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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.8

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                                  $150,000,000

                           REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

                          Dated as of December 9, 2003

                                      Among

                             BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

                                  as Borrower,

                      Certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower,

                                 as Guarantors,

                   THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

                                   as Lenders,

                                       and

                        CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH,

                             as Administrative Agent

                           CREDIT LYONNAIS SECURITIES,
                      as Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner

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ARTICLE I             DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS..........................................................     1

         Section 1.1           Certain Defined Terms............................................................     1

         Section 1.2           Computation of Time Periods......................................................    19

         Section 1.3           Accounting Terms.................................................................    19

         Section 1.4           Types of Loans...................................................................    20

         Section 1.5           Miscellaneous....................................................................    20

ARTICLE II            THE LOANS.................................................................................    20

         Section 2.1           The Loans........................................................................    20

         Section 2.2           Method of Borrowing..............................................................    21

         Section 2.3           Fees.............................................................................    25

         Section 2.4           Reduction of the Commitments.....................................................    25

         Section 2.5           Repayment........................................................................    26

         Section 2.6           Interest.........................................................................    26

         Section 2.7           Prepayments......................................................................    27

         Section 2.8           Funding Losses...................................................................    29

         Section 2.9           Increased Costs..................................................................    30

         Section 2.10          Payments and Computations........................................................    31

         Section 2.11          Taxes............................................................................    32

         Section 2.12          Assignment of Commitments Under Certain Circumstances............................    35

         Section 2.13          Sharing of Payments, Etc.........................................................    35

         Section 2.14          Applicable Lending Offices.......................................................    36

         Section 2.15          Letters of Credit................................................................    36

ARTICLE III           CONDITIONS OF LENDING.....................................................................    40

         Section 3.1           Initial Conditions Precedent.....................................................    40

         Section 3.2           Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing...........................................    43

         Section 3.3           Determinations Under Sections 3.1 and 3.2........................................    44

ARTICLE IV            REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES............................................................    44

         Section 4.1           Existence; Subsidiaries..........................................................    44

         Section 4.2           Power and Authority..............................................................    44

         Section 4.3           Authorization and Approvals......................................................    45

         Section 4.4           Enforceable Obligations..........................................................    45
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         Section 4.5           Financial Statements.............................................................    45

         Section 4.6           True and Complete Disclosure.....................................................    45

         Section 4.7           Litigation.......................................................................    46

         Section 4.8           Use of Proceeds..................................................................    46

         Section 4.9           Investment Company Act...........................................................    46

         Section 4.10          Public Utility Holding Company Act...............................................    46

         Section 4.11          Taxes............................................................................    46

         Section 4.12          Pension Plans....................................................................    47

         Section 4.13          Condition of Property; Casualties................................................    48

         Section 4.14          Insurance........................................................................    48

         Section 4.15          No Burdensome Restrictions; No Defaults..........................................    48

         Section 4.16          Environmental Condition..........................................................    48

         Section 4.17          Title to Property, Etc...........................................................    49

         Section 4.18          Subsidiaries; Corporate Structure................................................    49

         Section 4.19          Labor Relations..................................................................    49

         Section 4.20          Guarantors.......................................................................    49

         Section 4.21          Intellectual Property............................................................    49

         Section 4.22          Solvency.........................................................................    50

         Section 4.23          Compliance with Laws.............................................................    50

ARTICLE V             AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.....................................................................    50

         Section 5.1           Compliance with Laws, Etc........................................................    50

         Section 5.2           Maintenance of Insurance.........................................................    51

         Section 5.3           Preservation of Existence, Etc...................................................    51

         Section 5.4           Payment of Taxes, Etc............................................................    51

         Section 5.5           Reporting Requirements...........................................................    51

         Section 5.6           Maintenance of Property..........................................................    54

         Section 5.7           Inspection.......................................................................    54

         Section 5.8           Use of Proceeds..................................................................    54

         Section 5.9           Nature of Business...............................................................    55

         Section 5.10          Books and Records................................................................    55

         Section 5.11          New Subsidiaries.................................................................    55
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ARTICLE VI            NEGATIVE COVENANTS........................................................................    55

         Section 6.1           Liens, Etc.......................................................................    55

         Section 6.2           Debts, Guaranties and Other Obligations..........................................    57

         Section 6.3           Merger or Consolidation; Asset Sales.............................................    58

         Section 6.4           Investments......................................................................    59

         Section 6.5           Transactions With Affiliates.....................................................    61

         Section 6.6           Compliance with ERISA............................................................    61

         Section 6.7           Restricted Payments..............................................................    61

         Section 6.8           Maintenance of Ownership of Subsidiaries.........................................    62

         Section 6.9           Agreements Restricting Liens and Distributions...................................    62

         Section 6.10          Financial Contract Obligations...................................................    62

         Section 6.11          Leases...........................................................................    62

         Section 6.12          Sale and Leaseback Transactions and other Off-Balance
                               Sheet Liabilities................................................................    63

         Section 6.13          Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Periods..........................................    63

         Section 6.14          Leverage Ratio...................................................................    63

         Section 6.15          Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio......................................................    63

         Section 6.16          Maximum Debt to Capitalization Ratio.............................................    63

         Section 6.17          Acquisitions.....................................................................    63

ARTICLE VII           EVENTS OF DEFAULT.........................................................................    64

         Section 7.1           Events of Default................................................................    64

         Section 7.2           Optional Acceleration of Maturity................................................    66

         Section 7.3           Automatic Acceleration of Maturity...............................................    67

         Section 7.4           Non-exclusivity of Remedies......................................................    67

         Section 7.5           Right of Set-off.................................................................    67

         Section 7.6           Application of Proceeds..........................................................    67

ARTICLE VIII          THE GUARANTY..............................................................................    68

         Section 8.1           Guaranty.........................................................................    68

         Section 8.2           Guaranty Absolute................................................................    68

         Section 8.3           Waiver...........................................................................    69

         Section 8.4           Subrogation......................................................................    69
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ARTICLE IX            THE AGENTS AND THE ISSUING LENDERS........................................................    70

         Section 9.1           Appointment; Nature of Relationship..............................................    70

         Section 9.2           Powers...........................................................................    70

         Section 9.3           General Immunity.................................................................    71

         Section 9.4           No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc.......................................    71

         Section 9.5           Action on Instructions of Lenders................................................    71

         Section 9.6           Employment of Agents and Counsel.................................................    71

         Section 9.7           Reliance on Documents; Counsel...................................................    72

         Section 9.8           Agent's and the Issuing Lenders' Reimbursement and
                               Indemnification..................................................................    72

         Section 9.9           Notice of Default................................................................    72

         Section 9.10          Rights as a Lender...............................................................    72

         Section 9.11          Lender Credit Decision...........................................................    73

         Section 9.12          Successor Agent and Issuing Lender...............................................    73

ARTICLE X             BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS.........................................    74

         Section 10.1          Successors and Assigns...........................................................    74

         Section 10.2          Participations...................................................................    74

         Section 10.3          Assignments......................................................................    75

         Section 10.4          Dissemination of Information.....................................................    76

ARTICLE XI            MISCELLANEOUS.............................................................................    77

         Section 11.1          Amendments, Etc..................................................................    77

         Section 11.2          Notices, Etc.....................................................................    77

         Section 11.3          No Waiver; Remedies..............................................................    78

         Section 11.4          Costs and Expenses...............................................................    78

         Section 11.5          Binding Effect...................................................................    78

         Section 11.6          Indemnification..................................................................    78

         Section 11.7          Execution in Counterparts........................................................    79

         Section 11.8          Survival of Representations, etc.................................................    79

         Section 11.9          Severability.....................................................................    79

         Section 11.10         Usury Not Intended...............................................................    79

         Section 11.11         Governing Law....................................................................    80
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         Section 11.12         Consent to Jurisdiction..........................................................    80

         Section 11.13         Waiver of Jury...................................................................    81
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EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A      -    Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B      -    Form of Commitment Increase Agreement
Exhibit C      -    Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit D      -    Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit E      -    Form of Note
Exhibit F      -    Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit G      -    Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation
Exhibit H      -    Form of Request for Issuance of Letter of Credit

SCHEDULES:

Schedule 1           -     Notice Information for Lenders
Schedule 1.1         -     Joint Ventures
Schedule 1.2         -     Certain Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 4.5         -     Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities
Schedule 4.7         -     Litigation
Schedule 4.11        -     Certain Tax Matters
Schedule 4.12        -     Pension Plans
Schedule 4.16        -     Environmental Disclosures
Schedule 4.18        -     Subsidiaries/Corporate Structure
Schedule 6.1         -     Existing Liens
Schedule 6.2         -     Existing Debt
Schedule 6.4         -     Existing Investments
Schedule 6.9         -     Existing Agreements Restricting Liens

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                           REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

         This Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 9, 2003 is among
BWX Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the Guarantors,
the Lenders, and Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as Administrative Agent for
the Lenders.

         The Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent
agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                        DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

         Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms
defined above shall have the meanings set forth above and the following terms
shall have the following meanings (unless otherwise indicated, such meanings to
be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined):

         "Acquisition" means any transaction, or any series of related
transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a) acquires any going business concern or
all or substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or limited
liability company, or division thereof, whether through the purchase of assets,
merger or otherwise or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction
or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a
majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have
ordinary voting power for the election of directors (other than securities
having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a
majority (by percentage or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests
of a partnership or limited liability company; provided, however, that the term
"Acquisition" does not include the mere formation of a Subsidiary by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

         "Administrative Agent" means CLNY in its capacity as contractual
representative of the Lenders pursuant to Article IX, and any successor
administrative agent pursuant to Section 9.12.

         "Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with, such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person. The
term "control" (including the terms "controlled by" or "under common control
with") means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through
ownership of a Control Percentage, by contract or otherwise.

         "Agreement" means this Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December
9, 2003 among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders, and the Administrative
Agent, as it may be amended or modified and in effect from time to time.

         "Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate of interest per annum
equal to the higher of (a) the Prime Rate in effect for such day and (b) the sum
of the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect for such day plus 1/2 of 1% per
annum.

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         "Annual Report Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(c).

         "Applicable Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the
office, branch, subsidiary, affiliate or correspondent bank of such Lender
listed on Schedule 1 or such other office, branch, subsidiary, affiliate or
correspondent bank as such Lender may from time to time specify in writing to
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent from time to time.

         "Applicable Margin" means, at any time with respect to each Type of
Loan, the percentage rate per annum as set forth below for the Level in effect
at such time:

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Eurodollar Loans        1.50%            2.00%           2.50%

Base Rate Loans         0.50%            1.00%           1.50%
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         "Arranger" means Credit Lyonnais Securities.

         "Assignment and Acceptance" means an assignment and acceptance
agreement substantially in the form of the attached Exhibit A or the form
promulgated by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association, Inc.

         "Authorized Officer" means any Responsible Officer or any other
employee of the Borrower designated as an "Authorized Officer" by prior written
notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.

         "Base Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest as provided in
Section 2.6(a).

         "Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the
same Type made by each Lender pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or, except for purposes
of Section 3.2, Converted to Loans of a different Type pursuant to Section
2.2(b).

         "Borrowing Date" means the date on which any Loan is made or any Letter
of Credit is issued, increased or extended hereunder.

         "Business Day" means, (a) with respect to any payment or rate selection
of Eurodollar Loans, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks
generally are open in New York for the conduct of substantially all of their
commercial lending activities and on which dealings in Dollars are carried on in
the London interbank market and (b) for all other purposes, a day (other than a
Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in New York for the
conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities.

         "BWICO" means Babcock & Wilcox Investment Company, a Delaware
corporation, or any successors thereto that collectively own all of the issued
and outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower.

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         "BWICO Loan" means the loan made by the Borrower to BWICO pursuant to
the terms of the Loan Agreement dated as of April 3, 2000, between the Borrower
and BWICO, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Loan Agreement dated as
of July 1, 2000, by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Loan Agreement dated as of
December 31, 2002, and by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Loan Agreement dated
effective as of November 1, 2003.

         "Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any
and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation),
and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

         "Capitalized Lease" of a Person means any lease of any Property by such
Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be
classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such
Person.

         "Capitalized Lease Obligations" of a Person means the amount of the
obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a
liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

         "Cash Collateral Account" means a special interest bearing cash
collateral account pledged by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties containing cash deposited pursuant to
Section 2.7(c), 2.15(e), 7.2 or 7.3 to be maintained at the Administrative
Agent's office in accordance with Section 2.15(g) and bear interest or be
invested in the Administrative Agent's reasonable discretion.

         "Cash Equivalents" means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by,
or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States government or issued by any
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b)
certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight
bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition issued by, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by,
any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any state thereof or other jurisdiction thereof having
combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000 (or the equivalent in
any other currency); (c) eurodollar time deposits having maturities of six
months or less from the date of acquisition thereof with any branch or office
located in the United States of any commercial bank organized under the laws of
a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, and comparable in credit quality to the investments permitted under
the preceding clause (b); (d) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-2
by S&P or P-2 by Moody's, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally
recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease
publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within
270 days from the date of acquisition; (e) repurchase obligations of any Lender
or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) or (d) of
this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days with respect to
securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government; (f) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth, territory,
province or other jurisdiction of the United States or any other foreign
country, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state,

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commonwealth, territory, province or other jurisdiction, the securities of which
state, commonwealth, territory, province, other jurisdiction, political
subdivision or taxing authority (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P
or A2 by Moody's; (g) securities with maturities of six months or less from the
date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or
any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) or (d) of this
definition; (h) to the extent reasonably required in the judgment of the
Borrower in connection with any business conducted by the Borrower, any of its
Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture in the United Kingdom, investments comparable
in credit quality and tenor referred to those in clauses (a) through (g) of this
definition and customarily used for cash management purposes in such
jurisdiction; and (i) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which
invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through
(g) of this definition or which invest in financial instruments which are
otherwise rated AAA by S&P or Aaa by Moody's.

         "Casualty Event" means, with respect to any asset owned by any Person,
(a) any loss or damage to, or any condemnation or taking of, such asset, for
which such Person receives, anticipates recovering or has filed a claim for
Casualty Proceeds or (b) any Lien imposed by any Governmental Authority pursuant
to Environmental Law and that has not been released or bonded within ten
Business Days following the applicable Credit Party's receipt of notice of such
imposition unless such Lien is being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings.

         "Casualty Proceeds" means the proceeds of any insurance, condemnation
award or other compensation paid or payable to any Credit Party or the
Administrative Agent in respect of any Casualty Event, less the reasonable fees,
taxes and expenses paid or payable with respect to such proceeds.

         "CERCLIS", or the "CERCLA Information System", means the inventory
maintained by the EPA of sites with potential Releases of Hazardous Substances
that have been or may need to be addressed by the CERCLA program.

         "CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, state and local analogs, and all rules
and regulations and requirements thereunder in each case as now or hereafter in
effect.

         "Change of Control" means any of (a) the acquisition by any Person or
group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended) (excluding underwriters in the course of their distribution of
voting stock in an underwritten public offering), of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended) of 30% or more of the voting power of the outstanding
shares of voting stock of MII, (b) the Borrower shall cease to be a direct,
wholly-owned Subsidiary of either (i) BWICO or, (ii) if BWICO ceases to be a
direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of McDermott, McDermott, (c) McDermott ceases to
be a direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of MII, (d) 50% or more of the members of
the Board of Directors of the Borrower on any date shall not have been (i)
members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower on the date 12 months prior to
such date or (ii) approved (by recommendation, nomination, election or
otherwise) by Persons who constitute at least a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors of the Borrower as constituted on the date 12 months prior to
such date, (e) all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower are sold
in a single transaction or series of related

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transactions to any Person or (f) the Borrower merges or consolidates with or
into any other Person, with the effect that immediately after such transaction
the stockholders of the Borrower immediately prior to such transaction hold less
than a majority of the total voting power entitled to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees of the Person surviving such transaction.

         "CLNY" means Credit Lyonnais New York Branch.

         "Closing Date" means the date on which the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 3.1 shall have been satisfied, which date shall not be later
than December 9, 2003.

         "Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time.

         "Commitment" means, for each Lender, the amount in Dollars set opposite
such Lender's name on the signature pages of this Agreement as its Commitment,
or, if such Lender has entered into any Assignment and Acceptance or Commitment
Increase Agreement after the Closing Date, the amount set forth for such Lender
as its Commitment in the Assignment and Acceptance delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.3(b) or such Commitment Increase
Agreement, as applicable.

         "Commitment Increase Agreement" means a Commitment Increase Agreement
executed by a Lender in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit B.

         "Compliance Certificate" means a Compliance Certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit C.

         "Consolidated Debt" means at any time the Debt of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time.

         "Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period of determination, (a)
Consolidated Net Income for such period of determination plus (b) to the extent
deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Interest Expense,
charges against income for foreign, federal, state, and local taxes, and
depreciation and amortization expense for such period minus (c) extraordinary
gains for such period minus (d) any gain realized upon the sale or other
disposition of any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such
period (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business of the
Borrower or such Subsidiary), all as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP; provided that, "Consolidated EBITDA" shall be (i) reduced
to the extent that Consolidated Net Income for such period includes net income
attributable to Joint Ventures during such period in excess of the actual
distributions received from such Joint Ventures during such period, and (ii)
increased to the extent that actual cash distributions are received from such
Joint Ventures during such period in excess of the portion of Consolidated Net
Income which is attributable to such Joint Ventures during such period.

         "Consolidated Funded Debt" means at any time Funded Debt of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such
time.

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         "Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the interest
expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP for such period.

         "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period
after taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

         "Consolidated Net Worth" means, at any time, the net worth or total
shareholders equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
determined in accordance with GAAP.

         "Contingent Obligation" of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or
arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently
agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or
is contingently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any other Person, or
agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition
of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person
against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating
agreement, take-or-pay contract or the obligations of any such Person as general
partner of a partnership with respect to the liabilities of the partnership.

         "Continue", "Continuation", and "Continued" each refers to a
continuation of Loans for an additional Interest Period upon the expiration of
the Interest Period then in effect for such Loans.

         "Control Percentage" means, with respect to any Person, the percentage
of the outstanding Capital Stock (including any options, warrants or similar
rights to purchase such Capital Stock) of such Person having ordinary voting
power which gives the direct or indirect holder of such Capital Stock the power
to elect a majority of the Board of Directors (or other applicable governing
body) of such Person.

         "Controlled Group" means all members of a controlled group of
corporations or other business entities and all trades (whether or not
incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.

         "Convert", "Conversion", and "Converted" each refers to a conversion of
Loans of one Type into Loans of another Type pursuant to Section 2.2(b).

         "Credit Documents" means this Agreement, any Notes issued pursuant to
Section 2.2(g), the Letter of Credit Documents, any Joinder Agreement and each
other agreement, instrument or document executed by any Credit Party or any of
their respective officers at any time in connection with this Agreement.

         "Credit Party" means the Borrower and any Guarantor.

         "Debt," for any Person, means without duplication:

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         (a) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (but excluding
accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of such Person's business that
shall not remain unpaid for a period of more than 90 days after such liabilities
become due and payable);

         (b) obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments;

         (c) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course
of such Person's business that shall not remain unpaid for a period of more than
90 days after such liabilities become due and payable);

         (d) Capitalized Lease Obligations;

         (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit,
bank guarantees or similar instruments which are issued upon the application of
such Person or upon which such Person is an account party or for which such
Person is in any way liable;

         (f) all obligations of such Person to purchase securities or other
Property arising out of or in connection with the sale of the same or
substantially similar securities or Property;

         (g) Net Mark-to-Market Exposure of Financial Contracts;

         (h) (i) the aggregate liquidation value of all Preferred Interests of
such Person that are mandatorily redeemable other than for (A) the common stock
issued by such Person, (B) other common ownership interests issued by such
Person, or (C) other Preferred Interests issued by such Person that (1) are not
mandatorily redeemable (except as permitted by clauses (A) and (B) above), and
(2) which do not require the payment of a mandatory cash dividend or other
return on capital payable in cash (except at the redemption date for such
Preferred Interests), or that may be put by the holder to such Person for
consideration other than the common stock or other common ownership interests,
as applicable, of such Person, and (ii) the aggregate liquidation value of all
Preferred Interests of such Person that require the payment of a mandatory cash
dividend or other return on capital payable in cash (except at the redemption
date for such Preferred Interests);

         (i) all obligations of such Person in the form of earn-out payments,
profit payment liabilities or other similar amounts owing in respect of
Acquisitions or similar transactions;

         (j) all Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities; provided that, solely for the
purpose of calculating compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.14
through 6.16, Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities shall not constitute "Debt" to the
extent, and only to the extent, such Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities constitute
Non-Recourse Debt;

         (k) indebtedness or obligations of others, whether or not assumed,
secured by Liens or payable out of the proceeds or production from Property on
or in respect of any Property now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person,
the amount of such Debt being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such
Property and the amount of the obligation so secured; and

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         (l) Contingent Obligations for the Debt of another Person referred to
in clauses (a) through (k) of this definition.

         "Debt Incurrence" means any issuance for cash or Cash Equivalents by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Debt after the Closing Date not
otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 6.2.

         "Debt Incurrence Proceeds" means, with respect to any Debt Incurrence,
all cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries from such Debt Incurrence after payment of, or provision for, all
brokerage commissions and other reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses
actually incurred.

         "Default" means (a) an Event of Default or (b) any event or condition
which with notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become
an Event of Default.

         "Dollars" and "$" means the lawful money of the United States of
America.

         "Eligible Assignee" means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender,
or (c) a commercial bank or other financial institution that (i) is approved by
the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lenders, and, so long as no Default
exists, is approved by the Borrower, in either case, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, (ii) provides evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent of its compliance with Section 313 of The USA Patriot
Certification Act, (iii) is organized under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof or is organized under the laws of any country which is a member of
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and (iv) has a
combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $250,000,000 (or the
U.S. Dollar equivalent in any other currency); provided that, unless an Event of
Default under Section 7.1(a) shall have occurred and be continuing or all or any
portion of the Obligations have been accelerated, no Person shall be deemed to
be an "Eligible Assignee" unless such Person shall also be an institution
entitled to receive (provided all forms, if any, are delivered to the extent
required by Section 2.11(e)), upon the effective date of an assignment in
accordance with Section 10.3, all payments under this Agreement without
deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes.

         "Environment" or "Environmental" shall have the meanings set forth in
42 U.S.C. Section 9601(8) (1988).

         "Environmental Claim" means any third party (including Governmental
Authorities) action, lawsuit, claim, regulatory action or proceeding, order,
decree, consent agreement or notice of potential or actual responsibility or
violation which seeks to impose liability under any Environmental Law.

         "Environmental Law" means all Legal Requirements applicable to the
assets or operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to, or
in connection with, the protection of the Environment, including, without
limitation, CERCLA, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (as
applicable), relating to (a) pollution, contamination, injury, destruction,
loss, protection, cleanup, reclamation or restoration of the air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata, or other natural resources; (b)
solid, gaseous or liquid waste generation, treatment, processing, recycling,
reclamation, cleanup, storage, disposal

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or transportation; (c) exposure to pollutants, contaminants, hazardous, or toxic
substances, materials or wastes; or (d) the manufacture, processing, handling,
transportation, distribution in commerce, use, storage or disposal of hazardous,
or toxic substances, materials or wastes.

         "Environmental Permit" means any permit, license, order, approval or
other authorization under any Environmental Law.

         "EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any
successor thereto.

         "Equity Issuance" means any issuance of equity securities (including
any preferred equity securities) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
other than equity securities issued (a) to the Borrower or one of its
Subsidiaries, (b) to BWICO, so long as BWICO is a wholly-owned direct Subsidiary
of McDermott and McDermott is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of MII, (c) to
McDermott, if the Borrower is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of McDermott and
McDermott is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of MII, or (d) pursuant to employee or
director and officer stock option plans in the ordinary course of business.

         "Equity Issuance Proceeds" means, with respect to any Equity Issuance,
all cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries from such Equity Issuance after payment of, or provision for, all
brokerage commissions and other reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses
actually incurred.

         "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time-to-time.

         "Eurocurrency Liabilities" has the meaning assigned to that term in
Regulation D.

         "Eurodollar Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on the
Eurodollar Rate.

         "Eurodollar Rate" means, with respect to a Eurodollar Loan for the
relevant Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if not an integral
multiple of 1/100 of 1%, to the nearest 1/100 of 1% per annum) appearing on
Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor page) as the London interbank offered rate
for deposits in Dollars as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, and having a maturity equal
to such Interest Period, provided that (a) if for any reason the rate does not
appear on Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor page), the applicable Eurodollar
Rate for the relevant Interest Period shall instead be the applicable British
Bankers' Association Interest Settlement Rate (rounded upward, if not an
integral multiple of 1/100 of 1%, to the nearest 1/100 of 1% per annum) for
deposits in Dollars as reported by any other generally recognized financial
information service selected by the Administrative Agent as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period,
and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period, and (b) if no such British
Bankers' Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars is
available to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Eurodollar Rate for the
relevant Interest Period shall instead be the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the rate at which CLNY or one of its Affiliate banks
offers to place deposits in Dollars with prime banks in the London interbank
market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
first

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day of such Interest Period, in the approximate amount of CLNY's relevant
Eurodollar Loan and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period.

         "Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage" of any Lender for the Interest
Period for any Eurodollar Loan means the reserve percentage applicable during
such Interest Period (or if more than one such percentage shall be so
applicable, the daily average of such percentages for those days in such
Interest Period during which any such percentage shall be so applicable) under
regulations issued from time-to-time by the Federal Reserve Board for
determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for such Lender
with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities having a term equal to such Interest Period.

         "Events of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

         "Existing Credit Agreement" means the Omnibus Credit Agreement dated as
of February 10, 2003 among the Borrower, J. Ray McDermott, S.A., J. Ray
McDermott Holdings, Inc., and J. Ray McDermott, Inc., as borrowers, MII, as
guarantor, the lenders named therein, and the agents and issuing lenders named
therein.

         "Existing Letters of Credit" means the letters of credit set forth on
the attached Schedule 1.2 issued pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement.

         "Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, a fluctuating
interest rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight
Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged
by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any
day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately
11:00 a.m. (New York time) on such day on such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.

         "Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System or any of its successors.

         "Financial Contract" of a Person means (a) any exchange-traded or
over-the-counter futures, forward, swap or option contract or other financial
instrument with similar characteristics or (b) any Rate Hedging Agreement.

         "Financial Contract Obligations" of a Person means any and all
obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and
whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals,
extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) any
and all Financial Contracts to which such Person is a party or is otherwise
bound, and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or
assignments of any Financial Contract to which such Person is a party or is
otherwise bound.

         "Financial Statements" means the audited consolidated balance sheet of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2001 and as at
December 31, 2002, and the related audited consolidated statements of income,
cash flow, and retained earnings of the

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Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal years then ended and
referred to in Section 4.5, copies of which have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

         "Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" has the meaning set forth in Section
6.15.

         "Fund," "Trust Fund," or "Superfund" means the Hazardous Substance
Response Trust Fund, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 9631 (1988) and
the Post-closure Liability Trust Fund, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section
9641 (1988), which statutory provisions have been amended or repealed by the
Superfunds Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and the "Fund," "Trust
Fund," or "Superfund" that are now maintained pursuant to Section 9507 of the
Code.

         "Funded Debt" means all Debt of the types described in clauses (a),
(b), (d), and (h) of the definition of "Debt".

         "GAAP" means with respect to any financial statements of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries, or calculations related to such financial statements
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, United States generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time-to-time applied on a basis
consistent with the requirements of Section 1.3.

         "Governmental Authority" means, any foreign, supranational, national,
state or provincial governmental authority (or any political subdivision
thereof), any governmental or regulatory agency, department, commission, board,
bureau, authority or instrumentality lawfully entitled to exercise any
executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or
power or any government court, in each case, having jurisdiction over such
Person or such Person's Property in connection with such subject.

         "Governmental Proceedings" means any action or proceedings by or before
any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the promulgation,
enactment or entry of any Legal Requirement.

         "Guarantors" means (a) BWXT Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
BWXT Federal Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and (b) each Subsidiary of
the Borrower that becomes a guarantor of all or a portion of the Obligations and
which has entered into a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of the
attached Exhibit D.

         "Hazardous Substance" means the substances identified as such pursuant
to CERCLA and those regulated under any other Environmental Law, including
without limitation pollutants, contaminants, petroleum, petroleum products,
radionuclides, radioactive materials, and medical and infectious waste.

         "Hazardous Waste" means the substances regulated as such pursuant to
any Environmental Law.

         "Immaterial Subsidiaries" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(f).

         "Insurance Policies" includes all insurance policies (and all rights
under such insurance policies) required to be obtained pursuant to Section
5.2(a).

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         "Intercompany Debt" means all Debt owing by any Credit Party to any
other Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

         "Interest Period" means, for each Eurodollar Loan, the period
commencing on the date of such Eurodollar Loan or the date of the Conversion of
any existing Base Rate Loan into such Eurodollar Loan and ending on the last day
of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and
Section 2.2 and, thereafter, each subsequent period commencing on the last day
of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the
period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and Section
2.2. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be one, two, three, or six
months (or such other period that is acceptable to the Lenders), in each case as
the Borrower may select; provided, however, that:

         (a) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Loans by each
Lender comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be of the same duration;

         (b) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur
on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall
be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, provided that if such
extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next
following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on
the next preceding Business Day;

         (c) any Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day
in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of the calendar month in which it would have ended if there were a
numerically corresponding day in such calendar month;

         (d) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period for any Loan which
ends after the Maturity Date; and

         (e) at the Administrative Agent's sole discretion, the Borrower may not
select any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loan longer than one month until
the satisfactory completion of the syndication of this Agreement by the
Arranger.

         "Interim Financial Statements" means the unaudited balance sheet of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries dated September 30, 2003, and the
related unaudited statements of income, cash flow, and retained earnings of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the nine months then ended and
referred to in Section 4.5, copies of which have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

         "Investment" of any Person means (a) any loan, advance (other than
commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees, drawing
accounts and similar expenditures or prepayments or deposits made in the
ordinary course of business) or extension of credit that constitutes Debt of the
Person to whom it is extended or contribution of capital by such Person; (b) the
making of any Acquisition by such Person; (c) stocks, bonds, mutual funds,
partnership interests, promissory notes (including structured promissory notes),
debentures or other securities owned by such Person; and (d) any deposit
accounts and certificates of deposit owned by such Person; provided, however,
that "Investments" shall not include capital expenditures of such Person
determined in accordance with GAAP.

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         "Issuing Lender" means CLNY, Scotiabank and any successor Issuing
Lender[s] pursuant to Section 9.12, and "Issuing Lenders" shall mean all such
issuing lenders collectively.

         "Joint Venture" shall mean each Person listed on Schedule 1.1 hereto,
as such schedule may be supplemented from time to time to add additional Persons
thereto (but in no event shall the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other
direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower be considered a
"Joint Venture"); provided that, (a) any such additional Person is organized for
the purpose of (i) performing work for the United States of America and its
agencies or for any other governments or those government's agencies or (ii)
working as a subcontractor to a prime contractor or other subcontractor
performing work described in the preceding clause (i), and (b) the Investment by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Person shall otherwise be
permitted by this Agreement.

         "Legal Requirement" means, as to any Person, any law, statute,
ordinance, decree, award, requirement, order, writ, judgment, injunction, rule,
regulation (or official interpretation of any of the foregoing) of, and the
terms of any license or permit issued by, any Governmental Authority which is
binding on such Person.

         "Lenders" means the lenders listed on the signature pages of this
Agreement and each Purchaser that shall become a party to this Agreement
pursuant to Article X.

         "Letter of Credit" means (a) standby letters of credit and (b) if the
applicable Issuing Lender in its sole reasonable discretion determines that it
is able to issue bank guaranties, bank guaranties which guarantee obligations
which are not covered by Letters of Credit, in each case issued under the
Commitments and subject to this Agreement and shall expressly include the
Existing Letters of Credit which are described in Parts A and B of Schedule 1.2
(which Existing Letters of Credit under Parts A and B of such Schedule 1.2
shall, as of the Closing Date, be deemed issued pursuant to the Commitments and
shall constitute a portion of the Letter of Credit Exposure).

         "Letter of Credit Documents" means, with respect to any Letter of
Credit, such Letter of Credit and any agreements, documents, and instruments
entered into to document such Letter of Credit or presented to the applicable
Issuing Lender in order to effectuate payment under such Letter of Credit.

         "Letter of Credit Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate undrawn maximum face amount of each Letter of Credit at such time and
(b) the aggregate unpaid amount of all Reimbursement Obligations owing with
respect to such Letters of Credit at such time minus the amount of any cash
collateral held by the Administrative Agent in the Cash Collateral Account at
such time.

         "Letter of Credit Obligations" means any obligations of the Borrower
under this Agreement in connection with the Letters of Credit.

         "Level I, Level II, and Level III", and individually, a "Level", shall
mean the level determined by the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the
immediately preceding fiscal quarter:

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                     Level                        Leverage Ratio
                    Level I                           <1.00
                   Level II                   > than = 1.00 and < 1.50
                   Level III                       > than = 1.50

         For purposes of calculating the Applicable Margin, the Level (a) shall
be deemed to be Level II from the date of this Agreement until the date
("Initial Margin Date") that is the earlier of (i) the date the Compliance
Certificate for the December 31, 2003 financial statements is received by the
Administrative Agent, and (ii) the date such Compliance Certificate is required
to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, and (b) shall thereafter be
determined from the financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
most recently delivered pursuant to Section 5.5 and certified to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the Compliance Certificate required to
be delivered by the Borrower in connection with such financial statements
pursuant to Section 5.5(d), with any such changes in the Applicable Margin
occurring after the Initial Margin Date being effective as of the earlier of (i)
the date the applicable Compliance Certificate is received by the Administrative
Agent and (ii) the date the applicable Compliance Certificate is required to be
delivered. If at any time the Company fails to deliver such financial statements
and Compliance Certificate after the Initial Margin Date within the times
specified in Section 5.5, the Level shall be deemed to be Level III until the
Borrower delivers such financial statements and the related Compliance
Certificate to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

         "Leverage Ratio" means, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Debt as of such fiscal quarter end to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for
the four fiscal quarter period then ended.

         "Lien" means any mortgage, lien (statutory or other), pledge,
assignment, charge, deed of trust, security interest, hypothecation, preference,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, priority or other security arrangement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever to secure or provide
for the payment of any obligation of any Person, whether arising by contract,
operation of law or otherwise (including, without limitation, the interest of a
vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, synthetic lease,
Capitalized Lease or other title retention agreement having substantially the
same economic effect as the foregoing).

         "Loan" means a loan by a Lender to the Borrower as part of a Borrowing
and refers to a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

         "Material Adverse Change" shall mean (a) a material adverse change
since September 30, 2003 in the business, Property, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, (b) the occurrence and continuance of any event or circumstance
which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any
Credit Party's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, any Note
or any other Credit Document to which it is a party, or (c) a material adverse
effect on the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party of any of the
Credit Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders thereunder.

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         "Material Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that (a) has
assets that constitute more than 5% of the combined GAAP value of the assets of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, inclusive of the subject Subsidiary, on a
consolidated basis at such time, (b) has contributed more than 5% of the
Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower during any historical four-fiscal quarter
period, or (c) would, with respect to any new Person acquired by the Borrower,
contribute more than 5% of the Consolidated EBITDA on a pro forma basis for the
four-fiscal quarter period then ended, and "Material Subsidiaries" means all
such Subsidiaries collectively.

         "Maturity Date" means the earlier of (i) December 9, 2006 and (ii) the
earlier termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.4 or
Article VII.

         "Maximum Rate" means the maximum nonusurious interest rate under all
applicable laws (determined under such laws after giving effect to any items
which are required by such laws to be construed as interest in making such
determination, including without limitation if required by such laws, certain
fees and other costs).

         "McDermott" means McDermott Incorporated, a Delaware corporation.

         "MII" means McDermott International, Inc., a Panamanian corporation.

         "MII Subordinated Loan" means the $25,000,000 subordinated loan made by
MII to the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Loan Agreement
dated as of February 10, 2003 between MII and the Borrower.

         "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any successor
thereto that is a national credit rating organization.

         "Multiemployer Plan" means an employee benefit plan maintained pursuant
to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement to which the
Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group is a party to which more than one
employer (other than the Borrower and the other members of the Controlled Group)
is obligated to make contributions.

         "National Priority List" means the list compiled by the EPA of sites
with uncontrolled Hazardous Substance Releases deemed by EPA to be priorities
for further evaluation and cleanup based on the severity of hazards associated
with those Releases.

         "Net Cash Proceeds" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, all cash and
Cash Equivalents received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from such
Asset Sale after payment of, or provision for, all taxes, commissions and other
reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses actually incurred.

         "Net Mark-to-Market Exposure" of a Person means, as of any date of
determination, the aggregate net obligations of such Person under its Financial
Contracts in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the termination value of any such
Financial Contract that has terminated and (ii) the marked-to-market value of
any such Financial Contract that has not terminated, determined on the basis of
readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Financial
Contract.

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         "Non-Recourse Debt" means Debt incurred in connection with the
financing of an operating or construction project which will be serviced solely
through the revenues of the project being financed and the obligees of which
will have recourse for such Debt solely against such revenues, the assets
comprising such project and, if applicable, a Joint Venture; provided that,
"Non-Recourse Debt" shall in no event include any such Debt which has recourse
to the Borrower or any other Credit Party or any of their respective assets or
revenues.

         "Note" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of
any Lender, in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit E, evidencing
indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from Loans owing to such
Lender.

         "Notice of Borrowing" means a notice of borrowing in the form of the
attached Exhibit F signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.

         "Notice of Conversion or Continuation" means a notice of conversion or
continuation in the form of the attached Exhibit G signed by an Authorized
Officer of the Borrower.

         "Obligations" means all unpaid principal of the Loans, unpaid interest
on the Loans, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements,
indemnities and other obligations and amounts payable by the Credit Parties to
the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Credit Documents.

         "Off-Balance Sheet Liability" of a Person means (a) any repurchase
obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes
receivable sold by such Person, (b) Synthetic Lease Obligations, (c) any
obligations owing in respect of surety bonds or similar instruments, or (d) any
obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional
equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a
liability on the balance sheets of such Person (but, for the avoidance of doubt,
excluding any Operating Leases).

         "Operating Lease" of a Person means any lease of Property (other than a
Capitalized Lease or an Off-Balance Sheet Liability) by such Person as lessee.

         "Participants" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).

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

         "Permitted Liens" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

         "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability
partnership, limited liability company, corporation (including a business
trust), joint stock company, enterprise, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or
agency, department or instrumentality thereof or any trustee, receiver,
custodian or similar official.

         "Plan" means an employee benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding
standards under Section 412 of

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the Code as to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group may have
any liability.

         "Preferred Interests" means, as applied to any Person, shares or other
ownership interests of such Person which shall be entitled to preference or
priority over any other shares or other ownership interests of such Person in
respect of either the payment of dividends or distributions, as applicable, or
the distribution of assets upon liquidation.

         "Price-Anderson Act" means The Price-Anderson Act set forth in 42
U.S.C. Section 2210.

         "Prime Rate" means a fluctuating rate of interest per annum as shall be
in effect from time-to-time equal to the prime rate of interest publicly
announced by the Administrative Agent from time to time as its prime rate,
whether or not the Borrower has notice thereof, when and as said prime rate
changes.

         "Property" of any Person means any interest of such Person in any
property or asset (whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible).

         "Pro Rata Share" means, at any time with respect to any Lender, (a)
before the Commitments terminate, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such
Lender's Commitments at such time to the aggregate Commitments at such time, and
(b) thereafter, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender's aggregate
outstanding Loans and aggregate outstanding participation interest in the Letter
of Credit Exposure at such time to the aggregate outstanding Loans of all the
Lenders and Letter of Credit Exposure at such time.

         "Purchaser" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(a).

         "Quarterly Report Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(b).

         "Rate Hedging Agreement" means an agreement, device or arrangement
providing for payments which are related to fluctuations of interest rates,
exchange rates or forward rates, including, but not limited to,
dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward
currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements,
forward rate currency or interest rate options, puts or warrants.

         "Regulations T, U, X and D" means, respectively, Regulations T, U, X,
and D of the Federal Reserve Board, in each case as the same is from
time-to-time in effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder
or thereof.

         "Reimbursement Obligations" means all of the payment obligations of the
Borrower set forth in Section 2.15(c).

         "Release" shall have the meaning set forth in CERCLA or under any other
Environmental Law.

         "Reportable Event" means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043
of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section.

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         "Required Lenders" means, at any time, (a) before the Commitments
terminate, Lenders holding at least 66.7% of the then aggregate Commitments and
(b) thereafter, Lenders having at least 66.7% of the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Loans and participation interests in the Letter of Credit Exposure
at such time.

         "Response" shall have the meaning set forth in CERCLA or under any
other Environmental Law.

         "Responsible Officer" means, the Chief Executive Officer, President,
Chief Financial Officer, Controller, Treasurer or Secretary of the Borrower.

         "Restricted Payment" means (a) the declaration or making by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any dividends or other distributions (in
cash, property, or otherwise) on, or any payment for the purchase, redemption or
other acquisition of, any shares of any Capital Stock of such Person, other than
dividends payable in such Person's Capital Stock, (b) the making by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries of any direct or indirect payment (scheduled or
otherwise) in respect of the principal of any Subordinated Debt, and (c) any
defeasance or covenant defeasance, purchase, redemption, retirement or other
acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of
Subordinated Debt of such Person.

         "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Rating Agency Group, a division of McGraw
Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto that is a national credit rating
organization.

         "Scotiabank" means The Bank of Nova Scotia.

         "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any successor
thereto.

         "Secured Parties" means the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

         "Settlement Agreement" means the proposed Settlement Agreement by and
among MII, McDermott, BWICO, The Babcock and Wilcox Company, Diamond Power
International, Inc., Americon, Inc., Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., Inc.,
the Asbestos Claimants Committee, the Legal Representative for Future
Asbestos-Related Claimants, the Asbestos PI Trust, the Asbestos PD Trust, and
the Apollo/Parks Township Trust (as such terms are described therein), which
Settlement Agreement has been filed in connection with the Third Amended and
Restated Joint Plan of Reorganization filed in the Chapter 11 Proceedings
involving The Babcock and Wilcox Company.

         "Subordinated Debt" means any Debt of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries that is subordinated to their respective obligations under the
Credit Documents.

         "Subsidiary" of a Person means any corporation, association,
partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding
shares of Capital Stock (or other equivalent interests) having by the terms
thereof ordinary voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority
of the board of directors or Persons performing similar functions (or, if there
are no such directors or Persons, having general voting power) of such entity
(irrespective of whether at the time Capital Stock (or other equivalent
interests) of any other class or classes of such entity shall or might have
voting power upon the occurrence of any

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contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such
Person, by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person; provided, however, that the term "Subsidiary"
shall not include any now or hereafter existing Joint Venture.

         "Synthetic Lease Obligations" means an arrangement treated as an
operating lease for financial accounting purposes and a financing lease for tax
purposes.

         "Tax Group" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.

         "Taxes" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(a).

         "Termination Event" means (a) the occurrence of a Reportable Event with
respect to a Plan, as described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations
issued thereunder (other than a Reportable Event not subject to the provision
for 30-day notice to the PBGC under such regulations), (b) the withdrawal of any
Credit Party or any of its Affiliates from a Plan during a plan year in which it
was a "substantial employer" as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the
giving of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA,
(d) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC, or (e) any
other event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA
for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan.

         "Total Capitalization" shall mean, at any time, the sum of Consolidated
Funded Debt at such time and Consolidated Net Worth at such time.

         "Transferee" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.

         "Type" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4.

         Section 1.2 Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each
means "to but excluding".

         Section 1.3 Accounting Terms.

         (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms
used herein shall be interpreted, as of any time, using GAAP accounting policies
and practices and financial reference periods that are in effect as of the end
of the period covered by the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant
to Section 5.5 as of such time.

         (b) Any calculation made at any time for the purposes of determining
compliance with Sections 6.14 through 6.16 of this Agreement shall be adjusted
to reflect the basis upon which the most recent financial statements delivered
pursuant to Section 5.5 as of such time were prepared.

         (c) In addition, all calculations and defined accounting terms used
herein shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, when referring to any Person,
refer to such Person on a consolidated basis and mean such Person and its
consolidated subsidiaries.

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         Section 1.4 Types of Loans. Loans are distinguished by "Type". The
"Type" of a Loan refers to the determination whether such Loan is a Eurodollar
Loan or a Base Rate Loan, each of which constitutes a Type.

         Section 1.5 Miscellaneous. Article, Section, Schedule and Exhibit
references are to Articles and Sections of and Schedules and Exhibits to this
Agreement, unless otherwise specified. All references to instruments, documents,
contracts, and agreements are references to such instruments, documents,
contracts, and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented, and
otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                    THE LOANS

         Section 2.1 The Loans.

         (a) Loans Generally. Each Lender having a Commitment severally agrees,
on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make Loans to the
Borrower in Dollars from time-to-time on any Business Day during the period from
the Closing Date until the last Business Day before the Maturity Date; provided
that, (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans
plus (B) the Letter of Credit Exposure may not exceed at any time the aggregate
amount of the Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of such Loans
may not exceed $100,000,000. Each Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount not
less than $1,000,000.00 and in integral multiples of $500,000.00 in excess
thereof and shall consist of Loans of the same Type made on the same day by the
Lenders ratably according to their respective Commitments. Within the limits of
each Lender's Commitment, the Borrower may from time-to-time borrow, prepay
pursuant to Section 2.7(b) and reborrow under this Section 2.1(a).

         (b) Optional Increase in Commitments. At any time on or before the
six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower may, at its option and
subject to the conditions described in this Section, increase the aggregate
Commitments by adding to this Agreement one or more commercial banks or other
financial institutions (who shall, upon completion of the requirements stated in
this Section 2.1(b), constitute Lenders hereunder), or by allowing one or more
Lenders to increase their Commitments hereunder, so that such added and
increased Commitments shall equal the increase in aggregate Commitments
effectuated pursuant to this Section 2.1(b); provided that, without the consent
of all the Lenders, no increase in aggregate Commitments pursuant to this
Section 2.1(b) shall result in the aggregate Commitments exceeding $150,000,000
less the aggregate amount of reductions, if any, made pursuant to Section 2.4;
provided further that, no Lender's Commitment amount shall be increased without
the consent of such Lender. The Borrower may exercise its option to so increase
the aggregate Commitments only if the following conditions are satisfied:

                  (i) no Default or Event of Default exists hereunder, and the
         Borrower shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent
         from a Responsible Officer stating that no Default or Event of Default
         exists;

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                  (ii) the representations and warranties of the Credit Parties
         contained in Article IV shall be true and correct except to the extent
         any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an
         earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall have
         been true and correct on such earlier date;

                  (iii) the Guarantors shall have consented to such increase in
         writing; and

                  (iv) at any Lender's request the Borrower shall execute a new
         Note evidencing the increased Commitments of such Lender.

The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent ten Business Days' notice of
the Borrower's intention to increase the aggregate Commitments pursuant to this
Section 2.1(b). Such notice shall specify each new commercial bank or other
financial institution (which in any case shall be an Eligible Assignee), if any,
the changes in amounts of Commitments that will result, and such other
information as is reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. Each new
commercial bank or other financial institution, and each Lender agreeing to
increase its Commitment, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a
Commitment Increase Agreement. Upon execution and delivery of such Commitment
Increase Agreement and any additional Notes contemplated thereby, such new
commercial bank or other financial institution shall constitute a "Lender"
hereunder with a Commitment as specified therein, or such Lender's Commitment
shall increase as specified therein, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, after giving effect to this Section, the terms and conditions hereof
shall remain substantially the same as on the Closing Date.

         Section 2.2 Method of Borrowing.

         (a) Notice. Each Borrowing shall be made pursuant to a Notice of
Borrowing, given not later than (i) if the Borrowing is comprised of Eurodollar
Loans, 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the third Business Day before the requested
Borrowing Date and (ii) if the Borrowing is comprised of Base Rate Loans, 12:00
noon (New York time) on the requested Borrowing Date, in each case to the
Administrative Agent's Applicable Lending Office. The Administrative Agent shall
give to each Lender prompt notice on the day of receipt of a timely Notice of
Borrowing. The Notice of Borrowing shall be in writing specifying (A) the
Borrowing Date (which shall be a Business Day), (B) the requested Type of Loans
comprising such Borrowing, (C) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing, and (D)
if such Borrowing is to be comprised of Eurodollar Loans, the requested Interest
Period. In the case of a requested Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the applicable
interest rate under Section 2.6(b). Each Lender shall make available its Pro
Rata Share of such Borrowing before 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Borrowing
Date in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at its
Applicable Lending Office or such other location as the Administrative Agent may
specify by notice to the Lenders. After the Administrative Agent's receipt of
such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III, the Administrative Agent will promptly make such funds available to
the Borrower not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) at such account as the
Borrower shall specify in writing to the Administrative Agent.

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         (b) Conversions and Continuations. In order to elect to Convert or
Continue the Loans under this Section, the Borrower shall deliver an irrevocable
Notice of Conversion or Continuation to the Administrative Agent at its
Applicable Lending Office no later than (i) 11:00 a.m. (New York time) at least
one Business Day in advance of such requested Conversion date in the case of a
Conversion of a Eurodollar Loan to a Base Rate Loan or (ii) 11:00 a.m. (New York
time) at least three Business Days in advance of such requested Conversion date
in the case of a Conversion of a Base Rate Loan into a Eurodollar Loan or in the
case of a Continuation of a Eurodollar Loan. Each such Notice of Conversion or
Continuation shall be in writing or by telecopier, electronic mail, or
telephone, confirmed promptly in writing specifying (A) the requested Conversion
or Continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), (B) the amount and Type of
the Loan to be Converted or Continued, (C) whether a Conversion or Continuation
is requested, and if a Conversion, into what Type of Loan, and (D) in the case
of a Conversion to, or a Continuation of, a Eurodollar Loan, the requested
Interest Period. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion or
Continuation under this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall provide each
Lender with a copy thereof and, in the case of a Conversion to or a Continuation
of a Eurodollar Loan, notify each Lender of the interest rate under Section
2.6(b). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Conversions
of Eurodollar Loans may only be made at the end of the applicable Interest
Period for such Loans; provided, however, that Conversions of Base Rate Loans
may be made at any time.

         (c) Certain Limitations. Notwithstanding anything in paragraphs (a) and
(b) above:

                  (i) at no time shall there be more than five Interest Periods
         applicable to outstanding Eurodollar Loans;

                  (ii) (A) if any Lender shall, at least one Business Day before
         the date of any requested Borrowing, notify the Administrative Agent
         that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of
         any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or that any central bank or
         other Governmental Authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such
         Lender or any of its Applicable Lending Offices to perform its
         obligations under this Agreement to make Eurodollar Loans, or to fund
         or maintain Eurodollar Loans, the right of the Borrower to select
         Eurodollar Loans from such Lender for such Borrowing or for any
         subsequent Borrowing shall be suspended until such Lender shall notify
         the Administrative Agent that the circumstances causing such suspension
         no longer exist, and such Lender's Loan for such Borrowing shall be a
         Base Rate Loan and (B) such Lender agrees to use commercially
         reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and legal and
         regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable Lending
         Office if the making of such designation would avoid the effect of this
         paragraph and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be
         otherwise materially disadvantageous to such Lender;

                  (iii) if the Administrative Agent is unable to determine the
         Eurodollar Rate for any requested Borrowing and the Administrative
         Agent gives telephonic or telecopy notice thereof to the Borrower as
         soon as practicable, the right of the Borrower to select Eurodollar
         Loans for such requested Borrowing or for any subsequent Borrowing and
         the obligation of the Lenders to make such Eurodollar Loans shall be
         suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and
         the Lenders that the circumstances

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         causing such suspension no longer exist, and each Loan comprising such
         Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Loan;

                  (iv)(A) if the Required Lenders shall, by 11:00 a.m. (New York
         time) at least one Business Day before the date of any requested
         Borrowing, notify the Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar Rate
         will not adequately reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or
         funding their respective Eurodollar Loans and the Administrative Agent
         gives telephonic or telecopy notice thereof to the Borrower as soon as
         practicable, the right of the Borrower to select Eurodollar Loans for
         such Borrowing or for any subsequent Borrowing and the obligation of
         the Lenders to make Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended until the
         Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the
         circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and each Loan
         comprising such Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Loan, and (B) each
         Lender agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts (consistent with
         its internal policies and legal and regulatory restrictions) to
         designate a different Applicable Lending Office if the making of such
         designation would avoid the effect of this paragraph and would not, in
         the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise materially
         disadvantageous to such Lender;

                  (v) if the Borrower shall fail to select the duration or
         Continuation of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loans in
         accordance with the provisions contained in the definition of "Interest
         Period" in Section 1.1 and paragraphs (a) and (b) above or shall fail
         to deliver a Notice of Conversion or Continuation or to specify the
         Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan in a Notice of Conversion or
         Continuation, the Administrative Agent will forthwith so notify the
         Borrower and the Lenders and such Loans will be made available to the
         Borrower on the date of such Borrowing and will have an Interest Period
         of one month; and

                  (vi) no Loan may be Converted or Continued as a Eurodollar
         Loan at any time when a Default has occurred and is continuing.

         (d) Notices Irrevocable. The Notice of Borrowing and each Notice of
Conversion or Continuation delivered by the Borrower shall be irrevocable and
binding on the Borrower. In the case of the initial Borrowing or any Borrowing
for which the related Notice of Conversion or Continuation specifies is to be
comprised of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against
any loss, out-of-pocket cost or expense actually incurred by such Lender as a
result of any failure on the part of the Borrower to fulfill on or before the
Borrowing Date or the date specified in such Notice of Conversion or
Continuation for such Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article
III, including, without limitation, any loss, cost or expense actually incurred
by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired
by such Lender to fund the Loan to be made by such Lender as part of such
Borrowing when such Loan, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.

         (e) Administrative Agent Reliance. Unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from a Lender before the Borrowing Date that such
Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender's Pro
Rata Share of the Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made its Pro Rata Share of such

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Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent on the Borrowing Date in
accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section 2.2 and the Administrative Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on the
Borrowing Date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender
shall not have so made its Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on
demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the daily
average Federal Funds Effective Rate for the period until such Lender makes such
amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. If such Lender shall
repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount and interest as
provided above, such corresponding amount so repaid shall constitute such
Lender's Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement even
though not made on the same day as the other Loans comprising such Borrowing. If
such Lender's Loan as part of such Borrowing is not made available by such
Lender within three Business Days of the Borrowing Date, the Borrower shall
repay such Lender's share of such Borrowing (together with interest thereon at
the interest rate applicable during such period to Loans comprising such
Borrowing) to the Administrative Agent not later than three Business Days after
receipt of written notice from the Administrative Agent specifying such Lender's
share of such Borrowing that was not made available to the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be
made by it as part of the Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligation, if any, to make its Loan on the Borrowing Date.

         (f) Lender Obligations Several. No Lender shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on
the Borrowing Date.

         (g) Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness.

                  (i) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual
         practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the
         Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Loan made by such Lender
         from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest
         payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

                  (ii) The Administrative Agent shall also maintain accounts in
         which it will record (A) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the
         Type thereof and the Interest Period with respect thereto, (B) the
         amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due
         and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder, and (C) the
         amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from
         the Borrower and each Lender's share thereof.

                  (iii) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained
         pursuant to paragraphs (i) and (ii) above shall be prima facie evidence
         of the existence and amounts of the Obligations therein recorded;
         provided, however, that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any
         Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any
         manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Obligations
         in accordance with their terms.

                  (iv) Any Lender may request that the Loan owing to such Lender
         be evidenced by a Note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare,
         execute and deliver to such Lender

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         such Note payable to the order of such Lender. Thereafter, the Loans
         evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times
         (including after any assignment pursuant to Section 10.3) be
         represented by one or more Notes payable to the order of the payee
         named therein or any assignee pursuant to Section 10.3, except to the
         extent that any such Lender or assignee subsequently returns any such
         Note for cancellation and requests that such Loans once again be
         evidenced as described in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.

         Section 2.3 Fees.

         (a) Commitment Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Lender having a Commitment a commitment fee on the
average daily amount by which such Lender's Commitment exceeds the sum of (i)
the aggregate principal amount of such Lender's outstanding Loans and (ii) its
participation share of the Letter of Credit Exposure, from the Closing Date
until the Maturity Date at a per annum rate of .50%. The fees payable pursuant
to this clause (a) are due quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each
March, June, September and December commencing with December 31, 2003 and on the
Maturity Date.

         (b) Agent's Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent the agent's fees as separately agreed upon by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent in the letter agreement dated August 19, 2003 from CLNY to
the Borrower on the dates required by such letter.

         (c) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the
Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of each Lender with respect to
each Letter of Credit, a letter of credit fee at a per annum rate equal to the
Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans in effect from time to time; provided
that, after the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default under Section
7.1(a), the applicable fee rate on such Letters of Credit shall be the
Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans plus 2% per annum and (ii) to such
Issuing Lender, a fee for each Letter of Credit issued for its account of 0.125%
per annum. Each such fee shall be based on the maximum amount available to be
drawn under such Letter of Credit from the date of issuance of the Letter of
Credit until its expiration date (or, if earlier, the date such Letter of Credit
is cancelled or otherwise terminated) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears
on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December until its
expiration date and on such expiration date. In addition, the Borrower agrees to
pay to the Issuing Lenders all customary administrative and other transaction
costs and fees charged by the Issuing Lenders in connection with the issuance,
amendment, payment and negotiation of a Letter of Credit, such costs and fees to
be due and payable on the date specified by the applicable Issuing Lender in the
invoice for such costs and fees.

         Section 2.4 Reduction of the Commitments.

         (a) Optional. The Borrower shall have the right, upon at least five
days' irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate in whole or
reduce ratably in part the unused portion of the Commitments; provided that each
partial reduction of Commitments shall be in the minimum aggregate amount of
$1,000,000.00 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000.00 in excess thereof (or
such lesser amount as may then be outstanding); and provided further that the

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aggregate amount of the Commitments may not be reduced below the sum of the
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Loans plus the Letter of Credit
Exposure.

         (b) Generally. Any reduction or termination of the Commitments pursuant
to Section 2.4(a) shall be permanent, with no obligation of the Lenders to
reinstate such Commitments and the commitment fees provided for in Section
2.3(a) shall thereafter be computed on the basis of the Commitments as so
reduced. The Administrative Agent shall give each Lender prompt notice of any
commitment reduction or termination.

         Section 2.5 Repayment. The Borrower shall repay the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans on the Maturity Date.

         Section 2.6 Interest. The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each Loan made by each Lender to it from the date of such
Loan until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates
per annum:

         (a) Base Rate Loans. If such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, a rate per annum
equal at all times to the lesser of (i) the Alternate Base Rate in effect from
time-to-time plus the Applicable Margin and (ii) the Maximum Rate, payable in
arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and on the date such
Base Rate Loan shall be paid in full; provided that, any amount of principal,
interest or fees which is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration, or otherwise) shall bear interest from the date on which such
amount is due until such amount is paid in full, payable on demand, at a rate
per annum equal at all times to the lesser of (i) the Alternate Base Rate in
effect from time-to-time plus the Applicable Margin plus 2% and (ii) the Maximum
Rate.

         (b) Eurodollar Loans. If such Loan is a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per
annum equal at all times during the Interest Period for such Loan to the lesser
of (i) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin
in effect on each day of such Interest Period for Eurodollar Loans and (ii) the
Maximum Rate, payable on the last day of such Interest Period, and, in the case
of Interest Periods of greater than three months, on the Business Day which
occurs during such Interest Period three months from the first day of such
Interest Period; provided that, any amount of principal, interest or fees which
is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise)
shall bear interest from the date on which such amount is due until such amount
is paid in full, payable on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to
the lesser of (i) the rate required to be paid on such Loan immediately prior to
the occurrence of such Default plus 2% and (ii) the Maximum Rate. (c) Additional
Interest on Eurodollar Loans. The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, so long as
any such Lender shall be required under regulations of the Federal Reserve Board
to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or
including Eurocurrency Liabilities, additional interest on the unpaid principal
amount of each Eurodollar Loan of such Lender, from the effective date of such
Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at an interest rate per annum
equal at all times to the remainder obtained by subtracting (A) the Eurodollar
Rate for the Interest Period for such Loan from (B) the rate obtained by
dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurodollar
Rate Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such Interest Period, payable on each
date on which interest is payable on such

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Loan. Such additional interest payable to any Lender shall be determined by such
Lender and notified to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent (such
notice to include the calculation of such additional interest, which calculation
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error, and be accompanied by any
evidence indicating the need for such additional interest as the Borrower may
reasonably request).

         (d) Usury Recapture. In the event the rate of interest chargeable under
this Agreement or the Notes at any time (calculated after giving effect to all
items charged which constitute "interest" under applicable laws, including fees
and margin amounts, if applicable) is greater than the Maximum Rate, the unpaid
principal amount of the Loans shall bear interest at the Maximum Rate until the
total amount of interest paid or accrued on the Loans equals the amount of
interest which would have been paid or accrued on the Loans if the stated rates
of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect.

                  In the event, upon payment in full of the Loans, the total
amount of interest paid or accrued under the terms of this Agreement and the
Loans is less than the total amount of interest which would have been paid or
accrued if the rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had, at all times,
been in effect, then the Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, pay the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders an amount equal
to the difference between (i) the lesser of (A) the amount of interest which
would have been charged on its Loans if the Maximum Rate had, at all times, been
in effect and (B) the amount of interest which would have accrued on its Loans
if the rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in
effect and (ii) the amount of interest actually paid under this Agreement on its
Loans.

                  In the event the Lenders ever receive, collect or apply as
interest any sum in excess of the Maximum Rate, such excess amount shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of
the Loans, and if no such principal is then outstanding, such excess or part
thereof remaining shall be paid to the Borrower.

         Section 2.7 Prepayments.

         (a) Right to Prepay. The Borrower shall have no right to prepay any
principal amount of any Loan except as provided in this Section 2.7.

         (b) Optional. The Borrower may elect to prepay, in whole or in part,
any of the Loans owing by it to the Lenders, after giving prior written notice
of such election by (i) 11:00 a.m. (New York time) three Business Days before
such prepayment date in the case of Borrowings which are comprised of Eurodollar
Loans, and (ii) 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day of such
prepayment, in case of Borrowings which are comprised of Base Rate Loans, in
each case to the Administrative Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate
principal amount of such prepayment. If any such notice is given, the
Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to each Lender and the
Borrower shall prepay Loans comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or
ratably in part in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount specified
in such notice, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on
the principal amount prepaid and amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant
to Section 2.8 as a result of such prepayment being made on such date; provided,
however, that

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each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount not less than
$1,000,000.00 and in integral multiples of $500,000.00 in excess thereof (or
such lesser amount as may then be outstanding).

         (c) Mandatory.

                  (i) Deficiency. On any date on which the outstanding principal
         amount of the Loans plus the Letter of Credit Exposure exceeds the
         aggregate Commitments, the Borrower agrees to make a mandatory
         prepayment of the Loans, together with accrued interest to the date of
         such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid and amounts, if any,
         required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.8 as a result of such
         prepayment being made on such date, in the amount of such excess, or if
         the Loans have been repaid in full, make deposits into the Cash
         Collateral Account to provide cash collateral for the Letter of Credit
         Exposure.

                  (ii) Casualty Events. Following any Casualty Event in which
         the Casualty Proceeds with respect thereto could reasonably be expected
         to exceed U.S.$5,000,000, all such Casualty Proceeds payable to or
         received by the Credit Parties in respect of such Casualty Event shall,
         if not used to purchase a replacement asset or otherwise reinvested in
         the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries within 180 days of
         the date of the Casualty Event (or, if such Casualty Proceeds have not
         been received by such Credit Party by such 180th day, then on the date
         such Casualty Proceeds are received), be deposited with the
         Administrative Agent on the last day of such 180-day period (or, if
         such Casualty Proceeds have not been received by such Credit Party by
         such 180th day, then on the date such Casualty Proceeds are received)
         as security for the Obligations and the Administrative Agent shall
         apply the Casualty Proceeds to prepay the Loans, or if the Loans have
         been repaid in full and only if such Casualty Event shall, or could
         reasonably be expected to, materially interfere with or otherwise
         disrupt the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a
         whole), make deposits into the Cash Collateral Account to provide cash
         collateral for the Letter of Credit Exposure; provided that, in no
         event shall the Credit Parties be required to deposit any Casualty
         Proceeds in excess of the amount required to repay the Loans and cash
         collateralize the Letter of Credit Exposure; provided further that, if
         such Casualty Proceeds will be reinvested to rebuild or otherwise
         replace Property damaged by a Casualty Event and the cost (or any
         portion thereof) of such construction or replacement has not been
         invoiced to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as of the date such
         Casualty Proceeds are received, then the Borrower or such Subsidiary
         shall be permitted to, until such invoices are received and such
         amounts are to be paid, deposit such Casualty Proceeds into, and
         maintain such funds in, a segregated account so long as the Borrower or
         such Subsidiary shall, concurrently with such deposit, deliver to the
         Administrative Agent a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of
         the Borrower detailing both the proposed use of such Casualty Proceeds
         and the estimated timing of their application (with updated
         certificates to be sent periodically as necessary to update the
         Administrative Agent of any changes to such timing).

                  (iii) Debt Incurrence. The Borrower shall prepay the Loans by
         an amount equal to 100% of the Debt Incurrence Proceeds that the
         Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries receives from each Debt Incurrence
         occurring after the Closing Date within

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         30 days after the date of each such Debt Incurrence; provided that, in
         no event shall the Credit Parties be required to deposit any Debt
         Incurrence Proceeds in excess of the amount required to repay the
         Loans.

                  (iv) Equity Issuance. The Borrower shall prepay the Loans by
         an amount equal to 100% of the Equity Issuance Proceeds that the
         Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries receives from each Equity Issuance
         after the Closing Date within 30 days after the date of each such
         Equity Issuance; provided that, in no event shall the Credit Parties be
         required to deposit any Equity Issuance Proceeds in excess of the
         amount required to repay the Loans.

         (d) Application of Prepayments. Each prepayment pursuant to this
Section 2.7 shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid to
the date of such prepayment and amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to
Section 2.8 as a result of such prepayment being made on such date.

         (e) Illegality. If any Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation
of any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or that any central bank or other
Governmental Authority asserts that it is unlawful for such Lender or its
Applicable Lending Office to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to
make or maintain Eurodollar Loans then outstanding hereunder, the Borrower
shall, no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) (A) if not prohibited by law or
regulation to maintain such Eurodollar Loans for the duration of the Interest
Period, on the last day of the Interest Period for each outstanding Eurodollar
Loan or (B) if prohibited by law or regulation to maintain such Eurodollar Loans
for the duration of the Interest Period, on the second Business Day following
its receipt of such notice, (i) prepay all Eurodollar Loans of all of the
Lenders then outstanding, together with accrued interest on the principal amount
prepaid to the date of such prepayment and amounts, if any, required to be paid
pursuant to Section 2.8 as a result of such prepayment being made on such date,
(ii) each Lender shall simultaneously make a Base Rate Loan or, if not otherwise
prohibited, make an Eurodollar Loan in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the affected Eurodollar Loans, and (iii) the right of the
Borrower to select Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended until such Lender shall
notify Administrative Agent that the circumstances causing such suspension no
longer exist. Each Lender agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts
(consistent with its internal policies and subject to legal and regulatory
restrictions) to designate a different Applicable Lending Office if the making
of such designation would avoid the effect of this paragraph and would not, in
the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such
Lender.

         (f) Ratable Payments; Effect of Notice. Each prepayment pursuant to
this Section 2.7 or any other provision of this Agreement shall be made in a
manner such that all Loans comprising part of the same Borrowing are paid in
whole or ratably in part. All notices given pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall
be irrevocable and binding upon the Borrower.

         Section 2.8 Funding Losses. If (a) any payment of principal of any
Eurodollar Loan is made other than on the last day of the Interest Period for
such Loan as a result of any payment pursuant to Section 2.7 or the acceleration
of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Article VII or (b) the Borrower fails
to make a principal or interest payment with respect to any Eurodollar

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Loan on the date such payment is due and payable, the Borrower shall, within
three Business Days of any written demand sent by any Lender to the Borrower
through the Administrative Agent, pay to Administrative Agent for the account of
such Lender any amounts (without duplication of any other amounts payable in
respect of breakage costs) required to compensate such Lender for any additional
losses, out-of-pocket costs or expenses which it may reasonably incur as a
result of such payment or nonpayment, including, without limitation, any loss,
cost or expense actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment
of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such Loan.
Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the
Administrative Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its funding
losses for any Interest Period in which they accrue.

         Section 2.9 Increased Costs.

         (a) Eurodollar Loans. If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any
change (other than any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve
requirements included in the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage) in or in the
interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with any
guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
(whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the
cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining
Eurodollar Loans, then the Borrower shall from time-to-time pay within five
Business Days of demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the
Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender
additional amounts (without duplication of any other amounts payable in respect
of increased costs) sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased
cost; provided, however, that, before making any such demand, each Lender agrees
to use commercially reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and
subject to legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate a different
Applicable Lending Office if the making of such a designation would avoid the
need for, or reduce the amount of, such increased cost and would not, in the
reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender;
provided further that, prior to any such demand for payment and within 180 days
of obtaining knowledge of such increased costs, such Lender shall have submitted
to the Borrower a certificate indicating the amount of such increased costs and
detailing the calculation of such increased costs, such certificate to be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. The provisions
of this Section 2.7(a) shall not apply to any introduction, change or compliance
relating to taxes or similar governmental charges.

         (b) Capital Adequacy. If any Lender determines in good faith that
compliance with any law or regulation or any guideline or request from any
central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of
law) implemented or effective after the Closing Date affects or would affect the
amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any
corporation controlling such Lender and that the amount of such capital is
increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender's commitment to lend and
other commitments of this type, then, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of
any such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall within five
Business Days of demand pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such
Lender as the case may be, from time-to-time as specified by such Lender,
additional amounts (without duplication of any other amounts payable in respect
of increased costs) sufficient to compensate such Lender, in light of such
circumstances, with respect to such Lender, to the extent that such Lender
reasonably determines

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such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Lender's
commitment to lend under this Agreement; provided that, prior to any such demand
for payment and within 180 days of obtaining knowledge of such increased costs,
such Lender shall have submitted to the Borrower a certificate as to such amount
and detailing the calculation of such costs, such certificate to be conclusive
and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

         (c) Letters of Credit. If any change in any law or regulation or in the
interpretation thereof by any court or administrative or Governmental Authority
charged with the administration thereof shall either (i) impose, modify or deem
applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against letters
of credit issued by, or assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of,
the Issuing Lenders or (ii) impose on the Issuing Lenders any other condition
regarding the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Letters of Credit or
any Letter of Credit Obligations, and the result of any event referred to in the
preceding clause (i) or (ii) shall be to increase the cost to the Issuing
Lenders of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (which increase in cost
shall be determined by the applicable Issuing Lender's reasonable allocation of
the aggregate of such cost increases resulting from such event), then, upon
demand by the applicable Issuing Lender, the Borrower shall immediately pay to
Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender, from time to time
as specified by such Issuing Lender, additional amounts which shall be
sufficient to compensate such Issuing Lender for such increased cost; provided
that, prior to any such demand for payment and within 180 days of obtaining
knowledge of such increased costs, such Issuing Lender shall have submitted to
the Borrower a certificate as to such amount and detailing the calculation of
such costs, such certificate to be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.

         Section 2.10 Payments and Computations.

         (a) Payment Procedures. The Borrower shall make each payment under this
Agreement not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on the day when due to the
Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent's address specified in Section
11.2 (or such other location as the Administrative Agent shall designate in
writing to the Borrower) in immediately available funds. Each Loan shall be
repaid and each payment of interest thereon shall be paid in Dollars. All
payments shall be made without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim. The
Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter, and in any event prior to the
close of business on the day any timely payment is made, cause to be distributed
like funds relating to the payment of principal, interest or fees ratably (other
than amounts payable solely to the Administrative Agent, or a specific Lender
pursuant to Section 2.3(b), 2.3(c), 2.8, 2.9 or 2.11, but after taking into
account payments effected pursuant to Section 11.4) in accordance with each
Lender's Pro Rata Share to the Lenders for the account of their respective
Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other
amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable
Lending Offices, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.

         (b) Computations. All computations of interest with respect to Base
Rate Loans bearing interest based on the Prime Rate shall be made by the
Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may
be, and all computations of interest with respect to (i) Base Rate Loans bearing
interest based on the Federal Funds Rate, (ii) Eurodollar Loans, (iii) fees, and
(iv) other amounts shall be made by the Administrative Agent, in each such case
on the

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basis of a year of 360 days and for the actual number of days (including the
first day, but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such
interest, fees or other amounts are payable. Each determination by the
Administrative Agent of an interest rate shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.

         (c) Non-Business Day Payments. Whenever any payment shall be stated to
be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be
included in the computation of payment of interest or fees, as the case may be.

         (d) Agent Reliance. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
written notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due
to the Lenders that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full
to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in
reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such
date an amount equal to the amount then due to such Lender. If and to the extent
the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to Administrative
Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand
such amount distributed to such Lender, together with interest, for each day
from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such
Lender repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds
Effective Rate for such day.

         Section 2.11 Taxes.

         (a) No Deduction for Certain Taxes. Any and all payments by the
Borrower shall be made, in accordance with this Section 2.11, free and clear of
and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding in the case of each Lender and the Administrative Agent, taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings that are imposed on or
measured by its income or receipts, and franchise taxes imposed on it by either
the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Administrative Agent
(as the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision of that
jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of such Lender's Applicable Lending Office or
principal executive office or any political subdivision of that jurisdiction,
and all liabilities with respect thereto (all such nonexcluded taxes, levies,
imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter
referred to as "Taxes"), except as may otherwise be required by applicable law.
If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect
of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, (i) the
sum payable shall be increased by the amount necessary so that, after making all
required deductions, such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may
be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made; provided, however, that if the Borrower's obligation to
deduct or withhold Taxes is caused solely by such Lender's or Administrative
Agent's failure to provide the forms required to be delivered by paragraph (e)
of this Section 2.11, no such increase shall be required; (ii) the Borrower
shall make such deductions; and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount
deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law.

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         (b) Other Taxes. In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or
future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges
or similar levies which arise from any payment made under or from the execution,
delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or the
other Credit Documents (hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes").

         (c) Indemnification. If the Borrower fails to pay any Taxes on payments
made hereunder or Other Taxes to the appropriate taxing authority or other
Governmental Authority and the Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case
may be) pays the amount due, the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender and the
Administrative Agent for the full amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes
(including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any
jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.11) paid by such Lender or
the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including
interest and reasonable expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto
(whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted).
Each payment required to be made by the Borrower in respect of this
indemnification shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of any
party claiming such indemnification within fifteen Business Days from the date
the Borrower receives written demand detailing the calculation of such amount
from the Administrative Agent on behalf of itself as Administrative Agent or any
such Lender. If any Lender or the Administrative Agent determines it has
received a refund in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes paid or reimbursed by
the Borrower, such Lender or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall
within fifteen Business Days pay to the Borrower the share of such refund
relating to the Taxes or Other Taxes paid or reimbursed by the Borrower. A
certificate indicating the amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes and detailing the
calculation of such Taxes or Other Taxes shall be submitted by such Lender to
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes, absent manifest error.

         (d) Evidence of Tax Payments. Within 30 days after the date of any
payment by the Borrower of Taxes on payments hereunder, the Borrower will
furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 11.2,
the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment of such Taxes
or other evidence of such payment which is reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.

         (e) Foreign Lender Withholding Exemption. Each Lender that is not
organized under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof
agrees that it will deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on the
Closing Date in the case of each initial Lender or upon, the effectiveness of
any Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it becomes a Lender in the case
of each other Lender, and on or before the date, if any, it changes its
Applicable Lending Office, and from time to time thereafter as reasonably
requested in writing by the Borrower (i) two duly completed originals of United
States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (in the case of a Lender
that provides a Form W-8BEN other than by reason of the applicability of a tax
treaty, the Lender shall also provide a certificate representing that such
Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a
10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code)
of the Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the
Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), or successor
applicable form or certificate, as the case may be, certifying in each case that
such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement

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without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes and
in the case of a Lender providing a Form W-8BEN or successor form, certifying
that such Lender is a foreign corporation, partnership, estate or trust for
United States federal income tax purposes, (ii) a United States Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8 or W-9 or successor applicable form, as the case may be, if
necessary or required to establish an exemption from United States backup
withholding tax, and (iii) any other governmental forms which are necessary or
required under an applicable tax treaty or otherwise by law to eliminate any
withholding tax and which have been reasonably requested by the Borrower. Each
Lender which delivers to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a form
pursuant to the next preceding sentence further undertakes to deliver to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further duly completed originals of
such form, or successor applicable forms, or other manner of certification, as
the case may be, on or before the date that any such form expires or becomes
obsolete or invalid or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in
the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, and such extensions or renewals thereof as may reasonably
be requested by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent certifying in the case
of a Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI that such Lender is entitled to receive payments
under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States
federal income taxes. If any change in treaty, law or regulation has occurred
after the date of the form described in the first sentence of this paragraph (e)
was originally required to be provided, but prior to the date on which any
delivery required by the next preceding sentence would otherwise be required,
and the event renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent any
Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and
such Lender advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is not
capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United
States federal income tax, and in the case of a Form W-8 or W-9, establishing an
exemption from United States backup withholding tax, such Lender shall not be
required to deliver such forms. The Borrower shall withhold tax at the rate and
in the manner required by the laws of the United States with respect to payments
made to a Lender failing to timely provide the requisite forms and any such tax
(and all liabilities with respect thereto) shall be considered excluded from
Taxes for purposes of this Section 2.11.

         (f) Repayment under Certain Circumstances. If the Borrower is required
by any law or regulation to make any deduction or withholding of Taxes from any
sum payable by it under this Agreement and is prevented by law from making the
payments required by Section 2.11(a) or (c), upon written notice to the Borrower
from the Administrative Agent (which shall give such notice if, and only if, so
requested by any Lender) the relevant Loans shall be repaid within 30 days of
the date such notice is received by the Borrower together with accrued interest
and any amounts owing under Section 2.8.

         (g) Change of Applicable Lending Office. Each Lender agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and
subject to legal and regulatory restrictions) to, at the Borrower's expense,
file any certificate, form or document reasonably requested in writing by the
Borrower or to designate a different Applicable Lending Office if the making of
such filing or designation would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any
payment that may hereafter accrue under this Section 2.11 and would not, in the
reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

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         (h) Failure to Withhold Taxes. In the event that any taxing authority
notifies the Borrower that it has improperly failed to deduct or withhold any
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings (other than Taxes)
from a payment made hereunder to a Lender or the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower shall timely and fully pay such amounts to such taxing authority and
such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall pay such amount to the Borrower
within fifteen Business Days from the date the Borrower makes written demand
therefor.

         Section 2.12 Assignment of Commitments Under Certain Circumstances. In
the event that (a) any Lender shall have delivered a certificate pursuant to
Section 2.9 or 2.11 indicating any additional amounts owed by the Borrower, (b)
the Borrower shall be required to pay any additional amounts pursuant to Section
2.7(e), or (c) any Lender fails to approve an amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document requested by the
Borrower, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Lender shall have
eliminated the circumstance giving rise to the additional amount owed by the
Borrower or otherwise waived receipt of such additional amount), at its own
expense, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, to require
such Lender to transfer and assign without recourse (in accordance with and
subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.3) all its interests, rights
and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to another
financial institution (which must be an Eligible Assignee) which shall assume
such obligations; provided that (i) no such assignment shall conflict with any
law, rule or regulation or order of any Governmental Authority to which such
Lender is subject, (ii) the assignee shall pay to the affected Lender in
immediately available funds on the date of such termination or assignment the
principal of and interest accrued to the date of payment on the Loans made by
such Lender hereunder, and (iii) the Borrower shall pay to the affected Lender
in immediately available funds all other fees and other amounts owing to such
affected Lender, including without limitation the additional amounts owed
pursuant to Sections 2.7(e), 2.9 or 2.11, if any.

         Section 2.13 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain any
payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of
set-off or otherwise) on account of the Loans made by it in excess of its Pro
Rata Share of payments on account of the Loans obtained by all the Lenders, such
Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent and forthwith purchase from the
other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them as shall be
necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably in
accordance with the requirements of this Agreement with each of them; provided,
however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter
recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be
rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase
price to the extent of such Lender's ratable share (according to the proportion
of (a) the amount of the participation sold by such Lender to the purchasing
Lender as a result of such excess payment to (b) the total amount of such excess
payment) of such recovery, together with an amount equal to such Lender's
ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender's
required repayment to the purchasing Lender to (ii) the total amount of all such
required repayments to the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount
paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so
recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation
from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.13 may, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, unless and until rescinded as provided above, exercise all its
rights of payment (including the right of set-off)

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with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct
creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

         Section 2.14 Applicable Lending Offices. Each Lender may book its Loans
at any Applicable Lending Office selected by such Lender and may change its
Applicable Lending Office from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall
apply to any such Applicable Lending Office and the Loans shall be deemed held
by each Lender for the benefit of such Applicable Lending Office. Each Lender
may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower designate
replacement or additional Applicable Lending Offices through which Loans will be
made by it and for whose account repayments are to be made.

         Section 2.15 Letters of Credit.

         (a) Issuance. From time-to-time from the Closing Date until 30 days
before the Maturity Date, at the request of the Borrower, the Issuing Lenders
shall, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, issue, increase, or
extend the expiration date of Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower
or any other Credit Party, and to the extent permitted below and in Section 6.4,
the Joint Ventures, Immaterial Subsidiaries and certain Affiliates of the
Borrower, on any Business Day. All Existing Letters of Credit described on Parts
A and B of Schedule 1.2 shall be deemed to be issued pursuant to this Section
2.15. No Letter of Credit will be issued, increased, or extended:

                  (i) if such issuance, increase, or extension would cause the
         Letter of Credit Exposure to exceed (A) the aggregate Commitments minus
         (B) the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans;

                  (ii) if such issuance, increase, or extension would cause the
         sum of the Letter of Credit Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit
         issued for the account of the Joint Ventures plus the aggregate amount
         of all Investments in Joint Ventures made pursuant to Section 6.4(e) to
         exceed $15,000,000;

                  (iii) if such issuance, increase, or extension would cause the
         sum of the Letter of Credit Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit
         issued for the account of Immaterial Subsidiaries plus the aggregate
         amount of all Investments in Immaterial Subsidiaries made pursuant to
         Section 6.4(f) to exceed $2,000,000;

                  (iv) unless such Letter of Credit has an expiration date not
         later than the earlier of (A) one year after the date of issuance
         thereof and (B) the date which is five Business Days before the
         Maturity Date (except as provided below); provided that, any such
         Letter of Credit may expressly provide that it is renewable
         automatically for additional periods (which shall in no event extend
         beyond the date which is five Business Days before the Maturity Date
         except as provided below) unless the applicable Issuing Lender has
         notified the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) (and
         the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit so long as the terms of the
         Letter of Credit require such notice to the beneficiary by the
         applicable Issuing Lender and the applicable Issuing Lender shall have
         sufficient contact information to give such notice) at least 30 days
         prior to the date of automatic renewal of its election not to renew
         such Letter of Credit; provided further, that

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         any Letter of Credit may expire after the fifth Business Day before the
         Maturity Date subject to the following conditions: (1) the Borrower
         shall have, concurrent with such issuance or extension, deposited cash
         collateral in an amount equal to the Letter of Credit Exposure
         attributable to such Letters of Credit to be held in the Cash
         Collateral Account or otherwise supported such Letter of Credit
         Exposure with back-to-back letters of credit in accordance with Section
         2.15(e); and (2) no such Letter of Credit shall have an expiry date
         (after giving effect to all renewals) of later than one year after the
         Maturity Date;

                  (v) unless such Letter of Credit is in form and substance
         acceptable to the applicable Issuing Lender in its sole discretion;

                  (vi) unless the Borrower has delivered to the applicable
         Issuing Lender a completed request for issuance of letter of credit in
         the form of the attached Exhibit H; signed by an Authorized Officer of
         the Borrower; and

                  (vii) unless such Letter of Credit is governed by the Uniform
         Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision),
         International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500, the
         International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (ISP 98) or any
         successor to such publications. If the terms of any letter of credit
         request referred to in the foregoing clause (vi) conflicts with the
         terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

         (b) Participations. Upon the date of the issuance or increase of a
Letter of Credit occurring on or after the Closing Date, the applicable Issuing
Lender shall be deemed to have sold to each other Lender and each other Lender
shall have been deemed to have purchased from such Issuing Lender a
participation in the related Letter of Credit Obligations equal to such Lender's
Pro Rata Share at such date and such sale and purchase shall otherwise be in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The applicable Issuing Lender shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent of each request for issuance, increase
or extension of a Letter of Credit and shall promptly deliver to the
Administrative Agent copies of any such request together with copies of drafts
(followed up by copies of the original) of the Letter of Credit to be so issued
or of any related amendment or extension. The Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each such participant Lender by telephone, electronic mail, or
telecopy of each Letter of Credit issued or increased and the actual dollar
amount of such Lender's participation in such Letter of Credit.

         (c) Reimbursement. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay on demand to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the applicable Issuing Lender and the
Lenders in respect of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder (whether or not for
its account) an amount equal to any amount paid by the applicable Issuing Lender
under or in respect of such Letter of Credit. In the event such Issuing Lender
makes a payment pursuant to a request for draw presented under a Letter of
Credit and such payment is not promptly reimbursed by the Borrower on the same
Business Day, such Issuing Lender shall give notice of such failure to pay to
the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders, and each Lender having a
Commitment shall promptly reimburse such Issuing Lender for such Lender's Pro
Rata Share of such payment, and such reimbursement shall be deemed for all
purposes of this Agreement to constitute a Borrowing comprised of Base Rate
Loans to the Borrower from such Lender. If such reimbursement is not made by any
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Lender shall have made payment on any such draw, such Lender shall pay interest
thereon to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of such Issuing Lender at a
rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate. The Borrower hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably authorizes, empowers, and directs the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to record and otherwise treat such payment
under a Letter of Credit not immediately reimbursed by Borrower as a Borrowing
comprised of Base Rate Loans.

         (d) Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Borrower under
this Agreement in respect of each Letter of Credit shall be unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement under all circumstances, notwithstanding the following circumstances:

                  (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of
         Credit Documents;

                  (ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure
         from any Letter of Credit Documents;

                  (iii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other
         right which the Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary
         or transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any
         such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the applicable
         Issuing Lender, any Lender or any other person or entity, whether in
         connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated in this
         Agreement or in any Letter of Credit Documents or any unrelated
         transaction;

                  (iv) any statement or any other document presented under such
         Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or
         insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
         inaccurate in any respect to the extent the applicable Issuing Lender
         would not be liable therefor pursuant to paragraph (f) below;

                  (v) payment by the applicable Issuing Lender under such Letter
         of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does not
         comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or

                  (vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether
         or not similar to any of the foregoing;

provided, however, that nothing contained in this paragraph (d) shall be deemed
to constitute a waiver of any remedies of the Borrower in connection with the
Letters of Credit.

         (e) Prepayments of Letters of Credit. In the event that any Letters of
Credit shall be outstanding or shall be drawn and not reimbursed after the
Maturity Date, the Borrower shall, at the Borrower's option, either (i) pay to
the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Letter of Credit Exposure
allocable to such Letters of Credit to be held in the Cash Collateral Account
and applied in accordance with paragraph (g) below, (ii) obtain back-to-back
letters of credit issued by any bank or financial institution satisfactory to
the applicable Issuing Lender in its sole discretion (but in any event such bank
or financial institution must meet the minimum capital requirements that would
be required of an "Eligible Assignee" under clause (c) of such definition) and
in a form satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender in its sole discretion,
or

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(iii) do any combination of the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) as to
all such outstanding Letters of Credit.

         (f) Liability of Issuing Lenders. The Borrower assumes all risks of the
acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit with
respect to its use of such Letter of Credit. Neither the Issuing Lenders nor any
of their respective officers or directors shall be liable or responsible for:

                  (i) the use which may be made of any Letter of Credit or any
         acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection
         therewith;

                  (ii) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or
         of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should prove to be
         in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged;

                  (iii) payment by any Issuing Lender against presentation of
         documents which do not comply with the terms of a Letter of Credit,
         including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate
         reference to the relevant Letter of Credit; or

                  (iv) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing
         to make payment under any Letter of Credit (including the Issuing
         Lender's own negligence),

except that the Borrower shall have a claim against the applicable Issuing
Lender, and the applicable Issuing Lender shall be liable to, and shall promptly
pay to, the Borrower, to the extent of any direct, as opposed to consequential,
damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by (A)
such Issuing Lender's willful misconduct or gross negligence in determining
whether documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms of
such Letter of Credit or (B) such Issuing Lender's willful failure to make
lawful payment under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a
draft and certificate strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such
Letter of Credit.

In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuing Lenders may
accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary.

         (g) Cash Collateral Account.

                  (i) If the Borrower is required to deposit funds in the Cash
         Collateral Account pursuant to Sections 2.7(c), 2.15(a)(iv), 2.15(e),
         7.2(b) or 7.3(b), then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall
         establish the Cash Collateral Account and the Borrower shall execute
         any documents and agreements, including the Administrative Agent's
         standard form assignment of deposit accounts, that the Administrative
         Agent requests in connection therewith to establish the Cash Collateral
         Account and grant the Administrative Agent a first priority, perfected
         security interest in such account and the funds therein. The Borrower
         hereby pledges to the Administrative Agent and grants the
         Administrative Agent a security interest in the Cash Collateral
         Account, whenever established, all funds held in the Cash Collateral
         Account from time to time, and all proceeds thereof as security for the
         payment of the Obligations.

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                  (ii) Funds held in the Cash Collateral Account shall be held
         as cash collateral for obligations with respect to Letters of Credit
         and promptly applied by the Administrative Agent at the request of the
         applicable Issuing Lender to any reimbursement or other obligations
         under Letters of Credit that exist or occur. To the extent that any
         surplus funds are held in the Cash Collateral Account above the Letter
         of Credit Exposure during the existence of an Event of Default the
         Administrative Agent may (A) hold such surplus funds in the Cash
         Collateral Account as cash collateral for the Obligations or (B) apply
         such surplus funds to any Obligations in any manner directed by the
         Required Lenders. If no Default exists, the Administrative Agent shall
         release to the Borrower at the Borrower's written request any funds
         held in the Cash Collateral Account above the Letter of Credit
         Exposure.

                  (iii) Funds held in the Cash Collateral Account shall be
         invested in Cash Equivalents maintained with, and under the sole
         dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent or in another
         investment if mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and the
         Administrative Agent, but the Administrative Agent shall have no other
         obligation to make any other investment of the funds therein. The
         Administrative Agent shall exercise reasonable care in the custody and
         preservation of any funds held in the Cash Collateral Account and shall
         be deemed to have exercised such care if such funds are accorded
         treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Administrative
         Agent accords its own property, it being understood that the
         Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility for taking any
         necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to
         any such funds.

                                   ARTICLE III

                              CONDITIONS OF LENDING

         Section 3.1 Initial Conditions Precedent. The obligation of each Lender
to make its initial Loans as part of the initial Borrowing or the Issuing
Lenders to issue the initial Letters of Credit is subject to the conditions
precedent that:

         (a) Documentation. On or before the day on which the initial Borrowing
is made or the initial Letter of Credit is issued, the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders shall have received the following, each dated on or before such day,
duly executed by all the parties thereto, to the extent applicable, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:

                  (i) this Agreement and all attached Exhibits and Schedules;

                  (ii) any Note requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.2(g)
         payable to the order of such requesting Lender in the amount of its
         Commitment;

                  (iii) certificates from the appropriate Governmental Authority
         certifying as to the good standing, existence and authority of each of
         the Credit Parties in all jurisdictions where required by the
         Administrative Agent;

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                  (iv) a certificate dated as of the Closing Date from a
         Responsible Officer stating that (A) all representations and warranties
         of such Person set forth in this Agreement and in the other Credit
         Documents to which it is a party are true and correct in all material
         respects; (B) no Default has occurred and is continuing; and (C) the
         conditions in this Section 3.1 have been met (assuming that the
         Administrative Agent and the Lenders have completed their due diligence
         review as required by Section 3.1(b) and assuming the Administrative
         Agent and the Lenders are satisfied with all items that have been
         delivered by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Section
         3.1);

                  (v) copies, certified as of the Closing Date by a Secretary or
         an Assistant Secretary of the appropriate Person of (A) the resolutions
         of the Board of Directors of each Credit Party approving the Credit
         Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated
         thereby, (B) the organizational documents of each Credit Party, and (C)
         all other documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and
         governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the
         other Credit Documents;

                  (vi) certificates of a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
         each of the Credit Parties certifying as of the Closing Date the names
         and true signatures of officers of the Credit Parties authorized to
         sign this Agreement, the Notice of Borrowing and the other Credit
         Documents to which such Credit Parties are a party;

                  (vii) a favorable opinion dated as of the Closing Date of
         Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel to the Credit Parties, in form and
         substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

                  (viii) a favorable opinion dated as of the Closing Date of
         John T. Nesser, III, general counsel to MII and the Credit Parties, in
         form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

                  (ix) a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of MII
         dated as of the Closing Date addressed to the Administrative Agent and
         each of the Lenders, which shall be in form and in substance reasonably
         satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, regarding the matters set
         forth in Section 4.22;

                  (x) a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of MII
         addressed to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders, which
         shall be in form and in substance reasonably satisfactory to the
         Administrative Agent and shall reaffirm that as of the Closing Date the
         projections prepared by the Borrower and included in the Confidential
         Information Memorandum dated November 2003 that was delivered to the
         Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Closing Date have
         been prepared based upon the assumptions generally stated therein and
         the best information reasonably available to such officer at the time
         such projections were made, shall describe any material changes in such
         information prior to the Closing Date and state that such changes would
         not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to cause
         a Material Adverse Change to occur;

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                  (xi) copies of each promissory note evidencing Intercompany
         Debt, if any;

                  (xii) acknowledgment from CT Corporation System as of the
         Closing Date with respect to its irrevocable appointment by each Credit
         Party pursuant to Section 11.12(b); and

                  (xiii) such other documents, governmental certificates and
         agreements as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably
         request.

         (b) Due Diligence. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have
completed satisfactory due diligence review of the assets, liabilities,
business, operations and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited, to a review of their Contingent
Obligations, product liabilities, intellectual property, and all legal,
financial, accounting, governmental, tax and regulatory matters, and fiduciary
aspects of the proposed financing.

         (c) Payment of Fees. On the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have paid
the fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agents, the Arranger, and the
Lenders on the Closing Date pursuant to the terms hereof and all costs and
expenses which have been invoiced and are payable pursuant to Section 11.4 and
in the fee letter referred to in Section 2.3(b).

         (d) Other Indebtedness. The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably
satisfied with the terms, conditions and amounts of any other Debt of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries. All Intercompany Debt required to be subordinated
pursuant to Section 6.2 shall have been subordinated to the Obligations on terms
and conditions satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.
Additionally, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be satisfied that
all obligations of the Borrower owing with respect to the MII Subordinated Debt
and the Existing Credit Agreement shall be paid in full or cash-collateralized
concurrent with the making of the initial Loans hereunder and that the Borrower
shall have no further obligations in respect of any such Debt (other than
standard indemnity obligations which survive the repayment in full of such
Debt). Finally, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be reasonably
satisfied that the obligations owing by J. Ray McDermott, S.A. under the
Existing Credit Agreement shall have been refinanced with a bond financing
having terms that include, but are not limited to, (i) a maturity date that is
at least one year later than the Maturity Date, (ii) no recourse to MII or any
of its Subsidiaries other than J. Ray McDermott, S.A. and its Subsidiaries, and
(iii) provide J. Ray McDermott, S.A. with net proceeds (after giving effect to
all reasonable out of pocket fees and expenses actually incurred by J. Ray
McDermott, S.A. and reasonable brokerage commissions payable by J. Ray
McDermott, S.A. but prior to giving effect to the repayment of all amounts owing
under the Existing Credit Agreement) from such bond issuance of at least
$175,000,000. The Borrower shall have delivered a certificate of a Responsible
Officer certifying as to its compliance with the requirements of the immediately
preceding sentence, which certificate shall also attach copies of the executed
Indenture and other material executed bond documents and a certification that
such copies are true and correct copies of such documents and that no
amendments, modifications or supplements to such documents have been executed or
delivered.

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         (e) Business Plan; Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent and
the Lenders shall have received true and correct copies of the Credit Parties
and their Affiliates' business and financial plan for the years 2003 through
2005, together with a written analysis of such business and financial plan, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received true and correct copies
of the Financial Statements, the Interim Financial Statements and such other
financial information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

         (f) No Proceeding or Litigation; No Injunctive Relief. No action, suit,
investigation or other proceeding (including, without limitation, the enactment
or promulgation of a statute or rule) by or before any arbitrator or any
Governmental Authority shall be threatened or pending and no preliminary or
permanent injunction or order by a state or federal court shall have been
entered (i) in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated
hereby, (ii) related to the ownership or control of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Properties, or (iii) which, in any case,
in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, could reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.

         (g) Consents, Licenses, Approvals, etc. The Administrative Agent shall
have received true copies (certified to be such by a Responsible Party) of all
consents, licenses and approvals, if any, required on or before the Closing Date
in accordance with applicable law in connection with the execution, delivery,
performance, validity and enforceability of this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents. In addition, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have obtained
all such material consents, licenses and approvals, if any, required on or
before the Closing Date in connection with the continued operation of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and such approvals shall be in full force and
effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action
being taken or threatened by any competent authority which would restrain,
prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on this Agreement and the actions
contemplated hereby. Finally, the Borrower (on behalf of itself and the other
Credit Parties) shall have delivered an insurance certificate detailing its
existing insurance coverages and all related deductibles and exclusions.

         Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing. The obligation of
each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of each Borrowing (including the
initial Borrowing) and the obligation of the Issuing Lenders to issue, extend or
increase Letters of Credit shall be subject to the further conditions precedent
that on the Borrowing Date or issuance, extension or increase date of such
Letters of Credit, the following statements shall be true (and each of the
giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing and the acceptance by the Borrower
of the proceeds of such Loan or the request for the issuance, extension or
increase of a Letter of Credit shall constitute a representation and warranty by
the Borrower that on the date of such Loan or the date of such issuance,
extension or increase such statements are true):

         (a) the representations and warranties contained in Article IV and in
each other Credit Document are correct in all material respects on and as of the
date of such Loan or the issuance, extension or increase of such Letter of
Credit before and after giving effect to such Loan and to the application of the
proceeds from such Loan or to the issuance, extension or increase of such Letter
of Credit, as applicable, as though made on, and as of such date, other than any
such

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representations or warranties that, by their terms refer to a specific date
other than the date of such Loan, issuance or increase, in which case as of such
specific date; and

         (b) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such
Loan or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such issuance,
extension or increase of such Letter of Credit.

         Section 3.3 Determinations Under Sections 3.1 and 3.2. For purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in Sections 3.1 and 3.2,
each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be
satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented
to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer
of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by the
Credit Documents shall have received written notice from such Lender prior to
the Borrowings hereunder specifying its objection thereto and such Lender shall
not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender's ratable
portion of such Borrowings.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         Each Credit Party jointly and severally represents and warrants as
follows:

         Section 4.1 Existence; Subsidiaries. Each of the Credit Parties is duly
formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its formation and in good standing and qualified to do business
in each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of Property or conduct of its
business requires such qualification and where a failure to be qualified could
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.

         Section 4.2 Power and Authority. Each of the Credit Parties has the
organizational power and authority to execute and deliver the Credit Documents
to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution,
delivery, and performance by the Credit Parties of this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents to which each is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary
organizational action, (b) do not contravene (i) such Credit Party's
organizational documents, (ii) any Legal Requirement binding on or affecting
such Credit Party, or (iii) the provisions of any credit agreement, indenture,
instrument or other financing agreement or other material agreement to which
such Credit Party is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is
bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, and (c) will not
result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien prohibited by this
Agreement. At the time of the making of the Loans and the issuance, increase or
extension of the Letters of Credit, the Loans or the Letters of Credit, as
applicable, and the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit,
as applicable, will (a) be within the Borrower's corporate powers, (b) have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (c) not contravene (i) the
Borrower's certificate of incorporation or bylaws or (ii) any Legal Requirement
binding on or affecting the Borrower, and (d) not result in or require the
creation or imposition of any Lien prohibited by this Agreement.

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         Section 4.3 Authorization and Approvals. No authorization or approval
or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority
is required on the part of the Credit Parties for the due execution, delivery
and performance by the Credit Parties of this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents to which each is a party or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, except actions by, and notices to or filings with,
Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, the SEC) that may be
required in the ordinary course of business from time to time or that may be
required to comply with the express requirements of the Credit Documents. At the
time of the making of the Loans, no authorization or approval or other action
by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority will be required
on the part of the Credit Parties for the borrowing of the Loans or the use of
the proceeds of such Loans, except actions by, and notices to or filings with,
Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, the SEC) that may be
required in the ordinary course of business from time to time or that may be
required to comply with the express requirements of the Credit Documents.

         Section 4.4 Enforceable Obligations. This Agreement and the other
Credit Documents to which each of the Credit Parties is a party have been duly
executed and delivered by such Credit Party. Each Credit Document to which each
Credit Party is a party is the legal, valid, and binding obligation of such
Credit Party and is enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, or
similar law affecting creditors' rights generally or general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law or under applicable legal codes).

         Section 4.5 Financial Statements.

         (a) The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent the
Financial Statements, and the Financial Statements are accurate and complete in
all material respects and present fairly in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as of their respective dates and for their respective periods
in accordance with GAAP, as in effect as of the date of the most recent balance
sheet included in the Financial Statements. As of the date of the Financial
Statements, there were no material contingent obligations, liabilities for
taxes, unusual forward or long-term commitments, or unrealized or anticipated
losses of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except as disclosed therein
and adequate reserves for such items have been made in accordance with GAAP, as
in effect as of the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the
Financial Statements. There are no Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries other than (i) those existing on the date of this
Agreement and described on Schedule 4.5, and (ii) Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities
incurred or created after the date of this Agreement in accordance with Section
6.14.

         (b) No Material Adverse Change has occurred.

         Section 4.6 True and Complete Disclosure. All factual information
(whether delivered before or after the Closing Date but excluding projections)
furnished by or on behalf of the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, any other
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true and accurate (taken together with all other information furnished by or on
behalf of the Credit Parties) in all material respects as of the date as of
which such information is dated or certified (or, if not dated and certified, as
of the date as of which such information is provided) and not incomplete by
omitting to state any material fact necessary to make such information (taken as
a whole), in light of the circumstances under which they were or are provided,
not misleading as of such time. All projections and estimates furnished by or on
behalf of the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
concerning the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been or will be prepared based
on good faith estimates and based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to
be reasonable in all material respects at the time of such preparation.

         Section 4.7 Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.7, there is
no pending or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer, threatened action or
proceeding affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court,
Governmental Authority or arbitrator, that could reasonably be expected to cause
a Material Adverse Change or which purports to affect the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement, any Note or any other Credit
Document. Additionally, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of any
Responsible Officer of the Borrower, threatened action or proceeding instituted
against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which seeks to adjudicate the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection,
relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an
order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar
official for it or for any substantial part of its Property.

         Section 4.8 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the purposes described in Section 5.8. The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not engaged in the business of extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the
meaning of Regulation U). No proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or
carry any margin stock in violation of Regulation T, U or X.

         Section 4.9 Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an
"investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.

         Section 4.10 Public Utility Holding Company Act. Neither the Borrower
nor any of its Subsidiaries is a "holding company", or a "subsidiary company" of
a "holding company", or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a
"subsidiary company" of a "holding company", or a "public utility", as such
terms are used in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.

         Section 4.11 Taxes. All federal, state, local and foreign tax returns,
and all reports and statements with respect to taxes or similar governmental
charges (other than returns, reports and statements the failure of which to file
could not reasonably be expect to create or cause material liabilities of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries), in each case required to be filed (after giving
effect to any extension granted in the time for filing) by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower within the Controlled Group (hereafter collectively
called the "Tax Group") have been

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filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in all jurisdictions in
which such returns, reports and statements are required to be filed (except
where any obligation to so file is being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings and after adequate reserves for such items have been
made in accordance with GAAP), and all taxes and similar governmental charges
(which are material in amount) due and payable have been timely paid prior to
the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added
thereto for non-payment thereof except where contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings and after providing adequate reserves therefor. Except
as set forth in Schedule 4.11, as of the date hereof none of the Borrower or any
member of the Tax Group has given, or been requested to give, a waiver of the
statute of limitations relating to the payment of any federal, state, local or
foreign taxes or similar governmental charges. None of the Property owned by the
Borrower or any other member of the Tax Group is Property that the Borrower or
any member of the Tax Group is required to treat as being owned by any other
Person pursuant to the provisions of Section 168(f)(8) of the Code. Proper and
accurate amounts have been withheld by the Borrower and all other members of the
Tax Group from their employees for all periods to comply in all material
respects with the tax, social security and unemployment withholding provisions
of applicable federal, state, local and foreign law (except where contested in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings and after providing adequate reserves
therefor). Timely payment of all material sales and use taxes required by
applicable law have been made by the Borrower and all other members of the Tax
Group. The Borrower does not intend to treat the Loans and Letters of Credit and
related transactions as being a "reportable transaction" (within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4).

         Section 4.12 Pension Plans. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.12, no
Termination Event has occurred with respect to any Plan within the six years
prior to the Closing Date, and each Plan has complied in all material respects
with and been administered in all material respects in accordance with
applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. No "accumulated funding deficiency"
(as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred and there has been no excise
tax imposed under Section 4971 of the Code. To the extent any such action or
inaction could reasonably be attributable to the Borrower or to the knowledge of
a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, no Reportable Event has occurred with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan, and each Multiemployer Plan has complied in
all material respects with and been administered in all material respects with
applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. The present value of all benefits
vested and unvested under each Plan (based on the assumptions used to fund such
Plan) did not, as of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto, exceed
the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such vested and unvested
benefits in any amount that could reasonably be expected to cause a Material
Adverse Change. None of the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group has
had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan for which there
is any material withdrawal liability. As of the most recent valuation date
applicable thereto, none of the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group
has received notice that any Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in
reorganization. Based upon GAAP existing as of the Closing Date and current
factual circumstances, the Borrower has no reason to believe that the annual
cost during the term of this Agreement to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries for post-retirement benefits to be provided to the current and
former employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under welfare
benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) could, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.

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         Section 4.13 Condition of Property; Casualties. (a) Except as otherwise
permitted by this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 4.16 and the
requirements of Section 5.6, the material items of tangible Property necessary
for the conduct of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in good
repair and working condition, normal wear and tear excepted, and none of such
Property is subject to any Lien, except Permitted Liens and (b) none of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has knowingly or willfully permitted the
commission of waste or other injury or released Hazardous Substances on or about
any of their owned or operated property in violation of applicable Environmental
Laws. Neither the business nor the material Properties of the Borrower and each
of its Subsidiaries has been affected as a result of any fire, explosion,
earthquake, flood, drought, windstorm, accident, strike or other labor
disturbance, embargo, requisition or taking of Property or cancellation of
contracts, permits or concessions by a Governmental Authority, riot, activities
of armed forces or acts of God or of any public enemy, which effect would
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.

         Section 4.14 Insurance. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
carries the insurance required to be carried under Section 5.2 of this
Agreement.

         Section 4.15 No Burdensome Restrictions; No Defaults. None of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any lease or other agreement or instrument or subject to any
charter or corporate restriction or provision of applicable law or governmental
regulation that would reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is in default under or has
received any notice of default with respect to any contract, agreement, lease or
other instrument to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and
which is continuing and, if not cured, could reasonably be expected to cause a
Material Adverse Change. No Default has occurred and is continuing

         Section 4.16 Environmental Condition. Except as disclosed on the
attached Schedule 4.16:

         (a) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries (i) have obtained all material
Environmental Permits necessary for the ownership and operation of their
respective material Properties and the conduct of their respective businesses;
(ii) have been and are in compliance with all material terms and conditions of
such Environmental Permits and with all other material requirements of
applicable Environmental Laws; (iii) have not received notice of any material
violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit;
and (iv) are not subject to any material actual or contingent Environmental
Claim.

         (b) None of the present or previously owned or operated Properties of
the Borrower or of any of its present or former Subsidiaries, wherever located,
(i) has been placed on or proposed to be placed on the National Priorities List
or CERCLIS, or their state or local analogs, nor has the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries been otherwise notified of the designation, listing or
identification of any Property of the Borrower or any of its present or former
Subsidiaries as a potential site for future removal, remediation, cleanup,
closure, restoration, reclamation, or other response activity under any
Environmental Laws (except as such activities may be required by permit
conditions); (ii) is subject to a Lien, arising under or in connection with any

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Environmental Laws, that attaches to any revenues or to any Property owned or
operated by the Borrower or any of its present or former Subsidiaries, wherever
located; or (iii) has been the site of any Release of Hazardous Substances or
Hazardous Wastes from present or past operations which has caused at the site or
at any third-party site any condition that has resulted in or could reasonably
be expected to result in the need for Response and none of the Borrower or any
of its present or former Subsidiaries has generated or transported or has caused
to be generated or transported Hazardous Substances to any third party site
which could reasonably be expected to result in the need for Response.

         (c) Without limiting the foregoing, the present and future liability,
if any, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which could reasonably be
expected to arise in connection with requirements under Environmental Laws could
not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.

         Section 4.17 Title to Property, Etc. Each of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries has good and indefeasible title in all its material Property, and
none of such Property is subject to any Lien, except Permitted Liens.

         Section 4.18 Subsidiaries; Corporate Structure. The Subsidiaries of the
Borrower listed on Schedule 4.18 constitute all of the Subsidiaries of the
Borrower on the Closing Date. Schedule 4.18 correctly lists the names, ownership
and jurisdictions of incorporation or formation of each of the Borrower's
Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.

         Section 4.19 Labor Relations. None of the Borrower nor its Subsidiaries
is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Change. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint
pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of
any Responsible Officer, threatened against any of them, before the National
Labor Relations Board (or any successor United States federal agency that
administers the National Labor Relations Act), and no grievance or arbitration
proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so
pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of
any Responsible Officer, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike, labor
dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending against the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer, threatened against
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (c) no union representation petition
existing with respect to the employees of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and no union organizing activities are taking place, except with
respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either
individually or in the aggregate, such as could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Change.

         Section 4.20 Guarantors. All of the Borrower's Material Subsidiaries
are Guarantors under Article VIII hereof.

         Section 4.21 Intellectual Property. The Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries has obtained all material patents, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights, that are
necessary for the operation of their businesses taken as a whole as presently
conducted.

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         Section 4.22 Solvency.

         (a) Immediately after the consummation of the transactions to occur on
the Closing Date and after giving effect to the Borrowing contemplated under
this Agreement and the application of the proceeds thereof, (i) the fair value
of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a
fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent
or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii)
the present fair saleable value of the Property of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will
be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and
matured; (iii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be
able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise,
as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small
capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such
businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the date
hereof.

         (b) The Borrower does not intend to, or to permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, and does not believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will,
on a consolidated basis, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as
they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to be
received by it or any such Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts of cash to
be payable on or in respect of its Debt or the Debt of such Subsidiary.

         Section 4.23 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries
have complied in all material respects with all material statutes, rules,
regulations, orders and restrictions of any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership of
their respective Property.

                                   ARTICLE V

                              AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

         So long as the Loans or any amount under any Credit Document shall
remain unpaid, any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, or there shall
exist any Letter of Credit Exposure, the Borrower agrees, unless the Required
Lenders otherwise consent in writing, to comply with the following covenants.

         Section 5.1 Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Borrower shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all Legal Requirements and all of
its material contractual obligations except where the failure to so comply could
not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. Without limiting
the generality and coverage of the foregoing, the Borrower shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable Environmental
Laws, and all Legal Requirements with respect to equal employment opportunity
and employee safety in all jurisdictions in which the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries do business, except where the failure to so comply could not
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.

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         Section 5.2 Maintenance of Insurance.

         (a) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at
their own expense, maintain insurance consistent with past practices in such
amounts and covering such risks as is usually carried by companies engaged in
similar businesses and owning similar Properties in the same general areas in
which such Credit Party or such Subsidiary operates;

         (b) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
renew all such insurance, including, without limitation, the Insurance Policies,
as they expire and so as to ensure that there is no gap in coverage, keep the
Administrative Agent advised of the progress of such renewals, and shall provide
evidence of such renewal in writing to the Administrative Agent as and when each
such renewal is effected.

         (c) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
punctually pay all premiums, calls, contributions or other sums payable in
respect of such insurance, including, without limitation, the Insurance
Policies, and produce all relevant receipts when so required by the
Administrative Agent.

         (d) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, deliver to the
Administrative Agent true and complete copies of all such insurance policies,
including, without limitation, the Insurance Policies.

         (e) Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, provided no
such request shall be made more frequently than once per year, the Borrower
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of all cover notes, binders and
certificates of entry and all endorsements and riders supplemental thereto in
respect of Insurance Policies maintained pursuant to this Section 5.2.

         Section 5.3 Preservation of Existence, Etc. Except as permitted by
Section 6.3, each of the Credit Parties shall preserve and maintain its
corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of
its incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation in
each jurisdiction in which qualification is necessary in view of its business
and operations or the ownership of its Properties to the extent the failure to
so qualify could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.

         Section 5.4 Payment of Taxes, Etc. The Borrower shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge before the same shall become
delinquent, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies
imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or Property that are material in
amount, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto and (b) all lawful
claims that are material in amount which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien
upon its Property; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge any such tax, assessment,
charge, levy, or claim which is being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have
been provided.

         Section 5.5 Reporting Requirements. The Borrower will furnish, or will
cause the applicable Credit Party to furnish, to the Administrative Agent (with
sufficient copies for the Administrative Agent to distribute to the Lenders):

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         (a) Defaults. As soon as possible after the occurrence of a Default
known to any Responsible Officer which is continuing on the date of such
statement, a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth the details of
such Default and the actions which the Credit Parties have taken and propose to
take with respect thereto;

         (b) Quarterly Financials. As soon as available and in any event not
later than the date ("Quarterly Report Date") occurring after the end of each of
the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower that is the
earlier of (i) 60 days after the end of each such fiscal quarter of the
Borrower, and (ii) 15 days after the date MII files its quarterly report on Form
10-Q with respect to each such corresponding fiscal quarter of MII, the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, as of the end of such
fiscal quarter, and the consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the
Borrower, each for the fiscal quarter then ended and for the period commencing
at the end of the previous year and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter,
all in reasonable detail and duly certified with respect to such statements
(subject to year-end audit adjustments) by an authorized financial officer of
the Borrower as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP;

         (c) Audited Annual Financials. As soon as available and in any event
not later than the date ("Annual Report Date") occurring after the end of each
fiscal year of the Borrower that is the earlier of (i) 120 days after the end of
such fiscal year of the Borrower, and (ii) 45 days after the date MII files its
annual report on Form 10-K with respect to such corresponding fiscal year of
MII, copies of the annual audit report for such fiscal year for the Borrower,
including therein the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the end
of such fiscal year, consolidated statements of income, changes in owners'
equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, in each case certified by
independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders;

         (d) Compliance Certificates. On each Quarterly Report Date and on each
Annual Report Date, a Compliance Certificate for the fiscal quarter or fiscal
year then ended indicating compliance with Sections 6.14 through 6.16;

         (e) Management Letters. Promptly upon receipt thereof and following
such time as the appropriate officers of the Borrower shall have had reasonable
time to respond thereto, a copy of each formal report or "management letter"
submitted to the Borrower by its independent accountants in connection with any
annual, interim or special audit made by it of the books of the Borrower;

         (f) Budgets and Projections. Following the end of each fiscal year of
the Borrower and no later than 10 Business Days after approval by the board of
directors of MII, but in any event no later than 90 days after year end, a
consolidated budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries prepared by management
of the Borrower for the next fiscal year which includes projected consolidated
income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for each of the four fiscal quarters occurring during such
fiscal year;

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         (g) Other Creditors. Promptly after the giving or receipt thereof,
copies of any material notices given or received by any Credit Party pursuant to
the terms of any indenture, loan agreement, credit agreement, or similar
agreement;

         (h) Securities Law Filings and other Public Information. Promptly and
in any event within 10 days after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all
proxy material, reports and other information which MII sends to the holders of
its public securities generally, or files with the SEC, or otherwise makes
available to the public or the financial community generally;

         (i) Termination Events. As soon as possible and in any event within 5
Business Days after a Responsible Officer knows or has reason to know that any
Termination Event with respect to any Plan has occurred, a statement of a senior
financial officer of the Borrower or such Subsidiary describing such Termination
Event and the action, if any, which the Borrower or such Subsidiary proposes to
take with respect thereto;

         (j) Termination of Plans. Promptly and in any event within 5 Business
Days after receipt thereof by the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group
from the PBGC, copies of each notice received by the Borrower or any such member
of the Controlled Group of the PBGC's intention to terminate any Plan or to have
a trustee appointed to administer any Plan;

         (k) Other ERISA Notices. Promptly and in any event within 5 Business
Days after receipt thereof by the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group
from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor, a copy of each notice received by the
Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group concerning the imposition of
withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA in an amount that could
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change;

         (l) Disputes, etc. Promptly and in any event within 3 Business Days
after a Responsible Officer becomes aware thereof, written notice of any claims,
proceedings, or disputes pending, or to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer
threatened, or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which, if
adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse
Change;

         (m) Material Changes. Prompt written notice of any condition or event
of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has knowledge, which condition
or event has resulted or may reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change;

         (n) Environmental Notices. Promptly upon the receipt thereof by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, a copy of any form of notice, summons or
citation received from the EPA, or any other Governmental Authority or any other
third party, concerning (i) material violations or alleged violations of
Environmental Laws, which seeks to impose liability on the part of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries therefor, (ii) any material action or omission on the
part of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with Hazardous
Waste or Hazardous Substances, (iii) any notice of potential responsibility
under CERCLA or any analogous law, or (iv) concerning the filing of a Lien
pursuant to any Environmental Law other than a Permitted Lien upon, against or
in connection with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
leased or owned material Property, wherever located;

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         (o) Casualty Events. Promptly upon obtaining knowledge thereof by any
Responsible Officer, notice of any Casualty Event if the Casualty Proceeds with
respect thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed U.S.$5,000,000 (or the
equivalent in any other currency) with respect to any Property of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries;

         (p) Settlement Agreement. Promptly upon the occurrence of any material
changes to the Settlement Agreement which results in a material increase in the
obligations of MII or any of its Subsidiaries, details of such changes together
with projections of such increased obligations, if any, as well as details of
the sources of proceeds which will be utilized to satisfy such increased
obligations; and

         (q) Other Information. Such other information respecting the business
or Properties, or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from
time-to-time reasonably request, subject to national security and defense
requirements of any Governmental Authority.

         Section 5.6 Maintenance of Property. The Borrower shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) maintain their material items of tangible
Property necessary for the conduct of its business in good repair and working
condition, except for normal wear and tear and as otherwise permitted by this
Agreement, and (b) not knowingly or willfully permit the commission of waste or
other injury, or the release of Hazardous Substances on or about the owned or
operated property in violation of applicable Environmental Laws. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is
affected by a Casualty Event resulting in Casualty Proceeds in excess of
$5,000,000, the Borrower shall, or shall cause the Credit Party who owns such
affected Property, to either make all necessary repairs and replacements to such
affected Property or apply the Casualty Proceeds therefrom as provided in
Section 2.7.

         Section 5.7 Inspection. From time-to-time during regular business hours
upon reasonable prior notice and subject to national security and defense
requirements of any Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) permit the Administrative Agent (at the request
of any Lender) to examine and copy their financial books and records, (b) permit
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to visit and inspect their Properties,
and (c) permit the Administrative Agent and Lenders to discuss the business
operations and Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with their
officers and directors.

         Section 5.8 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the
Loans and the Letters of Credit (a) to repay the MII Subordinated Loan, (b) to
repay amounts owing by the Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement, and (c)
for general corporate purposes of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Joint
Ventures including without limitation loans to the extent permitted by Section
6.4. The Borrower will not engage in the business of extending credit for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation
U). No proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock
in violation of Regulation T, U, or X.

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         Section 5.9 Nature of Business. The Borrower shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, not engage in any business if, as a result, the
general nature of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken on a
consolidated basis, would then be substantially changed from the general nature
of the business engaged in by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing
Date.

         Section 5.10 Books and Records. The Borrower will keep, and will cause
each of its Subsidiaries to keep, adequate records and books of account in which
complete entries will be made in accordance with GAAP (subject to year-end
adjustments), reflecting all financial transactions of such Person. The Borrower
shall maintain or cause to be maintained a system of accounting established and
administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation
of financial statements in conformity with GAAP, and each of the financial
statements described herein shall be prepared from such system and records.

         Section 5.11 New Subsidiaries. Within 10 days after (a) the date of the
creation of any new Material Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) the date that any
Subsidiary of the Borrower that was not a Material Subsidiary becomes a Material
Subsidiary, (c) the purchase by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the
Capital Stock of any Person, which purchase results in such Person becoming a
Material Subsidiary of the Borrower permitted by this Agreement, or (d) the
transfer of any Property to any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
not a Guarantor which results in such transferee becoming a Material Subsidiary,
the Borrower shall, in each case, cause (i) such Person to execute and deliver
to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient originals for each applicable
Lender) a Joinder Agreement in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit D,
and such other Credit Documents as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may
reasonably request, in each case to guarantee the Obligations together with
evidence of corporate authority to enter into and such legal opinions in
relation to such Joinder Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                               NEGATIVE COVENANTS

         So long as the Loans or any amount under any Credit Document shall
remain unpaid, any Lender shall have any Commitment, or there shall exist any
Letter of Credit Exposure, the Borrower agrees, unless the Required Lenders
otherwise consent in writing, to comply with the following covenants.

         Section 6.1 Liens, Etc. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist, any Lien on or
in respect of any of its Property whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or
assign any right to receive income therefrom, except that the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries may create, incur, assume and suffer to exist the following which
are permitted liens ("Permitted Liens"):

         (a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on
its Property if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can
be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings and for which reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set
aside on its books;

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         (b) Liens imposed by law, or arising by operation of law, including,
without limitation, landlord's carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics' liens,
maritime Liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of
business which secure payment of obligations not more than 60 days past due or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on the books of the
applicable Person;

         (c) Liens incurred and pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course
of business in connection with worker's compensation, unemployment insurance,
old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar
legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA not otherwise permitted by
this Agreement;

         (d) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, covenants, reservations,
restrictions on the use of Property, defects, irregularities and deficiencies in
title to Property and such other encumbrances or charges against real property
as are of a nature generally existing with respect to Property of a similar
character and which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which
do not in any material way interfere with the use thereof in the business of the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

         (e) Liens existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 6.1;

         (f) Liens created by Capitalized Leases provided that the Liens created
by any such Capitalized Lease attach only to the Property leased pursuant
thereto and proceeds (including, without limitation, proceeds from associated
contracts and insurances) of, and improvements, accessories and upgrades to, the
Property leased pursuant thereto; (g) Liens to secure Debt incurred for the
purpose of financing all or a part of the purchase price or construction cost of
Property if (A) the principal amount of the Debt secured by such Liens does not
exceed the cost of the Property so acquired or constructed plus transaction
costs related thereto, (B) such Liens do not encumber any other Property (other
than the proceeds (including, without limitation, proceeds from associated
contracts and insurances) of, and improvements, accessories and upgrades to, the
Property so acquired or constructed), and (C) such Liens attach no later than 12
months after the later of (x) commencement of commercial operation of the
Property so acquired or constructed, (y) completion of the construction or
acquisition of such Property and (z) acquisition of such Property;

         (h) Liens created for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders;

         (i) Liens on Property of a Person existing at the time such Person is
merged or consolidated with or into, or otherwise acquired by, the Borrower or
one of its Subsidiaries; provided that, (i) such Liens are in existence at the
time the respective Persons become Subsidiaries of the Borrower and were not
created or incurred in anticipation thereof and (ii) the Debt secured by such
Liens (A) is permitted under Section 6.2, (B) secured only by such Property and
the proceeds (including, without limitation, proceeds from associated contracts
and insurances) of, and improvements, accessories and upgrades to, such Property
and not by any other assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (C) is not
thereafter increased in amount;

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         (j) Liens on Property existing at the time of the acquisition thereof;
provided that, (i) such Liens are in existence at the time such Property is
acquired and were not created or incurred in anticipation thereof and (ii) the
Debt secured by such Liens (A) is permitted under Section 6.2, (B) does not
exceed the fair market value of such Property, (C) is secured only by such
Property and the proceeds (including, without limitation, proceeds from
associated contracts and insurances) of, and improvements, accessories and
upgrades to, such Property and not by any other assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, and (D) is not thereafter increased in amount;

         (k) judgment, attachment, sequestration, distress and similar Liens
(including bonds related to judgment or litigation) not giving rise to an Event
of Default so long as any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been
initiated for the review of such judgment, attachment, sequestration, distress
or similar action shall not have been finally terminated or the period within
which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

         (l) rights of set-off of banks and other Persons in the ordinary course
of banking and trading arrangements;

         (m) Liens to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or
replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or
replacements), in whole or in part, of any Debt or other obligations secured by
any Permitted Lien referred to in clauses (a) through (l) above, provided that,
the principal amount of the Debt or other obligation secured thereby is no
greater than the greater of (i) the sum of the outstanding principal amount of
such Debt or other obligation immediately before such extension, renewal,
refinancing, refunding or replacement, plus all reasonable fees, costs and
expenses incurred in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing,
refunding or replacement, and (ii) the sum of the maximum commitment of such
Debt or other obligation immediately before such extension, renewal,
refinancing, refunding or replacement, plus all reasonable fees, costs and
expenses incurred in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing,
refunding or replacement, and that any such Liens are limited to the Property
originally encumbered thereby (and any proceeds (including, without limitation,
proceeds from associated contracts and insurance) of and improvements,
accessories and upgrades to, such Property);

         (n) Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other
than for Debt), leases (other than Capitalized Leases), statutory obligations,
surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

         (o) Liens which are imposed under Section 412(n)(1) of the Code and the
existence of which would not constitute an Event of Default.

         Section 6.2 Debts, Guaranties and Other Obligations. The Borrower shall
not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, suffer to
exist or in any manner become or be liable, in respect of any Debt except:

         (a) Debt under the Credit Documents;

         (b) Debt existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 6.2;
provided that, such Debt may not be increased in principal amount;

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         (c) unsecured Intercompany Debt, provided that such Debt shall be
subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent;

         (d) Debt of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries incurred for the
purpose of financing all or a part of the purchase price or construction cost of
Property if (i) the principal amount of such Debt does not exceed the cost of
the Property so acquired or constructed plus transaction costs related thereto,
and (ii) such Debt is incurred no later than 12 months after the latest of (A)
commencement of commercial operation of the Property so acquired or constructed,
(B) completion of the construction or acquisition of such Property and (C)
acquisition of such Property, and (iii) the aggregate amount of such Debt
incurred under this Section 6.2(d) does not exceed $5,000,000;

         (e) Non-Recourse Debt of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
provided that, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders have consented
to such Non-Recourse Debt, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;

         (f) Net Mark-to-Market Exposure of Financial Contracts of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 at
any time;

         (g) Other Debt of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding; and

         (h) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or
successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or replacements), in
whole or in part, of any Debt referred to in clauses (a) through (g) of this
Section 6.2; provided that, the principal amount of such Debt is not thereby
increased (other than by the reasonable fees, expenses and any premium incurred
in connection with the extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or
replacement).

         Section 6.3 Merger or Consolidation; Asset Sales.

         (a) The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to,
merge, dissolve, liquidate or consolidate with or into any other Person or to
transfer all or substantially all of its Property to any other Person, except
that (i) a Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with or into the Borrower or a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (provided that (A) if either of such
Subsidiaries is a Guarantor, the surviving entity shall be a Guarantor, and (B)
if neither of such Subsidiaries is a Guarantor, the Subsidiaries shall have
complied with Section 5.11), and (ii) a Subsidiary of the Borrower may transfer
all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise)
to the Borrower or to another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (provided
that (A) if the transferor in such a transaction is a Guarantor, then the
transferee must either be the Borrower or a Guarantor, and (B) if neither the
transferor nor the transferee is a Guarantor, the Subsidiaries shall have
complied with Section 5.11), provided in each case that no Event of Default
exists or no Default would be caused thereby.

         (b) The Borrower shall not, in any transaction or series of
transactions, consolidate with or merge into any other Person (other than a
merger of a Subsidiary into the Borrower in which the Borrower is the surviving
corporation), or sell, convey, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, to any Person unless (i) either (A) the Borrower shall be the
continuing Person

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or (B) the Person (if other than the Borrower) formed by such consolidation or
into which the Borrower is merged, or the Person which acquires, by sale,
assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition, all or
substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient
originals for each applicable Lender) a joinder agreement in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and such other Credit
Documents as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request, to
assume the Obligations, together with evidence of corporate authority to enter
into such joinder agreement and such legal opinions in relation to such joinder
agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (ii) no Event of
Default exists or no Default would be caused thereby, and (iii) after giving
effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Borrower would have been in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.14 through 6.16
as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in no event shall the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries be permitted to merge
with, consolidate into, or sell all or substantially all of its assets to, The
Babcock & Wilcox Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

         (c) The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of its Property to any other
Person, except:

                  (i) Sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

                  (ii) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether
         now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;

                  (iii) Dispositions of equipment to the extent that (A) such
         property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar
         replacement property, or (B) the proceeds of such disposition are
         reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of similar
         replacement property;

                  (iv) to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section
         6.3, so long as no Event of Default exists and after giving effect to
         such transaction on a pro forma basis, no Default would be caused
         thereby, sales, transfers, assignments or other dispositions of
         Property to a Person other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
         (an "Asset Sale") that, together with all other Asset Sales (other than
         sales, transfers, assignments or other dispositions permitted by
         subsections (i), (ii) and (iii) above) as permitted by this Section
         does not exceed (A) during the twelve-month period ending with the
         month in which any such Asset Sale occurs, $5,000,000 in market value,
         and (B) during the period from the Closing Date through the date of the
         repayment in full of the Loans, the termination of the Commitments and
         the cessation of all Letter of Credit Exposure, $10,000,000 in market
         value; and

                  (v) subject to the terms of Section 5.1 and Section 5.11,
         sales, transfers, assignments or other dispositions of any Property to
         the Borrower or any other Credit Party.

         Section 6.4 Investments. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, make or suffer to exist any Investments, or
commitments therefor, except:

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         (a) Cash Equivalents;

         (b) Existing Investments in Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures and other
Investments in existence on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 6.4;
provided that, such Investments may not increase in amount other than through
natural appreciation;

         (c) Intercompany Debt to the extent permitted by Section 6.2(c);

         (d) Investments in BWICO made after the Closing Date in the form of
loans or advances made to BWICO pursuant to the BWICO Loan; provided that, (i)
the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of
the most recent four-fiscal quarter period, (ii) the Borrower shall be in pro
forma compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio after giving effect to
such Investment, such compliance to be calculated using the three prior fiscal
quarters ended immediately prior to the loan or advance plus the budgeted
projections delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the fiscal
quarter in which such Investment is to be made, and (iii) no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred or be continuing (both before and after giving
effect to the applicable Investment); and provided further that the BWICO Loan
may not be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented without the prior written
consent of the Required Lenders;

         (e) Investments in Joint Ventures; provided that (i) no Default exists
or would occur either before or after giving effect to any such Investment, (ii)
such Investments are consistent with the Borrower's or such Subsidiary's past
practice with respect to Joint Ventures, (iii) the Joint Venture receiving such
Investment shall not have any Debt (other than trade payables arising in the
ordinary course of business which are being contested in good faith), (iv) such
Investment shall not be subordinate or otherwise junior in priority with any
other obligations (including equity obligations) of such Joint Venture, and (v)
the aggregate amount of all such Investments in Joint Ventures made pursuant to
this clause (e) may not exceed at any time an amount equal to $15,000,000 minus
the amount of any Letter of Credit Exposure existing at such time attributable
to Letters of Credit issued for the account of such Joint Venture;

         (f) Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties
("Immaterial Subsidiaries"); provided that (i) no Default exists or would occur
either before or after giving effect to any such Investment, (ii) such
Immaterial Subsidiaries receiving such Investment shall not have any Debt (other
than trade payables in the ordinary course of business which are being contested
in good faith), (iii) such Investment shall not be subordinate or otherwise
junior in priority with any other obligations (including equity obligations) of
such Immaterial Subsidiary, and (v) the aggregate amount of all such Investments
in Immaterial Subsidiaries made pursuant to this clause (f) may not exceed at
any time an amount equal to $2,000,000 minus the amount of any Letter of Credit
Exposure existing at such time attributable to Letters of Credit issued for the
account of such Immaterial Subsidiaries;

         (g) Investments in the form of Letters of Credit issued for the account
of the companies described on Schedule 1.2 under Parts B and D of such schedule
to replace the Existing Letters of Credit described in such Parts B and D of
such Schedule 1.2; provided that, such Letters of Credit are issued on terms
substantially identical to the letters of credit being so replaced and such
Letters of Credit may not be subsequently amended, modified or replaced

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except for (i) renewals of such existing Letters of Credit, (ii) minor
amendments to such Letter of Credit which are approved by the applicable Issuing
Lender in its sole discretion, and (iii) increases of such Letters of Credit in
an aggregate amount not to exceed, with respect to any such Letter of Credit,
10% of the original face amount of the Existing Letter of Credit that was
replaced by such Letter of Credit;

         (h) Investments in the form of Acquisitions to the extent permitted by
Section 6.17;

         (i) Investments made by the Borrower or by any other Credit Party in
another Credit Party (or in any Person that will become a Credit Party as a
result of such Investment); and

         (j) Investments not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.4 in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000.

         Section 6.5 Transactions With Affiliates. Except as specifically
permitted under this Agreement, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist
any transaction or series of transactions (including, but not limited to, the
purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the making of any investment, the
giving of any guaranty or the rendering of any service) with any of their
Affiliates other than the Borrower or any Guarantor unless such transaction or
series of transactions is on terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such
Subsidiary than those that could be obtained in a comparable arm's length
transaction with a Person that is not such an Affiliate.

         Section 6.6 Compliance with ERISA. Except for any transaction or event
contemplated by the plan of reorganization in the Chapter 11 case of The Babcock
& Wilcox Company, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, (a) terminate, or permit any Subsidiary to terminate, any Plan
so as to result in any material (in the opinion of the Required Lenders)
liability of the Borrower or such Subsidiary or (b) permit to exist any
occurrence of any Reportable Event (as defined in Title IV of ERISA), or any
other event or condition, which presents a material (in the reasonable opinion
of the Required Lenders) risk of such a termination by the PBGC of any Plan.

         Section 6.7 Restricted Payments. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payment except that:

         (a) subject to compliance with Section 5.11, any Subsidiary of the
Borrower may declare and pay dividends or make distributions to the Borrower or
to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower; and

         (b) distributions to BWICO; provided that, (i) the Borrower shall be in
compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the most recent
four-fiscal quarter period, (ii) the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance
with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio after giving effect to such distribution or
payment, such compliance to be calculated using the three prior fiscal quarters
ended immediately prior to the distribution or payment, as applicable, plus the
budgeted projections delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for
the fiscal quarter in which such distribution or payment is to be made, and
(iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing (both
before and after giving effect to the applicable payment or distribution).

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         Section 6.8 Maintenance of Ownership of Subsidiaries. Except as
permitted by Section 6.3, the Borrower shall not sell or otherwise dispose of
any shares of Capital Stock of any of its Material Subsidiaries, and none of the
Borrower's Material Subsidiaries shall issue, sell or otherwise dispose of
(other than to the Borrower) any shares of its Capital Stock. Upon the sale or
disposition of any Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to any
Person other than the Borrower or any other Guarantor, the Administrative Agent
shall, at the Borrower's expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor such
documents as such Guarantor shall reasonably require and take any other actions
reasonably required to evidence or effect the release of such Guarantor from
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

         Section 6.9 Agreements Restricting Liens and Distributions. Except as
set forth on Schedule 6.9, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any
prohibition, encumbrance or restriction which prohibits or otherwise restricts
(a) the ability of any Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make other
distributions or pay any Intercompany Debt, (ii) make loans or advances to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or (iii) transfer any of its
Properties to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or (b) the ability
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien upon its Property to secure the Obligations or to
become a guarantor of the Obligations, other than prohibitions or restrictions
existing under or by reason of: (i) this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents; (ii) applicable Legal Requirements; (iii) customary non-assignment
provisions entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practices; (iv) any restriction or encumbrance with respect to a Subsidiary
of the Borrower imposed pursuant to an agreement which has been entered into for
the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or
assets of such Subsidiary, so long as such sale or disposition is permitted
under this Agreement; (v) Liens permitted by Section 6.1 and prohibitions and
restrictions set forth in any documents or instruments governing the terms of
any Debt or other obligations secured by any such Liens; provided that, such
prohibitions or restrictions apply only to the Property subject to such Liens;
and (vi) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or
successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or replacements), in
whole or in part, of any agreement existing on or before the Closing Date that
established any such prohibition, encumbrance or restriction.

         Section 6.10 Financial Contract Obligations. The Borrower shall not,
and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Financial
Contract Obligations unless (a) such obligations are (or were) entered into by
such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly
mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets,
or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the
value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of speculation
or taking a "market view;" and (b) such Financial Contract Obligation does not
contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation
to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party.

         Section 6.11 Leases. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any obligation for
payments under Operating Leases (including, without limitation, rental payments
and payments of taxes thereunder) with respect to any Property, except that the
following shall be permitted: (a) Operating Leases so long as the aggregate
amount of all rental payment obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
does not

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exceed $4,000,000 during any rolling twelve-month period occurring prior to the
Maturity Date; or (b) obligations as have been approved in writing by the
Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders.

         Section 6.12 Sale and Leaseback Transactions and other Off-Balance
Sheet Liabilities. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
enter into or suffer to exist any (a) Sale and Leaseback Transaction or (b) any
other transaction pursuant to which it incurs or has incurred Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities, except for (i) Financial Contract Obligations permitted to be
incurred under the terms of Section 6.10, (ii) Sale and Leaseback Transactions;
provided that, the Borrower is in compliance with Section 6.11 and (iii)
Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities permitted to be incurred under the terms of
Section 6.2.

         Section 6.13 Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Periods. The Borrower
shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, permit the fiscal
year of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to end on a day other than
December 31 or change the Borrower's method of determining fiscal quarters.

         Section 6.14 Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall not permit its Leverage
Ratio at the end of any fiscal quarter to be greater than 2.0 to 1.0.

         Section 6.15 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Borrower shall not
permit, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio (the "Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio") of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the four-fiscal quarter period
then ended to (b) the sum (without duplication) of the following for such
four-fiscal quarter period: (i) principal payments (other than (w) principal
payments made to MII on the Closing Date in respect of the retirement of the MII
Subordinated Loan, (x) principal payments made on the Closing Date under the
Existing Credit Agreement, (y) principal payments made on the closing date of
the Existing Credit Agreement to repay amounts owed by the Borrower under its
credit facility that was refinanced by the Existing Credit Agreement, and (z)
principal payments made under this Agreement) made during such period in respect
of any Consolidated Funded Debt, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such
period, (iii) capital expenditures made during such period by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, (iv) Restricted Payments made to BWICO during such period, (v)
Restricted Payments made to any Person in respect of any Preferred Interests,
(vi) Investments made in BWICO pursuant to Section 6.4 during such period net of
any cash payments received by the Borrower from BWICO during such period, and
(vii) cash taxes allocated to the Borrower for such period, to be less than 1.10
to 1.00.

         Section 6.16 Maximum Debt to Capitalization Ratio. The Borrower shall
not permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Debt to (b) Total Capitalization
as of the end of any fiscal quarter to be greater than 40%.

         Section 6.17 Acquisitions. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Acquisition in a transaction or series of
transactions unless (a) such Acquisition is undertaken in accordance with all
applicable Legal Requirements, (b) the prior, effective written consent or
approval to such Acquisition of the board of directors or equivalent governing
body of the acquiree is obtained, (c) the primary purpose of the Acquisition is
to expand or enhance any line of business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries
permitted under

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Section 5.9, (d) no Default or Event of Default will occur or be continuing and
each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower and the other Credit
Parties in this Agreement and in the other Credit Documents will be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Acquisition, both
before and after giving effect thereto, and (e) the aggregate amount of the
consideration paid in respect of such Acquisition together with the aggregate
amount of all liabilities assumed in respect of such Acquisition shall not, when
taken together with all other such amounts paid or assumed with respect to
Acquisitions during the twelve-month period ended on the date of such proposed
Acquisition, exceed $25,000,000.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                                EVENTS OF DEFAULT

         Section 7.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following
events shall constitute an "Event of Default" under any Credit Document:

         (a) Payment. The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan
(including, without limitation, any mandatory prepayment required by Section
2.7) when the same becomes due and payable, or any interest on the Loans or any
fee or other amount payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document within
five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable;

         (b) Representation and Warranties. Any representation or statement made
or deemed to be made by the Borrower or any other Credit Party (or any of their
respective officers) in this Agreement, in any other Credit Document, or in any
certificate delivered in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit
Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or
deemed to be made;

         (c) Covenant Breaches. The Borrower or any other Credit Party shall (i)
fail to perform or observe any covenant contained in Sections 5.2, 5.5 (other
than clauses (b), (c) and (d) of such Section), 5.8, 5.10 and 5.11 and Article
VI of this Agreement or (ii) fail to perform or observe any other term or
covenant set forth in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document which is
not covered by clause (i) above or any other provision of this Section 7.1 if
such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of (A)
written notice of such default shall have been given to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender or (B) any actual knowledge of such default
by a Responsible Officer;

         (d) Cross-Default. (i) Any Credit Party or McDermott shall fail to pay
any principal of or premium or interest on its Debt which is outstanding in a
principal amount of at least $5,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other
currency) when aggregated with all such Debt of the Person so in default (but
excluding Debt evidenced by the Loans) when the same becomes due and payable
(whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or
otherwise), (ii) any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any
agreement or instrument relating to Debt of any Credit Party or McDermott which
is outstanding in a principal amount of at least $5,000,000 (or the equivalent
in any other currency) when aggregated with all such Debt of the Person so in
default (but excluding Debt evidenced by the Loans), and shall continue after
the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument,
if

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the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the
acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt; or (iii) any such Debt of any Credit
Party or McDermott shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be
prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to the
stated maturity thereof;

         (e) Insolvency. Any Credit Party shall generally not pay its debts as
such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Credit Party seeking to
adjudicate it as a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of
it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief
or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or
for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding
instituted against any Credit Party, either such proceeding shall remain
undismissed for a period of 60 days or any of the actions sought in such
proceeding shall occur; or any Credit Party shall take any corporate action to
authorize any of the actions set forth above in this paragraph (e) or any
analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.

         (f) Judgments. Any judgment, decree or order for the payment of money
shall be rendered against any Credit Party in an amount in excess of $5,000,000
(or the equivalent in any other currency) (to the extent not paid or fully
covered by insurance less any deductible) if rendered solely against any Credit
Party, or for which any Credit Party's allocated portion of which exceeds
$5,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency) (to the extent not paid or
fully covered by insurance less any deductible) and either (i) such judgment,
decree or order remains unsatisfied and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive
days or more without being vacated, discharged, satisfied or stayed or bonded
pending appeal or (ii) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any
creditor upon such judgment, decree or order;

         (g) Termination Events. Any Termination Event (other than a Reportable
Event that could not reasonably be expected to result in liabilities or other
amounts owed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000)
with respect to a Plan shall have occurred, and, 30 days after notice thereof
shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, (i) such
Termination Event shall not have been corrected and (ii) the then present value
of such Plan's vested benefits exceeds the then current value of assets
accumulated in such Plan by an amount that would reasonably be expected to cause
or to have a Material Adverse Change (or in the case of a Termination Event
involving the withdrawal of a "substantial employer" (as defined in Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA), the withdrawing employer's proportionate share of such
excess shall exceed such amount);

         (h) Plan Withdrawals. The Borrower or any member of the Controlled
Group as employer under a Multiemployer Plan shall have made a complete or
partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan and the plan sponsor of such
Multiemployer Plan shall have notified such withdrawing employer that such
employer has incurred a withdrawal liability in an annual amount that could
reasonably be expected to cause or to have a Material Adverse Change;

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         (i) Credit Documents. Any material provision of the Credit Documents,
including, without limitation, the provisions in Article VIII shall for any
reason cease to be valid and binding on the Credit Parties or any of the Credit
Parties shall so state in writing;

         (j) Government Action. (i) Any Governmental Authority shall seize,
condemn, or otherwise take control of, a material portion of the assets of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any Governmental Authority shall
direct the Borrower or any Subsidiary to sell or otherwise dispose of any
material portion of its assets to any Person (including to any Governmental
Authority) or to divest itself of any investment in any Joint Venture, (iii) the
Price Anderson Act (or, with respect to contracts governed by foreign laws, its
reasonably equivalent substitute under such foreign law) shall be terminated,
revoked or materially modified in a manner adverse to the Borrower and the
effect of such termination, revocation or modification causes any contract,
agreement or instrument of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint
Venture to no longer receive the protections and benefits afforded such party
with respect to the Price Anderson Act (or such reasonably equivalent foreign
law) at the time such contract agreement or instrument was entered into, or (iv)
the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture shall enter into any
material contract, agreement or instrument which does not elect to invoke the
protections and benefits of the Price Anderson Act (or, with respect to
contracts governed by foreign laws, a reasonably equivalent substitute under
such foreign law) or, if the Price Anderson Act is not then in effect, the
protections and benefits of Public Law 85-804; or

         (k) Change in Control. A Change of Control shall occur.

         Section 7.2 Optional Acceleration of Maturity. If any Event of Default
(other than an Event of Default pursuant to paragraph (e) of Section 7.1) shall
have occurred and be continuing, then, and in any such event:

         (a) the Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request of, or may with
the consent of, the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the
obligation of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the Issuing
Lenders to issue, increase or extend Letters of Credit to be terminated,
whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request of,
or may with the consent of, the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower,
declare the Loans, all interest thereon, and all other amounts payable under
this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Loans, all such
interest, and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable in
full, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind
(including, without limitation, any notice of intent to accelerate or notice of
acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;

         (b) the Borrower shall, on demand of the Administrative Agent at the
request or with the consent of the Required Lenders, deposit with the
Administrative Agent into the Cash Collateral Account an amount of cash in
Dollars equal to the outstanding Letter of Credit Exposure as security for the
Obligations to the extent the Letter of Credit Obligations are not otherwise
paid at such time; and

         (c) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may exercise all rights
and remedies available under the Credit Documents and applicable law.

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         Section 7.3 Automatic Acceleration of Maturity. If any Event of Default
pursuant to paragraph (e) of Section 7.1 shall occur:

         (a) the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall immediately and
automatically be terminated and the Loans and the obligation of the Issuing
Lenders to issue, increase or extend Letters of Credit, and all other amounts
payable under this Agreement shall immediately and automatically become and be
due and payable in full, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of
any kind (including, without limitation, any notice of intent to accelerate or
notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrower;

         (b) the Borrower shall, on demand of the Administrative Agent at the
request or with the consent of the Required Lenders, deposit with the
Administrative Agent into the Cash Collateral Account an amount of cash in
Dollars equal to the outstanding Letter of Credit Exposure as security for the
Obligations to the extent the Letter of Credit Obligations are not otherwise
paid at such time; and

         (c) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may exercise all rights
and remedies available under the Credit Documents and applicable law.

         Section 7.4 Non-exclusivity of Remedies. No remedy conferred upon the
Administrative Agent is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each
remedy shall be cumulative of all other remedies existing by contract, at law,
in equity, by statute or otherwise.

         Section 7.5 Right of Set-off. Upon (a) the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default and (b) the making of the request or the
granting of the consent, if any, specified by Section 7.2 to authorize the
Administrative Agent upon the consent of the Required Lenders to declare the
Loans and any other amount payable hereunder due and payable pursuant to the
provisions of Section 7.2 or the automatic acceleration of the Loans and all
amounts payable under this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.3, each Lender is
hereby authorized at any time and from time-to-time, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special,
time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at
any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Credit
Party against any and all of the obligations of any Credit Party now or
hereafter existing under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this
Agreement or such other Credit Documents, and although such obligations may be
unmatured. Each Lender agrees to promptly notify the applicable Credit Party
after any such set-off and application made by it, provided that the failure to
give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to any other rights
and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which such
Lender may have.

         Section 7.6 Application of Proceeds. All proceeds received after or
held at the time of maturity of the Obligations and all Casualty Proceeds
received by the Administrative Agent and to be applied against the Obligations
in accordance Section 2.7, whether by acceleration or otherwise shall be applied
in the following order:

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         (a) First, to payment of the reasonable expenses, liabilities, losses,
costs, duties, fees, charges or other moneys whatsoever (together with interest
payable thereon) as may have been paid or incurred in connection with, or
incidental to, any enforcement of the Credit Documents, including reasonable
compensation to the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and to the
ratable payment of any other unreimbursed reasonable expenses and indemnities
for which the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent or any Lender is to
be reimbursed pursuant to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, in each
case that are then due and payable;

         (b) Second, to the ratable payment of accrued but unpaid agent's fees
then due and payable to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement;

         (c) Third, to the ratable payment of accrued but unpaid interest on the
Loans then due and payable under this Agreement;

         (d) Fourth, to the ratable payment of accrued but unpaid commitment
fees then due and payable to the Lenders in respect of the Loans under this
Agreement;

         (e) Fifth, to the ratable payment of all outstanding Obligations then
due and payable and to the cash collateralization of any Letter of Credit
Exposure; and

         (f) Sixth, any excess after payment in full of all Obligations shall be
paid to the Borrower or any Credit Party as appropriate or to such other Person
who may be lawfully entitled to receive such excess.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                  THE GUARANTY

         Section 8.1 Guaranty. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment of the
Obligations when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise,
and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and
expenses) incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in enforcing any
rights under this Section 8.1. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
each Guarantor's liability shall extend to all amounts which constitute part of
the Obligations and are owed by the Borrower even if they are declared
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Borrower. Each Guarantor will
pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders all amounts due
and payable under this Section 8.1 in Dollars in immediately available funds one
Business Day after demand from the Administrative Agent.

         Section 8.2 Guaranty Absolute. Each Guarantor guarantees that the
Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, regardless of any Legal Requirement now or hereafter in effect in any
jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any Lender with
respect thereto. The guaranty provided for in Section 8.1 is a guaranty of
payment, not of collection and each Guarantor's obligations hereunder are
primary, not secondary. The obligations of each Guarantor under Section 8.1 are
independent of the Obligations, joint and several with any other Guarantor in
each and every particular, and a separate action or actions may be brought and
prosecuted against any Guarantor to enforce such

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obligations, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Borrower
or any other Person or whether the Borrower or any other Person is joined in any
such action or actions. The liability of the Guarantors under Section 8.1 shall
be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

         (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any other provision of
this Agreement or any other Credit Document;

         (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
other term of, all or any of the Obligations or any other liabilities, or any
other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from this Agreement or
any other Credit Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the
Obligations or any other liabilities resulting from the extension of additional
credit to the Borrower or otherwise (provided that the guarantee under this
Article VIII will apply to such Credit Documents or other document or security
as amended or replaced);

         (c) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral
(if any), or any taking, release, amendment or waiver of or consent to departure
from any other guaranty for all or any of the Obligations or any other
liabilities;

         (d) any manner of application of collateral (if any), or proceeds
thereof or of collections on account of any other guaranty to all or any of the
Obligations or any other liabilities, or any manner of sale or other disposition
of any collateral for all or any of the Obligations or any other liabilities or
any other assets of the Borrower;

         (e) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure
or existence of the Borrower; or

         (f) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or a guarantor (other than the
defense of prior payment).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Guarantors shall be liable under this
Article VIII only for amounts aggregating up to the largest amount that would
not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance under Section 548 of
the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provisions of any other
applicable law.

         Section 8.3 Waiver. Each Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence,
notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of the Obligations
and the guaranty provided for in Section 8.1 and any requirement that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender protect, secure, perfect or insure any
security interest or other Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any
right to take any action against any Guarantor or any other Person or any
collateral.

         Section 8.4 Subrogation.

         (a) Until such time as the Obligations are paid in full, each Guarantor
irrevocably waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation
of law or otherwise, by making any payment hereunder or otherwise to be
subrogated to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against the
Borrower or any other Person with respect to such payment or otherwise to be
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respect thereof. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such
subrogation in violation of the preceding sentence, such amount shall be held in
trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall
forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent to be credited against and applied
upon the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as may be
determined by the Lenders.

         (b) Each Guarantor agrees that, to the extent that the Borrower makes
payment to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent
or any Lender receives any proceeds of collateral, and such payments or proceeds
or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside, or otherwise required to be repaid, then to the extent
of such repayment the Obligations shall be reinstated and continued in full
force and effect as of the date such initial payment or collection of proceeds
occurred. Each Guarantor shall defend and indemnify the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders from and against any claim or loss under this Section 8.4 (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) in the defense of any such action or
suit, but excluding any such losses, liabilities, claims, damages, or expenses
incurred by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                       THE AGENTS AND THE ISSUING LENDERS

         Section 9.1 Appointment; Nature of Relationship. CLNY is hereby
appointed by the Lenders as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under each
other Credit Document, and each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the
Administrative Agent to act as the contractual representative of such Lender
with the rights and duties expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit
Documents. CLNY and Scotiabank are hereby appointed by the Lenders as the
Issuing Lenders hereunder and under each other Credit Document, and each of the
Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Issuing Lenders to act with the rights and
duties expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents regarding
the Issuing Lenders. The Administrative Agent agrees to act as such contractual
representative upon the express conditions contained in this Article IX.
Notwithstanding the use of the defined term "Administrative Agent," it is
expressly understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall have no
fiduciary responsibilities to any Lender by reason of this Agreement or any
other Credit Document and that the Administrative Agent is merely acting as the
representative of the Lenders with only those duties as are expressly set forth
in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. In its capacity as the
Lenders' contractual representative, the Administrative Agent (a) does not
hereby assume any fiduciary duties to any of the Lenders, (b) is a
"representative" of the Lenders within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the
Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New York and (c) is acting as
an independent contractor, the rights and duties of which are limited to those
expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Each of
the Lenders hereby agrees to assert no claim against the Administrative Agent on
any agency theory or any other theory of liability for breach of fiduciary duty,
all of which claims each Lender hereby waives.

         Section 9.2 Powers. The Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lenders
shall have and may exercise such powers under the Credit Documents as are
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Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lenders by the terms of each thereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor the Issuing Lenders shall have any implied duties to
the Lenders, or any obligation to the Lenders to take any action thereunder
except any action specifically provided by the Credit Documents to be taken by
the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lenders, as applicable.

         Section 9.3 General Immunity. None of the Administrative Agent, the
Arranger, the Issuing Lenders or any of their respective directors, officers,
agents or employees shall be liable to any Credit Party or any Lender for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any other
Credit Document or in connection herewith or therewith except for its or their
own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

         Section 9.4 No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc. None of the
Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the Issuing Lenders or any of their
respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or
have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify (i) any statement, warranty
or representation made in connection with any Credit Document or any borrowing
hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or
agreements of any obligor under any Credit Document, including, without
limitation, any agreement by an obligor to furnish information directly to each
Lender; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article III, except
receipt of items required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; (iv) the
validity, enforceability, effectiveness, sufficiency or genuineness of any
Credit Document or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection
therewith; or (v) the value, sufficiency, creation, perfection or priority of
any interest in any collateral security. Neither the Administrative Agent nor
the Issuing Lenders shall have any duty to disclose to any Lender any
information that is not required to be furnished by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lenders at such time,
but is voluntarily furnished by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lenders (either in its capacity as
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or in its individual capacity).

         Section 9.5 Action on Instructions of Lenders. The Administrative Agent
shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting,
hereunder and under any other Credit Document in accordance with written
instructions signed by the Required Lenders, and such instructions and any
action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the
Lenders and on all holders of Loans. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that the
Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to take any discretionary action
permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any
other Credit Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the
Required Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing
or refusing to take any action hereunder and under any other Credit Document
unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders pro rata
against any and all liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of
taking or continuing to take any such action.

         Section 9.6 Employment of Agents and Counsel. The Administrative Agent
and the Issuing Lenders may execute any of their respective duties as
Administrative Agent or as Issuing Lender hereunder and under any other Credit
Document by or through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be
answerable to the Lenders, except as to money or securities received by it or
its authorized agents, for the default or misconduct of the Administrative
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the Issuing Lender or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lenders shall be entitled to advice of
their respective counsels concerning all matters pertaining to the agency hereby
created and its duties hereunder and under any other Credit Document.

         Section 9.7 Reliance on Documents; Counsel. The Administrative Agent
and the Issuing Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon any Note, notice,
consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, statement, paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the
proper person or persons, and, in respect to legal matters, upon the opinion of
counsel selected by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lenders, as
applicable, which counsel may be employees of the Administrative Agent or the
Issuing Lenders, as applicable.

         Section 9.8 Agent's and the Issuing Lenders' Reimbursement and
Indemnification. The Lenders agree to reimburse (to the extent not already
reimbursed by the Borrower in immediately available funds) and indemnify the
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender ratably in proportion to their
respective Pro Rata Shares (a) for any amounts not reimbursed by any Credit
Party for which the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lenders, as applicable,
are entitled to reimbursement under the Credit Documents, (ii) for any other
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lenders on behalf
of the Lenders, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration and enforcement of the Credit Documents and (iii) for any
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the
Issuing Lenders in any way relating to or arising out of the Credit Documents or
any other document delivered in connection therewith or the transactions
contemplated thereby, or the enforcement of any of the terms thereof or of any
such other documents, provided that no Lender shall be liable for any of the
foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lenders. The obligations
of the Lenders under this Section 9.8 shall survive payment of the obligations
and termination of this Agreement.

         Section 9.9 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be
deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of
Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written
notice from a Lender or a Credit Party referring to this Agreement describing
such Default or Event of Default. In the event that the Administrative Agent
receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice
thereof to the Lenders.

         Section 9.10 Rights as a Lender. In the event that the Administrative
Agent or any Issuing Lender is a Lender, the Administrative Agent and such
Issuing Lender shall have the same rights and powers hereunder and under any
other Credit Document as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were
not the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender and the term "Lender" or
"Lenders" shall, at any time when the Administrative Agent is a Lender, unless
the context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent and the
Issuing Lender in its individual capacity. The Administrative Agent or the
Issuing Lenders may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in
any kind of trust, debt, equity or other transaction, in addition to those
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Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary is
not restricted hereby from engaging with any other Person. The Administrative
Agent and each Issuing Lender, in its individual capacities, is not obligated to
remain a Lender.

         Section 9.11 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it
has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Lenders or any other Lender and based on the financial statements
prepared by the Borrower and such other documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Each Lender also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Lenders or any other Lender and based on such documents and information
as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents.

         Section 9.12 Successor Agent and Issuing Lender. (a) The Administrative
Agent may resign at any time by giving prior written notice thereof to the
Lenders and the Borrower, such resignation to be effective upon the appointment
of a successor Administrative Agent or, if no successor Administrative Agent has
been appointed, 45 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of
its intention to resign. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall
have the right to appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a
successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have
been so appointed by the Required Lenders within 30 days after the resigning
Administrative Agent's giving notice of its intention to resign, then the
resigning Administrative Agent may appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the
Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent has
resigned and no successor Administrative Agent has been appointed, the Lenders
may perform all the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder and the
Borrower shall make all payments in respect of the Obligations to the applicable
Lender and for all other purposes shall deal directly with the Lenders. No
successor Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be appointed hereunder until
such successor Administrative Agent has accepted the appointment. Any such
successor Administrative Agent shall be a commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and
retained earnings of at least $100,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other
currency). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative
Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the resigning. Upon the effectiveness of the
resignation of the Administrative Agent, the resigning Administrative Agent
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the
Credit Documents. After the effectiveness of the resignation of the
Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX shall continue in effect
for the benefit of Administrative Agent in respect of any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent
hereunder and under the other Credit Documents.

         (b) Each Issuing Lender may resign at any time by giving prior written
notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower, such resignation to be effective
upon the appointment of a successor Issuing Lender, or, if no successor Issuing
Lender, as applicable, has been appointed, 45 days after the retiring Issuing
Lender gives notice of its intention to resign. Upon any such resignation, the
Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and
the Lenders, a successor Issuing Lender. If no successor Issuing Lender shall
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appointed by the Required Lenders within thirty days after the resigning Issuing
Lender's giving notice of its intention to resign, then the resigning Issuing
Lender may appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a successor
Issuing Lender. No successor Issuing Lender shall be deemed to be appointed
hereunder until such successor Issuing Lender has accepted the appointment. Any
such successor Issuing Lender shall be a commercial bank having capital and
retained earnings of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Issuing Lender hereunder by a successor Issuing Lender, such
successor Issuing Lender shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all
the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Issuing Lender. Upon
the effectiveness of the resignation of the Issuing Lender, the resigning
Issuing Lender shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and
under the Credit Documents. After the effectiveness of the resignation of the
Issuing Lender, the provisions of this Article VIII shall continue in effect for
the benefit of the Issuing Lender in respect of any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by it while it was acting as the Issuing Lender hereunder and under the
other Credit Documents.

                                    ARTICLE X

                BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS

         Section 10.1 Successors and Assigns. The terms and provisions of the
Credit Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower
and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, except that (a) the
Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights or obligations under the
Credit Documents and (b) any assignment by any Lender must be made in compliance
with Section 10.3. Notwithstanding clause (b) of this Section, any Lender may at
any time, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
pledge or assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure
obligations of such Lender including without limitation any pledge or assignment
to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided, however, that no such
pledge or assignment shall release the transferor Lender from its obligations
hereunder. The Administrative Agent may treat the payee of any Note as the owner
thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until such payee complies with
Section 10.3 in the case of an assignment thereof or, in the case of any other
transfer, a written notice of the transfer is filed with the Administrative
Agent. Any assignee or transferee of the Loans agrees by acceptance thereof to
be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents. Any request,
authority, or consent of any Person, who at the time of making such request or
giving such authority or consent is the holder of any Loan, shall be conclusive
and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee, or assignee of such Loan.

         Section 10.2 Participations.

         (a) Permitted Participants; Effect. Any Lender may, in the ordinary
course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell
to one or more banks or other entities ("Participants") participating interests
in any Loans owing to such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment
of such Lender, if any, or any other interest of such Lender under the Credit
Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests
to a Participant, such Lender's obligations under the Credit Documents shall
remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain
the holder of any such Note for all purposes under the

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Credit Documents, all amounts payable by the Credit Parties under this Agreement
shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating interests,
and the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under the Credit Documents.

         (b) Voting Rights. Each Lender shall retain the sole right to approve,
without the consent of any Participant, any amendment, modification, or waiver
of any provision of the Credit Documents other than any amendment, modification,
or waiver which effects any of the amendments, modifications or waivers
referenced in Section 11.1 (other than with respect to the proviso at the end of
Section 11.1) in each case subject to the rights of the Participant under such
participation.

         (c) Benefit of Setoff. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall
be deemed to have the right of setoff provided in Section 7.5 in respect of its
participating interest in amounts owing under the Credit Documents to the same
extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it
as a Lender under the Credit Documents; provided, that each Lender shall retain
the right of setoff provided in Section 7.5 with respect to the amount of
participating interests sold to each Participant; and provided further that,
such right of setoff shall not be exercisable until five Business Days after the
date upon which the Borrower receives written notice of the fact that such
Participant is a Participant (it being understood that neither the
Administrative Agent, the Lender granting such participation nor the Participant
shall be obligated to give such notice). The Lenders agree to share with each
Participant, and each Participant, by exercising the right of setoff provided in
Section 7.5, agrees to share with each Lender, any amount received pursuant to
the exercise of its right of setoff, such amounts to be shared as if each
Participant were a Lender.

         Section 10.3 Assignments.

         (a) Permitted Assignments. Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of
its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time assign to one or
more Eligible Assignees ("Purchasers") all or any part of its rights and
obligations under the Credit Documents; provided, however, that in the case of
an assignment to an Eligible Assignee which is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a
Lender, such assignment shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (i)
$5,000,000.00 and (ii) all of such Lender's Commitment, if any, and Loans. Any
Lender making such an assignment must assign a pro rata share of its obligations
with respect to the Loans and its Commitments related thereto and must, unless
it is assigning all of its Commitment, retain a minimum Commitment of $5,000,000
after giving effect to such assignment and all other assignments by such Lender
made on such day. Such assignment shall be made pursuant to an Assignment and
Acceptance. The consent of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default
is continuing, the Borrower shall be required prior to an assignment becoming
effective, unless the assignment or transfer is (A) by CLNY in connection with
the syndication of the Commitments and the Loans made hereunder, or (B) to
another Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender. Such consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.

         (b) Effect; Effective Date. Upon (a) delivery to the Administrative
Agent of an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any consents required by
Section 10.3(a) and (b) payment of a $3,500 fee to the Administrative Agent for
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assignment shall become effective on the effective date specified in such
Assignment and Acceptance. On and after the effective date of such assignment,
(i) such Purchaser shall for all purposes be a Lender party to this Agreement
and any other Credit Document executed by the Lenders and shall have all the
rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Documents, to the same
extent as if it were an original party hereto, and (ii) the transferor Lender
shall be released with respect to the percentage of the Commitments and Loans
assigned to such Purchaser without any further consent or action by the
Borrower, the Lenders, or the Administrative Agent. Upon the consummation of any
assignment to a Purchaser pursuant to this Section 10.3(b), the transferor
Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall, if the transferor
Lender or the Purchaser desires that its Commitments be evidenced by Notes, make
appropriate arrangements so that new Notes or, as appropriate, replacement Notes
are issued to such transferor Lender and new Notes or, as appropriate,
replacement Notes, are issued to such Purchaser, in each case in principal
amounts reflecting their respective Commitments, as adjusted pursuant to such
assignment.

         Section 10.4 Dissemination of Information. The Administrative Agent and
the Lenders agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined
below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and their
Affiliates' respective directors, officers, employees and agents, including
accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the
Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential
nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential
on substantially the same terms as provided herein); (b) to the extent requested
by any regulatory authority; (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party
to this Agreement; (e) to the extent required in connection with the exercise of
any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder; (f) subject to an agreement
for the benefit of the Credit Parties containing provisions substantially the
same as those of this Section 10.4 or any other confidentiality obligation
referred to herein, to (i) any Participant or Purchaser or any other Person
acquiring an interest in the Credit Documents (each a "Transferee") and any
prospective Transferee or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty
or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty's or prospective
counterparty's professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction
relating to obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (g) with the prior
written consent of the Borrower; or (h) to the extent such Information (i)
becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or
(ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries. In addition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may disclose
the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market
data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service
providers to the Administrative Agents and the Lenders in connection with the
administration and management of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, and
the Loans. For the purposes of this Section, "Information" means all information
received from, or on behalf of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating
to the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture, or their
business, other than any such information that is available to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to
disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Any Person required to
maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be
considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has
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such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Information" shall not include, and
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (and each employee, representative or
other agent of such Administrative Agent or Lender) may disclose to any and all
Persons, without limitation of any kind, any information with respect to the
"tax treatment" and "tax structure" (in each case, within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4) of the transactions contemplated hereby
and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that
are provided to the Administrative Agent or such Lender relating to such tax
treatment and tax structure; provided that, with respect to any document or
similar item that in either case contains information concerning the tax
treatment or tax structure of the transaction as well as other information, this
sentence shall only apply to such portions of the document or similar item that
relate to the tax treatment or tax structure of the Loans, Letters of Credit and
transactions contemplated hereby.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         Section 11.1 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, nor consent to any departure by
any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower, and
then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and
for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment,
waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each Lender directly
affected thereby and the Borrower, do any of the following: (a) increase the
Commitments of the Lenders or extend the expiry date for any such Commitments,
(b) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Loans or any fees or other
amounts payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (c) postpone any
date fixed for any scheduled payment or prepayment of principal of, or interest
on, the Loans, for any fees or for other amounts payable hereunder, (d) change
the number of Lenders which shall be required to take any action hereunder or
under any other Credit Document, (e) amend Section 2.13 or this Section 11.1, or
(f) except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, release any Guarantor from
its obligations under its Guaranty; provided, further, that (i) no amendment,
waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative
Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the
rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other
Credit Document, (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing
and signed by each Issuing Lender in addition to the Lenders required above to
take such action, affect the rights or duties of such Issuing Lender under this
Agreement or any other Credit Document, and (iii) no waiver of any of the
conditions specified in Article III shall be effective against any Lender not
executing such waiver.

         Section 11.2 Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications shall
be in writing (including telecopy or electronic mail; provided that, any such
notice by electronic mail given by the Borrower or any other Credit Party shall
be effective only if (A) transmitted in .pdf format, .tif format or other format
in which the text is not readily modifiable by the recipient, (B) contain a
handwritten signature of an Authorized Officer on such notice, and (C) the
Borrower sends such e-mail to at least two such notice parties located at the
recipient's address for notice on Schedule 1) and mailed, telecopied, emailed,
hand delivered or delivered by a nationally

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recognized overnight courier, if to the Borrower, at its address as set forth on
Schedule 1; if to any Lender, at its specified Applicable Lending Office
specified opposite its name on Schedule 1; if to the Administrative Agent, at
its address for notices set forth in Schedule 1; and if a Notice of Borrowing or
a Notice of Conversion or Continuation to the Administrative Agent at the
specified Applicable Lending Office of the Administrative Agent and, if
different, the specified Applicable Lending Office for Administrative Agent
specified opposite its name on Schedule 1 or, as to each party, at such other
address or teletransmission number as shall be designated by such party in a
written notice to the other parties. All such notices and communications shall,
when mailed, telecopied, emailed or hand delivered or delivered by overnight
courier be effective: upon receipt, if mailed or emailed, when telecopy
transmission is completed, or when delivered, respectively, except that notices
and communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II or IX
shall not be effective until received by the Administrative Agent.

         Section 11.3 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Lender
or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right
hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies provided in
this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

         Section 11.4 Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agree to pay within five
Business Days of written request (accompanied by appropriate supporting
invoices) (a) all out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent
and reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel for the
Administrative Agent, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification and amendment of this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents, (b) all out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative
Agent and reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel for the
Administrative Agent in connection with advising the Administrative Agent with
respect to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement, and (c) all
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and
reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel for the
Administrative Agent and each Lender in connection with the enforcement (whether
through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents.

         Section 11.5 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when
it shall have been executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, and
when the Administrative Agent shall have, as to each Lender, either received a
counterpart hereof executed by such Lender or been notified by such Lender that
such Lender has executed it.

         Section 11.6 Indemnification. The Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the Lenders and each affiliate thereof and
their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from, and discharge,
release, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all losses,
liabilities, claims or damages to which any of them may become subject, insofar
as such losses, liabilities, claims or damages arise out of or result from (i)
any actual or proposed use by the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower of
the proceeds of any Loan, (ii) any breach by any Credit Party of any provision
of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (iii) any investigation,
litigation or other proceeding (including any threatened investigation or
proceeding) relating to the foregoing, or (iv) any Environmental Claim or
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Environmental Laws concerning or relating to the present or previously-owned or
operated Properties, or the operations or business, of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, and the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent, the
Arranger, and each Lender, and each Affiliate thereof and their respective
directors, officers, employees and agents, upon demand for any reasonable
out-of-of-pocket expenses (including legal fees) incurred in connection with any
such investigation, litigation or other proceeding; AND EXPRESSLY INCLUDING ANY
SUCH LOSSES, LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, OR EXPENSE INCURRED BY REASON OF THE
PERSON BEING INDEMNIFIED'S OWN NEGLIGENCE OR OWN STRICT LIABILITY, BUT EXCLUDING
ANY SUCH LOSSES, LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY REASON OF
THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE PERSON TO BE INDEMNIFIED, OR
IN THE CASE OF CLAUSE (IV) ABOVE, CAUSED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE ACT OF THE AGENT,
THE ARRANGER OR SUCH LENDER.

         Section 11.7 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

         Section 11.8 Survival of Representations, etc. All representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement or made in writing by or on behalf of the
Credit Parties in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the Credit Documents, the making of the Loans and any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Lenders, none of which investigations
shall diminish any Lender's right to rely on such representations and
warranties. All obligations of the Borrower provided for in Sections 2.8, 2.9,
2.11(c), 9.8, 11.4 and 11.6 shall survive any termination of this Agreement and
repayment in full of the Obligations.

         Section 11.9 Severability. In case one or more provisions of this
Agreement or the other Credit Documents shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall
not be affected or impaired thereby.

         Section 11.10 Usury Not Intended. It is the intent of the Credit
Parties and each Lender in the execution and performance of this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents to contract in strict compliance with applicable
usury laws, including conflicts of law concepts, governing the Loans of each
Lender including such applicable laws of the State of New York and the United
States of America from time-to-time in effect. In furtherance thereof, the
Lenders and the Borrower stipulate and agree that none of the terms and
provisions contained in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents shall ever
be construed to create a contract to pay, as consideration for the use,
forbearance or detention of money, interest at a rate in excess of the Maximum
Rate and that for purposes hereof "interest" shall include the aggregate of all
charges which constitute interest under such laws that are contracted for,
charged or received under this Agreement; and in the event that, notwithstanding
the foregoing, under any circumstances the aggregate amounts taken, reserved,
charged, received or paid on the Loans, include amounts which by applicable law
are deemed interest which would exceed the Maximum Rate, then such excess shall
be deemed to be a mistake and each Lender receiving same shall credit the same
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the principal of its Loans (or if such Loans shall have been paid in full,
refund said excess to the Borrower). In the event that the maturity of the Loans
are accelerated by reason of any election of the holder thereof resulting from
any Event of Default under this Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any
required or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that constitutes
interest may never include more than the Maximum Rate and excess interest, if
any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall be canceled automatically
as of the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid,
shall be credited on the applicable Loans (or, if the applicable Loans shall
have been paid in full, refunded to the Borrower of such interest). In
determining whether or not the interest paid or payable under any specific
contingencies exceeds the Maximum Rate, the Borrower and the Lenders shall to
the maximum extent permitted under applicable law amortize, prorate, allocate
and spread in equal parts during the period of the full stated term of the Loans
all amounts considered to be interest under applicable law at any time
contracted for, charged, received or reserved in connection with the
Obligations. The provisions of this Section shall control over all other
provisions of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents which may be in
apparent conflict herewith.

         Section 11.11 Governing Law. This Agreement and each of the other
Credit Documents shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York and the applicable laws of the United States of
America.

         Section 11.12 Consent to Jurisdiction.

         (a) Each Credit Party, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby
irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any United States
Federal or New York state court sitting in New York in any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to any Credit Documents, each Credit Party, each
Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in
respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such
court, to the extent that such court has subject matter jurisdiction, and
irrevocably waives any objection it may now or hereafter have as to the venue of
any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court or that such court is
an inconvenient forum. Any judicial proceeding by any Credit Party against the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender involving, directly or indirectly, any matter in any way arising out
of, related to, or connected with any Credit Document shall be brought only in a
court in New York, New York.

         (b) Each Credit Party has irrevocably appointed CT Corporation System
(the "Process Agent"), with an office on the date hereof at 111 Eighth Ave., New
York, New York, 10011, as its agent to receive on its behalf and on behalf of
its property service of copies of any summons or complaint or any other process
which may be served in any action. Such service may be made by mailing or
delivering a copy of such process to such Credit Party in care of the Process
Agent at the Process Agent's above address, and each Credit Party hereby
irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on
its behalf. As an alternative method of service, each Credit Party also
irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any such action or
proceeding by the mailing of copies of such process to it at the address
specified for it on the signature pages of this Agreement.

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         (c) Nothing in this Section 11.12 shall affect the right of the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender to serve legal process in any other
manner permitted by law or affect the right of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to bring any action or proceeding against any Credit Party (as a Borrower
or as a Guarantor) in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

         Section 11.13 Waiver of Jury. Each Credit Party, each Lender and the
Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by
jury in respect of any legal proceeding, directly or indirectly, (whether
sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, any other Credit Document, any of the transactions contemplated
hereby, or the relationship established hereunder.

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         EXECUTED as of the 9th day of December, 2003.

                           BORROWER:

                           BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                           By:  /s/ James R. Easter
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                James R. Easter
                                Vice President, Finance & Treasurer

                           BWXT SERVICES, INC.

                           By: /s/ James R. Easter
                               ------------------------------------------------
                               James R. Easter
                               Treasurer

                           BWXT FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.

                           By: /s/ James R. Easter
                               ------------------------------------------------
                               James R. Easter
                               Treasurer

                  Signature page to Revolving Credit Agreement

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                           ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

                           CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH,
                           as Administrative Agent

                           By: /s/ Olivier Audermard
                               ------------------------------------------------
                           Name: Olivier Audermard
                           Title:  Senior Vice President

                           LENDERS:

COMMITMENT                 CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH
$60,000,000.00

                           By: /s/ Olivier Audermard
                               ------------------------------------------------
                           Name: Olivier Audermard
                           Title:  Senior Vice President

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COMMITMENT                 THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
$30,000,000.00

                           By: /s/ A. S. Norsworthy
                               ------------------------------------------------
                           Name: A. S. Norsworthy
                           Title: Senior Manager

                  Signature page to Revolving Credit Agreement

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COMMITMENT                 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
$20,000,000.00             ASSOCIATION

                           By: /s/ Philip C. Lauinger III
                               ------------------------------------------------
                           Name:Philip C. Lauinger III
                           Title: Vice President

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COMMITMENT                 SOUTHWEST BANK OF TEXAS, N.A.
$15,000,000.00

                           By: /s/ Carmen Dunmire
                               ------------------------------------------------
                           Name: Carmen Dunmire
                           Title: Senior Vice President

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.11

                                  $200,000,000

                             J. RAY MCDERMOTT, S.A.

                        % SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2013

                               PURCHASE AGREEMENT

November 21, 2003

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                                           November 21, 2003

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036

Dear Sirs and Mesdames:

         J. Ray McDermott, S.A., a Panamanian corporation (the "COMPANY"),
proposes to issue and sell to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (the "INITIAL
PURCHASER") $200,000,000 principal amount of its 11% Senior Secured Notes due
2013 (the "SECURITIES") to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture
to be dated December 8, 2003 (the "INDENTURE") among the Company, each of the
subsidiaries of the Company named in Schedule A hereto (collectively the
"GUARANTORS") and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE"). The
Securities will be guaranteed (the "INITIAL GUARANTEES") by each Guarantor. The
Company's obligations under the Indenture and the Securities will be secured by
a first priority lien (the "COLLATERAL") on (i) all of the capital stock of
certain Material Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined) owned directly by the
Company or a Guarantor and (ii) certain marine construction vessels owned by the
Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to a pledge agreement (the "PLEDGE
AGREEMENT"), fleet mortgages and ship mortgages (the "MORTGAGES" and, together
with the Pledge Agreement, the "SECURITY DOCUMENTS").

         The Securities will be offered without being registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), to qualified
institutional buyers in compliance with the exemption from registration provided
by Rule 144A under the Securities Act and in offshore transactions in reliance
on Regulation S under the Securities Act ("REGULATION S").

         The Initial Purchaser and its direct and indirect transferees will be
entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement to be dated the
Closing Date among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser (the
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company will agree to
file, within the time periods specified therein, (i) a registration statement
under the Securities Act relating to the Company's 11% Senior Secured Notes due
2013 in a like aggregate principal amount as the Company issued under the
Indenture, identical in all material respects to the Securities and registered
under the Securities Act (the "EXCHANGE SECURITIES"), to be offered in exchange
for the Securities (such offer to exchange being referred to as the "EXCHANGE
Offer") and the guarantees thereof by each of the Guarantors (the "EXCHANGE
GUARANTEES" and, together with the Initial Guarantees, the "GUARANTEES") or (ii)
a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
relating to the resale by certain holders of the Offered Securities and to use
its commercially reasonable

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efforts to cause such registration statements to be declared and remain
effective and usable for the periods specified in the Registration Rights
Agreement and to consummate the Exchange Offer.

         In connection with the sale of the Securities, the Company has prepared
a preliminary offering memorandum (together with the Offering Memorandum
Supplement dated as of November 21, 2003, the "PRELIMINARY MEMORANDUM") and will
prepare a final offering memorandum (the "FINAL MEMORANDUM" and, with the
Preliminary Memorandum, each a "MEMORANDUM") including a description of the
terms of the Securities, the terms of the offering and a description of the
Company.

         1.       Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, you that:

                  (a)      the Preliminary Memorandum does not contain and the
         Final Memorandum, in the form used by the Initial Purchaser to confirm
         sales and on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4), will not
         contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
         material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
         the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except
         that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do
         not apply to statements or omissions in either Memorandum based upon
         information relating to the Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company
         in writing by the Initial Purchaser expressly for use therein.

                  (b)      The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly
         existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
         Republic of Panama, has the corporate power and authority to own its
         property and to conduct its business as described in each Memorandum
         and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in
         each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership
         or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the
         extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would
         not have a material adverse effect on the business, condition
         (financial or otherwise), earnings or results of operations of the
         Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a "MATERIAL ADVERSE
         EFFECT").

                  (c)      Each Material Subsidiary (as defined below) of the
         Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing and in good
         standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has
         the corporate or other organizational power and authority to own its
         property and to conduct its business as described in each Memorandum
         and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in
         each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership
         or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the
         extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would
         not have a Material Adverse

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         Effect. Except as described in the Final Memorandum, all of the issued
         and outstanding capital stock or ownership interests of each Material
         Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid
         and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through
         subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, lien, option,
         claim or other encumbrance. For purposes of this Agreement, a "MATERIAL
         SUBSIDIARY" is (i) the owner of one or more of the major marine
         construction vessels described in each Memorandum as collateral for the
         obligations under the Securities and the Exchange Securities or (ii) a
         subsidiary of the Company that constitutes a "significant subsidiary"
         of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of
         the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act.

                  (d)      This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
         delivered by the Company and each Guarantor.

                  (e)      The Securities have been duly authorized and, when
         executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the
         Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchaser in
         accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be valid and binding
         obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms,
         subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
         fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws relating
         to or affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of
         equity (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), and
         will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and the Registration
         Rights Agreement pursuant to which such Securities are to be issued.

                  (f)      The Initial Guarantee of each Guarantor has been duly
         authorized by such Guarantor; and on the Closing Date, will have been
         duly executed and delivered by each such Guarantor. When the Offered
         Securities have been issued, executed and authenticated in accordance
         with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by
         the Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the
         Initial Guarantee of each Guarantor will constitute valid and legally
         binding obligations of such Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with
         their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
         fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws relating
         to or affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of
         equity (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

                  (g)      On the Closing Date, the Exchange Securities will
         have been duly authorized by the Company. When the Exchange Securities
         are issued, executed and authenticated in accordance with the terms of
         the Exchange Offer and the Indenture, the Exchange Securities will be
         entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be the valid and
         binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in

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         accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
         insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer,
         moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
         generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a
         proceeding at law or in equity).

                  (h)      The Exchange Guarantee by each Guarantor has been
         duly authorized by such Guarantor; and, when issued, will have been
         duly executed and delivered by such Guarantor. When the Exchange
         Securities have been issued, executed and authenticated in accordance
         with the terms of the Exchange Offer and the Indenture, and when the
         Exchange Guarantees have been issued in accordance with the terms of
         the Exchange Offer and Indenture, the Exchange Guarantee of each
         Guarantor will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of such
         Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
         applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
         conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws relating to or
         affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity
         (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

                  (i)      Each of the Indenture and the Registration Rights
         Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a
         valid and binding agreement of, the Company and each Guarantor,
         enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
         bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or
         transfer, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting
         creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity (whether
         considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except as rights to
         indemnification and contribution under the Registration Rights
         Agreement may be limited under applicable law;

                  (j)      Each of the Security Documents has been duly
         authorized by the Company and each Guarantor, and when executed and
         delivered by the Company and each Guarantor will be a valid and binding
         agreement of the Company and each Guarantor party thereto, as
         applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
         applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
         conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws relating to or
         affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity
         (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity); the Security
         Documents, when duly executed and delivered, will create valid and
         (when all required filings and recordings with respect to, and
         deliveries of, Collateral have been made as described in the Security
         Documents) perfected security interests or mortgage liens in the
         Collateral; each of the representations and warranties made by the
         Company and each Guarantor in each Security Document to which it is a
         party is true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing
         Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
         expressly

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         relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and
         warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of
         such earlier date).

                  (k)      None of the Company or any of the Material
         Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its organizational documents, (ii)
         in default in the performance or observance of any obligation,
         agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture,
         mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the
         Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries is a party or by which it
         or any of them may be bound, or to which any of their property or
         assets is subject, except in the case of clause (ii) above for any such
         defaults as are disclosed in the Final Memorandum and any such defaults
         that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, or
         (iii) in violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any
         judgment, order or decree of any court with jurisdiction over the
         Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or other governmental or
         regulatory authority with jurisdiction over the Company, any of its
         subsidiaries, except for any such violations as are disclosed in the
         Final Memorandum and any such violations that would not, in the
         aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (l)      No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or
         any of the Material Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the
         Company, is imminent, except for any such disputes that would not, in
         the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not
         aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of
         any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors which
         would be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

                  (m)      The Company and the Material Subsidiaries own or
         possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, the material patents,
         patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including
         trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
         confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service
         marks and trade names (collectively, "patent and proprietary rights")
         presently employed by them in connection with the respective businesses
         now operated by them, and none of the Company or any of the Material
         Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any
         infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect
         to any patent or proprietary rights, or of any facts which would render
         any patent and proprietary rights invalid or inadequate to protect the
         interest of the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries and which
         infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision,
         ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy would result in a
         Material Adverse Effect).

                  (n)      The Company and the Material Subsidiaries possess
         such certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate
         state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to
         conduct the

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         respective businesses now operated by them, except for such
         certificates, authorizations or permits of which the failure by the
         Company to possess would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and none
         of the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries has received any
         notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
         such certificate, authority or permit which, if the subject of an
         unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse
         Effect.

                  (o)      The execution and delivery by the Company and each
         Guarantor of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
         under, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights
         Agreement, the Security Documents, the Securities and the Exchange
         Securities will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the
         articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any indenture,
         mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument binding upon
         the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company
         and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or
         decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction
         over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent, approval,
         authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body
         or agency is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the
         consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this
         Agreement, except such as may be contemplated by the Registration
         Rights Agreement, required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the
         various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities,
         or required by Federal and state securities laws with respect to the
         Company's obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.

                  (p)      There has not occurred any material adverse change,
         or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in
         the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
         operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from
         that set forth in the Final Memorandum.

                  (q)      Except as set forth in the Final Memorandum, there
         are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which
         the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of
         the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject
         other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in
         each Memorandum and proceedings that would not have a Material Adverse
         Effect or have a material adverse effect on the power or ability of the
         Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture,
         the Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Documents or the
         Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Final
         Memorandum.

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                  (r)      Except as described in the Final Memorandum, the
         Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all applicable
         foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the
         protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or
         toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("ENVIRONMENTAL
         LAWS"), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals
         required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
         respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and
         conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such
         noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required
         permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the
         terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not,
         singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the
         Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

                  (s)      Except to the extent described in the Final
         Memorandum, there are no costs or liabilities associated with
         Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or
         operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
         compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval,
         any related constraints on operating activities and any potential
         liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate,
         have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (t)      The Company and each of its subsidiaries has filed
         all foreign, federal or state income and franchise tax returns required
         to be filed after giving effect to any applicable extension in the time
         for filing (except insofar as the failure to file such returns would
         not, in the aggregate have a material adverse effect) and have paid all
         material taxes shown thereon as due; and all material tax liabilities
         of the Company and the Material Subsidiaries are adequately provided
         for on the books of the Company and the Material Subsidiaries.

                  (u)      Except as disclosed in each Memorandum, the Company
         and its subsidiaries are insured by recognized, and, to the Company's
         knowledge, financially sound institutions with policies in such amounts
         and with such deductibles and covering such risks as the Company
         generally deems adequate and customary for their businesses. The
         Company, in its reasonable judgment, has no reason to believe that it
         or any of its subsidiaries will not be able (i) to renew its existing
         insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain
         comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or
         appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that
         would not result in a Material Adverse Affect. Except as described in
         the Final Memorandum and except for such denials as would not result in
         a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has
         been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it
         has applied.

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                  (v)      The Company is not, and after giving effect to the
         offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds
         thereof as described in the Final Memorandum will not be, required to
         register as an "investment company" as such term is defined in the
         Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

                  (w)      Neither the Company nor any affiliate (as defined in
         Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act, an "AFFILIATE")
         of the Company has directly, or through any agent, (i) sold, offered
         for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect
         of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which is or will be
         integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would
         require the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities or
         (ii) offered, solicited offers to buy or sold the Securities by any
         form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are
         used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner
         involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the
         Securities Act.

                  (x)      None of the Company, its Affiliates or any person
         acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in any
         directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with
         respect to the Securities and the Company and its Affiliates and any
         person acting on its or their behalf have complied and will comply with
         the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S, except no
         representation, warranty or agreement is made by the Company in this
         paragraph with respect to the Initial Purchaser.

                  (y)      It is not necessary in connection with the offer,
         sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchaser in the
         manner contemplated by this Agreement to register the Securities under
         the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust
         Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

                  (z)      The Securities satisfy the requirements set forth in
         Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act.

                  (aa)     The Company and its subsidiaries and to the knowledge
         of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of
         the Company or any of its subsidiaries are in compliance with the
         sanctions regulations and executive orders administered by the Office
         of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department ("OFAC").

         2.       Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to
sell to the Initial Purchaser, and the Initial Purchaser, upon the basis of the
representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions
hereinafter stated, agrees to purchase from the Company all the Securities at a
purchase price of 93.81% of the principal amount thereof (the "PURCHASE PRICE")
plus accrued interest, if any, to the Closing Date.

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         Except as provided herein, the Company hereby agrees that, without the
prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, it will not, during
the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the date
that is 90 days following the Closing Date, offer, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of any debt of the Company or warrants to purchase debt of the
Company, in either case substantially similar to the Securities.

         3.       Terms of Offering. The Initial Purchaser has advised the
Company that the Initial Purchaser will make an offering of the Securities
purchased by the Initial Purchaser hereunder on the terms to be set forth in the
Final Memorandum, as soon as practicable after this Agreement is entered into as
in your judgment is advisable.

         4.       Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Securities shall be made
to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City
against delivery of such Securities for the account of the Initial Purchaser at
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 8, 2003, or at such other time on
the same or such other date, not later than December 15, 2003, as shall be
designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter
referred to as the "CLOSING DATE."

         The Securities shall be in definitive form or global form, as specified
by you, and registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall
request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing
Date. The Securities shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date, with any
transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the
Initial Purchaser duly paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor plus
accrued interest, if any, to the date of payment and delivery.

         5.       Conditions to the Initial Purchaser's Obligations. The
obligation of the Initial Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Securities on
the Closing Date is subject to the following conditions:

                  (a)      Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
         Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

                           (i)      there shall not have occurred any
                  downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any
                  intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a
                  possible change that does not indicate the direction of the
                  possible change, in the rating accorded the Company or any of
                  the Company's securities or in the rating outlook for the
                  Company by any "nationally recognized statistical rating
                  organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule
                  436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and

                           (ii)     there shall not have occurred any change, or
                  any development involving a prospective change, in the
                  condition,

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                  financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
                  operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
                  whole, from that set forth in the Preliminary Memorandum
                  provided to purchasers of the Securities (exclusive of any
                  amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of
                  this Agreement) that, in your reasonable judgment, is material
                  and adverse and that makes it, in your reasonable judgment,
                  impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the
                  manner contemplated in the Final Memorandum.

                  (b)      The Initial Purchaser shall have received on the
         Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an
         executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section
         5(a)(i) and to the effect that the representations and warranties of
         the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the
         Closing Date and that the Company has complied in all material respects
         with all of the agreements on its part to be performed hereunder on or
         before the Closing Date.

                  The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely
         upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

                  (c)      The Initial Purchaser shall have received on the
         Closing Date an opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P., outside counsel for the
         Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A.
         Such opinion shall be rendered to the Initial Purchaser at the request
         of the Company and shall so state therein.

                  (d)      The Initial Purchaser shall have received on the
         Closing Date an opinion of John T. Nesser, III, general counsel for the
         Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B.
         Such opinion shall be rendered to the Initial Purchaser at the request
         of the Company and shall so state therein.

                  (e)      The Initial Purchaser shall have received on the
         Closing Date opinions of Durling & Durling, Panamanian counsel for the
         Company, and Walkers, Cayman Islands counsel for the Company, each
         dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit(s) C-1 and
         C-2, and C-3, respectively. Such opinions shall be rendered to the
         Initial Purchaser at the request of the Company and shall so state
         therein.

                  (f)      The Initial Purchaser shall have received on the
         Closing Date opinions of Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel for the Initial
         Purchaser, and Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, maritime counsel for the
         Initial Purchaser, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in
         Exhibit D-1 and D-2, respectively.

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                  (g)      The Initial Purchaser shall have received on each of
         the date hereof and the Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or
         the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably
         satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser, from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
         independent public accountants, containing statements and information
         of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to
         initial purchasers with respect to the financial statements and certain
         financial information contained in or incorporated by reference into
         the Final Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing
         Date shall use a "cut-off date" not earlier than the date hereof.

                  (h)      Any amounts outstanding under the Company's existing
         Credit Facility dated February 10, 2003 shall have been repaid in full
         and such credit facility (as well as guarantees thereof and any liens
         securing such facility) shall have been terminated concurrently with
         the closing hereunder, and the Initial Purchaser shall have received
         evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of such repayment and
         termination.

                  (i)      The Initial Purchaser shall have received fully
         executed original copies of each Security Document; each of the Company
         and each Guarantor shall have complied in all material respects with
         all agreements or conditions to be performed under the Security
         Documents prior to the Closing Date.

                  (j)      Pursuant to escrow arrangements reasonably
         satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchaser, all liens and
         mortgages created or granted pursuant to the Credit Agreement dated as
         of February 10, 2003 among the Company, affiliates of the Company, the
         lenders party thereto and Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent,
         shall be terminated on the Closing Date.

         6.       Covenants of the Company. In further consideration of the
agreements of the Initial Purchaser contained in this Agreement, the Company
covenants with the Initial Purchaser as follows:

                  (a)      To furnish to you in New York City, without charge,
         prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next
         succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned
         in Section 6(c), as many copies of the Final Memorandum and any
         supplements and amendments thereto as you may reasonably request.

                  (b)      Before amending or supplementing either Memorandum,
         to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement
         and not to use any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you
         reasonably object.

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                  (c)      If, during such period after the date hereof and
         prior to the date on which all of the Securities shall have been sold
         by the Initial Purchaser, any event shall occur or condition exist as a
         result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final
         Memorandum in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
         circumstances when the Final Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser,
         not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Initial
         Purchaser, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Memorandum
         to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare and furnish, at its
         own expense, to the Initial Purchaser, either amendments or supplements
         to the Final Memorandum so that the statements in the Final Memorandum
         as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the
         circumstances when the Final Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, be
         misleading or so that the Final Memorandum, as amended or supplemented,
         will comply with applicable law.

                  (d)      To cooperate with the Initial Purchaser and counsel
         to the Initial Purchaser in connection with the registration or
         qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities
         or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request.

                  (e)      Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this
         Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or
         cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its
         obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees,
         disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and the Company's
         accountants in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities
         and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation of
         each Memorandum and all amendments and supplements thereto, including
         all printing costs associated therewith, and the delivering of copies
         thereof to the Initial Purchaser, in the quantities herein above
         specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and
         delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchaser, including any
         transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or
         producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection
         with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws
         and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities
         for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section
         6(d) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and
         disbursements of counsel for the Initial Purchaser in connection with
         such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal
         investment memorandum, (iv) any fees charged by rating agencies for the
         rating of the Securities, (v) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred
         in connection with the admission of the Securities for trading in
         PORTAL or any appropriate market system, (vi) the costs and charges of
         the Trustee and any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (vii) the
         cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities,
         (viii) the costs and expenses

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         relating to investor presentations on any "road show" undertaken in
         connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities,
         including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production
         of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants
         engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior
         approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the
         representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants,
         and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road
         show; provided that the Initial Purchaser will pay 100% of the costs
         and expenses incurred under this paragraph (viii) up to an amount not
         to exceed $75,000, (ix) the document production charges and expenses
         associated with printing this Agreement and (x) all other cost and
         expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company
         hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It
         is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section and
         Section 8, the Initial Purchaser will pay all of its costs and
         expenses, including fees and disbursements of its counsel, transfer
         taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by it and any
         advertising expenses connected with any offers it may make.

                  (f)      Neither the Company nor any Affiliate will sell,
         offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in
         respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which could
         be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner which would
         require the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities.

                  (g)      Not to solicit any offer to buy or offer or sell the
         Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general
         advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the
         Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within the
         meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

                  (h)      While any of the Securities remain "restricted
         securities" within the meaning of the Securities Act, to make
         available, upon request, to any seller of such Securities the
         information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act,
         unless the Company is then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
         Exchange Act.

                  (i)      If requested by you, to use its commercially
         reasonable efforts to permit the Securities to be designated PORTAL
         securities in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the
         National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. relating to trading in
         the PORTAL Market.

                  (j)      None of the Company, its Affiliates or any person
         acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchaser) will
         engage in any directed selling efforts (as that term is defined in
         Regulation S) with respect to the Securities, and the Company and its
         Affiliates and each

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         person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchaser)
         will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

                  (k)      During the period of two years after the Closing
         Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates
         (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to resell any of the
         Securities which constitute "restricted securities" under Rule 144 that
         have been reacquired by any of them.

                  (l)      Not to take any action prohibited by Regulation M
         under the Exchange Act in connection with the distribution of the
         Securities contemplated hereby.

                  (m)      Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will
         take any action in violation of the sanctions regulations and executive
         orders administered by the OFAC, nor will the Company nor any of its
         subsidiaries permit any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate
         of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to take any such action; and
         the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds from the
         sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available
         such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person
         or entity, for the purpose of financing any project or activity in
         violation of the sanctions regulations and executive orders
         administered by OFAC, including without limitation, any project or
         other activity in which a U.S. person is prohibited from engaging under
         any sanctions regulations or executive orders administered by OFAC.

         7.       Offering of Securities; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) The
Initial Purchaser, represents and warrants that it is a qualified institutional
buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a "QIB"). The Initial
Purchaser agrees with the Company that (i) it will not solicit offers for, or
offer or sell, such Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act)
or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2)
of the Securities Act and (ii) it will solicit offers for such Securities only
from, and will offer such Securities only to, persons that it reasonably
believes to be (A) in the case of offers inside the United States, QIBs and (B)
in the case of offers outside the United States, to persons other than U.S.
persons ("FOREIGN PURCHASERS," which term shall include dealers or other
professional fiduciaries in the United States acting on a discretionary basis
for foreign beneficial owners (other than an estate or trust)) in reliance upon
Regulation S under the Securities Act that, in each case, in purchasing such
Securities are deemed to have represented and agreed as provided in the Final
Memorandum under the caption "Transfer Restrictions".

         (b)      The Initial Purchaser represents, warrants, and agrees with
respect to offers and sales outside the United States that:

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                  (i)      the Initial Purchaser understands that no action has
         been or will be taken in any jurisdiction by the Company that would
         permit a public offering of the Securities, or possession or
         distribution of either Memorandum or any other offering or publicity
         material relating to the Securities, in any country or jurisdiction
         where action for that purpose is required;

                  (ii)     the Initial Purchaser will comply with all applicable
         laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which it acquires, offers,
         sells or delivers Securities or has in its possession or distributes
         either Memorandum or any such other material, in all cases at its own
         expense;

                  (iii)    the Securities have not been registered under the
         Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States
         or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in
         accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act or
         pursuant to another exemption from the registration requirements of the
         Securities Act;

                  (iv)     the Initial Purchaser has offered the Securities and
         will offer and sell the Securities (A) as part of their distribution at
         any time and (B) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the
         commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in accordance
         with Rule 903 of Regulation S or as otherwise permitted in Section
         7(a); accordingly, neither the Initial Purchaser, its Affiliates nor
         any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage
         in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S)
         with respect to the Securities, and the Initial Purchaser, its
         Affiliates and any such persons have complied and will comply with the
         offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S;

                  (v)      the Initial Purchaser (A) has not offered or sold
         and, prior to the date six months after the Closing Date, will not
         offer or sell any Securities to persons in the United Kingdom except to
         persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding,
         managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the
         purposes of their businesses or otherwise in circumstances which have
         not resulted and will not result in an offer to the public in the
         United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers of Securities
         Regulations 1995; (B) has complied and will comply with all applicable
         provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "FSMA")
         with respect of anything done by it in relation to the Securities in,
         from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom, and (C) will only
         communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to
         engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the
         FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the
         Securities in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not
         apply to the Company;

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                  (vi)     the Initial Purchaser understands that the Securities
         have not been and will not be registered under the Securities and
         Exchange Law of Japan, and represents that it has not offered or sold,
         and agrees not to offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any Securities
         in Japan or for the account of any resident thereof except pursuant to
         any exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities and
         Exchange Law of Japan and otherwise in compliance with applicable
         provisions of Japanese law; and

                  (vii)    the Initial Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to
         confirmation of sales of the Securities, it will have sent to each
         distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or
         other remuneration that purchases Securities from it during the
         restricted period a confirmation or notice to substantially the
         following effect:

                           "The Securities covered hereby have not been
                  registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the
                  "Securities Act") and may not be offered and sold within the
                  United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S.
                  persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii)
                  otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of
                  the offering and the closing date, except in either case in
                  accordance with Regulation S (or Rule 144A if available) under
                  the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meaning given to
                  them by Regulation S."

Terms used in this Section 7(b) have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

         8.       Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchaser, each person, if any, who
controls the Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of the
Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
either Memorandum (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have
furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission based upon information relating to the Initial Purchaser furnished
to the Company in writing by the Initial Purchaser through you expressly for use
therein; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect
to any Preliminary Memorandum shall not inure to the benefit of the Initial
Purchaser from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities purchased Securities, or

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any person controlling such Initial Purchaser, if a copy of the Memorandum (as
then amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments
or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Initial
Purchaser to such person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of
the Securities to such person, and if the Memorandum (as so amended or
supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, unless such failure is the result of noncompliance by
the Company with Section 6(a) hereof.

         (b)      The Initial Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, its directors, its officers and each person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company to the Initial Purchaser, but only with reference to
information relating to the Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in
writing by the Initial Purchaser expressly for use in either Memorandum or any
amendments or supplements thereto.

         (c)      In case any proceeding (including any governmental
investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which
indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b), such person (the
"INDEMNIFIED PARTY") shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing and the
indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified
party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and
shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding.
In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its
own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the
named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party
shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in
connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction,
be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition
to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees
and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be
designated in writing by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, in the case of
parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company, in the case of
parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall not
be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for
the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such

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settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second
and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it
shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its
written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after
receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such
indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance
with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

         (d)      To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a)
or 8(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchaser on
the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred
to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one
hand and of the Initial Purchaser on the other hand in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial
Purchaser on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities
shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds
from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial
Purchaser bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Initial Purchaser on the other
hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company
or by the Initial Purchaser and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

         (e)      The Company and the Initial Purchaser agree that it would not
be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does
not take account

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of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(d). The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to
the limitations set forth above, any out-of-pocket legal or other out-of-pocket
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 8, the Initial Purchaser shall not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which
the Securities resold by it in the initial placement of such Securities were
offered to investors exceeds the amount of any damages that the Initial
Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are
not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

         (f)      The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Section 8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the
Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and
effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser, any person
controlling the Initial Purchaser or any affiliate of the Initial Purchaser or
by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person
controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Securities.

         9.       Termination. The Initial Purchaser may terminate this
Agreement by notice given by you to the Company, if after the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally
shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, the New York Stock
Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, (ii) trading of any securities of
McDermott International, Inc. shall have been suspended on any exchange or in
any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities
settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have
occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been
declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have
occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial
markets, currency exchange rates or controls or any calamity or crisis that, in
your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any
other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment,
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the
Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Final Memorandum.

         10.      Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

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         If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Initial Purchaser because
of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or
to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement the Company will reimburse
the Initial Purchaser for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and
disbursements of its counsel) reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchaser in
connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.

         11.      Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

         12.      Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

         13.      Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have
been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part
of this Agreement.

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                                       Very truly yours,

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT, S.A.

                                       By: /s/Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Executive Vice President
                                                  and Chief Financial Officer

                                       FIRST EMIRATES TRADING
                                           CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/James R. Easter
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  James R. Easter
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT DIVING
                                            INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                       By: /s/James R. Easter
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  James R. Easter
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT EASTERN
                                            HEMISPHERE LIMITED

                                       By: /s/James R. Easter
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  James R. Easter
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT ENGINEERING,
                                             LLC

                                       By: /s/James R. Easter
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  James R. Easter
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

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                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT UNDERWATER
                                              SERVICES, INC.

                                       By: /s/ James R. Easter
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  James R. Easter
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT MARINE
                                             CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

                                       By: /s/ James R. Easter
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  James R. Easter
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT MARINE UK LIMITED

                                       By: /s/ James R. Easter
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  James R. Easter
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT OVERSEAS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ James R. Easter
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  James R. Easter
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT HOLDINGS (U.K.)
                                              LIMITED

                                       By: /s/ Rudolph D. Hargis Jr.
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Rudolph D. Hargis Jr.
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

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                                       EASTERN MARINE SERVICES, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       HYDRO MARINE SERVICES, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT ENGINEERING
                                              HOLDINGS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT FAR EAST, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT HOLDINGS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                       Title: Authorized Representative

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                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL
                                              VESSELS, LTD.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT
                                              INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT MIDDLE EAST,
                                              INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT CASPIAN
                                              CONTRACTORS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

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                                       MCDERMOTT GULF OPERATING
                                              COMPANY, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT OLD JV OFFICE, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT WEST INDIES COMPANY

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MENTOR SUBSEA TECHNOLOGY
                                              SERVICES, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       NORTH ATLANTIC VESSEL, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

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                                       OPI VESSELS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       SPARTEC, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT INVESTMENTS
                                              B.V.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL
                                              MARINE INVESTMENTS N.V.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       VARSY INTERNATIONAL B.V.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

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                                       CHARTERING COMPANY
                                              (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT (AUST.)
                                              HOLDING PTY. LIMITED

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL
                                              SERVICES LIMITED

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT INDUSTRIES (AUST.)
                                              PTY LIMITED

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT SOUTH EAST ASIA PTE.
                                              LTD.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

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                                       MENTOR ENGINEERING
                                              CONSULTANTS LIMITED

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT FAR EAST, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Francis S. Kalman
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Francis S. Kalman
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

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                                       J. RAY MCDERMOTT CONTRACTORS,
                                              INC.

                                       By: /s/ Liane K. Hinrichs
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Liane K. Hinrichs
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       MCDERMOTT OFFSHORE SERVICES
                                              COMPANY, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Liane K. Hinrichs
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Liane K. Hinrichs
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

                                       OCEANIC RED SEA COMPANY

                                       By: /s/ Liane K. Hinrichs
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Liane K. Hinrichs
                                           Title: Authorized Representative

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Accepted as of the date hereof

MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
      INCORPORATED

By: /s/ Robert J. Voreyen
    ----------------------------------
    Name:  Robert J. Voreyen
    Title: Managing Director

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                                                                      SCHEDULE A

                                   GUARANTORS

<TABLE>
<S>                                                             <C>
Chartering Company (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.                        (Singapore)
Eastern Marine Services, Inc.                                   (Panama)
First Emirates Trading Corporation                              (United Arab Emirates)
Hydro Marine Services, Inc.*                                    (Panama)
J. Ray McDermott (Aust.) Holding Pty. Limited                   (Australia)
J. Ray McDermott Contractors, Inc.*                             (Panama)
J. Ray McDermott Diving International, Inc.                     (Panama)
J. Ray McDermott Eastern Hemisphere Limited                     (Mauritius)
J. Ray McDermott Engineering, LLC                               (Texas)
J. Ray McDermott Engineering Holdings, Inc.                     (Delaware)
J. Ray McDermott Far East, Inc.                                 (Panama)
J. Ray McDermott Holdings, Inc.*                                (Delaware)
J. Ray McDermott International Services Limited                 (United Kingdom)
J. Ray McDermott International Vessels, Ltd.*                   (Cayman Islands)
J. Ray McDermott International, Inc.*                           (Panama)
J. Ray McDermott Investments B.V.                               (Netherlands)
J. Ray McDermott Middle East, Inc.*                             (Panama)
J. Ray McDermott Underwater Services, Inc.                      (Panama)
J. Ray McDermott, Inc.*                                         (Delaware)
McDermott Caspian Contractors, Inc.                             (Panama)
McDermott Far East, Inc.                                        (Panama)
McDermott Gulf Operating Company, Inc.                          (Panama)
McDermott Holdings (U.K.) Limited                               (United Kingdom)
McDermott Industries (Aust.) Pty Limited                        (Australia)
McDermott International Marine Investments N.V.                 (Netherlands Antilles)
McDermott Marine Construction Limited                           (United Kingdom)
McDermott Marine UK Limited                                     (United Kingdom)
McDermott Offshore Services Company, Inc.                       (Panama)
McDermott Old JV Office, Inc.                                   (Panama)
McDermott Overseas, Inc.                                        (Panama)
McDermott South East Asia Pte. Ltd.                             (Singapore)
McDermott West Indies Company                                   (United Arab Emirates)
Mentor Engineering Consultants Limited                          (United Kingdom)
Mentor Subsea Technology Services, Inc.                         (Delaware)
North Atlantic Vessel, Inc.                                     (Panama)
Oceanic Red Sea Company                                         (United Arab Emirates)
OPI Vessels, Inc.*                                              (Delaware)
SparTEC, Inc.                                                   (Delaware)
Varsy International B.V.                                        (Netherlands Antilles)
</TABLE>

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   * a "Material Subsidiary"

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                   OPINION OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY

         The opinion of the counsel for the Company, to be delivered pursuant to
Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement shall be to the effect that:

         A.       Each of the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the
Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by each of J. Ray McDermott Engineering Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("JRMEHI"), J. Ray McDermott Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("JRMHI"),
J. Ray McDermott, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("JRMI"), Mentor Subsea
Technology Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("MENTOR") and OPI Vessels,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("OPI" and, together with JRMEHI, JRMHI, JRMI and
Mentor, the "DELAWARE GUARANTORS"). The Indenture is a valid and binding
agreement of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, subject to the effects of (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally, (b) general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law) and (c) any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

         B.       When executed and authenticated in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial
Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Securities
will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject
to the effects of (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c)
any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

         C.       The Initial Guarantee of each of the Delaware Guarantors has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Delaware Guarantor. When
the Securities have been duly issued, executed and authenticated in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the
Initial Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Initial
Guarantee of each Guarantor will constitute a valid and legally binding
obligation of each Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject
to the effects of (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in a

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proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) any implied covenants of good faith and
fair dealing.

         D.       When the Exchange Securities are issued, executed and
authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer and the
Indenture, the Exchange Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture and will be the valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the
effects of (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
conveyance, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) any implied covenants
of good faith and fair dealing.

         E.       The Exchange Guarantee of each of the Delaware Guarantors has
been duly authorized by such Delaware Guarantor. When the Exchange Securities
have been duly issued, executed and authenticated in accordance with the terms
of the Exchange Offer and the Indenture, and when the Exchange Guarantees have
been duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange
Offer and the Indenture, the Exchange Guarantee of each Guarantor will
constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of (a) any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and
other laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, (b) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) any implied covenants of good faith and
fair dealing.

         F.       Each of the Security Documents to which a Delaware Guarantor
is a party has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Delaware
Guarantor. Each of the New York or U.S. maritime law governed Security Documents
to which either the Company or a Guarantor is a party is a valid and binding
agreement of such entity, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
the effects of (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c)
any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing. The Pledge Agreement is
effective to create, in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, as security for the Secured Obligations, a valid security interest
under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New
York (the "NEW YORK UCC") in all of the respective rights, titles and interests
of the Company and the Guarantors party thereto in the Pledged Equity Interests
(as such term is defined in the Security Documents) listed on Schedule 1 to the
Pledge Agreement. Assuming that certificates evidencing all the Pledged Equity
Interests, in each

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case accompanied by instruments of transfer in blank duly executed, have been
delivered on or prior to the date hereof to the Trustee, and have been
continuously held by the Trustee since such delivery, in each case in the State
of New York, (i) the security interest in the Pledged Equity Interests is
perfected by control (within the meaning of Section 8-106 of the New York UCC)
of such Pledged Equity Interests and (ii) assuming the absence of notice of any
adverse claim thereto on the part of any Secured Party, the Trustee will be a
protected purchaser (within the meaning of Section 8-303(a) of the New York UCC)
of such security interest in such Pledged Equity Interests.

         G.       No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
qualification with, any U.S. or Texas governmental body or agency is required
for the performance by the Company or any Guarantor of its obligations under the
Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Security Documents or the Securities, except such as may be required by the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer
and sale of the Securities and by Federal and state securities laws with respect
to the Company's obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.

         H.       The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Final Memorandum will not be, required to register as an
"investment company" as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.

         I.       The statements relating to legal matters, documents or
proceedings included in the Final Memorandum under the caption "Description of
Notes" fairly summarize in all material respects such matters, documents or
proceedings.

         J.       Based upon (A) the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company in Sections 1(w), 1(x) or 1(z) of the Purchase
Agreement, (B) compliance by the Company with 6(f), 6(g) and 6(j) of the
Purchase Agreement, (C) compliance by the Initial Purchaser in Section 7 of the
Purchase Agreement, (D) compliance by the Initial Purchaser with the offering
and transfer procedures described in the Final Memorandum, (E) the accuracy of
the representations and warranties made in accordance with the Final Memorandum
by the investors to whom you initially resell Securities and (F) receipt by the
investors to whom you initially resell Securities of copies of the Final
Memorandum prior to the effectiveness of such resale, it is not required in
connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial
Purchaser under the Purchase Agreement or in connection with the initial resale
of such Securities by the Initial Purchaser in accordance with Section 7 of the
Purchase Agreement to register the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933
or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, it being
understood that no opinion is expressed as to any subsequent resale of any
Security.

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         K.       Nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that causes
such counsel to believe that the Final Memorandum (except for the financial
statements, the notes thereto and the auditors' report thereon, and financial
schedules and other accounting, financial and statistical data, as to which such
counsel need not comment) when issued contained, or as of the date such opinion
is delivered contains, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.

         Such counsel may state that they have participated in conferences with
officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the
independent public accountants for the Company, your representatives and your
counsel at which conferences the contents of the Final Memorandum and related
matters were discussed, and that they did not independently verify the
information in the Final Memorandum and are not passing upon, and do not assume
any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Final Memorandum (except to the extent set forth in paragraph I
above).

         In giving the foregoing opinions, such counsel may rely on certificates
of representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and of public officials, as
well as the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, with
respect to the accuracy of the factual matters contained therein, and may state
that the opinions assume (i) that each party to, or issuer of, as applicable,
the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the
Securities, the Initial Guarantees, the Exchange Securities, the Exchange
Guarantees and the Security Documents (collectively, the "Transaction
Documents"), other than the Delaware Guarantors, has all necessary power and
authority to enter into the Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations
thereunder, (ii) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents by each party thereto (other than the Delaware
Guarantors), (iii) that each Transaction Document constitutes the valid and
legally binding obligation of each party thereto (other than the Company and the
Guarantors), and (iv) the genuineness of all signatures, the conformity to
authentic, original documents of all documents submitted to such counsel as
certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of all documents submitted
to such counsel as originals.

         In giving the foregoing opinions, such counsel may further state that,
except where otherwise expressly stated, the opinions expressed are based on and
are limited to the laws of the State of Texas, the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware and the contract law of the State of New York, in each
case as currently in effect.

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                         OPINION OF JOHN T. NESSER, III

The opinion of John T. Nesser, III, to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(d) of
the Purchase Agreement shall be to the effect that:

         A.       Each of the Delaware Guarantors has been duly incorporated, is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has the corporate power or other
organizational power and authority to own its property and to conduct its
business as described in the Final Memorandum; all of the issued shares of
capital stock of each of the Delaware Guarantors have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and (except as set
forth in the Final Memorandum or contemplated by the Security Documents) are
owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or similar claims.

         B.       (i) None of the Delaware Guarantors is in violation of its
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, in each case as amended to date, (ii) to
the knowledge of such counsel, neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary
is in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, loan agreement,
note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the
Material Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or
to which any of their property or assets is subject, except in the case of
clause (ii) above for any such defaults, as are disclosed in the Final
Memorandum and any such defaults that would not have a Material Adverse Effect
and (iii) to the knowledge of such counsel neither the Company nor any Material
Subsidiary is in violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any
judgment, order or decree of any court with jurisdiction over the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company, or other governmental or regulatory authority with
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except for any such
defaults that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

         C.       The Company and the Material Subsidiaries possess such
certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state or
federal regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the respective
businesses now operated by them, except for such certificates, authorizations or
permits of which the failure by the Company to possess would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, except as disclosed in
the Final Memorandum, none of the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries
has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authority or permit which, if the subject
of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse
Effect.

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         D.       Except as disclosed in the Final Memorandum, there are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel,
threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to
which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject
other than proceedings described in the Final Memorandum and proceedings that
would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or have a material adverse effect on
the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Security
Documents or the Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by
the Final Memorandum.

         E.       The statements in the Final Memorandum under the captions
"Business--Legal Proceedings," "Business--Governmental Regulation" and
"Transactions with Affiliates" are accurate and fairly summarize in all material
respects the matters referred to therein.

         F.       The execution and delivery by the Company and each Delaware
Guarantor of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the
Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the
Securities and the Security Documents will not contravene any provision of
applicable law or, to the knowledge of such counsel, any indenture, mortgage,
loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument binding upon the Company or any
of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, or, to the knowledge of such counsel, any judgment, order or decree
of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company
or any subsidiary, except for any such contravention as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.

         G.       Nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that causes
such counsel to believe that the Final Memorandum (except for the financial
statements, the notes thereto and the auditors' report thereon, and financial
schedules and other accounting, financial and statistical data included therein,
as to which such counsel need not comment) when issued contained, or as of the
date such opinion is delivered contains, any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.

         In giving the foregoing opinions, such counsel may state that, except
where otherwise expressly stated, the opinions expressed are based on and are
limited to the laws of the State of Louisiana and the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, in each case as currently in effect.

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         Such counsel may also state that phrases such as "to my knowledge,"
"known to me" and those with equivalent words refer to the conscious awareness
of information by such counsel, without any independent investigation.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT C-1

                          OPINION OF DURLING & DURLING

The opinion of the counsel for the Company, to be delivered pursuant to Section
5(e) of the Purchase Agreement shall be to the effect that:

MORGAN STANLEY etc.

Gentlemen:

         This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section 5(e) of the
Purchase Agreement dated as of November 21, 2003 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT",
between J. Ray McDermott, S. A., a Panamanian corporation (the "COMPANY") and
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (the "Initial Purchaser") of US$ 200,000,000
principal amount of ____% Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (the "SECURITIES") to be
issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture to be dated December 8, 2003
(the "INDENTURE") among the Company, each of the subsidiaries of the Company
namely, J. Ray McDermott International, Inc. ("JRMII"), J. Ray McDermott
Contractors, Inc. ("JRMCI"), J. Ray McDermott Middle East, Inc. ("JRMMEI") and
Hydro Marine Services, Inc. ("HYDRO MARINE") (collectively, the "PANAMANIAN
GUARANTORS") and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE").

         We have acted as Panamanian counsel to the Company and the Panamanian
Guarantors in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company and the
Panamanian Guarantors of the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Security Documents, the Exchange Securities, and the
Securities. In that regard, we have examined originals or copies, certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records,
certificates of public officials and other instruments and have conducted such
other investigations of fact and law as we have deemed necessary for the purpose
of this opinion.

         In rendering this opinion we have relied on certificates of
representatives of the Company and the Guarantor and of public officials, as
well as the representations and warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement,
with respect to the accuracy of the factual matters contained therein, and have
assumed (i) that each party to, or issuer of, as applicable, the Purchase
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities, the
Initial Guarantees, the Exchange Securities, the Exchange Guarantees and the
Security Documents (collectively the "Transaction Documents"), other than the
Company and the Panamanian Guarantors, has all necessary power and authority to
enter into the Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder,
(ii) the due

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authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by each party
thereto (other than the Company and the Panamanian Guarantors) and (iii) the
genuineness of all signatures, the conformity to authentic, original of all
documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals. Further, we have
conducted no independent, factual investigation of our own, but rather have
relied solely upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set
forth therein and the additional matters recited or assumed therein, all of
which we assume to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.

         Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

         (a)      The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Republic of Panama, and has
the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its
business as described in the Final Memorandum.

         (b)      Each of JRMII, JRMCI, JRMMEI and Hydro Marine has been duly
incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the Republic of Panama, and has the corporate or other organizational
power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described
in the Final Memorandum. Except as described in the Final Memorandum, all of the
issued and outstanding stock or ownership interests of each Panamanian Guarantor
has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and nonassessable,
and (except as set forth in the Final Memorandum or contemplated by the Security
Documents) is owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, equities or similar claims.

         (c)      The execution and delivery of each of the Purchase Agreement,
the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture has been duly authorized by
the Company and the Panamanian Guarantors

         (d)      The Securities and the Exchange Securities have been duly
authorized by the Company.

         (e)      The execution and delivery of the Initial Guarantee of each of
the Panamanian Guarantors has been duly authorized by such Panamanian Guarantor.

         (f)      The Exchange Guarantee of each of the Panamanian Guarantors
has been duly authorized by such Panamanian Guarantor.

         (g)      The execution and delivery of each of the Security Documents
to which either the Company or a Panamanian Guarantor is a party has been duly
authorized by such entity.

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         (h)      Except for the proper notation in the Stock Register of the
Company and of each of the Panamanian Guarantors it is not necessary or
advisable under the law of Panama that any document be filed, registered or
recorded in any public office of Panama, or any other actions be taken in Panama
in order to ensure the validity, effectiveness, priority, perfection,
admissibility into evidence or enforceability against third parties of the
Pledge Agreement under the laws of Panama.

         (i)      The execution and delivery by the Company and the Panamanian
Guarantors of, and the performance by the Company and the Panamanian Guarantors
of its obligations under, the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Documents, the Exchange Securities
and the Securities will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the
articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or, to the best of our
knowledge, any indenture, mortgage, loan, note, lease, agreement or other
instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material
to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, to the best of our
knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or
court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent,
approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental
body or agency of the Republic of Panama is required for the issue and sale of
the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.

         (j)      None of the Company or any of the Panamanian Guarantors is in
violation of its organizational documents, in each case as amended to date.

         (k)      The statements in the Final Memorandum under the caption
"Certain Tax Considerations," insofar as such statements constitute a summary of
the Panamanian tax laws referred to therein, are accurate and fairly summarize
in all material respects the Panamanian tax laws referred to therein.

         (l)      The choice of New York law as the governing law of the Pledge
Agreement and the U.S. Mortgages is a valid choice of law and will be recognized
and given effect to by the courts of Panama.

         (m)      The irrevocable submission by the Company and the Panamanian
Guarantors to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State
of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court
of the Southern District of New York is a valid submission to the jurisdiction
of such courts.

         (n)      A final and conclusive judgment obtained in the Supreme Court
of the State of New York sitting in New York County, the United States District
Court of the Southern District of New York and any appellate court or body

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thereto against the Company or the Panamanian Guarantors, arising out of or in
relation to the Security Documents would be enforceable against the Company and
the Panamanian Guarantors in the courts of Panama without further review of the
merits, provided t hat the judgment of Panamanian courts would be reciprocally
recognized, conclusive and enforceable in said court sitting in the State of New
York or outside Panama. The Supreme Court of Panama is authorized to issue a
writ of exequatur in respect of final judgment rendered in a foreign
jurisdiction only if (a) such judgment arises out of an in personam action, (b)
the Party against whom the judgment was rendered, or its agent, was personally
served in such action within such foreign jurisdiction, (c) the obligation in
respect of which the judgment was obtained is lawful in Panama and (d) such
judgment has been properly authenticated by diplomatic or consular officers of
Panama.

         (o)      There is no tax, deduction or withholding imposed by the
government of Panama or any political subdivision thereof or therein either (i)
on or by virtue of the execution or delivery of the Security Documents or (ii)
on any payment to be made by the Company or the Panamanian Guarantors under the
Security Documents.

         We are members of the bar of Panama and the opinions expressed above
are limited to matters governed by Panamanian law. This opinion is to be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Panama and is limited
to and is given on the basis of the current law and practice in Panama.

                                       Very truly yours,

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                                                                     EXHIBIT C-2

                          OPINION OF DURLING & DURLING

The opinion of the counsel for the Company, to be delivered pursuant to Section
5(e) of the Purchase Agreement shall be to the effect that:

To Morgan Stanley etc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section 5(e) of the
Purchase Agreement dated as of November 21, 2003 (the "Purchase Agreement",
between J. Ray McDermott, S. A., a Panamanian corporation (the "Company") and
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (the "Initial Purchaser") of US$ 200,000,000
principal amount of ____% Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (the "Securities") to be
issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture to be dated December 8, 2003
(the "Indenture") among the Company, each of the subsidiaries of the Company
namely, J. Ray McDermott International, Inc. ("JRMII"), J. Ray McDermott
Contractors, Inc. ("JRMCI"), J. Ray McDermott Middle East, Inc. ("JRMMEI") and
Hydro Marine Services, Inc. ("Hydro Marine") (collectively, the "Panamanian
Guarantors") and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "Trustee").

         We have acted as Panamanian counsel to the Panamanian Guarantors in
connection with the execution and delivery of the First Naval Fleet Mortgages
described in Schedule attached hereto (collectively, the "Panamanian Fleet
Mortgages"). In that regard, we have examined originals or copies, certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records,
certificates of public officials and other instruments for the purpose of this
opinion.

         In rendering this opinion we have assumed (i) that each party to the
Panamanian Fleet Mortgages has all necessary power, authority and legal right to
enter into the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages to which is a party and to perform its
obligation thereunder, (ii) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the
Panamanian Fleet Mortgages by each party hereto, (iii) that each Panamanian
Fleet Mortgages constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation
of each party thereto, and (iv) the genuineness of all signatures, the
conformity to authentic, original documents of all documents submitted to us as
certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of all documents submitted
to us as originals. As to certain factual matters, we are relying on
certificates of officers of the Panamanian Guarantors. Further, we have
conducted no

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independent, factual investigation of our own, but rather have relied solely
upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein
and the additional matters recited or assumed therein, all of which we assume to
be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.

         Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

         1.       Each of the Panamanian Guarantors is a corporation validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of Panama and has the corporate
power and authority (a) to own its property and assets and to carry on its
business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted and (b) to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages
to which it is a party.

         2.       The execution, delivery and performance by the Panamanian
Guarantors of each of the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages to which it is a party and
the transactions contemplated thereby, (a) have been duly authorized by all
requisite corporate and, if required, stockholder action and (b) will not
violate any provision of Panamanian law, statute, rule or regulation or the
certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other constitutive documents of each of
the Panamanian Guarantors.

         3.       Each Panamanian Fleet Mortgage constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Panamanian Guarantors party thereto, enforceable
against such Panamanian Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and to the applicability of general
principles of equity.

         4.       Each Panamanian Guarantors has record title to 100% of each of
the vessels that is identified as owned by it on Schedule attached hereto and
each vessel is permanently registered in the name of such Panamanian Guarantors
under the Panamanian flag.

         5.       On account of their preliminary registration in the Public
Registry Office of the Republic of Panama, the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages
constitute legal and valid mortgages over the vessels described therein and will
so constitute as long as the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages are filed for final
registration at the Panama Public Registry Office within six months from the
date of its preliminary registration and the definite registration is completed.
Upon such permanent registration, the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages will rank from
the date of preliminary registration as first mortgages over the vessels
described therein.

         6.       Other than the permanent registration of the Panamanian Fleet
Mortgages in the Public Registry Office of Panama, no action, consent or
approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Panamanian
governmental authority or regulatory body is or will be required in connection

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with the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages or the exercise by the Mortgagee of its
rights thereunder.

         7.       Save for customary mortgage registration fees, and a stamp tax
at the rate of US$0.10 for each US$100 of the face value of the obligations
evidenced in the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages which may be levied in the event
that any of the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages is submitted before any
administrative or judicial authority in Panama, no stamp, registration or
similar tax or charge is required to be paid in the Republic of Panama on or in
relation to any of the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages. Payment of the above stamp
tax is not applicable upon registration of the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages.

         8.       No taxes of the Republic of Panama are imposed by withholding
or otherwise on any payment to be made by any Panamanian Guarantors under any of
the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages or are imposed on or by virtue of the execution
or delivery of the Panamanian Fleet Mortgages by any Panamanian Guarantors.

         We are members of the bar of Panama, and the opinions expressed above
are limited to matters governed by Panamanian law. This opinion is to be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Panama and is limited
to and is given on the basis of the current law and practice in Panama.

                                       Very truly yours,

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                                                                     EXHIBIT C-3

                               OPINION OF WALKERS

The opinion of Walkers, to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(e) of the Purchase
Agreement shall be to the effect that:

1)       J. Ray McDermott International Vessels Limited ("JRMIVL") has been duly
         incorporated, is validly existing as an exempted company in good
         standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and has the corporate or
         other organizational power and authority to own its property and to
         conduct its business. Based solely on our review of the Register of
         Members and except as described in the Final Memorandum, all of the
         issued and outstanding ownership interests of JRMIVL has been duly
         authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and nonassessable, and
         (except as set forth in the Final Memorandum or contemplated by the
         Security Documents) is owned free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
         equities or similar claims.

2)       Each of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and
         the Indenture has been duly authorized and executed by JRMIVL.

3)       The Initial Guarantee of JRMIVL has been duly authorized and executed
         by JRMIVL.

4)       The Exchange Guarantee of JRMIVL has been duly authorized by JRMIVL.

5)       Each of the Security Documents to which JRMIVL is a party has been duly
         authorized and executed by JRMIVL.

6)       The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Agreement, the
         Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Security
         Documents, the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby
         and the compliance by JRMIVL with the terms and provisions thereof do
         not:

         (a)      contravene any law, public rule or regulation applicable to
         JRMIVL which is currently in force; or

         (b)      contravene the memorandum and articles of association of
         JRMIVL.

7)       Neither the execution, delivery or performance of any of the Purchase
         Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
         Security Documents to which JRMIVL is a party nor the consummation or
         performance of any of the transactions contemplated thereby by JRMIVL,

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         requires the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, or the
         registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of any
         Cayman Islands governmental or judicial authority or agency.

8)       There are no stamp duties (other than the stamp duties mentioned in
         qualification 2 in Schedule 3 hereto), income taxes, withholdings,
         levies, registration taxes, or other duties or similar taxes or charges
         now imposed, or which under the present laws of the Cayman Islands
         could in the future become imposed, in connection with the enforcement
         or admissibility in evidence of the Security Documents or on any
         payment to be made by JRMIVL or any other person pursuant to the
         Documents. The Cayman Islands currently have no form of income,
         corporate or capital gains tax and no estate duty, inheritance tax or
         gift tax.

9)       A judgment obtained in a foreign court will be recognized and enforced
         in the courts of the Cayman Islands without any re-examination of the
         merits at common law, by an action commenced on the foreign judgment
         debt in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, where the judgment is
         final and in respect of which the foreign court had jurisdiction over
         the defendant according to Cayman Islands conflict of law rules and
         which is conclusive, for a liquidated sum not in respect of penalties
         or taxes or a fine or similar fiscal or revenue obligations, and which
         was neither obtained in a manner, nor is of a kind enforcement of which
         is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman
         Islands.

10)      Other than to enter particulars of the security interest created by
         JRMIVL pursuant to the Security Documents in the Register of Mortgages
         and Charges maintained by JRMIVL to comply with Section 54 of the
         Companies Law (2003 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, it is not
         necessary or advisable under the laws of the Cayman Islands that any of
         the Documents or any document relating thereto be registered or
         recorded in any public office or elsewhere in the Cayman Islands in
         order to ensure the validity, effectiveness or enforceability of any of
         the Documents.

11)      It is not necessary under the law of the Cayman Islands (i) in order to
         enable any party to the agreement to enforce their rights under the
         Security Documents or (ii) solely by reason of the execution, delivery
         and performance of the Security Documents that the parties to the
         Security Documents should be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled
         to carry on business in the Cayman Islands or any other political
         subdivision thereof. Except as hereinafter indicated, it is not
         necessary or advisable in order to ensure the legality, validity,
         enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Security Documents
         in the Cayman Islands that the same be filed, notarized, recoded or
         enrolled with any government authority.

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12)      JRMIVL has executed an effective submission to the jurisdiction of the
         courts of the jurisdictions specified in the Security Documents.

13)      JRMIVL is subject to civil and commercial law with respect to its
         obligations under the Security Documents and neither JRMIVL nor any of
         its assets is entitled to immunity from suit or enforcement of a
         judgment on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise in the courts of
         the Cayman Islands in proceedings against JRMIVL in respect of any
         obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the
         Registration Rights Agreement and the Security Documents, which
         obligations constitute private and commercial acts rather than
         governmental or public acts.

         In giving the foregoing opinions, such counsel may state that, except
where otherwise expressly stated, the opinions expressed are based on and are
limited to the laws of the Cayman Islands, as currently in effect.

         In giving the foregoing opinions, such counsel may rely on certificates
of representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and of public officials, as
well as the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, with
respect to the accuracy of the factual matters contained therein, and may state
that the opinions assume (i) that each party to, or issuer of, as applicable,
the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the
Securities, the Initial Guarantees, the Exchange Securities, the Exchange
Guarantees and the Security Documents (collectively, the "TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS"), other than JRMIVL, has all necessary power and authority to enter
into the Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder, (ii)
the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by
each party thereto (other than JRMIVL) and (iii) the genuineness of all
signatures, the conformity to authentic, original documents of all documents
submitted to such counsel as certified or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of all documents submitted to such counsel as originals.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT D-1

                        OPINION OF DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL

         The opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell to be delivered pursuant to
Section 5(f) of the Purchase Agreement shall be to the effect that:

         A.       The statements relating to legal matters, documents or
proceedings included in the Final Memorandum under the captions "Description of
Notes," "Private Placement" and "Transfer Restrictions," fairly summarize in all
material respects such matters, documents or proceedings.

         B.       Nothing has come to the attention of such counsel to cause
such counsel to believe that (except for the financial statements and financial
schedules and other accounting, financial and statistical data, as to which such
counsel need not express any belief) the Final Memorandum when issued contained,
or as of the date such opinion is delivered contains, any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.

         With respect to the matters referred to in the paragraph above, Davis
Polk & Wardwell may state that their beliefs are based upon their participation
in the preparation of the Final Memorandum (and any amendments or supplements
thereto) and review and discussion of the contents thereof, but are without
independent check or verification except as specified.

         C.       Based upon the representations, warranties and agreements of
the Company in Sections 1(w), 1(x), 1(z), 6(f), 6(g) and 6(j) of the Purchase
Agreement and of the Initial Purchaser in Section 7 of the Purchase Agreement,
it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the
Securities to the Initial Purchaser under the Purchase Agreement or in
connection with the initial resale of such Securities by the Initial Purchaser
in accordance with Section 7 of the Purchase Agreement to register the
Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, it being understood that no opinion
is expressed as to any subsequent resale of any Security.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT D-2

                       OPINION OF GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL LLP

         The opinion of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP to be delivered pursuant to
Section 5(f) of the Purchase Agreement shall be to the effect that:

         A.       Each of the Vessels listed on schedule __ hereto is duly
documented in the name of the Guarantor listed opposite such vessel on such
schedule. The Mortgages have been duly filed for recording with the U.S. Coast
Guard National Vessel Documentation Center and constitute valid and enforceable
first priority preferred ship mortgages on the Vessels.

         B.       The Panama Mortgages constitute foreign preferred ship
mortgages under 46 U.S.C. 31301(6)(B).

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