertion of any Intellectual Property Claim, if an adverse resolution could have a Material
Adverse Effect; (g) any violation or asserted violation of any Applicable Law (including ERISA,
PBA, ITA, OSHA or any Environmental Laws), if an adverse resolution could have a Material Adverse
Effect; (h) any Environmental Release by an Obligor or on any Property owned, leased or presently
or previously occupied by an Obligor; or receipt of any Environmental Notice; (i) the discharge of
or any withdrawal or resignation by Obligors’ independent accountants; (j) any opening of a new
office or place of business, at least 30 days prior to such opening; (k) any change in an Obligor’s
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will sell Inventory or create Accounts, or to which instruments in payment of Accounts may be made
payable, in each case at least thirty (30) days prior thereto (or in the case of trade names other
than legal corporate names, promptly after such change); (l) within ten (10) Business Days after an
Obligor knows or has reason to know, that a Pension Event has occurred in respect of any Plan and,
when known, any action taken or threatened by the PBGF with respect thereto; or (m) any other event
or circumstance which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     10.1.4
Landlord and Storage Agreements.

     Upon request, provide Agent with copies of all existing agreements, and promptly after
execution thereof provide Agent with copies of all future agreements, between an Obligor and any
landlord, warehouseman, processor, shipper, bailee or other Person that owns any premises at which
any Collateral may be kept or that otherwise may possess or handle any Collateral.

     10.1.5 Compliance with Laws.

     Comply with all Applicable Laws, including PBA, ERISA, Environmental Laws, OSHA,
Anti-Terrorism Laws, and laws regarding collection and payment of Taxes, and maintain all
Governmental Approvals necessary to the ownership of its Properties or conduct of its business,
unless failure to comply (other than failure to comply with Anti-Terrorism Laws) or maintain could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, if any Environmental Release occurs at or on any Properties of Borrower or
Subsidiary, it shall act promptly and diligently to investigate and report to Agent and all
appropriate Governmental Authorities the extent of, and to make appropriate remedial action to
eliminate, such Environmental Release, whether or not directed to do so by any Governmental
Authority.

     10.1.6
Taxes.

     Pay and discharge all Taxes prior to the date on which they become delinquent or penalties
attach, unless such Taxes are being Properly Contested.

     10.1.7 Insurance.

     In addition to the insurance required hereunder with respect to Collateral, maintain insurance
with insurers (rated A+ or better by Best Rating Guide) satisfactory to Agent, (a) with respect to
the Properties and business of Obligors and Subsidiaries of such type (including product liability,
workers’ compensation, larceny, embezzlement, or other criminal misappropriation insurance), in
such amounts, and with such coverages and deductibles as are customary for companies similarly
situated, and (b) business interruption insurance in an amount consistent with customary practices
in Obligors’ industry, with deductibles satisfactory to Agent.

     10.1.8 Licenses.

     
Keep each License affecting any Collateral (including the manufacture, distribution or
disposition of Inventory) or any other material Property of Obligors and Subsidiaries in full force
and effect; promptly notify Agent of any proposed modification to any such License, or entry into
any new License, in each case at least 30 days prior to its effective date; pay all Royalties

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     when due; and notify Agent of any default or breach asserted by any Person to have occurred
under any License.

     101.9 Future Subsidiaries.

     Promptly notify Agent upon any Person becoming a Subsidiary and cause it to guarantee the
Obligations in a manner satisfactory to Agent, and to execute and deliver such documents,
instruments and agreements and to take such other actions as Agent shall require to evidence and
perfect and render opposable a Lien in favour of Agent (for the benefit of Secured Parties) on all
Property of such Person, including delivery of such legal
opinions, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, as it shall deem appropriate.

     10.1.10 Maintenance of Property.

	 	(a)	 	Maintain all of its Property necessary and useful in its businesses in the ordinary course
in good operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted;
	 
	 	(b)	 	To perform or cause to be performed all of its covenants and obligations contained in all
Leases and keep all such Leases in good standing (unless and until terminated in the ordinary
course of business); and
	 
	 	(c)	 	Promptly notify the Agent of any fire or other casualty or any notice of expropriation,
action or proceeding affecting the Real Estate or any part thereof immediately upon obtaining
knowledge of the same.

     10.1.11 Plans.

     Cause each of its and its Subsidiaries’ Plans to be duly registered and administered in all
respects in material compliance with, as applicable, the PBA, the ITA and all other applicable laws
(including regulations, orders and directives), and the terms of the Plans and any agreements
relating thereto. Each Obligor shall ensure that it and its Subsidiaries: (a) has no Unfunded
Pension Liability in respect of any Plan, including any Plan to be established and administered by
it or them; (b) pay all amounts required to be paid by it or them in respect of such Plan when due;
(c) has no Lien on any of its or their property that arises or exists in respect of any Plan except
as disclosed in Schedule 9.1.19; (d) do not engage in a prohibited transaction or breach any
applicable laws with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect in respect of such Plan; (e) do not permit to occur or continue any Pension Event
(other than a partial plan termination or the amalgamation of the Plans described in Schedule
9.1.19, in either case, provided that all representations and warranties in this Agreement continue
to be true and correct in all material respects and the Obligors are and continue to be in
compliance with all covenants and agreements in this Agreement); and
(f) do not enter into any
defined benefit Plan during the term of this Agreement.

     10.1.12 Lien Waivers

     Each Obligor shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain Lien Waivers from (a)
the lessors of premises to such Obligor where such Obligor’s Inventory is located, and (b) such
other Persons who are in the possession of such Obligor’s Inventory as warehousemen,

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within 90 days of the Closing Date, failing which Agent shall (i) establish Rent and Charges
Reserves for each leased location of such Obligor, and (ii) disallow, as Eligible Inventory, any
Inventory at a warehouse location. For greater certainty, the eligibility criterion in the
definition of Eligible Inventory (other than as provided for in this Section) continue to apply in
respect of all locations of Inventory.

10.2 Negative Covenants.

     For so long as any Commitments or Obligations are outstanding, each Obligor shall not, and
shall cause each Subsidiary not to:

     10.2.1 Permitted Debt.

     Create, incur, guarantee or suffer to exist any Debt, except:

	 	(a)	 	the Obligations;
	 
	 	(b)	 	ATB Financial Debt, provided same is subject to the ATB Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Shareholders’ Notes, the Class R Note, other indebtedness to a shareholder or Affiliate
of the Borrower, provided same are subject to the Shareholders Subordination Agreement;
	 
	 	(d)	 	Permitted Purchase Money Debt;
	 
	 	(e)	 	Borrowed Money (other than the Obligations, ATB Financial Debt, the Shareholders’ Notes, the
Class R Note, Permitted Purchase Money Debt and other permitted Debt under Section 10.2.1(c)),
but only to the extent outstanding on the Closing Date and satisfactory to the Lenders, and
not satisfied with proceeds of the initial Loans;
	 
	 	(f)	 	Permitted Contingent Obligations;
	 
	 	(g)	 	Debt that is not included in any of the preceding clauses of this Section, is not secured by
a Lien and does not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate at any time; and
	 
	 	(h)	 	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities arising in the Ordinary Course of Business.

     10.2.2 Permitted Liens.

     Create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, except the following
(collectively, “Permitted Liens”):

	 	(a)	 	Liens in favour of Agent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Purchase Money Liens securing Permitted Purchase Money Debt;

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	 	(c)	 	Liens for Taxes not yet due or being Properly Contested;
	 
	 	(d)	 	statutory Liens (other than Liens for Taxes or imposed under ERISA) arising in the Ordinary
Course of Business, but only if (i) payment of the obligations secured thereby is not yet due or is
being Properly Contested, and (ii) such Liens do not materially impair the value or use of the
Property or materially impair operation of the business of any Obligor or Subsidiary;
	 
	 	(e)	 	Liens incurred or deposits made in the Ordinary Course of Business to secure the performance of
tenders, bids, leases, contracts (except those relating to Borrowed Money), statutory obligations
and other similar obligations, or arising as a result of progress payments under government
contracts, as long as such Liens are at all times junior to Agent’s Liens;
	 
	 	(f)	 	Liens arising by virtue of a judgment or judicial order against any Obligor or Subsidiary, or
any Property of an Obligor or Subsidiary, as long as such Liens are (i) in existence for less than
twenty (20) consecutive days or being Properly Contested, and (ii) at all times junior to Agent’s
Liens;
	 
	 	(g)	 	Liens which constitute easements, servitudes, rights-of-way, restrictions, covenants or other
agreements of record, and other similar charges or encumbrances on Real Estate, that do not secure
any monetary obligation and do not interfere with the Ordinary Course of Business;
	 
	 	(h)	 	normal and customary rights of setoff or compensation upon deposits in favour of depository
institutions, and Liens of a collecting bank on Payment
Items in the course of collection;
	 
	 	(i)	 	Liens on Equipment and Real Estate in favour of ATB Financial securing the ATB Financial Debt
and as permitted pursuant to the ATB Intercreditor
Agreement; and
	 
	 	(j)	 	existing Liens shown on Schedule 10.2.2.
	 
	 	10.2.3	 	Capital Expenditures.

     Make Capital Expenditures in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate by all Obligors during any
Fiscal Year; provided, however, that if the amount of Capital Expenditures permitted to be made in
any Fiscal Year exceeds the amount actually made, up to $250,000 of such excess may be carried
forward to the next Fiscal Year.

	 	10.2.4	 	 Payments to Shareholders.

     Make any Distributions or any payments to Persons having an Equity Interest in the
Borrower without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, except (a) Upstream
Payments; (b) Tax Distributions; and (c) Distributions in an amount necessary to fund Shared
Administration Costs if payable by the direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (“Administrative
Distributions”) provided, however, that (i) neither Tax Distributions nor Administrative
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Quarter ending September 30, 2010 evidencing compliance with the covenants set forth in Section
10.3 for such Fiscal Quarter, (ii) the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate executed by a
Senior Officer of the Borrower at least ten (10) days prior to such Tax Distribution or
Administrative Distribution, as the case may be, certifying the calculation of taxes owing by
McJunkin Canada, or Shared Administration Costs owing by the direct or indirect parent of the
Borrower, and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered a Compliance Certificate executed by a Senior
Officer of the Borrower at least ten (10) days prior to such Tax Distribution or Administrative
Distribution, as the case may be, certifying that the proforma Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
calculation for the twelve months proceeding (i.e. subsequent to) such Tax Distribution or
Administrative Distribution, as the case may be, will be at least 1.15 to 1.0 for each Fiscal
Quarter during such future twelve month period (together with Borrower’s calculations thereof).

	 	10.2.5	 	Restricted Investments.

     Make any Restricted Investment.

	 	10.2.6	 	Disposition of Assets.

     Make any Asset Disposition, except a Permitted Asset Disposition, a disposition of Equipment under
Section 8.4.2, a transfer of Property by a Subsidiary or Obligor to Borrower, a transfer of
Property between Obligors or, provided the terms of transfer and sale are in accordance with the
requirements of Section 10.2.16(f), a transfer of Property to
McJunkin Canada.

	 	10.2.7	 	Advances.

     Make any loans or other advances of money to any Person, except (a) to Europump under the Europump
Loan existing as of the Closing Date, provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Europump
Loan does not exceed $5,500,000, provided further that, to the extent any payments are made and
received by the Borrower or any Obligor under the Europump Loan, any such payments shall
permanently reduce the outstanding aggregate principal amount owing under the Europump Loan, and
provided further that Europump shall not be permitted to borrow from the Borrower or any other
Obligor, and neither the Borrower nor any Obligor shall lend or advance to Europump, any further
sums of money; (b) advances to an officer or employee for salary, travel expenses, commissions and
similar items in the Ordinary Course of Business; (c) prepaid expenses and extensions of trade
credit made in the Ordinary Course of Business; (d) deposits with financial institutions permitted
hereunder; (e) as long as no Default or Event of Default exists, intercompany loans by an Obligor
to another Obligor; and (f) any loan or advance that is a Distribution permitted under Section
10.2.4.

	 	10.2.8	 	Restrictions on Payment of Certain Debt.

     Make any payments (whether voluntary or mandatory, or a prepayment, redemption, retirement,
defeasance or acquisition) with respect to any (a) ATB Financial Debt except
to the extent that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or arise
from any such payment; (b) Shareholders’ Notes and the Class R Note; or (c) Borrowed Money (other
than the Obligations) prior to its due date under the agreements evidencing such Debt as in effect
on the Closing Date (or as amended thereafter with the consent of Agent).

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	 	10.2.9	 	Fundamental Changes.

     Amalgamate, merge, combine or consolidate with any Person, or liquidate, wind up its affairs or
dissolve itself, in each case whether in a single transaction or in a series of related
transactions, except for amalgamations, mergers or consolidations of a wholly-owned Subsidiary with
another wholly-owned Subsidiary or into Borrower (on terms acceptable to the Agent); change its
name or conduct business under any fictitious name; change its tax, charter or other organizational
identification number; or change its form or state of organization.

	 	10.2.10	 	Subsidiaries.

     Form or acquire any Subsidiary after the Closing Date, except in accordance with Sections 10.1.9
and 10.2.5; or permit any existing Subsidiary to issue any additional Equity Interests.

	 	10.2.11	 	Organic Documents.

     Subject to Section 10.2.9, without the consent of the Agent, amend, modify or otherwise change any
of its Organic Documents as in effect on the Closing Date.

	 	10.2.12	 	Tax Consolidation.

     File or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person other than
Obligors and Subsidiaries.

	 	10.2.13	 	Accounting Changes.

     Make any material change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as
required by GAAP and in accordance with Section 1.2; or change its Fiscal Year.

	 	10.2.14	 	Restrictive Agreements.

     Become a party to any Restrictive Agreement, except (a) a Restrictive Agreement as in effect on the
Closing Date and shown on Schedule 9.1.16; (b) a Restrictive Agreement relating to secured Debt
permitted hereunder, if such restrictions apply only to the collateral for such Debt; and (c)
customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting assignment thereof.

	 	 	10.2.15 Conduct of Business.

     Engage in any business, other than its business as conducted on the Closing Date and any activities
incidental thereto.

	 	10.2.16	 	Affiliate Transactions.

     Enter into or be party to any transaction with an Affiliate, except (a) transactions contemplated
by the Loan Documents; (b) payment of reasonable compensation to officers and employees for
services actually rendered, and loans and advances permitted by Section 10.2.7; (c) payment of
customary directors’ fees and indemnities; (d) transactions solely among Obligors; (e) transactions
with Affiliates that were consummated prior to the Closing Date, as shown on Schedule 10.2.16; and
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Business, upon commercially fair and reasonable market terms fully disclosed to Agent and no less
favourable than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a non-Affiliate
(Borrower hereby covenanting that the Shared Administration Costs satisfy this clause (f));
provided, however, that Shared Administration costs may only be made prior to September 30, 2010
with the consent of the Required Lenders.

	 	10.2.17	 	Plans.

     Become party to any Multiemployer Plan, Foreign Plan or defined benefit Plan, other than any in
existence on the Closing Date.

	 	10.2.18	 	Amendments to Subordinated Debt.

     Amend, supplement or otherwise modify any document, instrument or agreement relating to any
Subordinated Debt, the Shareholders’ Notes or the Class R Note, if such modification (a) increases
the principal balance of such Debt (other than the issuance of new Shareholders’ Notes or the
incurrence of other indebtedness to a shareholder or other Affiliate of the Borrower that are
subject to the terms of a Shareholder Subordination Agreement), or increases any required payment
of principal or interest; (b) accelerates the date on which any instalment of principal or any
interest is due, or adds any additional redemption, put or prepayment provisions; (c) shortens the
final maturity date or otherwise accelerates amortization; (d) increases the interest rate; (e)
increases or adds any fees or charges; (f) modifies any covenant in a manner or adds any
representation, covenant or default that is more onerous or restrictive in any material respect for
Borrower or Subsidiary, or that is otherwise materially adverse to Borrower, any Subsidiary or
Lenders; or (g) results in the Obligations not being fully benefited by the subordination
provisions thereof.

	 	10.2.19	 	Acquisitions.

     Unless otherwise provided for herein, and except for any Permitted Acquisition, consummate any
Acquisitions without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

	 	10.2.20	 	Transactions Affecting Collateral or Obligations.

     Enter into any transaction, of whatever nature or kind, solely or in conjunction with other
transactions, which would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or cause a
Default or an Event of Default.

	 	10.2.21	 	Sale and Leaseback Transactions

     Directly or indirectly, enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the Borrower or
any Subsidiary to lease or rent personal property that the Borrower or such Subsidiary has sold or
will sell or otherwise transfer to such Person if the effect of such transaction would result in
the incurrence of Debt by Borrower or any Subsidiary that is not permitted pursuant to Section
10.2.1.

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     Unless otherwise agreed to by the Agent, Worldwide Matrix Inc. shall not (i) carry on any business
whatsoever, and (ii) own any Inventory, Accounts or any other personal or moveable property and
assets.

	 	10.2.23 	 	 Distributor Agreements

     Not enter into a distributor agreement with Europump or with Tenaris Global Services (Canada),
Inc., or with any other third party, except on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Agent, and
upon execution and delivery to and in favour of the Agent of all such documents and instruments it
may reasonably require in respect thereof. Upon the execution and delivery of any such distributor
agreement, each Obligor shall not, and shall cause each Subsidiary not to, amend or terminate such
distributor agreements, without the prior written consent of the Agent.

	10.3	 	Financial Covenants.

	 
	 	 	For so long as any Commitments or Obligations are outstanding, Borrower shall:
	 
	 	 	10.3.1
	 
	 	 	Maintain Adjusted EBITDA of:

	 	•	 	$1,500,000 for the two Fiscal Quarters ending December 31, 2009;
	 
	 	•	 	$4,800,000 for the three Fiscal Quarters ending March 31, 2010; and
	 
	 	•	 	$3,700,000 for the four Fiscal Quarters ending June 30, 2010.

	 	10.3.2	 	Leverage Ratio.

     Maintain a Leverage Ratio not greater than 3.50 to 1.00 at the end of each Fiscal Quarter
commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2010.

	 	10.3.3	 	Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

     Maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.15 to 1.00 at the end of each Fiscal
Quarter commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2010.

SECTION 11 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES ON DEFAULT

	11.1	 	Events of Default.

     Each of the following shall be an “Event of Default” hereunder, if the same shall occur for any
reason whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise:

	 	(a)	 	Any Obligor fails to pay any Obligations when due (whether at stated maturity, on demand, upon
acceleration or otherwise);
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any representation, warranty or other written statement of any Obligor made in connection with
any Loan Documents or transactions contemplated
thereby is incorrect or misleading in any material respect when given;

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	 	(c)	 	Any Obligor breaches or fails to perform any covenant contained in Section
7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2.4, 8.2.5, 8.6.2, 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3(d), 10.1.7 or 10.3;
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any Obligor breaches or fails to perform any other covenant contained in any Loan Documents,
and such breach or failure is not cured within 15 days after a Senior Officer of such Obligor has
knowledge thereof or receives notice thereof from Agent, whichever is sooner; provided, however,
that such notice and opportunity to cure shall not apply if the breach or failure to perform is not
capable of being cured within such period or is a wilful breach by an Obligor;
	 
	 	(e)	 	Any Guarantor repudiates, terminates, revokes or attempts to revoke its Guarantee; any Obligor
denies or contests the validity or enforceability of any Loan Documents or Obligations, or the
perfection, opposability or priority of any Lien granted to Agent; or any Loan Document ceases to
be in full force or effect for any reason (other than a waiver or release by Agent and Lenders);
	 
	 	(f)	 	Any breach or default of an Obligor occurs under any document, instrument or agreement to which
it is a party or by which it or any of its Properties is bound, relating to any Debt (other than
the Obligations) in excess of $250,000 if the maturity of or any payment with respect to such Debt
may be accelerated or demanded due to such breach;
	 
	 	(g)	 	Any judgment or order for the payment of money is entered against an Obligor in an amount that
exceeds, individually or cumulatively with all unsatisfied judgments or orders against all
Obligors, $250,000 (net of any insurance coverage therefor acknowledged in writing by the insurer),
unless a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order is in effect, by reason of a pending appeal
or otherwise;
	 
	 	(h)	 	Any loss, theft, damage or destruction occurs with respect to any Collateral if the amount not
covered by insurance exceeds $500,000 (excluding any related deductible under insurance policies);
	 
	 	(i)	 	Any Obligor is enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by any Governmental Authority from
conducting any material part of its business; any Obligor suffers the loss, revocation or
termination of any material license, permit, lease or agreement necessary to its business; there is
a cessation of any material part of an Obligor’s business or enterprise for a material period of
time; any material Collateral or Property of an Obligor is taken or impaired through condemnation;
any Obligor agrees to or commences any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of its affairs; or
any Obligor ceases to be Solvent;
	 
	 	(j)	 	Any Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by any Obligor; an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced
against any Obligor and such Obligor consents to the institution of the proceeding against it; the
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dismissed within 30 days after its filing, or an order for relief is entered in the
proceeding; a trustee, receiver, monitor or custodian (including an interim trustee or an interim
receiver) is appointed to take possession of any substantial Property of or to operate any of the
business of any Obligor; or any Obligor makes an offer of settlement, extension or composition to
its unsecured creditors generally;

	 	(k)	 	A Reportable Event occurs that constitutes grounds for termination by the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation of any Multiemployer Plan or appointment of a trustee or receiver for any
Multiemployer Plan; any Multiemployer Plan is terminated or any such trustee is requested or
appointed; any Obligor is in “default” (as defined in Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to
payments to a Multiemployer Plan resulting from any withdrawal therefrom; or any event similar to
the foregoing occurs or exists with respect to a Foreign Plan;
	 
	 	(1)	 	A Pension Event shall occur which, in Agent’s determination, constitutes grounds for the
termination under any applicable law, of any Plan or for the appointment by the appropriate
Governmental Authority of a trustee for any Plan, or if any Plan shall be terminated or any such
trustee shall be requested or appointed, or if an Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is in default
with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan or Plan resulting from their complete or partial
withdrawal from such Plan and any such event may reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or any Lien arises (save for contribution amounts not yet due) in connection with any Plan;
	 
	 	(m)	 	Any Obligor or any of its Senior Officers is criminally indicted or convicted for (i) a felony
committed in the conduct of such Obligor’s business, or (ii) any provincial, state or federal law
(including the Controlled Substances Act, Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 and Illegal
Exportation of War Materials Act) that could lead to forfeiture of any material Property or any
Collateral;
	 
	 	(n)	 	Any amendment is made to the Shareholders Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Agent;
	 
	 	(o)	 	A Change of Control occurs; or
	 
	 	(p)	 	Any event occurs or condition exists that has a Material Adverse Effect.

11.2 Remedies upon Default.

     If an Event of Default described in Section 11.1(j) occurs with respect to any Obligor, then to the
extent permitted by Applicable Law, all Obligations shall become automatically due and payable and
all Commitments shall terminate, without any action by Agent or
notice of any kind. In addition, or
if any other Event of Default exists, Agent may in its discretion (and shall upon written direction
of Required Lenders) do any one or more of the following from time to time:

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	 	(a)	 	declare any Obligations immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall be due and payable
without diligence, presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby
waived by Obligors to the fullest extent permitted by law;
	 
	 	(b)	 	terminate, reduce or condition any Commitment, or make any adjustment to the Borrowing Base;
	 
	 	(c)	 	require Obligors to Cash Collateralize LC Obligations, Bank Product Debt
and other Obligations that are contingent or not yet due and payable, and, if Obligors fail promptly
to deposit such Cash Collateral, Agent may (and shall upon the direction of Required Lenders)
advance the required Cash Collateral as Revolver Loans (whether or not an Overadvance exists or is
created thereby, or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied); and
	 
	 	(d)	 	exercise any other rights or remedies afforded under any agreement, by law, at equity or
otherwise, including the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC, PPSA, Civil Code,
BIA or CCAA. Such rights and remedies include the rights to (i) take possession of any Collateral;
(ii) require Obligors to assemble Collateral, at Obligors’ expense, and make it available to Agent
at a place designated by Agent; (iii) enter any premises where Collateral is located and store
Collateral on such premises until sold (and if the premises are owned or leased by an Obligor,
Obligors agree not to charge for such storage); and (iv) sell or otherwise dispose of any
Collateral in its then condition, or after any further manufacturing or processing thereof, at
public or private sale, with such notice as may be required by Applicable Law, in lots or in bulk,
at such locations, all as Agent, in its discretion, deems advisable. Each Obligor agrees that 10
days notice of any proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral by Agent shall be reasonable.
Agent shall have the right to conduct such sales on any Obligor’s premises, without charge, and
such sales may be adjourned from time to time in accordance with Applicable Law. Agent shall have
the right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Collateral for cash, credit or any combination
thereof, and Agent may purchase any Collateral at public or, if permitted by law, private sale and,
in lieu of actual payment of the purchase price, may set off or compensate the amount of such price
against the Obligations. After an Event of Default which is continuing, the Agent is hereby granted
a licence to use, without charge, the Obligors’ labels, patents, copyrights, name, trade secrets,
trade names, trademarks, and advertising matter, or any similar property, in completing production
of, advertising or selling any Collateral, and the Obligors’ rights under all licences and all
franchise agreements shall inure to the Agent’s benefit for such purpose. The proceeds of sale
shall be applied first to all expenses of sale, including legal fees, and then to the Obligations.
The Agent will return any excess to the Borrower and the Borrower shall remain liable for any
deficiency.

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11.3 License.

     At any time during an Event of Default, Agent is hereby granted an irrevocable, non-exclusive
license or other right to use, license or sub-license (without payment of royalty or other
compensation to any Person) any or all Intellectual Property of Obligors, computer hardware and
software, trade secrets, brochures, customer lists, promotional and advertising materials, labels,
packaging materials and other Property, in advertising for sale, marketing, selling, collecting,
completing manufacture of, or otherwise exercising any rights or remedies with respect to, any
Collateral. Each Obligor’s rights and interests under Intellectual Property shall inure to Agent’s
benefit.

11.4 Setoff.

     Agent, Lenders and their Affiliates are each authorized by Obligor at any time during an Event
of Default, without notice to Borrower or any other Person, to set off or compensate and to
appropriate and apply any deposits (general or special), funds, claims, obligations, liabilities or
other Debt at any time held or owing by Agent, any Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the
account of any Obligor against any Obligations, whether or not demand for payment of such
Obligation has been made, any Obligations have been declared due and payable, are then due, or are
contingent or unmatured, or the Collateral or any guarantee or other security for the Obligations
is adequate.

11.5 Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver.

     11.5.1 Cumulative Rights.

     All covenants, conditions, provisions, warranties, guaranties, indemnities and other
undertakings of Obligors contained in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not in derogation or
substitution of each other. In particular, the rights and remedies of Agent and Lenders are
cumulative, may be exercised at any time and from time to time, concurrently or in any order, and
shall not be exclusive of any other rights or remedies that Agent and Lenders may have, whether
under any agreement, by law, at equity or otherwise.

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     11.5.2
Waivers.

     The failure or delay of Agent or any Lender to require strict performance by Obligors with any
terms of the Loan Documents, or to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to Collateral or
otherwise, shall not operate as a waiver thereof nor as establishment of a course of dealing. All
rights and remedies shall continue in full force and effect until Full Payment of all Obligations.
No modification of any terms of any Loan Documents (including any waiver thereof) shall be
effective, unless such modification is specifically provided in a writing directed to Obligors and
executed by Agent or the requisite Lenders, and such modification shall be applicable only to the
matter specified. No waiver of any Default or Event of Default shall constitute a waiver of any
other Default or Event of Default that may exist at such time, unless expressly stated. If Agent or
any Lender accepts performance by any Obligor under any Loan Documents in a manner other than that
specified therein, or during any Default or Event of Default, or if Agent or any Lender shall delay
or exercise any right or remedy under any Loan Documents, such acceptance, delay or exercise shall
not operate to waive any Default or Event of Default nor to preclude exercise of any other right or
remedy. It is expressly acknowledged by Borrower that any failure to satisfy a financial covenant
on a measurement date shall not be cured or remedied by satisfaction of such covenant on a
subsequent date.

11.6 Equity Cure

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 11.1(c), in the event that the
Borrower fails to comply with the requirement of any covenant set forth in Section 10.3, McJunkin
Canada and/or any other entity holding Equity Interests of Borrower shall have the right to make a
direct or indirect equity investment in Borrower or any Subsidiary in cash (the “Cure
Right”) prior to the delivery of the Section 10.1.2 Financials with respect to the relevant
Fiscal Quarter in which such covenants set forth in Section 10.3 are being measured, and upon the
receipt by such Person of net cash proceeds pursuant to the exercise of the Cure Right (including
through the capital contribution of any such net cash proceeds to such person, the “Cure
Amount”), such covenants set forth in Section 10.3 shall be recalculated, giving effect to a
pro forma increase to Adjusted EBITDA for such Fiscal Quarter in an amount equal to such net cash
proceeds (it being understood that Adjusted EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such
applicable Fiscal Quarter and any four Fiscal Quarter period that contains such Fiscal Quarter by
an amount equal to the Cure Amount).

     If, after the exercise of the Cure Right and the recalculations pursuant to the preceding
paragraph, Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of such covenants set forth
in Section 10.3 during such Fiscal Quarter (including for purposes of Section 6.2), Borrower shall
be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of such covenants as of the relevant date of
determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such
date, and the applicable Default or Event of Default under Section 11.1(c) that had occurred
shall be deemed cured; provided that (i) during the term of this Agreement, only two Cure Rights
may be exercised, provided, further, that the exercise of such two Cure Rights may not take
place in two consecutive
Fiscal Quarters, and (ii) with respect to any exercise of such permitted Cure Rights, the Cure
Amounts for all such Cure Rights may not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate.

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     Cure Amounts shall be given effect on a dollar for dollar basis as an increase to
Adjusted EBITDA effective as of the relevant test date, by an amount not to exceed the shortfall in
Adjusted EBITDA giving rise to the potential Event of Default; provided that such increase to
Adjusted EBITDA shall be used solely for the purpose of measuring compliance with such covenants in
Section 10.3 and not for any other purpose under this Agreement.

SECTION 12 AGENT

12.1 Appointment, Authority and Duties of Agent.

     12.1.1 Appointment and Authority.

     Each Lender appoints and designates Bank as Agent hereunder. Agent may, and each Lender
authorizes Agent to, enter into all Loan Documents to which Agent is intended to be a party and
accept all Security Documents, for Agent’s benefit and the Pro Rata benefit of Lenders. Each Lender
agrees that any action taken by Agent or Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of the
Loan Documents, and the exercise by Agent or Required Lenders of any rights or remedies set forth
therein, together with all other powers reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and
binding upon all Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the
sole and exclusive authority to (a) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for Lenders with
respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Loan Documents; (b) execute
and deliver as Agent each Loan Document, including any intercreditor or subordination agreement,
and accept delivery of each Loan Document from any Obligor or other Person; (c) act as collateral
agent for Secured Parties for purposes of perfecting, rendering opposable, setting up and
administering Liens under the Loan Documents, and for all other purposes stated therein; (d)
manage, supervise or otherwise deal with Collateral; and (e) exercise all rights and remedies given
to Agent with respect to any Collateral under the Loan Documents, Applicable Law or otherwise. The
duties of Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and Agent shall not have a
fiduciary relationship with any Lender, Secured Party, Participant or other Person, by reason of
any Loan Document or any transaction relating thereto. Agent alone shall be authorized to determine
whether any Accounts or Inventory constitute Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory, or whether to
impose or release any reserve, which determinations and judgments, if exercised in good faith,
shall exonerate Agent from liability to any Lender or other Person for any error in judgment.

     12.1.2 Duties.

     Agent shall not have any duties except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, nor be
required to initiate or conduct any Enforcement Action except to the extent directed to do so by
Required Lenders while an Event of Default exists. The conferral upon Agent of any right shall not
imply a duty on Agent’s part to exercise such right, unless instructed to do so by Required Lenders
in accordance with this Agreement.

     12.1.3 Agent Professionals.

     Agent may perform its duties through agents and employees. Agent may consult with and employ
Agent Professionals, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in any action
taken in good faith reliance upon, any advice given by an Agent Professional. Agent

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shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, mandataries, employees or
Agent Professionals selected by it with reasonable care.

     12.1.4 Instructions of Required Lenders.

     The rights and remedies conferred upon Agent under the Loan Documents may be exercised without
the necessity of joinder of any other party, unless required by Applicable Law. Agent may request
instructions from Required Lenders with respect to any act (including the failure to act) in
connection with any Loan Documents, and may seek assurances to its satisfaction from Lenders of
their indemnification obligations under Section 12.6 against all Claims that could be incurred by
Agent in connection with any act. Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act until it has
received such instructions or assurances, and Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by
reason of so refraining. Instructions of Required Lenders shall be binding upon all Lenders, and no
Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or
refraining from acting in accordance with the instructions of Required Lenders. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, instructions by and consent of all Lenders shall be required in the circumstances
described in Section 15.1.1, and in no event shall Required Lenders, without the prior written
consent of each Lender, direct Agent to accelerate and demand payment of Loans held by one Lender
without accelerating and demanding payment of all other Loans, nor to terminate the Commitments of
one Lender without terminating the Commitments of all Lenders. In no event shall Agent be required
to take any action that, in its opinion, is contrary to Applicable Law or any Loan Documents or
could subject any Agent Indemnitee to personal liability.

12.2 Agreements Regarding Collateral and Field Examination Reports.

     12.2.1 Lien Releases; Care of Collateral.

     Lenders authorize Agent to release any Lien with respect to any Collateral (a) upon Full
Payment of the Obligations, (b) that is the subject of an Asset Disposition which Borrower
certifies in writing to Agent is a Permitted Asset Disposition or a Lien which Borrower certifies
is a Permitted Lien entitled to priority over Agent’s Liens (and Agent may rely conclusively on any
such certificate without further inquiry), (c) that does not constitute a material part of the
Collateral, or (d) with the written consent of all Lenders. Agent shall have no obligation
whatsoever to any Lenders to assure that any Collateral exists or is owned by an Obligor, or is
cared for, protected, insured or encumbered, nor to assure that Agent’s Liens have been properly
created, perfected, rendered opposable or enforced, or are entitled to any particular priority, nor
to exercise any duty of care with respect to any Collateral.

     12.2.2 Possession of Collateral.

     Agent and Lenders appoint each other Lender as agent for the purpose of perfecting and
rendering opposable Liens (for the benefit of Secured Parties) in any Collateral that, under the
PPSA or other Applicable Law, can be perfected or published by possession or delivery. If any
Lender obtains possession of any such Collateral, it shall notify Agent thereof and, promptly upon
Agent’s request, deliver such Collateral to Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in
accordance with Agent’s instructions.

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     12.2.3 Reports.

     Agent shall promptly, upon receipt thereof, forward to each Lender copies of the results of
any field audit or other examination or any appraisal prepared by or on behalf of Agent with
respect to any Obligor or Collateral (“Report”). Each Lender agrees (a) that neither Bank nor Agent
makes any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any Report, and shall
not be liable for any information contained in or omitted from any Report; (b) that the Reports are
not intended to be comprehensive audits or examinations, and that Agent or any other Person
performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Obligations or
the Collateral and will rely significantly upon Obligors’ books and records as well as upon
representations of Obligors’ officers and employees; and (c) to keep all Reports confidential and
strictly for such Lender’s internal use, and not to distribute any Report (or the contents thereof)
to any Person (except to such Lender’s Participants, attorneys and accountants) or use any Report
in any manner other than administration of the Loans and other Obligations. Each Lender agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless Agent and any other Person preparing a Report from any action such
Lender may take as a result of or any conclusion it may draw from any Report, as well as any Claims
arising in connection with any third parties that obtain all or any part of a Report through such
Lender.

12.3 Reliance By Agent.

     Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any
certification, notice or other communication (including those by telephone, telex, telegram,
telecopy or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made
by the proper Person, and upon the advice and statements of Agent Professionals.

12.4 Action Upon Default.

     Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless it has
received written notice from a Lender or Borrower specifying the occurrence and nature thereof. If
any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify Agent and
the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, except as otherwise provided in any
Loan Documents or with the written consent of Agent and Required Lenders, it will not take any
Enforcement Action, accelerate its Obligations, or exercise any right that it might otherwise have
under Applicable Law to credit bid at foreclosure sales, UCC, PPSA, Civil Code sales, sales by a
creditor, judicial sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against an Obligor
where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such action, bar enforcement
of Obligations held by such Lender, including the filing of proofs of claim in an Insolvency
Proceeding.

12.5 Ratable Sharing.

     If any Lender shall obtain any payment or reduction of any Obligation, whether through
set-off, compensation or otherwise, in excess of its share of such Obligation, determined on a Pro
Rata basis or in accordance with Section 5.5.1, as applicable, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from Agent, Issuing Bank and the other Lenders such
participations in the affected Obligation as are necessary to cause the purchasing Lender to share
the excess payment or reduction on a Pro Rata basis or in accordance with Section 5.5.1, as
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payment or reduction is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender, the purchase shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

12.6 Indemnification of Agent Indemnitees.

     12.6.1 Indemnification.

     EACH LENDER SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS AGENT INDEMNITEES, TO THE EXTENT NOT REIMBURSED
BY OBLIGORS (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS OF OBLIGORS UNDER ANY LOAN
DOCUMENTS), ON A PRO RATA BASIS, AGAINST ALL CLAIMS THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY
AGENT INDEMNITEE, EXCEPT CLAIMS RESULTING FROM SUCH AGENT INDEMNITEE’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILFUL
MISCONDUCT. If Agent is sued by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession or other
Person for any alleged preference from an Obligor or fraudulent transfer, then any monies paid by
Agent in settlement or satisfaction of such proceeding, together with all interest, costs and
expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in the defense of same, shall be promptly reimbursed
to Agent by Lenders to the extent of each Lender’s Pro Rata share.

     12.6.2 Proceedings.

     Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if at any time (whether prior to or after
the Commitment Termination Date) any action, suit, proceeding is brought against any Agent
Indemnitees by an Obligor, or any Person claiming through an Obligor, to recover damages for any
act taken or omitted by Agent in connection with any Obligations, Collateral, Loan Documents or
matters relating thereto, or otherwise to obtain any other relief of any kind on account of any
transaction relating to any Loan Documents, each Lender agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Agent
Indemnitees with respect thereto and to pay to Agent Indemnitees such Lender’s Pro Rata share of
any amount that any Agent Indemnitee is required to pay under any judgment or other order entered
in such proceeding or by reason of any settlement, including all interest, costs and expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending same. In Agent’s discretion, Agent may reserve
for any such proceeding, and may satisfy any judgment, order or settlement, from proceeds of
Collateral prior to making any distributions of Collateral proceeds to Lenders.

12.7 Limitation on Responsibilities of Agent.

     Notwithstanding any terms herein to the contrary, Agent shall not be liable to Lenders for any
action taken or omitted to be taken under the Loan Documents, except for losses directly and solely
caused by Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct. Agent does not assume any responsibility
for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by any Obligor or Lender of any obligations
under the Loan Documents. Agent is not liable or responsible for any actions or inactions of a
Defaulting Lender. Agent does not make to Lenders any express or implied warranty, representation
or guarantee with respect to any Obligations, Collateral, Loan Documents or Obligor. No Agent
Indemnitee shall be responsible to Lenders for any recitals, statements, information,
representations or warranties contained in any Loan Documents; the execution, validity,
genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any Loan Documents; the genuineness, enforceability,
collectibility, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity,
extent, perfection, opposability or priority of any Lien therein; the

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validity, enforceability or collectibility of any Obligations; or the assets, liabilities,
financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any
Obligor or Account Debtor. No Agent Indemnitee shall have any obligation to any Lender to ascertain
or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by
any Obligor of any terms of the Loan Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent
contained in any Loan Documents.

12.8 Successor Agent and Co-Agents.

     12.8.1 Resignation; Successor Agent.

     Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, Agent may
resign at any time by giving at least 30 days written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower. Upon
receipt of such notice, Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent which
shall be (a) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; or (b) a commercial bank that is organized under
the laws of Canada or the United States or any state or district thereof (provided that such U.S.
bank is an “authorized foreign bank” as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act (Canada), has a
combined capital surplus of at least $200,000,000 and (provided no Default or Event of Default
exists) is reasonably acceptable to Borrower. If no successor agent is appointed prior to the
effective date of the resignation of Agent, then Agent may appoint a successor agent from among
Lenders. Upon acceptance by a successor Agent of an appointment to serve as Agent hereunder, such
successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the powers and duties of the
retiring Agent without further act, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder but shall continue to have the benefits of the indemnification set forth in
Sections 12.6 and 15.2. Notwithstanding any Agent’s resignation, the provisions of this Section 12
shall continue in effect for its benefit with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken
by it while Agent. Any successor by merger, amalgamation or acquisition of the stock or assets of
Bank shall continue to be Agent hereunder without further act on the part of the parties hereto,
unless such successor resigns as provided above.

     12.8.2 Separate Collateral Agent.

     It is the intent of the parties that there shall be no violation of any Applicable Law denying
or restricting the right of financial institutions to transact business in any jurisdiction. If
Agent believes that it may be limited in the exercise of any rights or remedies under the Loan
Documents due to any Applicable Law, Agent may appoint an additional Person who is not so limited,
as a separate collateral agent or co-collateral agent. If Agent so appoints a collateral agent or
co-collateral agent, each right and remedy intended to be available to Agent under the Loan
Documents shall also be vested in such separate agent. Every covenant and obligation necessary to
the exercise thereof by such agent or mandatary shall run to and be enforceable by it as well as
Agent. Lenders shall execute and deliver such documents as Agent deems appropriate to vest any
rights or remedies in such agent or mandatary. If any collateral agent or co-collateral agent shall
die or dissolve, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, then all the rights and remedies
of such agent or mandatary, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, shall vest in and be
exercised by Agent until appointment of a new agent or mandatary.

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     12.8.3 Withholding Tax.

	 	(a)	 	Subject to paragraph (b) of this Section, each Lender and the Bank represents and
warrants to the Agent and the other Lenders and the Borrower that it is a Qualified Lender;
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Canada Revenue Agency or any other Governmental Authority of Canada or other
jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid
to or for the account of any Lender such Lender shall indemnify the Agent and the Borrower
fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Agent or the Borrower as tax or
otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any
jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Agent under this Section, together with all
costs and expenses (including costs of legal counsel);
	 
	 	(c)	 	Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement contained herein, the
representations and warranties contained in paragraph (a) of this Section and the
agreements and obligations contained in paragraph (b) of this Section shall survive the
payment in full of principal, interest, fees and any other amounts payable hereunder, the
termination of this Agreement and any other Loan Document and the replacement of the Agent.

12.9 Due Diligence and Non-Reliance.

     Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent
or any other Lenders, and based upon such documents, information and analyses as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis of each Obligor and its own decision to enter into this
Agreement and to fund Loans and participate in LC Obligations hereunder. Each Lender has made such
inquiries concerning the Loan Documents, the Collateral and each Obligor as such Lender feels
necessary. Each Lender further acknowledges and agrees that the other Lenders and Agent have made
no representations or warranties concerning any Obligor, any Collateral or the legality, validity,
sufficiency or enforceability of any Loan Documents or Obligations. Each Lender will, independently
and without reliance upon the other Lenders or Agent, and based upon such financial statements,
documents and information as it deems appropriate at the time, continue to make and rely upon its
own credit decisions in making Loans and participating in LC Obligations, and in taking or
refraining from taking any action under any Loan Documents. Except as expressly provided herein and
except for notices, reports and other information expressly requested by a Lender, Agent shall have
no duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any notices, reports or certificates furnished
to Agent by any Obligor or any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial
condition, business or Properties of any Obligor (or any of its Affiliates) which may come into
possession of Agent or any of Agent’s Affiliates.

12.10 Replacement of Certain Lenders.

     In the event that any Lender (a) becomes a Defaulting Lender, or (b) fails to give its consent
to any amendment, waiver or action for which consent of all Lenders was required and Required
Lenders consented, then, in addition to any other rights and remedies that any Person may have,
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after such event, require such Lender to assign all of its rights and obligations under the Loan
Documents to Eligible Assignee(s) specified by Agent, pursuant to appropriate Assignment and
Acceptance(s) and within 20 days after Agent’s notice. Agent is irrevocably appointed as
attorney-in-fact to execute any such Assignment and Acceptance if the Lender fails to execute same.
Such Lender shall be entitled to receive, in cash, concurrently with such assignment, all amounts
owed to it under the Loan Documents, including all principal, interest and fees through
the date of assignment (but excluding any prepayment charge).

12.11 Remittance of Payments and Collections.

     12.11.1 Remittances Generally.

     All payments by any Lender to Agent shall be made by the time and on the day set forth in this
Agreement, in immediately available funds. If no time for payment is specified or if payment is due
on demand by Agent and request for payment is made by Agent by 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on a
Business Day, payment shall be made by Lender not later than 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on such day,
and if request is made after 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time), then payment shall be made by 12:00 p.m.
(Eastern time) on the next Business Day. Payment by Agent to any Lender shall be made by wire
transfer, in the type of funds received by Agent. Any and all fees and interest paid by the
Borrower to the Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of the Lenders, on the first day of each month,
shall be paid by the Agent to the Lenders on or before the third Business Day of such month. Any
such payment shall be subject to Agent’s right of offset or compensation for any amounts due from
such Lender under the Loan Documents.

     12.11.2 Failure to Pay.

     If any Lender fails to pay any amount when due by it to Agent pursuant to the terms hereof,
such amount shall bear interest from the due date until paid at the rate determined by Agent as
customary in the banking industry for interbank compensation. In no event shall Obligors be
entitled to receive credit for any interest paid by a Lender to Agent.

     12.11.3 Recovery of Payments.

     If Agent pays any amount to a Lender in the expectation that a related payment will be
received by Agent from an Obligor and such related payment is not received, then Agent may recover
such amount from each Lender that received it. If Agent determines at any time that an amount
received under any Loan Document must be returned to an Obligor or paid to any other Person
pursuant to Applicable Law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term of any Loan Document,
Agent shall not be required to distribute such amount to any Lender. If any amounts received and
applied by Agent to any Obligations are later required to be returned by Agent pursuant to
Applicable Law, Lenders shall pay to Agent, on demand, such Lender’s Pro Rata share of the amounts
required to be returned.

12.12 Agent in its Individual Capacity.

     As a Lender, Bank shall have the same rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents as
any other Lender, and the terms “Lenders,” “Required Lenders” or any similar term shall include
Bank in its capacity as a Lender. Each of Bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from,
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Products to, act as trustee under indentures of, serve as financial or other advisor to, and
generally engage in any kind of business with, Obligors and their Affiliates, as if Bank were any
other bank, without any duty to account therefor (including any fees or other consideration
received in connection therewith) to the other Lenders. In their individual capacity, Bank and its
Affiliates may receive information regarding Obligors, their Affiliates and their Account Debtors
(including information subject to confidentiality obligations), and each Lender agrees that Bank
and its Affiliates shall be under no obligation to provide such information to Lenders, if acquired
in such individual capacity and not as Agent hereunder.

12.13 Agent Titles.

     Each Lender, other than Bank, that is designated (on the cover page of this Agreement or
otherwise) by Bank as an “Agent” or “Arranger” or “Manager” of any type shall not have any right,
power, responsibility or duty under any Loan Documents other than those applicable to all Lenders,
and shall in no event be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any other Lender.

12.14 No Third Party Beneficiaries.

     This Section 12 is an agreement solely among Lenders and Agent, and does not confer any rights
or benefits upon Borrower or any other Person. As between Borrower and Agent, any action that Agent
may take under any Loan Documents shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized and
directed by Lenders as herein provided.

			
	SECTION 13	 	BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS

13.1 Successors and Assigns.

     This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Obligors, Agent and Lenders
and their respective successors and assigns, except that (a) no Obligors shall have the right to
assign its rights or delegate its obligations under any Loan Documents, and (b) any assignment by a
Lender must be made in compliance with Section 13.3. Agent may treat the Person which made any Loan
as the owner thereof for all purposes until such Person makes an assignment in accordance with
Section 13.3. Any authorization or consent of a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any
subsequent transferee or assignee of such Lender.

13.2 Participations.

     13.2.1 Permitted Participants; Effect.

     Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with Applicable Law,
at any time sell to a financial institution (“Participant”) a participating interest in the rights
and obligations of such Lender under any Loan Documents. Despite any sale by a Lender of
participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under the Loan Documents shall
remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for
performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain the holder of its Loans and Commitments
for all purposes, all amounts payable by Obligors shall be determined as if such Lender had not
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to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the Loan Documents. Each Lender
shall be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters under the Loan Documents,
and Agent and the other Lenders shall not have any obligation or liability to any such Participant.
A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the
benefits of Section 5.8 unless Borrower agrees otherwise in writing.

     13.2.2 Voting Rights.

     Each Lender shall retain the sole right to approve, without the consent of any Participant,
any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Documents other than that which forgives
principal, interest or fees, reduces the stated interest rate or fees payable with respect to any
Loan or Commitment in which such Participant has an interest, postpones the Commitment Termination
Date or any date fixed for any regularly scheduled payment of principal, interest or fees on such
Loan or Commitment, or releases Borrower, Guarantor or substantial portion of the Collateral.

     13.2.3 Benefit of Set-Off.

     Obligors agree that each Participant shall have a right of set-off or compensation in respect
of its participating interest to the same extent as if such interest were owing directly to a
Lender, and each Lender shall also retain the right of set-off or compensation with respect to any
participating interests sold by it. By exercising any right of set-off or compensation, a
Participant agrees to share with Lenders all amounts received through its set-off or compensation,
in accordance with Section 12.5 as if such Participant were a Lender.

13.3 Assignments.

     13.3.1 Permitted Assignments.

     A Lender may assign to any Eligible Assignee, acceptable to Agent acting reasonably (for
greater certainty, any assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate of Lender shall not require such
Agent’s consent), any of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, as long as (a) each
assignment is of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of the transferor Lender’s rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents and, in the case of a partial assignment, is in a minimum
principal amount of $10,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by Agent in its discretion) and integral
multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount; (b) except in the case of an assignment in whole
of a Lender’s rights and obligations, the aggregate amount of the Commitments retained by the
transferor Lender be at least $5,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by Agent in its discretion); and
(c) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to Agent, for its acceptance and
recording, an Assignment and Acceptance. Nothing herein shall limit the right of a Lender to pledge
or assign any rights under the Loan Documents to (i) any Federal Reserve Bank or the United States
Treasury as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors and any
Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank, or (ii) counterparties to swap agreements
relating to any Loans; provided, however, that any payment by Obligors to the assigning Lender in
respect of any Obligations assigned as described in this sentence shall satisfy Obligors’
obligations hereunder to the extent of such payment, and no such assignment shall release the
assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder.

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     13.3.2 Effect; Effective Date.

     Upon delivery to Agent of an assignment notice in the form of Exhibit D and a processing fee
of $3,500, such assignment shall become effective as specified in the notice, if it complies with
this Section 13.3. From the effective date of such assignment, the Eligible Assignee shall for all
purposes be a Lender under the Loan Documents, and shall have all rights and obligations of a
Lender thereunder. Upon consummation of an assignment, the transferor Lender, Agent and Borrower
shall make appropriate arrangements for issuance of replacement and/or new Notes, as appropriate.

13.4 Representation of Lenders.

     Each Lender represents and warrants to Borrower, Agent and other Lenders that none of the
consideration used by it to fund its Loans or to participate in any other transactions under this
Agreement constitutes for any purpose of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code assets of any “plan” as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and the interests of such Lender in
and under the Loan Documents shall not constitute plan assets under ERISA.

			
	SECTION 14	 	GUARANTEES

14.1 The Guarantees

     Each Guarantor, as primary obligor and not as a surety merely, hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably, jointly and severally (solidarily), guarantees to the Agent and each of the Lenders
the punctual payment when due in accordance with the terms hereof of all Obligations, of whatever
kind and description, of the Borrower to the Agent and each of the Lenders now or hereafter
existing, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, secured or
unsecured pursuant to or arising out of or under this Agreement (including all interest that
accrues after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding by or against the Borrower, whether or
not allowed in such case or proceeding), including, without limitation, all Obligations (all such
obligations so guaranteed are referred to herein as the “Guaranteed Obligations”).

14.2 Guarantee Absolute

     Each Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance
with their terms regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any
jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Agent and/or Lenders with respect
thereto. The liability of each Guarantor hereunder shall be solidary (joint and several) and
absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

	 	(a)	 	Any lack of validity or enforceability of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations
or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any change in the time, manner or place of the payment of, or in any other term of, all
or any of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any amendment or modification
of or any consent to departure from this Agreement or any other Loan Document;

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	 	(c)	 	Any exchange, release, unopposability or nonperfection of any Collateral or any release
or amendment to, waiver of, or consent to departure from, or any Guarantee for, all or any
part of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the absence of any action to enforce this Agreement (including this Section) or any
other Loan Document, or any waiver, consent or indulgence of any kind by Agent or any
Lender with respect thereto;
	 
	 	(e)	 	Any whole or partial termination of this Guarantee as to any other Guarantor;
	 
	 	(f)	 	the insolvency of any Obligor; (e) any election by Agent or any Lender to avail itself
of an Insolvency Proceeding or any election in an Insolvency Proceeding for the application
of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise; (f) any borrowing or grant of
a Lien by Borrower, as debtor-in-possession; (g) the disallowance of any claims of Agent or
any Lender against any Obligor for the repayment of any Obligations under debtor relief
laws; or
	 
	 	(g)	 	Any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defence available to, or a
discharge of, the Borrower in respect of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations or a
Guarantor in respect of this Guarantee or the Guaranteed Obligations.

     This Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time any payment of any of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations are rescinded or must
otherwise be returned by the Agent and/or Lenders upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any
Guarantor or otherwise under applicable law, all as though such payment had not been made.

14.3 Consents, Waivers and Renewals

     Each Guarantor hereby renounces to the benefits of division and discussion. Each Guarantor
hereby waives promptness, diligence, notice of the acceptance hereof, notice of intent to
accelerate and notice of acceleration and any other notice with respect to any of the Obligations
or the Guaranteed Obligations and this Agreement and any requirement that the Agent and/or Lenders
protect, secure, perfect, render opposable or insure any Agent’s Lien or Lien on any Property
subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Borrower any Guarantor or any
other Person or any Collateral before proceeding hereunder. Each Guarantor agrees that the Agent
and/or Lenders may at any time and from time to time, either before or after the maturity thereof,
without notice to or further consent of the Borrower or the Guarantor extend the time of payment
of, exchange or surrender any Collateral for, or renew any of the Obligations or the Guaranteed
Obligations, and may also make any agreements with the Borrower, any Guarantor or with any other
party to or Person liable on any of the Obligations, or interested therein, for the extension,
renewal, payment, compromise, discharge, or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any
modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement between the Agent and/or any Lenders and the
Borrower or any such other party or Person, without in any way impairing or affecting this
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payment to the Agent, for the rateable benefit of the Lenders, of any of the Obligations and the
Guaranteed Obligations whether or not the Agent and/or any Lenders shall have resorted to any
collateral security, or shall have proceeded against any other obligor principally or secondarily
obligated with respect to any of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations. The Agent and/or
Lenders shall be free to deal with the Borrower and the Guarantor as it sees fit.

     Agent and Lenders may, in their discretion, pursue such rights and remedies as they deem
appropriate, including realization upon Collateral by judicial foreclosure or non judicial sale or
enforcement, without affecting any rights and remedies under this Section 14. If, in the exercise
of any rights or remedies, Agent or any Lender shall forfeit any of its rights or remedies, including
its right to enter a deficiency judgment against any Obligor or any other Person, whether because
of any Applicable Laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or otherwise, Obligors consent to such
action by Agent or such Lender and waive any claim based upon such action, even if the action may
result in loss of any rights of subrogation that any Obligor might otherwise have had but for such
action. Any election of remedies that results in denial or impairment of the right of Agent or any
Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any Obligor shall not impair any other Obligor’s
obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations. Each Obligor waives all rights and defenses
arising out of an election of remedies, such as nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to any
security for the Obligations, even though that election of remedies destroys such Obligor’s rights
of subrogation against any other Person. If Agent bids at any foreclosure or trustee’s sale or at
any private sale, Agent may bid all or a portion of the Obligations and the amount of such bid need
not be paid by Agent but shall be credited against the Obligations. The amount of the successful
bid at any such sale, whether Agent or any other Person is the successful bidder, shall be
conclusively deemed to be the fair market value of the Collateral, and the difference between such
bid amount and the remaining balance of the Obligations shall be conclusively deemed to be the
amount of the Obligations guaranteed under this Section 14, notwithstanding that any present or
future law or court decision may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to
which Agent or any Lender might otherwise be entitled but for such bidding at any such sale.

14.4 Subrogation

     No Guarantor shall exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation under this
Agreement, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, until all the Obligations and the Guaranteed
Obligations shall have been paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to the Borrower on account of
such subrogation rights in violation of the foregoing restriction, such amount shall be held in
trust for the benefit of the Agent (for itself and the other Lenders) and shall forthwith be paid
to the Agent (for itself and the other Lenders) to be credited and applied to the Obligations,
whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

14.5 Subordination.

     Each Obligor hereby postpones any right of enforcement, remedy and action and subordinates any
claims, including any right of payment, subrogation, contribution and indemnity, that it may have
at any time against any other Obligor, howsoever arising, to the Full Payment of all Obligations.
Any such claims (whether secured or unsecured) and any such remedial rights are hereby assigned to
the Agent (and shall be assigned pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Agent), and any such
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contravention of the terms of this Agreement shall be received and held by any such Obligor in
trust for the benefit of the Agent (for itself and the other Lenders) and the proceeds thereof
shall forthwith be paid over to the Agent (for itself and the other Lenders) to be credited and
applied to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement

14.6 Protection Clause

     Whenever herein a representation or warranty is expressed by a Guarantor or, subject to
Section 14.1 above, any agreement to do any act or thing is made by a Guarantor, same shall be
deemed to be a representation or warranty as to that Guarantor only and not a representation or
warranty of any matter or circumstance of any other Guarantor and an agreement as to its conduct
and not the conduct of any other Guarantor. Subject to Section 14.1 above, no Guarantor shall be
liable for any obligation of any other Guarantor.

14.7 Limitation on Guarantee of Obligations

	 	(a)	 	In any action or proceeding with respect to any Guarantor involving any state or
provincial corporate law, or any state or provincial or federal bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations
of such Guarantor under Section 14.1 hereof would otherwise be held or determined to be
void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on
account of the amount of its liability under said Section 14.1, then, notwithstanding any
other provision hereof to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any
further action by such Guarantor, any Lender, the Agent or any other Person, be
automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount which is valid and enforceable and
not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or
proceeding.
	 
	 	(b)	 	To the extent that any Guarantor shall make a payment under this Agreement of all or
any of the Guaranteed Obligations (a “Guarantor Payment”) which, taking into account all
other Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently made by the Guarantor, exceeds the
amount which the Guarantor would otherwise have paid if the Guarantor had paid the
aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion that such
Guarantor’s “Allocable Amount” (as defined below) (in effect immediately prior to such
Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of the Guarantor in effect
immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor Payment, then, following payment in full
in cash of the Obligations and termination of the Commitments, such Guarantor shall be
entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by,
the Guarantor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable
Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.

	 	(i)	 	As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of any Guarantor shall be equal
to the maximum amount of the claim which could then be recovered from such Guarantor under
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	 	 	 	such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent
Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law.

	 	(ii)	 	This subsection (b) is intended only to define the relative rights of the Guarantor and
nothing set forth in this subsection (b) is intended to or shall impair the obligations of
the Guarantors, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become
due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The rights of the parties under this subsection (b) shall be exercisable upon the full
and indefeasible payment of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification
hereunder shall constitute assets of any Guarantor to which such contribution and
indemnification is owing.

14.8 Guarantee of Payment

     The Guarantor further agrees that this Guarantee constitutes a guaranty of payment when due
and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Agent or any
Lender to any of the Collateral or other security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or
to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Agent or any Lender in favour
of any other Guarantor or any other Person or to any other guarantor of all or part of the
Guaranteed Obligations.

			
	SECTION 15	 	MISCELLANEOUS

15.1 Consents, Amendments and Waivers.

     15.1.1 Amendment.

     No modification of any Loan Document, including any extension or amendment of a Loan Document
or any waiver of a Default or Event of Default, shall be effective without the prior written
agreement of Agent, with the consent of Required Lenders, and each Obligor party to such Loan
Document; provided, however, that

	 	(a)	 	without the prior written consent of Agent, no modification shall be effective with
respect to any provision in a Loan Document that relates to any rights, duties or
discretion of Agent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	without the prior written consent of Issuing Bank, no modification shall be effective
with respect to any LC Obligations or Section 2.2;
	 
	 	(c)	 	without the prior written consent of each affected Lender, no modification shall be
effective that would (i) increase the Commitment of such Lender;

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	 	.	 	or (ii) reduce the amount of, or waive or delay payment of, any principal, interest or fees
payable to such Lender; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	without the prior written consent of all Lenders (except a Defaulting Lender), no modification
shall be effective that would (i) extend the Revolver Termination Date; (ii) alter Section 5.5, 7.1
(except to add Collateral), or 15.1.1; (iii) amend the definitions of Borrowing Base (and the
defined terms used in such definition), Pro Rata or Required Lenders; (iv) increase any advance
rate, or increase total Commitments; (v) release Collateral with a book value greater than
$2,000,000 during any calendar year, except as currently contemplated by the Loan Documents; or
(vi) release any Obligor from liability for any Obligations, if such Obligor is Solvent at the time
of the release.

     15.1.2 Limitations.

     The agreement of Obligors shall not be necessary to the effectiveness of any modification of a
Loan Document that deals solely with the rights and duties of Lenders, Agent and/or Issuing Bank as
among themselves. Only the consent of the parties to the Fee Letter or any agreement relating to a
Bank Product shall be required for any modification of such agreement, and no Affiliate of a Lender
that is party to a Bank Product agreement shall have any other right to consent to or participate
in any manner in modification of any other Loan Document. The making of any Loans during the
existence of a Default or Event of Default shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of such
Default or Event of Default, nor to establish a course of dealing. Any waiver or consent granted by
Lenders hereunder shall be effective only if in writing, and then only in the specific instance and
for the specific purpose for which it is given.

     15.1.3 Payment for Consents.

     Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, pay any remuneration or other thing of value,
whether by way of additional interest, fee or otherwise, to any Lender (in its capacity as a Lender
hereunder) as consideration for agreement by such Lender with any modification of any Loan
Documents, unless such remuneration or value is concurrently paid, on the same terms, on a Pro Rata
basis to all Lenders providing their consent.

15.2 Indemnity.

     EACH OBLIGOR SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE INDEMNITEES AGAINST ANY CLAIMS THAT MAY BE
INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE, INCLUDING CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF AN
INDEMNITEE. In no event shall any party to a Loan Document have any obligation thereunder to
indemnify or hold harmless an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim that is determined in a final,
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to result from the gross negligence or
wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

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15.3 Notices and Communications.

     15.3.1 Notice Address.

     Subject to Section 4.1.4, all notices, requests and other communications by or to a party
hereto shall be in writing and shall be given to Borrower, at Borrower’s address shown on the
signature pages hereof, and to any other Person at its address shown on the signature pages hereof
(or, in the case of a Person who becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, at the address shown on
its Assignment and Acceptance), or at such other address as a party may hereafter specify by notice
in accordance with this Section 15.3. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be
effective only (a) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the applicable facsimile
number, if confirmation of receipt is received; (b) if given by mail, three Business Days after
deposit in the Canada post mail, with first-class postage pre-paid, addressed to the applicable
address; or (c) if given by personal delivery, when duly delivered to the notice address with
receipt acknowledged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no notice to Agent pursuant to Section 2.1.4,
2.2, 3.1.2, or 4.1.1 shall be effective until actually received by the individual to whose
attention at Agent such notice is required to be sent. Any written notice, request or other
communication that is not sent in conformity with the foregoing provisions shall nevertheless be
effective on the date actually received by the noticed party. Any notice received by Borrower shall
be deemed received by all Obligors.

     15.3.2 Electronic Communications; Voice Mail.

     Electronic mail and internet websites may be used only for routine communications, such as
financial statements, Borrowing Base Certificates and other information required by Section 10.1.2,
administrative matters, distribution of Loan Documents for execution, and matters permitted under
Section 4.1.4. Agent and Lenders make no assurances as to the privacy and security of electronic
communications. Electronic and voice mail may not be used as effective notice under the Loan
Documents.

     15.3.3 Non-Conforming Communications.

     Agent and Lenders may rely upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower even
if such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not confirmed,
or if the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from a later confirmation. Borrower
shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from any liabilities, losses, costs and expenses
arising from any telephonic communication purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower.

15.4 Performance of Obligors’ Obligations.

     Agent may, in its discretion at any time and from time to time, at Borrower’s expense, pay any
amount or do any act required of an Obligor under any Loan Documents or otherwise lawfully
requested by Agent to (a) enforce any Loan Documents or collect any Obligations; (b) protect,
insure, maintain or realize upon any Collateral; or (c) defend or maintain the validity,
opposability or priority of Agent’s Liens in any Collateral, including any payment of a judgment,
insurance premium, warehouse charge, finishing or processing charge, or landlord claim, privilege
or priority or any discharge of a Lien. All payments, costs and expenses (including Extraordinary
Expenses) of Agent under this Section shall be reimbursed to Agent by Borrower,

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on demand, with interest from the date incurred to the date of payment thereof at the Default Rate
applicable to Prime Rate Revolver Loans. Any payment made or action taken by Agent under this
Section shall be without prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default or to exercise any
other rights or remedies under the Loan Documents.

15.5 Credit Inquiries.

     Each Obligor hereby authorizes Agent and Lenders (but they shall have no obligation) to
respond to usual and customary credit inquiries from third parties concerning any Obligor or
Subsidiary.

15.6 Severability.

     Wherever possible, each provision of the Loan Documents shall be interpreted in such manner as
to be valid under Applicable Law. If any provision is found to be invalid under Applicable Law, it
shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity and the remaining provisions of the Loan
Documents shall remain in full force and effect.

15.7 Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms.

     The provisions of the Loan Documents are cumulative. The parties acknowledge that the Loan
Documents may use several different limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or
similar matters, and they agree that these are cumulative and that each must be performed as
provided. Except as otherwise specifically provided in another Loan Document (by specific reference
to the applicable provision of this Agreement), if any provision contained herein is in direct
conflict with any provision in another Loan Document, the provision herein shall govern and
control.

15.8 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures.

     Any Loan Document may be executed in counterparts, each of which taken together shall
constitute one instrument. Loan Documents may be executed and delivered by facsimile, and they
shall have the same force and effect as manually signed originals. Agent may require confirmation
by a manually-signed original, but failure to request or deliver same shall not limit the
effectiveness of any facsimile signature.

15.9 Entire Agreement.

     Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents. The Loan Documents embody the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior
understandings regarding the same subject matter.

15.10 Obligations of Lenders.

     The obligations of each Lender hereunder are several, and no Lender shall be responsible for
the obligations or Commitments of any other Lender. Amounts payable hereunder to each Lender shall
be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled, to the extent not otherwise
restricted hereunder, to protect and enforce its rights arising out of the Loan Documents. It shall
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party in any proceeding for such purposes. Nothing in this Agreement and no action of Agent or
Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be deemed to constitute Agent and Lenders to be a
partnership, association, joint venture or any other kind of entity, nor to constitute control of
any Obligor. Each Obligor acknowledges and agrees that in connection with all aspects of any
transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents, Obligors, Agent, Issuing Bank and Lenders have an
arms-length business relationship that creates no fiduciary duty on the part of Agent, Issuing Bank
or any Lender, and each Obligor, Agent, Issuing Bank and Lender expressly disclaims any fiduciary
relationship.

15.11 Confidentiality.

     During the term of this Agreement and for 12 months thereafter, Agent and Lenders agree to
take reasonable precautions to maintain the confidentiality of any information that Obligors
deliver to Agent and Lenders and identify as confidential at the time of delivery, except that
Agent and any Lender may disclose such information (a) to their respective officers, directors,
employees, Affiliates and agents, including legal counsel, auditors and other professional
advisors; (b) to any party to the Loan Documents from time to time; (c) pursuant to the order of
any court or administrative agency; (d) upon the request of any Governmental Authority exercising
regulatory authority over Agent or such Lender; (e) which ceases to be confidential, other than by
an act or omission of Agent or any Lender, or which becomes available to Agent or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis; (f) to the extent reasonably required in connection with any litigation
relating to any Loan Documents or transactions contemplated thereby, or otherwise as required by
Applicable Law; (g) to the extent reasonably required for the exercise of any rights or remedies
under the Loan Documents; (h) to any actual or proposed party to a Bank Product or to any
Transferee, as long as such Person agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section; (i) to the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, or to any nationally
recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s portfolio in
connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender; or (j) with the consent of Obligors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent and Lenders may issue and disseminate to the public general
information describing this credit facility, including the names and addresses of Obligors and a
general description of Obligors’ businesses, and may use Borrower’s names in advertising and other
promotional materials.

15.12 Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of Process.

	 	(a)	 	THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE INTERPRETED AND THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS
PROVIDED THAT PERFECTION ISSUES MAY GIVE EFFECT TO APPLICABLE CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES SET
FORTH IN ARTICLE IX OF THE UCC OR IN THE PPSA OR CIVIL CODE OF QUEBEC, AS APPLICABLE) OF THE
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AND THE FEDERAL LAWS OF CANADA APPLICABLE THEREIN.
	 
	 	(b)	 	ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE
BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, AND

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	 	 	 	BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE OBLIGORS, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS
CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE
COURTS. EACH OF THE OBLIGORS, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING
ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY
NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT
OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING: (1) THE AGENT AND
THE LENDERS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST AN OBLIGOR OR ITS
PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION THE AGENT OR THE LENDERS DEEM NECESSARY OR
APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS AND (2)
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THE COURTS DESCRIBED IN THE
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SENTENCE MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE THOSE
JURISDICTIONS.
	 
	 	(c)	 	EACH OBLIGOR HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS UPON IT AND CONSENTS THAT
ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED MAIL OR BY PERSONAL DELIVERY OR TELECOPIER AS
PROVIDED IN SECTION 15.3 DIRECTED TO THE ATTENTION OF OBLIGORS AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN
AND SERVICE MADE BY REGISTERED MAIL SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE COMPLETED FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER THE SAME
SHALL HAVE BEEN SO DEPOSITED IN THE MAIL POSTAGE PREPAID AND IF MADE OTHERWISE SHALL BE DEEMED TO
BE COMPLETED AT THE TIMES PROVIDED IN SECTION 15.3. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IF THE PARTY
EFFECTING SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS KNOWS OR OUGHT REASONABLY TO KNOW OF ANY DIFFICULTIES WITH THE
POSTAL SYSTEM THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE DELIVERY OF MAIL, SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY NOT BE MAILED BUT
MUST BE EFFECTED BY PERSONAL DELIVERY OR BY A TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE CAPABLE OF CREATING A
WRITTEN RECORD. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF AGENT OR THE LENDERS TO SERVE
LEGAL PROCESS BY ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

15.13 Waivers by Obligors.

     To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Obligor waives (a) the right to trial
by jury (which Agent and each Lender hereby also waives) in any proceeding, claim or

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counterclaim of any kind relating in any way to any Loan Documents, Obligations or Collateral; (b)
presentment, demand, protest, notice of presentment, default, non-payment, maturity, release,
compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any commercial paper, accounts, contract rights,
documents, instruments, chattel paper and guaranties at any time held by Agent on which an Obligor
may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies anything Agent may do in this regard; (c) notice
prior to taking possession or control of any Collateral; (d) any bond or security that might be
required by a court prior to allowing Agent to exercise any rights or remedies; (e) the benefit of
all valuation, appraisement and exemption laws; (f) any claim against Agent or any Lender, on any
theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages (as
opposed to direct or actual damages) in any way relating to any Enforcement Action, Obligations,
Loan Documents or transactions relating thereto; and (g) notice of acceptance hereof. Each Obligor
acknowledges that the foregoing waivers are a material inducement to Agent and Lenders entering
into this Agreement and that Agent and Lenders are relying upon the foregoing in their dealings
with Obligors. Each Obligor has reviewed the foregoing waivers with its legal counsel and has
knowingly and voluntarily waived its jury trial and other rights following consultation with legal
counsel. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by
the court.

15.14 Survival of Representations and Warranties

     All of the Obligors’ representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall survive
the execution, delivery, and acceptance thereof by the parties, notwithstanding any investigation
by the Agent or the Lenders or their respective agents.

15.15 Fees and Expenses

     The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its benefit, on demand, all costs and expenses
that Agent or Bank pays or incurs (but not the allocated costs of Agent’s employees engaged in
day-to-day administration, but including the Agent’s auditors’ fees and costs) in connection with
the negotiation, preparation, syndication, consummation, administration, enforcement, and
termination of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation (a)
Extraordinary Expenses, (b) attorney costs; (c) costs and expenses (including reasonable lawyers’
and paralegals’ fees and disbursements) for any amendment, supplement, waiver, consent, or
subsequent closing in connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby;
(d) costs and expenses of lien searches; (e) taxes, fees and other charges for filing financing
statements and continuations, and other actions to perfect, protect, and continue the Agent’s Liens
(including costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Agent in connection with the consummation of
Agreement); (f) sums paid or incurred to pay any amount or take any action required of the Borrower
under the Loan Documents that the Borrower fails to pay or take; (g) costs of appraisals,
inspections, and verifications of the Collateral, including travel, lodging, and meals for
inspections of the Collateral and the Obligors’ operations by the Agent plus the Agent’s then
customary charge (U.S.$850 per day per person) for field examinations and audits and the
preparation of reports thereof for each agent or employee of the Agent with respect to each field
examination or audit; (h) costs and expenses of forwarding loan proceeds, collecting cheques and
other items of
payment, and establishing and maintaining Payment Accounts, including lock boxes; (i) costs
and expenses of preserving and protecting the Collateral (and to maintain any insurance required
hereunder or to verify Collateral); and (j) costs and expenses (including attorneys’ costs) paid or
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any Lender, to obtain payment of the Obligations, enforce the Agent’s Liens, sell or otherwise
realize upon the Collateral, and otherwise enforce the provisions of the Loan Documents, or to
defend any claims made or threatened against the Agent or any Lender arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including preparations for and consultations concerning any such
matters). All legal, accounting and consulting fees shall be charged to Borrower by Agent’s
professionals at their full hourly rates, regardless of any reduced or alternative fee billing
arrangements that Agent, any Lender or any of their Affiliates may have with such professionals
with respect to this or any other transaction. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit any
other provisions of the Loan Documents regarding costs and expenses to be paid by the Obligors. All
of the foregoing costs and expenses shall be charged to the Borrower’s Loan Account as Revolving
Loans as described in Section 5.2 and shall constitute Obligations.

15.16 Limitation of Liability

     NO CLAIM MAY BE MADE BY ANY OBLIGOR, ANY LENDER OR OTHER PERSON AGAINST THE AGENT, ANY LENDER,
OR THE AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS OF ANY OF THEM FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT OR ANY
OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY ACT, OMISSION OR EVENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH, AND EACH OBLIGOR AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE, RELEASE AND AGREE NOT TO SUE UPON ANY
CLAIM FOR SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER OR NOT ACCRUED AND WHETHER OR NOT KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TO EXIST IN
ITS FAVOUR.

15.17 Final Agreement

     This Agreement and the other Loan Documents including the Fee Letter are intended by the
Obligors, the Agent and the Lenders to be the final, complete, and exclusive expression of the
agreement between them. This Agreement supersedes any and all prior oral or written agreements
relating to the subject matter hereof. No modification, rescission, waiver, release, or amendment
of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made, except by a written
agreement signed by the Obligors and a duly authorized officer of each of the Agent and the
requisite Lenders.

15.18 Precedence

     In the event that any provisions of the Loan Documents (other than this Agreement) (the
“Conflicted Agreements”) contradict and are otherwise incapable of being construed in conjunction
with the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedence over
those contained in the Conflicted Agreements and, in particular, if any act of an Obligor is
expressly permitted under this Agreement but is prohibited under the Conflicted Agreements, any
such act shall be permitted under this Agreement and shall be deemed to be permitted under the
Conflicted Agreements.

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15.19 Judgment Currency.

     If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert an amount due
hereunder in the currency in which it is due (the “Original Currency”) into another currency (the
“Second Currency”), the rate of exchange applied shall be that at which, in accordance with normal
banking procedures, the Agent could purchase in the Toronto foreign exchange market, the Original
Currency with the Second Currency on the date two (2) Business Days preceding that on which
judgment is given. Each Obligor agrees that its obligation in respect of any Original Currency due
from it hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment or payment in such other currency, be
discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following the date the Agent receives
payment of any sum so adjudged to be due hereunder in the Second Currency, the Agent may, in
accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase, in the Toronto foreign exchange market, the
Original Currency with the amount of the Second Currency so paid; and if the amount of the Original
Currency so purchased or could have been so purchased is less than the amount originally due in the
Original Currency, each Obligor agrees as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such
payment or judgment to indemnify the Agent against such loss. The term “rate of exchange” in this
Section means the spot rate at which the Agent, in accordance with normal practices, is able on the
relevant date to purchase the Original Currency with the Second Currency, and includes any premium
and costs of exchange payable in connection with such purchase.

15.20 Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Legislation

	 	(a)	 	Each Obligor acknowledges that, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act and other applicable
anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing, government sanction and “know your client” laws
(collectively, including any guidelines or orders thereunder, “AML Legislation”), the Lenders may
be required to obtain, verify and record information regarding the Obligors and their respective
directors, authorized signing officers, direct or indirect shareholders or other Persons in control
of the Obligors, and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Obligor shall promptly provide all
such information, including supporting documentation and other evidence, as may be reasonably
requested by any Lender or any prospective assignee or participant of a Lender, any Issuing Bank or
any Agent, in order to comply with any applicable AML Legislation, whether now or hereafter in
existence.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Agent has ascertained the identity of any Obligor or any authorized signatories of
the Obligors for the purposes of applicable AML Legislation, then the Agent:

	 	(i)	 	shall be deemed to have done so as an agent for each Lender, and this Agreement shall
constitute a “written agreement” in such regard between each Lender and the Agent within the
meaning of the applicable AML Legislation; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	shall provide to each Lender copies of all information obtained in such regard without
any representation or warranty as to its accuracy or completeness.

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     Notwithstanding the preceding sentence and except as may otherwise be agreed in writing, each
of the Lenders agrees that neither the Agent nor any other Agent has any obligation to ascertain
the identity of the Obligors or any authorized signatories of the Obligors on behalf of any Lender,
or to confirm the completeness or accuracy of any information it obtains from any Obligor or any
such authorized signatory in doing so.

15.21 Existing Loan and Security Agreement Amended and Restated

     This Agreement shall amend and restate the Existing Loan and Security Agreement in its
entirety, with the parties hereby agreeing that there is no novation of the Existing Loan and
Security Agreement. On the Closing Date, the rights and obligations of the parties under the
Existing Loan and Security Agreement shall be subsumed within and be governed by this Agreement;
provided, however, that each of the “Loans” (as such term is defined in the Existing Loan and
Security Agreement) outstanding under the Existing Loan and Security Agreement on the Closing Date
shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be included as Loans hereunder and each of the “Letters of
Credit” (as defined in the Existing Loan and Security Agreement) outstanding under the Existing
Loan and Security Agreement on the Closing Date shall be Letters of Credit hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered as of the date set forth
above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BORROWER:

MIDFIELD SUPPLY ULC

 	 
	 	Per:  	/s/ Kathy Kirkup
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Kathy Kirkup 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer

	 	Address: 

	1600-101 6th Avenue SW

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3P4
	 	 	Attn:	 Kathy Kirkup

Facsimile: 403.265.8544  
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	GUARANTORS

MEGA PRODUCTION TESTING INC.
 	 
	 	Per:  	/s/ Kathy Kirkup 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Kathy Kirkup 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 	Address:  

	1600-101 6th Avenue SW

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3P4
	 
	 	 	Attn:	 Kathy Kirkup

Facsimile: 403.265.8544  

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	HAGAN OILFIELD SUPPLY LTD.

 	 
	 	Per:  	/s/ Kathy Kirkup
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Kathy Kirkup 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer	 
	 	Address: 

	 1600-101 6th Avenue SW

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3P4

	 
	 	 	

Attn:	 Kathy Kirkup

Facsimile: 403.265.6544
 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	AGENT AND LENDERS:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

(acting through its Canada branch),

as Agent

 	 
	 	Per:  	/s/ Medina Sales De Andrade
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Medina Sales De Andrade 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 	Address:   	Bank of America, N.A.

(acting through its Canada branch)

200 Front Street W., Suite 2700

Toronto, Ontario M5V 3L2

	 
	 	 	Attn:	Medina Sales De Andrade/Loan Administration	 
	 
	 	 	Facsimile: 	(416) 349-4282	 
	 	 	 

    	 
	 	With a Copy to:	 
	 
	 	Address:   	Bank of America, N.A.

TX1-492-11-23

901 Main Street, 11th Floor

Dallas, Texas 75202
	 
	 	 	Attn:	Loan Administration	 
	 
	 	 	Facsimile: 	(214) 209-4766	 
	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

(acting through its Canada branch),

as a Lender

 	 
	 	Per:  	/s/ Medina Sales De Andrade
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Medina Sales De Andrade 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 	Address:   	Bank of America, N.A.

(acting through its Canada branch)

200 Front Street W., Suite 2700

Toronto, Ontario M5V 3L2
	 	 	Attn:	Medina Sales De Andrade/Loan Administration

    	 
	 	 	Facsimile:	(416) 349-4282

    	 
	 
	 	With a copy to:	 
	 
	 	Address:   	Bank of America, N.A.

TX1-492-11-23

901 Main Street, 11th Floor

Dallas, Texas 75202
	 
	 	 	Attn:	Loan Administration	 
	 	 	Facsimile: 	(214) 209-4766	 
	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

TORONTO BRANCH,
as a Lender

	 
	 	Per:  	/ s/ Dan Howat 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Dan Howat 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President

	 	Address:  	
200 Bay Street, Suite 1800

Toronto M5J 2J2 Canada	 
	 	 	Attn: 

Facsimile: 	 Loan Administration

 (416) 981-2365

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