Document:

<PAGE>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                      among

                          SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC.
                                  as Borrower,

                              FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
                            as Administrative Agent,

                                       and

                                   the Lenders
                        from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

                          Dated as of January 11, 2002
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             FLEET SECURITIES, INC.,
                                   as Arranger

<PAGE>

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                                                               Page
                                                                                                               ----
<S>                                                                                                            <C>
SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS...........................................................................................1

   1.1  DEFINED TERMS.............................................................................................1
   1.2  OTHER DEFINITION PROVISIONS..............................................................................15

SECTION 2.  AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS......................................................................15

   2.1  THE LOANS AND NOTES......................................................................................15
   2.2  PROCEDURE FOR ADVANCE OF THE LOANS.......................................................................15
   2.3  SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL REPAYMENTS OF LOANS..................................................................16
   2.4  PREPAYMENTS..............................................................................................16
   2.5  CONVERSION AND CONTINUATION OPTIONS......................................................................17
   2.6  LIMITATIONS ON LIBOR LOANS...............................................................................17
   2.7  INTEREST RATES AND PAYMENT DATE..........................................................................18
   2.8  COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND FEES.........................................................................18
   2.9  INABILITY TO DETERMINE INTEREST RATE.....................................................................18
   2.10  PRO RATA TREATMENT AND PAYMENTS.........................................................................19
   2.11  LEGAL REQUIREMENTS......................................................................................20
   2.12  TAXES...................................................................................................21
   2.13  INDEMNITY...............................................................................................24
   2.14  CHANGE OF LENDING OFFICE................................................................................24
   2.15  REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS..................................................................................24
   2.16  DEFAULTING LENDER.......................................................................................25

SECTION 3.  NOTES RECEIVABLE.....................................................................................26

   3.1  REPRESENTATIONS..........................................................................................26
   3.2  NO LIEN..................................................................................................26
   3.3  DOUBLE NEGATIVE PLEDGE...................................................................................26
   3.4  NO SALE OR AMENDMENT.....................................................................................26
   3.5  PLEDGE...................................................................................................26
   3.6  PAYMENTS.................................................................................................27

SECTION 4.  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.................................................................................27

   4.1  CONDITIONS TO LOAN ADVANCES..............................................................................27
   4.2  CONDITIONS TO LOAN ADVANCES..............................................................................28

SECTION 5.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.......................................................................30

   5.1  GOOD STANDING............................................................................................30
   5.2  POWER AND AUTHORITY......................................................................................30
   5.3  BINDING AGREEMENTS.......................................................................................31
   5.4  COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.....................................................................................31
   5.5  LITIGATION...............................................................................................31
   5.6  FINANCIAL CONDITION......................................................................................31
   5.7  FULL DISCLOSURE..........................................................................................31
   5.8  NO DEFAULT...............................................................................................32
   5.9  OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; LIENS.............................................................................32
   5.10  TAXES...................................................................................................32
   5.11  FEDERAL REGULATIONS.....................................................................................32
   5.12  INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT; OTHER REGULATIONS...............................................................32
   5.13  USE OF PROCEEDS.........................................................................................32
   5.14  SOLVENCY................................................................................................32
</Table>

<PAGE>

<Table>
<S>                                                                                                            <C>
SECTION 6.  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS................................................................................33

   6.1  EXISTENCE................................................................................................33
   6.2  FURTHER ASSURANCES.......................................................................................33
   6.3  FINANCIAL RECORDS; INSPECTION............................................................................33
   6.4  FINANCIAL COVENANTS......................................................................................34
   6.5  NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN EVENTS...........................................................................35
   6.6  INTEREST RATE PROTECTION.................................................................................36
   6.7  HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; CONTAMINATION.......................................................................36
   6.8  ISSUANCE OF NEW DEBT OR ADDITIONAL EQUITY................................................................37
   6.9 SINGLE PURPOSE ENTITIES...................................................................................37

SECTION 7.  NEGATIVE COVENANTS...................................................................................37

   7.1  MERGERS OR ACQUISITIONS..................................................................................37
   7.2  SALE OF ASSETS...........................................................................................37
   7.3  SUBSIDIARIES.............................................................................................37
   7.4  ADDITIONAL STOCK AND TRANSFERS OF STOCK..................................................................37
   7.5  ERISA COMPLIANCE.........................................................................................38
   7.6  AMENDMENTS; TERMINATIONS.................................................................................38
   7.8  FUNDED DEBT..............................................................................................38
   7.9  DISTRIBUTIONS............................................................................................39

SECTION 8.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT....................................................................................39

   8.1  EVENT OF DEFAULT.........................................................................................39
   8.2  REMEDIES.................................................................................................42

SECTION 9.  THE AGENTS...........................................................................................43

   9.1  APPOINTMENT..............................................................................................43
   9.2  DELEGATION OF DUTIES.....................................................................................43
   9.3  EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS...................................................................................43
   9.4  RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.........................................................................43
   9.5  NOTICE OF DEFAULT........................................................................................44
   9.6  NON-RELIANCE ON AGENTS AND OTHER LENDERS.................................................................44
   9.7  INDEMNIFICATION..........................................................................................45
   9.8  AGENT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.........................................................................45
   9.9  SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT...........................................................................45
   9.10  SYNDICATION MATTERS.....................................................................................46
   9.11  DOCUMENTATION AGENT AND SYNDICATION AGENT...............................................................46

SECTION 10.  MISCELLANEOUS.......................................................................................46

   10.1  AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS..................................................................................46
   10.2  NOTICES.................................................................................................48
   10.3  NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES..........................................................................49
   10.4  SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..............................................................49
   10.5  PAYMENT OF EXPENSES AND TAXES...........................................................................49
   10.6  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; PARTICIPATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS..................................................50
   10.7  ADJUSTMENTS; SET-OFF....................................................................................52
   10.8  COUNTERPARTS............................................................................................53
   10.9  SEVERABILITY............................................................................................53
   10.10  INTEGRATION............................................................................................53
   10.11  GOVERNING LAW..........................................................................................54
   10.12  SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS....................................................................54
   10.13  CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................54
   10.14  WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL..................................................................................55
   10.15  USURY..................................................................................................55
   10.16  LOST NOTES.............................................................................................56
</Table>

                                      -ii-
<PAGE>

SCHEDULES:

4.1A     List of Lenders and Commitments
4.1B     List of Guarantors
4.1C     List of Notes Receivable
4.2A     List of Facilities

EXHIBITS:

A        Form of Assignment and Acceptance
B        Form of Compliance Certificate
C        Form of Borrowing Notice
D        Form of Interest Rate Option Notice
E        Form of Exemption Certificate
F        Form of Closing Certificate

<PAGE>

                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

         This CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of January 11, 2002, among SUNRISE
ASSISTED LIVING, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), FLEET NATIONAL
BANK as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"), the
financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement
as lenders (the "Lenders"), [], as syndication agent (in such capacity, the
"Syndication Agent"), [], as documentation agent (in such capacity, the
"Documentation Agent"), and FLEET SECURITIES, INC., as arranger ("Arranger").

                                    RECITALS

         Borrower desires to obtain a term loan to provide money to redeem and
refinance its existing Convertible Debt (as hereinafter defined); and the
Lenders are willing to provide such term loan, all subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, and
in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants contained herein,
hereby agree as follows:

         I. DEFINITIONS.

         1.1 DEFINED TERMS. As used herein, the terms listed in this Section 1.1
shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1.

         "Administrative Agent": see the Preamble.

         "Affiliate": means an entity in which SALI or another entity which SALI
controls, holds an ownership interest equal to or greater than twenty-five
percent (25%).

         "Agents": collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication
Agent, the Agent and the Documentation Agent.

         "Agreement": this Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.

         "Applicable Margin": the Applicable Margin during the periods stated
shall be as follows:

<Table>
<Caption>
        Year                                  LIBOR Applicable Margin             Prime Applicable Margin
        ----                                  -----------------------             -----------------------
<S>                                           <C>                                 <C>
        1/11/02 - 1/11/03                     6.0%                                4.5%
        1/12/03 - 1/11/04                     7.0%                                5.5%
        1/12/04 - Maturity Date               7.5%                                6.0%
</Table>

         "Arranger": see the Preamble hereto.

<PAGE>

         "Assignment and Acceptance": an Assignment and Acceptance,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

         "Assignor": as defined in Section 10.6(c).

         "Borrower": see the Preamble.

         "Borrowing Date": the Business Day specified by Borrower as the date on
which Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make the Loans hereunder.

         "Business Day": a day on which commercial banks settle payments in (i)
Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York, plus London, England if the
payment obligation is calculated by reference to any LIBOR Rate, or (ii) Boston,
Massachusetts and New York, New York, if the payment obligation is calculated by
reference to the Prime Rate.

         "Closing Date": January 11, 2002.

         "Code": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

         "Collateral": all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter
acquired, upon which a Lien is to be created by a Security Document.

         "Commitment": as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make
Loans. The initial Commitment of each Lender is listed on Schedule 4.1A.

         "Commonly Controlled Entity": shall mean an entity, whether or not
incorporated, which is under common control with Borrower within the meaning of
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the
regulations promulgated or issued thereunder.

         "Compliance Certificate": a certificate duly executed by a Responsible
Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

         "Convertible Debt": means the $150,000,000 convertible subordinated
notes of Borrower due June 15, 2002 of which approximately $108,000,000 is now
outstanding.

         "Core Properties": see Section 7.2

         "Default": any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.

         "Default Rate": see Section 2.7(c).

         "Defaulting Lenders": see Section 2.16.

         "Documentation Agent": see the Preamble hereto.

                                      -2-
<PAGE>

         "Dollars" and "$": dollars in lawful currency of the United States.

         "EBITDA": means earnings before interest, federal and state income
taxes, depreciation, amortization, and any other non-cash and one-time,
non-recurring charges consented to by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion (provided that the consent of Required Lenders shall be required for
adding back charges in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate in any one rolling
four (4) quarter period), but after an imputed Replacement Reserve and a
Management Fee equal to the greater of 5% of gross revenues or the actual
Management Fee paid to the Management Company. Earnings shall include the gain
from any sale of an open, operating Facility owned by Borrower or an Affiliate
of Borrower; provided, however that other one-time non-recurring gains will not
be included in EBITDA. In the event that any advances are made to or any
investments are made in any entity or entities whose financial statements are
not consolidated with those of Borrower where said advance or investment is in
excess of the entity's original project capital funding agreement among the
entity's owners, relates to Borrower's or its Wholly Owned Subsidiary's
obligation to fund all or a portion of the entity's debt service payments,
and/or

                           (i) where said obligation to advance or invest is
         made to cause the entity to remain in compliance with its financial
         covenants;

                           (ii) where said obligation to invest or advance is
         made in order to cure an event of non-compliance or an event of default
         on the part of the entity (including Borrower's or its Wholly Owned
         Subsidiary's obligations relating thereto); or

                           (iii) where said obligation to advance is to fund an
         operating loss of a Facility in excess of the pro forma budget for such
         Facility.

then any such amounts, net of such advances or investments which have been
returned, in excess of $15,000,000 for the immediately preceding four (4)
quarters shall be subtracted from EBITDA.

         "EBITDAR": means EBITDA plus Rent Expense.

         "Eligible Assignee": means any of (a) a commercial bank organized under
the laws of the United States, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia
and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (b) a savings and loan
association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States, or
any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and having a net worth of at
least $100,000,000 calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles; (c) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country
which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(the "OECD"), or a political subdivision of any such country, and having total
assets in excess of $1,000,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a
branch or agency located in the country in which it is organized or another
country which is also a member of the OECD; (d) the central bank of any country
which is a member of the OECD, provided, however, neither the Borrower nor an
affiliate of the Borrower shall be Eligible Assignee; and (e) CS First Boston,
or any other assignee that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative
Agent, is a reputable institutional

                                      -3-
<PAGE>

investor with substantial experience in real estate lending and originating
mortgage loans similar to the Loan, with a financial net worth of at least
$100,000,000 and (f) any Lender Affiliate. For the purposes hereof, "Lender
Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Lender (i) an affiliate of such
Lender or (ii) any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or
otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing
in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its
business and is administered (including as placement agent therefore) or managed
by a Lender or an affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender
that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any
other fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit and is
managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor.

         "Environmental Laws": any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or
municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes,
decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Legal Requirements
regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning
protection of the environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.

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

         "Event of Default": any of the events specified in Section 8.

         "Facility" [or "Facilities"]: any [or all] of the assisted living
facilities owned or operated by any of the Guarantors from time to time, of
which 13 are owned and one is leased and all are operated by Borrower and
Guarantors on the date hereof as set forth on Schedule 4.2A hereto.

         "Federal Funds Effective Rate": for any period, a fluctuating interest
rate per annum (based on a 360 day year) equal for each day during such period
to the weighted average of the rates of interest charged on overnight Federal
funds transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers on such day, as published for any day which is a Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or, in the absence of such
publication, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).

         "Fleet Letters": as defined in Section 10.10.

         "Funded Debt" of Borrower means, on a consolidated basis, at any time
the sum at such time of (a) indebtedness for borrowed money (including
specifically but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Convertible Debt), (b) any obligations in respect of letters of credit, banker's
or other acceptances or similar obligations issued or created for the account of
Borrower, (c) lease obligations which have been or should be, in accordance with
GAAP, capitalized on the books of Borrower, (d) all liabilities secured by any
property owned by Borrower to the extent attached to Borrower's interest in such
property, even though Borrower has not assumed or become liable for the payment
thereof, and in the case of Borrower (e) (i) amounts payable by Borrower under
any terminated or defaulted interest rate protection products or which remain
outstanding or (ii) take-out commitments (excluding a refinancing or a
commitment of a third party) or purchase contracts including the deferred
purchase price of

                                      -4-
<PAGE>

property or services in each instance if Borrower does not control the incurring
obligation, (f) (i) the amount of any guaranty of indebtedness for borrowed
money or (ii) other debt owed by Persons other than Borrower which is in default
and for which the creditor is pursuing payment by Borrower, (g) any obligation
of Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity to a Multiemployer Plan (h) any
synthetic lease obligations, (i) any other lease expenses for rented real
property will be accounted for as debt based on eight (8) times annualized lease
payments (provided, however, that so long as Borrower or any Affiliate shall
continue to own a 50% interest in the Facility located in Severna Park, Maryland
known as "Sunrise of Severna Park", lease expenses for Sunrise of Severna Park
will be accounted for as debt based on four times the annualized lease payments
rather than eight times the annualized lease payments and (j) other amounts
considered to be debt by all of the following: the Administrative Agent, the
Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agent in a dollar amount to be mutually
agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and Borrower; but excluding trade and
other accounts payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with
customary trade terms and which are not overdue (as determined in accordance
with customary trade practices) or which are being disputed in good faith by
Borrower and for which adequate reserves are being provided on the books of
Borrower in accordance with GAAP, all of the above whether recourse or
non-recourse, secured or unsecured. For purposes of the definition of Material
Adverse Change in this Agreement, the term "Borrower" as used in this definition
of Funded Debt shall be deemed to read "Person".

         "Funding Office": the office of the Administrative Agent as may be
specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by
written notice to Borrower and the Lenders.

         "GAAP": generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other entity as may be approved
by a significant segment of the accounting profession, as they may change from
time to time.

         "Governmental Authority": any nation or government, state or other
political subdivision thereof, agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory
body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions or pertaining to
government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization.

         "Guarantors": collectively, each of the entities executing the Guaranty
and listed on Schedule 4.1B.

         "Guaranty": the Guaranty Agreement to be executed and delivered by
Guarantors, as of even date, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.

         "Hazardous Materials": (a) any petroleum or petroleum products,
flammable materials, explosives, radioactive materials, asbestos, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, and polychlorinated biphenyls, (b) any chemicals
or other materials or substances or wastes that are now or hereafter become
defined as or included in the definition of "hazardous substances", "hazardous
wastes", "hazardous materials", "extremely hazardous wastes", "restricted
hazardous

                                      -5-
<PAGE>

wastes", "toxic substances", "toxic pollutants", "contaminants", "pollutants" or
words of similar import under any Environmental Law, and (c) any other chemical
or other material or substance, exposure to which is now or hereafter
prohibited, limited or regulated under any Environmental Law.

         "Home Healthcare Provider": means any Affiliate of Borrower or of the
Sunrise Foundation which is licensed as a home health care provider in any state
in which assistance with tasks of daily living provided to a person must be
provided by a home healthcare provider licensed in such state.

         "Insolvency" or "Insolvent": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan,
the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of
ERISA.

         "Interest Expense": shall mean the actual interest expense incurred by
Borrower or its subsidiaries with respect to all debt obligations owed to
unaffiliated third parties (including the actual interest expense incurred by
Borrower with respect to its Convertible Debt).

         "Interest Payment Date": the first day of each calendar month.

         "Interest Period": as to any LIBOR Loan, (a) initially, the period
commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect
to such LIBOR Loan and ending one, two, or three months thereafter or, if
available in the discretion of all Lenders, ending seven days thereafter, as
selected by Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the
case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period
commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to
such LIBOR Loan and ending one, two, or three months thereafter or, if available
to all Lenders in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, ending seven
days thereafter, as selected by Borrower by irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days prior to the last day of
the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the
foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

                  (i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that
         is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the
         next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would
         be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which
         event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding
         Business Day;

                  (ii) Borrower may not select an Interest Period that would
         extend beyond the Maturity Date;

                  (iii) any Interest Period that 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 a calendar month; and

                                      -6-
<PAGE>

                  (iv) Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to
         require a payment or prepayment of any LIBOR Loan during an Interest
         Period for such LIBOR Loan.

         "Interest Rate Option Notice": has the meaning described in Section
2.5.

         "Interest Rate Protection": means any or all of the interest rate
protection agreements that have been or may from time to time be entered into
between Borrower and the Administrative Agent or another Lender in connection
with the Loan.

         "Interest Rate Protection Documents": means the documents evidencing
and governing the Interest Rate Protection at any time and from time to time.

         "Investments": as defined in Section 7.8.

         "Legal Requirement": as to any Person, the certificate of
incorporation, by-laws, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of
formation, partnership agreement or other organizational or governing documents
of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject, including without limitation ERISA,
Environmental Laws, the federal Medicare and Medicaid statutes, anti-kickback
and fraud and abuse laws and regulations, (including without limitation 42
U.S.C. Section 1320a-7b, 42 U.S.C. Section 1395nn or 31 U.S.C. Section 3729, or
the regulations promulgated thereunder), health and environmental protection
laws, storm drainage control laws, doing business and/or licensing laws, zoning
and subdivision laws and ordinances, and laws regarding access and facilities
for disabled persons including but not limited to the Federal Architectural
Barriers Act, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

         "Lenders": as defined in the preamble hereto.

         "LIBOR Base Rate": with respect to each Interest Period for a LIBOR
Loan, that rate per annum which represents the offered rate for deposits in U.S.
Dollars, for a period of time comparable to such Interest Period, which appears
on the Telerate page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on that day that is two
Business Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided,
however, that if the rate described above does not appear on the Telerate System
on any applicable interest determination date, the LIBOR Base Rate for such
Interest Period shall be the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest
one-hundred thousandth of a percentage point) determined on the basis of the
offered rates for deposits in U.S. Dollars for a period of time comparable to
such Interest Period which are offered by four major banks in the London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on that day that is
two London Business Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period, as
selected by the Administrative Agent. The principal London office of each of
four major London banks will be requested to provide a quotation of its U.S.
Dollar deposit offered rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the
rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than
two quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that date will be
determined on

                                      -7-
<PAGE>

the basis of the rates quoted for loans in U.S. Dollars to leading European
banks for a period of time comparable to such Interest Period offered by major
banks in New York City at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City) time on that
day that is two Business Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period.
In the event that the Administrative Agent is unable to obtain any such
quotation as provided above, it will be deemed that the LIBOR Base Rate for the
proposed Interest Period cannot be determined. The Administrative Agent shall
give prompt notice to Borrower of the LIBOR Base Rate as determined for each
LIBOR Loan and such notice shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest
error.

         "LIBOR Loans": Loans bearing interest at a rate determined on the basis
of the LIBOR Rate.

         "LIBOR Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a LIBOR Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in
accordance with the following formula (rounded upward, if necessary, to the
nearest one-hundred thousandth of a percentage point):

                                 LIBOR Base Rate
                        1.00 - LIBOR Reserve Requirements

         "LIBOR Reserve Requirements": for any day as applied to a LIBOR Loan,
the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal
fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic,
supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements
prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency
Liabilities" in Regulation D of such Board) maintained by a member bank of the
Federal Reserve System.

         "Licenses": means any and all licenses, certificates of need, operating
permits, franchises, and other licenses, authorizations, certifications,
permits, or approvals, other than construction permits, issued by, or on behalf
of, any Governmental Authority now existing or at any time hereafter issued,
with respect to the acquisition, construction, renovation, expansion, leasing,
management, ownership and/or operation of any and all Facilities, accreditation
of any Facility, and/or the participation or eligibility for participation in
any third party payment or reimbursement programs to the extent any of Borrowers
are participating in such programs (but specifically excluding any and all
Participation Agreements to the extent required by law), any and all operating
licenses issued by any state Governmental Authority, any and all pharmaceutical
licenses and other licenses related to the purchase, dispensing, storage,
prescription or use of drugs, medications, and other "controlled substances,"
any and all licenses relating to the operation of food or beverage facilities or
amenities, if any, and any and all certifications and eligibility for
participation in Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield, or any of
the Managed Care Plans, private insurer, employee assistance programs or other
third party payment or reimbursement programs as the same may from time to time
be amended, renewed, restated, reissued, restricted, supplemented or otherwise
modified.

                                      -8-
<PAGE>

         "Lien": any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security
interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

         "Liquid Assets": means cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable
securities for purposes of any covenant under the Loan Documents.

         "Loan": any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

         "Loan Documents": this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Notes,
the Fleet Letters, and any other documents executed in connection therewith, as
amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

         "Loan Parties": Borrower and Guarantors.

         "Loan Party": any of the Loan Parties.

         "Loans": as defined in Section 2.1(a).

         "Managed Care Plans": all health maintenance organizations, preferred
provider organizations, individual practice associations, competitive medical
plans and similar arrangements.

         "Management Agreement": means any and all Management Agreements entered
into or to be entered into by and between any of Guarantors and the Management
Company relating to the management of the Facilities, as the same may from time
to time be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.

         "Management Company": means SALMI, its successors and assigns and any
other Person which may become the manager of the Facilities.

         "Management Fees": shall have the meaning set forth in the Guaranty.

         "Management Fee Subordination Agreement": shall have the meaning set
forth in the Guaranty.

         "Material Adverse Change": means a significant adverse change in a
Person's financial position or capacity including but not limited to significant
adverse changes in (a) liquidity, (b) gross revenues, (c) total expenses, (d)
such Person's net worth, or (e) ability to meet payment obligations under such
Person's Funded Debt, the Obligations and/or contingent liabilities.

         "Material Adverse Effect": a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, assets, property, operations, condition (financial or otherwise),
liabilities or prospects of Borrower, Guarantors, or Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform any

                                      -9-
<PAGE>

material obligation under any of the Loan Documents to which it is bound, (c)
any event or condition which would reasonably be likely to result in an Event of
Default (including any financial covenant Event of Default) after the passage of
time, or (d) the validity or enforceability of (i) this Agreement or (ii) any of
the other Loan Documents or (iii) the rights or remedies of the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.

         "Maturity Date" means May 15, 2004 or January 11, 2005 if it has been
extended pursuant to Section 2.3(b).

         "Mortgages": each of the mortgages, collateral assignments of leases
and rents and deeds of trust, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, made by any Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of,
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders relating to the
Facilities.

         "Multiemployer Plan": a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

         "Net Operating Income" means total operating revenue less total
operating expenses (excluding interest, federal and state income taxes,
depreciation and amortization) but including a management fee to the Management
Company of the higher of five percent (5%) of gross revenues or the actual
management fee for the period in question as shown in financial information
provided by the Guarantors.

         "Non-Excluded Taxes": as defined in Section 2.12(a).

         "Non-U.S. Lender": as defined in Section 2.12(d).

         "Notes": as defined in Section 2.1(a).

         "Notes Receivable": as defined in Section 3.1.

         "Obligations": the unpaid principal of and interest on (including
interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after
the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, relating to Borrower, whether or not a claim
for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the
Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of Borrower to the
Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of Interest Rate
Protection Documents, any affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter
incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement,
any other Loan Document, any Interest Rate Protection Agreement entered into
with any Lender or any affiliate of any Lender or any other document made,
delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of
principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs,
expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by Borrower
pursuant hereto) or otherwise.

                                      -10-
<PAGE>

         "Organizational Documents": as to any Person, the certificate of
incorporation, by-laws, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of
formation, partnership agreement or other organizational or governing document
of such Person.

         "Other Amounts": as defined in Section 2.12(a).

         "Participant": as defined in Section 10.6(b).

         "Participation Agreements": means any and all third party payor
participation or reimbursement agreements now or at any time hereafter existing
for the benefit of any of the Guarantors relating to rights to payment or
reimbursement from, and claims against, private insurers, Managed Care Plans,
material employee assistance programs, Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield, federal,
state and local Governmental Authorities, including without limitation, Medicare
and Medicaid, and other third party payors, as the same may from time to time be
amended, restated, extended, supplemented or modified.

         "PBGC": the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant
to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

         "Percentage": as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which the
aggregate principal amount of such Lender's Loans then outstanding constitutes
of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans then outstanding.

         "Permitted Liens" as to a Facility means: (a) Liens for taxes which are
not delinquent or which the Administrative Agent has determined in the exercise
of its sole and absolute discretion (i) are being diligently contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings, (ii) the applicable Guarantor has the
financial ability to pay, with all penalties and interest, at all times without
materially and adversely affecting such Guarantor, and (iii) are not, and will
not be with appropriate filing, the giving of notice and/or the passage of time,
entitled to priority over any Lien of the Lenders; (b) deposits or pledges to
secure obligations under workers' compensation, social security or similar laws,
or under unemployment insurance in the ordinary course of business: (c) Liens in
favor of the Lenders pursuant to the Loans or the Interest Rate Protection; (d)
judgment Liens to the extent the entry of such judgment does not constitute an
Event of Default under the terms of this Agreement or result in the sale of, or
levy of execution on, any of the Collateral; (e) Liens approved by the Required
Lenders which have been created to secure permitted Subordinated Debt on a
junior lien basis; and (f) such other Liens, if any, as are identified as
Permitted Title Exceptions as defined in the Mortgages.

         "Person": an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity.

         "Plan": at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered
by ERISA and in respect of which Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is
(or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

                                      -11-
<PAGE>

         "Prime Rate": The variable per annum rate of interest so designated
from time to time by Fleet National Bank at its head office as its Prime Rate.
The Prime Rate is not necessarily intended to be the lowest rate of interest
charged by Fleet National Bank in connection with extensions of credit.

         "Prime Rate Loans": Loans bearing interest based upon the Prime Rate.

         "Register": as defined in Section 10.6(d).

         "Regulation U": Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board as in effect
from time to time.

         "Rent Expense": shall mean the actual rent expense incurred by
Borrower, Guarantors or any Affiliate as a tenant under leases with respect to
any Facility.

         "Reorganization": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition
that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.

         "Replacement Reserves": means $250 per year per unit in each Facility
(whether or not such Facility is stabilized).

         "Reportable Event": shall mean any of the events set forth in Section
4043(b) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder.

         "Required Lenders": at any time, the holders (who are not Defaulting
Lenders) of more than 66 2/3% of the Total Commitments then in effect or, if the
Commitments have been terminated, the Loans then outstanding.

         "Resident Agreements": means any and all contracts, authorizations,
agreements and/or consents executed by, or on behalf of any resident or other
person seeking services from any Guarantor pursuant to which such Guarantor
provides or furnishes health or assisted living care and related services at any
and all of the Facilities, including the consent to treatment, assignment of
payment of benefits by third party, as the same may from time to time be
amended, restated, supplemented or modified.

         "Responsible Officer": as to any Loan Party, the chief executive
officer, chief operating officer, president, chief financial officer, general
counsel or controller of such Loan Party, but in any event, with respect to
financial matters, the chief financial officer of Borrower.

         "SALII": Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia
corporation.

         "SALMI": means Sunrise Assisted Living Management, Inc., a Virginia
corporation, formerly known as Sunrise Terrace, Inc.

         "SEAL Revolver": as defined in Section 2.3(b).

                                      -12-
<PAGE>

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

         "Securitization Transaction": means a financing transaction or series
of financing transactions that have been or may be entered into by a member of
Borrower's consolidated group pursuant to which such member may sell, convey or
otherwise transfer to (i) a Subsidiary or affiliate, or (ii) any other Person,
or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable, notes receivable,
rights to future lease payments or residuals or other similar rights to payment
(the "Securitization Receivables") (whether such Securitization Receivables are
then existing or arising in the future) of such member, and any assets related
thereto, including without limitation, all security interests in merchandise or
services financed thereby, the proceeds of such Securitization Receivables, and
other assets which are customarily sold or in respect of which security
interests are customarily granted in connection with securitization transactions
involving such assets.

         "Security Documents": the collective reference to the Guaranty, the
Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the
Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the
obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, as
amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

         "Single Employer Plan": any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA,
but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.

         "Solvent": when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of any
date of determination, (a) the amount of the "present fair saleable value" of
the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all
"liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise", as of such date, as such
quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws
governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair
saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater
than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its
debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have,
as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct
its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature.
For purposes of this definition, (i) "debt" means liability on a "claim", and
(ii) "claim" means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is
reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured,
unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y)
right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise
to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is
reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed,
undisputed, secured or unsecured.

         "Subordinated Debt": any Funded Debt of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries subordinated on terms satisfactory to the Required Lenders pursuant
to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required
Lenders.

         "Subsidiary" as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power

                                      -13-
<PAGE>

(other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are
at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a "Subsidiary" or to
"Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer to a direct or indirect Subsidiary
or Subsidiaries of Borrower or Borrower.

         "Syndication Agent": as defined in the preamble hereto.

         "Tangible Net Worth": means, at any time, the sum at such time of Net
Worth (as defined by GAAP) plus the dollar amount of the leasehold value
associated with the properties which are the subject of the synthetic lease
transactions (which leasehold value would otherwise be categorized as an
intangible asset on the financial statements of Borrower), less the total of (a)
all assets which would be classified as intangible assets under GAAP, including
goodwill (except for deferred taxes recorded as goodwill and except for the
goodwill purchased in connection with the acquisition of Karrington Health, Inc.
in the amount of $32,000,000 which shall be included in Tangible Net Worth),
trademarks, trademark applications, trade names, service marks, patent
applications and licenses, and deferred charges, (b) any revaluation or other
write-up in book value of assets subsequent to the date of the most recent
financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the date of
this Agreement, (c) the amount of all loans and advances to, or investments in,
any person or entity, excluding (x) cash equivalents and deposit accounts
maintained by Borrower with any financial institution (y) certain mortgage
revenue bonds issued by the Bucks County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development
Authority and (z) investments of less than $2,500,000 individually (not to
exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate), and (d) advances or loans made to or
receivables from any unconsolidated affiliates (excluding Subordinated Debt or
loans of unconsolidated subsidiaries and affiliates of Borrower which are
parties to development and management contracts with Sunrise Development, Inc.
and SALMI) of which Borrower owns less than fifty percent (50%) or any
stockholder of Borrower or any affiliate.

         "Title Insurance Companies": as defined in Section 4.1(d)(ii).

         "Total Commitments": at any time the total amount of the Commitments
then in effect.

         "Transferee": any Eligible Assignee or Participant.

         "Type": as to any Loan, its nature as a Prime Rate Loan or a LIBOR
Loan.

         "United States" or "U.S.": the United States of America.

         "U.S. Lender": as defined in Section 2.12(d).

         "Wholly Owned Subsidiary" or "Wholly Owned Subsidiaries": means one or
more subsidiaries 100% owned by Borrower or a Guarantor or by any Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of

                                      -14-
<PAGE>

Borrower or a Guarantor which is or has been created for the sole purpose of
acquiring or constructing and owning and operating a Facility.

         1.2 OTHER PROVISIONS. Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms
defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other
Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto. As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (a)
accounting terms relating to Borrower and its Subsidiaries not defined in
Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent
not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (b)
the words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed
by the phrase "without limitation", and (c) the words "incur" and "borrow" shall
be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of
or suffer to exist (and the words "incurred" and "incurrence" and "borrowings"
shall have correlative meanings).

         SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

         2.1 THE LOANS AND NOTES.

         (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally
agrees to make a term loan (the "Loans") to Borrower in a principal amount equal
to such Lender's Percentage of $92,000,000. Borrower shall not be entitled to
reborrow all or any part of the principal of the Loans which have been paid or
prepaid at any time. The Loan of each Lender shall be evidenced by the
promissory notes being executed by Borrower and delivered to each Lender in the
amount of its Loan on the date hereof (as may be amended, substituted or
replaced from time to time, the "Notes").

         (b) Borrower irrevocably authorizes each Lender to make an appropriate
notation on the applicable Note reflecting the making of each Loan and each
payment on the Loans. The outstanding amount of the Loans entered in the
computer records of each Lender shall be prima facie evidence (absent
demonstrable error) of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to the such
Lender, but the failure to enter, or any error in so entering, any such amount
shall not limit or otherwise effect the obligations of Borrower hereunder or
under any Note to make payments of principal, interest and other amounts due
thereunder.

         2.2 PROCEDURE FOR ADVANCE OF THE LOANS.

         (a) The Administrative Agent will make one advance of the Loans upon
receipt of written request from Borrower in the form of Exhibit C attached
hereto or such other form as may be designated by the Administrative Agent,
provided that the conditions of Section 4 are met at the time of the advance.
The Advance or the renewal of a Interest Period shall be requested by Borrower
in writing by 12 noon (Eastern Time) not less than three (3) Business Days prior
to the Borrowing Date on which the funds will be advanced. Borrower shall advise
the Administrative Agent at the time of such notice which Interest Period they
are selecting or whether they are selecting the Prime Rate. The Administrative
Agent shall have no obligation to make the advance if at the time such advance
is requested and/or is proposed to be funded, there exists an Event of Default
or an event which upon notice or lapse of time or both would

                                      -15-
<PAGE>

constitute an Event of Default under the Loan Documents. All of the Loans shall
be advanced at the same time.

         (b) No advance of the Loans shall be requested by Borrower nor made by
Lenders after the earliest to occur of (i) sixty-five (65) days from the
announcement of the redemption of the Convertible Debt, (ii) sixty-five (65)
days from the Closing Date, or (iii) the date that a new convertible debt
offering by Borrower is completed.

         2.3 SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL REPAYMENTS OF LOANS.

         (a) Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Lenders principal of the Loans in consecutive quarterly installments, each
in the amount of $1,000,000, such payments to commence on June 30, 2002 and
continue on the last Business Day of each June, September, December, March and
June thereafter, with the final installment due and payable on the Maturity Date
in an amount equal to all then remaining principal, all interest accrued but
unpaid thereon and all other amounts payable in respect of the Loans.

         (b) The Loans shall be due and payable in full on May 15, 2004, but
this date shall automatically be extended to January 11, 2005 if the Revolving
Credit Expiration Date has been extended to at least June 13, 2005 at comparable
terms as under the Fourth Amended and Restated Financing and Security Agreement
(Master Revolving Agreement) among Sunrise East Assisted Living Limited
Partnership, Bank of America, Fleet National Bank and others dated June 13,
2001, as may be amended from time to time (the "SEAL Revolver").

         2.4 PREPAYMENTS.

         (a) Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in
whole or in part, upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative Agent
at least three Business Days prior thereto in the case of LIBOR Loans and at
least one Business Day prior thereto in the case of Prime Rate Loans, which
notice shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and whether the
prepayment is of LIBOR Loans or Prime Rate Loans; provided that the following
prepayment fees are paid at the time of prepayment: (i) if a LIBOR Loan is
prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.13 and
(ii) except for scheduled payments pursuant to Section 2.3(a) and as provided in
Section 2.4(c) below, if all or any portion of the Loans are prepaid from the
Closing Date through April 30, 2002, a fee equal to one-half of one percent
(0.5%) of the amount prepaid shall be paid and if all or any portion of the
Loans is prepaid from and after May 1, 2002 through January 11, 2003, a fee
equal to one percent (1%) of the amount prepaid shall be paid. Upon receipt of
any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant
Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice
shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with (except in
the case of Loans that are Prime Rate Loans) accrued interest to such date on
the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of the Loans shall be in an aggregate
principal amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess
thereof.

                                      -16-
<PAGE>

         (b) When Borrower or SALII receives any cash payment of principal under
the Notes Receivables, such payments shall be immediately (within two Business
Days) of receipt be delivered to Administrative Agent and used to prepay the
principal of the Loans.

         (c) Any additional capital raised by Borrower from debt or equity shall
be immediately used to prepay the Loans at that time, excluding transactions in
the ordinary course of business relating to project finance or project refinance
by Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries and excluding proceeds of sale-manageback
transactions involving consolidated Subsidiaries.

         (d) All prepayments shall be applied in the reverse order of maturity.

         2.5 CONVERSION AND CONTINUATION OPTIONS.

         (a) Borrower may elect from time to time to convert LIBOR Loans to
Prime Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of
such election, confirmed in writing pursuant to the Interest Rate Option Notice
attached as Exhibit D, provided that any such conversion of LIBOR Loans may only
be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Borrower may
elect from time to time to convert Prime Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans by giving the
Administrative Agent at least three Business Days' prior irrevocable notice of
such election (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest
Period therefor), provided, that no Prime Rate Loan may be converted into a
LIBOR Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their
sole discretion not to permit such conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

         (b) Any LIBOR Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the
then current Interest Period with respect thereto by Borrower giving at least
three Business Days' prior irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent of the
length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such LIBOR Loans,
provided that no LIBOR Loan may be continued as such when any Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Required
Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
continuations, and provided, further, that if Borrower shall fail to give any
required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is
not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such LIBOR Loans shall be
automatically converted to Prime Rate Loans on the last day of such then
expiring Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

         2.6 LIMITATIONS ON LIBOR LOANS. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of
LIBOR Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall be
in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after giving
effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the LIBOR Loans having the
same Interest Period beginning and ending on the same date shall be equal to
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more
than three (3) LIBOR Loans shall be outstanding for any Lender at any one time.

                                      -17-
<PAGE>

         2.7 INTEREST RATES AND PAYMENT DATE.

         (a) Each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest for each day during each
Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the greater of
(i) 8.60% or (ii) the LIBOR Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable
Margin.

         (b) Each Prime Rate Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal
to the greater of (i) 8.6% or (ii) the Prime Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

         (c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, all outstanding Loans (whether or not overdue) and, to the extent
permitted by law, interest on the Loans and any other amounts owing hereunder or
under the other Loan Documents shall, at the option of the Required Lenders,
from the date of such Event of Default until such Event of Default is waived in
writing by the Required Lenders or, if curable, cured in full, bear interest at
a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of any LIBOR Loans, the rate
applicable to such LIBOR Loan plus 4% until the end of the applicable Interest
Period and thereafter the rate applicable to Prime Rate Loans plus 4% or (y) in
the case of any Prime Rate Loans, or any other amounts payable hereunder, the
rate applicable to Prime Rate Loans plus 4% (each, the "Default Rate").

         (d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date,
provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall
be payable from time to time on demand.

         2.8 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND FEES. Interest and fees payable
pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the
actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable
notify Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a LIBOR Rate.
Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Prime
Rate or the LIBOR Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening
of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The
Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify Borrower and the
relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in
interest rate. Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and
binding on Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.

         2.9 INABILITY TO DETERMINE INTEREST RATE. If prior to the first day of
any Interest Period:

                  (a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which
         determination shall be conclusive and binding upon Borrower) that, by
         reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
         reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such
         Interest Period, or

                  (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from
         the Required Lenders that the LIBOR Rate determined or to be determined
         for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the
         cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of
         making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period,

                                      -18-
<PAGE>

the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to
Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such
notice is given (i) any LIBOR Loans requested to be made on the first day of
such Interest Period shall be made as Prime Rate Loans, (ii) any Loans that were
to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to LIBOR Loans
shall be continued as Prime Rate Loans and (iii) any outstanding LIBOR Loans
shall be converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period, to
Prime Rate Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative
Agent, no further LIBOR Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall
Borrower have the right to convert Prime Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans.

         2.10 PRO RATA TREATMENT AND PAYMENTS.

         (a) Each borrowing by Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, and each
payment by Borrower on account of any commitment fee or any reduction of the
Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective Percentages of the
Lenders.

         (b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by Borrower on account of
principal of and interest on the Loans shall be made according to the respective
outstanding principal amounts of the Loans then held by the Lenders.

         (c) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by Borrower
hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall
be made without setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of, and without any
deduction or withholding for, any taxes or other payments as set forth in
Section 2.12(a), and shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon, Boston, Massachusetts
time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately available
funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders
promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other
than payments on the LIBOR Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a
Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day. If any payment on a LIBOR Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than
a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment
into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment
of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be
payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

         (d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing
by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount
that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is
making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative
Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrower a
corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative
Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a
rate equal to the daily average Federal

                                      -19-
<PAGE>

Funds Effective Rate for the period until such Lender makes such amount
immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the
Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing
under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such
Lender's share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative
Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the
Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest
thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Prime Rate Loans, on demand, from
Borrower.

         (e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing
by Borrower prior to the date of any payment being made hereunder that Borrower
will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent
may assume that Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent
may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding
amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by Borrower
within three Business Days of such required date, the Administrative Agent shall
be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which
was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest
thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective
Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender against Borrower.

         (f) If the entire amount of any required principal and/or interest
payment is not paid in full within five (5) days after the same is due, Borrower
shall pay to Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) a late fee equal to
five percent (5%) of the required payment.

         (g) All payments shall be applied first to the payment of all fees,
expenses and other amounts due to Administrative Agent and the Lenders
(excluding principal and interest), then to accrued interest, and the balance on
account of outstanding principal; provided, however, that after the occurrence
of a Default, payments will be applied to the payment of all fees, expenses and
other amounts due to Administrative Agent and then to the other obligations of
Borrower to the Lenders as Required Lenders determine in their sole discretion.

         2.11 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

         (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Legal Requirement or in the
interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central
bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:

                  (i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever
         with respect to this Agreement or any LIBOR Loan made by it, or change
         the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof
         (except for taxes covered by or excluded from coverage by Section 2.12
         and changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such
         Lender);

                  (ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve,
         special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets
         held by, deposits

                                      -20-
<PAGE>

         or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other
         extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any
         office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the
         determination of the LIBOR Rate hereunder; or

                  (iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender,
by an amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into,
continuing or maintaining LIBOR Loans or to reduce any amount receivable
hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, Borrower shall promptly
pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate
such Lender for such actual increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any
Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this
paragraph, it shall promptly notify Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.

         (b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any
change in any Legal Requirement regarding capital adequacy or in the
interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any
corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing
the rate of return on such Lender's or such corporation's capital as a
consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender
or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or
compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's or such corporation's
policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to
be material, then from time to time, after submission by such Lender to Borrower
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor,
Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender for such reduction.

         (c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this
Section submitted by any Lender to Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The obligations of
Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

         2.12 TAXES.

         (a) All payments made by Borrower to or for the account of any Lender
or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement shall be made free and clear
of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or
future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes
and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on the
Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection
between the Administrative Agent or such Lender (or its applicable lending
office) and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any
such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent

                                      -21-
<PAGE>

or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or
received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges,
fees, deductions or withholdings ("Non-Excluded Taxes") or other stamp or
documentary taxes or excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document
("Other Amounts") are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts so payable to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary
to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all
Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Amounts) interest or any such other amounts payable
hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement, provided,
however, that Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts
payable to any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that are
attributable to such Lender's failure to provide Borrower and the Administrative
Agent with the appropriate form or documentation pursuant to paragraph (d) or
(e) of this Section (unless such failure is due to the adoption of or any change
in any Legal Requirement or in the interpretation or application thereof made
subsequent to the date on which a form with respect to such Lender originally
was required to be provided) or (ii) that are United States withholding taxes
imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time the Lender becomes a party
to this Agreement, except, in the case of an assignment of rights and
obligations under this Agreement to a Lender pursuant to Section 2.15 or 10.6,
to the extent that such Lender's assignor, or the replaced Lender, as
applicable, was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional
amounts from Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this
Section. In addition, for any period with respect to which a Lender has provided
Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the Internal Revenue Service forms
specified in clause (ii) of paragraph (d) of this Section, Borrower shall not be
required to increase any amounts payable to such Lender with respect to United
States withholding taxes other than those imposed on interest.

         (b) In addition, Borrower shall pay any Other Amounts to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

         (c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Amounts are payable by
Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter Borrower shall send to the
Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant
Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt
received by Borrower showing payment thereof. If Borrower fails to pay any
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Amounts when due to the appropriate taxing authority
or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other
required documentary evidence, Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become
payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such
failure.

         (d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a United States person
under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a
"Non-U.S. Lender") shall deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent (i)
two properly completed and duly executed original copies of either U.S. Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, as appropriate, or any subsequent
versions thereof or successors thereto, certifying that such

                                      -22-
<PAGE>

Non-U.S. Lender is entitled to a complete exemption from U.S. federal
withholding tax on all payments by Borrower under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, or (ii), in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender, which is not a "bank"
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under
an income tax treaty) or Form W-8ECI pursuant to clause (i), a statement
substantially in the form of Exhibit E (an "Exemption Certificate") and two
properly completed and duly executed original copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN (with respect to such Lender's status as a foreign person) or any
subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, certifying that such Non-U.S.
Lender is entitled to a complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax on
all payments of interest by Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. In addition, if requested in writing by Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, each Lender (or Transferee) that is a United States person
under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a
"U.S. Lender") shall deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent two
properly completed and duly executed original copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-9, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, certifying
that such U.S. Lender is entitled to a complete exemption from U.S. federal
withholding tax on all payments by Borrower under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents. The forms described in this paragraph shall be delivered by each
Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the
case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the
related participation). In addition, each Lender shall deliver such forms
promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by
such Lender or upon the request of Borrower or the Administrative Agent (but
only so long as such Lender remains lawfully able to do so). Each Lender shall
promptly notify Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a
position to provide any previously delivered certificate to Borrower (or any
other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such
purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a Non-U.S. Lender
shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this Section that such
Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.

         (e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of
non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which Borrower is
located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to
payments under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall deliver to
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times
prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit
such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that
such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such
documentation and in such Lender's judgment such completion, execution or
submission would not materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender.

         (f) If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines that it has
received or realized any refund of tax, any reduction of, or credit against, its
tax liabilities or otherwise recovered any amount in connection with any
deduction or withholding, or payment of any additional amount, by Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.11 or 2.12(a) above, it shall reimburse Borrower an amount
determined to be equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by such
Lender or the Administrative Agent, as a consequence of such refund, reduction,
credit or

                                      -23-
<PAGE>

recovery, provided that nothing contained in this paragraph (f) shall require
the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any
other information relating to its taxes which it deems to be confidential).

         (g) The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of
this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.

         2.13 INDEMNITY. Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold
each Lender harmless from any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or
incur as a consequence of (a) failure by Borrower to make a borrowing of,
conversion into or continuation of LIBOR Loans after Borrower has given a notice
requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b)
failure by Borrower to make any prepayment of or conversion from LIBOR Loans
after Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment of LIBOR Loans on a day that is
not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such
indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so
borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such
prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of
such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or
continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such
failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Loans provided
for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any)
over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that
would have accrued to such Lender on such amount as if such Lender had placed
such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the
interbank eurodollar market. A certificate as to any amounts payable by Borrower
to any Lender shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. This
covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the
Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

         2.14 CHANGE OF LENDING OFFICE. Each Lender agrees that, upon the
occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.11 or 2.12(a)
with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by Borrower, use reasonable
efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate
another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of
avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such designation is made
on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its
lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and
provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of
the obligations of Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.11
or 2.12(a). In determining whether designating another lending office would
cause such Lender or its lending office(s) to suffer economic disadvantage, such
Lender may disregard any economic disadvantage that Borrower agrees in form and
substance satisfactory to such Lender to indemnify and hold such Lender harmless
therefrom.

         2.15 REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS. Borrower shall be permitted to replace any
Lender that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section
2.11 or 2.12(a) or (b) defaults in its obligation to make Loans hereunder, with
a replacement financial institution (which cannot be the Borrower); provided
that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Legal Requirement, (ii) no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of

                                      -24-
<PAGE>

such replacement, (iii) prior to any such replacement, such Lender shall not
have taken action under Section 2.13 so as to eliminate the continued need for
payment of amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.11 or 2.12(a), (iv) the
replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other
amounts owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement,
(v) Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under Section 2.13 if any
LIBOR Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the
last day of the Interest Period relating thereto as if such purchase were a
prepayment of the Loans of such Lender on such date, (vi) the replacement
financial institution, if not already a Lender, shall be an Eligible Assignee
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vii) the replaced Lender
shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.6 (provided that Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration
and processing fee referred to therein), (viii) until such time as such
replacement shall be consummated, Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if
any) required pursuant to Section 2.11 or 2.12(a), as the case may be, and (ix)
any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that
Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the
replaced Lender.

         2.16 DEFAULTING LENDER. If for any reason any Lender shall fail or
refuse to abide by its obligations under this Agreement (as determined by
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, including without limitation
its obligation to make available to Administrative Agent its pro rata share of
any Loans, expenses or setoff (a "Defaulting Lender") and such failure is not
cured within ten (10) days of receipt from Administrative Agent of written
notice thereof, then, in addition to the rights and remedies that may be
available to Administrative Agent, other Lenders, Borrower or any other party at
law or in equity, and not at limitation thereof, (i) such Defaulting Lender's
right to participate in the administration of, or decision-making rights related
to, the Loans, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be suspended
during the pendency of such failure or refusal, and (ii) a Defaulting Lender
shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments due to it from Borrower,
whether on account of outstanding Loans, interest, fees or otherwise, to the
remaining non-delinquent Lenders for application to, and reduction of, their
proportionate shares of all outstanding Loans until, as a result of application
of such assigned payments Lender's respective pro rata shares of all outstanding
Loans shall have returned to those in effect immediately prior to such
delinquency and without giving effect to the nonpayment causing such
delinquency. The Defaulting Lender's decision-making and participation rights
and rights to payments as set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) hereinabove shall be
restored only upon the payment by the Defaulting Lender of its pro rata share of
any Loans or expenses as to which it is delinquent, together with interest
thereon at the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate from the date when
originally due until the date upon which any such amounts are actually paid.

         The non-defaulting Lenders shall also have the right, but not the
obligation, in their respective, sole and absolute discretion, to acquire for no
cash consideration, (pro rata, based on the respective Commitments of those
Lenders electing to exercise such right) the Defaulting Lender's Commitment to
fund the Loans (a "Future Commitment"). Upon any such purchase of the pro rata
share of any Defaulting Lender's Future Commitment, the Defaulting Lender's
share in the Loans and its rights under the Loan Documents with respect thereto
shall terminate on the date of purchase, and the Defaulting Lender shall
promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer
such interest, including, if so requested, an Assignment and

                                      -25-
<PAGE>

Acceptance. Each Defaulting Lender shall indemnify Administrative Agent and each
non-defaulting Lender from and against any and all loss, damage or expenses,
including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees and funds advanced by
Administrative Agent or by any non-defaulting Lender, on account of a Defaulting
Lender's failure to timely fund its pro rata share of the Loans or to otherwise
perform its obligations under the Loan Documents.

         SECTION 3. NOTES RECEIVABLE.

         3.1 REPRESENTATIONS. The "Notes Receivable" consist of promissory notes
payable to Borrower or SALII from mezzanine fundings under unconsolidated joint
ventures. The current outstanding aggregate principal balance is $61,712,250.
The current outstanding accrued interest owed on the Notes Receivable as of
September 30, 2001 is $9,835,078. The master list of the Notes Receivable
(including any amendments thereto) is attached hereto as Schedule 4.1B. The
originals of all of the Notes Receivable have been delivered to Administrative
Agent. No defaults currently exist under the Notes Receivable. The Notes
Receivable have been fully funded.

         3.2 NO LIEN. Neither Borrower nor SALII shall create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien upon any of the Notes Receivable. No such Lien exists
now.

         3.3 DOUBLE NEGATIVE PLEDGE. Neither Borrower nor SALII shall enter into
or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits
the ability of Borrower or SALII to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Lien upon any of the Notes Receivable. No such agreement exists now.

         3.4 NO SALE OR AMENDMENT. Neither Borrower nor SALII shall sell,
discount, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of any of the Notes Receivable
nor amend or waive any provision thereof, except that the maturity date of any
Note Receivable may be extended to be co-terminous with the Maturity Date and
except for a disposition if the consideration received is solely in cash and if
there is paid to Administrative Agent (on behalf of Lenders) at that time an
amount equal to the greater of (a) all net cash proceeds of the disposition or
(b) the outstanding principal amount of the Notes Receivable that are the
subject of such disposition except that (i) the amount to be paid to
Administrative Agent may be decreased to eighty percent (80%) or more of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes Receivable that are the subject of
such disposition so long as Administrative Agent in its discretion approves such
lesser amount and the entire unpaid balance of the Notes Receivable (with no
other forgiveness of said balance) is converted into equity for Borrower's (or
SALII's) continuing interest in the properties or (ii) the amount to be paid to
Administrative Agent may be decreased to less than eighty percent (80%) of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes Receivable that are the subject of
such disposition so long as all of the Lenders in their discretion approve such
lesser amount and the entire unpaid balance of the Notes Receivable (with no
other forgiveness of said balance) is converted into equity for Borrower's (or
SALII's) continuing interest in the properties.

         3.5 PLEDGE. If the Loans have not been repaid in full by June 30, 2002,
Borrower shall, (a) by July 3, 2002, request all necessary approvals in order to
pledge the Notes Receivable to the Administrative Agent as additional collateral
for the Obligations, and thereafter use its best

                                      -26-
<PAGE>

efforts to obtain them, (b) if such approvals have been obtained, execute such
pledge agreements and related documents as shall be reasonably required by the
Administrative Agent. Borrower shall use its best efforts to obtain such
approvals and to get all such documents for this pledge in place by July 31,
2002.

         3.6 PAYMENTS. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in
writing when any borrower under any of the Notes Receivable (a) is eligible to
make any payments under the Notes Receivable and (b) begins to make any payments
under the Notes Receivable.

         SECTION 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

         4.1 CONDITIONS TO LOAN CLOSING. The agreement of each Lender to close
the Loans is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement, of the following conditions precedent:

                  (a) Credit Agreement; Notes; Other Loan Documents. The
         Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, executed
         and delivered by the Administrative Agent, Borrower and each Lender
         listed on Schedule 4.1A, (ii) the Notes, executed and delivered by
         Borrower, and (iii) the Guaranty executed and delivered by each
         Guarantor listed on Schedule 4.1B.

                  (b) Notes Receivable. The Administrative Agent shall have
         received (A) the original promissory notes comprising the Notes
         Receivable, and (B) the master list of all of the Notes Receivable
         which shall be attached hereto as Schedule 4.1C.

                  (c) Financial Information. The Lenders shall have received all
         of the following in form and substance satisfactory to Lenders: (i) the
         audited consolidated balance sheet of Borrower as at December 31, 2000
         and the related consolidated statements of income, and equity and cash
         flow, and (ii) the consolidated balance sheet of Borrower as of March
         31, 2001, June 30, 2001, September 30, 2001, and the related
         consolidated statements of income and equity and cash flow.

                  (d) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have
         received all fees and expenses required to be paid (either herein or in
         the Fleet Letters) at that time.

                  (e) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have
         received, with a counterpart for each Lender, a certificate of each
         Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of
         Exhibit F, with appropriate insertions and attachments (a "Closing
         Certificate").

                  (f) Legal Opinion. The Administrative Agent shall have
         received the legal opinion of general counsel to Borrower and
         Guarantors in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
         Such legal opinion shall cover

                                      -27-
<PAGE>

         such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this
         Agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

                  (g) Absence of Material Litigation, Etc. The Lenders shall be
         satisfied that no litigation or other legal proceeding, tax or
         accounting matters, ERISA matters, environmental matters or other
         matters for which any Loan Party or any of their respective
         Subsidiaries is or could become liable exists which could reasonably be
         expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (h) Other. Receipt by the Lenders of such other documents,
         instruments, agreements or information as reasonably requested by any
         Lender, including, but not limited to, information regarding
         litigation, tax, accounting, labor, insurance, pension liabilities
         (actual or contingent), real estate leases, material contracts, debt
         agreements, property ownership, environmental matters, contingent
         liabilities, corporate structure and management of Borrower and
         Guarantors.

         4.2 CONDITIONS TO LOAN ADVANCES. The agreement of each Lender to make
any Loan requested to be made by it on the Borrowing Date is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

                  (a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the
         representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to
         the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects
         on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date.

                  (b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have
         occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the
         extensions of credit requested to be made on such date and the Loan
         Parties shall have complied with all obligations to be performed by
         each of them prior to the date of such Loan.

                  (c) No Material Adverse Change. As of the Borrowing Date, and
         since the dates covered by the most recent audited financial statements
         delivered to the Administrative Agent, no event or circumstance shall
         have occurred which had or would be reasonably likely to have a
         Material Adverse Effect.

                  (d) Time Limits. No Loan shall be requested or made on or
         after the earliest of the dates in Section 2.2(b), and any portion of
         the Commitments which have not been advanced by them shall be
         cancelled.

                  (e) Other Documentation. The Administrative Agent shall have
         received each document (including any Uniform Commercial Code financing
         statement) required by the Security Documents or under law or
         reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed,
         registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the
         Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien
         on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to

                                      -28-
<PAGE>

         any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted
         by the Guaranty), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or
         recordation.

                  (f) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have
         received all fees and expenses required to be paid (either herein or in
         the separate fee letter between Borrower and Administrative Agent) at
         that time.

                  (g) Mortgages.

                           (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a
                  Mortgage with respect to each Facility, executed, notarized
                  and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each party
                  thereto. The list of Facilities is set forth on Schedule 4.2A.
                  In the case of each real property leasehold interest
                  constituting Facility, if required, the Administrative Agent
                  shall have received in conjunction with execution and delivery
                  of the Mortgage (A) such estoppel letters, consents and
                  waivers from the landlords and any fee mortgage holders on
                  such real property as may be obtained by the Loan Parties on a
                  reasonable best efforts basis, which estoppel letters shall be
                  in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
                  Administrative Agent, and (B) evidence that the applicable
                  lease, a memorandum of lease with respect thereto, or other
                  evidence of such lease in form and substance reasonably
                  satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, has been or will be
                  recorded in all places to the extent necessary or desirable,
                  in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, so as
                  to enable the Mortgage encumbering such leasehold interest to
                  effectively create a valid and enforceable first priority lien
                  (subject to Liens permitted hereunder) on such leasehold
                  interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (or such other
                  Person as may be required or desired under local law) for the
                  benefit of the Lenders.

                           (ii) The Administrative Agent shall have received in
                  respect of each Facility a mortgagee's title insurance policy
                  (or policies) or marked up unconditional binder for such
                  insurance. Each such policy shall be in an amount satisfactory
                  to the Administrative Agent; be issued at ordinary rates;
                  insure that the Mortgage insured thereby creates a valid first
                  Lien on such Facility free and clear of all defects and
                  encumbrances, except as disclosed therein; name the
                  Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as the
                  insured thereunder; be in the form of ALTA Loan Policy - 1970
                  (Amended 10/17/70 and 10/17/84) (or equivalent policies);
                  contain such endorsements and affirmative coverage as the
                  Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and be issued by
                  title insurance companies satisfactory to the Administrative
                  Agent ("Title Insurance Companies"). The Administrative Agent
                  shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that all
                  premiums in respect of each such policy, all charges for
                  mortgage recording tax, and all related expenses, if any, have
                  been paid.

                                      -29-
<PAGE>

                           (iii) The Administrative Agent shall have received
                  title rundowns and a copy of all recorded documents referred
                  to, or listed as exceptions to title in, the title policy or
                  policies referred to above and a copy of other material
                  documents affecting the Mortgaged Facilities requested in
                  writing by the Administrative Agent.

                  (h) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have
         received the results of recent lien searches in each of the
         jurisdictions where assets of Guarantors are located, such searches to
         be in their names and the names of transferors thereto within the last
         year (including sellers in connection with acquisitions), and such
         searches shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of such Persons,
         except for Liens permitted by the Guaranty or discharged on or prior to
         the Closing Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the
         Administrative Agent.

                  (i) Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received
         insurance certificates satisfying the requirements of this Agreement
         and the Security Documents.

                  (j) Inspections. The Administrative Agent, at its option,
         shall have completed an inspection of a representative sample of the
         Facilities, at Borrower' expense, which inspections must be
         satisfactory to Administrative Agent in all respects.

The borrowing of the Loans by Borrower hereunder shall constitute a
representation and warranty by Borrower as of the date of such extension of
credit that the conditions contained in this Section 4.2 have been satisfied.

         SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

         To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this
Agreement and to make the Loans, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender that:

         5.1 GOOD STANDING. Borrower (i) is duly organized, existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has the
power to own its property and to carry on its business as now being conducted,
and (iii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned by it therein or in
which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

         5.2 POWER AND AUTHORITY. Borrower has full power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party and to incur and perform the Obligations whether under this Agreement, the
other Loan Documents or otherwise, all of which have been duly authorized by all
proper and necessary action. No consent or approval of shareholders, members, or
any creditors of Borrower, and no consent, approval, filing or registration with
or notice to any Governmental Authority on the part of Borrower, is

                                      -30-
<PAGE>

required as a condition to the execution, delivery, validity or enforceability
of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the performance by Borrower of
the Obligations.

         5.3 BINDING AGREEMENTS. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
executed and delivered by Borrower have been properly executed and delivered and
constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of Borrower and are fully
enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, subject
to (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors' rights generally, (b) general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such principles of equity are asserted in an action or
proceeding at law or in equity) or the discretion of the court before which any
action or proceeding may be brought and (c) other applicable laws which may
limit the enforceability of certain of the remedial or procedural provisions
contained in this Agreement.

         5.4 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Borrower is not in violation of any
applicable Legal Requirements (including, without limitation, any Laws relating
to employment practices, to environmental, occupational and health standards and
controls) or order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any court, arbitrator,
or any Governmental Authority affecting Borrower or any of its properties, the
violation of which, considered in the aggregate, could materially adversely
affect the business, operations or properties of Borrower.

         5.5 LITIGATION. There are no proceedings, actions or investigations
pending or, so far as Borrower knows, threatened before or by any court,
arbitrator or any Governmental Authority which, in any one case or in the
aggregate, if determined adversely to the interests of Borrower, would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the business, properties, condition (financial or
otherwise) or operations, present or prospective, of Borrower.

         5.6 FINANCIAL CONDITION. The annual financial statements of Borrower
dated December 31, 2000 and the quarterly financial statements dated March 31,
2001, June 30, 2001, and September 30, 2001 are complete and correct and fairly
present the financial position of Borrower and the results of its operations and
transactions in its surplus accounts as of the date and for the periods referred
to and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the period involved. There are no liabilities, direct or indirect,
fixed or contingent, of Borrower as of the date of such financial statements
which are not reflected therein or in the notes thereto. There has been no
Material Adverse Change in the financial condition or operations of Borrower
since the date of such financial statements and to Borrower's knowledge no such
Material Adverse Change is pending or threatened. Borrower has not guarantied
the obligations of, or made any investment in or advances to, any Person, except
as disclosed in such financial statements or as otherwise disclosed in writing
to the Lenders. The representations and warranties contained in this Section
shall also cover financial statements furnished from time to time to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.3 of this Agreement.

         5.7 FULL DISCLOSURE. The financial statements referred to in Section
5.6 of this Agreement, the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, this
Agreement), and the statements, reports or certificates furnished by Borrower in
connection with the Loan Documents (i) do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact and (ii) when taken in their entirety, do

                                      -31-
<PAGE>

not omit any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein
not misleading. There is no fact known to Borrower which Borrower has not
disclosed to the Lenders in writing prior to the date of this Agreement which
constitutes a Material Adverse Change with respect to Borrower or in the future
could, in the reasonable opinion of Borrower, constitute a Material Adverse
Change with respect to Borrower.

         5.8 NO DEFAULT. Borrower is not in default under or with respect to any
contractual obligations binding on it in any respect that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.

         5.9 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; LIENS. Borrower has good and marketable
title to all of its properties, including, without limitation, the Notes
Receivable. The Facilities and the Notes Receivable are free and clear of
mortgages, pledges, liens, charges and other encumbrances other than Permitted
Liens on the Facilities.

         5.10 TAXES. Borrower has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state
and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all
taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made
against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges
imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than
any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with
GAAP have been provided on its books). No tax Lien has been filed, and, to the
knowledge of Borrower, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax,
fee or other charge.

         5.11 FEDERAL REGULATIONS. No part of the proceeds of any Loans will be
used for "buying" or "carrying" any "margin stock" within the respective
meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time to time hereafter
in effect or for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of
such Board. If requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, Borrower
will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the
foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form
U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U.

         5.12 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT; OTHER REGULATIONS. Borrower is not an
"investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment company",
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Borrower
is not subject to regulation under any Legal Requirement (other than Regulation
X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) that limits its
ability to incur Funded Debt.

         5.13 USE OF PROCEEDS. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used solely
for the repurchase of Borrower's existing Convertible Debt and for the cost of
closing this transaction. All of said Convertible Debt will be retired and paid
in full when the Loans are advanced.

         5.14 SOLVENCY. Borrower is, both before and after giving effect to the
incurrence of the Loans, will be and will continue to be at all times, Solvent.

                                      -32-
<PAGE>

         SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

         Borrower hereby agrees, so long as any Commitment is outstanding and
any Loans or other amount are owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent
hereunder, it shall:

         6.1 EXISTENCE. Maintain its existence in good standing in the
jurisdiction in which it is organized and in each other jurisdiction where it is
required to register or qualify to do business if the failure to do so in such
other jurisdiction might have a material adverse effect on the ability of
Borrower to perform the Obligations, on the conduct of Borrower's operations, on
Borrower's financial condition, or on the value of, or the ability of the
Lenders to realize upon, the Collateral.

         6.2 FURTHER ASSURANCES. Make, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and
every such further acts and assurances as the Lenders shall from time to time
require for confirming or carrying out the intentions or facilitating the
performance of the terms of this Agreement.

         6.3 FINANCIAL RECORDS; INSPECTION. Borrower will (i) maintain or cause
to be maintained full, complete, accurate and adequate records and books of
account in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied; (ii) permit the Lenders and their duly authorized agents, attorneys and
accountants to inspect, examine, and copy its records and books of account at
all reasonable times and after reasonable prior written notice; (iii) provide
the following:

                  (a) as soon as available, but in no event more than one
         hundred twenty (120) days after the close of Borrower's fiscal years,
         provide the Administrative Agent with copies of (i) Borrower's
         consolidated and consolidating financial statements for the year in
         question, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the
         Administrative Agent, prepared in accordance with GAAP and audited by
         an independent certified public accountant satisfactory to the
         Administrative Agent, which financial statements shall include a
         balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year, (ii) the related
         statements of operations and retained earnings and cash flow statements
         for such fiscal year in a format reasonably acceptable to the
         Administrative Agent, and (iii) an unqualified letter or opinion of the
         independent accountant and a Compliance Certificate in the form of
         Exhibit B attached hereto.

                  (b) as soon as available, but in no event more than forty-five
         (45) days after the end of Borrower's fiscal quarters, provide the
         Administrative Agent with copies of internally prepared consolidated
         and consolidating financial statements of Borrower on a quarterly and
         year-to-date basis and as of the close of such period which financial
         statements shall include a balance sheet, income and expense
         statements, and statement of cash flows for Borrower for such period,
         each certified as to accuracy by the chief financial officer of
         Borrower and a Compliance Certificate in the form of Exhibit B;

                  (c) as soon as available but in no event more than thirty (30)
         days after the date of filing, provide the Administrative Agent with
         copies of the federal and

                                      -33-
<PAGE>

         state income tax returns for Borrower for the year in question as well
         as any requests for extensions, schedules and exhibits filed in
         connection therewith;

                  (d) copies of each 10K or 10Q report as soon as possible, but
         in no event more than thirty (30) days after filing such report with
         the SEC;

                  (e) annual projections for the next fiscal year by December
         1st in each year;

                  (f) promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent such other
         information with respect to the financial statements of Borrower as the
         Lenders may from time to time reasonably require; and

                  (g) provide that all required financial statements shall be
         accompanied by a certificate of compliance with the financial covenants
         set forth in this Agreement (and shall include Borrower's computation
         of such covenants) signed by Borrower's chief financial officer and a
         representation whether or not there has occurred a Default or Event of
         Default under the Loan Documents and, if so, stating the facts with
         respect thereto. All financial statements will include the following
         certification:

                  "The undersigned as ____________ of Sunrise Assisted Living,
                  Inc. certifies that the financial information contained in the
                  financial statement dated ________, is true and complete as of
                  this date. This statement is provided to Fleet National Bank
                  as administrative agent ("Agent") for the Lenders set forth in
                  the Credit Agreement dated as of December ______, 2001, as
                  amended, restated or substituted from time to time for the
                  purpose of obtaining credit or in fulfillment of the terms and
                  conditions of credit already provided. Accordingly, it is
                  intended that the Agent and the Lenders may rely on this
                  information".

                  (h) provide that all such financial statements shall be
         complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in
         reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently
         throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except
         as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and
         disclosed therein).

         6.4 FINANCIAL COVENANTS. Satisfy the following covenants, which shall
be tested quarterly:

                  (a) MINIMUM TANGIBLE NET WORTH. Maintain, on a consolidated
         basis with all Subsidiaries, at all times during the term of the Loan
         measured quarterly beginning with the quarter ending September 30,
         2001, a minimum Tangible Net Worth of not less than the sum of
         $306,963,195, plus 75% of Borrower's net income (if positive) for each
         subsequent quarter, plus 85% of the net proceeds to

                                      -34-
<PAGE>

         Borrower of any equity capital transaction received during any
         subsequent quarter.

                  (b) MINIMUM LIQUIDITY. Maintain at all times, on an individual
         basis (i.e. Borrower only), Liquid Assets at all times of the greater
         of $25,000,000 or ninety (90) days of debt service on all of Borrower's
         direct and contingent liabilities.

                  (c) MINIMUM INTEREST AND RENT COVERAGE. Maintain, on a
         consolidated basis with all Subsidiaries, at all times during the term
         of the Loan measured quarterly beginning with the quarter ending
         September 30, 2001 as of the end of each subsequent fiscal quarter,
         based on the trailing four quarters, a ratio of EBITDAR to Interest
         Expense plus Rent Expense of not less than 2.25 to 1.00.

                  (d) MAXIMUM FUNDED DEBT RATIO. Maintain, on a consolidated
         basis with all subsidiaries, at all times during the term of the Loans
         measured quarterly beginning with the quarter ending September 30, 2001
         as of the dates shown below, based on the trailing four quarters, a
         ratio of Funded Debt to EBITDAR of not more than 5.50 to 1.00;
         provided, however, if this covenant is violated because a new
         convertible debt offering is completed and funded prior to the
         redemption of the Convertible Debt, then this violation is hereby
         waived until the redemption of the Convertible Debt.

         6.5 NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN EVENTS. Promptly notify the Administrative
Agent upon obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following: (a)
any Event of Default under the Loan Documents;

                  (b) any event, development or circumstance whereby the
         financial statements furnished under the Loan Documents fail in any
         material respect to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP, the
         financial condition and operational results of Borrower;

                  (c) any judicial, administrative or arbitral proceeding
         pending against Borrower in any judicial or administrative proceeding
         known by Borrower to have been threatened in a written communication
         against it which, if adversely decided, could materially adversely
         affect its financial condition or operations (present or prospective);

                  (d) (i) the revocation, suspension, probation, restriction,
         limitation or refusal to renew, or the pending, revocation, suspension,
         probation, restriction, limitation, or refusal to renew, of any License
         held by the Guarantors, Borrower or the Management Company, or (ii) the
         decertification, revocation, suspension, probation, restriction,
         limitation, or refusal to renew, or the pending, decertification,
         revocation, suspension, probation, restriction, limitation, or refusal
         to renew any participation or eligibility in any third party payor
         program in which the Guarantors, Borrower or Management Company elects
         to participate which exceeds 10% of the gross revenue of a Facility,
         including, without limitation, Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurer,
         or any accreditation of

                                      -35-
<PAGE>

         Borrower, Guarantors or Management Company, or (iii) the issuance or
         pending issuance of any License for a period of less than twelve (12)
         months, as a consequence of sanctions imposed by any governmental
         authority, or (iv) the assessment or pending assessment, of any civil
         or criminal penalties by any government authority, any third party
         payor or any accreditation organization or Person, if any, which in
         case of any event in clauses (i) through (iv) above could materially
         adversely affect the financial condition or operations of Borrower or
         the Management Company;

                  (e) the occurrence of a monetary default (after the expiration
         of any grace or notice periods) under any of the Notes Receivable or
         any other occurrence with respect to the assisted living facilities
         owned by the unconsolidated joint ventures which are the makers of the
         Notes Receivable, the result of which is that there may be a
         significant delay in the repayment of the Notes Receivable on their due
         dates or that the likelihood of repayment in full may have been
         materially reduced.

                  (f) any other development in the business or affairs of
         Borrower or the Management Company which may be a Material Adverse
         Change; and

                  (g) any actual contingent liability or a potential contingent
         liability threatened or noticed in a written communication of Borrower
         of $1,000,000 or more,

in each case described in (a) through (g) above, such notification shall
describe in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent the nature thereof
and, in the case of notification under this clause (d), the action Borrower or
the Management Company proposes to take with respect thereto or a statement that
Borrower or the Management Company intends to take no action and an explanation
of the reasons for such inaction. In addition, Borrower or the Management
Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent immediately after receipt
thereof copies of all administrative notices material to Borrower's or the
Management Company's business and operation of any Facility and all responses by
or on behalf of Borrower or the Management Company with respect to such
administrative notices.

         6.6 INTEREST RATE PROTECTION. If the Loans have not been repaid in full
by June 30, 2002, if less than 50% of Borrower's funded debt is subject to fixed
rates or swaps, and if required by the Administrative Agent, obtain Interest
Rate Protection as shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent such that
50% or more of Borrower's consolidated funded debt is fixed rate or subject to
interest rate protection. If Borrower should enter into any Interest Rate
Protection agreement now or hereafter with Lenders, any amounts due to such
Lenders under such agreements shall be added to the pro rata share of such
Lenders for the purposes of making distributions hereunder.

         6.7 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; CONTAMINATION. Defend, indemnify and hold
harmless the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each of their agents,
employees, trustees, successors and assigns from any and all claims which may
now or in the future (whether before or after the termination of this Agreement)
be asserted as a result of the presence of any Hazardous Materials on any of the
Facilities.

                                      -36-
<PAGE>

         6.8 ISSUANCE OF NEW DEBT OR ADDITIONAL EQUITY. Any additional equity
raised or proceeds of new convertible or other debt shall be immediately used to
prepay the Loans at that time, excluding transactions in the ordinary course of
business relating to project finance or project refinance by Borrower and/or its
Subsidiaries and excluding proceeds of sale-manageback transactions involving
consolidated Subsidiaries.

         6.9 SINGLE PURPOSE ENTITIES. Cause each Guarantor (other than SALII) to
be and remain a single purpose entity which shall engage solely in the ownership
and operation of only one of the Facilities. All Guarantors are now and shall
remain, directly or indirectly, Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Borrower.

         SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

         Borrower hereby agrees, so long as any Commitment is outstanding and
any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent
hereunder, it shall not, without the prior written consent of the Required
Lenders:

         7.1 MERGERS OR ACQUISITIONS. Enter into any merger or consolidation or
amalgamation, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution), or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any person,
firm, joint venture or corporation. The foregoing notwithstanding, the consent
of the Required Lenders shall not be required for any merger or consolidation or
acquisition of Borrower pursuant to which Borrower retains its corporate
identity and Paul J. Klaassen or Teresa M. Klaassen remains the Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for managing the
businesses of Borrower and which does not result in either a Material Adverse
Change or a breach of any covenant under the Loan Documents.

         7.2 SALE OF ASSETS. Sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any
substantial portion of its assets (except for customary political and charitable
contributions and assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business) unless
such disposition is in exchange for not less than fair market value and does not
result in either a Material Adverse Change or a breach of any covenant under the
Credit Facility. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during any
twelve (12) month period Borrower and its subsidiaries will not sell more than
twenty-five (25) Facilities (for the purpose of this Section 7.2 "Facilities"
shall have the same meaning as set forth in the SEAL Revolver) with no more than
twenty (20) Facilities being Core Properties (as defined in the SEAL Revolver)
without the prior consent of the Required Lenders.

         7.3 SUBSIDIARIES. Create or otherwise acquire any Subsidiaries if such
creation or acquisition will result in a Material Adverse Change.

         7.4 ADDITIONAL STOCK AND TRANSFERS OF STOCK. Borrower may issue or
grant options or rights to purchase its capital stock and there shall be no
limitations on the right of shareholders of Borrower to pledge, assign, transfer
or encumber any of their stock in Borrower provided, (1) Borrower is an entity
whose common equity is registered under an applicable Federal Securities Act and
is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and (2) either Paul J. Klaassen or
Teresa M. Klaassen is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board with
responsibility for

                                      -37-
<PAGE>

managing the businesses of Borrower; and provided, that, Borrower shall provide
written notice to Administrative Agent of transfers of stock in Borrower under
such circumstances and in such manner as Borrower is required to give notice
thereof to the SEC.

         7.5 ERISA COMPLIANCE. (A) Restate or amend any Plan established and
maintained by Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity and subject to the
requirements of ERISA, in a manner designed to disqualify such Plan and its
related trusts under the applicable requirements of the Code; (B) permit any
officer of Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity to materially adversely
affect the qualified tax-exempt status of any Plan or related trusts of Borrower
or any Commonly Controlled Entity under the Code; (C) engage in or permit any
Commonly Controlled Entity to engage in any Prohibited Transaction; (D) incur or
permit any Commonly Controlled Entity to incur any Accumulated Funding
Deficiency, whether or not waived, in connection with any Plan; (E) take or
permit any Commonly Controlled Entity to take any action or fail to take any
action which causes a termination of any Plan in a manner which could result in
the imposition of a lien on the property of Borrower or any Commonly Controlled
Entity pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA; (F) fail to notify the Administrative
Agent that notice has been received of a "termination" (as defined in ERISA) of
any Multiemployer Plan to which Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity has
an obligation to contribute; (G) incur or permit any Commonly Controlled Entity
to incur a "complete withdrawal" or "partial withdrawal" (as defined in ERISA)
from any Multiemployer Plan to which Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity
has an obligation to contribute; or (H) fail to notify the Administrative Agent
that notice has been received from the administrator of any Multiemployer Plan
to which Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity has an obligation to
contribute that any such Plan will be placed in "reorganization" (as defined in
ERISA).

         7.6 AMENDMENTS; TERMINATIONS. Amend or terminate or agree to amend or
terminate any License, Participation Agreement, or the Management Agreement by
Borrower or any Subsidiaries with the Guarantors or except in the ordinary
course of business, any other operating agreements which may be entered into by
Borrower with respect to a Facility, or consent to or waive any material
provisions thereof.

         7.7 FUNDED DEBT. Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect
of or suffer to exist any Funded Debt, except:

                  (a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan
         Document;

                  (b) Existing Funded Debt of Borrower shown on the September
         30, 2001 financial statements delivered to Lenders prior to the Closing
         Date, excluding project finance in the ordinary course of business;

                  (c) Unsecured guarantee obligations incurred in the ordinary
         course of business by the Borrower for the purpose of financing
         assisted living facilities owned by Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of
         Borrower; and

                  (d) Indebtedness of the Borrower under any Interest Rate
         Protection Agreement.

                                      -38-
<PAGE>

         7.8 DISTRIBUTIONS. Make any dividends or distributions to any of its
stockholders.

         SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

         8.1 EVENT OF DEFAULT. The occurrence of any one or more of the
following events shall constitute an "Event of Default" under the provisions of
this Agreement (individually, an "Event of Default" and collectively, the
"Events of Default"):

                  (a) The failure of Borrower to pay and/or perform any of the
         Obligations as and when due and payable in accordance with the
         provisions of this Agreement and such failure continues for five (5)
         calendar days for the non-payment of principal or interest or five (5)
         calendar days after written notice thereof to Borrower by the
         Administrative Agent for other amounts due hereunder, except with
         regard to payment of amounts due at maturity, whether by acceleration
         or otherwise, for which no notice or cure period shall be required to
         be given.

                  (b) Any representation or warranty made in this Agreement or
         in any report, statement, schedule, certificate, opinion (including any
         opinion of counsel for Borrower), financial statement or other document
         furnished in connection with this Agreement, shall prove to have been
         false or misleading when made (or, if applicable, when reaffirmed) in
         any material respect.

                  (c) The failure of Borrower to comply with Section 6.3
         (Financial Records) hereof which default shall remain unremedied for
         ten (10) days after written notice thereof to Borrower by the
         Administrative Agent.

                  (d) The failure of Borrower to comply with Sections 3 (Notes
         Receivable) or 6.4 (Financial Covenants) hereof.

                  (e) The failure of Borrower to perform, observe or comply with
         any other covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement
         other than as set forth in Section 8.1, which default shall remain
         unremedied for thirty (30) days after written notice thereof to
         Borrower by the Administrative Agent, unless the nature of the failure
         is such that (a) it cannot be cured within the thirty (30) day period,
         and (b) Borrower institutes corrective action within the thirty (30)
         day period and (c) Borrower diligently pursues such action and
         completes the cure within ninety (90) days.

                  (f) A default shall occur under any of the other Loan
         Documents and such default is not cured within any applicable grace
         period provided therein.

                  (g) Borrower shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment
         of a receiver, trustee or liquidator of itself or any of its property,
         (ii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature,
         (iii) make a general assignment for the

                                      -39-
<PAGE>

         benefit of creditors, (iv) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (v)
         file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or a petition or an answer
         seeking or consenting to reorganization or an arrangement with
         creditors or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, reorganization,
         insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or
         statute, or an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition
         filed against it in any proceeding under any such law, or take
         corporate action for the purposes of effecting any of the foregoing, or
         (vi) by any act indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in
         any such proceeding or the appointment of any receiver of or trustee
         for any of its property, or suffer any such receivership, trusteeship
         or proceeding to continue undischarged for a period of sixty (60) days,
         or (vii) by any act indicate its consent to, approval of or
         acquiescence in any order, judgment or decree by any court of competent
         jurisdiction or any Governmental Authority enjoining or otherwise
         prohibiting the operation of a material portion of Borrower's business
         or the use or disposition of a material portion of Borrower's assets.

                  (h) (i) An order for relief shall be entered in any
         involuntary case brought against Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code, or
         (ii) any such case shall be commenced against Borrower and shall not be
         dismissed within sixty (60) days after the filing of the petition, or
         (iii) an order, judgment or decree under any other Law is entered by
         any court of competent jurisdiction or by any other Governmental
         Authority on the application of a Governmental Authority or of a Person
         other than Borrower (A) adjudicating Borrower bankrupt or insolvent, or
         (B) appointing a receiver, trustee or liquidator of Borrower, or of a
         material portion of Borrower's assets, or (C) enjoining, prohibiting or
         otherwise limiting the operation of a material portion of Borrower's
         businesses or the use or disposition of a material portion of
         Borrower's assets, and such order, judgment or decree continues
         unstayed and in effect for a period of thirty (30) days from the date
         entered.

                  (i) Unless adequately insured in the reasonable opinion of the
         Administrative Agent, the entry of a final judgment for the payment of
         money involving more than $1,000,000 against Borrower, and the failure
         by Borrower to discharge the same, or cause it to be discharged, within
         thirty (30) days from the date of the order, decree or process under
         which or pursuant to which such judgment was entered, or to secure a
         stay of execution pending appeal of such judgment.

                  (j) Default which continues beyond any applicable grace period
         shall be made under the SEAL Revolver.

                  (k) Default which continues beyond any applicable grace period
         shall be made under any obligation of or guaranteed by Borrower,
         Sunrise Development, Inc., SALMI., or SALII, equal to or greater than
         $1,000,000 (other than the revolving credit facility referenced in
         Section 2.2(b) above), if a notice of default has been sent to
         Borrower, Sunrise Development, Inc., SALMI, or SALII

                                      -40-
<PAGE>

         (and any applicable grace period had expired) or if the effect of such
         default is to accelerate the maturity of such obligation or to permit
         the holder or obligee thereof to cause such obligation to become due
         prior to its stated maturity.

                  (l) Default shall be made under any obligation equal to or
         greater than $1,000,000 of a consolidated Affiliate, which is otherwise
         non-recourse to Borrower, if the holder or obligee of such obligation
         has commenced action on any of the remedies available to it under the
         obligation.

                  (m) If the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, in
         their reasonable discretion, determine in good faith that a Material
         Adverse Change has occurred in the financial condition of Borrower.

                  (n) If Borrower shall liquidate, dissolve or terminate its
         existence or if a Change of Control occurs without the prior written
         consent of the Required Lenders. A "Change in Control" shall exist upon
         the occurrence of any of the following:

                           (i) either Paul J. Klaassen or Teresa M. Klaassen
                  shall cease to be Chief Executive Officer of Borrower or
                  Chairman of the Board of Borrower with responsibility for
                  managing the businesses of Borrower, and a competent and
                  experienced successor for such person shall not be approved by
                  the Required Lenders within six (6) months of such event, such
                  approval not to be unreasonably withheld; or

                           (ii) any Person (including a Person's affiliates and
                  associates) or group (as that term is understood under Section
                  13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
                  "Exchange Act") and the rules and regulations thereunder)
                  shall have acquired after the Closing Date beneficial
                  ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
                  Act) of a percentage (based on voting power, in the event
                  different classes of stock shall have different voting powers)
                  of the voting stock of Borrower equal to at least twenty
                  percent (20%); and as of any date a majority of the Board of
                  Directors of Borrower consists of individuals who were not
                  either (A) directors of Borrower as of the corresponding date
                  of the previous year (provided, however, that the initial
                  Board of Directors for reference purposes of this clause
                  (ii)(A) shall be the Board of Directors as of the Closing
                  Date), (B) selected or nominated to become directors by the
                  Board of Directors of Borrower of which a majority consisted
                  of individuals described in clause (ii)(A) above, or (C)
                  selected or nominated to become directors by the Board of
                  Directors of Borrower of which a majority consisted of
                  individuals described in clause (ii)(A), above and individuals
                  described in clause (ii)(B), above; or

                            (iii) any Person (including a Person's affiliates
                  and associates) or group (as that term is understood under
                  Section 13(d) of the Securities

                                      -41-
<PAGE>

                  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the
                  rules and regulations thereunder) shall have acquired after
                  the Closing Date beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
                  Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of a percentage (based on
                  voting power, in the event different classes of stock shall
                  have different voting powers) of the voting stock of Borrower
                  equal to at least thirty percent (30%).

                  (o) If Borrower transfers any of its assets in violation of
         Article VII hereof.

                  (p) Any execution or attachment shall be levied against any
         collateral for this Agreement, or any part thereof, and such execution
         or attachment shall not be set aside, discharged or stayed within the
         earlier of thirty (30) days after the Borrower receives notice of the
         same or forty-five (45) days after the same has been levied.

         8.2 REMEDIES. If an Event of Default shall occur, then, and in any such
event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in paragraphs (g) or
(h) above automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the
Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by Borrower shall immediately
become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default
specified in this Section 8, any of the following actions may be taken: (i) with
the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the
request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to
Borrower declare the Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the
Commitments shall immediately terminate; (ii) with the consent of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to Borrower, declare the
Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing by
Borrower under this Agreement and the Loan Documents to be due and payable
forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable; and
(iii) the Administrative Agent may exercise any and all rights it has under this
Agreement, the Security Documents or any other Loan Documents, or at law or in
equity, and proceed to protect and enforce the Administrative Agent's and the
Lenders' rights by any action at law, in equity or other appropriate
proceedings, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained in
this Agreement, any Security Document or the Notes, or for an injunction against
a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof or in the exercise of any
power granted hereby or thereby or by law. In the event that the Administrative
Agent shall apply for the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a
trustee, receiver or liquidator of any Loan Party or of any other similar
official to hold or liquidate all or any substantial part of the Facilities or
assets of any Loan Party following the occurrence of a default in payment of any
amount owed hereunder and following any applicable notice or cure period, each
of the Loan Parties (with all due and proper corporate, partnership or other
authorization, as the case may be), hereby consents to such appointment and
taking of possession and agrees to execute and deliver any and all documents
requested by the Administrative Agent relating thereto (whether by joining in a
petition for the voluntary appointment of, or entering no contest to a petition
for the appointment of, such an official or otherwise, as appropriate under
applicable law). Except as expressly provided above in this

                                      -42-
<PAGE>

Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are
hereby expressly waived by Borrower.

         SECTION 9. THE AGENTS.

         9.1 APPOINTMENT. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints
the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the
Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under
the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise
such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those
expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and
no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

         9.2 DELEGATION OF DUTIES. The Administrative Agent may execute any of
its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through
agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel
concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall
not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

         9.3 EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS. Neither any Agent nor any of their
respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be
taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any
other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by
a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from its or such Person's own gross negligence or willful misconduct)
or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders, representations or
warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or
other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under
or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the
value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a
party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents
shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to
the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or
conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the
Facilities, books or records of any Loan Party.

         9.4 RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument,
writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, e-mail,
telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or
conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed,
sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of
legal

                                      -43-
<PAGE>

counsel (including counsel to Borrower), independent accountants and other
experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem
and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a
written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been
filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully
justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of
the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it
deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the
Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by
reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent
shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting,
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request
of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders),
and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall
be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

         9.5 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 has received notice from a Lender or
Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of
Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of default". In the event that
the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall
give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such
action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably
directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all
Lenders); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have
received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect
to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best
interests of the Lenders.

         9.6 NON-RELIANCE ON AGENTS AND OTHER LENDERS. Each Lender expressly
acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any
representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereinafter
taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a
Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any
Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has,
independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based
on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their
affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into
this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and
without reliance upon any Agent 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 analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such
investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business,
operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the
Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other
documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the
Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty
or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
concerning the

                                      -44-
<PAGE>

business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or
creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may
come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

         9.7 INDEMNIFICATION. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its
capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by Borrower and without limiting
the obligation of Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective
Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this
Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the
Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full,
ratably in accordance with such Percentages immediately prior to such date),
from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any
kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the
Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way
relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other
Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein
or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or
omitted by such Agent under or in connection with, any of the foregoing;
provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable
decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent's
gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall
survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

         9.8 AGENT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. Each Agent and its affiliates may
make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business
with any Loan Party as though such Agent was not an Agent. With respect to its
Loans made or renewed by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise
the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders"
shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.

         9.9 SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The Administrative Agent may resign
as Administrative Agent upon 10 days' notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the
Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among
the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall
(unless an Event of Default with respect to Borrower shall have occurred and be
continuing) be subject to approval by Borrower (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed
to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term
"Administrative Agent" shall mean such successor agent effective upon such
appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent's rights, powers
and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or
further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of
the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent
has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days
following a retiring Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective
and the Lenders shall assume

                                      -45-
<PAGE>

and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such
time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for
above. After any retiring Administrative Agent's resignation as Administrative
Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any
actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

         9.10 SYNDICATION MATTERS. (a) In order to facilitate syndication of the
Loans, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger have the right to distribute
financial information about the Collateral and the Borrower and to assign the
Loans to third parties. Borrower agrees to cooperate with Administrative Agent
and the Arranger and to provide information in order to allow Administrative
Agent to syndicate the Loans. Borrower or its affiliates will not have the
opportunity to buy an assignment in the Loans.

         (b) Arranger will act as the exclusive arranger, adviser and
syndication manager for the Loans and, in such capacity, will perform the duties
and exercise the authority customarily associated with such role. No additional
Arranger or syndication manager will be appointed, unless Borrower,
Administrative Agent and Arranger so agree. Administrative Agent reserves the
right to syndicate all or a portion of its commitment to one or more financial
institutions after consultation with Borrower and Arranger.

         (c) Arranger will manage all aspects of the syndication, including the
selection of co-lenders, the determination of when Arranger will approach
potential co-lenders and the final allocations among co-lenders. Borrower agrees
to assist Arranger actively in achieving a timely syndication that is reasonably
satisfactory to Arranger, such assistance to include, among other things, (a)
direct contact during the syndication between the Borrower's senior officers,
representatives and advisors, on the one hand, and prospective co-lenders, on
the other hand at such times and places as Arranger may reasonably request, (b)
providing to Arranger all financial and other information with respect to the
Borrower and the transactions contemplated that Arranger may reasonably request,
including but not limited to financial projections relating to the foregoing,
and (c) assistance in the preparation of a confidential information memorandum
and other marketing materials to be used in connection with the syndication.

         (d) Borrower agrees that, prior to and during the syndication of the
Facility, Borrower will not permit any offering, placement or arrangement of any
competing issues of debt securities or commercial bank facilities of Borrower
and any of its subsidiaries, excluding project finance in the ordinary course
and the rollover of existing debt.

         9.11 DOCUMENTATION AGENT AND SYNDICATION AGENT.. Neither the
Documentation Agent nor the Syndication Agent shall have any duties or
responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.

         SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS.

         10.1 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein or
as to any term or provision hereof which provides for the consent or approval of
Administrative Agent, no term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document may be changed, waived,

                                      -46-
<PAGE>

discharged or terminated, nor may any consent to any material change, waiver,
discharge, termination of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document be given, unless such change, waiver, discharge, termination or
consent relates to construction matters and Loan Advances or unless it receives
the written approval of the Required Lenders.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, the unanimous written approval of all
Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender) shall be required with respect to any
proposed amendment, waiver, discharge, termination, or consent which is not
provided for in the Loan Documents and:

                  (i) has the effect of (A) extending the final scheduled
         maturity or the date of any amortization payment of the Loans or any
         Note, (B) reducing the rate or extending the time of payment of
         interest or fees or other amount payable thereon or under any Note, (C)
         increasing or reducing the principal amount thereof, or (d) otherwise
         postponing or forgiving any indebtedness thereunder,

                  (ii) releases or discharges any portion of the Collateral or
         Notes Receivable other than in accordance with the express provisions
         of the Loan Documents,

                  (iii) amends, modifies or waives any provisions of this
         Section 10.1(a),

                  (iv) reduces the percentage specified in the definition of
         Required Lenders,

                  (v) except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, changes the
         amount of any Lender's Commitment,

                  (vi) releases or waives any guaranty of the Obligations or
         indemnifications provided in the Loan Documents except as contemplated
         therein, or

and provided, further, that without the consent of Administrative Agent, no such
action shall amend, modify or waive any provision of any provision of any Loan
Document which relates to the rights or obligations of Administrative Agent.

         (b) With respect to any requested amendment, waiver, consent or other
action which requires the approval of the Required Lenders or all of Lenders, as
the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or if
Administrative Agent is required hereunder to seek, or desires to seek, the
approval of the Required Lenders or all of Lenders, as the case may be, prior to
undertaking a particular action or course of conduct, Administrative Agent in
each such case shall provide each Lender with written notice of any such request
for amendment, waiver or consent or any other requested or proposed action or
course of conduct, accompanied by such detailed background information and
explanations as may be reasonably necessary to determine whether to approve or
disapprove such amendment, waiver, consent or other action or course of conduct.
The Administrative Agent may (but shall not be required to) include in any

                                      -47-
<PAGE>

such notice, printed in capital letters or boldface type, a legend substantially
to the following effect:

         "THIS COMMUNICATION REQUIRES IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. FAILURE TO RESPOND
         WITHIN TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE RECEIPT OF THIS COMMUNICATION
         SHALL CONSTITUTE A DEEMED APPROVAL BY THE ADDRESSEE OF THE ACTION
         REQUESTED BY THE BORROWER OR THE COURSE OF CONDUCT PROPOSED BY THE
         ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND RECITED ABOVE."

A Lender shall be deemed to have approved or consented to such action or course
of conduct for all purposes hereunder if such Lender fails to object to such
action or course of conduct by written notice to Administrative Agent within ten
(10) Business Days of such Lender's receipt of such notice.

         (c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Section 10.1, the
documents evidencing Swap Contracts or the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights
or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed solely by the respective
parties thereto.

         10.2 NOTICES. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by
telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to
have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when
received, addressed as follows in the case of Borrower and the Administrative
Agent, and as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the
Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such other address as may
be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:

         Borrower:                  Sunrise Assisted Living, Inc.
                                    7902 Westpark Drive
                                    McLean, Virginia 22102
                                    Attention: James S. Pope
                                    Telecopy: (703) 744-1645
                                    Telephone: (703) 744-1631

         With a copy to:            Wayne G. Tatusko, Esq.
                                    Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P.
                                    7929 Westpark Drive, Suite 400
                                    McLean, VA 22102
                                    Telecopy: (703) 356-5388
                                    Telephone: (703) 749-1088

                                      -48-
<PAGE>

         Administrative Agent:      Fleet National Bank
                                    One Federal Street, 4th Floor
                                    Mail Stop: MA DE 10304X
                                    Boston, MA 02110
                                    Attention: Patricia Marinilli
                                    Telecopy: (617) 346-4672
                                    Telephone: (617) 346-0935

         With a copy to:            Gail E. McCann, Esq.
                                    Edwards & Angell, LLP
                                    2800 Financial Plaza
                                    Providence, RI 02903
                                    Telecopy: (401) 276-6611
                                    Telephone: (401) 276-6527

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders shall not be effective until received.

         10.3 NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. No failure to exercise and no
delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any
right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and
not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

         10.4 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All representations
and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document,
certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the
Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.

         10.5 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES AND TAXES. Borrower agrees (a) to pay or
reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its out-of-pocket costs and expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with the development, preparation and
execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection
herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and filing and recording
fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted
to Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on the
Closing Date) and from time to time thereafter on a quarterly basis or such
other periodic basis as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate, (b) to
pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any
rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other
documents, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to each
Lender and of counsel to the Administrative Agent, (c) to pay, indemnify, and
hold each Lender and the Administrative Agent harmless from, any and all

                                      -49-
<PAGE>

recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or
resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, that
may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and
delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions
contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver
or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and
the Administrative Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees,
affiliates, agents and controlling persons (each, an "Indemnitee") harmless from
and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any
kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement,
performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of
proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability
under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of Borrower,
Guarantors or any of the Facilities and the reasonable fees and expenses of
legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any
Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any Loan Document (all the foregoing in
this clause (d), collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"), provided, that
Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to
Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by
a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law,
Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause Guarantors not to assert, and hereby
waives and agrees to cause Guarantors to so waive, all rights for contribution
or any other rights of recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties,
fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or
nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by
Statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee, unless such claims, demands,
penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of
whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, are found by a
final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. The
agreements in this Section 10.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all
other amounts payable hereunder.

         10.6 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; PARTICIPATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS. (a) This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Borrower, the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent, all future holders of the Loans and their
respective successors and assigns, except that Borrower may not assign or
transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior
written consent of each Lender.

         (b) Any Lender may, without the consent of Borrower, in accordance with
applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks, financial institutions or
other entities (each, a "Participant") participating interests in any Loan owing
to such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such
Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. In the event of any such
sale by a Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, such Lender's
obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall
remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the
performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Loan for
all purposes under this Agreement and the

                                      -50-
<PAGE>

other Loan Documents, and Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue
to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In no
event shall any Participant under any such participation have any right to
approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document, or any
consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, except to the extent that
such amendment, waiver or consent would reduce the principal of, or interest on,
the Loans or any fees payable hereunder, or postpone the date of the final
maturity of the Loans, in each case to the extent subject to such participation.
Borrower agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Loans
are due or unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and
payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall, to
the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, be deemed to have the right of
setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this
Agreement to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were
owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement, provided that, in
purchasing such participating interest, such Participant shall be deemed to have
agreed to share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof as provided in Section
10.7(a) as fully as if it were a Lender hereunder. Borrower also agrees that
each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.11, 2.12 and
2.13 with respect to its participation in the Commitments and the Loans
outstanding from time to time as if it was a Lender; provided that, in the case
of Section 2.12 such Participant shall have complied with the requirements of
said Section and provided, further, that no Participant shall be entitled to
receive any greater amount pursuant to any such Section than the transferor
Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the
participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant had no
such transfer occurred.

         (c) Any Lender (an "Assignor") may, in accordance with applicable law,
at any time and from time to time assign to any Lender or any affiliate thereof
or, with the consent of Borrower and the Administrative Agent (which, in each
case, shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to an Eligible Assignee of
all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to
an Assignment and Acceptance, executed by such Eligible Assignee, such Assignor
and any other Person whose consent is required pursuant to this paragraph, and
delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the
Register; provided that no such assignment to an Eligible Assignee (other than
any Lender or any affiliate thereof) shall be in an aggregate principal amount
of less than $1,000,000 (other than in the case of an assignment of all of a
Lender's interests under this Agreement) unless otherwise agreed by Borrower and
the Administrative Agent. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and
recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the
rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with a Commitment and/or Loans as
set forth therein, and (y) the Assignor thereunder shall, to the extent provided
in such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this
Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of an
Assignor's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Assignor shall
cease to be a party hereto). Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 10.6,
the consent of Borrower shall not be required for any assignment that occurs
when an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to
Borrower. On or prior to the date of any assignment to an Eligible Assignee that
is not already a Lender hereunder pursuant to this Section, such Eligible
Assignee

                                      -51-
<PAGE>

shall deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent certification as to
exemption from deduction or withholding of taxes in accordance with Section
2.12.

         (d) The Administrative Agent shall, on behalf of Borrower, maintain at
its address referred to in Section 10.2 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance
delivered to it and a register (the "Register") for the recordation of the names
and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and the principal amount of
the Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register
shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and Borrower, each other
Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans and any Notes
evidencing the Loans recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement. Any
assignment of any Loan, whether or not evidenced by a Note, shall be effective
only upon appropriate entries with respect thereto being made in the Register
(and each Note shall expressly so provide).

         (e) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by the
parties to such assignment, together with each Note subject to such assignment,
Agent shall (a) record the information contained therein in the Register, and
(b) give prompt notice thereof to Borrower and Lenders (other than the assigning
Lender). Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice, Borrower,
at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to Agent, in exchange for each
surrendered Note, a new Note to the order of such Eligible Assignee in an amount
equal to the amount assumed by such Eligible Assignee pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning Lender has retained some portion
of its obligations hereunder, a new Note to the order of the assigning Lender in
an amount equal to the amount retained by it hereunder. Such new Notes shall
provide that they are replacements for the surrendered Notes, shall be in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
surrendered Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and
Acceptance and shall otherwise be substantially the form and substance of the
assigned Notes.

         (f) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an
Assignor, an Eligible Assignee and any other Person whose consent is required by
Section 10.6(c), together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a
registration and processing fee of $3,500, the Administrative Agent shall (i)
promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) record the information
contained therein in the Register on the effective date determined pursuant
thereto.

         (g) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge
that the provisions of this Section 10.6 concerning assignments of Loans and
Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do not
prohibit assignments creating security interests, including any pledge or
assignment by a Lender of any Loan or Note to any Federal Reserve Bank in
accordance with applicable law. No such pledge or assignment or enforcement
thereof shall release any Lender from its obligations under any of the Loan
Documents.

         10.7 ADJUSTMENTS; SET-OFF. (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement
or the fee letter between Borrower and the Administrative Agent provides
otherwise, if any Lender shall, at any time after and during the continuance of
a Default, receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or
receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or

                                      -52-
<PAGE>

involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to insolvency proceedings or otherwise), in
a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any
other Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender,
such Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating
interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or
shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as
shall be necessary to cause all Lenders to share the excess payment or benefits
of such collateral ratably with each other; provided, however that if all or any
portion of such excess payment or benefits, is thereafter recovered from such
Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits
returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

         (b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by
law, Borrower hereby grants to Administrative Agent and Lenders, a lien,
security interest and right of set-off as security for all liabilities and
obligations to Administrative Agent and Lenders, whether now existing or
hereafter arising, upon and against all deposits, credits, collateral and
property, now or hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping or control of
Administrative Agent or Lenders or any entity affiliated with a Lender, any
entity under the control of FleetBoston Financial Corporation, or in transit to
any of them. At any time, without demand or notice, Administrative Agent or any
Lender may set-off the same or any part thereof and apply the same to any
liability or obligation of Borrower even though unmatured and regardless of the
adequacy of any other collateral securing the Loans. ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO
REQUIRE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDERS TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS OR REMEDIES
WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES THE LOANS, PRIOR TO
EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OF SETOFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER
PROPERTY OF BORROWER, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED.

         10.8 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the
parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of
said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by
facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the
parties shall be lodged with Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

         10.9 SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

         10.10 INTEGRATION. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
represent the agreement of Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
with respect to the subject matter hereof; and there are no promises,
undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to
herein or in the other Loan Documents, except for the letters dated January 10,
2002 from Fleet National Bank which shall survive as separate contracts between
Borrower and Fleet National Bank (the "Fleet Letters").

                                      -53-
<PAGE>

         10.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF
THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
(EXCLUDING THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW).

         10.12 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS. Borrower hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally:

                  (a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
         proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to
         which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment
         in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the
         courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the courts of the United
         States for the District of Massachusetts, and appellate courts from any
         thereof;

                  (b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought
         in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter
         have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or
         that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and
         agrees not to plead or claim the same;

                  (c) agrees that service of process in any such action or
         proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or
         certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage
         prepaid to Borrower at its address set forth in Section 10.2 or at such
         other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been
         notified pursuant thereto;

                  (d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to
         effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall
         limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

                  (e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any
         right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding
         referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or
         consequential damages.

         10.13 CONFIDENTIALITY. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender
agrees to keep (and to cause its employees, directors, agents, attorneys,
accounts and other professionals and those of its Affiliates to keep)
confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party
pursuant to this Agreement; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the
Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to
the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any affiliate of any Lender, (b)
to any Transferee or prospective Transferee that agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Section, (c) to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys,
accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates,
(d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in

                                      -54-
<PAGE>

response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may
otherwise be required pursuant to any Legal Requirement, (f) if requested or
required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g)
that has been publicly disclosed, (h) to any organization or any nationally
recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender's
investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such
Lender, (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, or (j) to any bank examiner, central bank or other
supervisory authority (whether or not required by law). The agreements in this
Section 10.13 shall survive repayment of the Loans and termination of this
Agreement.

         10.14 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO MUTUALLY HEREBY
KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED HEREON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED TO BE
EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS,
STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
LOANS OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND AGREE THAT NO PARTY WILL SEEK TO
CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT
BE OR HAS NOT BEEN WAIVED. EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LITIGATION ANY SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN
ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES. BORROWER CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR
OTHERWISE, THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR SUCH LENDER WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT
OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER. THIS WAIVER CONSTITUTES A
MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS TO ACCEPT THIS
AGREEMENT AND MAKE THE LOAN.

         10.15 USURY. All agreements among Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders are hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency or event
whatsoever, whether by reason of acceleration of maturity of the indebtedness
evidenced hereby or otherwise, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to any
Lender for the use or the forbearance of the indebtedness evidenced hereby
exceed the maximum permissible under applicable law. As used herein, the term
"applicable law" shall mean the law in effect as of the date hereof; provided,
however, that in the event there is a change in the law which results in a
higher permissible rate of interest, then this Agreement and the Notes shall be
governed by such new law as of its effective date. In this regard, it is
expressly agreed that it is the intent of Borrower, the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders in the execution, delivery and acceptance of this Agreement and the
Notes to contract in

                                      -55-
<PAGE>

strict compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from time
to time in effect. If, under or from any circumstances whatsoever, fulfillment
of any provision hereof or of any of the Loan Documents at the time of
performance of such provision shall be due, shall involve transcending the limit
of such validity prescribed by applicable law, then the obligation to be
fulfilled shall automatically be reduced to the limits of such validity, and if
under or from circumstances whatsoever any Lender should ever receive as
interest an amount which would exceed the highest lawful rate, such amount which
would be excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal
balance and not to the payment of interest. This provision shall control every
other provision of all agreements between Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

         10.16 LOST NOTES. Upon receipt of an affidavit of an officer of any
Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Note or any other
security document which is not of public record, and, in the case of any such
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation, upon cancellation of such Note or other
security document, Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement note or
other security document in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of
like tenor."

                           * SIGNATURES ON NEXT PAGE *

                                      -56-
<PAGE>

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered under seal by their proper and duly authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.

                                       BORROWER:

                                       SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC.

                                       By /s/ Dave Faeder
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name David W. Faeder
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Title Vice Chairman
                                                --------------------------------

                                       By /s/ Thomas B. Newell
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name Thomas B. Newell
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Title President
                                                --------------------------------

                                       LENDERS:

                                       FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
                                       as Administrative Agent and a Lender

                                       By /s/ Patricia Marinilli
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name Patricia Marinilli
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Title Vice President
                                                --------------------------------

                                       CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, CAYMAN
                                       ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Lender

                                       By /s/ William Lutkins
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name William Lutkins
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Title Director
                                                --------------------------------

                                       By /s/ Robert Hetu
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name Robert Hetu
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Title Director
                                                --------------------------------

                      * SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE *

<PAGE>

                                       FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
                                       as a Lender

                                       By /s/ Frank S. Kaulback, III
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name Frank S. Kaulback, III
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Title Senior Vice President
                                                --------------------------------

                                       ARRANGER:

                                       FLEET SECURITIES, INC.

                                       By /s/ John G. Christensen
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name John G. Christensen
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Title Director
                                                --------------------------------

<PAGE>

                                  SCHEDULE 4.1A

                                 LIST OF LENDERS

<Table>
<Caption>
NAME                                                         COMMITMENT
----                                                         ----------
<S>                                                          <C>
Fleet National Bank                                          $52,000,000
Credit Suisse First Boston, Cayman Islands Branch            $25,000,000
First Union National Bank                                    $15,000,000
</Table>

<PAGE>

                                  SCHEDULE 4.1B

                               LIST OF GUARANTORS

<Table>
<Caption>
     Name                                                                       State of Organization
     ----                                                                       ---------------------
<S>                                                                             <C>
     Sunrise Dunwoody Assisted Living, L.L.C.                                   Georgia
     Sunrise Columbus Assisted Living Limited Partnership                       Georgia
     Sunrise Edina Assisted Living, L.L.C.                                      Minnesota
     Sunrise Greenville Assisted Living Limited Partnership                     South Carolina
     Sunrise Poland Assisted Living, L.L.C.                                     Ohio
     Sunrise Augusta Assisted Living Limited Partnership                        Georgia
     Sunrise Eastover Assisted Living, L.L.C.                                   North Carolina
     Sunrise Hamilton Assisted Living, L.L.C.                                   Virginia
     Sunrise Fall Creek Assisted Living, L.L.C.                                 Indiana
     Sunrise Fort Wayne Assisted Living, L.L.C.                                 Indiana
     Sunrise Shaker Heights Assisted Living, L.L.C.                             Ohio
     Sunrise Willow Lake Assisted Living, L.L.C.                                Indiana
     Sunrise Wooster Assisted Living, L.L.C.                                    Ohio
     Sunrise Flossmoor Assisted Living, L.L.C.                                  Illinois
     Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.                                  Virginia
</Table>

<PAGE>

SCHEDULE 4.1C

LIST OF NOTES RECEIVABLE AS OF 11/30/2001

<Table>
<Caption>
                                  AL II                      AL III                      AL IV                       AL V
                                  -----                      ------                      -----                       ----
<S>                      <C>                        <C>                         <C>                          <C>
LENDER (SRZ ENTITY)         Sunrise Assisted           Sunrise Assisted            Sunrise Assisted           Sunrise Assisted
                               Living, Inc.               Living, Inc.                Living, Inc.               Living, Inc.

BORROWER                 AL II Investments, LLC.    AL III Investments, LLC.    AL IV Investments, LLC.      AL V Investments, LLC

COMMITMENT                     $12,454,000                 $15,844,509                 $16,060,245                $17,353,496

DEBT OUTSTANDING               $ 7,250,000                 $15,844,509                 $16,060,245                $17,353,496
</Table>

<PAGE>

                                  SCHEDULE 4.2A

                               LIST OF FACILITIES

<Table>
<S>                                                          <C>
BROOKSIDE GLEN:                                              DUNWOODY:

400 Bradley Park Drive                                       4821 N. Peachtree Road
Columbus, GA 31904                                           Dunwoody, GA 30338

AUGUSTA:                                                     FLOSSMOOR:

326 Boy Scout Road                                           19715 Governor Highway
Augusta, GA 30909                                            Flossmoor, IL 60422

FALL CREEK:                                                  FORT WAYNE:

5011 Kessler Blvd.                                           3110 East Coliseum Blvd.
E. Indianapolis, IN 46220                                    Ft. Wayne, IN 46805

WILLOW LAKE:                                                 EASTOVER:

2725 Lake Circle Drive                                       3610 Randolph Road
Indianapolis, IN 46268                                       Charlotte, NC 28211

POLAND:                                                      SHAKER HEIGHTS:

335 West McKinley Way                                        16333 Chagrin Blvd.
Poland, OH 44514                                             Shaker Heights, OH 44120

WOOSTER:                                                     HAMILTON:

1615 Cleveland Road                                          896 Northwest Washington Blvd.
Wooster, OH 44691                                            Hamilton, OH 45013

GREENVILLE:                                                  EDINA:

1101 Garlington Road                                         7128 France Avenue South
Greenville, SC 29615                                         Edina, MN 55435
</Table>

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT A

                        FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

         ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE dated ______, 200__, between ____________
(the "Assignor") and ____________ (the "Assignee").

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

         A. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of January 11,
2002 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") between Sunrise Assisted Living,
Inc., the institutions from time to time party thereto as Lenders and Fleet
National Bank, as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Credit Agreement.

         B. The Assignor is a Lender under the Credit Agreement and desires to
sell and assign to the Assignee, and the Assignee desires to purchase and assume
from the Assignor, on terms and conditions set forth below, a ___ percent (___%)
interest in the Assignor's Commitment and related outstanding Loans (the
"Assigned Percentage") from the Assignor, together with the Assignor's rights
and obligations under the Credit Agreement with respect to the Assigned
Percentage.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Assignor and the Assignee hereby agree as follows:

         1. In consideration of the Assignee's payment of $__________, the
Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby
purchases and assumes from the Assignor, the Assigned Percentage, together with
the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and all of the
other Loan Documents with respect to the Assigned Percentage as of the date
hereof (after giving effect to any other assignments thereof made prior to the
date hereof, whether or not such assignments have become effective, but without
giving effect to any other assignments thereof also made on the date hereof),
including, without limitation, the obligation to make Loan Advances.

         2. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that as of the date hereof
its Commitment is $_______ and its pro rata share is ______ percent (____%) (in
each case, after giving effect to any other assignments thereof made prior to
the date hereof, whether or not such assignments have become effective, but
without giving effect to any other assignments thereof made as of the date
hereof); (ii) represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner
of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free
and clear of any adverse claim; (iii) makes no representation or warranty and
assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents as to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto;
and (iv) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with
respect to the financial condition of Borrower or the performance or observance
by Borrower of any obligations under

<PAGE>

the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other instrument
or document furnished pursuant thereto.

         3. The Assignee (i) represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) confirms that it
has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (iii) agrees
that it shall have no recourse against the Assignor with respect to any matter
relating to the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or this
Assignment and Acceptance (except with respect to the representations of
warranties made by the Assignor in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 2 above);
(iv) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon Administrative
Agent, the Assignor 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 the Credit Agreement; (v)
confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) appoints and authorizes
Administrative Agent to take such action as Administrative Agent on its behalf
and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to
Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto; (vii) agrees that it will perform in accordance
with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit
Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (viii) confirms
that, to the best of its knowledge, as of the date hereof, it is not subject to
any law, regulation or guideline from any central bank or other governmental
authority or quasi-governmental authority exercising jurisdiction, power or
control over it, which would subject Borrower to the payment of additional
compensation under the Note;

         4. Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance by the
Assignor and the Assignee, it will be delivered to Administrative Agent for
acceptance and recording by Administrative Agent. The effective date of this
Assignment and Acceptance shall be the date of acceptance thereof by
Administrative Agent specified on the signature page hereof (the "Effective
Date").

         5. As of the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the
Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance,
have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor
shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its
rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement with
respect to the Assigned Percentage.

         6. From and after the Effective Date, Administrative Agent shall make
all payments under the Credit Agreement and the Notes in respect of the Assigned
Percentage (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest
and fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall
make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement and the
Notes for periods prior to the Effective Date directly between themselves.

         7. THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

                                      -2-
<PAGE>

         8. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and
Acceptance to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, as of the date first above written.

                                       [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

                                       By
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Title:

                                       Adjusted Pro Rata Share:        ________%

                                       Adjusted Credit
                                       Commitment:                       $______

                                       [NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

                                       By
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Title:

                                       Domestic Lending Office (and address for
                                       notices):

                                            [Address]

                                       Eurodollars Lending Office(s):

                                            [Address]

                                       Pro Rata Share:                  _______%

                                       Credit Commitment:               $_______

Accepted this ____ day of ____________, 200__

FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Administrative Agent

By:
   -------------------------------
   Name:
   Title:

                                      -3-
<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT B

                         FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

         This Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to (i) Section 6.3 of
the Credit Agreement dated as of January 11, 2002 (together with all amendments
and modifications, if any, from time to time made thereto, the "Credit
Agreement") between Sunrise Assisted Living, Inc. (the "Borrower"), Fleet
National Bank, as Administrative Agent, and others. Unless otherwise defined,
terms used herein (including the attachments hereto) have the meanings provided
in the Credit Agreement.

         The undersigned, being the duly elected, qualified and acting Chief
Financial Officer or Executive Vice President of the Borrower, on behalf of the
Borrower, hereby certifies and warrants that:

         (1) He is the Executive Vice President or Chief Financial Officer of
the Borrower and that, as such, he is authorized to execute this certificate on
behalf of the Borrower.

         (2) As of the (fiscal quarter) (fiscal year) ending as of
________________, ____:

                  (a)      The Borrower is not in default under any of the
                           provisions of the Credit Agreement;

                  (b)      The Borrower's Tangible Net Worth was
                           $_______________ as computed on Attachment 1 hereto;

                  (c)      The Borrower's ratio (on a consolidated basis with
                           all subsidiaries) of Funded Debt (as defined in the
                           Credit Agreement) to EBITDAR was ______ as computed
                           on Attachment 2 hereto;

                  (d)      The Borrower's ratio (on a consolidated basis with
                           all subsidiaries) of EBITDAR to the sum of Interest
                           Expense (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Rent
                           Expense (as defined in the Credit Agreement) was
                           __________ as computed on Attachment 3 hereto;

                  (e)      The value of the Borrower's Minimum Liquid Assets was
                           $_____ as computed on Attachment 4 hereto.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this
certificate, this ______ day of ______________, 200__.

                                       SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC.

                                       By                            (SEAL)
                                          ---------------------------
                                          Christian B.A. Slavin
                                          Executive Vice President

<PAGE>

                                  ATTACHMENT 1

                                               Period Ending: ____________, 200_
Tangible Net Worth

         1.       net worth (defined by GAAP), plus the leasehold value
         associated with the properties which are the subject of synthetic lease
         transactions which are otherwise characterized as intangible assets
         $___________ less

         2.       (a) all intangible assets (except for deferred taxes recorded
         as goodwill and except for the goodwill purchased in connection with
         the acquisition of Karrington Health, Inc. in the amount of
         $32,000,000); $______________

                  (b) write-up in book value of assets subsequent to most recent
         financial statement; $_____________

                  (c) loan and advances to, or investments in, any person or
         entity (except: (i) cash equivalents or deposit accounts at financial
         institutions; (ii) mortgage revenue bonds issued by Bucks County, PA
         Industrial Development Authority; and (iii) individual investments less
         than $2,500,000, but not exceeding $10,000,000 in the aggregate);
         $________________

                  (d) advances or loan to, or receivables from, unconsolidated
         affiliates (except subordinated debt or loan of unconsolidated
         subsidiaries and affiliates of Borrower which are parties to
         development and management contracts with Sunrise Development, Inc. and
         Sunrise Assisted Living Management, Inc.); $______________

Actual Tangible Net Worth = $_______________

Required Tangible Net Worth equal to the sum of:

                           (i)      Borrower's net worth as of September 30,
                                    2001 $306,963,195

                           (ii)     Borrower's net income (if positive) for each
                                    quarter subsequent to September 30, 2001
                                    ___________ x 75% = $____________

                           (iii)    Net proceeds received by Borrower of any
                                    equity capital transaction during each
                                    quarter subsequent to September 30, 2001 x
                                    85% = $____________

                                                 TOTAL $____________

<PAGE>

                                  ATTACHMENT 2

                                               Period Ending: ____________, 200_
Ratio of Funded Debt to EBITDAR

1.  Funded Debt                                    $_____________*

2.  EBITDAR (as calculated on Attachment 3)        $_____________

Actual Ratio: ____

Required Ratio: 5.50 to 1.00

* "Funded Debt" means the sum of the following but shall exclude trade and other
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary
trade terms and which are not overdue (as determined in accordance with
customary trade practices) or which are being disputed in good faith by the
Borrower and for which adequate reserves are being provided on the books of the
Borrower in accordance with GAAP:

<Table>
<S>      <C>                                                                            <C>
(a)      indebtedness for borrowed money                                                $___________

(b)      obligations in respect of letters of credit, banker's or other
         acceptances or similar obligations issued or created for the account of
         the Borrower                                                                   $___________

(c)      (i) lease obligations which have been or should be, in accordance with
         GAAP, capitalized on the books of the Borrower, plus (ii) the product
         of Rent Expense (as defined in the Guaranty), with respect to operating
         leases, multiplied by eight (8) (except for Sunrise of Severna Park
         which is multiplied by four (4)                                                $___________

(d)      liabilities secured by any property owned by the Borrower, to the
         extent attached to the Borrower's interest in such property, even
         though Borrower is not liable for the payment thereof                          $___________

(e)      (i) amounts payable by Borrower under any terminated, defaulted or
         outstanding interest rate protection products, or (ii) take-out
         commitments (excluding a refinancing or a commitment of a third party)
         or purchase contracts including the deferred purchase price of property
         or services in each instance if the Borrower does not control the
         incurring obligation                                                           $___________

(f)      (i) the amount of any guaranty of indebtedness for borrowed, or (ii)
         other debt owned by Persons other than the Borrower which is in default
         and for which the creditor is pursuing payment by the Borrower                 $___________

(g)      any obligation of the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity to a
         Multiemployer Plan                                                             $___________

(h)      any synthetic lease obligations                                                $___________
</Table>

<PAGE>

<Table>
<S>      <C>                                                                            <C>
(i)      other amounts considered to be debt by the Administrative Agent, in a
         dollar amount to be mutually agreed upon by the Administrative Agent
         and the Borrower (excluding trade and other accounts payable in the
         ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms
         which are not overdue or which are being disputed in good faith by the
         Borrower and for which adequate reserves are being provided on the
         books of Borrower in accordance with GAAP)                                     $___________
</Table>

                                       -2-
<PAGE>

                                  ATTACHMENT 3

                                               Period Ending: ____________, 200_
Ratio of EBITDAR to Interest Expense plus Rent Expense

<Table>
<S>                                         <C>                        <C>
                  1.  EBITDAR               $_____________ (calculated as follows)

                  Net Income*               $_____________
                  Plus Interest             $_____________
                  Plus Taxes                $_____________
                  Plus Depreciation         $_____________
                  Plus Amortization         $_____________
                  Plus other non-cash
                  Items**                   $_____________
                  Plus Rent Expense         $_____________             (actual rent expense incurred by
                                                                       Borrower, Borrower or any Affiliate
                                                                       as a tenant under leases for any
                                                                       senior living facility)
                  Plus Actual
                  Management Fees           $_____________             (equal to actual Management Fees)
                  Plus Gains from the
                  sale of open operating
                  Facilities (not to exceed
                  25 per 12 month           $_____________
                  period of which not
                  more than 20 may be
                  Core Properties) period
                  Minus
                  Replacement Reserve       $_____________             ($250/year/unit for each Facility)
                  Minus Management
                  Fees                      $_____________             (equal to the greater of 5% of gross
                                                                       revenues or actual Management Fees)
                  Minus gains from
                  sales of Non-Core
                  Properties                $_____________

                  Minus other
                  extraordinary
                  gains                     $_____________

                  2.  Interest Expenses     $_____________             (actual interest expense incurred by
                                                                       Borrower and its subsidiaries on all
                                                                       debt owed to unaffiliated third
                                                                       parties, including 5 1/2% convertible
                                                                       subordinated notes)

                  3.  Rent Expense          $_____________
                  Interest Expense          $_____________
                  Sum of Rent Expense
                  and Interest Expense      $_____________
</Table>

<PAGE>

Actual Ratio: _____

Required Ratio: Not less than 2.25 to 1.00

*Net Income shall include gain from the sale of any Core Property provided such
gain is recognized ratably over the longer of (i) four (4) fiscal quarters or
(ii) such longer period as may be required by GAAP; provided, however, if GAAP
requires that such gain be recognized in fewer than four (4) quarters, for
purposes of this definition, the gain must be calculated ratably over four (4)
quarters. The Guarantor's financial statements shall disclose over what period
such gain is being recognized. Gain from the sale of any Non-Core Property shall
not be included in Net Income.

**Other non-cash and one-time non-recurring items which may be added back to
EBITDAR require the consent of the Administrative Agent and if they exceed
$5,000,000 in any year require consent of 66.67% of the Lenders by pro rata
shares of the Loans.

                                       -2-
<PAGE>

                                  ATTACHMENT 4

                                               Period Ending: ____________, 200_

Minimum Liquid Assets

Value of unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities
$_______________

Required Value: not less than the greater of (a) 90 days of Debt Service, or (b)
$25,000,000.

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT C

                            FORM OF BORROWING NOTICE

                                                ______________, _______

Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent
One Federal Street
Mail Stop: MADE10304X
Boston, Massachusetts  02110

Re:      Credit Agreement dated as of January 11, 2002 (as amended or extended
         from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among Sunrise Assisted
         Living, Inc. ("Borrower"), the various financial institutions which are
         now or hereafter become parties to the Agreement as Lenders, Fleet
         National Bank, as administrative agent (the "Administrative Agent"),
         and others. (Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned
         to them in the Credit Agreement.)

Ladies and Gentleman:

         Pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby
confirms its request made on ________________, 200__ for the Loans in the amount
of $__________ to be made on ________________, 200__. The Borrower hereby
confirms its request that such Loans be [Prime Rate] [LIBOR] Loans.

         The representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement
and other Loan Documents are as of the date hereof and, on the date such Loan is
made will be, true and accurate in all material respects, with and without
giving effect to the requested Loan and the application of the proceeds thereof.

         The Borrower hereby further confirms that at the date hereof (i) the
Loan Parties have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions in
the Credit Agreement to be performed or complied with by such Loan Parties prior
to the making of the requested Loan, (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or result from such Loan, and (iii) no event or circumstance has
occurred which had or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect since the date of the most recent audited financial statements delivered
to the Lenders.

         Executed as an instrument under seal as of the date first above
written.

                                       SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC.

                                       By
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Duly authorized signatory

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT D

                       FORM OF INTEREST RATE OPTION NOTICE

                                                ______________, _______

Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent
One Federal Street
Mail Stop: MADE10304X
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Re:      Credit Agreement dated as of January 11, 2002 (as amended or extended
         from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among Sunrise Assisted
         Living, Inc. ("Borrower"), the various financial institutions which are
         now or hereafter become parties to the Agreement as Lenders, Fleet
         National Bank, as administrative agent (the "Administrative Agent"),
         and others. (Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned
         to them in the Credit Agreement.)

Ladies and Gentleman:

         Pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement, Borrower hereby
confirms its request made on __________, 200__ to have the interest rate on an
outstanding [LIBOR] [Prime Rate] Loan which is a Loan in the amount of
$__________ made on __________, 200__ [converted to] [continued as] a [Prime
Rate] [LIBOR] Loan as of __________, 200___.

         [Borrower hereby further confirms its request that the Interest Period
beginning on such date and applicable to such LIBOR Loan end _____ months after
such date, unless an earlier date is otherwise required by the Credit
Agreement.]

         The representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents are as of the date hereof and, on the date such
Loan is made will be, true and accurate in all material respects (except to the
extent affected by transactions occurring after the date of the Credit Agreement
and permitted therein), with and without giving effect to the requested
conversion or continuation.

         Borrower hereby further confirms that at the date hereof (i) the Loan
Parties have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions in the
Credit Agreement to be performed or complied with by such Loan Parties prior to
the making of the requested conversion or continuation, (ii) no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing or result from such conversion or continuation,
and (iii) no event or circumstance has occurred which had or would be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect since the date of the most recent
audited financial statements delivered to the Lenders.

<PAGE>

         Executed as an instrument under seal as of the date first above
written.

                                       SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC.

                                       By
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Duly authorized signatory

                                      -6-
<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT E

                          FORM OF EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE

         Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2002
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement") among SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC. ("Borrower"), the various
financial institutions which are now or hereafter become parties to the
Agreement as Lenders, FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as administrative agent (the
"Administrative Agent"), and others. (Capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.) (the "Non -U.S. Lender") is
providing this certificate pursuant to Section 2.12(d) of the Credit Agreement.
The Non-U.S. Lender hereby represents and warrants that:

         1. The Non-U.S. Lender is the sole record and beneficial owner of the
Loans or the obligations evidenced by Note(s) in respect of which it is
providing this certificate.

         2. The Non-U.S. Lender is not a "bank" for purposes of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). In
this regard, the Non-U.S. Lender further represents and warrants that:

                  (a)      the Non-U.S. Lender is not subject to regulatory or
                           other legal requirements as a bank in any
                           jurisdiction; and

                  (b)      the Non-U.S. Lender has not been treated as a bank
                           for purposes of any tax, securities law or other
                           filing or submission made to any Governmental
                           Authority, any application made to a rating agency or
                           qualification for any exemption from tax, securities
                           law or other legal requirements;

         3. The Non-U.S. Lender is not a 10-percent shareholder of Borrower
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code; and

         4. The Non-U.S. Lender is not a controlled foreign corporation
receiving interest from a related person within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

         5. The income on the Loans or the obligations evidenced by the Note(s)
are not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the
United States.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this certificate.

                                                 -------------------------------
Date                                             [Name of Non-U.S. Lender]
    ------------------

                                                 By
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name
                                                       -------------------------
                                                   Title
                                                        ------------------------

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT F

              FORM OF CLOSING CERTIFICATE OF [ASSISTANT] SECRETARY
                             OF [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

         Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2002
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement") among SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC. ("Borrower"), the various
financial institutions which are now or hereafter become parties to the
Agreement as Lenders, FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as administrative agent (the
"Administrative Agent"), and others. (Capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.) Terms defined in the Credit
Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.

         I, [           ], [Assistant] Secretary of [ ], a [_______ corporation]
[___ limited liability company] [____________ partnership] and a Loan Party (the
"Company"),DO HEREBY CERTIFY that:

         1. The Company is duly organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of the state of [       ] and no proceedings have been
instituted or are pending or contemplated with respect to the dissolution,
liquidation or sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company or
threatening its existence or the forfeiture of any of its corporate rights;

         2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 is a true and complete copy of the
[Articles of Incorporation] [Certificate of Formation] [Certificate of Limited
Partnership] of the Company, and any amendments thereto, as in effect on the
date hereof.

         3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 is a true and complete copy of the
[By-laws] [Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement] [Partnership
Agreement] of the Company as in effect on [resolution date] and at all times
thereafter through the date hereof.

         4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 is a true and complete copy of
certain resolutions duly adopted by the [Board of Directors] of the Company on
[     ], 2002. The attached resolutions are the only resolutions adopted by the
[shareholders or Board of Directors] of the Company or any committee thereof
relating to the Credit Agreement and there has been no amendment, supplement,
modification, or recession of such resolutions, in whole or in part, and such
resolutions are in full force and effect on the date hereof.

         5. The following persons were duly elected or appointed to and
currently occupy the offices of the Company set forth opposite their names:

<Table>
<Caption>
              Name                               Office
              ----                               ------
<S>                                              <C>

</Table>

         6. The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
Section 5 of the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, Material
Adverse Effect and litigation

<PAGE>

representations) are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date to the same
extent as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of
such date.

         7. No Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing on the
Closing Date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be
made on such date.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name as of this ___ day
of January, 2002.

                                            ------------------------------------
                                            [Assistant] Secretary

         I, [        ], [        ] of [        ], a [       corporation] and a
Loan Party, do hereby certify that [        ] is the duly elected and qualified
[Assistant] Secretary of the Company and that the signature appearing above is
[his/her] true and genuine signature. I know of no facts contrary to the
statements contained in this Certificate.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name this ___ day of
January, 2002.

                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Title

                                       -2-<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                                    TERM NOTE

$52,000,000.00                                                  January 11, 2002

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to
the order of FLEET NATIONAL BANK (the "Lender") at the office of Fleet National
Bank (as "Administrative Agent" pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to
below), located at One Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110 in lawful money of the
United States of America and in immediately available funds, on May 15, 2004 or,
if the Maturity Date has been extended pursuant to the Credit Agreement, January
11, 2005, the principal amount of FIFTY-TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($52,000,000.00),
or, if less, so much thereof as may be advanced by the Lender to the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement among Borrower, Administrative
Agent, the Lender and the other "Lenders" (as defined in the Credit Agreement)
dated as of January 11, 2002, as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time (the "Credit Agreement"). The Borrower further agrees
to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount
hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates and on the dates specified in
the Credit Agreement.

         The aggregate principal amount outstanding hereunder shall be payable
as provided in the Credit Agreement. This Note may be prepaid in accordance with
the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement. This Note is also subject to
mandatory prepayment in certain circumstances as provided in the Credit
Agreement.

         All principal and interest hereunder are payable in lawful money of the
United States of America to the Administrative Agent at its address specified in
the Credit Agreement in immediately available funds as provided in the Credit
Agreement on the dates on which such payments shall become due.

         The Borrower, for itself and its legal representatives, successors and
assigns, to the extent it may lawfully do so, hereby expressly waives
presentment, demand, protest, notice of protest, presentment for the purpose of
accelerating maturity, diligence in collection, and the benefit of any exemption
or insolvency laws, and consents that the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
may release or surrender, exchange or substitute any personal property or other
collateral security now held or which may hereafter be held as security for the
payment of this Note, and may extend the time for payment or otherwise modify
the terms of payment of any part or the whole of the debt evidenced hereby to
the extent provided in the Credit Agreement without in any way affecting the
liability of the Borrower; provided that such modifications do not increase the
obligations hereunder.

         This Note is one of the "Notes" referred to in, and is entitled to the
benefits of, the Credit Agreement (including Schedules and Exhibits thereto) and
all other instruments and agreements evidencing and/or securing the indebtedness
hereunder, which Credit Agreement and other

<PAGE>

instruments and agreements are hereby made part of this Note and are deemed
incorporated herein in full. The occurrence or existence of an Event of Default
shall constitute a default under this Note and shall, subject to the provisions
of the Credit Agreement, entitle the Lender to accelerate the entire
indebtedness hereunder and to take such other action as may be provided for in
the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or agreement evidencing and/or
securing this Note, all in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

         All agreements between or among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and any Lender are hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency or event
whatsoever, whether by reason of acceleration of maturity of the indebtedness or
otherwise, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid for the use or forbearance
of the indebtedness evidenced hereby exceed the maximum amount which the Lender
or any other Lender is permitted to receive under applicable law. If, from any
circumstances whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision hereof or of the Credit
Agreement, at the time performance of such provision shall be due, shall involve
exceeding such amount, then the obligation to be fulfilled shall automatically
be reduced to the limit of such validity and if, from any circumstances, the
Lender or any other Lender should ever receive as interest an amount which would
exceed such maximum amount, such amount which would be excessive interest shall
be applied to the reduction of the principal balance evidenced hereby and not to
the payment of interest. As used herein, the term "applicable law" shall mean
the law in effect as of the date hereof, provided, however, that in the event
there is a change in the law which results in a higher permissible rate of
interest, then this Note shall be governed by such new law as of its effective
date. This provision shall control every other provision of all agreements
between or among the Borrower, either or both of the Agents and any Lender.

         If this Note shall not be paid when due and shall be placed by the
holder hereof in the hands of any attorney for collection, through legal
proceedings or otherwise, the Borrower will pay reasonable attorneys' fees to
the holder hereof together with reasonable costs and expenses of collection,
including, without limitation, any such attorneys' fees, costs and expenses
relating to any proceedings with respect to the bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation of any of the
Borrower or any party (other than the Lender or any other Lender) to any
instrument or agreement securing this Note.

         THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (EXCLUDING THE
LAWS OF APPLICABLE TO CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW).

                      [THE NEXT PAGE IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE]

                                       -2-
<PAGE>

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be executed
under seal by its duly authorized representative as of the date first above
written.

WITNESS                                SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC.

                                       By /s/ Dave Faeder
----------------------------------        --------------------------------------
                                          Name David W. Faeder
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Title Vice Chairman
                                                --------------------------------

                                       By /s/ Thomas B. Newell
----------------------------------        --------------------------------------
                                          Name Thomas B. Newell
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Title President
                                                --------------------------------

Source: [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00039-of-00352.parquet"}, [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00039-of-00352.parquet"}]]