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                                                                    Exhibit 10.3

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                                    GUARANTY

                            DATED AS OF JULY 30, 2004

                                      AMONG

                  THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

                                       AND

                      DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
                         AS TERM B ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

                                       AND

                             NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA
                        AS CANADIAN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS*

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                                                ARTICLE I
                                                GUARANTY

Section 1.01          The Guaranty...........................................................................2
Section 1.02          Guaranty Absolute......................................................................3
Section 1.03          Payments...............................................................................4
Section 1.04          Discharge; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances......................................7
Section 1.05          Waiver by the Guarantors...............................................................7
Section 1.06          Agreement to Pay; Subordination of Subrogation Claims..................................9
Section 1.07          Stay of Acceleration..................................................................10
Section 1.08          No Set-Off............................................................................10

                                               ARTICLE II
                              INDEMNIFICATION, SUBROGATION AND CONTRIBUTION

Section 2.01          Indemnity and Subrogation.............................................................10
Section 2.02          Contribution and Subrogation..........................................................11

                                               ARTICLE III
                                REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

Section 3.01          Representations and Warranties; Certain Agreements....................................11
Section 3.02          Information...........................................................................12
Section 3.03          Subordination by Guarantors...........................................................12

                                               ARTICLE IV
                                                 SET-OFF

Section 4.01          Right of Set-Off......................................................................12

                                                ARTICLE V
                                              MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.01          Notices...............................................................................12
Section 5.02          Benefit of Agreement..................................................................13
Section 5.03          No Waivers; Non-Exclusive Remedies....................................................13
Section 5.04          Expenses; Indemnification.............................................................13
Section 5.05          Enforcement...........................................................................15
Section 5.06          Amendments and Waivers................................................................15
Section 5.07          Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.............................................15
Section 5.08          Limitation of Law; Severability.......................................................16
Section 5.09          Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness..............................................16
Section 5.10          WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL..................................................................16
Section 5.11          Additional Guarantors.................................................................16
Section 5.12          Termination; Release of Guarantors....................................................17
Section 5.13          Defined Terms; Conflict...............................................................17
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                  GUARANTY dated as of July 30, 2004 (as amended, restated,
          modified or supplemented from time to time, this "AGREEMENT") among
          the GUARANTORS from time to time party hereto and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST
          COMPANY AMERICAS, as Term B Administrative Agent and NATIONAL BANK OF
          CANADA, as Canadian Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
          Finance Parties referred to herein.

          THE JEAN COUTU GROUP (PJC) INC., a corporation formed and existing
under the laws of the Province of Quebec (together with its successors and
permitted assigns, the "PARENT BORROWER"), proposes to enter into a Credit
Agreement dated as of July 30, 2004 (as amended, restated, modified or
supplemented from time to time and including any agreement extending the
maturity of, refinancing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the
obligations of the Parent Borrower under such agreement or any successor
agreement, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT") among the Parent Borrower, THE JEAN COUTU
GROUP (PJC) USA INC., a corporation formed and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "U.S. BORROWER" and, together with the Parent Borrower,
the "BORROWERS"), the banks and other financial institutions from time to time
party hereto (the "LENDERS"), MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED, as Global Transaction Coordinator, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED and NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL
INC., as U.S. Joint Lead Arrangers, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as U.S. Joint Bookrunners, NATIONAL
BANK FINANCIAL INC., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Canadian Joint Lead Arrangers and as Canadian
Joint Bookrunners, NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, as the Canadian Administrative
Agent, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as the Term B Administrative Agent,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED and NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA,
as U.S. Co-Syndication Agents, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Canadian Co-Syndication
Agents.

          Certain Lenders and their affiliates acting as Derivatives Creditors
(as defined in the Credit Agreement) may from time to time provide forward rate
agreements, options, swaps, caps, floors and other Derivatives Agreements (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) to certain of the Credit Parties (as defined
below). The Lenders, each Issuing Lender, each Swingline Lender, the
Administrative Agents, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Global Transaction
Coordinator, the U.S. Joint Lead Arrangers, the Canadian Joint Lead Arrangers,
the Canadian Collateral Agent, the U.S. Collateral Agent, each Indemnitee and
each Derivatives Creditor and their respective successors and assigns are herein
referred to individually as a "FINANCE PARTY" and collectively as the "FINANCE
PARTIES".

          To induce the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and the other
Senior Finance Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the
Derivatives Creditors to enter into the Derivatives Agreements constituting
Finance Documents under the Credit Agreement (collectively with the Senior
Finance Documents and the Derivatives Agreements evidencing Derivatives
Obligations (as hereinafter defined) permitted under the Credit Agreement, the
"FINANCE DOCUMENTS"), and as a condition precedent to the obligations of the
Finance Parties thereunder, the Parent Borrower and certain of its subsidiaries
listed on the signature pages hereof (each a "GUARANTOR" and, collectively, the
"GUARANTORS") have agreed, jointly and severally, to provide a guaranty of all
obligations of the Borrowers and the Other Credit Parties (as hereinafter
defined) under or in respect of the Finance Documents. The Borrowers and each
Guarantor are referred to herein individually as a "CREDIT PARTY" and
collectively as the "CREDIT PARTIES". As used herein, "OTHER CREDIT PARTIES"
means, with respect to any Guarantor, any and all of the Credit Parties other
than such Guarantor.

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          Each of the Guarantors is a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Parent
Borrower and will receive not insubstantial benefits from the Credit Agreement,
the Derivatives Agreements and the Loans, Bankers' Acceptances, Letters of
Credit and other financial accommodations to be made, issued or entered into
thereunder. Accordingly, the Guarantors hereby agree with each of the
Administrative Agents for the benefit of the Finance Parties as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                                    GUARANTY

          SECTION 1.01      THE GUARANTY. Each Guarantor unconditionally
guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors, and severally, as a primary
obligor and not merely as a surety: (i) the due and punctual payment of:

                  (A)       all Senior Obligations; and

                  (B)       all Derivatives Obligations permitted under the
     Credit Agreement owed or owing to any Derivatives Creditor;

in each case whether now or hereafter due, owing or incurred in any manner,
whether actual or contingent, whether incurred solely or jointly with any other
Person and whether as principal or surety (and including all liabilities in
connection with any notes, bills or other instruments accepted by any Finance
Party in connection therewith), together in each case with all renewals,
modifications, consolidations or extensions thereof, and (ii) the due and
punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities
of the Borrowers and the Other Credit Parties under or pursuant to the Credit
Agreement and the other Finance Documents (all such monetary and other
obligations being herein collectively referred to as the "GUARANTEED
OBLIGATIONS").

          Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding,
the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to a maximum
aggregate amount equal to the greatest amount that would not render such
Guarantor's obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer
or transaction under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any
provisions of applicable Law (collectively, the "FRAUDULENT TRANSFER LAWS"), in
each case after giving effect to all other liabilities of such Guarantor,
contingent or otherwise, that are relevant under the Fraudulent Transfer Laws
(specifically excluding, however, any liabilities of such Guarantor (i) in
respect of intercompany indebtedness to any of the Borrowers or any of their
Affiliates to the extent that such indebtedness (A) would be discharged or would
be subject to a right of set-off in an amount equal to the amount paid by such
Guarantor hereunder or (B) has been made subject to a security interest in
favour of the Collateral Agents on behalf of the Finance Parties and (ii) under
any guaranty of Debt subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed
Obligations which guaranty contains a limitation as to a maximum amount similar
to that set forth in this paragraph pursuant to which the liability of such
Guarantor hereunder is included in the liabilities taken into account in
determining such maximum amount) and after giving effect as assets of such
Guarantor to the value (as determined under the applicable provisions of the
Fraudulent Transfer Laws) of any rights to subrogation, contribution,
reimbursement, indemnity or similar rights of such Guarantor pursuant to (i)
applicable Law or (ii) any agreement providing for an equitable allocation among
such Guarantor and other Affiliates of the Borrower of obligations arising under
guaranties by such parties (including the agreements in ARTICLE II of this
Agreement). In the event that any Guarantor's liability hereunder is limited
pursuant to this paragraph to an amount that is less than the total amount of
the Guaranteed Obligations, then it is understood and agreed that the portion of
the Guaranteed Obligations for which such Guarantor is liable hereunder shall
not be reduced by any payment made hereunder by any other Person until the
portion of the Guaranteed Obligations for which such Guarantor is not liable
hereunder have been repaid.

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          SECTION 1.02      GUARANTY ABSOLUTE. Each Guarantor guarantees that
the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of
the Finance Documents, regardless of any Law now or hereafter in effect in any
jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Finance Parties
with respect thereto. The obligations of the Guarantors under this Agreement are
independent of the Guaranteed Obligations, and a separate action or actions may
be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce this Agreement,
irrespective of whether any action is brought against any of the Borrowers or
any Other Credit Party or whether any of the Borrowers or any Other Credit Party
is joined in any such action or actions. This Agreement is an absolute and
unconditional guaranty of payment when due, and not of collection, by each
Guarantor, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor of the Guaranteed
Obligations in each and every particular. The obligations of each Guarantor
hereunder are several from those of the Other Credit Parties and are primary
obligations concerning which each Guarantor is the principal obligor. The
Finance Parties shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any action to
reduce, collect or enforce the Guaranteed Obligations.

          The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to
any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including
the existence of any claim, set-off or other right which any Guarantor may have
at any time against any Other Credit Party, any Agent or other Finance Party or
any other Person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transactions.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor's liability
shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations
and would be owed by any Other Credit Party to any Finance Party under the
Finance Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable
due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding
involving any of the Borrowers or such Other Credit Party.

          Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected
or impaired by:

                  (i)       any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise,
     acceleration, waiver or release in respect of any obligation of any of the
     Borrowers or any Other Credit Party under the Credit Agreement, the Notes,
     any Derivatives Agreement, or any other Finance Document, by operation of
     Law or otherwise;

                  (ii)      any change in the manner, place, time or terms of
     payment of any Guaranteed Obligation or any other amendment, supplement or
     modification to the Credit Agreement, the Notes, any Derivatives Agreement,
     or any other Finance Document;

                  (iii)     any release, non-perfection or invalidity of any
     direct or indirect security for any Guaranteed Obligation, any sale,
     exchange, surrender, realization upon, offset against or other action in
     respect of any direct or indirect security for any Guaranteed Obligation or
     any release of any Other Credit Party or any other guarantor or guarantors
     of any Guaranteed Obligation;

                  (iv)      any change in the existence, structure or ownership
     of any of the Borrowers or any Other Credit Party or any insolvency,
     bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition,
     liquidation or other similar proceeding affecting any of the Borrowers or
     any Other Credit Party or its assets or any resulting disallowance, release
     or discharge of all or any portion of any Guaranteed Obligation;

                  (v)       the existence of any claim, set-off or other right
     which any Guarantor may have at any time against any of the Borrowers, any
     Other Credit Party, any Agent, any other Finance Party or any other Person,
     whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transaction;

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     PROVIDED that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any such claim
     by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;

                  (vi)      any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or
     against any of the Borrowers or any Other Credit Party for any reason of
     the Credit Agreement, any Note, any Derivatives Agreement, any other
     Finance Document or any other agreement or instrument evidencing or
     securing any Guaranteed Obligation or any provision of applicable Law
     purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrowers or any Other Credit
     Party of any Guaranteed Obligation;

                  (vii)     any failure by any Agent or any other Finance Party:
     (A) to file or enforce a claim against any Other Credit Party or its estate
     (in a bankruptcy or other proceeding); (B) to give notice of the existence,
     creation or incurrence by any Other Credit Party of any new or additional
     indebtedness or obligation under or with respect to the Guaranteed
     Obligations; (C) to commence any action against any Other Credit Party; (D)
     to disclose to any Guarantor any facts which such Agent or such other
     Finance Party may now or hereafter know with regard to any Other Credit
     Party; or (E) to proceed with due diligence in the collection, protection
     or realization upon any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations;

                  (viii)    any direction as to application of payment by any of
     the Borrowers, any Other Credit Party or any other Person;

                  (ix)      any subordination by any Finance Party of the
     payment of any Guaranteed Obligation to the payment of any other liability
     (whether matured or unmatured) of any Other Credit Party to its creditors;

                  (x)       any act or failure to act by either of the
     Administrative Agents or any other Finance Party under this Agreement or
     otherwise which may deprive any Guarantor of any right to subrogation,
     contribution or reimbursement against any Other Credit Party or any right
     to recover full indemnity for any payments made by such Guarantor in
     respect of the Guaranteed Obligations; or

                  (xi)      any other act or omission to act or delay of any
     kind by any of the Borrowers, any Other Credit Party, either of the
     Administrative Agents or any Finance Party or any other Person or any other
     circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this clause,
     constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any Guarantor's obligations
     hereunder.

          Each Guarantor has irrevocably and unconditionally delivered this
Agreement to both Administrative Agents, for the benefit of the Finance Parties,
and the failure by any Other Credit Party or any other Person to sign this
Agreement or a guaranty similar to this Agreement or otherwise shall not
discharge the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder. The irrevocable and
unconditional liability of each Guarantor hereunder applies whether it is
jointly and severally liable for the entire amount of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or only for a pro-rata portion, and without regard to any rights
(or the impairment thereof) of subrogation, contribution or reimbursement that
such Guarantor may now or hereafter have against any Other Credit Party or any
other Person. This Agreement is and shall remain fully enforceable against each
Guarantor irrespective of any defenses that any Other Credit Party may have or
assert in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including, without limitation,
failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds,
statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury.

          SECTION 1.03      PAYMENTS.

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          (a)     PAYMENTS TO BE MADE UPON DEFAULT. If any of the Borrowers or
any Other Credit Party fails to pay or perform any Guaranteed Obligation when
due in accordance with its terms (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) or if any Default or Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(f) of
the Credit Agreement occurs with respect to any of the Borrowers, the Guarantors
shall, forthwith on demand of either of the Administrative Agents, pay the
aggregate amount of all Guaranteed Obligations to such Administrative Agent, who
shall hold such proceeds on behalf of both Administrative Agents.

          (b)     GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO PAYMENTS. Each payment hereunder
shall be made without set-off, counterclaim or other deduction, in Federal or
other funds immediately available at the applicable Administrative Office and to
all Derivatives Creditors, as applicable, or to their representatives, at the
address(es) referred to in SECTION 5.01.

          (c)     TAXES.

                  (i)       PAYMENTS NET OF CERTAIN TAXES. Any and all payments
     by any Guarantor to or for the account of any Finance Party hereunder or
     under any other Finance Document shall be made free and clear of and
     without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies,
     imposts, deductions, charges and withholdings whatsoever now or hereafter
     imposed by any Governmental Authority, and all liabilities (including,
     without limitation, interest, penalties and additions to tax) with respect
     thereto, excluding any and all Excluded Taxes (all such non-Excluded Taxes
     being hereinafter referred to as "TAXES"). If any Guarantor shall be
     required by Law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
     hereunder or under any other Finance Document to any Finance Party, (A) the
     sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all
     required deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings
     applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) such Finance
     Party receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no
     such deductions or withholdings been made, (B) such Guarantor shall make
     such deductions and withholdings, (C) such Guarantor shall pay the full
     amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxation authority or other
     authority in accordance with applicable Law and (D) such Guarantor shall
     furnish to the relevant Administrative Agent, at the applicable
     Administrative Office, the original or a certified copy of a receipt
     evidencing payment thereof.

                  (ii)      OTHER TAXES. In addition, the Guarantors, jointly
     and severally, agree to pay any and all present or future stamp or
     documentary, excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including
     mortgage recording taxes and similar fees) which arise from any payment
     made pursuant to this Agreement or any other Finance Document or from the
     execution, delivery, registration or enforcement of, or otherwise with
     respect to, this Agreement or any other Finance Document (collectively,
     "OTHER TAXES").

                  (iii)     INDEMNIFICATION. Each Guarantor, jointly and
     severally, agrees to indemnify each Finance Party for the full amount of
     Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other
     Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this
     SECTION 1.03(c)), as applicable, whether or not correctly or legally
     asserted, paid by such Finance Party and all liabilities (including
     penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
     thereto. This indemnification shall be paid within 15 days after such
     Finance Party makes written demand therefor.

          (d)     JUDGMENT CURRENCY.

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                  (i)       SATISFACTION OF OBLIGATIONS IN AGREEMENT CURRENCY.
     The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder and under the other Finance
     Documents to make payments in a specified currency (the "OBLIGATION
     CURRENCY") shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery
     pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any currency other
     than the Obligation Currency, except to the extent that such tender or
     recovery results in the effective receipt by a Finance Party of the full
     amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to be payable to it hereunder
     or another Finance Document.

                  (ii)      EXCHANGE RATIO. If, for the purpose of obtaining or
     enforcing judgment against any Guarantor in any court or in any
     jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any currency
     other than the Obligation Currency (such other currency being hereinafter
     referred to as the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY") an amount due in the Obligation
     Currency, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate determined as
     of the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which the judgment is
     given (such Business Day being hereinafter referred to as the "JUDGMENT
     CURRENCY CONVERSION DATE").

                  (iii)     CHANGES IN EXCHANGE RATES. If there is a change in
     the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Currency Conversion
     Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the Guarantors,
     jointly and severally, covenant and agree to pay, or cause to be paid, or
     remit, or cause to be remitted, such additional amounts, if any (but in any
     event not a lesser amount), as may be necessary to ensure that the amount
     paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange
     prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the
     Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of
     Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial award at the rate
     of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Currency Conversion Date.

                  (iv)      For purposes of determining any rate of exchange or
     currency equivalent for this Section, such amounts shall include any
     premium and costs payable in connection with the purchase of the Obligation
     Currency.

          (e)     APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS.

                  (i)       PRIORITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS. All payments received by
     the Administrative Agents hereunder shall be applied as provided in Section
     8.03 of the Credit Agreement.

                  (ii)      DISTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO LETTERS OF CREDIT.
     Each of the Guarantors and the Finance Parties agrees and acknowledges that
     if (after all outstanding Loans, LC Obligations and BA Reimbursement
     Obligations have been paid in full) the Lenders are to receive a
     distribution on account of undrawn amounts with respect to Letters of
     Credit issued (or deemed issued) under the Credit Agreement, such amounts
     shall be deposited in the applicable LC Cash Collateral Account as cash
     security for the repayment of Guaranteed Obligations owing to the Lenders
     as such. Upon termination of all outstanding Letters of Credit, all of such
     cash security shall be applied to the remaining Guaranteed Obligations of
     the Lenders. If there remains any excess cash security, such excess cash
     shall be withdrawn by the respective Collateral Agent from the respective
     LC Cash Collateral Account and distributed in accordance with SECTION
     1.03(e)(i) hereof.

                  (iii)     DISTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO BANKERS' ACCEPTANCES.
     Each of the Guarantors and the Finance Parties agrees and acknowledges that
     if (after all outstanding Loans, LC Obligations and BA Reimbursement
     Obligations have been paid in full) the Lenders are to receive a
     distribution on account of any Bankers' Acceptance outstanding (or deemed

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     outstanding) under the Credit Agreement, such amounts shall be deposited in
     the applicable cash collateral account established pursuant to Section
     2.06(k) of the Credit Agreement, as cash security for the repayment of
     Guaranteed Obligations owing to the Lenders as such. Upon maturity of all
     outstanding Bankers' Acceptances, all of such cash security shall be
     applied to the remaining Guaranteed Obligations of the Lenders. If there
     remains any excess cash security, such excess cash shall be withdrawn by
     the Canadian Collateral Agent from the relevant cash collateral account and
     distributed in accordance with SECTION 1.03(e)(i) hereof.

          SECTION 1.04      DISCHARGE; REINSTATEMENT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Each Guarantor's obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect
until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on
the Loans, all LC Obligations and BA Reimbursement Obligations and all other
amounts payable by any of the Borrowers and the Other Credit Parties under or
with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full in
cash. No payment or payments made by any of the Borrowers, any Other Credit
Party or any other Person or received or collected by any Finance Party from any
of the Borrowers, any Other Credit Party or any other Person by virtue of any
action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time
or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Guaranteed Obligations
shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of
any Guarantor hereunder, it being understood that each Guarantor shall,
notwithstanding any such payment or payments, remain liable for the Guaranteed
Obligations until the Guaranteed Obligations are irrevocably paid in full in
cash. If at any time any payment by any of the Borrowers, any Other Credit Party
or any other Person of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise
be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation or reorganization of any of the Borrowers or such Other Credit Party
or other Person or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver,
intervener or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for any of the
Borrowers or such Other Credit Party or other Person or any substantial part of
its respective property or otherwise, each Guarantor's obligations hereunder
with respect to such payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been
due but not made at such time. Each Guarantor agrees that payment or performance
of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or other acts which toll any statute of
limitations applicable to the Guaranteed Obligations shall also toll the statute
of limitations applicable to each Guarantor's liability hereunder.

          SECTION 1.05      WAIVER BY THE GUARANTORS. Each Guarantor hereby
waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Other Credit
Parties of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives promptness,
diligence, notice of acceptance of its guarantee, any other notice with respect
to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Agreement and any requirement that
any Agent or any other Finance Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien
or any property subject thereto. Each Guarantor further waives any right to
require that resort be had by any Agent or any other Finance Party to any
security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any balance of any
deposit, account or credit on the books of the any Agent or any other Finance
Party in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person. Each Guarantor hereby
consents and agrees to each of the following to the fullest extent permitted by
Law, and agrees that such Guarantor's obligations under this Agreement shall not
be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected by any of the
following, and waives any rights (including rights to notice) which such
Guarantor might otherwise have as a result of or in connection with any of the
following:

                  (i)       any renewal, extension, modification, increase,
     decrease, alteration or rearrangement of all or any part of the Guaranteed
     Obligations or any instrument executed in connection therewith, or any
     contract or understanding with any Other Credit Party, any Agent, the other
     Finance Parties, or any of them, or any other Person, pertaining to the
     Guaranteed Obligations;

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                  (ii)      any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance or
     compromise that might be granted or given by any Agent or any other Finance
     Party to any Other Credit Party or any other Person liable on the
     Guaranteed Obligations; or the failure of any Agent or any other Finance
     Party to assert any claim or demand or to exercise any right or remedy
     against any Other Credit Party under the provisions of any Finance Document
     or otherwise; or any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or
     any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Finance Document or
     any other agreement, including with respect to any Other Credit Party under
     this Agreement;

                  (iii)     the insolvency, bankruptcy, arrangement, adjustment,
     composition, liquidation, disability, dissolution or lack of power of any
     Other Credit Party or any other Person at any time liable for the payment
     of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or any dissolution of any
     Other Credit Party, or any change, restructuring or termination of the
     corporate structure or existence of any Other Credit Party, or any sale,
     lease or transfer of any or all of the assets of any Other Credit Party, or
     any change in the shareholders, partners, or members of any Other Credit
     Party; or any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the
     performance of the Guaranteed Obligations;

                  (iv)      the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of
     all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any document or agreement
     executed in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason
     whatsoever, including the fact that the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part
     thereof, exceed the amount permitted by Law, the act of creating the
     Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof is ULTRA VIRES, the officers or
     representatives executing the documents or otherwise creating the
     Guaranteed Obligations acted in excess of their authority, the Guaranteed
     Obligations violate applicable usury laws, any Other Credit Party has valid
     defenses, claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by agreement)
     which render the Guaranteed Obligations wholly or partially uncollectible
     from such Other Credit Party, the creation, performance or repayment of the
     Guaranteed Obligations (or the execution, delivery and performance of any
     document or instrument representing part of the Guaranteed Obligations or
     executed in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations or given to secure
     the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations) is illegal, uncollectible,
     legally impossible or unenforceable, or the documents or instruments
     pertaining to the Guaranteed Obligations have been forged or otherwise are
     irregular or not genuine or authentic;

                  (v)       any full or partial release of the liability of any
     Other Credit Party or of any other Person now or hereafter liable, whether
     directly or indirectly, jointly, severally, or jointly and severally, to
     pay, perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations
     or any part thereof, it being recognized, acknowledged and agreed by each
     Guarantor that such Guarantor may be required to pay the Guaranteed
     Obligations in full without assistance or support of any other Person, and
     such Guarantor has not been induced to enter into this Agreement on the
     basis of a contemplation, belief, understanding or agreement that any party
     other than the Borrowers will be liable to perform the Guaranteed
     Obligations, or that the Finance Parties will look to any other party to
     perform the Guaranteed Obligations;

                  (vi)      the taking or accepting of any other security,
     collateral or guarantee, or other assurance of payment, for all or any part
     of the Guaranteed Obligations;

                  (vii)     any release, surrender, exchange, subordination,
     deterioration, waste, loss or impairment (including negligent, willful,
     unreasonable or unjustifiable impairment) of any Letter of Credit,
     collateral, property or security, at any time existing in connection with,
     or assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the Guaranteed
     Obligations;

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                  (viii)    any right that any Guarantor may now or hereafter
     have under Section 3-606 of the UCC or otherwise to unimpaired collateral;

                  (ix)      the failure of any Agent, any other Finance Party or
     any other Person to exercise diligence or reasonable care in the
     preservation, protection, enforcement, sale or other handling or treatment
     of all or any part of such collateral, property or security;

                  (x)       the fact that any collateral, security, security
     interest or lien contemplated or intended to be given, created or granted
     as security for the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be
     properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be unenforceable or
     subordinate to any other security interest or lien, it being recognized and
     agreed by each Guarantor that such Guarantor is not entering into this
     Agreement in reliance on, or in contemplation of the benefits of, the
     validity, enforceability, collectibility or value of any of the Collateral;

                  (xi)      any payment by any Other Credit Party to either of
     the Administrative Agents, any other Agent or any other Finance Party being
     held to constitute a preference under Title 11 of the United States Code or
     any similar Federal, foreign or state Law, or for any reason any Agent or
     any other Finance Party being required to refund such payment or pay such
     amount to any Other Credit Party or someone else;

                  (xii)     any other action taken or omitted to be taken with
     respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, or the security and collateral
     therefor, whether or not such action or omission prejudices any Guarantor
     or increases the likelihood that any Guarantor will be required to pay the
     Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, it being the
     unambiguous and unequivocal intention of each Guarantor that such Guarantor
     shall be obligated to pay the Guaranteed Obligations when due,
     notwithstanding any occurrence, circumstance, event, action or omission
     whatsoever, whether or not contemplated, and whether or not otherwise or
     particularly described herein, except for the full and final payment and
     satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations in cash;

                  (xiii)    the fact that all or any of the Guaranteed
     Obligations cease to exist by operation of Law, including by way of a
     discharge, limitation or tolling thereof under applicable bankruptcy laws;

                  (xiv)     the existence of any claim, set-off or other right
     which any Guarantor may have at any time against any Other Credit Party,
     either of the Administrative Agents, any other Finance Party or any other
     Person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transactions;
     PROVIDED that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any such claim
     by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim; or

                  (xv)      any other circumstance that might in any manner or
     to any extent otherwise constitute a defense available to, vary the risk
     of, or operate as a discharge of, such Guarantor as a matter of Law or
     equity.

All waivers herein contained shall be without prejudice to the right of the
Administrative Agents at their option to proceed against any Credit Party or any
other Person, whether by separate action or by joinder.

          SECTION 1.06      AGREEMENT TO PAY; SUBORDINATION OF SUBROGATION
CLAIMS. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right
that either of the Administrative Agents, any other Agent or any other Finance
Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by

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virtue hereof, upon the failure of any Other Credit Party to pay any Guaranteed
Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby
promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the relevant
Administrative Agent or such other Finance Party as designated thereby in cash
the amount of such unpaid Guaranteed Obligations. Upon payment by any Guarantor
of any sums to such Administrative Agent or any Finance Party as provided above,
all rights of such Guarantor against any Other Credit Party arising as a result
thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity
or otherwise shall (including, without limitation, in the case of any Subsidiary
Guarantor, any rights of such Guarantor arising under ARTICLE II of this
Agreement) in all respects be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the
prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations. No
failure on the part of any Other Credit Party or any other Person to make any
payments in respect of any subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity
or similar right (or any other payments required under applicable Law or
otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any
Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to its obligations hereunder. If any amount
shall erroneously be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation,
contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar right, such amount shall be
held in trust for the benefit of the Finance Parties and shall forthwith be
turned over to the relevant Administrative Agent in the exact form received by
such Guarantor (duly endorsed by such Guarantor to such Administrative Agent, if
required) to be credited against the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations,
whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Finance
Documents.

          SECTION 1.07      STAY OF ACCELERATION. If acceleration of the time
for payment of any amount payable by either of the Borrowers under or with
respect to the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency or
bankruptcy of such Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration
under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Notes, any Derivatives Agreement or
any other agreement or instrument evidencing or securing the Guaranteed
Obligations shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantors hereunder, jointly
and severally, forthwith on demand by either of the Administrative Agents, the
holders of at least 51% of the Derivatives Obligations or any other Finance
Party, as applicable, in the manner provided in SECTION 1.01.

          SECTION 1.08      NO SET-OFF. No act or omission of any kind or at any
time on the part of any Finance Party in respect of any matter whatsoever shall
in any way affect or impair the rights of either of the Administrative Agents or
any other Finance Party to enforce any right, power or benefit under this
Agreement, and no set-off, claim, reduction or diminution of any Guaranteed
Obligation or any defense of any kind or nature which any Guarantor has or may
have against any of the Borrowers or any Finance Party shall be available
against either of the Administrative Agents or any other Finance Party in any
suit or action brought by either of the Administrative Agents or any other
Finance Party to enforce any right, power or benefit provided for by this
Agreement; PROVIDED that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion by any
Guarantor of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim. Nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver by any Guarantor of any rights
or claims which it may have against any Finance Party hereunder or otherwise,
but any recovery upon such rights and claims shall be had from such Finance
Party separately, it being the intent of this Agreement that each Guarantor
shall be unconditionally, absolutely and jointly and severally obligated to
perform fully all its obligations, covenants and agreements hereunder for the
benefit of each Finance Party.

                                   ARTICLE II
                  INDEMNIFICATION, SUBROGATION AND CONTRIBUTION

          SECTION 2.01      INDEMNITY AND SUBROGATION. In addition to all such
rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Subsidiary Guarantors may have under
applicable Law (but subject to SECTION 1.07 above), each of the Borrowers agrees
that (i) in the event a payment shall be made by any Subsidiary Guarantor under
this Agreement, each of the Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, indemnify
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Subsidiary Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and such Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the person to whom such payment
shall have been made to the extent of such payment and (ii) in the event any
assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to any Collateral
Document to satisfy a claim of any Finance Party, the Borrowers shall, jointly
and severally, indemnify such Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount equal to the
greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.

          SECTION 2.02      CONTRIBUTION AND SUBROGATION. Each Subsidiary
Guarantor (a "CONTRIBUTING GUARANTOR") agrees (subject to SECTION 1.06 above)
that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Subsidiary Guarantor
under this Agreement or assets of any other Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold
pursuant to any Collateral Document to satisfy a claim of any Finance Party and
such other Subsidiary Guarantor (the "CLAIMING GUARANTOR") shall not have been
fully indemnified by the Borrowers as provided in SECTION 2.01, the Contributing
Guarantor shall indemnify the Claiming Guarantor in an amount equal to the
amount of such payment or the greater of the book value or the fair market value
of such assets, as the case may be, in each case multiplied by a fraction the
numerator of which shall be the net worth of the Contributing Guarantor on the
date that the obligation(s) supporting such claim were incurred under this
Agreement and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate net worth of all
the Subsidiary Guarantors on such date (or, in the case of any Subsidiary
Guarantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to SECTION 5.11, the date of the
Accession Agreement executed and delivered by such Subsidiary Guarantor). Any
Contributing Guarantor making any payment to a Claiming Guarantor pursuant to
this SECTION 2.02 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Guarantor
under SECTION 2.01 to the extent of such payment.

                                   ARTICLE III
                    REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

          SECTION 3.01      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.
Each Guarantor hereby represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

          (a)     All representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement that relate to such Guarantor are true and correct.

          (b)     Such Guarantor agrees to comply with each of the covenants
contained in the Credit Agreement that impose or purport to impose, through
agreements with the Borrowers, restrictions or obligations on such Guarantor.

          (c)     Such Guarantor acknowledges that any default in the due
observance or performance by such Guarantor of any covenant, condition or
agreement contained herein may constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.01
of the Credit Agreement.

          (d)     Such Guarantor has, independently and without reliance upon
either of the Administrative Agents or any other Finance Party and based on such
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Such Guarantor has
investigated fully the benefits and advantages which will be derived by it from
execution of this Agreement, and the Board of Directors (or persons performing
similar functions in case of a Guarantor which is not a corporation) of such
Guarantor has decided that a direct or an indirect benefit will accrue to such
Guarantor by reason of the execution of this Agreement.

          (e)     (i) This Agreement is not given with actual intent to hinder,
delay or defraud any Person to which such Guarantor is or will become, on or
after the date hereof, indebted; (ii) such Guarantor has received at least a
reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the giving of this

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Agreement; and (iii) such Guarantor is Solvent on the date hereof and will not
cease to be Solvent as a result of the giving of this Agreement.

          SECTION 3.02      INFORMATION. Each of the Guarantors assumes all
responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition
and assets of the Other Credit Parties and of all other circumstances bearing
upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope
and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and
agrees that none of the Administrative Agents, any other Agent or any other
Finance Party will have any duty to advise any of the Guarantors of information
known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.

          SECTION 3.03      SUBORDINATION BY GUARANTORS. In addition to the
terms of subordination provided for under SECTION 1.06, each Guarantor hereby
subordinates in right of payment all indebtedness of the Other Credit Parties
owing to it, whether originally contracted with such Guarantor or acquired by
such Guarantor by assignment, transfer or otherwise, whether now owed or
hereafter arising, whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise,
together with all renewals, extensions, increases or rearrangements thereof, to
the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations,
whether now owed or hereafter arising, whether for principal, interest
(including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding), fees, expenses or otherwise, together with all
renewals, extensions, increases or rearrangements thereof.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                     SET-OFF

          SECTION 4.01      RIGHT OF SET-OFF. In addition to any rights now or
hereafter granted under applicable law or otherwise, and not by way of
limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under
the Credit Agreement, each Finance Party (and each of its Affiliates) is
authorized at any time and from time to time, without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind (all of such rights being hereby expressly
waived), to set off and to appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final) and any other indebtedness at
any time held or owing by such Finance Party (including, without limitation,
branches, agencies or Affiliates of such Finance Party wherever located) to or
for the credit or account of any Guarantor against obligations and liabilities
of such Guarantor then due to the Finance Parties hereunder, under the other
Finance Documents or otherwise, and any such set-off shall be deemed to have
been made immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default even though
such charge is made or entered on the books of such Finance Party subsequent
thereto. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent permitted by law any
Person purchasing a participation in a Loan, a Note, the LC Obligations or BA
Reimbursement Obligations, whether or not acquired pursuant to the arrangements
provided for in Section 10.06 of the Credit Agreement, may exercise all rights
of set-off with respect to its participation interest as fully as if such Person
were a Finance Party and any such set-off shall reduce the amount owed by such
Guarantor to the Finance Party.

                                    ARTICLE V
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

          SECTION 5.01      NOTICES. (a) Unless otherwise expressly provided
herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in
writing (including by facsimile transmission) and mailed, faxed or delivered, to
the address, facsimile number or (subject to SUBSECTION (b) below) electronic
mail address specified for notices: (i) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor,
as set forth on the signature pages hereto; (ii) in the case of the Borrowers,
the Administrative Agents or any Lender, as

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specified in or pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement; (iii) in the
case of the Collateral Agents, as specified in the relevant Collateral Document;
(iv) in the case of any Derivatives Creditor as set forth in any applicable
Derivatives Agreement; or (v) in the case of any party, at such other address as
shall be designated by such party in a notice to both of the Administrative
Agents and each other party hereto. All such notices and other communications
shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of: (i) actual
receipt by the intended recipient and (ii)(A) if delivered by hand or by
courier, when signed for by the intended recipient; (B) if delivered by mail,
four Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered
by facsimile transmission, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by
telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is
subject to the provisions of SUBSECTION (b) below), when delivered. Rejection or
refusal to accept, or the inability to deliver because of a changed address of
which no notice was given, shall not affect the validity of notice given in
accordance with this Section.

          (b)     LIMITED USE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL. Except as expressly provided
herein or as may be agreed by both of the Administrative Agents in their sole
discretion, electronic mail and internet and intranet websites may be used only
to distribute routine communications, such as financial statements and other
information, and to distribute Finance Documents for execution by the parties
thereto, to distribute executed Finance Documents in Adobe PDF format and may
not be used for any other purpose.

          SECTION 5.02      BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective
successors and assigns of the parties hereto; PROVIDED that none of the
Guarantors may assign or transfer any of its interests and obligations without
prior written consent of the requisite Lenders in accordance with Section 10.03
of the Credit Agreement (and any such purported assignment or transfer without
such consent shall be void); PROVIDED FURTHER that (i) the rights of each Lender
to transfer, assign or grant participations in its rights and/or obligations
hereunder shall be limited as set forth in Section 10.06 of the Credit
Agreement. Upon the assignment by any Finance Party of all or any portion of its
rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (including all or any portion
of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it) or any other Finance Document to
any other Person, such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the
benefits in respect thereof granted to such transferor or assignor herein or
otherwise.

          SECTION 5.03      NO WAIVERS; NON-EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES. No failure or
delay on the part of any Agent or any Finance Party to exercise, no course of
dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising any right, power or
privilege under this Agreement or any other Finance Document or other document
or agreement contemplated hereby or thereby shall operate as a waiver thereof
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies provided herein and in the
other Finance Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights
or remedies provided by Law.

          SECTION 5.04      EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION.

          (a)     EXPENSES. The Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree (i) to
pay or reimburse both of the Administrative Agents for all out-of-pocket costs
and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and
execution of this Agreement and any amendment, waiver, consent or other
modification of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated), and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including all fees, disbursements and other charges of
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, the U.S. counsel for the
Administrative Agents, and McCarthy Tetrault LLP, the Canadian counsel for the
Administrative Agents, and (ii) to pay or reimburse each Agent, any
representative of one or more Derivatives Creditors (each a "REPRESENTATIVE")
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connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement or preservation of any
rights and remedies under this Agreement (including all such costs and expenses
incurred during any "workout" or restructuring in respect of the Guaranteed
Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding), including all fees and disbursements of
counsel (including the allocated charges of internal counsel. The foregoing
costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance
and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Agent and the costs of independent public
accountants and other outside experts retained by or on behalf of the Agents and
the Finance Parties. The agreements in this SECTION 5.04(a) shall survive the
termination of the Commitments and Derivatives Agreements and repayment of all
Guaranteed Obligations.

          (b)     INDEMNIFICATION. Whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or by the other Finance Documents are consummated, the Guarantors,
jointly and severally, agree to indemnify, save and hold harmless each Agent,
the Representatives, each other Finance Party and their respective Affiliates,
directors, officers, trustees, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact
and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the "INDEMNITEES")
from and against: (i) any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action
that are asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (other than either of the
Administrative Agents or any Finance Party) relating directly or indirectly to a
claim, demand, action or cause of action that such Person asserts or may assert
against any Guarantor, any Affiliate of any Guarantor or any of their respective
officers or directors; (ii) any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of
action that may at any time (including at any time following repayment of the
Guaranteed Obligations and the resignation or removal of any Agent or
Representative or the replacement of any Lender or other Finance Party) be
asserted or imposed against any Indemnitee, arising out of or relating to, the
Finance Documents, any predecessor Finance Documents, the Commitments, the use
of or contemplated use of the proceeds of any Credit Extension, or the
relationship of any Guarantor, any Agent, any Representative and the Finance
Parties under this Agreement or any other Finance Document or from any actual or
alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned
or operated by any Group Company, or any Environmental Liability related in any
way to any Group Company; (iii) any administrative or investigative proceeding
by any Governmental Authority arising out of or related to a claim, demand,
action or cause of action described in CLAUSE (i) or (ii) above; and (iv) any
and all liabilities (including liabilities under indemnities), losses, costs or
expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) that any Indemnitee
suffers or incurs as a result of the assertion of any foregoing claim, demand,
action or cause of action or proceeding, or as a result of the preparation of
any defense in connection with any foregoing claim, demand, action or cause of
action or proceeding, in all cases, and whether or not an Indemnitee is a party
to such claim, demand, action or cause of action, or proceeding; PROVIDED that
no Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification for any claim to the extent
such claim is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final
non-appealable judgment to have been caused by its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. In the case of an investigation, litigation or other
proceeding to which the indemnity in this SECTION 5.04(b) applies, such
indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or
proceeding is brought by any Credit Party, its directors, shareholders or
creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person or any Indemnitee is otherwise a
party thereto and whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated. Each of the Guarantors agrees not to assert or permit any of their
respective Subsidiaries to assert any claim against any Agent, any
Representative, any Finance Party, any of their Affiliates or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and advisers on any
theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
arising out of or otherwise relating to the Finance Documents, any of the
transactions contemplated herein or therein or the actual or proposed use of the
proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit. Without prejudice to the
survival of any other agreement of the Guarantors hereunder and under the other
Finance Documents, the agreements and obligations of the Guarantors contained in
this SECTION 5.04(b) shall survive the repayment of the Loans, LC Obligations,
BA Reimbursement Obligations and other obligations under the Finance Documents
and the termination

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of the Commitments. Any amounts paid by any Indemnitee as to which such
Indemnitee has a right to reimbursement hereunder shall constitute Guaranteed
Obligations.

          (c)     CONTRIBUTION. If and to the extent that the obligations of any
Subsidiary Guarantor under this SECTION 5.04 are unenforceable for any reason,
each other Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby agrees to make
the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such obligations as
is permissible under applicable Law.

          SECTION 5.05      ENFORCEMENT. The Finance Parties agree that this
Agreement may be enforced only by (i) the action of either of the Administrative
Agents acting upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, or (ii) after the
date on which all of the Senior Obligations have been paid in full, the holders
of at least 51% of the outstanding Derivatives Obligations constituting
Guaranteed Obligations, and that no other Finance Party shall have any right
individually to seek to enforce this Agreement, it being understood and agreed
that such rights and remedies may be exercised by either of the Administrative
Agents or the holders of at least 51% of the outstanding Derivatives
Obligations, as the case may be, for the benefit of the Finance Parties upon the
terms of this Agreement.

          SECTION 5.06      AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. Any provision of this
Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is
in writing and is signed by each Guarantor directly affected by such amendment
or waiver (it being understood that the addition or release of any Guarantor
hereunder shall not constitute an amendment or waiver affecting any Guarantor
other than the Guarantor so added or released) and either (i) at all times prior
to the time at which all Senior Obligations have been paid in full, both of the
Administrative Agents (with the consent of the Required Lenders or, to the
extent required by Section 10.03 of the Credit Agreement, all or other required
percentage of the Lenders) or (ii) at all times after the time at which the
Senior Obligations have been paid in full, the holders of at least 51% of the
outstanding Derivatives Obligations constituting Guaranteed Obligations;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such amendment, change, discharge, termination or
waiver affecting the rights and benefits of a single Class of Finance Parties
(and not all Finance Parties in a like or similar manner) shall require the
written consent of the Required Finance Parties of such Class of Finance
Parties. For the purposes of this SECTION 5.06, the term "CLASS" means each
class of Finance Parties, i.e., whether (i) the Lenders, as holders of the
Senior Obligations, or (ii) the Derivatives Creditors, as holders of the
Derivatives Obligations. For the purposes of this SECTION 5.06, the term
"REQUIRED FINANCE PARTIES" of any Class means (i) with respect to the Senior
Obligations, the Required Lenders and (ii) with respect to the Derivatives
Obligations, the holders of at least 51% of all Derivatives Obligations
constituting Guaranteed Obligations outstanding from time to time.

          SECTION 5.07      GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION 5-1401 OF THE
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS
OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this
Agreement may be brought in the courts of the State of New York in New York
County, or of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and, by
execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the Guarantors hereby
irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and
unconditional, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts. Each of the
Guarantors irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any
such proceeding brought in such court and any claim that any such proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably appoints C.T. Corporation System its authorized
agent to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which may be
served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in this

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SECTION 5.07 and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or
proceeding upon C.T. Corporation System in any manner or by the mailing of a
copy thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, to such Guarantor's address referred to in SECTION 5.01. Each
Guarantor agrees that such service (i) shall be deemed in every respect
effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and
(ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, be taken and held to be
valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Nothing in this SECTION
5.07 shall affect the right of any Finance Party to serve process in any manner
permitted by Law or limit the right of any Finance Party to bring proceedings
against any Guarantor in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions.

          SECTION 5.08      LIMITATION OF LAW; SEVERABILITY.

          (a)     All rights, remedies and powers provided in this may be
exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any
applicable provision of Law, and all of the provisions of this Agreement are
intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of Law which may
be controlling and be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not
render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable in whole or in part, or not
entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any
applicable Law.

          (b)     If any provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, (i) the other
provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and
shall be liberally construed in favor of the Agents and the other Finance
Parties in order to carry out the intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as
may be possible; and (ii) the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision
hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
such provisions in any other jurisdiction.

          SECTION 5.09      COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION; EFFECTIVENESS. This
Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon
the same instrument. This Agreement and the other Finance Documents constitute
the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supersede
any and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to
the subject matter hereof and thereof. This Agreement shall become effective
with respect to each Guarantor when both of the Administrative Agents shall have
received counterparts hereof signed by itself and such Guarantor; provided that,
for greater certainty, this Agreement shall become effective with respect to
each of Eckerd Corporation, Eckerd Fleet, Inc., EDC Drug Stores, Inc., EDC
Licensing, Inc. Genovese Drug Stores, Inc., Thrift Drug Inc. and Thrift Drug
Services, Inc., notwithstanding the fact that such Credit Parties shall be
deemed to have executed the counterpart of this Agreement at 11:59 p.m. on July
31, 2004, upon consummation of the Acquisition.

          SECTION 5.10      WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.

          SECTION 5.11      ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS. It is understood and agreed
that any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is required by the Credit
Agreement to execute an Accession Agreement and counterpart of this Agreement
after the date hereof shall automatically become a Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder by executing an Accession Agreement and counterpart hereof
and delivering the same to both of the Administrative Agents. The execution and
delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other
Guarantor or other parts hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Guarantor
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party hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the
addition of any new Subsidiary Guarantor as a party to this Agreement.

          SECTION 5.12      TERMINATION; RELEASE OF GUARANTORS.

          (a)     TERMINATION. Upon the full, final and irrevocable payment and
performance of all Guaranteed Obligations, the cancellation of all outstanding
LC Obligations and BA Reimbursement Obligations and the termination of the
Commitments under the Credit Agreement and all Derivatives Agreements, this
Agreement shall terminate and have no further force or effect.

          (b)     RELEASE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS. In the event that all of the
capital stock of one or more of the Subsidiary Guarantors is sold or otherwise
disposed of or liquidated in compliance with the requirements of Section 7.04 or
7.05 of the Credit Agreement (or such sale, other disposition or liquidation has
been approved in writing by the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders, if
required by Section 10.03 of the Credit Agreement) and the proceeds of such
sale, disposition or liquidation are applied in accordance with the provisions
of the Credit Agreement, to the extent applicable, such Subsidiary Guarantor or
Subsidiary Guarantors shall be released from this Agreement, and this Agreement
shall, as to each such Subsidiary Guarantor or Subsidiary Guarantors, terminate
and have no further force or effect (it being understood and agreed that the
sale of one or more Persons that own, directly or indirectly, all of the capital
stock of any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to be a sale of such
Subsidiary Guarantor for purposes of this SECTION 5.12(b)). Upon any such
release of a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Administrative Agents will, upon request
by and at the expense of such Subsidiary Guarantor, execute and deliver to such
Subsidiary Guarantor such documents as such Subsidiary Guarantor shall
reasonably request to evidence the termination of this Agreement.

          SECTION 5.13      DEFINED TERMS; CONFLICT. Capitalized terms defined
in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have, as used herein,
the respective meanings provided for therein. To the extent that there is a
conflict or inconsistency between any provision hereof, on the one hand, and any
provision of the Credit Agreement, on the other hand, the Credit Agreement shall
control.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has executed this Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.

GUARANTORS:                               THE JEAN COUTU GROUP (PJC) INC.
-----------

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

                                          530 Rue Beriault
                                          Longueuil, Quebec, Canada J4G 1S8
                                          Attention: Francois Jean Coutu
                                          Facsimile: (450) 646-5649

PJC ARLINGTON REALTY LLC                    BROOKS PHARMACY, INC.
PJC DORCHESTER REALTY LLC                   ECKERD CORPORATION
PJC ESSEX REALTY LLC                        ECKERD FLEET, INC.
PJC HAVERHILL REALTY LLC                    EDC DRUG STORES, INC.
PJC HYDE PARK REALTY LLC                    EDC LICENSING, INC.
PJC MANCHESTER REALTY LLC                   GENOVESE DRUG STORES, INC.
PJC MANSFIELD REALTY LLC                    JCG HOLDINGS (USA), INC.
PJC NEW LONDON REALTY LLC                   JEAN COUTU ACQUISITION ONE, INC.
PJC NORWICH REALTY LLC                      JEAN COUTU ACQUISITION TWO, INC.
PJC PETERBOROUGH REALTY LLC                 JEAN COUTU ACQUISITION THREE, INC.
PJC PROVIDENCE REALTY LLC                   MAXI DRUG NORTH, INC.
PJC REVERE REALTY LLC                       MAXI DRUG, INC.
                                            MAXI GREEN INC.
                                            MC WOONSOCKET, INC.
By: PJC SPECIAL REALTY HOLDINGS, INC., a    P.J.C. DISTRIBUTION, INC.
    Delaware corporation, as Sole Member    P.J.C. OF VERMONT INC.
    of each                                 P.J.C. REALTY CO., INC.
                                            PJC LEASE HOLDINGS, INC.
    By:                                     PJC OF CRANSTON, INC.
    ------------------------------------    PJC OF EAST PROVIDENCE, INC.
       Michel Coutu, as President           PJC OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.
                                            PJC OF RHODE ISLAND, INC.
                                            PJC OF WEST WARWICK, INC.
Notice address for all other Guarantors:    PJC REALTY MA, INC.
50 Service Avenue                           PJC SPECIAL REALTY HOLDINGS, INC.
Warwick, Rhode Island 02836                 THE JEAN COUTU GROUP (PJC) USA, INC.
Attention: Michel Coutu                     THRIFT DRUG, INC.
Facsimile: (401) 825-3997                   THRIFT DRUG SERVICES, INC.

                                            By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                              Michel Coutu, as President of each

[Signature page to
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                                          PJC REALTY N.E. LLC
                                          JEAN COUTU GROUP HOLDINGS (USA), LLC

                                          By: THE JEAN COUTU GROUP (PJC) USA,
                                            INC.,  a Delaware corporation, its
                                            Sole Member

                                            By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                              Michel Coutu, as President of each

                                          MAXI DRUG SOUTH, L.P.

                                          By: MAXI DRUG, INC., a Delaware
                                              corporation, its General Partner

                                            By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                              Michel Coutu, as President

                                          SERVICES SECURIVOL INC.

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

                                          RX INFORMATION CENTRE LTD.

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

                                          PATERSON'S PHARMACIES LIMITED

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

                                          3090671 NOVA SCOTIA COMPANY

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

[Signature page to
Guaranty Agreement]

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                                          3090672 NOVA SCOTIA COMPANY

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

Agreed to and Accepted:

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS,
as Term B Administrative Agent

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

Agreed to and Accepted:

NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA,
as Canadian Administrative Agent

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

[Signature page to
Guaranty Agreement]

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                                                                    Exhibit 10.4

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                             U.S. SECURITY AGREEMENT

                            DATED AS OF JULY 30, 2004

                                      AMONG

             THE U.S. CREDIT PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

                                       AND

                      DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
                            AS U.S. COLLATERAL AGENT

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS*

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                                                     ARTICLE I
                                                    DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01   Terms Defined in the Finance Documents............................................................2
Section 1.02   Terms Defined in the UCC..........................................................................2
Section 1.03   Additional Definitions............................................................................2
Section 1.04   Terms Generally..................................................................................10

                                                    ARTICLE II
                                                SECURITY INTERESTS

Section 2.01   Grant of Security Interests......................................................................10
Section 2.02   Continuing Liability of Each U.S. Credit Party...................................................11
Section 2.03   Security Interests Absolute......................................................................11
Section 2.04   Segregation of Proceeds; Cash Proceeds Account...................................................13
Section 2.05   Reinvestment Funds Account.......................................................................14
Section 2.06   LC Cash Collateral Account.......................................................................15
Section 2.07   Sinking Fund Account.............................................................................16
Section 2.08   Investment of Funds in Collateral Accounts.......................................................17

                                                    ARTICLE III
                                          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 3.01   Title to Collateral..............................................................................17
Section 3.02   Validity, Perfection and Priority of Security Interests..........................................18
Section 3.03   Fair Labor Standards Act.........................................................................18
Section 3.04   Receivables......................................................................................18
Section 3.05   No Consents......................................................................................19
Section 3.06   Deposit and Securities Accounts..................................................................19
Section 3.07   Repurchase Agreement.............................................................................19

                                                    ARTICLE IV
                                                     COVENANTS

Section 4.01   Delivery of Perfection Certificate; Initial Perfection and Delivery of Search Reports............19
Section 4.02   Change of Name, Identity, Structure or Location; Subjection to Other Security Agreements.........20
Section 4.03   Further Actions..................................................................................20
Section 4.04   Collateral in Possession of Other Persons, Leased Real Property Locations........................20
Section 4.05   Books and Records................................................................................21
Section 4.06   Delivery of Instruments, Etc.....................................................................21
Section 4.07   Collection and Verification of Receivables.......................................................21
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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT.)

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Section 4.08   Notification to Account Debtors..................................................................22
Section 4.09   Certificates of Title; Fixtures..................................................................22
Section 4.10   Disposition of Collateral........................................................................22
Section 4.11   Insurance........................................................................................22
Section 4.12   Information Regarding Collateral.................................................................23
Section 4.13   Covenants Regarding Intellectual Property........................................................23
Section 4.14   Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts.........................................................25
Section 4.15   Electronic Chattel Paper.........................................................................25
Section 4.16   Claims...........................................................................................25
Section 4.17   Letter-of-Credit-Rights..........................................................................25
Section 4.18   Modification of Assigned Agreements, Etc.........................................................26

                                                     ARTICLE V
                                            GENERAL AUTHORITY; REMEDIES

Section 5.01   General Authority................................................................................26
Section 5.02   Remedies upon Event of Default...................................................................27
Section 5.03   Limitation on Duty of U.S. Collateral Agent in Respect of Collateral.............................30
Section 5.04   Application of Proceeds..........................................................................30
Section 5.05   Assigned Agreements..............................................................................31

                                                    ARTICLE VI
                                                 COLLATERAL AGENT

Section 6.01   Concerning the U.S. Collateral Agent.............................................................31
Section 6.02   Appointment of Co-Agent..........................................................................32

                                                    ARTICLE VII
                                                   MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01   Notices..........................................................................................32
Section 7.02   No Waivers; Non-Exclusive Remedies...............................................................33
Section 7.03   Compensation and Expenses of the U.S. Collateral Agent; Indemnification..........................33
Section 7.04   Enforcement......................................................................................35
Section 7.05   Amendments and Waivers...........................................................................35
Section 7.06   Successors and Assigns...........................................................................35
Section 7.07   Governing Law....................................................................................35
Section 7.08   Limitation of Law; Severability..................................................................36
Section 7.09   Counterparts; Effectiveness......................................................................36
Section 7.10   Additional U.S. Credit Parties...................................................................36
Section 7.11   Termination......................................................................................37
Section 7.12   Entire Agreement.................................................................................37
Section 7.13   Conflict.........................................................................................37
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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT.)

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SCHEDULES:

     Schedule 1.01    -    Claims
     Schedule 3.06    -    Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
     Schedule 4.01    -    Filings to Perfect Security Interests

EXHIBITS:

     Exhibit A        -    Form of Assignment of Security Interest in United States Patents and Trademarks
     Exhibit B        -    Form of Assignment of Security Interest in United States Copyrights
     Exhibit C        -    Form of Deposit Account Control Agreement
     Exhibit D        -    Form of Landlord's Waiver and Consent
     Exhibit E        -    Form of Consent to Assignment of Letter of Credit Proceeds
     Exhibit F        -    Form of Collateral Description
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               U.S. SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of July 30, 2004 (as amended,
          modified or supplemented from time to time, this "AGREEMENT") among
          the U.S. Credit Parties from time to time party hereto and DEUTSCHE
          BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as U.S. Collateral Agent for the benefit
          of the Finance Parties referred to herein.

          THE JEAN COUTU GROUP (PJC) INC., a corporation formed and existing
under the laws of the Province of Quebec (together with its successors and
permitted assigns, the "PARENT BORROWER"), proposes to enter into a Credit
Agreement dated as of July 30, 2004 (as amended, restated, modified or
supplemented from time to time and including any agreement extending the
maturity of, refinancing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the
obligations of the Parent Borrower under such agreement or any successor
agreement, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT") among the Parent Borrower, THE JEAN COUTU
GROUP (PJC) USA INC., a corporation formed and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "U.S. BORROWER" and, together with the Parent Borrower,
the "BORROWERS"), the banks and other financial institutions from time to time
party thereto (the "LENDERS"), MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED, as Global Transaction Coordinator, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED and NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL
INC., as U.S. Joint Lead Arrangers, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as U.S. Joint Bookrunners, NATIONAL
BANK FINANCIAL INC., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Canadian Joint Lead Arrangers and as Canadian
Joint Bookrunners, NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, as the Canadian Administrative
Agent, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as the Term B Administrative Agent,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED and NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA,
as U.S. Co-Syndication Agents, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Canadian Co-Syndication
Agents.

          Certain Lenders and their affiliates acting as Derivatives Creditors
(as defined in the Credit Agreement) may from time to time provide forward rate
agreements, options, swaps, caps, floors and other Derivatives Agreements (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) to the U.S. Credit Parties (as defined below).
The Lenders, each Issuing Lender, each Swingline Lender, the Administrative
Agents, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Global Transaction Coordinator, the U.S.
Joint Lead Arrangers, the Canadian Joint Lead Arrangers, the Canadian Collateral
Agent, the U.S. Collateral Agent, as collateral agent for the benefit of the
Lenders (together with its successor or successors in such capacity, the "U.S.
COLLATERAL AGENT"), each Indemnitee and each Derivatives Creditor and their
respective successors and assigns are herein referred to individually as a
"FINANCE PARTY" and collectively as the "FINANCE PARTIES".

          To induce the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and the other
Senior Finance Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the
Derivatives Creditors to enter into the Derivatives Agreements constituting
Finance Documents under the Credit Agreement (collectively with the Senior
Finance Documents and the Derivatives Agreements evidencing Derivatives
Obligations (as hereinafter defined) permitted under the Credit Agreement, the
"FINANCE DOCUMENTS"), and as a condition precedent to the obligations of the
Finance Parties thereunder, the Parent Borrower and certain of its subsidiaries
(each a "GUARANTOR" and, collectively, the "GUARANTORS") have agreed, jointly
and severally, to provide a guaranty of all obligations of the Borrowers and the
other U.S. Credit Parties under or in respect of the Finance Documents.

          As a further condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders and
the Derivatives Creditors under the Senior Finance Documents, each Borrower and
each U.S. Subsidiary Guarantor (each

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a "U.S. CREDIT PARTY" and, together with each other person that becomes a party
hereto pursuant to SECTION 7.10 hereof and the respective successors and
permitted assigns of each of the foregoing, the "U.S. CREDIT PARTIES") has
agreed or will agree to grant a continuing security interest in favor of the
U.S. Collateral Agent in and to the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) to
secure the Finance Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS

          SECTION 1.01      TERMS DEFINED IN THE FINANCE DOCUMENTS. Capitalized
terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have, as
used herein, the respective meanings provided for therein.

          SECTION 1.02      TERMS DEFINED IN THE UCC. Unless otherwise defined
herein or in the Credit Agreement or the context otherwise requires, the
following terms, together with any uncapitalized terms used herein which are
defined in the UCC (as defined below), have the respective meanings provided in
the UCC: (i) As-Extracted Collateral; (ii) Certificated Security; (iii) Chattel
Paper; (iv) Documents; (v) Financial Asset; (vi) Instruments; (vii) Inventory;
(viii) Investment Property; (ix) Payment Intangibles; (x) Proceeds; (xi)
Securities Account; (xii) Securities Intermediary; (xiii) Security; (xiv)
Security Certificate; (xv) Security Entitlements; and (xvi) Uncertificated
Security.

          SECTION 1.03      ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS. Terms defined in the
introductory section hereof have the respective meanings set forth therein. The
following additional terms, as used herein, have the following respective
meanings:

          "ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT" means (i) with respect to a Deposit
Account, a deposit account control agreement, substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT C hereto or otherwise containing similar terms and reasonably acceptable
in form and substance to the U.S. Collateral Agent, among one or more U.S.
Credit Parties, the U.S. Collateral Agent and the bank which maintains such
Deposit Account and (ii) with respect to a Securities Account, a securities
account control agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Pledge
Agreement or otherwise containing similar terms and reasonably acceptable in
form and substance to the U.S. Collateral Agent, among one or more U.S. Credit
Parties, the U.S. Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary which
maintains such Securities Account, in each case as the same may be amended,
restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

          "ACCOUNTS" means (i) all "accounts" (as defined in the UCC), (ii) all
of the rights of any U.S. Credit Party in, to and under all purchase orders for
goods, services or other property, (iii) all of the rights of any U.S. Credit
Party to any goods, services or other property represented by any of the
foregoing (including returned or repossessed goods and unpaid seller's rights of
rescission, replevin, reclamation and rights to stoppage in transit) and (iv)
all monies due to or to become due to any U.S. Credit Party under any and all
contracts for any of the foregoing (in each case, whether or not yet earned by
performance on the part of such U.S. Credit Party), including, without
limitation, the right to receive the Proceeds of said purchase orders and
contracts, all Supporting Obligations of any kind given by any Person with
respect to all or any of the foregoing.

          "ACCOUNT DEBTOR" means an "account debtor" (as defined in the UCC),
and also means and includes Persons obligated to pay negotiable instruments and
other Receivables.

          "ASSIGNED AGREEMENTS" means with respect to each U.S. Credit Party
those contracts and agreements of such U.S. Credit Party identified in or
pursuant to SECTION VI of such U.S. Credit Party's

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Perfection Certificate, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, and all Supporting Obligations of any kind given by any
Person with respect to all or any of the foregoing.

          "CASH PROCEEDS ACCOUNT" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.04(a)
of this Agreement.

          "CLAIMS" means all "commercial tort claims" (as defined in the UCC),
including, without limitation, each of the claims described on SCHEDULE 1.01
hereto, as such Schedule may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time, and also means and includes all claims, causes of action and similar
rights and interests (however characterized) of a U.S. Credit Party, whether
arising in contract, tort or otherwise, and whether or not subject to any
action, suit, investigation or legal, equitable, arbitration or administrative
proceedings.

          "COLLATERAL" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.01 of this
Agreement.

          "COLLATERAL ACCOUNTS" means one or more of the Cash Proceeds Account,
the LC Cash Collateral Account, the Reinvestment Funds Account, the Sinking
Account and any other Securities Accounts or Deposit Accounts established with
or in the possession or under the control of the U.S. Collateral Agent
(including Individual Store Accounts) into which cash or cash Proceeds
(including cash Proceeds of insurance policies, awards of condemnation or other
compensation) of any Collateral are deposited from time to time, collectively.

          "COMPUTER HARDWARE" means all computer and other electronic data
processing hardware of a U.S. Credit Party, whether now or hereafter owned,
licensed or leased by such U.S. Credit Party, including, without limitation, all
integrated computer systems, central processing units, memory units, display
terminals, printers, features, computer elements, card readers, tape drives,
hard and soft disk drives, cables, electrical supply hardware, generators, power
equalizers, accessories, peripheral devices and other related computer hardware,
all documentation, flowcharts, logic diagrams, manuals, specifications, training
materials, charts and pseudo codes associated with any of the foregoing and all
options, warranties, services contracts, program services, test rights,
maintenance rights, support rights, renewal rights and indemnifications relating
to any of the foregoing.

          "COPYRIGHT" means any of the following, whether now existing or
hereafter arising, created or acquired:

                  (i)       the United States and foreign copyrights described
     on SCHEDULE V to any U.S. Credit Party's Perfection Certificate (as each
     such schedule may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time)
     and any renewals thereof;

                  (ii)      all other common law and/or statutory rights in all
     copyrightable subject matter under the Laws of the United States or any
     other country (whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been
     published);

                  (iii)     all registrations and applications for registration
     of any such copyright in the United States or any other country, including
     registrations, recordings, supplemental, derivative or collective work
     registrations and pending applications for registrations in the United
     States Copyright Office or any other country;

                  (iv)      all computer programs, web pages, computer data
     bases and computer program flow diagrams, including all source codes and
     object codes related to any or all of the foregoing;

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                  (v)       all tangible property embodying or incorporating any
     or all of the foregoing, whether in completed form or in some lesser state
     of completion, and all masters, duplicates, drafts, versions, variations
     and copies thereof, in all formats;

                  (vi)      all claims for, and rights to sue for, past, present
     and future infringement of any of the foregoing;

                  (vii)     all income, royalties, damages and payments now or
     hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including,
     without limitation, damages and payments for past, present or future
     infringements thereof and payments and damages under all Copyright Licenses
     in connection therewith;

                  (viii)    all rights in any of the foregoing, whether arising
     under the Laws of the United States or any foreign country or otherwise, to
     copy, record, synchronize, broadcast, transmit, perform and/or display any
     of the foregoing or any matter which is the subject of any of the foregoing
     in any manner and by any process now known or hereafter devised; and

                  (ix)      the name and title of each Copyright item and all
     rights of any U.S. Credit Party to the use thereof, including, without
     limitation, rights protected pursuant to trademark, service mark, unfair
     competition, anti-cybersquatting and/or the rules and principles of any
     other applicable statute, common law or other rule or principle of law now
     existing or hereafter arising.

          "COPYRIGHT ASSIGNMENT" means an Assignment of Security Interest in
United States Copyrights, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT B to this
Agreement, between one or more U.S. Credit Parties and the U.S. Collateral
Agent, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

          "COPYRIGHT LICENSE" means any agreement now or hereafter in existence
granting to any U.S. Credit Party any rights, whether exclusive or
non-exclusive, to use another Person's copyrights or copyright applications, or
pursuant to which any U.S. Credit Party has granted to any other Person, any
right, whether exclusive or non-exclusive, with respect to any Copyright,
whether or not registered, including, without limitation, the Copyright Licenses
described on SCHEDULE V to any U.S. Credit Party's Perfection Certificate (as
each such schedule may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time).

          "DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS" means all "deposit accounts" (as defined in the
UCC) and also means and includes all demand, time, savings, passbook or similar
accounts maintained by a U.S. Credit Party with a bank or other financial
institution, whether or not evidenced by an Instrument, all cash and other funds
held therein and all passbooks related thereto and all certificates and
Instruments, if any, from time to time representing, evidencing or deposited
into such deposit accounts.

          "DERIVATIVES OBLIGATIONS" of any Person means all obligations
(including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement
of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to such Person, whether
or not allowed or allowable as a claim under any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding) of such Person in respect of any Derivatives Agreement, excluding
any amounts which such Person is entitled to set-off against its obligations
under applicable Law.

          "DIRECT EXPOSURE" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.06 of this
Agreement.

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          "EQUIPMENT" means all "equipment" (as defined in the UCC), including
all items of machinery, equipment, Computer Hardware, furnishings and fixtures
of every kind, whether or not affixed to real property, as well as all motor
vehicles, automobiles, trucks, trailers, railcars, barges and vehicles of every
description, handling and delivery equipment, all additions to, substitutions
for, replacements of or accessions to any of the foregoing, all attachments,
components, parts (including spare parts) and accessories whether installed
thereon or affixed thereto and all fuel for any thereof and all options,
warranties, service contracts, program services, test rights, maintenance
rights, support rights, improvement rights and indemnifications relating to any
of the foregoing.

          "EXEMPT DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS" means Deposit Accounts the balance of which
consists exclusively of (i) withheld income taxes and federal, state or local
employment taxes in such amounts as are required in the reasonable judgment of
the Parent Borrower to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service or state or local
government agencies within the following two months with respect to employees of
any of the U.S. Credit Parties or (ii) amounts required to be paid over to an
employee benefit plan pursuant to DOL Reg. Sec. 2510.3-102 on behalf of or for
the benefit of employees of one or more U.S. Credit Parties.

          "FINANCE OBLIGATIONS" means:

                  (i)       all Senior Obligations and

                  (ii)      all Derivatives Obligations permitted under the
     Credit Agreement owed or owing to any Derivatives Creditor.

in each case whether now or hereafter due, owing or incurred in any manner,
whether actual or contingent, whether incurred solely or jointly with any other
Person and whether as principal or surety (and including all liabilities in
connection with any notes, bills or other instruments accepted by any Finance
Party in connection therewith), together in each case with all renewals,
modifications, consolidations or extensions thereof.

          "GENERAL INTANGIBLES" means all "general intangibles" (as defined in
the UCC) and also means and includes (i) all Payment Intangibles and other
obligations and indebtedness owing to any U.S. Credit Party (other than
Accounts), from whatever source arising, (ii) all Claims, Judgments and/or
Settlements, (iii) all rights or claims in respect of refunds for taxes paid,
(iv) all rights in respect of any pension plans or similar arrangements
maintained for employees of any U.S. Credit Party or any member of the ERISA
Group, (v) all interests in limited liability companies and/or partnerships
which interests do not constitute Securities and (vi) all Supporting Obligations
of any kind given by any Person with respect to all or any of the foregoing.

          "INDIVIDUAL STORE ACCOUNTS" means (a) Deposit Accounts, the balance of
which consists exclusively of a single retail store's receipts that is in the
ordinary course of the business swept daily into a concentration account, and
(b) EDI settlement account number 10501854 with Mellon Bank, N.A..

          "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights,
Software, Licenses, rights in intellectual property, goodwill, trade names,
service marks, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary technical and business
information, know-how, show-how, domain names, mask works, customer lists,
vendor lists, subscription lists, data bases and related documentation,
registrations, franchises and all other intellectual or other similar property
rights.

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          "JUDGMENTS" means all judgments, decrees, verdicts, decisions or
orders issued in resolution of or otherwise in connection with a Claim, whether
or not final or subject to appeal, and including all rights of enforcement
relating thereto and any and all Proceeds thereof.

          "LETTER-OF-CREDIT RIGHT" means all "letter-of-credit rights" (as
defined in the UCC) and also means and includes all rights of a U.S. Credit
Party to demand payment or performance under a letter of credit (as defined in
Article V of the UCC).

          "LICENSE" means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright
License, Software License or other license or sublicense as to which any U.S.
Credit Party is a party.

          "LIQUID INVESTMENTS" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.08 of this
Agreement.

          "LC CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.06
of this Agreement.

          "MATERIAL REAL PROPERTY" has the meaning given to it in the Credit
Agreement.

          "PATENT" means any of the following:

                  (i)       the United States and foreign patents described on
     SCHEDULE V to any U.S. Credit Party's Perfection Certificate (as each such
     schedule may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time) and
     any renewals thereof;

                  (ii)      all other letters patent and design letters patent
     of the United States or any other country;

                  (iii)     all applications filed or in preparation for filing
     for letters patent and design letters patent of the United States or any
     other country including, without limitation, applications in the United
     States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of
     the United States or any other country or political subdivision thereof;

                  (iv)      all reissues, divisions, continuations,
     continuations-in-part, revisions, renewals or extensions thereof;

                  (v)       all claims for, and rights to sue for, past, present
     or future infringement of any of the foregoing;

                  (vi)      all income, royalties, damages and payments now or
     hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including,
     without limitation, damages and payments for past, present or future
     infringements thereof and payments and damages under all Patent Licenses in
     connection therewith; and

                  (vii)     all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing
     whether arising under the Laws of the United States or any foreign country
     or otherwise.

          "PATENT AND TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT" means an Assignment of Security
Interest in United States Patents and Trademarks, substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT A to this Agreement, between one or more U.S. Credit Parties and the
U.S. Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time.

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          "PATENT LICENSE" means any agreement now or hereafter in existence
granting to any U.S. Credit Party any right, whether exclusive or non-exclusive,
with respect to any Person's patent or any invention now or hereafter in
existence, whether or not patentable, or pursuant to which any U.S. Credit Party
has granted to any other Person, any right, whether exclusive or non-exclusive,
with respect to any Patent or any invention now or hereafter in existence,
whether or not patentable and whether or not a Patent or application for Patent
is in or hereafter comes into existence on such invention, including, without
limitation, the Patent Licenses described on SCHEDULE V to any U.S. Credit
Party's Perfection Certificate (as each such schedule may be amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time).

          "PERFECTION CERTIFICATE" means with respect to each U.S. Credit Party
a certificate, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT F-1 to the Credit Agreement,
completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated
thereby.

          "PERMITTED LIEN" means any Lien referred to in, and permitted by,
SECTION 7.02 of the Senior Credit Agreement.

          "RECEIVABLES" means all Accounts, all Payment Intangibles, all
Instruments, all Chattel Paper, all Letter-of-Credit Rights and all Supporting
Obligations supporting or otherwise relating to any of the foregoing.

          "RECORDABLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means Intellectual Property the
transfer of which is required to be recorded in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office in order to be effective
against subsequent third party transferees; PROVIDED that the following shall
not be considered "RECORDABLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" hereunder: (i) unregistered
United States Copyrights and (ii) non-exclusive Licenses.

          "REINVESTMENT FUNDS" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.05(a) of
this Agreement.

          "REINVESTMENT FUNDS ACCOUNT" has the meaning set forth in SECTION
2.05(a) of this Agreement.

          "RELEVANT CONTINGENT EXPOSURE" has the meaning set forth in SECTION
2.06 of this Agreement.

          "REPURCHASE AGREEMENT" means (a) the Sale and Purchase Agreement which
provides that the Parent Borrower will purchase the Preferred Shares the U.S.
Borrower holds in JCG Holdings (USA), Inc. and will grant to the U.S. Borrower a
non-assignable right to repurchase from the Parent Borrower (subject to the Jean
Coutu Group Holdings (USA), LLC's right of first refusal) such Preferred Shares
in whole or in part, at any time for $1,486,400,000 and any accrued but unpaid
dividends and (b) the Forward Sale Agreement which provides that the U.S.
Borrower will be required to purchase in 10 years from Closing the Preferred
Shares for $1,486,400,000 and any accrued but unpaid dividends and any board of
director's resolution and proxy statement incident thereto.

          "SECURITY INTERESTS" means the security interests in the Collateral
granted under this Agreement securing the Finance Obligations.

          "SENIOR OBLIGATIONS" means with respect to each Credit Party, without
duplication:

                  (i)       in the case of each Borrower, all principal of and
     interest (including, without limitation, any interest which accrues after
     the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect
     to, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim under any

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     bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding) on any Loan made to or LC Obligation
     or BA Reimbursement Obligation under, or any Note issued pursuant to, the
     Credit Agreement or any other Senior Finance Document;

                  (ii)      all fees, expenses, indemnification obligations,
     foreign currency exchange obligations and other amounts of whatever nature
     now or hereafter payable by such Credit Party (including, without
     limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any
     bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to such Credit Party,
     whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim under any bankruptcy or
     insolvency proceeding) pursuant to the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or
     any other Senior Finance Document;

                  (iii)     all expenses of any Finance Party as to which it has
     a right to reimbursement under SECTION 7.03(a) or (b) of this Agreement or
     under any other similar provision of any other Senior Finance Document,
     including, without limitation, any and all sums advanced by the U.S.
     Collateral Agent to preserve any Collateral or preserve its security
     interests in any Collateral;

                  (iv)      all amounts paid by any Indemnitee as to which such
     Indemnitee has the right to reimbursement under SECTION 7.03(c) of this
     Agreement, SECTION 10.05 of the Credit Agreement or under any other similar
     provision of any other Senior Finance Document; and

                  (v)       in the case of each Borrower and each Subsidiary
     Guarantor, all amounts now or hereafter payable by such Borrower or such
     Subsidiary Guarantor and all other obligations or liabilities now existing
     or hereafter arising or incurred (including, without limitation, any
     amounts which accrue after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
     proceeding with respect to any Credit Party, whether or not allowed or
     allowable as a claim under any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding) on the
     part of the such Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the
     Guaranty in respect of the Credit Agreement or any other Senior Finance
     Document;

in each case whether now or hereafter due, owing or incurred in any manner,
whether actual or contingent, whether incurred solely or jointly with any other
Person and whether as principal or surety (and including all liabilities in
connection with any notes, bills or other instruments accepted by any Finance
Party in connection therewith), together in each case with all renewals,
modifications, consolidations or extensions thereof.

          "SETTLEMENTS" means all right, title and interest of a U.S. Credit
Party in, to and under any settlement agreement or other agreement executed in
settlement or compromise of any Claim, including all rights to enforce such
agreements and all payments thereunder or arising in connection therewith.

          "SINKING FUND ACCOUNT" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.07 of
this Agreement.

          "SOFTWARE" means all "software" (as defined in the UCC), and also
means and includes all software programs, whether now or hereafter owned,
licensed or leased by a U.S. Credit Party, designed for use on Computer
Hardware, including, without limitation, all operating system software,
utilities and application programs in whatever form and whether or not embedded
in goods, all source code and object code in magnetic tape, disk or hard copy
format or any other listings whatsoever, all firmware associated with any of the
foregoing all documentation, flowcharts, logic diagrams, manuals,
specifications, training materials, charts and pseudo codes associated with any
of the foregoing, and all options, warranties, services contracts, program
services, test rights, maintenance rights, support rights, renewal rights and
indemnifications relating to any of the foregoing.

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          "SOFTWARE LICENSE" means any agreement (including any agreement
constituting a Copyright License, Patent License and/or Trademark License) now
or hereafter in existence granting to any U.S. Credit Party any right, whether
exclusive or non-exclusive, to use another Person's Software, or pursuant to
which any U.S. Credit Party has granted to any other Person, any right, whether
exclusive or non-exclusive, to use any Software, whether or not subject to any
registration.

          "SUPPORTING OBLIGATION" means a Letter-of-Credit Right, Guarantee or
other secondary obligation supporting or any Lien securing the payment or
performance of one or more Receivables, General Intangibles, Documents, Assigned
Agreements or Investment Property.

          "TRADEMARK" means any of the following:

                  (i)       the United States and foreign trademarks described
     on SCHEDULE V to any U.S. Credit Party's Perfection Certificate (as each
     such schedule may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time)
     and any renewals thereof (but excluding in all cases all intent-to-use
     United States trademark applications for which an amendment to allege use
     or statement of use has not been filed under 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(c) or
     15 U.S.C. Section 1051(d), respectively, or if filed, has not been deemed
     in conformance with 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a) or examined and accepted,
     respectively, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office);

                  (ii)      all other trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
     company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles,
     service marks, logos, certification marks, collective marks, brand names
     and trade dress which are or have been used in the United States or in any
     state, territory or possession thereof, or in any other place, nation or
     jurisdiction, along with all prints and labels on which any of the
     foregoing have appeared or appear, package and other designs, and any other
     source or business identifiers, and general intangibles of like nature, and
     the rights in any of the foregoing which arise under applicable law;

                  (iii)     the goodwill of the business symbolized thereby or
     associated with each of the foregoing;

                  (iv)      all registrations and applications in connection
     therewith, including, without limitation, registrations and applications in
     the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or
     agency of the United States, any state thereof or any other country or any
     political subdivision thereof;

                  (v)       all reissues, extensions and renewals thereof;

                  (vi)      all claims for, and rights to sue for, past, present
     or future infringements of any of the foregoing;

                  (vii)     all income, royalties, damages and payments now or
     hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including,
     without limitation, damages and payments for past, present or future
     infringements thereof and payments and damages under all Trademark Licenses
     in connection therewith; and

                  (viii)    all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing
     whether arising under the Laws of the United States or any foreign country
     or otherwise.

          "TRADEMARK LICENSE" means any agreement now or hereafter in existence
granting to any U.S. Credit Party any right, whether exclusive or non-exclusive,
to use another Person's trademarks or

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trademark applications, or pursuant to which any U.S. Credit Party has granted
to any other Person, any right, whether exclusive or non-exclusive, to use any
Trademark, whether or not registered, including, without limitation, the
Trademark Licenses described on SCHEDULE V to any U.S. Credit Party's Perfection
Certificate (as each such schedule may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time) and the rights to prepare for sale, sell and advertise for sale,
all of the inventory now or hereafter owned by any U.S. Credit Party and now or
hereafter covered by such license agreements.

          "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time
in the State of New York; PROVIDED that if by reason of mandatory provisions of
Law, the perfection, the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority
of the Security Interests in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, "UCC" means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes
of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or
non-perfection or priority.

          "U.S. COLLATERAL AGENT" means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in
its capacity as collateral agent for the Finance Parties, and its successor or
successors in such capacity.

          "U.S. CREDIT PARTY" means the Borrowers and each U.S. Subsidiary
Guarantor, and "U.S. CREDIT PARTIES" means all of them, collectively.

          SECTION 1.04      TERMS GENERALLY. The definitions in SECTIONS 1.02
and 1.03 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words "include",
"includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without
limitation". All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules
shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and
Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Unless
otherwise expressly provided herein, the word "day" means a calendar day.

                                   ARTICLE II
                               SECURITY INTERESTS

          SECTION 2.01      GRANT OF SECURITY INTERESTS. To secure the due and
punctual payment of all Finance Obligations, howsoever created, arising or
evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter
existing or due or to become due, in accordance with the terms thereof and to
secure the performance of all of the obligations of each U.S. Credit Party
hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, each U.S. Credit Party hereby
grants to the U.S. Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties a
security interest in, and each U.S. Credit Party hereby pledges and collaterally
assigns to the U.S. Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties, all
of such U.S. Credit Party's right, title and interest in, to and under the
following, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired, created or
arising, whether tangible or intangible, and regardless of where located (all of
which are herein collectively called the "COLLATERAL"):

                  (i)       all Receivables;

                  (ii)      all Inventory;

                  (iii)     all General Intangibles;

                  (iv)      all Intellectual Property;

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                  (v)       all Documents and all Supporting Obligations of any
     kind given by any Person with respect thereto;

                  (vi)      all Equipment;

                  (vii)     all Investment Property and all Supporting
     Obligations of any kind given by any Person with respect thereto;

                  (viii)    all Assigned Agreements;

                  (ix)      all Deposit Accounts;

                  (x)       all As-Extracted Collateral;

                  (xi)      the Collateral Accounts, all cash and other property
     deposited therein or credited thereto from time to time, the Liquid
     Investments made pursuant to SECTION 2.08 and other monies and property of
     any kind of any U.S. Credit Party maintained with or in the possession of
     or under the control of the U.S. Collateral Agent;

                  (xii)     all books and records (including, without
     limitation, customer lists, credit files, computer programs, printouts and
     other computer materials and records) of each U.S. Credit Party pertaining
     to any of the Collateral; and

                  (xiii)    all Proceeds of all or any of the Collateral
     described in CLAUSES (i) through (xii) hereof;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as otherwise required by SECTION 6.10(d) of the
Credit Agreement, the Collateral shall not include shares of capital stock
having voting power in excess of 65% of the voting power of all classes of
capital stock of a Foreign Subsidiary of any U.S. Credit Party if, and solely to
the extent that, the inclusion of such shares of capital stock hereunder would
cause the undistributed earnings of such Foreign Subsidiary as determined for
United States federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed repatriation
of the earnings of such Foreign Subsidiary to such Foreign Subsidiary's United
States parent for United States federal income tax purposes; and PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that the Collateral shall not include any Exempt Deposit Accounts.

          SECTION 2.02      CONTINUING LIABILITY OF EACH U.S. CREDIT PARTY.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each U.S. Credit Party shall
remain liable to observe and perform all the terms and conditions to be observed
and performed by it under any contract, agreement, warranty or other obligation
with respect to the Collateral. Neither the U.S. Collateral Agent nor any
Finance Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such contract,
agreement, warranty or obligation by reason of or arising out of this Agreement
or the receipt by the U.S. Collateral Agent or any Finance Party of any payment
relating to any Collateral, nor shall the U.S. Collateral Agent or any Finance
Party be required to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any U.S.
Credit Party with respect to any of the Collateral, to make any inquiry as to
the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of
the performance of any party's obligations with respect to any Collateral.
Furthermore, neither the U.S. Collateral Agent nor any Finance Party shall be
required to file any claim or demand to collect any amount due or to enforce the
performance of any party's obligations with respect to the Collateral.

          SECTION 2.03      SECURITY INTERESTS ABSOLUTE. All rights of the U.S.
Collateral Agent, all security interests hereunder and all obligations of each
U.S. Credit Party hereunder are unconditional and absolute and independent and
separate from any other security for or guaranty of the Finance Obligations,

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whether executed by such U.S. Credit Party, any other U.S. Credit Party or any
other Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations
of each U.S. Credit Party hereunder shall not be released, discharged or
otherwise affected or impaired by:

                  (i)       any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise,
     acceleration, waiver or release in respect of any obligation of any other
     U.S. Credit Party under any Finance Document or any other agreement or
     instrument evidencing or securing any Finance Obligation, by operation of
     law or otherwise;

                  (ii)      other than pursuant to SECTION 7.05 hereof, any
     change in the manner, place, time or terms of payment of any Finance
     Obligation or any other amendment, supplement or modification to any
     Finance Document or any other agreement or instrument evidencing or
     securing any Finance Obligation;

                  (iii)     any release, non-perfection or invalidity of any
     direct or indirect security for any Finance Obligation, any sale, exchange,
     surrender, realization upon, offset against or other action in respect of
     any direct or indirect security for any Finance Obligation or any release
     of any other obligor or U.S. Credit Parties in respect of any Finance
     Obligation;

                  (iv)      any change in the existence, structure or ownership
     of any U.S. Credit Party, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization,
     arrangement, readjustment, composition, liquidation or other similar
     proceeding affecting any U.S. Credit Party or its assets or any resulting
     disallowance, release or discharge of all or any portion of any Finance
     Obligation;

                  (v)       the existence of any claim, set-off or other right
     which any U.S. Credit Party may have at any time against the Borrowers, any
     other U.S. Credit Party, any Agent, any other Finance Party or any other
     Person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transaction;
     PROVIDED that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any such claim
     by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;

                  (vi)      any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or
     against the Borrowers or any other U.S. Credit Party for any reason of any
     Finance Document or any other agreement or instrument evidencing or
     securing any Finance Obligation or any provision of applicable Law or
     regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrowers or any other
     U.S. Credit Party of any Finance Obligation;

                  (vii)     any failure by any Finance Party: (A) to file or
     enforce a claim against any U.S. Credit Party or its estate (in a
     bankruptcy or other proceeding); (B) to give notice of the existence,
     creation or incurrence by any U.S. Credit Party of any new or additional
     indebtedness or obligation under or with respect to the Finance
     Obligations; (C) to commence any action against any U.S. Credit Party; (D)
     to disclose to any U.S. Credit Party any facts which such Finance Party may
     now or hereafter know with regard to any U.S. Credit Party; or (E) to
     proceed with due diligence in the collection, protection or realization
     upon any collateral securing the Finance Obligations;

                  (viii)    any direction as to application of payment by the
     Borrowers, any other U.S. Credit Party or any other Person;

                  (ix)      any subordination by any Finance Party of the
     payment of any Finance Obligation to the payment of any other liability
     (whether matured or unmatured) of any U.S. Credit Party to its creditors;

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                  (x)       any act or failure to act by the U.S. Collateral
     Agent or any other Finance Party under this Agreement or otherwise which
     may deprive any U.S. Credit Party of any right to subrogation, contribution
     or reimbursement against any other U.S. Credit Party or any right to
     recover full indemnity for any payments made by such U.S. Credit Party in
     respect of the Finance Obligations; or

                  (xi)      any other act or omission to act or delay of any
     kind by any U.S. Credit Party or any Finance Party or any other Person or
     any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of
     this clause, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any U.S. Credit
     Party's obligations hereunder.

          Each U.S. Credit Party has irrevocably and unconditionally delivered
this Agreement to the U.S. Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Finance
Parties, and the failure by any other Person to sign this Agreement or a
security agreement similar to this Agreement or otherwise shall not discharge
the obligations of any U.S. Credit Party hereunder.

          This Agreement shall remain fully enforceable against each U.S. Credit
Party irrespective of any defenses that any other U.S. Credit Party may have or
assert in respect of the Finance Obligations, including, without limitation,
failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds,
statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury.

          SECTION 2.04      SEGREGATION OF PROCEEDS; CASH PROCEEDS ACCOUNT.

          (a)     CREATION OF CASH PROCEEDS ACCOUNT. There is hereby established
with the U.S. Collateral Agent a Securities Account (the "CASH PROCEEDS
ACCOUNT") in the name of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as U.S.
Collateral Agent" and under the exclusive control of the U.S. Collateral Agent,
into which there shall be deposited from time to time the cash proceeds of the
Collateral required to be delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent pursuant to
SUBSECTION (b) of this Section. Any income received by the U.S. Collateral Agent
with respect to the balance from time to time standing to the credit of the Cash
Proceeds Account, including any interest or capital gains on Liquid Investments,
shall remain, or be deposited, in the Cash Proceeds Account. All right, title
and interest in and to the cash amounts on deposit from time to time in the Cash
Proceeds Account together with any Liquid Investments from time to time made
pursuant to SECTION 2.08 and any other property or assets from time to time
deposited in or credited to the Cash Proceeds Account shall vest in and be under
the sole dominion and control of the U.S. Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Finance Parties, shall constitute part of the Collateral hereunder and shall
not constitute payment of the Finance Obligations until applied thereto as
hereinafter provided.

          (b)     DEPOSITS TO CASH PROCEEDS ACCOUNT. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, except as otherwise
provided in SECTION 2.05 or 2.06, each U.S. Credit Party, promptly after
receiving written instructions from the U.S. Collateral Agent to do so, shall
instruct all Account Debtors and other Persons obligated in respect of its
Receivables and other Collateral to make all payments in respect of its
Receivables and other Collateral either (i) directly to the U.S. Collateral
Agent (by instructing that such payments be remitted by direct wire transfer to
the U.S. Collateral Agent at its address referred to in SECTION 7.01 or to a
post office box which shall be in the name and under the control of the U.S.
Collateral Agent) or (ii) to one or more other banks in the United States (by
instructing that such payments be remitted by direct wire transfer to, or to a
post office box which shall be in the name and under the control of, such bank)
under an Account Control Agreement duly executed by each relevant U.S. Credit
Party and such bank or under other arrangements, in form and substance
satisfactory to the U.S. Collateral Agent, pursuant to which each relevant U.S.
Credit Party shall have irrevocably instructed such other bank (and such other
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proceeds of such payments directly to the U.S. Collateral Agent for deposit into
the Cash Proceeds Account or as the U.S. Collateral Agent may otherwise instruct
such bank. All such payments made to the U.S. Collateral Agent shall be
deposited in the Cash Proceeds Account. In addition to the foregoing, each U.S.
Credit Party agrees that if the Proceeds of any Collateral hereunder (including
the payments made in respect of Receivables) shall be received by it after the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default and
receipt of the U.S. Collateral Agent's written instructions pursuant to the
first sentence of this clause (b), such U.S. Credit Party shall as promptly as
possible deposit such Proceeds into the Cash Proceeds Account. Until so
deposited, all such Proceeds shall be held in trust by the relevant U.S. Credit
Party for and as the property of the U.S. Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Finance Parties and shall not be commingled with any other funds or property
of any U.S. Credit Party; PROVIDED, however, that until a Default or an Event of
Default shall occur and receipt of the U.S. Collateral Agent's written
instructions pursuant to the first sentence of this clause (b), all collected
funds on deposit in the Cash Proceeds Account, or so much thereof as is not
required to make payment of the Finance Obligations which have become due and
payable (whether by scheduled maturity, acceleration or otherwise), shall be
withdrawn by the U.S. Collateral Agent on the next Business Day following the
day on which the U.S. Collateral Agent considers the funds deposited therein to
be collected funds and disbursed to the Borrowers or its order. Each U.S. Credit
Party hereby irrevocably consents and agrees to such disbursement. After
satisfaction of the conditions specified in this clause (b), each U.S. Credit
Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers the U.S. Collateral Agent, its
officers, employees and authorized agents to endorse and sign its name on all
checks, drafts, money orders or other media of payment so delivered, and such
endorsements or assignments shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have been made
by the relevant U.S. Credit Party prior to any endorsement or assignment thereof
by the U.S. Collateral Agent. The U.S. Collateral Agent may use any convenient
or customary means for the purpose of collecting such checks, drafts, money
orders or other media of payment.

          SECTION 2.05      REINVESTMENT FUNDS ACCOUNT.

          (a)     CREATION OF AND DEPOSITS TO THE REINVESTMENT FUNDS ACCOUNT.
Promptly upon and at all times after the receipt by any U.S. Credit Party of any
Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Disposition (other than an Excluded Asset
Disposition), Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Awards or other amounts
required to be paid to the U.S. Collateral Agent pursuant to SECTION 2.10 (c) OR
6.06(b) of the Credit Agreement, SECTION 4.11 hereof or pursuant to any similar
provision of any other Finance Document (collectively, "REINVESTMENT FUNDS"),
such U.S. Credit Party shall establish and shall thereafter maintain an
additional Securities Account (the "REINVESTMENT FUNDS ACCOUNT") at the offices
of the U.S. Collateral Agent or such other bank or other financial institution
as such U.S. Credit Party and the U.S. Collateral Agent may agree, in the name
and under the exclusive control of the U.S. Collateral Agent. If the
Reinvestment Funds Account is not maintained at an office of the U.S. Collateral
Agent, then forthwith upon the establishment of such account, the applicable
U.S. Credit Party shall notify the U.S. Collateral Agent of the location,
account name and account number of such account and shall deliver to the U.S.
Collateral Agent an Account Control Agreement with respect to such Reinvestment
Funds Account duly executed by such U.S. Credit Party and the Securities
Intermediary maintaining such Reinvestment Funds Account. Each U.S. Credit Party
hereby agrees to cause any Reinvestment Funds received from time to time after
the establishment of the Reinvestment Funds Account to be deposited therein as
set forth in this paragraph. Any Casualty Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds in
excess of $5,000,000 received from time to time by the U.S. Collateral Agent in
respect of which the U.S. Collateral Agent is an insured party and loss payee
and any other Reinvestment Funds shall be promptly deposited in the Reinvestment
Funds Account as set forth in this paragraph. Any income received with respect
to the balance from time to time standing to the credit of the Reinvestment
Funds Account, including any interest or capital gains on Liquid Investments,
shall remain, or be deposited, in the Reinvestment Funds Account until withdrawn
pursuant to clause (b) below or applied in accordance with Section 2.10(b) of
the Credit Agremeent. All right, title and interest in and to the cash amounts
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deposit from time to time in the Reinvestment Funds Account together with any
Liquid Investments from time to time made pursuant to SECTION 2.08 and any other
property or assets from time to time deposited in or credited to the
Reinvestment Funds Account shall vest in the U.S. Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Finance Parties, shall constitute part of the Collateral
hereunder and shall not constitute payment of the Finance Obligations until
applied thereto as hereinafter provided. The U.S. Collateral Agent shall apply
to repayment of the Loans those amounts on deposit in the Reinvestment Funds
Account which are required to be applied to the repayment of the Loans in
accordance with SECTION 2.10(b)(iv) AND 2.10(c) of the Credit Agreement or any
other applicable term of any Finance Document, and, unless a Default or an Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, shall promptly in accordance
with SUBSECTION (b) below release to, or upon the order of the U.S. Credit Party
in respect of which such Reinvestment Funds were delivered, those amounts on
deposit in the Reinvestment Funds Account which are not required to be so
applied or retained in the Reinvestment Funds Account pursuant to any other
provision of any Finance Document for application as provided in SUBSECTION (b)
below.

          (b)     WITHDRAWALS FROM REINVESTMENT FUNDS ACCOUNT. The balance from
time to time standing to the credit of the Reinvestment Funds Account (to the
extent not applied pursuant to the last sentence of SECTION 2.05(a)) shall be
subject to withdrawal only upon the instructions of the U.S. Collateral Agent.
Except upon the occurrence and continuation of a Default or an Event of Default,
the U.S. Collateral Agent agrees to give instructions to distribute such amounts
to the applicable U.S. Credit Party at such times and in such amounts as such
U.S. Credit Party shall request for the purpose of (x) in the case of
Reinvestment Funds received on account of an Asset Disposition, reinvesting such
Reinvestment Funds in accordance with SECTION 2.10(c)(i) of the Credit Agreement
or (ii) in the case of Reinvestment Funds received on account of Casualty or
Condemnation, repairing, reconstructing or replacing the property in respect of
which such Reinvestment Funds were received or for the purpose of repaying
indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien on, or meeting other liabilities in
respect of, the property in respect of which such Reinvestment Funds were
received, all in accordance with SECTION 2.10(c)(ii) of the Credit Agreement.
Each U.S. Credit Party hereby irrevocably consents and agrees to such
distribution. To the extent required by any Finance Document, any such request
shall be accompanied by a certificate of the chief executive officer or chief
financial officer of such U.S. Credit Party setting forth in detail reasonably
satisfactory to the U.S. Collateral Agent the reinvestment, repair,
reconstruction or replacement for which such funds will be expended. If
immediately available cash on deposit in the Reinvestment Funds Account is not
sufficient to make any distribution to a U.S. Credit Party referred to in the
previous sentence of this SECTION 2.05(b), the U.S. Collateral Agent shall cause
to be liquidated as promptly as practicable such Liquid Investments in the
Reinvestment Funds Account designated by such U.S. Credit Party and the
Borrowers as are required to obtain sufficient cash to make such distribution
and, notwithstanding any other provision of this ARTICLE II, such distribution
shall not be made until such liquidation has taken place. Upon the occurrence
and continuation of an Event of Default, the U.S. Collateral Agent may apply or
cause to be applied (subject to collection) any or all of the balance from time
to time standing to the credit of the Reinvestment Funds Account in the manner
specified in SECTION 5.04 hereof.

          SECTION 2.06      LC CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT. All amounts required to
be deposited by any U.S. Credit Party as cash collateral for LC Obligations
pursuant to SECTION 2.10(b)(i), (ii) or (iii) or SECTION 8.02(c) of the Credit
Agreement, any similar provision of any other Finance Document or pursuant to
SECTION 5.04 hereof shall be deposited in a Securities Account (the "LC CASH
COLLATERAL ACCOUNT") established and maintained by such U.S. Credit Party at the
offices of the U.S. Collateral Agent or such other bank or other financial
institution as such U.S. Credit Party and the U.S. Collateral Agent may agree,
in the name and under the exclusive control of the U.S. Collateral Agent. If the
LC Cash Collateral Account is not maintained at an office of the U.S. Collateral
Agent, then forthwith upon the establishment of such account, the applicable
U.S. Credit Party shall notify the U.S. Collateral Agent of the location,
account name and account number of such account and shall deliver to the U.S.
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Agent an Account Control Agreement with respect to such LC Cash Collateral
Account duly executed by such U.S. Credit Party and the Securities Intermediary
maintaining such LC Cash Collateral Account. Any income received with respect to
the balance from time to time standing to the credit of the LC Cash Collateral
Account, including any interest or capital gains on Liquid Investments, shall
remain, or be deposited, in the LC Cash Collateral Account. All right, title and
interest in and to the cash amounts on deposit from time to time in the LC Cash
Collateral Account together with any Liquid Investments from time to time made
pursuant to SECTION 2.08 and any other property or assets from time to time
deposited in or credited to the LC Cash Collateral Account shall vest in and be
under the sole dominion and control of the U.S. Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Finance Parties, shall constitute part of the Collateral hereunder and
shall not constitute payment of the Finance Obligations until applied thereto as
hereinafter provided. If and when any portion of the LC Obligations on which any
deposit in the LC Cash Collateral Account was based (the "RELEVANT CONTINGENT
EXPOSURE") shall become fixed (a "DIRECT EXPOSURE") as a result of the payment
by the Issuing Lender with respect thereto of a draft presented under any Letter
of Credit, the amount of such Direct Exposure (but not more than the amount in
the LC Cash Collateral Account at the time) shall be withdrawn by the U.S.
Collateral Agent from the LC Cash Collateral Account and shall be paid to the
relevant Administrative Agent for application pursuant to the Credit Agreement,
and the Relevant Contingent Exposure shall thereupon be reduced by such amount.
In addition, funds will be released from the LC Cash Collateral Account at such
times and in such amounts as provided in SECTION 2.05(r) of the Credit
Agreement. Each U.S. Credit Party hereby irrevocably consents and agrees to each
such distribution. If a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, the excess of the funds in the LC Cash Collateral Account over
the Relevant Contingent Exposure shall be retained in the LC Cash Collateral
Account and, upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, may be
withdrawn by the U.S. Collateral Agent and applied in the manner specified in
SECTION 5.04. If immediately available cash on deposit in the LC Cash Collateral
Account is not sufficient to make any distribution to a U.S. Credit Party
referred to in this SECTION 2.06, the U.S. Collateral Agent shall cause to be
liquidated as promptly as practicable such Liquid Investments in the Cash
Collateral Account designated by such U.S. Credit Party as are required to
obtain sufficient cash to make such distribution and, notwithstanding any other
provision of this SECTION 2.06, such distribution shall not be made until such
liquidation has taken place.

          SECTION 2.07      SINKING FUND ACCOUNT.

          (a)     All amounts required to be deposited by the Borrowers as cash
collateral pursuant to SECTION 2.10(b)(xiii) of the Credit Agreement or any
similar provision of any Finance Document shall be deposited (the aggregate
amounts deposited by virtue of this sentence being the "AGGREGATE DEPOSITS") in
a Securities Account (the "SINKING FUND ACCOUNT") established and maintained by
the Parent Borrower at the offices of such bank or other financial institution
as the Parent Borrower and the U.S. Collateral Agent may agree, over which the
U.S. Collateral Agent shall have a fully perfected first priority security
interest, including the exclusive right of withdrawal for application in
accordance with this SECTION 2.07. Upon the establishment of such account, the
U.S. Credit Party so required to make such deposit shall notify the U.S.
Collateral Agent of the location, account name and account number of such
account and shall deliver to the U.S. Collateral Agent an Account Control
Agreement with respect to such Sinking Fund Account duly executed by the Parent
Borrower and the Securities Intermediary maintaining such Sinking Fund Account.
All right, title and interest in and to the cash amounts on deposit from time to
time in the Sinking Account, together with any Liquid Investments from time to
time deposited in or credited to the Sinking Account, shall constitute part of
the Collateral hereunder and shall not constitute payment of the Finance
Obligations until applied thereto as hereinafter provided.

          (b)     The Aggregate Deposits can be withdrawn by the Parent Borrower
on the occurrence of the first of : (i) the Parent Borrower having fulfilled all
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SECTION 2.10(b)(x) of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) all outstanding Term B
Loans, with respect to which amounts have been deposited in the Sinking Fund
Account, have been paid in full. If the Parent Borrower does not fulfill all of
its obligations described in SECTION 2.10(b)(x) of the Credit Agreement within
five (5) Business Days following the Catch-Up Date (as defined in the Credit
Agreement), the U.S. Collateral Agent may withdraw such amounts in the Sinking
Fund Account necessary to fulfill the Parent Borrower's obligations established
in SECTION 2.10(b)(x) of the Credit Agreement. The Term B Administrative Agent
shall apply any cash deposited in the Sinking Fund Account that is withdrawn by
the U.S. Collateral Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence to prepay the Term
B Loans. The U.S. Collateral Agent will, on the instructions of the Parent
Borrower, invest amounts on deposit in the Sinking Fund Account in Liquid
Investments. The Parent Borrower may, upon giving prior written notice to the
U.S. Collateral Agent, withdraw interest and profits (including capital gains)
on the Investments from the cash on deposit in such account. The Parent Borrower
shall have the obligation to ensure that the aggregate value of the Sinking Fund
Account is not less than the Aggregate Deposits and shall contribute to the
Sinking Fund Account an amount to cover any deficiency as and when required by
the U.S. Collateral Agent. Other than any interest and profits (including
capital gains) earned on such Investments, the Sinking Fund Account shall not
bear interest. If the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated pursuant to
SECTION 8.02 of the Credit Agreement, the Term B Administrative Agent may, in
its sole discretion, cause the U.S. Collateral Agent to withdraw amounts on
deposit in the Sinking Fund Account and apply such funds to satisfy any of the
Senior Obligations.

          SECTION 2.08      INVESTMENT OF FUNDS IN COLLATERAL ACCOUNTS. Amounts
on deposit in the Collateral Accounts shall be invested and re-invested from
time to time in such Liquid Investments as the Parent Borrower shall determine,
which Liquid Investments, other than in the case of the Sinking Fund Account,
shall be held in the name and be under the control of the U.S. Collateral Agent;
PROVIDED that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the U.S.
Collateral Agent may liquidate any such Liquid Investments and apply or cause to
be applied the proceeds thereof in the manner specified in SECTION 5.04. For
this purpose, "LIQUID INVESTMENTS" means Cash Equivalents maturing within 30
days after a Cash Equivalent is acquired by the U.S. Collateral Agent and, in
the case of SECTION 2.07 only, other Investments otherwise permitted by the
Credit Agreement, in each case that mature or that can be liquidated for their
cash value on or prior to the Catch-up Date (as such term is defined in the
Credit Agreement), PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) no Investment will be made that,
in the sole judgment of the U.S. Collateral Agent, would have required or caused
the U.S. Collateral Agent, had the U.S. Collateral Agent made the Investment, to
be in, or would result in any, violation of any Law, (ii) Investments permitted
under this SECTION 2.08 shall be subjected to a first priority perfected
security interest in favor of the U.S. Collateral Agent and (iii) if any Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the selection of such
Investments permitted under this SECTION 2.08 shall be in the sole discretion of
the U.S. Collateral Agent.

                                   ARTICLE III
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          Each U.S. Credit Party represents and warrants that:

          SECTION 3.01      TITLE TO COLLATERAL. Such U.S. Credit Party has good
and marketable title to, or valid license, leasehold or similar interests in,
all of the Collateral in which it has granted a security interest hereunder,
free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens. Such U.S. Credit Party
has taken all actions necessary under the UCC to perfect its interest in any
Receivables purchased by or assigned to it, as against its assignors and
creditors of its assignors. Other than financing statements or other similar or
equivalent documents or instruments with respect to the Security Interests,
Permitted Liens and Liens securing indebtedness to be repaid with the proceeds
of the Finance Obligations and in respect of which the Administrative Agents
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under local Law to effect the termination of such Liens, no financing statement,
mortgage, security agreement or similar or equivalent document or instrument
covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any
jurisdiction in which such filing or recording would be effective to perfect a
Lien on such Collateral. No Collateral is in the possession or control of any
Person (other than a U.S. Credit Party) asserting any claim thereto or security
interest therein, except that the U.S. Collateral Agent or its designee may have
possession and/or control of Collateral as contemplated hereby and by the other
Finance Documents.

          SECTION 3.02      VALIDITY, PERFECTION AND PRIORITY OF SECURITY
INTERESTS.

          (a)     The Security Interests constitute valid security interests
under the UCC securing the Finance Obligations.

          (b)     When UCC financing statements containing a description of the
Collateral in the form specified in EXHIBIT F hereto shall have been filed in
the offices specified in SCHEDULE 4.01 hereto, the Security Interests will
constitute perfected security interests in all right, title and interest of such
U.S. Credit Party in the Collateral to the extent that a security interest
therein may be perfected by filing pursuant to the UCC, prior to all other Liens
and rights of others therein except for Permitted Liens.

          (c)     When each Patent and Trademark Assignment has been filed with
the United States Patent and Trademark Office and each Copyright Assignment has
been filed with the United States Copyright Office, the Security Interests will
constitute perfected security interests in all right, title and interest of such
U.S. Credit Party in the Recordable Intellectual Property therein described to
the extent that a security interest therein may be perfected by such filing
pursuant to applicable Law, prior to all other Liens and rights of others
therein except for Permitted Liens.

          (d)     When each Account Control Agreement has been executed and
delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent, the Security Interests will constitute
perfected security interests in all right, title and interest of the U.S. Credit
Parties in the Deposit Accounts (other than Individual Store Accounts) and
Securities Accounts, as applicable, subject thereto, prior to all other Liens
and rights of others therein and subject to no adverse claims except for
Permitted Liens.

          (e)     When each consent substantially in the form of EXHIBIT F
hereto has been executed and delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent, the
Security Interests shall constitute perfected security interests in all right,
title and interest of such U.S. Credit Party in the Letter-of-Credit Rights
referred to therein, prior to all other Liens and rights of others therein
except for Permitted Liens.

          (f)     So long as such U.S. Credit Party is in compliance with the
provisions of SECTION 4.15, the Security Interests shall constitute perfected
security interests in all right, title and interest of such U.S. Credit Party in
all electronic Chattel Paper, prior to all other Liens and rights of others
therein except for Permitted Liens.

          SECTION 3.03      FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT. All of such U.S. Credit
Party's Inventory has or will have been produced in compliance with the
applicable requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended from time to
time, or any successor statute, and regulations promulgated thereunder except to
the extent that noncompliance therewith could not reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect.

          SECTION 3.04      RECEIVABLES. With respect to each material
Receivable of such U.S. Credit Party, all material records, papers and documents
relating thereto (if any) are genuine and in all respects what they purport to
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valid and binding obligations of the respective Account Debtor, subject to
adjustments customary in the business of such U.S. Credit Party, with respect to
unpaid indebtedness or other monetary obligations incurred by such Account
Debtor in respect of the performance of labor or services, the sale, lease,
license, assignment, exchange and delivery of the merchandise or other property
listed therein, the incurrence of a secondary obligation as set forth therein or
the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with
such a card or any combination of the foregoing, and (ii) are the only original
writings evidencing and embodying such obligations of the Account Debtor named
therein (other than copies created for general accounting purposes) and are in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal, state and local
Laws and applicable Laws of any relevant foreign jurisdiction.

          SECTION 3.05      NO CONSENTS. No consent of any other Person
(including, without limitation, any stockholder or creditor of such U.S. Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries) and no order, consent, approval, license,
authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or
exemption by any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained by such U.S.
Credit Party in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement, or in connection with the exercise of the rights and remedies of the
U.S. Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, except (i) as may be required
to perfect (as described in SCHEDULE 4.01 hereto) and maintain the perfection of
the security interests created hereby, (ii) with respect to vehicles represented
by a certificate of title, (iii) with respect to Receivables subject to the
Federal Assignment of Claims Act or (iv) in connection with the disposition of
the Collateral by Laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the registration of Copyrights in the United States
Copyright Office may be required to obtain a security interest therein that is
effective against subsequent transferees under United States Federal copyright
law and (ii) to the extent that recordation of the Security Interests in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office
is necessary to perfect the Security Interests or to render the Security
Interests effective against subsequent third parties, such recordations will not
have been made with respect to the items that are not Recordable Intellectual
Property.

          SECTION 3.06      DEPOSIT AND SECURITIES ACCOUNTS. SCHEDULE 3.06
hereto sets forth as of the date hereof a complete and correct list of each U.S.
Credit Party's Deposit Accounts, Individual Store Accounts and Securities
Accounts, the name and address of the financial institution which maintains each
such account and the purpose for which such account is used.

          SECTION 3.07      REPURCHASE AGREEMENT. (i) the Repurchase Agreement
has not been amended or modified, nor has any condition thereof been waived by
the U.S. Borrower or the Parent Borrower in a manner adverse in any material
respect to the rights or interests of the Lenders, and (ii) no event of default
has occurred thereunder.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    COVENANTS

          Each U.S. Credit Party covenants and agrees that until the payment in
full of all Finance Obligations and until there is no commitment by any Finance
Party to make further advances, incur obligations or otherwise give value, such
U.S. Credit Party will comply with the following:

          SECTION 4.01      DELIVERY OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE; INITIAL
PERFECTION AND DELIVERY OF SEARCH REPORTS. Such U.S. Credit Party has (i)
delivered its Perfection Certificate to the U.S. Collateral Agent, (ii)
delivered, or will deliver as required by Section 6.10(f) of the Credit
Agreement, to the U.S. Collateral Agent a fully executed Account Control
Agreement with respect to each of its Deposit Accounts (other than Exempt
Deposit Accounts and Individual Store Accounts) and Securities Accounts, (iii)
delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent a fully executed consent substantially in
the form of EXHIBIT E hereto with respect to each of its Letter-of-Credit Rights
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specified in SCHEDULE 4.01 hereto to have been completed. The information set
forth in the Perfection Certificate shall be correct and complete as of the
Closing Date.

          SECTION 4.02      CHANGE OF NAME, IDENTITY, STRUCTURE OR LOCATION;
SUBJECTION TO OTHER SECURITY AGREEMENTS. Except pursuant to Asset Dispositions
permitted by the Credit Agreement, such U.S. Credit Party will not change its
name, identity, structure or location (determined as provided in Section 9-307
of the UCC) in any manner, and shall not become bound, as provided in Section
9-203(d) of the UCC, by a security agreement entered into by another Person, in
each case unless it shall have given the U.S. Collateral Agent not less than 30
days' prior notice thereof. Except pursuant to Asset Dispositions permitted by
the Credit Agreement, such U.S. Credit Party shall not in any event change the
location of any Collateral or its name, identity, structure or location
(determined as provided in Section 9-307 of the UCC), or become bound, as
provided in Section 9-203(d) of the UCC, by a security agreement entered into by
another Person, if such change would cause the Security Interests in any
Collateral to lapse or cease to be perfected unless such U.S. Credit Party has
taken on or before the date of lapse all actions necessary to ensure that the
Security Interests in the Collateral do not lapse or cease to be perfected.

          SECTION 4.03      FURTHER ACTIONS. Such U.S. Credit Party will, from
time to time at its expense and in such manner and form as the U.S. Collateral
Agent may reasonably request, execute, deliver, file and record any financing
statement, specific assignment, instrument, document, agreement or other paper
and take any other action (including, without limitation, any filings of
financing or continuation statements under the UCC and any filings with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright
Office) that from time to time may be necessary or advisable under the UCC or
with respect to Recordable Intellectual Property, or that the U.S. Collateral
Agent may reasonably request, in order to create, preserve, perfect, confirm or
validate the Security Interests or to enable the U.S. Collateral Agent and the
Finance Parties to obtain the full benefit of this Agreement or to exercise and
enforce any of its rights, powers and remedies created hereunder or under
applicable Law with respect to any of the Collateral it being understood and
agreed that no Account Control Agreements need to be delivered with respect to
the Individual Store Accounts. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, such
U.S. Credit Party hereby authorizes the U.S. Collateral Agent to file, in the
name of such U.S. Credit Party or otherwise and without the signature or other
separate authorization or authentication of such U.S. Credit Party appearing
thereon, such UCC financing statements or continuation statements as the U.S.
Collateral Agent in its sole discretion may deem necessary or appropriate to
further perfect or maintain the perfection of the Security Interests. Such U.S.
Credit Party hereby authorizes the U.S. Collateral Agent to file financing and
continuation statements describing as the Collateral covered thereby "all of the
debtor's personal property and assets" or words to similar effect,
notwithstanding that such description may be broader in scope than the
Collateral described in this Agreement. Such U.S. Credit Party agrees that a
carbon, photographic, photostatic or other reproduction of this Agreement or of
a financing statement is sufficient as a financing statement. The U.S. Credit
Parties shall pay the costs of, or incidental to, any recording or filing of any
financing or continuation statements or other assignment documents concerning
the Collateral.

          SECTION 4.04      COLLATERAL IN POSSESSION OF OTHER PERSONS, LEASED
REAL PROPERTY LOCATIONS. If any of such U.S. Credit Party's Collateral is at any
time in the possession or control of any warehouseman, vendor, bailee or any
agents or processors of any U.S. Credit Party, such U.S. Credit Party shall (i)
notify such warehouseman, vendor, bailee, agent or processor of the Security
Interests created hereby, (ii) instruct such warehouseman, vendor, bailee, agent
or processor to hold all such Collateral for the U.S. Collateral Agent's account
and subject to the U.S. Collateral Agent's instructions, and (iii) use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such warehouseman, vendor, bailee,
agent or processor to authenticate a record acknowledging that it holds
possession of such Collateral for the benefit of the U.S. Collateral Agent and
the Finance Parties and make such authenticated record available

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to the U.S. Collateral Agent. Such U.S. Credit Party agrees that if any
warehouse receipt or receipt in the nature of a warehouse receipt is issued with
respect to any of its Inventory, such warehouse receipt or receipt in the nature
thereof shall not be "negotiable" (as such term is used in Section 7-104 of the
UCC as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction or under other relevant Law). If
any U.S. Credit Party enters into any lease of Material Real Property after the
date hereof, such U.S. Credit Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain waivers from the landlords of all such real estate, substantially in the
form of EXHIBIT D hereto or in such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable
to the U.S. Collateral Agent.

          SECTION 4.05      BOOKS AND RECORDS. Such U.S. Credit Party shall keep
full and accurate books and records relating to the Collateral, including, but
not limited to, the originals of all documentation with respect thereto, records
of all payments received, all credits granted thereon, all merchandise returned
and all other dealings therewith, and such U.S. Credit Party will make the same
available to the U.S. Collateral Agent for inspection, as required by SECTION
6.09 of the Credit Agreement. Upon direction by the U.S. Collateral Agent, such
U.S. Credit Party shall stamp or otherwise mark such books and records in such
manner as the U.S. Collateral Agent may reasonably require in order to reflect
the Security Interests.

          SECTION 4.06      DELIVERY OF INSTRUMENTS, ETC. Such U.S. Credit Party
will immediately deliver each Instrument and each Certificated Security (other
than (i) Cash Equivalents held in a Deposit Account or a Securities Account and
subject to an effective Account Control Agreement as required by SECTION 4.14
hereof and (ii) Instruments or Certificated Securities received in connection
with bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement
of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers
in the ordinary course of business having individually, a face amount of less
than $750,000 in the case of Instruments or Certificated Securities subject to
this CLAUSE (ii)) to the U.S. Collateral Agent, appropriately indorsed to the
U.S. Collateral Agent; PROVIDED that so long as no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, and except as required by any other
Finance Document, such U.S. Credit Party may (unless otherwise provided in
SECTION 2.04(b)) retain for collection in the ordinary course of business any
checks, drafts and other Instruments received by it in the ordinary course of
business, and the U.S. Collateral Agent shall, promptly upon request of such
U.S. Credit Party, make appropriate arrangements for making any other Instrument
or Certificated Security pledged by such U.S. Credit Party available to it for
purposes of presentation, collection or renewal (any such arrangement to be
effected, to the extent deemed appropriate to the U.S. Collateral Agent, against
trust receipt or like document).

          SECTION 4.07      COLLECTION AND VERIFICATION OF RECEIVABLES.

          (a)     COLLECTION OF RECEIVABLES. Such U.S. Credit Party shall not
rescind or cancel any material indebtedness or material obligation evidenced by
any material Receivable, modify, make adjustments to, extend, renew, compromise
or settle any material dispute, claim, suit or legal proceeding relating to, or
sell or assign, any material Receivable, or interest therein, without the prior
written consent of the U.S. Collateral Agent, except that, subject to the rights
of the U.S. Collateral Agent and the Finance Parties hereunder, notwithstanding
the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, such U.S. Credit Party
may allow as adjustments to amounts owing under its Receivables (i) an extension
or renewal of the time or times of payment, or settlement for less than the
total unpaid balance, which such U.S. Credit Party finds appropriate in
accordance with sound business judgment and (ii) a refund or credit due as a
result of returned or damaged merchandise, all in accordance with such U.S.
Credit Party's ordinary course of business consistent with its historical
collection practices. The costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees) of collection of Receivables, whether incurred by such U.S.
Credit Party or the U.S. Collateral Agent, shall be borne by the U.S. Credit
Parties.

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          (b)     VERIFICATION OF RECEIVABLES. Upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, the U.S. Collateral Agent shall have the
right to make test verifications of Receivables in any manner and through any
medium that it considers advisable, and each U.S. Credit Party agrees to furnish
all such assistance and information as the U.S. Collateral Agent may require in
connection therewith. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, each U.S. Credit Party, at its own expense, will cause its financial
officer to furnish to the U.S. Collateral Agent at any time and from time to
time promptly upon the U.S. Collateral Agent's request (i) a reconciliation of
all Receivables, (ii) an aging of all Receivables, (iii) trail balances and (iv)
a test verification of such Receivables as the U.S. Collateral Agent may
request.

          SECTION 4.08      NOTIFICATION TO ACCOUNT DEBTORS. Upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of any Event of Default and if so requested by the
U.S. Collateral Agent, such U.S. Credit Party will promptly notify (and such
U.S. Credit Party hereby authorizes the U.S. Collateral Agent so to notify) each
Account Debtor in respect of any Receivable that such Collateral has been
assigned to the U.S. Collateral Agent hereunder for the benefit of the Finance
Parties, and that any payments due or to become due in respect of such
Collateral are to be made by such Account Debtor and any other Person via direct
wire transfer to the U.S. Collateral Agent or its designee in accordance with
SECTION 2.04 hereof.

          SECTION 4.09      CERTIFICATES OF TITLE; FIXTURES. If requested by the
U.S. Collateral Agent, such U.S. Credit Party shall (i) on or prior to the
Closing Date, in the case of Equipment constituting one or more titled vehicles
now owned with a fair market value exceeding $50,000, and (ii) within 30 days
after acquiring any other Equipment constituting one or more titled vehicles
with a fair market value exceeding $50,000, deliver to the U.S. Collateral Agent
any and all certificates of title, applications for title or similar evidence of
ownership of such Equipment and shall cause the U.S. Collateral Agent to be
named as lienholder on any such certificate of title or other evidence of
ownership.

          SECTION 4.10      DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL. Such U.S. Credit Party
will not sell, lease, exchange, license, assign or otherwise dispose of, or
grant any option with respect to, any Collateral or create or suffer to exist
any Lien (other than the Security Interests and Permitted Liens) on any
Collateral except that, subject to the rights of the U.S. Collateral Agent and
the Finance Parties hereunder if a Default or an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, such U.S. Credit Party may sell, lease, exchange,
license, assign or otherwise dispose of, or grant options with respect to,
Collateral to the extent expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, whereupon,
in the case of any such disposition, the Security Interests created hereby in
such item (but not in any Proceeds arising from such disposition) shall cease
immediately without any further action on the part of the U.S. Collateral Agent.

          SECTION 4.11      INSURANCE. Prior to the Closing Date, such U.S.
Credit Party will cause the U.S. Collateral Agent (together with the Canadian
Collateral Agent) to be named as an insured party and loss payee, effective at
all times on and after the Closing Date, on each insurance policy covering risks
relating to any of its Inventory and Equipment. Each such insurance policy shall
include effective waivers by the insurer of all claims for insurance premiums
against the U.S. Collateral Agent and the Finance Parties, provide for coverage
to the U.S. Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties regardless
of the breach by such U.S. Credit Party of any warranty or representation made
therein, not be subject to co-insurance, provide that all insurance proceeds in
excess of $5,000,000 per claim shall be adjusted with and payable to the U.S.
Collateral Agent (for payment to the relevant Administrative Agent for
application as required by SECTION 2.10(b), (c) or 6.06(b) of the Credit
Agreement, if then in effect, or otherwise as contemplated by the other Finance
Documents) and provide that no cancellation, termination or material
modification thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days after receipt by
the U.S. Collateral Agent of notice thereof. Such U.S. Credit Party hereby
appoints the U.S. Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact, effective during the
continuance of an Event of Default, to make proof of loss, claims for

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insurance and adjustments with insurers, and to execute or endorse all
documents, checks or drafts in connection with payments made as a result of any
insurance policies.

          Such U.S. Credit Party assumes all liability and responsibility in
connection with the Collateral acquired by it and the liability of such U.S.
Credit Party to pay the Finance Obligations shall in no way be affected or
diminished by reason of the fact that such Collateral may be lost, destroyed,
stolen, damaged or for any reason whatsoever unavailable to such U.S. Credit
Party.

          SECTION 4.12      INFORMATION REGARDING COLLATERAL. Such U.S. Credit
Party will, promptly upon request, provide to the U.S. Collateral Agent all
information and evidence it may reasonably request concerning the Collateral to
enable the U.S. Collateral Agent to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.

          SECTION 4.13      COVENANTS REGARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

          (a)     Such U.S. Credit Party (either itself or through licensees)
will, for each Patent, not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any Patent
may become invalidated or dedicated to the public, and shall continue to mark
any products covered by a Patent with the relevant patent number or indication
that a Patent is pending as required by the patent laws, unless such U.S. Credit
Party shall reasonably and in good faith determine (and notice of such
determination shall have been delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent) that any
of the Patent is of negligible economic value to such U.S. Credit Party.

          (b)     Such U.S. Credit Party (either itself or, if permitted by Law,
through its licensees or its sublicensees) will, for each Trademark that is in
use, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of
abandonment or invalidity from non-use, material alteration, naked licensing or
genericide, unless such U.S. Credit Party shall reasonably and in good faith
determine (and notice of such determination shall have been delivered to the
U.S. Collateral Agent) that any of the Trademarks is of negligible economic
value to such U.S. Credit Party, (ii) maintain the quality of products and
services offered under such Trademark in a manner substantially consistent with
or better than the quality of such products and services as of the date hereof,
(iii) display such Trademark with proper notice consistent with past practices,
including notice of federal registration, (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly
permit the use of such Trademark in violation of any third party rights, (v) not
permit any assignment in gross of such Trademark, unless such U.S. Credit Party
shall reasonably and in good faith determine (and notice of such determination
shall have been delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent) that any of the
Trademarks is of negligible economic value to such U.S. Credit Party and (vi)
allow the U.S. Collateral Agent and its designees the right, at any time and
from time to time, to inspect such U.S. Credit Party's premises and to examine
and observe such U.S. Credit Party's books, records and operations, including,
without limitation, its quality control processes, upon reasonable notice and at
such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested.

          (c)     Such U.S. Credit Party (either itself or through licensees or
sublicensees) will, for each work covered by a Copyright material to the conduct
of its business, continue to publish, reproduce, display, adopt and distribute
the work with appropriate copyright notice.

          (d)     Such U.S. Credit Party shall promptly notify the U.S.
Collateral Agent if a Responsible Officer (or, including without limitation,
general counsel or equivalent) knows or has reason to know that any Patent,
Trademark or Copyright (or any application or registration relating thereto) may
become abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse determination or
development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court) regarding
such U.S. Credit Party's ownership of any Patent, Trademark, Copyright or
Software, its right to register

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the same or to keep, use or maintain the same unless such U.S. Credit Party
shall reasonably and in good faith determine (and notice of such determination
shall have been delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent) that any of the Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights is of negligible economic value to such U.S. Credit
Party.

          (e)     Unless such U.S. Credit Party shall reasonably and in good
faith determine (and notice of such determination shall have been delivered to
the U.S. Collateral Agent) that any of the Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights is
of negligible economic value to such U.S. Credit Party, such U.S. Credit Party
will take all necessary steps to file, maintain and pursue each application
relating to the Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights (and to obtain the
relevant grant or registration) and to preserve and maintain all common law
rights in any Trademarks and each registration of the Patents, Trademarks and
Copyrights, including filing and paying fees for applications for renewal,
reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, affidavits of use,
affidavits of incontestability and maintenance, and, unless such U.S. Credit
Party shall reasonably determine that any such action would be of negligible
economic value, to initiate opposition, interference, reexamination and
cancellation proceedings against third parties that conflict with a Patent,
Trademark or Copyright.

          (f)     If any rights to any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Software or
License relating thereto is believed infringed, misappropriated, breached or
diluted by a third party, such U.S. Credit Party shall notify the U.S.
Collateral Agent promptly after a Responsible Officer (or, including without
limitation, general counsel or equivalent) obtains knowledge thereof and shall,
unless such U.S. Credit Party shall reasonably determine that any such action
would be of negligible economic value, promptly sue for infringement,
misappropriation, breach or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such
infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and take such other actions as such
U.S. Credit Party shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to
protect such Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Software or License unless such U.S.
Credit Party shall reasonably and in good faith determine (and notice of such
determination shall have been delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent) that any
of the Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights is of negligible economic value to
such U.S. Credit Party.

          (g)     Within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the
Parent Borrower, each U.S. Credit Party will (i) inform the U.S. Collateral
Agent of all applications for Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights filed during
such fiscal quarter by such U.S. Credit Party or by any agent, employee,
licensee or delegate on its behalf with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or the United States Copyright Office or any office or agency in any
political subdivision of the United States or in any other country or any
political subdivision thereof and (ii) upon request of the U.S. Collateral
Agent, execute any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the
U.S. Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Security Interests
in such application, any resulting Patent, Trademark or Copyright and the
goodwill or accounts and general intangibles of such U.S. Credit Party relating
thereto or represented thereby, and such U.S. Credit Party hereby appoints the
U.S. Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact to execute and file such writings for
the foregoing purposes.

          (h)     As to all material Licenses (excluding non-exclusive Licenses
of Software) entered into after the date hereof with any third party licensor,
such U.S. Credit Party will use commercially reasonable and good faith efforts
to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licensor to effect the
assignment of all of such U.S. Credit Party's right, title and interest
thereunder to the U.S. Collateral Agent or its designee and to effect the
sub-license contemplated under SECTION 5.02(c) upon and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, and such U.S. Credit Party shall provide immediate
written notice to the U.S. Collateral Agent upon failure to obtain any such
consent or approval.

          (i)     Such U.S. Credit Party has taken, and shall take all actions
(and cause all other Persons, including licensees, to the extent such other
Persons are subject to its control) which are

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necessary or advisable to protect, preserve and confirm the validity, priority,
perfection or enforcement of the rights granted to the U.S. Collateral Agent
under this Agreement and (iii) give the U.S. Collateral Agent prompt written
notice in accordance with 4.13(g) above, if, after the date hereof, such U.S.
Credit Party shall obtain rights to any Trademarks, Patents or Copyrights, or
enter into any new license agreements regarding any of the foregoing, and such
U.S. Credit Party hereby agrees that the provisions of this Agreement shall
automatically apply thereto. Such U.S. Credit Party will use commercially
reasonable efforts so as not to permit the inclusion in any material contract or
agreement governing or relating to any Trademarks, Patents or Copyrights
obtained after the date hereof or any license agreements entered into after the
date hereof relating to any of the foregoing of any provisions that could or
might in any way prevent or materially impair the creation of a security
interest in, or the assignment of, such U.S. Credit Party's rights and interests
therein. Such U.S. Credit Party will execute any and all agreements,
instruments, documents and papers as the U.S. Collateral Agent may request to
evidence the Security Interests in any Patent, Trademark or Copyright (or
application therefor) and the goodwill or accounts and general intangibles of
such U.S. Credit Party relating thereto or represented thereby, and such U.S.
Credit Party hereby appoints the U.S. Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact to
execute and file such writings for the foregoing purposes.

          SECTION 4.14      DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS AND SECURITIES ACCOUNTS. No U.S.
Credit Party shall establish after the date hereof or permit to exist any
Deposit Account (except for Exempt Deposit Accounts and Individual Store
Accounts) or any Securities Account (except any such account maintained with the
U.S. Collateral Agent or constituting Collateral Accounts) without promptly
delivering to the U.S. Collateral Agent a fully executed Account Control
Agreement with respect to such account. Subject to SECTION 2.04(b) hereof and
the rights of the U.S. Collateral Agent under ARTICLE V hereof, each U.S. Credit
Party shall cause all Proceeds of Collateral hereunder to be deposited in a
Deposit Account maintained with the U.S. Collateral Agent or with respect to
which an effective Account Control Agreement has been delivered to the U.S.
Collateral Agent. No U.S. Credit Party shall permit the aggregate amount of
overnight funds on deposit in all Exempt Deposit Accounts and Individual Store
Accounts to exceed $5,000,000.

          SECTION 4.15      ELECTRONIC CHATTEL PAPER. Such U.S. Credit Party
shall create, store and otherwise maintain all records comprising electronic
Chattel Paper in a manner such that: (i) a single authoritative copy of each
such record exists which is unique, identifiable and, except as provided in
CLAUSES (iv), (v) AND (vi) below, unalterable, (ii) the authoritative copy of
each such record shall identify the U.S. Collateral Agent as the assignee
thereof, (iii) the authoritative copy of each such record is communicated to and
maintained by the U.S. Collateral Agent or its designee, (iv) copies or
revisions that add or change any assignees of such record can be made only with
the participation of the U.S. Collateral Agent, (v) each copy (other than the
authoritative copy) of such record is readily identifiable as a copy and (vi)
any revision of the authoritative copy of such record is readily identifiable as
an authorized or unauthorized revision.

          SECTION 4.16      CLAIMS. In the event any Claim in excess of
$3,000,000, or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such amount, arises or otherwise
becomes known after the date hereof, the applicable U.S. Credit Party will
deliver to the U.S. Collateral Agent a supplement to SCHEDULE 1.01 hereto
describing such Claim and expressly subjecting such Claim, all Judgments and/or
Settlements with respect thereto and all Proceeds thereof to the Security
Interests hereunder.

          SECTION 4.17      LETTER-OF-CREDIT-RIGHTS. If any Letter-of-Credit
Rights are hereafter acquired by any U.S. Credit Party with a face value
exceeding $750,000, the applicable U.S. Credit Party will deliver or cause to be
delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent a fully executed consent with respect
thereto substantially in the form of EXHIBIT E hereto or in such other form as
shall be reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Collateral Agent.

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          SECTION 4.18      MODIFICATION OF ASSIGNED AGREEMENTS, ETC. Such U.S.
Credit Party will not, except with the consent of the relevant Administrative
Agent, cancel or terminate any Assigned Agreement, waive any material default
under or breach of any Assigned Agreement, compromise or settle any material
dispute, Claim, suit or legal proceeding relating to any Assigned Agreement,
sell or assign any Assigned Agreement or interest therein, consent to or permit
or accept any prepayment of amounts to become due under or in connection with
any Assigned Agreement, except as expressly provided therein, or take any other
action in connection with any Assigned Agreement which would impair the value of
the interests or rights of such U.S. Credit Party thereunder or which would
materially impair the interests or rights of the U.S. Collateral Agent under
this Agreement, except that, unless the U.S. Collateral Agent shall have
notified such U.S. Credit Party upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of
Default that this exception is no longer applicable, such U.S. Credit Party may
modify, make adjustments with respect to, extend or renew any Assigned
Agreements in the ordinary course of business.

                                    ARTICLE V
                           GENERAL AUTHORITY; REMEDIES

          SECTION 5.01      GENERAL AUTHORITY. Each U.S. Credit Party hereby
irrevocably appoints the U.S. Collateral Agent and any officer or agent duly
appointed by the U.S. Collateral Agent as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power of substitution, in the name of such U.S. Credit Party, the U.S.
Collateral Agent, the Finance Parties or otherwise, for the sole use and benefit
of the U.S. Collateral Agent and the Finance Parties, but at such U.S. Credit
Party's expense, to the extent permitted by Law, to exercise at any time and
from time to time while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing all
or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of the Collateral, all
acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; such power, being
coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until the Finance Obligations are paid
in full and until there is no commitment by any Finance Parties to make further
advances, incur obligations or otherwise give value:

                  (i)       to take any and all appropriate action and to
     execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or
     desirable to carry out the terms of this Agreement;

                  (ii)      to receive, take, indorse, assign and deliver any
     and all checks, notes, drafts, acceptances, documents and other negotiable
     and non-negotiable Instruments taken or received by such U.S. Credit Party
     as, or in connection with, Collateral;

                  (iii)     to accelerate any Receivable which may be
     accelerated in accordance with its terms, and to otherwise demand, sue for,
     collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all monies due or to
     become due on or by virtue of any Collateral;

                  (iv)      to commence, settle, compromise, compound,
     prosecute, defend or adjust any Claim, suit, action or proceeding with
     respect to, or in connection with, the Collateral;

                  (v)       to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or
     with the Collateral or the Proceeds or avails thereof, including, without
     limitation, for the implementation of any assignment, lease, License,
     sublicense, grant of option, sale or other disposition of any Patent,
     Trademark, Copyright or Software or any action related thereto, as fully
     and effectually as if the U.S. Collateral Agent were the absolute owner
     thereof;

                  (vi)      to extend the time of payment of any or all of the
     Collateral and to make any allowance and other adjustments with respect
     thereto; and

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                  (vii)     to do, at its option, but at the expense of such
     U.S. Credit Party, at any time or from time to time, all acts and things
     which the U.S. Collateral Agent reasonably deems necessary to protect or
     preserve the Collateral and to realize upon the Collateral.

          SECTION 5.02      REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

          (a)     If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
U.S. Collateral Agent may, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted
to it in this Agreement and in any other agreement securing, evidencing or
relating to the Finance Obligations: (i) exercise on behalf of the Finance
Parties all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not
in effect in the jurisdiction where such rights are exercised) and, in addition,
(ii) without demand of performance or other demand or notice of any kind (except
as herein provided or as may be required by mandatory provisions of Law) to or
upon any U.S. Credit Party or any other Person (all of which demands and/or
notices are hereby waived by each U.S. Credit Party), (A) withdraw all cash and
Liquid Investments in the Collateral Accounts and apply such cash and Liquid
Investments and other cash, if any, then held by it as Collateral as specified
in SECTION 5.04, (B) give notice and take sole possession and control of all
amounts on deposit in or credited to any Deposit Account or Securities Account
pursuant to the related Account Control Agreement and apply all such funds as
specified in SECTION 5.04 and (C) if there shall be no such cash, Liquid
Investments or other amounts or if such cash, Liquid Investments and other
amounts shall be insufficient to pay all the Finance Obligations in full or
cannot be so applied for any reason or if the U.S. Collateral Agent determines
to do so, collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral and/or
sell, assign, give an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of and
deliver the Collateral (or contract to do so) or any part thereof at public or
private sale, at any office of the U.S. Collateral Agent or elsewhere in such
manner as is commercially reasonable and as the U.S. Collateral Agent may deem
best, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, without assumption of any
credit risk and at such price or prices as the U.S. Collateral Agent may deem
satisfactory.

          (b)     The U.S. Collateral Agent shall give each U.S. Credit Party
not less than 10 days' prior notice of the time and place of any sale or other
intended disposition of any of the Collateral, except any Collateral which is
perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily
sold on a recognized market. Any such notice shall (i) in the case of a public
sale, state the time and place fixed for such sale, (ii) in the case of a
private sale, state the day after which such sale may be consummated, (iii)
contain the information specified in Section 9-613 of the UCC, (iv) be
authenticated and (v) be sent to the parties required to be notified pursuant to
Section 9-611(c) of the UCC; PROVIDED that, if the U.S. Collateral Agent fails
to comply with this sentence in any respect, its liability for such failure
shall be limited to the liability (if any) imposed on it as a matter of law
under the UCC. The U.S. Collateral Agent and each U.S. Credit Party agree that
such notice constitutes reasonable notification within the meaning of Section
9-611 of the UCC. Except as otherwise provided herein, each U.S. Credit Party
hereby waives, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, notice and judicial
hearing in connection with the U.S. Collateral Agent's taking possession or
disposition of any of the Collateral.

          (c)     The U.S. Collateral Agent or any Finance Party may be the
purchaser of any or all of the Collateral so sold at any public sale (or, if the
Collateral is of a type customarily sold in a recognized market or is of a type
which is the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations, at any
private sale). Each U.S. Credit Party will execute and deliver such documents
and take such other action as the U.S. Collateral Agent reasonably deems
necessary or advisable in order that any such sale may be made in compliance
with Law. Upon any such sale, the U.S. Collateral Agent shall have the right to
deliver, assign and transfer to the purchaser thereof the Collateral so sold.
Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the Collateral so sold to it
absolutely and free from any claim or right of whatsoever kind. Any such public
sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at
such place or places as the U.S. Collateral Agent may fix in the notice of such
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may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the U.S.
Collateral Agent may determine. The U.S. Collateral Agent shall not be obligated
to make any such sale pursuant to any such notice. The U.S. Collateral Agent
may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause
the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place
fixed for the sale, and such sale may be made at any time or place to which the
same may be so adjourned without further notice. In the case of any sale of all
or any part of the Collateral on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral
so sold may be retained by the U.S. Collateral Agent until the selling price is
paid by the purchaser thereof, but the U.S. Collateral Agent shall not incur any
liability in the case of the failure of such purchaser to take up and pay for
the Collateral so sold and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may
again be sold upon like notice.

          (d)     For the purpose of enforcing any and all rights and remedies
under this Agreement, the U.S. Collateral Agent may, if any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, (i) require each U.S. Credit Party to, and each U.S.
Credit Party agrees that it will, at its expense and upon the request of the
U.S. Collateral Agent, forthwith assemble, store and keep all or any part of the
Collateral as directed by the U.S. Collateral Agent and make it available at a
place designated by the U.S. Collateral Agent which is, in the U.S. Collateral
Agent's opinion, reasonably convenient to the U.S. Collateral Agent and such
U.S. Credit Party, whether at the premises of such U.S. Credit Party or
otherwise, it being understood that such U.S. Credit Party's obligation so to
deliver the Collateral is of the essence of this Agreement and that,
accordingly, upon application to a court of equity having jurisdiction, the U.S.
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to a decree requiring specific performance by
such U.S. Credit Party of such obligation; (ii) to the extent permitted by
applicable Law, enter, with or without process of law and without breach of the
peace, any premise where any of the Collateral is or may be located, and without
charge or liability to any U.S. Credit Party, seize and remove such Collateral
from such premises; (iii) have access to and use such U.S. Credit Party's books
and records relating to the Collateral; and (iv) prior to the disposition of the
Collateral, store or transfer it without charge in or by means of any storage or
transportation facility owned or leased by such U.S. Credit Party, process,
repair or recondition it or otherwise prepare it for disposition in any manner
and to the extent the U.S. Collateral Agent deems appropriate and, in connection
with such preparation and disposition, use without charge any Intellectual
Property or technical process used by such U.S. Credit Party. The U.S.
Collateral Agent may also render any or all of the Collateral unusable at any
U.S. Credit Party's premises and may dispose of such Collateral on such premises
without liability for rent or costs.

          (e)     Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing:

                  (i)       the U.S. Collateral Agent may, subject to the
     express terms of any valid and enforceable restriction in favor of a Person
     who is not a Group Company that prohibits, or requires any consent or
     establishes any other conditions for, an assignment thereof, license, or
     sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an
     exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights
     included in the Collateral throughout the world for such term or terms, on
     such conditions and in such manner as the U.S. Collateral Agent shall
     determine subject to the requirements of the UCC in respect thereof;

                  (ii)      the U.S. Collateral Agent may (without assuming any
     obligations or liability thereunder), at any time and from time to time,
     enforce (and shall have the exclusive right to enforce) against any
     Licensee or sublicensee all rights and remedies of any U.S. Credit Party
     in, to and under any License and take or refrain from taking any action
     under any provision thereof, and each U.S. Credit Party hereby releases the
     U.S. Collateral Agent and each of the Finance Parties from, and agrees to
     hold the U.S. Collateral Agent and each of the Finance Parties

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     free and harmless from and against any claims arising out of, any lawful
     action so taken or omitted to be taken with respect thereto;

                  (iii)     upon request by the U.S. Collateral Agent, each U.S.
     Credit Party will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all
     requisite consents or approvals by the licensor or sublicensor of each
     License to effect the assignment of all of such U.S. Credit Party's right,
     title and interest thereunder to the U.S. Collateral Agent or its designee
     and will execute and deliver to the U.S. Collateral Agent a power of
     attorney, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the U.S.
     Collateral Agent, for the implementation of any lease, assignment, License,
     sublicense, grant of option, sale or other disposition of a Patent,
     Trademark or Copyright; and

                  (iv)      the U.S. Collateral Agent may direct each U.S.
     Credit Party to refrain, in which event each such U.S. Credit Party shall
     refrain, from using or practicing any Trademark, Patent or Copyright in any
     manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, and shall, if requested by the
     U.S. Collateral Agent, change such U.S. Credit Party's name to eliminate
     therefrom any use of any Trademark and will execute such other and further
     documents as the U.S. Collateral Agent may request to further confirm this
     change and transfer ownership of the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and
     registrations and any pending applications therefor to the U.S. Collateral
     Agent.

          (f)     In the event of any disposition following the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default of any Patent, Trademark or
Copyright pursuant to this Article V, each U.S. Credit Party shall supply its
know-how and expertise relating to the manufacture and sale of the products or
services bearing Trademarks or the products, services or works made or rendered
in connection with or under Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights, and its customer
lists and other records relating to such Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights and
to the distribution of said products, services or works, to the U.S. Collateral
Agent.

          (g)     If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
U.S. Collateral Agent, instead of exercising the power of sale conferred upon it
pursuant to this SECTION 5.02, may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in
equity to foreclose the Security Interests and sell the Collateral, or any
portion thereof, under a judgment or decree of a court or courts of competent
jurisdiction, and may in addition institute and maintain such suits and
proceedings as the U.S. Collateral Agent may deem appropriate to protect and
enforce the rights vested in it by this Agreement.

          (h)     If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
U.S. Collateral Agent shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, without
notice to any U.S. Credit Party or any party claiming through any U.S. Credit
Party, without regard to the solvency or insolvency at such time of any Person
then liable for the payment of any of the Finance Obligations, without regard to
the then value of the Collateral and without requiring any bond from any
complainant in such proceedings, be entitled as a matter of right to the
appointment of a receiver or receivers (who may be the U.S. Collateral Agent) of
the Collateral or any part thereof, and of the profits, revenues and other
income thereof, pending such proceedings, with such powers as the court making
such appointment shall confer, and to the entry of an order directing that the
profits, revenues and other income of the property constituting the whole or any
part of the Collateral be segregated, sequestered and impounded for the benefit
of the U.S. Collateral Agent and the Finance Parties, and each U.S. Credit Party
irrevocably consents to the appointment of such receiver or receivers and to the
entry of such order.

          (i)     Each U.S. Credit Party agrees, to the extent it may lawfully
do so, that it will not at any time in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any appraisal, valuation, stay, extension, moratorium,
turnover or redemption Law, or any Law permitting it to direct the order in

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which the Collateral shall be sold, now or at any time hereafter in force which
may delay, prevent or otherwise affect the performance or enforcement of this
Agreement, and each U.S. Credit Party hereby waives all benefit or advantage of
all such Laws. Each U.S. Credit Party covenants that it will not hinder, delay
or impede the execution of any power granted to the U.S. Collateral Agent, the
Administrative Agents or any other Finance Party in any Finance Document.

          (j)     Each U.S. Credit Party, to the extent it may lawfully do so,
on behalf of itself and all who claim through or under it, including, without
limitation, any and all subsequent creditors, vendees, assignees and lienors,
waives and releases all rights to demand or to have any marshalling of the
Collateral upon any sale, whether made under any power of sale granted herein or
pursuant to judicial proceedings or under any foreclosure or any enforcement of
this Agreement, and consents and agrees that all of the Collateral may at any
such sale be offered and sold as an entirety.

          (k)     Each U.S. Credit Party waives, to the extent permitted by Law,
presentment, demand, protest and any notice of any kind (except the notices
expressly required hereunder or in the other Finance Documents) in connection
with this Agreement and any action taken by the U.S. Collateral Agent with
respect to the Collateral.

          SECTION 5.03      LIMITATION ON DUTY OF U.S. COLLATERAL AGENT IN
RESPECT OF COLLATERAL. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody
thereof, neither the U.S. Collateral Agent nor the Finance Parties shall have
any duty to exercise any rights or take any steps to preserve the rights of any
U.S. Credit Party in the Collateral in its or their possession or control or in
the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to
the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining
thereto, nor shall the U.S. Collateral Agent or any Finance Party be liable to
any U.S. Credit Party or any other Person for failure to meet any obligation
imposed by Section 9-207 of the UCC or any successor provision. Each U.S. Credit
Party agrees that the U.S. Collateral Agent shall at no time be required to, nor
shall the U.S. Collateral Agent be liable to any U.S. Credit Party for any
failure to, account separately to any U.S. Credit Party for amounts received or
applied by the U.S. Collateral Agent from time to time in respect of the
Collateral pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the
foregoing, the U.S. Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised
reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its
possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that
which the U.S. Collateral Agent accords its own property, and shall not be
liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any of the Collateral, or for
any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any
warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency, consignee or other agent or bailee
selected by the U.S. Collateral Agent in good faith.

          SECTION 5.04      APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS.

          (a)     PRIORITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS. The proceeds of any sale of, or
other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral and any cash held in
the Collateral Accounts shall be applied as provided in SECTION 8.03 of the
Credit Agreement. The U.S. Collateral Agent may make distributions hereunder in
cash or in kind or, on a ratable basis, in any combination thereof.

          (b)     DISTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO LETTERS OF CREDIT AND BANKERS'
ACCEPTANCES. Each of the U.S. Credit Parties and the Finance Parties agrees and
acknowledges that if (after all outstanding Loans, LC obligations and BA
Reimbursement Obligations have been paid in full) the Lenders are to receive a
distribution on account of undrawn amounts with respect to Letters of Credit
issued (or deemed issued) or Bankers' Acceptances issued under the Credit
Agreement, such amounts shall be deposited in the applicable LC Cash Collateral
Account (in the case of Letters of Credit), or the relevant cash collateral
account established pursuant to SECTION 2.06(k) of the Credit Agreement (the "BA
CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT") (in the case of Bankers' Acceptances), as cash
security for the repayment of Finance

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Obligations owing to the Lenders as such. Upon termination of all outstanding
Letters of Credit and Bankers' Acceptances, all of such cash security shall be
applied to the remaining Finance Obligations of the Lenders. If there remains
any excess cash security, such excess cash shall be withdrawn by the U.S.
Collateral Agent or by the Canadian Collateral Agent, as the case may be, from
the U.S. LC Cash Collateral Account or the Canadian LC Cash Collateral Account,
respectively, or by the Canadian Collateral Agent from the BA Cash Collateral
Account, and distributed in accordance with SECTION 5.04(a) hereof.

          (c)     RELIANCE BY U.S. COLLATERAL AGENT. For purposes of applying
payments received in accordance with this SECTION 5.04, the U.S. Collateral
Agent shall be entitled to rely upon (i) the relevant Administrative Agent under
the Credit Agreement and (ii) the authorized representative (the
"REPRESENTATIVE") for the Derivatives Creditors for a determination (which the
relevant Administrative Agent, each Representative for any Derivatives Creditor
and the Finance Parties agree (or shall agree) to provide upon request of the
U.S. Collateral Agent) of the outstanding Senior Obligations and Derivatives
Obligations owed to the Finance Parties, and shall have no liability to any U.S.
Credit Party or any other Finance Party for actions taken in reliance on such
information except in the case of its gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Unless it has actual knowledge (including by way of written notice from a
Derivatives Creditor) to the contrary, the U.S. Collateral Agent, in acting
hereunder, shall be entitled to assume that no Derivatives Agreements are in
existence. All distributions made by the U.S. Collateral Agent pursuant to this
Section shall be presumptively correct (except in the event of manifest error),
and the U.S. Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the
application by the Finance Parties of any amounts distributed to them.

          (d)     DEFICIENCIES. It is understood that the U.S. Credit Parties
shall remain liable to the extent of any deficiency between the amount of the
proceeds of the Collateral and the amount of the Finance Obligations.

          SECTION 5.05      ASSIGNED AGREEMENTS. Each U.S. Credit Party hereby
irrevocably authorizes and empowers the U.S. Collateral Agent, in the U.S.
Collateral Agent's sole discretion, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, to assert, either directly or on behalf of such U.S. Credit Party,
any claims such U.S. Credit Party may have from time to time against any other
party to any Assigned Agreement or to otherwise exercise any right or remedy of
such U.S. Credit Party under any Assigned Agreement (including without
limitation, the right to enforce directly against any party to an Assigned
Agreement all of such U.S. Credit Party's rights thereunder, to make all demands
and give all notices and make all requests required or permitted to be made by
such U.S. Credit Party under any Assigned Agreements) as the U.S. Collateral
Agent may deem proper. Each U.S. Credit Party hereby irrevocably makes,
constitutes and appoints the U.S. Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees
or agents designated by the U.S. Collateral Agent) as such U.S. Credit Party's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the purpose of enabling the U.S. Collateral
Agent to assert and collect such claims and to exercise such rights and
remedies.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                COLLATERAL AGENT

          SECTION 6.01      CONCERNING THE U.S. COLLATERAL AGENT. The provisions
of ARTICLE IX of the Credit Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the U.S.
Collateral Agent in respect of this Agreement and shall be binding upon all U.S.
Credit Parties and all Finance Parties and upon the parties hereto in such
respect. In furtherance and not in derogation of the rights, privileges and
immunities of the U.S. Collateral Agent therein set forth:

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                  (i)       The U.S. Collateral Agent is authorized to take all
     such actions as are provided to be taken by it as U.S. Collateral Agent
     hereunder and all other action reasonably incidental thereto. As to any
     matters not expressly provided for herein (including, without limitation,
     the timing and methods of realization upon the Collateral), the U.S.
     Collateral Agent shall act or refrain from acting in accordance with
     written instructions from the Required Lenders or, in the absence of such
     instructions or provisions, in accordance with its discretion.

                  (ii)      The U.S. Collateral Agent shall not be responsible
     for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the
     validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Security Interests
     in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason
     of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder unless such action
     or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct. The U.S.
     Collateral Agent shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire as to the
     performance or observance of any of the terms of this Agreement by any U.S.
     Credit Party.

          SECTION 6.02      APPOINTMENT OF CO-AGENT. At any time or times, in
order to comply with any legal requirement in any jurisdiction, the U.S.
Collateral Agent may appoint another bank or trust company or one or more other
persons, either to act as co-agent or co-agents, jointly with the U.S.
Collateral Agent, or to act as separate agent or agents on behalf of the Finance
Parties with such power and authority as may be necessary for the effectual
operation of the provisions hereof and may be specified in the instrument of
appointment (which may, in the discretion of the U.S. Collateral Agent, include
provisions for the protection of such co-agent or separate agent similar to the
provisions of SECTION 6.01).

                                   ARTICLE VII
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

          SECTION 7.01      NOTICES. (a) Unless otherwise expressly provided
herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in
writing (including by facsimile transmission) and mailed, faxed or delivered, to
the address, facsimile number or (subject to SUBSECTION (b) below) electronic
mail address specified for notices: (i) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor,
as set forth in SECTION 5.01 of the Guaranty; (ii) in the case of the Borrowers,
the Administrative Agents or any Lender, as specified in or pursuant to SECTION
10.01 of the Credit Agreement; (iii) in the case of the U.S. Collateral Agent,
as set forth in the signature pages hereto; (iv) in the case of any Derivatives
Creditor as set forth in any applicable Derivatives Agreement; or (v) in the
case of any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in
a notice to the U.S. Collateral Agent and each other party hereto. All such
notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the
earlier to occur of: (i) actual receipt by the intended recipient and (ii)(A) if
delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by the intended recipient; (B)
if delivered by mail, four Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage
prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile transmission, when sent and receipt has
been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form
of delivery is subject to the provisions of SUBSECTION (b) below), when
delivered. Rejection or refusal to accept, or the inability to deliver because
of a changed address of which no notice was given, shall not affect the validity
of notice given in accordance with this Section.

          (b)     Except as expressly provided herein or as may be agreed by the
Administrative Agents in their sole discretion, electronic mail and internet and
intranet websites may be used only to distribute routine communications, such as
financial statements and other information, and to distribute Finance Documents
for execution by the parties thereto, to distribute executed Finance Documents
in Adobe PDF format and may not be used for any other purpose.

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          SECTION 7.02      NO WAIVERS; NON-EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES. No failure or
delay on the part of the U.S. Collateral Agent or any Finance Party to exercise,
no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right,
power or privilege under this Agreement or any other Finance Document or any
other document or agreement contemplated hereby or thereby and no course of
dealing between the U.S. Collateral Agent or any Finance Party and any of the
U.S. Credit Parties shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege hereunder or under any
Finance Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder. The rights and
remedies provided herein and in the other Finance Documents are cumulative and
are not exclusive of any other remedies provided by Law. Without limiting the
foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall impair the right of any Finance Party
to exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim it may have and to apply the
amount subject to such exercise to the payment of indebtedness of any U.S.
Credit Party other than its indebtedness under the Finance Documents. Each U.S.
Credit Party agrees, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under
applicable Law, that any holder of a participation in a Finance Obligation,
whether or not acquired pursuant to the terms of any applicable Finance
Document, may exercise rights of set-off or counterclaim or other rights with
respect to such participation as fully as if such holder of a participation were
a direct creditor of the U.S. Credit Party in the amount of such participation.

          SECTION 7.03      COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF THE U.S. COLLATERAL
AGENT; INDEMNIFICATION.

          (a)     EXPENSES. The U.S. Credit Parties, jointly and severally,
agree (i) to pay or reimburse the U.S. Collateral Agent for all out-of-pocket
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and
execution of this Agreement and any amendment, waiver, consent or other
modification of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated), and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including all fees, disbursements and other charges of
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, the U.S. counsel for the U.S.
Collateral Agent and McCarthy Tetrault LLP, the Canadian counsel for the U.S.
Collateral Agent, (ii) to pay or reimburse the U.S. Collateral Agent and the
other Finance Parties for all taxes which the U.S. Collateral Agent or any
Finance Party may be required to pay by reason of the security interests granted
in the Collateral (including any applicable transfer taxes) or to free any of
the Collateral from the lien thereof and (iii) to pay or reimburse each Agent,
any Representative of one or more Derivatives Creditors and each other Finance
Party for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
enforcement, attempted enforcement or preservation of any rights and remedies
under this Agreement (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any
"workout" or restructuring in respect of the Finance Obligations and during any
legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding), including all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
(including the allocated charges of internal counsel). The foregoing costs and
expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and
appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by any Agent and the costs of independent public accountants
and other outside experts retained by or on behalf of the Agents and the Finance
Parties. The agreements in this SECTION 7.03(a) shall survive the termination of
the Commitments and Derivatives Agreements and repayment of all Finance
Obligations.

          (b)     PROTECTION OF COLLATERAL. If any U.S. Credit Party fails to
comply with the provisions of any Finance Document, such that the value of any
Collateral or the validity, perfection, rank or value of any Security Interest
is thereby diminished or potentially diminished or put at risk, the U.S.
Collateral Agent may, but shall not be required to, effect such compliance on
behalf of such U.S. Credit Party, and the U.S. Credit Parties shall reimburse
the U.S. Collateral Agent for the costs thereof on demand. All insurance
expenses and all expenses of protecting, storing, warehousing, appraising,
handling, maintaining and shipping the Collateral, any and all excise, property,
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imposed by any state, federal or local authority on any of the Collateral, or in
respect of periodic appraisals and inspections of the Collateral (as permitted
by the Credit Agreement), or in respect of the sale or other disposition thereof
shall be borne and paid by the U.S. Credit Parties. If any U.S. Credit Party
fails to promptly pay any portion thereof when due, the U.S. Collateral Agent
may, at its option, but shall not be required to, pay the same and charge the
U.S. Credit Parties' account therefor, and the U.S. Credit Parties agree to
reimburse the U.S. Collateral Agent therefor on demand. All sums so paid or
incurred by the U.S. Collateral Agent for any of the foregoing and any and all
other sums for which any U.S. Credit Party may become liable hereunder and all
costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees, legal expenses and court costs)
reasonably incurred by the U.S. Collateral Agent or any Finance Party in
enforcing or protecting the Security Interests or any of their rights or
remedies under this Agreement, shall, together with interest thereon until paid
at the rate applicable to U.S. Revolving Base Rate Loans plus 2%, be additional
Finance Obligations hereunder.

          (c)     INDEMNIFICATION. Whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or by the other Finance Documents are consummated, each U.S. Credit
Party, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each
Indemnitee from and against: (i) any and all claims, demands, actions or causes
of action that may at any time (including at any time following repayment of the
Finance Obligations and the resignation or removal of any Agent or
Representative or the replacement of any Lender) be asserted or imposed against
any Indemnitee, arising out of or in any way relating to or arising out of the
manufacture, ownership, ordering, purchasing, delivery, control, acceptance,
lease, financing, possession, operation, condition, sale, return or other
disposition or use of the Collateral (including, without limitation, latent or
other defects, whether or not discoverable), the violation of the Laws of any
country, state or other Governmental Authority, or any tort (including, without
limitation, any claims, arising or imposed under the doctrine of strict
liability, or for or on account of injury to or the death of any Person
(including any Indemnitee), or property damage) or contract claim; (ii) any
administrative or investigative proceeding by any Governmental Authority arising
out of or related to a claim, demand, action or cause of action described in
CLAUSE (i) above; and (iii) any and all liabilities (including liabilities under
indemnities), losses, costs or expenses (including fees and disbursements of
counsel) that any Indemnitee suffers or incurs as a result of the assertion of
any foregoing claim, demand, action or cause of action or proceeding, or as a
result of the preparation of any defense in connection with any foregoing claim,
demand, action or cause of action or proceeding, in all cases, and whether or
not an Indemnitee is a party to such claim, demand, action or cause of action,
or proceeding; PROVIDED that no Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification
for any claim to the extent such claim is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment to have been caused by its own
gross negligence or willful misconduct; and PROVIDED FURTHER that the U.S.
Credit Parties shall not be required to reimburse the legal fees and expenses of
more than one outside counsel (in addition to up to one local counsel in each
applicable local jurisdiction) for all Indemnities unless, in the written
opinion of outside counsel reasonably satisfactory to the U.S. Credit Parties
and the U.S. Collateral Agent, representation of all such Indemnitees would be
inappropriate due to the existence of an actual or potential conflict of
interest. In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to
which the indemnity in this SECTION 7.03(b) applies, such indemnity shall be
effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought
by any U.S. Credit Party, its directors, shareholders or creditors or an
Indemnitee or any other Person or any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto
and whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated. Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the U.S. Credit Parties
hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, the agreements and obligations
of the U.S. Credit Parties contained in this SECTION 7.03(b) shall survive the
repayment of the Loans, LC Obligations, BA Reimbursement Obligations and other
obligations under the Finance Documents and the termination of the Commitments.
Any amounts paid by any Indemnitee as to which such Indemnitee has a right to
reimbursement hereunder shall constitute Finance Obligations.

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          (d)     CONTRIBUTION. If and to the extent that the obligations of any
U.S. Credit Party under this SECTION 7.03 are unenforceable for any reason, each
U.S. Credit Party hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment
and satisfaction of such obligations which is permissible under applicable Law.

          SECTION 7.04      ENFORCEMENT. The Finance Parties agree that this
Agreement may be enforced only by the action of the U.S. Collateral Agent,
acting upon the instructions of the Required Lenders (or, after the date on
which all Senior Obligations have been paid in full and all Commitments with
respect thereto terminated, the holders of at least 51% of the outstanding
Derivatives Obligations) and that no other Finance Party shall have any right
individually to seek to enforce this Agreement or to realize upon the security
to be granted hereby, it being understood and agreed that such rights and
remedies may be exercised by the U.S. Collateral Agent or the holders of at
least 51% of the outstanding Derivatives Obligations, as the case may be, for
the benefit of the Finance Parties upon the terms of this Agreement and the
other Finance Documents.

          SECTION 7.05      AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. Any provision of this
Agreement may be amended, changed, discharged, terminated or waived if, but only
if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by each U.S. Credit
Party directly affected by such amendment, change, discharge, termination or
waiver (it being understood that the addition or release of any U.S. Credit
Party hereunder shall not constitute an amendment, change, discharge,
termination or waiver affecting any U.S. Credit Party other than the U.S. Credit
Party so added or released and it being further understood and agreed that any
supplement to SCHEDULE 1.01 delivered pursuant to SECTION 4.16 shall not require
the consent of any U.S. Credit Party) and either (i) the U.S. Collateral Agent
(with the consent of the Required Lenders or, to the extent required by SECTION
10.06 of the Credit Agreement, all or other required percentage of the Lenders)
, at all times prior to the time on which all Finance Obligations have been paid
in full and all Commitments with respect thereto have been terminated or (ii)
the holders of at least 51% of all Derivatives Obligations then outstanding, at
all times after the time at which the Finance Obligations have been paid in full
and all Commitments with respect thereto have been terminated; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no such amendment, change, discharge, termination or waiver shall
be made to SECTION 5.04 hereof or this SECTION 7.05 without the consent of each
Finance Party adversely affected thereby; and PROVIDED further that any
amendment, change, discharge, termination or waiver adversely affecting the
rights and benefits of a single Class of Finance Parties (and not all Finance
Parties in a like or similar manner) shall require the written consent of the
Required Finance Parties of such Class of Finance Parties. For the purposes of
this SECTION 7.05, the term "CLASS" means each class of Finance Parties, i.e.,
whether (x) the Lenders, as holders of the Senior Obligations or (y) the
Derivatives Creditors, as holders of the Derivatives Obligations. For the
purposes of this SECTION 7.05, the term "REQUIRED FINANCE PARTIES" of any Class
means each of (x) with respect to the Senior Obligations, the Required Lenders
(as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement), (y) with respect to the Derivatives
Obligations, the holders of 51% of all Derivatives Obligations outstanding from
time to time.

          SECTION 7.06      SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be
binding upon each of the parties hereto and inure to the benefit of the U.S.
Collateral Agent and the Finance Parties and their respective successors and
assigns. In the event of an assignment of all or any of the Finance Obligations,
the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the indebtedness so assigned,
may be transferred with such indebtedness. No U.S. Credit Party shall assign or
delegate any of its rights and duties hereunder without the prior written
consent of the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders as provided in Section
10.03 of the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 7.07      GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL

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OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW AND
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT REMEDIES PROVIDED BY THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTIONS
OTHER THAN NEW YORK ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTIONS.

          SECTION 7.08      LIMITATION OF LAW; SEVERABILITY.

                  (i)       All rights, remedies and powers provided in this
     Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof
     does not violate any applicable provision of Law, and all the provisions of
     this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory
     provisions of Law which may be controlling and be limited to the extent
     necessary so that they will not render this Agreement invalid,
     unenforceable in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded,
     registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable Law.

                  (ii)      If any provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable
     in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, (i) the
     other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such
     jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of the U.S.
     Collateral Agent and the Finance Parties in order to carry out the
     intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible, and (ii) the
     invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction
     shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provisions in any
     other jurisdiction.

          SECTION 7.09      COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement may be
signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with
the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same
instrument. This Agreement shall become effective with respect to each U.S.
Credit Party when the U.S. Collateral Agent shall receive counterparts hereof
executed by itself and such U.S. Credit Party. provided that, for greater
certainty, this Agreement shall become effective with respect to each of Eckerd
Corporation, Eckerd Fleet, Inc., EDC Drug Stores, Inc., EDC Licensing, Inc.
Genovese Drug Stores, Inc., Thrift Drug Inc. and Thrift Drug Services, Inc.,
notwithstanding the fact that such Credit Parties shall be deemed to have
executed the counterpart of this Agreement at 11:59 p.m. on July 31, 2004, upon
consummation of the Acquisition.

          SECTION 7.10      ADDITIONAL U.S. CREDIT PARTIES. It is understood and
agreed that any Affiliate of any Borrower that is required by any Finance
Document to execute a counterpart of this Agreement after the date hereof shall
automatically become a U.S. Credit Party hereunder with the same force and
effect as if originally named as a U.S. Credit Party hereunder by executing an
instrument of accession or joinder satisfactory in form and substance to the
U.S. Collateral Agent and delivering the same to the U.S. Collateral Agent.
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such instrument, such Affiliate
shall take all such actions and deliver to the U.S. Collateral Agent all such
documents and agreements as such Affiliate would have been required to deliver
to the U.S. Collateral Agent on or prior to the date of this Agreement had such
Affiliate been a party hereto on the date of this Agreement. Such additional
materials shall include, among other things, supplements to SCHEDULES 1.01, 3.06
and 4.01 hereto (which Schedules shall thereupon automatically be amended and
supplemented to include all information contained in such supplements) such
that, after giving effect to the joinder of such Affiliate, each of SCHEDULES
1.01, 3.06 and 4.01 hereto is true, complete and correct with respect to such
Affiliate as of the effective date of such joinder. The execution and delivery
of any such instrument of accession or joinder, and the amendment and
supplementation of the Schedules hereto as provided in the immediately preceding
sentence, shall not require the consent of any other U.S. Credit Party
hereunder. The rights and obligations of each U.S. Credit Party hereunder shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new U.S.
Credit Party as a party to this Agreement.

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          SECTION 7.11      TERMINATION. Upon the full, final and irrevocable
payment and performance of all Finance Obligations, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding LC Obligations, BA Reimbursement Obligations and
Derivatives Agreements and the termination of all Commitments under the Finance
Documents, the Security Interests shall terminate and all rights to the
Collateral shall revert to the U.S. Credit Parties. In addition, at any time and
from time to time prior to such termination of the Security Interests, the U.S.
Collateral Agent may release any of the Collateral with the prior written
consent of the Required Lenders; PROVIDED that the release of all or
substantially all of the Collateral shall require the consent of all of the
Lenders. Upon any such termination of the Security Interests or release of
Collateral, the U.S. Collateral Agent will, upon request by and at the expense
of any U.S. Credit Party, execute and deliver to such U.S. Credit Party such
documents as such U.S. Credit Party shall reasonably request to evidence the
termination of the Security Interests or the release of such Collateral, as the
case may be. Any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the
U.S. Collateral Agent or the Finance Parties. The U.S. Collateral Agent shall
have no liability whatsoever to any Finance Party as a result of any release of
Collateral by it as permitted by this SECTION 7.11. Upon any release of
Collateral pursuant to this SECTION 7.11, none of the Finance Parties shall have
any continuing right or interest in such Collateral or the Proceeds thereof.

          SECTION 7.12      ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the other
Finance Documents and, in the case of the Derivatives Creditors, the Derivatives
Agreements, constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties
hereto and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or
written, and any contemporaneous oral agreements and understandings relating to
the subject matter hereof and thereof.

          SECTION 7.13      CONFLICT.

          (a)     To the extent that there is a conflict or inconsistency
between any provision hereof, on the one hand, and any provision of the Credit
Agreement, on the other hand, the Credit Agreement shall control.

          (b)     The U.S. Credit Parties acknowledge that the Borrowers are,
concurrent with this Agreement, entering into the PPSA Security Agreement and
the Quebec Hypothec (together, the "CANADIAN SECURITY DOCUMENTS"); and the U.S.
Credit Parties further acknowledge and agree that, to the extent performance is
required under the Canadian Security Documents by a U.S. Credit Party and such
performance prevents such U.S. Credit Party from performing its obligations
under this Agreement, such U.S. Credit Party, to the extent its performance
under the Canadian Security Documents is duly performed, shall be deemed to have
performed under this Agreement.

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

U.S. CREDIT PARTIES:                    THE JEAN COUTU GROUP (PJC) INC.

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

PJC ARLINGTON REALTY LLC                  BROOKS PHARMACY, INC.
PJC DORCHESTER REALTY LLC                 ECKERD CORPORATION
PJC ESSEX REALTY LLC                      ECKERD FLEET, INC.
PJC HAVERHILL REALTY LLC                  EDC DRUG STORES, INC.
PJC HYDE PARK REALTY LLC                  EDC LICENSING, INC.
PJC MANCHESTER REALTY LLC                 GENOVESE DRUG STORES, INC.
PJC MANSFIELD REALTY LLC                  JCG HOLDINGS (USA), INC.
PJC NEW LONDON REALTY LLC                 JEAN COUTU ACQUISITION ONE, INC.
PJC NORWICH REALTY LLC                    JEAN COUTU ACQUISITION TWO, INC.
PJC PETERBOROUGH REALTY LLC               JEAN COUTU ACQUISITION THREE, INC.
PJC PROVIDENCE REALTY LLC                 MAXI DRUG NORTH, INC.
PJC REVERE REALTY LLC                     MAXI DRUG, INC.
                                          MAXI GREEN INC.
                                          MC WOONSOCKET, INC.
By: PJC SPECIAL  REALTY  HOLDINGS,        P.J.C. DISTRIBUTION, INC.
INC.,  a Delaware corporation, as         P.J.C. OF VERMONT INC.
Sole Member of each                       P.J.C. REALTY CO., INC.
                                          PJC LEASE HOLDINGS, INC.
                                          PJC OF CRANSTON, INC.
                                          PJC OF EAST PROVIDENCE, INC.
By:                                       PJC OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.
                                          PJC OF RHODE ISLAND, INC.
----------------------------------        PJC OF WEST WARWICK, INC.
    Michel Coutu, as President            PJC REALTY MA, INC.
                                          PJC SPECIAL REALTY HOLDINGS, INC.
                                          THE JEAN COUTU GROUP (PJC) USA, INC.
                                          THRIFT DRUG, INC.
                                          THRIFT DRUG SERVICES, INC.

                                          By:
                                             -----------------------------------
                                              Michel Coutu, as President of each

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                                        MAXI DRUG SOUTH, L.P.

                                        By: MAXI DRUG, INC., a Delaware
                                            corporation, its General Partner

                                            By:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                Michel Coutu, as President

                                        PJC REALTY N.E. LLC
                                        JEAN COUTU GROUP HOLDINGS (USA), LLC

                                        By: THE JEAN COUTU GROUP (PJC) USA,
                                            INC., a Delaware corporation, its
                                            Sole Member

                                            By:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                              Michel Coutu, as President of each

U.S. COLLATERAL AGENT:                  DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
                                          as U.S. Collateral Agent

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

                                        60 Wall Street
                                        New York, NY 10005
                                        Attention: Mary Kay Coyle
                                        Telecopier No.: (212) 797-5690

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