Document:

Note Purchase Agreement

 Exhibit 4.1 
  

 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. 
 $100,000,000 6.26% Senior Notes, Series A, due August 3, 2014 
 $300,000,000 6.44% Senior Notes, Series B, due August 3, 2017 
  

 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
  

 Dated as of August 3, 2007 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 (Not a part of the Agreement) 
  

							
	 SECTION
	  	 HEADING
	  	PAGE
	 SECTION 1.
	  	AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES	  	1
			
	 SECTION 2.
	  	SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES	  	1
				
		 	 Section 2.1.
	  	Purchase and Sale of Notes	  	1
		 	 Section 2.2.
	  	Subsidiary Guaranties	  	1
			
	 SECTION 3.
	  	CLOSING	  	2
			
	 SECTION 4.
	  	CONDITIONS TO CLOSING	  	3
				
		 	 Section 4.1.
	  	Representations and Warranties	  	3
		 	 Section 4.2.
	  	Performance; No Default	  	3
		 	 Section 4.3.
	  	Compliance Certificates	  	3
		 	 Section 4.4.
	  	Opinions of Counsel	  	4
		 	 Section 4.5.
	  	Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc.	  	4
		 	 Section 4.6.
	  	Sale of Other Notes	  	4
		 	 Section 4.7.
	  	Payment of Special Counsel Fees	  	4
		 	 Section 4.8.
	  	Private Placement Number	  	4
		 	 Section 4.9.
	  	Changes in Corporate Structure	  	4
		 	 Section 4.10.
	  	Funding Instructions	  	5
		 	 Section 4.11.
	  	Proceedings and Documents	  	5
			
	 SECTION 5.
	  	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY	  	5
				
		 	 Section 5.1.
	  	Organization; Power and Authority	  	5
		 	 Section 5.2.
	  	Authorization, Etc.	  	5
		 	 Section 5.3.
	  	Disclosure	  	5
		 	 Section 5.4.
	  	Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates	  	6
		 	 Section 5.5.
	  	Financial Statements; Material Liabilities	  	6
		 	 Section 5.6.
	  	Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.	  	7
		 	 Section 5.7.
	  	Governmental Authorizations, Etc.	  	7
		 	 Section 5.8.
	  	Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders	  	7
		 	 Section 5.9.
	  	Taxes	  	7
		 	 Section 5.10.
	  	Title to Property; Leases	  	8
		 	 Section 5.11.
	  	Licenses, Permits, Etc.	  	8
		 	 Section 5.12.
	  	Compliance with ERISA	  	8
		 	 Section 5.13.
	  	Private Offering by the Company	  	9
		 	 Section 5.14.
	  	Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations	  	9
		 	 Section 5.15.
	  	Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens	  	10

  

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		 	 Section 5.16.
	  	Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.	  	10
		 	 Section 5.17.
	  	Status under Certain Statutes	  	11
		 	 Section 5.18.
	  	Notes Rank Pari Passu	  	11
		 	 Section 5.19.
	  	Environmental Matters	  	11
			
	 SECTION 6.
	  	REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS	  	11
				
		 	 Section 6.1.
	  	Purchase for Investment	  	11
		 	 Section 6.2.
	  	Source of Funds	  	12
			
	 SECTION 7.
	  	INFORMATION AS TO THE COMPANY	  	13
				
		 	 Section 7.1.
	  	Financial and Business Information	  	13
		 	 Section 7.2.
	  	Officer’s Certificate	  	16
		 	 Section 7.3.
	  	Visitation	  	17
			
	 SECTION 8.
	  	PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES	  	17
				
		 	 Section 8.1.
	  	Maturity	  	17
		 	 Section 8.2.
	  	Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount	  	17
		 	 Section 8.3.
	  	Allocation of Partial Prepayments	  	18
		 	 Section 8.4.
	  	Maturity; Surrender, Etc.	  	18
		 	 Section 8.5.
	  	Purchase of Notes	  	18
		 	 Section 8.6.
	  	Make-Whole Amount	  	18
		 	 Section 8.7.
	  	Mandatory Offer to Prepay Upon Change in Control	  	20
			
	 SECTION 9.
	  	AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	  	21
				
		 	 Section 9.1.
	  	Compliance with Law	  	21
		 	 Section 9.2.
	  	Insurance	  	22
		 	 Section 9.3.
	  	Maintenance of Properties	  	22
		 	 Section 9.4.
	  	Payment of Taxes and Claims	  	22
		 	 Section 9.5.
	  	Legal Existence, Etc.	  	22
		 	 Section 9.6.
	  	Notes to Rank Pari Passu	  	22
		 	 Section 9.7.
	  	Guaranty by Subsidiaries	  	23
		 	 Section 9.8.
	  	Books and Records	  	23
			
	 SECTION 10.
	  	NEGATIVE COVENANTS	  	23
				
		 	 Section 10.1.
	  	Cash Flow Leverage Ratio	  	23
		 	 Section 10.2.
	  	Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio	  	24
		 	 Section 10.3.
	  	Limitations on Consolidated Priority Indebtedness	  	24
		 	 Section 10.4.
	  	Limitation on Liens	  	24
		 	 Section 10.5.
	  	Mergers, Consolidations, Etc.	  	26
		 	 Section 10.6.
	  	Sale of Assets	  	27
		 	 Section 10.7.
	  	Transactions with Affiliates	  	28
		 	 Section 10.8.
	  	Line of Business	  	28
		 	 Section 10.9.
	  	Terrorism Sanctions Regulations	  	28

  

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	 SECTION 11.
	  	EVENTS OF DEFAULT	  	28
			
	 SECTION 12.
	  	REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.	  	31
				
		 	 Section 12.1.
	  	Acceleration	  	31
		 	 Section 12.2.
	  	Other Remedies	  	32
		 	 Section 12.3.
	  	Rescission	  	32
		 	 Section 12.4.
	  	No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.	  	32
			
	 SECTION 13.
	  	REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES	  	32
				
		 	 Section 13.1.
	  	Registration of Notes	  	32
		 	 Section 13.2.
	  	Transfer and Exchange of Notes	  	33
		 	 Section 13.3.
	  	Replacement of Notes	  	33
			
	 SECTION 14.
	  	PAYMENTS ON NOTES	  	34
				
		 	 Section 14.1.
	  	Place of Payment	  	34
		 	 Section 14.2.
	  	Home Office Payment	  	34
			
	 SECTION 15.
	  	EXPENSES, ETC.	  	34
		 	 Section 15.1.
	  	Transaction Expenses	  	34
		 	 Section 15.2.
	  	Survival	  	35
			
	 SECTION 16.
	  	SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT	  	35
			
	 SECTION 17.
	  	AMENDMENT AND WAIVER	  	35
				
		 	 Section 17.1.
	  	Requirements	  	35
		 	 Section 17.2.
	  	Solicitation of Holders of Notes	  	36
		 	 Section 17.3.
	  	Binding Effect, Etc.	  	36
		 	 Section 17.4.
	  	Notes Held by Company, Etc.	  	36
			
	 SECTION 18.
	  	NOTICES	  	37
			
	 SECTION 19.
	  	REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS	  	37
			
	 SECTION 20.
	  	CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION	  	38
			
	 SECTION 21.
	  	SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER	  	39
			
	 SECTION 22.
	  	MISCELLANEOUS	  	39
				
		 	 Section 22.1.
	  	Successors and Assigns	  	39
		 	 Section 22.2.
	  	Payments Due on Non-Business Days	  	39

  

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		 	 Section 22.3.
	  	Accounting Terms	  	39
		 	 Section 22.4.
	  	Severability	  	40
		 	 Section 22.5.
	  	Construction, Etc.	  	40
		 	 Section 22.6.
	  	Counterparts	  	40
		 	 Section 22.7.
	  	Governing Law	  	40
		 	 Section 22.8.
	  	Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial	  	40
		
	 Signature
	  	42

  

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	SCHEDULE A	 	— Information Relating to Purchasers
		
	SCHEDULE B	 	— Defined Terms
		
	SCHEDULE 2.2	 	— List of Material Wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries
		
	SCHEDULE 5.3	 	— Disclosure Materials
		
	SCHEDULE 5.4	 	— Subsidiaries of the Company and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock; Affiliates
		
	SCHEDULE 5.5	 	— Financial Statements
		
	SCHEDULE 5.15	 	— Existing Indebtedness
		
	EXHIBIT 1-A	 	— Form of 6.26% Senior Notes, Series A, due August 3, 2014
		
	EXHIBIT 1-B	 	— Form of 6.44% Senior Notes, Series B, due August 3, 2017
		
	EXHIBIT 2.2(a)	 	— Form of Subsidiary Guaranty
		
	EXHIBIT 4.4(a)	 	— Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Company
		
	EXHIBIT 4.4(b)	 	— Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company
		
	EXHIBIT 4.4(c)	 	— Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Purchasers

  

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 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. 
 The Gallagher Centre, Two Pierce Place 
 Itasca, Illinois 60143-3141 
 $100,000,000 6.26% Senior Notes, Series A, due August 3, 2014 
 $300,000,000 6.44% Senior Notes, Series B, due August 3, 2017 
 Dated as of August 3, 2007 
 TO EACH OF THE
PURCHASERS LISTED IN 
 SCHEDULE A HERETO: 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), agrees with each of the purchasers whose names appear at the end hereof (each, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”) as follows: 
 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES. 
 The Company will authorize the issue and sale of (a) $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.26% Senior Notes, Series A, due August 3,
2014 (the “Series A Notes”) and (b) $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.44% Senior Notes, Series B, due August 3, 2017 (the “Series B Notes”; the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Notes,” such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13). The Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in
Exhibit 1-A and Exhibit 1-B, respectively. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule B; and references to a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit” are,
unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement. 
 SECTION 2. SALE AND
PURCHASE OF NOTES. 
 Section 2.1. Purchase and Sale of Notes. Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, Notes in the principal amount and in the series specified
opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. The Purchasers’ obligations hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability
to any Person for the performance or non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder. 
 Section 2.2. Subsidiary
Guaranties. (a) The payment by the Company of all amounts due with respect to the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement will be absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed by each of the Material
Wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 2.2 (together with any additional Material Wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary which delivers a guaranty pursuant to Section 9.7, the “Subsidiary
Guarantors”) pursuant to the guaranty agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a) attached hereto and made a part hereof (as the same may be amended, modified, extended or renewed, the “Subsidiary
Guaranty”). 

 (b) The holders of the Notes acknowledge and agree that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically
discharged and released from the Subsidiary Guaranty to which it is a party pursuant to the written request of the Company, provided that (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released and discharged as an obligor and guarantor under
and in respect of all Indebtedness of the Company at any time due and owing pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement and the Company so certifies to the holders of the Notes in a certificate which accompanies such request for release and discharge,
(ii) any such release and discharge shall be expressly conditioned upon receipt by the holders of the Notes of a written agreement executed by the Subsidiary Guarantor to be released pursuant to which such Subsidiary Guarantor shall agree that
if, for any reason whatsoever, it thereafter becomes an obligor or guarantor under and in respect of any Indebtedness of the Company at any time due and owing pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement, then such Subsidiary Guarantor shall
contemporaneously provide written notice thereof to the holders of the Notes accompanied by an executed Subsidiary Guaranty or Guaranty Supplement of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and (iii) at the time of such release and discharge, the Company
shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the holders of the Notes to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists. 
 (c) The Company agrees that it will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary or Affiliate to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration or remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or
otherwise, to any creditor of the Company or of any Subsidiary Guarantor as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any such creditor of any release or discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any liability of such
Subsidiary Guarantor as an obligor or guarantor under or in respect of Indebtedness of the Company, unless such consideration or remuneration is concurrently paid, on the same terms, ratably to the holders of all of the Notes then outstanding.

 SECTION 3. CLOSING. 
 The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, at
10:00 A.M. Chicago time, at a closing (the “Closing”) on August 3, 2007 or on such other Business Day thereafter on or prior to August 31, 2007 as may be agreed upon by the Company and
the Purchasers. At the Closing, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes of the series to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $100,000 as such
Purchaser may request) dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of its nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the
purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company to account number 265-977-9, Account Name: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. – Delaware Dividend Account, at Harris N.A., Chicago, IL (ABA
No.: 071-000-288). If at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to such
Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment.

  

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 SECTION 4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING. 
 Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such
Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions: 
 Section 4.1. Representations and
Warranties. (a) The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be correct when made and at the time of the Closing. 
 (b) The representations and warranties of each Subsidiary Guarantor in the Subsidiary Guaranty shall be correct when made and at the time of Closing. 
 Section 4.2. Performance; No Default. (a) The Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in
this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing, and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14), no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. 
 (b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have performed and complied with
all agreements and conditions contained in the Subsidiary Guaranty required to be performed and complied with by it prior to or at the Closing. 
 Section 4.3. Compliance Certificates. 
 (a) Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to such
Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1(a), 4.2(a) and 4.9 have been fulfilled. 
 (b) Subsidiary Guarantor Officer’s Certificate. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of an
authorized officer, dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 4.1(b), 4.2(b) and 4.9 have been fulfilled. 
 (c) Secretary’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated
the date of Closing, certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes and this Agreement. 
 (d) Subsidiary Guarantor Secretary’s Certificate. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its
Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated the date of Closing, certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Subsidiary Guaranty. 
  

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 Section 4.4. Opinions of Counsel. Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the date of the Closing (a) from Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.4(a) and covering such
other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers) (b) from Walter D. Bay, Esq.,
General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request (and the
Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers) and (c) from Chapman and Cutler LLP, the Purchasers’ special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit 4.4(c) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser may reasonably request. 
 Section 4.5. Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc. On the date of the Closing such Purchaser’s purchase of Notes shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is
subject, without recourse to provisions (such as section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (b) not violate
any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any
applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date hereof. If requested by such Purchaser, such Purchaser shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Purchaser may
reasonably specify to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so permitted. 
 Section 4.6. Sale of Other
Notes. Contemporaneously with the Closing, the Company shall sell to each other Purchaser, and each other Purchaser shall purchase, the Notes to be purchased by it at the Closing as specified in Schedule A. 
 Section 4.7. Payment of Special Counsel Fees. Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1, the Company shall have paid
on or before the Closing the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of the Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one
Business Day prior to the Closing. 
 Section 4.8. Private Placement Number. A Private Placement Number issued by
Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) shall have been obtained for each series of the Notes. 
 Section 4.9. Changes in Corporate Structure. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have changed its jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization, as applicable, or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements
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 Section 4.10. Funding Instructions. At least three Business Days prior to the date of the
Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Company confirming the information specified in Section 3 including (a) the name and address of the transferee
bank, (b) such transferee bank’s ABA number and (c) the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited. 
 Section 4.11. Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such
transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel, and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser
or such special counsel may reasonably request. 
 SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. 
 The Company represents and warrants to each
Purchaser that: 
 Section 5.1. Organization; Power and Authority. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as
to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the
properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof. 
 Section 5.2. Authorization, Etc. This Agreement and the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 Section 5.3. Disclosure. The Company, through
its agents, BMO Capital Markets and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., has delivered to each Purchaser a copy of a Private Placement Memorandum, dated July 2007 (such Private Placement Memorandum, together with the Exhibits thereto, the
“Memorandum”), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Memorandum fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. This
Agreement, the Memorandum and the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and identified in Schedule 5.3, and the financial
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delivered to each Purchaser prior to July 30, 2007 being referred to, collectively, as the “Disclosure Documents”), taken as a whole,
do not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Since December 31, 2006, there has been
no change in the financial condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary except changes that individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no
fact known to the Company that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents. 
 Section 5.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates. (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists (i) of the Company’s
Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other
Subsidiary, (ii) of the Company’s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) of the Company’s directors and senior officers. 
 (b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are (in
the case of capital stock) fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.4 or Schedule 5.15). 
 (c) Each Subsidiary identified in Schedule 5.4 is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as
to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold
under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact other than that which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (d) No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to, any legal, regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than this Agreement, the
agreements listed on Schedule 5.4 and limitations imposed by law) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary. 
 Section 5.5. Financial Statements;
Material Liabilities. The Company has delivered to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5. All of said financial statements (including in each case the related
schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such financial statements and the 

  

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consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments). To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries do not
have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Documents. 
 Section 5.6. Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes will not (a) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default
under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of the Company or any Subsidiary under, any Material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by-laws, or any other
Material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (b) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or (c) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of
any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary. 
 Section 5.7. Governmental Authorizations, Etc. No
consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the Notes. 
 Section 5.8. Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders. (a) Except as disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2006 or the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting
the Company or any Subsidiary or any property of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under any term of any agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including without limitation Environmental
Laws or the USA Patriot Act) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 5.9. Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and
have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before
they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (a)the amount of which is not individually or in the aggregate Material or (b)the amount, applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
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with respect to which the Company has established adequate reserves on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. The Company knows of no basis for any
other tax or assessment that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of Federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are,
in the judgment of the Company, adequate. The Federal income tax liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been finally determined (whether by reason of completed audits or the statute of limitations having run) for all fiscal years up to
and including the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. 
 Section 5.10. Title to Property; Leases. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective properties that individually or in the aggregate are Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or
purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that
individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects. 
 Section 5.11. Licenses, Permits, Etc. (a) The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade
names, or rights thereto, without known conflict with the rights of others, except those conflicts that, individually and in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (b) To the knowledge of the Company, no product of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes in any respect with any license, permit, franchise,
authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other Person, except to the extent any such infringement could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 (c) To the knowledge of the Company, there is no Material violation by any Person of any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
with respect to any patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. 
 Section 5.12. Compliance with ERISA. (a) The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance
as have not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of
the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty or excise tax provisions or to
section 401(a)(29) or 412 of the Code or section 4068 of ERISA, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material. 
  

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 (b) The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans (other than
Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan’s most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in such Plan’s most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the
aggregate current value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities. The term “benefit liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 4001 of ERISA and the terms “current value” and “present
value” have the meaning specified in section 3 of ERISA. 
 (c) The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred withdrawal
liabilities (and are not subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material. 
 (d) The expected post retirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance
with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 106, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by Section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not Material or has otherwise
been disclosed in the financial statements set forth on Schedule 5.5. 
 (e) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to Section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The
representation by the Company in the first sentence of this Section 5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of such Purchaser’s representation in Section 6.2 as to the sources of the funds used to
pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser. 
 Section 5.13. Private Offering by the Company. Neither
the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the
Purchasers and not more than 52 other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the
issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction. 
 Section 5.14. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes as set forth in “Description
of the Offering and Use of Proceeds” of the Memorandum. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224)
or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220), in each case, in contravention of applicable margin stock regulations. Margin stock does not constitute more than 15% of the value of the consolidated
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constitute more than 15% of the value of such assets. As used in this Section 5.14, the terms “margin stock” and “purpose of
buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U. 
 Section 5.15. Existing Indebtedness;
Future Liens. (a) Schedule 5.15 sets forth the outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2007, which list is complete and correct in all material respects (including a description of the
obligors and obligees, principal amount outstanding and collateral therefor, if any, and Guaranty thereof, if any), since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities
of the Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or such
Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to
become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment. 
 (b) Except as disclosed in
Schedule 5.15, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject
to a Lien not permitted by Section 10.4. 
 (c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any
provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter or other organizational document) which limits the
amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, except as specifically indicated in Schedule 5.15. 
 Section 5.16. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc. (a) Neither the sale of the Notes by the Company hereunder nor its use of the
proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive
order relating thereto. 
 (b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is a Person described or designated in the Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii) engages in any dealings or transactions with any such Person. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with the USA Patriot Act to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such law could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (c) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United
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 Section 5.17. Status under Certain Statutes. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended. 
 Section 5.18. Notes Rank Pari Passu. The obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Notes rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all other unsecured Senior Indebtedness
(actual or contingent) of the Company, including, without limitation, all senior unsecured Indebtedness of the Company described in Schedule 5.15 hereto. 
 Section 5.19. Environmental Matters. (a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any claim or has received any notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted raising any
claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or other assets, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any Environmental Laws,
except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (b) Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real
properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them
or has disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws in each case in any manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (d) All buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable Environmental
Laws, except where failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 SECTION 6.
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS. 
 Section 6.1. Purchase for Investment.
Each Purchaser severally represents that (a)it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by such Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the
distribution thereof; provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or their property shall at all times be within such Purchaser’s or such pension or trust fund’s control and (b) is an “Accredited Investor” as defined
in Regulation D of the Securities Act and an experienced and sophisticated investor with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as is necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Notes. Each Purchaser
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only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where
neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Company is not required to register the Notes. 
 Section 6.2. Source of Funds. Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be used by such Purchaser
to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder: 
 (a) the Source is an “insurance
company general account” (as the term is defined in the United States Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual
statement for life insurance companies approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the “NAIC Annual Statement”)) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together
with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee
organization in the general account do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such
Purchaser’s state of domicile; or 
 (b) the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with
such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan
(including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or 
 (c) the
Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1, or (ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, except as have been disclosed by such Purchaser to the
Company in writing pursuant to this clause (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or
collective investment fund; or 
 (d) the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of
Part V of the QPAM Exemption) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are included in such investment fund,
when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of SectionV(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization
and managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, as of the last day of 

  

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its most recent calendar quarter, the QPAM does not own a 10% or more interest in the Company and no Person controlling or controlled by the QPAM (applying
the definition of “control” in Section V(e) of the QPAM Exemption) owns a 20% or more interest in the Company (or less than 20% but greater than 10%, if such person exercises control over the management or policies of the Company by
reason of its ownership interest) and (i) the identity of such QPAM and (ii) the names of all employee benefit plans whose assets are included in such investment fund have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause
(d); or 
 (e) the Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Section IV of PTE 96-23 (the
“INHAM Exemption”)) managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are
satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a Person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section IV(d) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the Company and (i) the identity of
such INHAM and (ii) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or 
 (f) the Source is a governmental plan; or 
 (g) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this
clause (g); or 
 (h) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the
coverage of ERISA. 
 As used in this Section 6.2, the terms “employee benefit plan”, “governmental plan”,
“party in interest” and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA. 
 SECTION 7. INFORMATION AS TO THE COMPANY. 
 Section 7.1. Financial and Business Information. The Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor: 
 (a) Quarterly Statements — within 60 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the
“Form 10-Q”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal
period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of: 
 (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
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 (ii) consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter (compared to the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year), 
 all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly
presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments; provided that delivery within the time
period specified above of copies of the Company’s Form 10-Q prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(a); provided, further,
that the Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-Q if it shall have timely made such Form 10-Q available on “EDGAR” and on its home page on the worldwide web (at the date of this Agreement located at:
http//www.ajg.com) and shall have given each Purchaser prior notice of such availability on EDGAR and on its home page in connection with each delivery (such availability and notice thereof being referred to as “Electronic
Delivery”); 
 (b) Annual Statements — within 120 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater
than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of, 
 (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, and 
 (ii) consolidated statements of earnings, changes in stockholders’
equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such year, 
 setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in
connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances, provided that the delivery within the
time period specified above of the Company’s Form 10-K for such fiscal year (together with the Company’s annual report to stockholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the
requirements therefor and filed with the SEC, shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(b); provided, further, that the Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-K if it shall
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 (c) SEC and Other Reports — promptly upon their becoming available, one copy
of (i) each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Company or any Subsidiary to its principal lending banks as a whole (excluding information sent to such banks in the ordinary course of administration of a bank
facility, such as information relating to pricing and borrowing availability or to its public securities holders generally) and (ii) each regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits except as expressly requested by
such holder and excluding registration statements on Form S-8), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto (excluding those related to plans or plan interests registered on a Form S-8 registration statement) filed by the Company or any
Subsidiary with the SEC and of all press releases and other statements made available generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material; provided that with respect to any such report,
registration statement or prospectus filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the SEC, the Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such report, registration statement or prospectus if it shall have timely made Electronic Delivery
thereof; 
 (d) Notice of Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after
a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any
action with respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section 11(f), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;

 (e) ERISA Matters — promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer becoming
aware of any of the following, a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto: 
 (i) with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which
notice thereof has not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof; or 
 (ii) the taking by the
PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or 
 (iii) any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the
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properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or
Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 
 (f) Notices from Governmental Authority — promptly, and in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Company or any Subsidiary from any Federal or state Governmental
Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and 
 (g) Requested Information — with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or relating to the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes. 
 Section 7.2. Officer’s Certificate. Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to
Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer setting forth (which, in the case of Electronic Delivery of such financial statements, shall be by separate concurrent
delivery of such certificate to each holder of Notes): 
 (a) Covenant Compliance — the information (including
detailed calculations) required in order to establish whether the Company was in compliance with the requirements of Sections 10.1 through Section 10.3, inclusive, during the quarterly or annual period covered by the
statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such Section, where applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the
calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in existence) and, to the extent that the Agreement Accounting Principles applied in connection with determining compliance with the requirements of Section 10.1 through
Section 10.4 and Section 10.6 are not the same as the generally accepted accounting principles used in preparation of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b), a
reconciliation of the consolidated financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) and the financial information used to determine compliance with the
requirements of Section 10.1 through Section 10.4 and Section 10.6; and 
 (b) Event of
Default — a statement that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its
Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed, to the best of such Senior Financial Officer’s
knowledge and belief, the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists (including, without 

  

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limitation, any such event or condition resulting from the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the
nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto. 
 Section 7.3. Visitation. The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor: 
 (a) No Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company, to visit the principal executive office of the Company, to
discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with the Company’s Senior Financial Officers, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit during normal business
hours the other offices and properties of the Company and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested in writing; and 
 (b) Default — if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Company, to visit and inspect any of the
offices or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with
their respective Senior Financial Officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as
often as may be requested, provided that prior to disclosure of any material non public information pursuant to this Section 7.3, the holders of the Notes shall, if requested by the Company, provide the Company with reasonable
assurance that such disclosure will be held in confidence in accordance with the requirements of Regulation FD promulgated by the SEC, subject to the last sentence of Section 20. 
 SECTION 8. PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES. 
 Section 8.1. Maturity. As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of each series of the Notes shall be due and payable on the
respective stated maturity dates thereof. 
 Section 8.2. Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount. The Company may, at its option,
upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes of any series, in an amount not less than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of such series of Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial
prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such prepayment, and the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount. The Company will give
each holder of Notes of any series it intends to prepay written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment. Each such notice shall
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prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount
being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting
forth the details of such computation. Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes of any series being prepaid a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of such
Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date. 
 Section 8.3. Allocation of Partial Prepayments. In the case of each
partial prepayment of any series of Notes pursuant to Section 8.2, the principal amount of the Notes of such series to be prepaid shall be allocated pro rata among all holders of such series of Notes at the time outstanding in
proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment. 
 Section 8.4. Maturity; Surrender, Etc. In the case of each prepayment of Notes of any series pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the
date fixed for such prepayment (which shall be a Business Day), together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount, if any. From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to pay such
principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Company and
cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note. 
 Section 8.5.
Purchase of Notes. The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliate to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes or any part or portion thereof except (a) upon the payment or
prepayment of the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes or (b) pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the Company or an Affiliate pro rata to the holders of all Notes of a series at the time outstanding upon the
same terms and conditions. Any such offer shall provide each holder with sufficient information to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain open for at least 15 Business Days. If the holders of more than
10% of the principal amount of the Notes of any series then outstanding accept such offer, the Company shall promptly notify the remaining holders of Notes of such series of such fact and the expiration date for the acceptance by holders of such
Notes of such offer shall be extended by the number of days necessary to give each such remaining holder at least 5 Business Days from its receipt of such notice to accept such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any
Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes. 
 Section 8.6. Make-Whole Amount. The term “Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess,
if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called Principal; provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the
purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings: 
 “Called
Principal” means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the
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 “Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any
Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted
financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on such Note is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal. 
 “Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% (50 basis points) over the yield to
maturity implied by (i) the yields reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “Page PX1” (or such other
display as may replace Page PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued actively traded on the run U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement
Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which
such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for U.S. Treasury securities
having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. In the case of each determination under clause (i) or clause (ii), as the case may be, of the preceding paragraph, such
implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the applicable U.S.
Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be
rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note. 
 “Remaining Average
Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (a) such Called Principal into (b) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying
(i) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to
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 “Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called
Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date;
provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of such Note, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest
accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.2 or 12.1. 
 “Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and
payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires. 
 Section 8.7. Mandatory Offer to Prepay Upon Change in
Control. (a) Notice of Change in Control and Change in Control Event. The Company will, within five Business Days after any Responsible Officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Change in Control, give written notice of such
Change in Control to each holder of Notes. If within 90 days after such Change in Control, the Company does not, for any reason, have an Investment Grade Rating, a “Change in Control Event” shall be deemed to have occurred. If a
Change in Control Event has occurred, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the holders of Notes, and such notice shall contain and constitute an offer to prepay Notes as described in subparagraph (b) of this
Section 8.7 and shall be accompanied by the certificate described in subparagraph (e) of this Section 8.7. 
 (b) Offer to Prepay Notes. The offer to prepay the Notes contemplated by subparagraph (a) of this Section 8.7 shall be an offer to prepay, in accordance with and subject to this Section 8.7, all, but not
less than all, the Notes held by each holder (in this case only, “holder” in respect of any Note registered in the name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean such beneficial owner) on a date specified in such
offer (the “Proposed Prepayment Date”). Such date shall be a Business Day not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days after the date of such offer. 
 (c) Acceptance/Rejection. A holder of Notes may accept the offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 by causing a written
notice of such acceptance to be delivered to the Company not later than 15 days prior to the Proposed Prepayment Date. A failure by a holder of Notes to respond to the offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 within the
specified time period shall be deemed to constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder. 
 (d) Prepayment. Prepayment of the
Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with interest accrued and unpaid on such Notes to the date of prepayment, but in no event with a Make-Whole Amount or other
premium. The prepayment shall be made on the Proposed Prepayment Date. 
 (e) Officer’s Certificate. Each offer to prepay the
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of such offer, specifying: (i) the Proposed Prepayment Date; (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to this Section 8.7; (iii) the
principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid; (iv) the interest that would be due on each Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to the Proposed Prepayment Date; (v) that the conditions of this Section 8.7 have been
fulfilled; (vi) in reasonable detail, the nature of the Change in Control Event; and (vii) any written response from the relevant rating agency. 
 (f) Certain Definitions. “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if any person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) or related
persons constituting a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act): 
 (i) become the
“beneficial owners” (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of all classes then outstanding of the Voting Stock of the Company; or 
 (ii) acquire after the date of the Closing (x) the power to elect, appoint or cause the election or appointment of at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors of the Company, through beneficial ownership of the capital stock of the Company or otherwise, or (y) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company. 
 “Investment Grade Rating” in respect of any Person means, at the time of determination, at least two of the following
ratings of its senior, unsecured, non-credit enhanced, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money: (i) by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, or any successor thereof, “BBB-” or
better, (ii) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereof, “Baa3” or better, or (iii) by any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency, an equivalent or better rating. 
 (g) All calculations contemplated in this Section 8.7 involving the capital stock of any Person shall be made with the assumption that all
convertible Securities of such Person then outstanding and all convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of any warrants, options and other rights outstanding at such time were converted at such time and that all options, warrants and
similar rights to acquire shares of capital stock of such Person were exercised at such time. 
 SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS. 
 The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding: 
 Section 9.1. Compliance with Law. Without limiting Section 10.9, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject, including, without limitation, ERISA, the USA Patriot Act and Environmental Laws, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses,
certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance
with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate,
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 Section 9.2. Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles,
co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated. 
 Section 9.3. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be
maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; provided that
this Section 9.3 shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company has
concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 9.4. Payment of Taxes and Claims. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable
on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent the same have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and
all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge,
levy or claim if (a) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves
therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary or (b) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. 
 Section 9.5. Legal Existence, Etc. Subject to Section 10.5, the Company will at all times preserve and
keep in full force and effect its legal existence. Subject to Section 10.6, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the legal existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or a
Wholly-owned Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such legal existence, right or
franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 9.6. Notes to Rank Pari Passu. The
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payment with all other present and future unsecured Senior Indebtedness (actual or contingent) of the Company which is not expressed to be subordinate or
junior in rank to any other unsecured Indebtedness of the Company. 
 Section 9.7. Guaranty by Subsidiaries. The Company will
cause each Subsidiary which is an obligor or guarantor of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement to concurrently enter into the Subsidiary Guaranty, and within three Business Days thereafter will deliver to each of the
holders of the Notes the following items: 
 (a) an executed counterpart of the Subsidiary Guaranty or joinder agreement in
respect of the Subsidiary Guaranty, as appropriate; 
 (b) a certificate signed by the President, a Vice President or another
authorized Responsible Officer of such Subsidiary making representations and warranties to the effect of those contained in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.6 and 5.7, but with respect to such Subsidiary and the Subsidiary Guaranty; 
 (c) such documents and evidence with respect to such Subsidiary as the Required Holders may reasonably request in order to establish the
existence and good standing of such Subsidiary and the authorization of the transactions contemplated by the Subsidiary Guaranty; and 
 (d) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Required Holders to the effect that the Subsidiary Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and
agreement of such Subsidiary enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as an enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general equitable principles and will rank at all times at least pari passu in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of such Subsidiary. 
 Section 9.8. Books and Records. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account
and, in the case of the Company, in conformity with GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Company, or such Subsidiary, as the case may be. 
 SECTION 10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. 
 The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding: 
 Section 10.1. Cash Flow
Leverage Ratio. The Company will not, as at the end of any fiscal quarter, permit the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness as of the last day of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company then ended minus Excess Cash,
as of the last day of the same such period, to EBITDA for such most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company then ended to be greater than 3.25 to 1.00, calculated in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. 
  

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 Section 10.2. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Company will not, as at the end of any fiscal
quarter, permit the ratio of EBITDAR to Fixed Charges for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company then ended to be less than 1.75 to 1.00, calculated in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. 
 Section 10.3. Limitations on Consolidated Priority Indebtedness. The Company will not, as at the end of any fiscal quarter, permit
Consolidated Priority Indebtedness to exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Capitalization, calculated in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. 
 Section 10.4. Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur or permit to exist any Lien of any kind on any property owned by the Company or such Subsidiary;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent (each of the following, a “Permitted Lien”): 
 (a) Liens for taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies; provided that payment thereof is not at the time required by Section 9.4; 
 (b) Liens arising under statutes or by operation of law, Liens in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance,
social security and other similar laws (including, without limitation, pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements), Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade, government
or other similar contracts, obligations for utilities, leases, licenses, statutory obligations, completion guarantees, surety, judgment, appeal or performance bonds, or other similar bonds, or other Liens of like general nature, in any such case
incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the creation or incurrence of Indebtedness; provided that (i) any such Lien secures only amounts not due and payable or the payment of which is being contested in
good faith by appropriate actions or proceedings and (ii) any such Lien does not materially impair the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the value of the related property for the purposes of such business;

 (c) mechanics’, workmen’s, materialmen’s, attorney’s, landlords’, carriers’ or other similar
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the creation or incurrence of Indebtedness and in each such case with respect to obligations which are not due or that are bonded or that are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings; 
 (d) Liens of or resulting from any court proceeding, judgment or award, (i) the time for
the appeal or petition for rehearing of which shall not have expired, or (ii) in respect of which the Company or a Subsidiary shall be prosecuting an appeal or proceeding for a review and in respect of which a stay of execution pending such
appeal or proceeding for review shall have been secured; provided that the Company or such Subsidiary (1) is contesting such proceeding, judgment or award on a timely basis, in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and (2) has
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 (e) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Company or to another Wholly-owned
Subsidiary; 
 (f) Liens existing as of the date of the Closing and described on Schedule 5.15 hereto; 

(g) Liens on property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries created solely for the purpose of securing purchase money indebtedness
(including in connection with the acquisition, construction or improvement of property) or Capitalized Lease Obligations and, representing or incurred to finance, refinance or refund the purchase price of property; provided that no such Lien
shall extend to or cover other property of the Company or such Subsidiary other than the respective property so acquired, constructed or improved, and the principal amount of indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed the total
purchase price (or cost of construction or improvement) of such property; 
 (h) Liens existing on property of a Person at the
time such Person is consolidated with or merged into the Company or a Subsidiary or becomes a Subsidiary, or any Lien existing on any property acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary at the time such property is so acquired (whether or not the
Indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed); provided that (i) no such Lien shall have been created or assumed in contemplation of such consolidation or merger or such Person’s becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition of
property, (ii) each such Lien shall extend solely to the item or items of property so acquired and, if required by the terms of the instrument originally creating such Lien, other property which is an improvement to or is acquired for specific
use in connection with such acquired property; 
 (i) customary rights of set off, revocation, refund or chargeback under
deposit agreements or under the Uniform Commercial Code in favor of banks or other financial institutions where the Company or any Subsidiary maintains deposits in the ordinary course of business; 
 (j) Liens constituting (i) survey restrictions, encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, condemnations, easements,
encroachments, covenants, rights of way, defects, irregularities and rights or restrictions of record on the title or use of real property, and (ii) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business
and Liens covering property subject to any lease which was not entered into in violation of this Agreement securing the interest of the lessor or other Person under such lease, which in any such case does not materially detract from the value of the
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 (k) any encumbrance or restriction (including, but not limited to, put and call
agreements, rights of first refusal, and voting or equity holder agreements) with respect to equity or ownership interests in any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement in any such case not entered
into in connection with the creation or incurrence of Indebtedness; 
 (l) Liens other than those permitted by any of the
foregoing subsections (a) through (k); provided that all Indebtedness secured by any such Liens, in the aggregate with all other Consolidated Priority Indebtedness at such time, does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Capitalization,
calculated in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles; and 
 (m) any extension, renewal or replacement of any Lien
permitted by the preceding clauses (e), (f), (g) and (h) of this Section 10.4; provided that (i) no additional property (other than improvements thereon) shall be encumbered by such Liens, (ii) the unpaid
principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby shall not be increased on or after the date of such extension, renewal or replacement and (iii) at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement and after giving effect thereto, no Default
or Event of Default would exist, including, without limitation, under Sections 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, with any calculation of compliance therewith to be made as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter after
giving pro forma effect to the extension, renewal or replacement of such Lien. 
 Section 10.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Etc. The
Company will not consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer, sell or lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person unless: 
 (a) the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer, sale or
lease all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as an entirety, as the case may be, is a solvent corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (including the
District of Columbia), and, if the Company is not such successor or survivor, such corporation or limited liability company (i) shall have executed and delivered to each holder of any Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and
observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement and the Notes and (ii) shall have caused to be delivered to each holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel or other independent counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof; 
 (b) each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have affirmed in writing its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty to which it is a party (unless
and to the extent any such Subsidiary Guaranty was terminated or released as expressly permitted by Section 2.2(b) or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement); and 
  

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 (c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, including, without limitation, under Sections 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, with any calculation of compliance therewith to be made as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter
after giving pro forma effect to the consummation of such transaction. 
 Section 10.6. Sale of Assets. Except as permitted by
Section 10.5, the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, including by way of merger (collectively a “Disposition”), any assets, including capital stock of
Subsidiaries, in one or a series of transactions, to any Person, other than: 
 (a) Dispositions in the ordinary course of
business; 
 (b) Dispositions by a Subsidiary to the Company or a Wholly-owned Subsidiary or by the Company to a Wholly-owned
Subsidiary; 
 (c) Dispositions of the Company’s interest in Chem-Mod LLC, Chem-Mod International LLC, C-Quest
Technologies LLC or C-Quest Technologies International LLC; or 
 (d) Dispositions not otherwise permitted by
Sections 10.6(a) through 10.6(c), inclusive, provided that: 
 (i) in the good faith opinion of the Company,
the Disposition is in exchange for consideration having a fair market value at least equal to that of the property exchanged and is in the best interest of the Company or such Subsidiary; 
 (ii) immediately after giving effect to the Disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist, including, without limitation, under
Sections 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, with any calculation of compliance therewith to be made as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter after giving pro forma effect to the consummation of such Disposition; and

 (iii) immediately after giving effect to the Disposition, the aggregate net book value of all assets that were the subject
of any Disposition occurring in the then current fiscal year would not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal year of the Company, calculated in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.

 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, or may permit a Subsidiary to, make a Disposition and the assets subject to such Disposition shall not be
subject to or included in the foregoing limitation and computation contained in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence if, within 365 days of such Disposition: 
 (1) the net proceeds from such Disposition are reinvested in productive assets to be used in the existing business of the Company or a
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 (2) the net proceeds from such Disposition are applied to the payment or prepayment of
the Notes or any other outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary ranking pari passu with or senior to the Notes (other than Indebtedness of the Company owing to a Subsidiary or an Affiliate or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary
owing to the Company or an Affiliate). 
 For purposes of foregoing clause (2), the Company shall offer to prepay (on a Business Day not less than 30 or
more than 60 days following such offer) the Notes on a pro rata basis with any such other Indebtedness that the Company elects to include in such offer at a price of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid, together with interest
accrued and unpaid on such Notes to the date of prepayment (but in no event with a Make Whole Amount or other premium); provided that if any holder of the Notes declines or rejects such offer, the net proceeds that would have been paid to such
holder may be used by the Company for general corporate purposes. A failure by a holder of Notes to respond in writing not later than fifteen Business Days prior to the proposed prepayment date to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this
Section 10.6 shall be deemed to constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder. To the extent that any holder of the Notes rejects or is deemed to have rejected such offer of prepayment, the Company may use the aggregate amount of
such prepayments so rejected for general corporate purposes. 
 Section 10.7. Transactions with Affiliates. The
Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to enter into directly or indirectly any Material transaction or Material group of related transactions (including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind
or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Company or another Subsidiary), except upon terms and conditions which are no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable
arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate and except for benefit and compensation plans and arrangements approved by the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of the Company or any such Subsidiary that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.  
 Section 10.8. Line of Business. The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to engage in any
business if, as a result, the general nature of the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would then be engaged would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business in which the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged on the date of this Agreement as described in the Memorandum. 
 Section 10.9. Terrorism
Sanctions Regulations. The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to (a) become a Person described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in
Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (b) knowingly engage in any dealings or transactions with any such Person. 
 SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. 
 An “Event of
Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing: 
 (a) the Company
defaults in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or 
  

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 (b) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five
Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or 
 (c) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with
any term contained in Section 7.1(d) or Sections 10.1, 10.2 or 10.3; or 
 (d) the Company
defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in Sections 11(a), (b) and (c)) and such default is not remedied within 45 days after the earlier of
(i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default and (ii) the Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and
to refer specifically to this Section 11(d)); or 
 (e) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on
behalf of the Company or by any officer of the Company in this Agreement or in any writing furnished by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made or any
representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of a Subsidiary Guarantor or by any officer of a Subsidiary Guarantor in the Subsidiary Guaranty or in any writing furnished by a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty,
proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made and such falsity or incorrectness could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or 
 (f) (i) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of
or premium or make-whole amount or interest on any Indebtedness that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the greater of $25,000,000 or 1% of Consolidated Total Assets beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto,
or (ii) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the greater of $25,000,000 or 1% of Consolidated
Total Assets or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such default or condition such Indebtedness has become, or has been declared, due and payable before its stated
maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Indebtedness to convert such
Indebtedness into equity interests), the Company or any Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Indebtedness before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount in
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 (g) the Company or any Material Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying, or admits in
writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation
or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment of any substantial part of its property for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents to
the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v) is finally adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi) takes
corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or 
 (h) a court or Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its
property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the
dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or

 (i) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of the greater of $25,000,000 or 1% of
Consolidated Total Assets (excluding for purposes of such determination such amount of any insurance proceeds paid by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of such judgment or judgments or unconditionally acknowledged in
writing to be payable by the insurance carrier that issued the related insurance policy) are rendered against one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or
stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or 
 (j) if (i) any Plan
shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii) a
notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected within the immediately following two-month period, to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA Section 4042 to terminate or
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within
the meaning of Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed the greater of $25,000,000 or 1% of Consolidated Total Assets, (iv) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have
incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any
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Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the
liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder; and any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; or 
 (k) any Subsidiary Guaranty shall cease to be in full force and effect for any reason
whatsoever, including, without limitation, a determination by any Governmental Authority that such Subsidiary Guaranty is invalid, void or unenforceable or any Subsidiary Guarantor which is a party to such Subsidiary Guaranty shall contest or deny
in writing the validity or enforceability of any of its obligations under such Subsidiary Guaranty, but excluding any Subsidiary Guaranty which ceases to be in full force and effect in accordance with and by reason of the express provisions of
Section 2.2(b) or is otherwise released in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 
 As used in Section 11(j), the terms
“employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA. 
 SECTION 12. REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC . 
 Section 12.1. Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in Section 11(g) or (h) (other than an Event of Default described in clause
(i) of Section 11(g) or described in clause (vi) of Section 11(g) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause (i) of Section 11(g)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall
automatically become immediately due and payable. 
 (b) If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Holders
may at any time at their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable. 
 (c) If any Event of Default described in Section 11(a) or (b) has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or
their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes held by it or them to be immediately due and payable. 
 Upon any
Note becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Note will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Note, plus (i) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
(including, but not limited to, interest accrued thereon at the Default Rate) and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be immediately due and
payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived. The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in
the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for), and that the provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that any Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of
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 Section 12.2. Other Remedies. If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such
holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in
aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise. 
 Section 12.3. Rescission. At any time after
any Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1(b) or (c), the Required Holders, by written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Company has
paid all overdue interest on such Notes, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Notes that are due and payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount,
if any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of such Notes, at the Default Rate, (b) the Company shall not have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (c) all
Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (d) no judgment or decree has been entered
for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to such Notes. No rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 Section 12.4. No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc. No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder
of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by any Note upon any holder thereof
shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the Company under Section 15, the Company
will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements. 
 SECTION 13. REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE;
SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES. 
 Section 13.1. Registration of Notes. The Company shall keep
at its principal executive office a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more
Notes shall be registered in such register. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the
Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all
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 Section 13.2. Transfer and Exchange of Notes. Upon surrender of any Note to the Company at
the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)) for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address and other information for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof),
within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company’s expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor of the same series and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1-A or
Exhibit 1-B, as applicable. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid
thereon. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $100,000; provided that
if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $100,000. Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee),
shall be deemed to have made the representations set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 and, in addition, shall be deemed to represent that either (a) the transferee is not, and is not acting on behalf of, an employee benefit plan
or plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or (b) the transfer of the Note to, and the holding of the Note by, the transferee is exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code as a
result of an applicable class or statutory prohibited transaction exemption. The Company shall not, however, be required to register any transfer of a Note if, acting in its reasonable discretion, it believes such transfer is in violation of
applicable law or the representations of the transferee set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 are not true and correct. 
 Section 13.3. Replacement of Notes. Upon receipt by the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)) of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the
ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation),
and 
 (a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (provided that if the
holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser or another holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least $50,000,000 or a Qualified Institutional Buyer, such Person’s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be
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 within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new
Note of the same series, dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have
been paid thereon. 
 SECTION 14. PAYMENTS ON NOTES. 
 Section 14.1. Place of Payment. Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest becoming
due and payable on the Notes shall be made in Chicago, Illinois at the principal office of Harris N.A. in such jurisdiction. The Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such
place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction. 
 Section 14.2. Home Office Payment. So long as any Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the
contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest by the method and at the address specified for such purpose below such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A, or by
such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that
upon written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company
at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by a Purchaser or its nominee, such Purchaser will, at
its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes of the same series pursuant to
Section 13.2. The Company will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by a Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the
same agreement relating to such Note as the Purchasers have made in this Section 14.2. 
 SECTION 15.
EXPENSES, ETC. 
 Section 15.1. Transaction Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby
are consummated, the Company will pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of a special counsel and, if reasonably required by the Required Holders, local or other counsel) incurred by the Purchasers and each
other holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, any Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent
becomes effective), including, without limitation: (a) the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty or
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demand issued in connection with this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, (b) the reasonable
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes, and (c) the reasonable
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the delivery of any Subsidiary Guaranty or joinder agreement in respect of any Subsidiary Guaranty as contemplated by Section 9.7. The Company will pay, and will save each Purchaser and each
other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses, if any, of brokers and finders (other than those, if any, retained by a Purchaser or other holder in connection with its purchase of any Notes). 

Section 15.2. Survival. The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will survive the payment or transfer of any Note,
the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Notes, and the termination of this Agreement. 
 SECTION 16. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT. 
 All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by
any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of such Purchaser or any other
holder of a Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement. Subject to the
preceding sentence, this Agreement and the Notes embody the entire agreement and understanding between each Purchaser and the Company and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 
 SECTION 17. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. 
 Section 17.1. Requirements. This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived
(either retroactively or prospectively and for a specified time period or permanently), with (and only with) the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders, except that (a) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of
Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any Purchaser unless consented to by such Purchaser in writing, and (b) no such amendment or waiver may, without the
written consent of the holder of each Note at the time outstanding affected thereby, (i) subject to the provisions of Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of
principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of interest or of the Make-Whole Amount on, the Notes, (ii) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to
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 Section 17.2. Solicitation of Holders of Notes. 
 (a) Solicitation. The Company will provide each holder of the Notes (irrespective of the amount or series of Notes then owned by it) with
sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions
hereof, of the Notes or of any Subsidiary Guaranty. The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 17 to each holder of outstanding
Notes promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes. 
 (b) Payment. The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or provide other credit support, to any
holder of Notes as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any holder of Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof or of any Note or of any Subsidiary Guaranty unless such remuneration is
concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted or other credit support concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of each series of Notes then outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.

 (c) Consent in Contemplation of Transfer. Any consent made pursuant to this Section 17.2 by the holder of any Note that
has transferred or has agreed to transfer such Note to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Company and has provided or has agreed to provide such written consent as a condition to such transfer, shall be void and of no force except
solely as to such holder, and any amendments effected or to be effected or granted that would not have been or would not be so effected or granted but for such consents or waivers granted (and the consents of all other holders of Notes that were
acquired under the same or similar conditions) shall be void and of no force except solely as to such transferring holder. 
 Section 17.3. Binding Effect, Etc. Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 applies equally to all holders of each series of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of
any Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not
expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder, under any Note or under any Subsidiary Guaranty shall operate
as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note. As used herein, the term “this Agreement” and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented. 
 Section 17.4. Notes Held by Company, Etc. Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein, in the Notes or
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holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of
its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding. 
 SECTION 18. NOTICES. 
 All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telefacsimile if the sender on the same day sends a
confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with
charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent: 
 (i) if to any Purchaser or its nominee, to such Purchaser or nominee at the
address specified for such communications in Schedule A, or at such other address as such Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing, 
 (ii) if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in
writing, or 
 (iii) if to the Company, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of
Treasurer, with a copy to the General Counsel, or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing. 
 Notices
under this Section 18 will be deemed given only when actually received. 
 SECTION 19. REPRODUCTION
OF DOCUMENTS. 
 This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation,
(a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any Purchaser at the Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously
or hereafter furnished to any Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic, electronic, digital or other similar process and such Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced. The Company agrees and
stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not
such reproduction was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19 shall not prohibit the
Company or any other holder of Notes from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction. 
  

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 SECTION 20. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 
 For the purposes of this Section 20, “Confidential Information” means information delivered to any Purchaser by or on behalf
of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement and not previously disclosed in any filings by the Company with the SEC; provided that such term does not include
information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or any Person acting on such
Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary, or is known by such Purchaser to be under an obligation not to transmit such information to such Purchaser or
(d) constitutes financial statements delivered to such Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly available. Each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with
procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser; provided that such Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors,
trustees, officers, employees, agents, attorneys and Affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Notes), (ii) its financial advisors and other professional advisors who
agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 20, (iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which it sells or offers to sell such
Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (v) any Person from which it offers
to purchase any security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority
having jurisdiction over such Purchaser, (vii) the NAIC or the SVO or, in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about such Purchaser’s investment portfolio or
(viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal
process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser is a party or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be
necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchaser’s Notes and this Agreement. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and
to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such
holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will, as a condition precedent to receiving such information, enter into an agreement with the Company
embodying the provisions of this Section 20 and providing the Company assurances that such holder will enter into further agreements with language no more burdensome on the holder than the language contained in this
Section 20 as reasonably requested by the Company in order to comply with Regulation FD promulgated by the SEC. The Company shall reimburse such holder’s reasonable expenses incurred in connection with entering into any such
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 SECTION 21. SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER. 
 Each Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates as the purchaser of the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, by
written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by both such Purchaser and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate’s agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the accuracy
with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6. Upon receipt of such notice, any reference to such Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21) shall be deemed to refer to such Affiliate in
lieu of such original Purchaser. In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted as a Purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to such original Purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company
of notice of such transfer, any reference to such Affiliate as a “Purchaser” in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21) shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall refer to such original Purchaser,
and such original Purchaser shall again have all the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement. 
 SECTION 22.
MISCELLANEOUS. 
 Section 22.1. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements contained in this
Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not. 
 Section 22.2. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding (but without
limiting the requirement in Section 8.4 that the notice of any optional prepayment specify a Business Day as the date fixed for such prepayment), any payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount or interest on any Note that is due on a
date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; provided that if the maturity date
of any Note is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwise due on such maturity date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next
succeeding Business Day. 
 Section 22.3. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in
this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, any calculation required by, or for purposes of determining compliance with, Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.6 shall be calculated using Agreement Accounting Principles and each financial or accounting term
used in each such Section shall have the meaning given to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as used in the United States in effect as of the Closing Date applied on a consistent basis with that used in preparation of
the most recent audited consolidated financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 (whether, in the case of capitalized terms defined in this Agreement, the definition expressly refers to Agreement Accounting Principles or not).

  

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 Section 22.4. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 Section 22.5. Construction, Etc. Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant
shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall
be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person. 
 For the avoidance of doubt, all Schedules and Exhibits
attached to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part hereof. 
 Section 22.6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the
parties hereto. 
 Section 22.7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than
such State. 
 Section 22.8. Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) The Company irrevocably submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of any Illinois State or federal court sitting in Cook County, Illinois over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Company irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of
any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. 
 (b) The Company consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in
Section 22.8(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 18 or at such other
address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section. The Company agrees that such service upon receipt (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 applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery
receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service. 
  

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 (c) Nothing in this Section 22.8 shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve
process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against the Company in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in
one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction. 
 (d) THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT ON OR WITH RESPECT
TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH. 
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 If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on a counterpart of this
Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon this Agreement shall become a binding agreement between you and the Company. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.
		
	By	 	 /s/ Jack H. Lazzaro

	Name:	 	Jack H. Lazzaro
	Title:	 	Treasurer

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

			
	ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By	 	 /s/ Robert B. Bodett

	Name:	 	Robert B. Bodett
		
	By	 	 /s/ David A. Walsh

	Name:	 	David A. Walsh
		 	Authorized Signatories

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

			
	AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
	THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By:	 	AIG Global Investment Corp., investment
		 	adviser
		
	By	 	 /s/ Gerald F. Herman

	Name:	 	Gerald F. Herman
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

			
	BERKSHIRE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
		
	By	 	 /s/ Thomas M. Donohue

	Name:	 	Thomas M. Donohue
	Title:	 	Managing Director
	
	THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

		
	By	 	 /s/ Thomas M. Donohue

	Name:	 	Thomas M. Donohue
	Title:	 	Managing Director

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

					
	HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By:	 	Hartford Investment Management Company
	Its:	 	Agent and Attorney-in-Fact
			
		 	By	 	 /s/ Eva Konopka

		 	Name:	 	Eva Konopka
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

					
	JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By:	 	PPM America, Inc., as attorney in fact,
		 	on behalf of Jackson National Life Insurance Company
			
		 	By	 	 /s/ Craig Radis

		 	Name:	 	Craig Radis
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

			
	METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By	 	 /s/ Judith A. Gulotta

	Name:	 	Judith A. Gulotta
	Title:	 	Director

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

			
	THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By	 	 /s/ Richard A. Strait

	Name:	 	Richard A. Strait
		 	Its Authorized Representative
	
	 THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY FOR ITS GROUP ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT

		
	By	 	 /s/ Richard A. Strait

	Name:	 	Richard A. Strait
		 	Its Authorized Representative

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

			
	MIDLAND NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By	 	 /s/ Stephen D. Sautel

	Name:	 	Stephen D. Sautel
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY
CORPORATION

		
	By	 	 /s/ Roy Corr

	Name:	 	Roy Corr
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
		 	GPAM as agent for NY Life
	
	 NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY FOR LIFE AND
HEALTH INSURANCE

		
	By	 	 /s/ Stephen D. Sautel

	Name:	 	Stephen D. Sautel
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

			
	PACIFIC LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY
		
	By	 	 /s/ Violet Osterberg

	Name:	 	Violet Osterberg
	Title:	 	Assistant Vice President
		
	By	 	 /s/ Matthew A. Levene

	Name:	 	Matthew A. Levene
	Title:	 	Assistant Secretary
	
	PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By	 	 /s/ Matthew A. Levene

	Name:	 	Matthew A. Levene
	Title:	 	Assistant Vice President
		
	By	 	 /s/ Violet Osterberg

	Name:	 	Violet Osterberg
	Title:	 	Assistant Secretary

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

					
	PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By:	 	Principal Global Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its authorized signatory
			
		 	By	 	 /s/ James C. Fifield

		 	Name:	 	James C. Fifield
		 	Title:	 	Assistant General Counsel
			
		 	By	 	 /s/ Christopher J. Henderson

		 	Name:	 	Christopher J. Henderson
		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Associate General Counsel

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

					
	THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
		
	By	 	 /s/ Anthony Coletta

	Name:	 	Anthony Coletta
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	GIBRALTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
		
	By:	 	Prudential Investment Management (Japan), Inc. as Investment Manager
		
	By:	 	Prudential Investment Management, Inc.,
		 	as Sub-Adviser
			
		 	By	 	 /s/ Anthony Coletta

		 	Name:	 	Anthony Coletta
		 	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	 PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY
COMPANY

		
	By:	 	Prudential Investment Management, Inc., as investment manager
			
		 	By	 	 /s/ Anthony Coletta

		 	Name:	 	Anthony Coletta
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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 This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof. 
  

			
	STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD
		
	By	 	 /s/ Christopher P. Prestigiacomo

	Name:	 	Christopher P. Prestigiacomo
	Title:	 	Portfolio Manager

  

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 DEFINED TERMS 
 As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term: 
 “Affiliate” means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person, and with respect to the Company, shall include any Person beneficially owning or holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of
voting or equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or any corporation of which the Company and its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests. As
used in this definition, “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an “Affiliate” is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company. 
 “Agreement Accounting Principles” means generally accepted accounting principles as used in the United States in effect as of the date of the Closing applied on a basis consistent with that used in
the preparation of the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Company listed in Schedule 5.5. 
 “Anti-Terrorism Order” means Executive Order No. 13,224 of September 24, 2001, Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism, 66 U.S. Fed. Reg.
49,079 (2001), as amended. 
 “Bank Credit Agreement” means the Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of October 5,
2005 among the Company, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Harris N.A., as administrative agent, Citibank, N.A., as syndication agent, and Barclays Bank PLC, as documentation agent, as the
same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, extended, refinanced or replaced. 
 “Business Day”
means (a) for the purposes of Section 8.6 only, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed, and (b) for the purposes of any other
provision of this Agreement, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in Chicago, Illinois or New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed. 
 “Capital Lease” means any lease of property which, in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, is required to be capitalized on
the balance sheet of the lessee. 
 “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means the amount of the liability shown on the balance
sheet of any Person in respect of a Capital Lease as determined in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. 
 “Change in
Control” is defined in Section 8.7(f). 
 SCHEDULE B 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 “Change in Control Event” is defined in Section 8.7(a). 
 “Closing” is defined in Section 3. 
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time. 
 “Company” means Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a Delaware corporation, or any successor that becomes such in the manner prescribed
in Section 10.5. 
 “Confidential Information” is defined in Section 20. 
 “Consolidated Indebtedness” means, without duplication, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis eliminating intercompany items. 
 “Consolidated Net Worth” means, at any time the same is to be
determined, the total stockholders’ equity (including capital stock, additional paid-in capital and retained earnings after deducting treasury stock, but excluding minority interests in Subsidiaries) which would appear on the balance sheet of
the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. 
 “Consolidated Priority Indebtedness” means, without duplication, all Priority Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis eliminating inter-company items. 
 “Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of the date of any determination thereof and without duplication, total assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. 
 “Consolidated Total
Capitalization” means, as of the date of any determination thereof and without duplication, the sum of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness plus (b) Consolidated Net Worth. 
 “Default” means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or
both, become an Event of Default. 
 “Default Rate” means, for each series of Notes, that rate of interest that is
2% per annum above the rate of interest stated in clause (a) of the first paragraph of such series of the Notes. 
 “Disclosure Documents” is defined in Section 5.3. 
 “Disposition” is defined in
Section 10.6. 
 “Domestic Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Company which is organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof. 
  

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 “EBITDA” means, for any period, the sum, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, without duplication, for the Company and its Subsidiaries of: 
 (a) Net
Income for such period plus 
 (b) to the extent deducted in determining Net Income: 
 (i) income and franchise taxes; 
 (ii) Interest Expense; 
 (iii) amortization; 
 (iv) depreciation; 
 (v) non-cash stock option expense; and 
 (vi) non-cash restructuring charges. 
 “EBITDAR” means, for any period, EBITDA plus, to the extent deducted in determining Net Income, Rental Expense. 
 “Electronic Delivery” is defined in Section 7.1(a). 
 “Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including but not limited
to those related to Hazardous Materials. 
 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. 
 “ERISA Affiliate”
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with the Company under Section 414 of the Code. 
 “Event of Default” is defined in Section 11. 
 “Excess Cash”
means, as of any date the same is to be determined, all cash on the books of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries which is maintained in accounts located in the United States of America and which is in excess of $25,000,000, but excluding
restricted cash as set forth in the financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 7.1. 
  

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 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. 
 “Fixed Charges” means for any period,
the sum, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, without duplication, for the Company and its Subsidiaries of Interest Expense paid or payable in cash for such period and Rental Expense for such period.

 “Form 10-K” is defined in Section 7.1(b). 
 “Form 10-Q” is defined in Section 7.1(a). 
 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America. 
 “Governmental Authority” means 
 (a) the government of 
 (i) the United States of America or any State or other political subdivision thereof, or 
 (ii) any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts
jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, or 
 (b) any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government. 
 “Guaranty” means, with
respect to any Person and without duplication, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness,
dividend or other obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person: 
 (a) to purchase such Indebtedness or obligation or any property constituting security therefor; 
 (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or obligation, or (ii) to maintain any
working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or obligation; 
  

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 (c) to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose
of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the Indebtedness or obligation; or 
 (d) otherwise to assure the owner of such Indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof. 
 In any computation
of the Indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the Indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor. 
 “Hazardous Material” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or any other substances, including all substances listed in
or regulated in any Environmental Law as posing a hazard to health and safety, the removal of which is required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal,
release, discharge, spillage, seepage, or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, regulated, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law including, but not limited to, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls,
petroleum, petroleum products, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances. 
 “holder” means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 13.1. 
 “Indebtedness” means for any Person (without duplication) (i) all indebtedness created, assumed or incurred in any manner by such
Person representing money borrowed (including by the issuance of debt securities), (ii) all indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (a) trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business which are not more than 90 days past due and (b) obligations to make earn-out payments payable (including at the election of the Company) in capital stock of the Company pursuant to acquisitions by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries), (iii) all indebtedness secured by any Lien upon property of such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, (iv) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person,
(v) all obligations of such Person on or with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and other extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, excluding, in each case, indebtedness which is
non-recourse to such Person and its subsidiaries and (vi) any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (i) through (v) hereof. 
 “Institutional Investor” means (a) any purchaser of a Note, (b) any holder of a Note holding (together with one or more of its
Affiliates) more than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, (c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company,
any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form, and (d) any Related Fund of any holder of any Note. 
  

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 “Interest Expense” means, for any Person and with reference to any period, the sum of
all interest charges (including imputed interest charges with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations and all amortization of debt discount and expense) of such Person and its subsidiaries for such period (after eliminating intercompany items)
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. 
 “Investment Grade Rating” is
defined in Section 8.7(f). 
 “Lien” means, with respect to any Person and without duplication, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance, or any interest or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or Capital Lease, upon or with
respect to any property or asset of such Person (including in the case of stock, stockholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements). 
 “Make-Whole Amount” is defined in Section 8.6. 
 “Material”
means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. 
 “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
or (b) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, or (c) the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty, when taken together with the
Company’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes and the other Subsidiary Guarantors’ ability to perform their obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty, or (d) the validity or enforceability against the
Company of this Agreement or the Notes or (e) the validity or enforceability against the Subsidiary Guarantors, taken as a whole, of the Subsidiary Guaranty. 
 “Material Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company whose assets represent more than 5% of the Consolidated Total Assets. 
 “Material Wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary” means a Domestic Subsidiary which is a Wholly-owned Subsidiary and a Material Subsidiary.

 “Memorandum” is defined in Section 5.3. 
 “Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA). 
 “NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor thereto. 
 “Net Income” means, for any Person and with reference to any period, the net income (or net loss) of such Person and its subsidiaries
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in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, and, without limiting the foregoing, after deduction from gross income of all expenses and reserves,
including reserves for all taxes on or measured by income. 
 “net proceeds” means, with respect to any sale, lease,
transfer or other disposition of the assets or property of any Person, an amount equal to the (a) aggregate amount of the value of the consideration received by such Person in respect thereof (the value of any consideration which is not cash to
be determined in good faith by a Senior Financial Officer) minus (b) the sum of (i) all out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred by such Person and its Affiliates in connection with such sale, lease, transfer or other
disposition and (ii) all state, federal or foreign taxes incurred or to be incurred by such Person or its Affiliates (assuming the highest marginal rate were applicable thereto) in connection therewith. 
 “Notes” is defined in Section 1. 
 “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any other officer of the Company whose responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such certificate.

 “Operating Lease” means, as to any Person, any lease of property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as
lessee that is not a Capital Lease. 
 “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in
ERISA or any successor thereto. 
 “Permitted Lien” is defined in Section 10.4. 
 “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization,
business entity or Governmental Authority. 
 “Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in
section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA that is or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made,
by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability. 
 “Priority Indebtedness” means, without duplication (a) any Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary secured by a Lien created or incurred within the limitations of Section 10.4(l) and (b) any
Indebtedness of the Company’s Subsidiaries; provided that there shall be excluded from any calculation of Priority Indebtedness, (i) the Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor
secured by a Lien created or incurred within the limitations of Section 10.4(l)), (ii) the Indebtedness of any Subsidiary owing to the Company or a Wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) the Indebtedness of any
Subsidiary outstanding on the date of the Closing and described on Schedule 5.15 hereto and any extension, renewal or refunding of any such Indebtedness, and (iv) the Indebtedness of any Person which becomes a Subsidiary after the
date of the Closing and any extension, renewal or refunding thereof; provided that such Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary. 
  

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 “property” or “properties” means any interest in any kind of property
or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible. 
 “Proposed Prepayment Date” is defined in
Section 8.7(b). 
 “PTE” is defined in Section 6.2(a). 
 “Purchaser” is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement. 
 “QPAM Exemption” means Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 issued by the United States Department of Labor. 
 “Qualified Institutional Buyer” means any Person who is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of such term as
set forth in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act. 
 “Related Fund” means, with respect to any holder of any Note,
any fund or entity that (a) invests in Securities or bank loans, and (b) is advised or managed by such holder, the same investment advisor as such holder or by an Affiliate of such holder or such investment advisor. 
 “Rental Expense” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate amounts payable with respect to
Operating Leases of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. 
 “Required Holders” means, at any time, the holders of at least 51% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates).

 “Responsible Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer of the Company with responsibility for the
administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement. 
 “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission of the
United States, or any successor thereto. 
 “Securities” or “Security” shall have the same meaning as in
Section 2(1) of the Securities Act. 
 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. 
 “Senior Financial Officer” means the
chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or treasurer of the Company. 
  

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 “Senior Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Company which is not expressed to be
subordinate or junior in rank to any other Indebtedness of the Company. 
 “Series A Notes” is defined in Section 1
of this Agreement. 
 “Series B Notes” is defined in Section 1 of this Agreement. 
 “Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first
Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of
such second Person, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such
partnership can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary” is a reference to
a Subsidiary of the Company. 
 “Subsidiary Guarantor” is defined in Section 2.2(a) and shall include any
Subsidiary Guarantor which is required to comply with the requirements of Section 9.7. 
 “Subsidiary Guaranty”
is defined in Section 2.2(a) and shall include any Subsidiary Guaranty delivered pursuant to Section 9.7. 
 “Surviving Person” is defined in Section 10.5(b). 
 “SVO” means the Securities
Valuation Office of the NAIC or any successor to such Office. 
 “USA Patriot Act” means United States Public Law 107-56,
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder from time to time in effect. 
 “Voting Stock” means Securities of any class or classes of a Person, the holders
of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to elect the corporate directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person. 
 “Wholly-owned Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary of which all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares as required by law) or
other equity interests are owned by any one or more of the Company and the Company’s other Wholly-owned Subsidiaries. 
  

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 FORM OF SERIES A NOTE 
 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. 
 6.26% Senior Notes, Series A, due August 3, 2014 
  

			
	 No.                 
	  	[Date]
	 $
                    
	  	PPN 04316# AA5

 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Arthur J.
Gallagher & Co. (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to
                            , or registered assigns, the principal sum of
                     DOLLARS (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on August 3, 2014, with interest
(computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of (a) 6.26% per annum from the date hereof, payable semi-annually on the third day of February and August in each year commencing with
the February 3 or August 3 next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an
Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to 8.26% payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).

 Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United
States of America at Chicago, Illinois or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below. 
 This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of
August 3, 2007 (as from time to time amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by
its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representation set forth in Section 6 of the Note Purchase
Agreement and, in addition, shall be deemed to represent that either (a) the transferee is not, and is not acting on behalf of, an employee benefit plan or plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or (b) the transfer of the
Note to, and the holding of the Note by, the transferee is exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code as a result of an applicable class or statutory prohibited transaction exemption. Unless
otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered
holder hereof or such holder’s attorney 
 EXHIBIT 1-A 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 
duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment
for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the
contrary. 
 This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in
the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise. 
 If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be
declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law
of the State of Illinois, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State. 
  

			
	ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.
		
	By	 	  

	[Title]	 	

  

 E-1-A-2 

 FORM OF SERIES B NOTE 
 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. 
 6.44% Senior Notes, Series B, due August 3, 2017 
  

			
	 No.
                    
	  	[Date]
	 $
                        
	  	PPN 04316# AB3

 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Arthur J.
Gallagher & Co. (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to
                            , or registered assigns, the principal sum of
                     DOLLARS (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on August 3, 2017, with interest
(computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of (a) 6.44% per annum from the date hereof, payable semi-annually, the third day of February and August in each year commencing with the
February 3 or August 3 next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event
of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to 8.44% payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).

 Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United
States of America at Chicago, Illinois or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below. 
 This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of
August 3, 2007 (as from time to time amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by
its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representation set forth in Section 6 of the Note Purchase
Agreement and, in addition, shall be deemed to represent that either (a) the transferee is not, and is not acting on behalf of, an employee benefit plan or plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or (b) the transfer of the
Note to, and the holding of the Note by, the transferee is exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code as a result of an applicable class or statutory prohibited transaction exemption. Unless
otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered
holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and 
 EXHIBIT 1-B 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 
registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is
registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 
 This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise. 
 If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the
price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 This Note shall be
construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit application of
the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State. 
  

			
	ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.
		
	By	 	  

	[Title]	 	

  

 E-1-B-2 

 FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY 

 

 GUARANTY
AGREEMENT 
 Dated as of August 3, 2007 
  

	 	

			
	Re:	  	$100,000,000 6.26% Senior Notes, Series A, due August 3, 2014
	 	  	$300,000,000 6.44% Senior Notes, Series B, due August 3, 2017

 of 
 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. 
  

EXHIBIT 2.2(a) 
 (to
Note Purchase Agreement) 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 (Not a part of the Agreement) 
  

					
	 SECTION
	  	 HEADING
	  	PAGE
	 Parties
	  	1
		
	 Recitals
	  	1
			
	SECTION 1.	  	DEFINITIONS	  	2
			
	SECTION 2.	  	GUARANTY OF NOTES AND NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT	  	2
			
	SECTION 3.	  	GUARANTY OF PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE	  	2
			
	SECTION 4.	  	GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE GUARANTY	  	3
			
	SECTION 5.	  	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE GUARANTORS	  	8
			
	SECTION 6.	  	GUARANTOR COVENANTS	  	9
			
	SECTION 7.	  	[RESERVED]	  	9
			
	SECTION 8.	  	GOVERNING LAW	  	9
			
	SECTION 9.	  	[RESERVED]	  	10
			
	SECTION 10.	  	AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS AND CONSENTS	  	10
			
	SECTION 11.	  	NOTICES	  	11
			
	SECTION 12.	  	MISCELLANEOUS	  	11
			
	SECTION 13.	  	INDEMNITY	  	12
		
	 Signature
	  	14

  

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 GUARANTY AGREEMENT 
  

	 	Re:	$100,000,000 6.26% Senior Notes, Series A, due August 3, 2014 

 $300,000,000 6.44% Senior Notes, Series B, due August 3, 2017 
 This GUARANTY AGREEMENT dated as
of August 3, 2007 (the or this “Guaranty”) is entered into on a joint and several basis by each of the undersigned, together with any entity which may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Guaranty Supplement in
substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto (a “Guaranty Supplement”) (which parties are hereinafter referred to individually as a “Guarantor” and collectively as the
“Guarantors”). 
 RECITALS 
 A. Each Guarantor is a Subsidiary (as defined in the hereinafter defined Note Purchase Agreement) of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”). 
 B. For the purpose set forth in the “Description of the Offering and Use of
Proceeds” of the Memorandum (as defined in the hereinafter defined Note Purchase Agreement), the Company has entered into that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 3, 2007 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”)
among the Company and each of the purchasers named on Schedule A thereto (the “Initial Note Purchasers”; the Initial Note Purchasers, together with their successors, assigns or any other future holder of the Notes (as
hereinafter defined), the “Holders”), providing for, inter alia, the issue and sale by the Company to the Initial Note Purchasers of (a) $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.26% Senior Notes, Series A, due
August 3, 2014 (the “Series A Notes”) and (b) $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.44% Senior Notes, Series B, due August 3, 2017 (the “Series B Notes”; the Series A Notes and the Series B
Notes are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Notes”). 
 C. The Initial Note Purchasers have required as a
condition to their purchase of the Notes that the Company cause each of the undersigned to enter into this Guaranty and to cause each Subsidiary that after the date hereof delivers a guaranty pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement (as defined in the
Note Purchase Agreement) to enter into a Guaranty Supplement, in each case as security for the Notes, and the Company has agreed to cause each of the undersigned to execute this Guaranty in order to induce the Initial Note Purchasers to purchase the
Notes and thereby benefit the Company and its Subsidiary by providing funds for the purpose set forth in the “Description of the Offering and Use of Proceeds” of the Memorandum. The Company owns 100% of the equity interests of the
Guarantors. 
 D. Each of the Guarantors will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the sale of the Notes to the Initial Note
Purchasers. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, as required by Section 2.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement and in
consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof are hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor does hereby covenant and agree, jointly and severally, as follows: 

 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 
 Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement unless herein defined or the context shall otherwise
require. 
 SECTION 2. GUARANTY OF NOTES AND NOTE
PURCHASE AGREEMENT. 
 (a) Subject to the limitation set forth in Section 2(b) hereof, each
Guarantor jointly and severally does hereby irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantee unto the Holders: (1) the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium (including, without limitation, any Make-Whole Amount), if any, and
interest on the Notes and any other amounts from time to time outstanding under the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes, as and when such payments shall become due and payable whether by lapse of time, upon redemption or prepayment, by extension or
by acceleration or declaration or otherwise (including (to the extent legally enforceable) interest due on overdue payments of principal, premium, if any, or interest at the rate set forth in the Notes and interest accruing at the then applicable
rate provided in the Notes after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed
in such proceeding) in Federal or other immediately available funds of the United States of America which at the time of payment or demand therefor shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, (2) the full and prompt
performance and observance by the Company of each and all of the obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed or owed by the Company under the terms of the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement and (3) the full and prompt
payment, upon demand by any Holder, of all costs and expenses, legal or otherwise (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), if any, as shall have been expended or incurred in the protection or enforcement of any rights, privileges or liabilities
in favor of the Holders under or in respect of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement or under this Guaranty or in any consultation or action in connection therewith or herewith and in each and every case irrespective of the validity, regularity, or
enforcement of any of the Notes or Note Purchase Agreement or any of the terms thereof or any other like circumstance or circumstances. 
 (b) The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall not exceed an amount equal to a maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other liabilities of such Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, result in
the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder not constituting a fraudulent transfer, obligation or conveyance. 
 SECTION 3.
GUARANTY OF PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE. 
 This is a guarantee of
payment and performance and each Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to require that any action on or in respect of any Note or the Note Purchase Agreement be brought against the Company or any other Person or
that resort be had to any direct or indirect security for the Notes or for this Guaranty or any other remedy. Any Holder may, at its option, proceed hereunder against any Guarantor in the first instance to collect monies when due, the payment of
which is guaranteed hereby, without first proceeding against the Company or any other Person and without first resorting to any direct or indirect security for the Notes or for this Guaranty or any other remedy. The liability of each 

  

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Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be affected or impaired by any acceptance by any Holder of any direct or indirect security for, or other guaranties of,
any Indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company or any other Person to any Holder or by any failure, delay, neglect or omission by any Holder to realize upon or protect any such guarantees, Indebtedness, liability or obligation or any notes
or other instruments evidencing the same or any direct or indirect security therefor or by any approval, consent, waiver, or other action taken, or omitted to be taken by any such Holder. 
 The covenants and agreements on the part of the Guarantors herein contained shall take effect as joint and several covenants and agreements, and
references to the Guarantors shall take effect as references to each of them and none of them shall be released from liability hereunder by reason of the guarantee ceasing to be binding as a continuing security on any other of them. 
 SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE GUARANTY.

 (a) Each Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that any Holder or Holders from time to time, with or without any further notice to or assent
from any other Guarantor may, without in any manner affecting the liability of any Guarantor under this Guaranty, and upon such terms and conditions as any such Holder or Holders may deem advisable: 
 (1) extend in whole or in part (by renewal or otherwise), modify, change, compromise, release or extend the duration of the time for the
performance or payment of any Indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any Indebtedness, liability or obligations of the Company on the Notes, or waive any Default or Event of
Default with respect thereto, or waive, modify, amend or change any provision of any other agreement or this Guaranty; or 
 (2) sell, release, surrender, modify, impair, exchange or substitute any and all property, of any nature and from whomsoever received, held by, or for the benefit of, any such Holder as direct or indirect security for the payment or
performance of any Indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any Indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company on the Notes; or 
 (3) settle, adjust or compromise any claim of the Company against any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any Indebtedness,
liability or obligation of the Company on the Notes. 
 Each Guarantor hereby ratifies and confirms any such extension, renewal, change,
sale, release, waiver, surrender, exchange, modification, amendment, impairment, substitution, settlement, adjustment or compromise and that the same shall be binding upon it, and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all
defenses, counterclaims or offsets which it might or could have by reason thereof, it being understood that such Guarantor shall at all times be bound by this Guaranty and remain liable hereunder. 
  

 E-2.2(a)-3 

 (b) Each Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law: 
 (1) notice of acceptance of this Guaranty by the Holders or of the creation, renewal or accrual of any liability of the Company, present
or future, or of the reliance of such Holders upon this Guaranty (it being understood that every Indebtedness, liability and obligation described in Section 2 hereof shall conclusively be presumed to have been created, contracted or
incurred in reliance upon the execution of this Guaranty); 
 (2) demand of payment by any Holder from the Company or any
other Person indebted in any manner on or for any of the Indebtedness, liabilities or obligations hereby guaranteed; and 
 (3) presentment for the payment by any Holder or any other Person of the Notes or any other instrument, protest thereof and notice of its dishonor to any party thereto and to such Guarantor. 
 The obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty and the rights of any Holder to enforce such obligations by any proceedings, whether by action at
law, suit in equity or otherwise, shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination (other than by indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Notes and the obligations of the Company under the Note Purchase Agreement),
whether by reason of any claim of any character whatsoever or otherwise and shall not be subject to any defense, set-off, counterclaim (other than any compulsory counterclaim), recoupment or termination whatsoever. 
 (c) The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be binding upon the Guarantors and their successors and assigns, and shall remain in full force and
effect until the entire principal, interest and premium, if any, on the Notes and all other sums due pursuant to Section 2 shall have been paid and such obligations shall not be affected, modified or impaired upon the happening from time
to time of any event, including without limitation any of the following, whether or not with notice to or the consent of the Guarantors: 
 (1) the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement or any other agreement or any of the terms of any thereof, the continuance of any obligation on the part of the
Company, any other Guarantors or any other Person on or in respect of the Notes or under the Note Purchase Agreement or any other agreement or the power or authority or the lack of power or authority of the Company to issue the Notes or the Company
to execute and deliver the Note Purchase Agreement or any other agreement or of any other Guarantors to execute and deliver this Guaranty or any other agreement or to perform any of its obligations hereunder or the existence or continuance of the
Company or any other Person as a legal entity; or 
 (2) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the
performance by the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person of any obligations of any kind or character whatsoever under the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, this Guaranty or any other agreement; or 
  

 E-2.2(a)-4 

 (3) any creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, receivership or other insolvency proceeding
of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or in respect of the property of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any merger, consolidation, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation, the sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of or winding up of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person; or 
 (4) impossibility or
illegality of performance on the part of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person of its obligations under the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, this Guaranty or any other agreements; or 
 (5) in respect of the Company, any other Guarantors or any other Person, any change of circumstances, whether or not foreseen or
foreseeable, whether or not imputable to the Company, any other Guarantors or any other Person, or other impossibility of performance through fire, explosion, accident, labor disturbance, floods, droughts, embargoes, wars (whether or not declared),
civil commotion, acts of God or the public enemy, delays or failure of suppliers or carriers, inability to obtain materials, action of any Federal or state regulatory body or agency, change of law or any other causes affecting performance, or any
other force majeure, whether or not beyond the control of the Company, any other Guarantors or any other Person and whether or not of the kind hereinbefore specified; or 
 (6) any attachment, claim, demand, charge, Lien, order, process, encumbrance or any other happening or event or reason, similar or
dissimilar to the foregoing, or any withholding or diminution at the source, by reason of any taxes, assessments, expenses, Indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any character, foreseen or unforeseen, and whether or not valid, incurred by or
against the Company, any Guarantor or any other Person or any claims, demands, charges or Liens of any nature, foreseen or unforeseen, incurred by the Company, any Guarantor or any other Person, or against any sums payable in respect of the Notes or
under the Note Purchase Agreement or this Guaranty, so that such sums would be rendered inadequate or would be unavailable to make the payments herein provided; or 
 (7) any order, judgment, decree, ruling or regulation (whether or not valid) of any court of any nation or of any political subdivision
thereof or any body, agency, department, official or administrative or regulatory agency of any thereof or any other action, happening, event or reason whatsoever which shall delay, interfere with, hinder or prevent, or in any way adversely affect,
the performance by the Company, any Guarantor or any other Person of its respective obligations under or in respect of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, this Guaranty or any other agreement; or 
 (8) the failure of any Guarantor to receive any benefit from or as a result of its execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty;
or 
 (9) any failure or lack of diligence in collection or protection, failure in presentment or demand for payment, protest,
notice of protest, notice of default and of nonpayment, any failure to give notice to any Guarantor of failure of the Company, any 

  

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Guarantor or any other Person to keep and perform any obligation, covenant or agreement under the terms of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, this
Guaranty or any other agreement or failure to resort for payment to the Company, any other Guarantor or to any other Person or to any other guaranty or to any property, security, Liens or other rights or remedies; or 
 (10) the acceptance of any additional security or other guaranty, the advance of additional money to the Company or any other Person, the
renewal or extension of the Notes or amendments, modifications, consents or waivers with respect to the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement or any other agreement, or the sale, release, substitution or exchange of any security for the Notes; or

 (11) any merger or consolidation of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person into or with any other Person or
any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any of the assets of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person to any other Person, or any change in the ownership of any shares of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or
any release of any other Guarantor; or 
 (12) any defense whatsoever that: (i) the Company or any other Person might
have to the payment of the Notes (principal, premium, if any, or interest), other than indefeasible payment thereof in Federal or other immediately available funds, or (ii) the Company or any other Person might have to the performance or
observance of any of the provisions of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement or any other agreement, whether through the satisfaction or purported satisfaction by the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person of its debts due to any cause
such as bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, merger, consolidation, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or otherwise, other than the defense of indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Notes; or 
 (13) any act or failure to act with regard to the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, this Guaranty or any other agreement or anything
which might vary the risk of any Guarantor or any other Person; or 
 (14) any other circumstance which might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Guarantor or any other Person in respect of the obligations of any Guarantor or other Person under this Guaranty or any other agreement, other than the defense of indefeasible payment in full
in cash of the Notes; 
 provided that the specific enumeration of the above-mentioned acts, failures or omissions shall not be deemed to exclude any
other acts, failures or omissions, though not specifically mentioned above, it being the purpose and intent of this Guaranty and the parties hereto that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
discharged, impaired or varied except by the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in accordance with their respective terms whenever the same shall become due and payable as in the
Notes provided and all other sums due and payable under the Note Purchase Agreement, at the place specified in and all in the manner and with the effect provided 

  

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in the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement, as each may be amended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that
repeated and successive demands may be made and recoveries may be had hereunder as and when, from time to time, the Company shall default under or in respect of the terms of the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement and that notwithstanding recovery
hereunder for or in respect of any given default or defaults by the Company under the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement, this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and shall apply to each and every subsequent default. 
 (d) All rights of any Holder may be transferred or assigned at any time and shall be considered to be transferred or assigned at any time or from time to
time upon the transfer of such Note whether with or without the consent of or notice to the Guarantors under this Guaranty or to the Company. 
 (e) To the extent of any payments made under this Guaranty, the Guarantors shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holder or Holders upon whose Notes such payment was made, but each Guarantor covenants and agrees that such right of
subrogation shall be junior and subordinate in right of payment to the prior indefeasible final payment in cash in full of all amounts due and owing by the Company with respect to the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement and by the Guarantors under
this Guaranty, and the Guarantors shall not take any action to enforce such right of subrogation, and the Guarantors shall not accept any payment in respect of such right of subrogation, until all amounts due and owing by the Company under or in
respect of the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement and all amounts due and owing by the Guarantors hereunder have indefeasibly been finally paid in cash in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence
at any time prior to the indefeasible payment in cash in full of the Notes and all other amounts payable under the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement and this Guaranty, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders and shall
forthwith be paid to the Holders to be credited and applied to the amounts due or to become due with respect to the Notes and all other amounts payable under the Note Purchase Agreement and this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured. Each Guarantor
acknowledges that it has received direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement and that the waiver set forth in this paragraph (e) is knowingly made as a result of the receipt
of such benefits. 
 (f) To the extent of any payments made under this Guaranty, each Guarantor making such payment shall have a right of
contribution from the other Guarantors, but such Guarantor covenants and agrees that such right of contribution shall be subordinate in right of payment to the rights of the Holders for which full payment has not been made or provided for and, to
that end, such Guarantor agrees not to claim or enforce any such right of contribution unless and until all of the Notes and all other sums due and payable under the Note Purchase Agreement have been fully and irrevocably paid and discharged.

 (g) Each Guarantor agrees that to the extent the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person makes any payment on any Note, which
payment or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, voided, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered, rescinded or is required to be retained by or repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other Person under any bankruptcy
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payment, the obligation or the part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect with respect to the
Guarantors’ obligations hereunder, as if said payment had not been made. The liability of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced or discharged, in whole or in part, by any payment to any Holder from any source that is thereafter paid,
returned or refunded in whole or in part by reason of the assertion of a claim of any kind relating thereto, including, but not limited to, any claim for breach of contract, breach of warranty, preference, illegality, invalidity, or fraud asserted
by any account debtor or by any other Person. 
 (h) No Holder shall be under any obligation: (1) to marshal any assets in favor of the
Guarantors or in payment of any or all of the liabilities of the Company under or in respect of the Notes or the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder or (2) to pursue any other remedy that the Guarantors may or may not be able to pursue
themselves and that may lighten the Guarantors’ burden, any right to which each Guarantor hereby expressly waives. 
 (i) The
obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty rank pari passu in right of payment with all other Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is not secured or which is not expressly subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of
such Guarantor. 
 SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE GUARANTORS. 
 Each Guarantor represents and warrants to each Holder that: 
 (a) Such Guarantor is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified
or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (1) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of such Guarantor and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (2) the ability of such Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guaranty, or (3) the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty (herein in this Section 5, a “Material Adverse
Effect”). Such Guarantor has the power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Guaranty and
to perform the provisions hereof. 
 (b) This Guaranty has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Guarantor, and
this Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (1) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 (c) The execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty will not (1) contravene, result in any breach of, or
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material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, charter document or by-law, or any other material agreement or
instrument to which such Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is bound or by which such Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (2) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to such Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries or (3) violate any provision of any statute or other
rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the such Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries. 
 (d) No consent,
approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty. 
 (e) Such Guarantor is solvent, has capital not unreasonably small in relation to its business or any contemplated or undertaken transaction and has
assets having a value both at fair valuation and at present fair salable value greater than the amount required to pay its debts as they become due and greater than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts
as they become absolute and matured. Such Guarantor does not intend to incur, or believe or should have believed that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due. Such Guarantor will not be rendered insolvent by the
execution and delivery of, and performance of its obligations under, this Guaranty. Such Guarantor does not intend to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors by or through the execution and delivery of, or performance of its obligations under, this
Guaranty. 
 (f) The obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all other
unsecured senior Indebtedness (actual or contingent) of each Guarantor. 
 SECTION 6. GUARANTOR COVENANTS.

 From and after the date of issuance of the Notes by the Company and continuing so long as any amount remains unpaid thereon each Guarantor
agrees to comply with the terms and provisions of Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 and 9.8 of the Note Purchase Agreement, insofar as such provisions apply to such Guarantor, as if said Sections were set forth herein in full. 
 SECTION 7. [RESERVED]. 
 SECTION 8. GOVERNING LAW. 
 (a) This Guaranty shall be construed and enforced
in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a
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 (b) Each Guarantor irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any Illinois State or federal
court sitting in Cook County, Illinois over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such Guarantor irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion,
as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any
claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. 
 (c) The parties hereto
waive any right to have a jury participate in resolving any dispute, whether sounding in contract, tort, or otherwise, between them arising out of, connected with, related to or incidental to the relationship established between them in connection
with this Guaranty, any financing agreement, any loan party document or any other instrument, document or agreement executed or delivered in connection herewith or the transactions related hereto. The parties hereto hereby agree and consent that any
such claim, demand, action or cause of action shall be decided by court trial without a jury and that any of them may file an original counterpart or a copy of this Guaranty with any court as written evidence of the consent of the parties hereto to
the waiver of their right to trial by jury. 
 SECTION 9. [RESERVED]. 
 SECTION 10. AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS AND CONSENTS. 
 (a) This Guaranty may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the
written consent of each Guarantor and the Required Holders. 
 (b) The Guarantors will provide each Holder (irrespective of the amount of
Notes then owned by it) with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such Holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in
respect of any of the provisions hereof. The Guarantors will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10 to each Holder promptly following the
date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the Required Holders. 
 (c) The Company will not
directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of fee or otherwise, or grant any security, to any Holder as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any Holder of any waiver or amendment of any
of the terms and provisions hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted, on the same terms, ratably to each Holder even if such Holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment. 
  

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 (d) Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 10 applies equally to
all Holders and is binding upon them and upon each future holder and upon the Guarantors. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant or agreement not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent
thereon. No course of dealing between the Guarantors and any Holder nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any Holder. As used herein, the term “this Guaranty” and references thereto
shall mean this Guaranty as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented. 
 (e) Solely for the purpose of determining whether the
Holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Guaranty, Notes directly or indirectly owned by any Guarantor, the
Company or any of their respective subsidiaries or Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding. 
 SECTION 11.
NOTICES. 
 All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telefacsimile if the
sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized
overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent: 
 (1) if to an Initial Note Purchaser or
such Initial Note Purchaser’s nominee, to such Initial Note Purchaser or such Initial Note Purchaser’s nominee at the address specified for such communications in Schedule A to the Note Purchase Agreement, or at such other address as
such Initial Note Purchaser or such Initial Note Purchaser’s nominee shall have specified to any Guarantor or the Company in writing, 
 (2) if to any other Holder, to such Holder at such address as such Holder shall have specified to any Guarantor or the Company in writing, or 
 (3) if to any Guarantor, to such Guarantor c/o the Company at its address set forth at the beginning of the Note Purchase Agreement to the
attention of Treasurer, with a copy to the General Counsel, or at such other address as such Guarantor shall have specified to the Holders in writing. 
 Notices under this Section 11 will be deemed given only when actually received. 
 SECTION 12.
MISCELLANEOUS. 
 (a) No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to any Holder is intended to be exclusive of any other
available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given under this Guaranty now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission to exercise any right or
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right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof but any such right or power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed
expedient. In order to entitle any Holder to exercise any remedy reserved to it under the Guaranty, it shall not be necessary for such Holder to physically produce its Note in any proceedings instituted by it or to give any notice, other than such
notice as may be herein expressly required. 
 (b) The Guarantors will pay all sums becoming due under this Guaranty by the method and at the
address specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, or by such other method or at such other address as any Holder shall have from time to time specified to the Guarantors in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of this
Guaranty or any Note. 
 (c) Any provision of this Guaranty that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 (d) If the whole or any part of this Guaranty shall be now or
hereafter become unenforceable against any one or more of the Guarantors for any reason whatsoever or if it is not executed by any one or more of the Guarantors, this Guaranty shall nevertheless be and remain fully binding upon and enforceable
against each other Guarantor as if it had been made and delivered only by such other Guarantors. 
 (e) This Guaranty shall be binding upon
each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder and its successors and assigns so long as its Notes remain outstanding and unpaid. 
 (f) This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one
instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto. 
 SECTION 13. INDEMNITY. 
 To the fullest extent of applicable law, each Guarantor shall indemnify
and save each Holder harmless from and against any losses which may arise by virtue of any of the obligations hereby guaranteed being or becoming for any reason whatsoever in whole or in part void, voidable, contrary to law, invalid, ineffective or
otherwise unenforceable by the Holder or any of them in accordance with its terms (all of the foregoing collectively, an “Indemnifiable Circumstance”). For greater certainty, these losses shall include without limitation all
obligations hereby guaranteed which would have been payable by the Company but for the existence of an Indemnifiable Circumstance, net of any withholding or deduction of or on account of any tax; provided, however, that the extent of the
Guarantor’s aggregate liability under this Section 13 shall not at any time exceed the amount (but for any Indemnifiable Circumstance) otherwise guaranteed pursuant to Section 2. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Guaranty
to be duly executed by an authorized representative as of this      day of August, 2007. 
  

			
	 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. (ILLINOIS), an Illinois
corporation

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	
	
	 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER BROKERAGE & RISK
MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	
	
	 RISK PLACEMENT SERVICES, INC., an Illinois
corporation

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	
	
	 GALLAGHER RE, INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	

  

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	 GALLAGHER BASSETT SERVICES, INC., a Delaware
corporation

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	
	
	 GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES, INC., a Delaware
corporation

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	

  

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	 Accepted and Agreed:

	
	 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	

  

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 GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT 
 To the Holders of the Series A Notes and the 
 Series B
Notes, (as hereinafter defined) of 
 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (the “Company”) 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 WHEREAS, for the
purpose set forth in the “Description of the Offering and Use of Proceeds” of the Memorandum, the Company issued (a) $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.26% Senior Notes, Series A, due August 3, 2014 (the
“Series A Notes”) and (b) $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.44% Senior Notes, Series B, due August 3, 2017 (the “Series B Notes”; the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Notes”) pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 3, 2007 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) among the Company and each of the purchasers named on
Schedule A thereto (the “Initial Note Purchasers”). 
 WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to their
purchase of the Notes, the Initial Note Purchasers required that certain subsidiaries of the Company enter into a Guaranty Agreement as security for the Notes (the “Guaranty”). 
 Pursuant to Section 9.7 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to cause the undersigned,
                        , a
                         organized under the laws of
                         (the “Additional Guarantor”), to join in the Guaranty. In accordance with the
requirements of the Guaranty, the Additional Guarantor desires to amend the definition of Guarantor (as the same may have been heretofore amended) set forth in the Guaranty attached hereto so that at all times from and after the date hereof, the
Additional Guarantor shall be jointly and severally liable as set forth in the Guaranty for the obligations of the Company under the Note Purchase Agreement and Notes to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Guaranty. 
 The undersigned is the duly elected
                         of the Additional Guarantor, a subsidiary of the Company, and is duly authorized to execute and
deliver this Guaranty Supplement to each of you. The execution by the undersigned of this Guaranty Supplement shall evidence its consent to and acknowledgment and approval of the terms set forth herein and in the Guaranty and by such execution the
Additional Guarantor shall be deemed to have made in favor of the Holders the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the Guaranty. 
 Upon execution of this Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty shall be deemed to be amended as set forth above. Except as amended herein, the terms and provisions of the Guaranty are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved
in all respects. 
  

 Exhibit A 
 (to Guaranty) 

 Any and all notices, requests, certificates and other instruments (including the Notes) may refer to the
Guaranty without making specific reference to this Guaranty Supplement, but nevertheless all such references shall be deemed to include this Guaranty Supplement unless the context shall otherwise require. 
 Dated:                     ,
        . 
  

			
	 [NAME OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR]

		
	 By
	 	  

	 Its
	 	

  

 E-A-2Employment Agreement, dated July 31, 2007

 EXHIBIT 10.1 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the 31st day of July, 2007, by
and between LYDALL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Dale G. Barnhart (the “Executive”). 
 W
I T N E S S E T H 
 WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive (the
“Parties”) have agreed to enter into this agreement (the “Agreement”) relating to the employment of the Executive by the Company and/or one of its subsidiaries; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the Parties,
intending to be legally bound, agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	Term of Employment; Termination of Prior Agreement. 

 1.1 The Company and/or one of its subsidiaries agrees to continue to employ the Executive, and the Executive agrees to remain in the employment of the Company and/or one of its subsidiaries, in accordance with the terms and provisions of
this Agreement. 
 1.2 The Employment Period under this Agreement shall be the period commencing as of the date of this Agreement and, ending
on the date of termination of the Executive’s employment pursuant to Section 5, 6 or 7 below, whichever is applicable. 
 2.
Duties. It is the intention of the Parties that during the term of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement, the Executive will serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company or in such other senior management
position as the Company shall determine. During the Employment Period, the Executive will devote his full business time and attention and best efforts to the affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries and his duties. The Executive will have such
duties as are appropriate to his position, and will have such authority as required to enable the Executive to perform these duties. Consistent with the foregoing, the Executive shall comply with all reasonable instructions of the Board of Directors
of the Company (the “Board”) or a committee thereof. 
 3. Compensation and Benefits. 
 3.1 Salary. During the Employment Period, the Company will pay the Executive a base salary at an initial annual rate of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($450,000). The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, increase the Executive’s base salary in light of the Executive’s performance, inflation, changes in the cost of living and other factors deemed relevant by the
Company. The Executive’s base salary may not be 

 
decreased during the term of this Agreement, other than in connection with an across-the-board decrease affecting substantially all members of senior
management of the Company on substantially the same proportional basis. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company shall meet with the Executive annually to review the Executive’s performance, objectives and compensation, including
salary and bonus compensation, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall then meet with the Compensation Committee of the Board to discuss the same. If the Compensation Committee determines that any adjustments thereto are appropriate, such
committee shall make a recommendation to the full Board and the Board shall make such adjustments, if any, as the Board deems appropriate and consistent with this Agreement. The Executive’s base salary will be paid in accordance with the
standard practices for other members of senior management of the Company. 
 3.2 Bonuses. 
 (a) Annual Bonus. During the Employment Period, the Executive will be eligible to receive annually or otherwise such bonus awards, if any, as shall
be determined by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion after receiving the recommendation of the Compensation Committee. 
 3.3
Benefit Programs. During the Employment Period, the Executive will be entitled to participate on substantially the same terms as other members of senior management of the Company in all employee benefit plans and programs of the Company
(other than any severance plan, program or policy), subject to any restrictions or eligibility requirements under such plans and programs, from time to time in effect for the benefit of senior management of the Company, including, but not limited
to, retirement plans, profit sharing plans, stock incentive and annual bonus plans, group life insurance, hospitalization and surgical and major medical coverages (excluding the Lydall, Inc. Executive Medical Plan), short-term and long-term
disability. 
 3.4 Vacations and Holidays. During the Employment Period, the Executive will be entitled to vacation leave of four
(4) weeks per year at full pay or such greater vacation benefits as may be provided for by the Company’s vacation policies applicable to senior management. The Executive will be entitled to such holidays as are established by the Company
for all employees. 
 3.5 Automobile. During the Employment Period, the Company will provide the Executive with an automobile in
accordance with Company policy. 
 4. Business Expenses. The Executive will be entitled to prompt reimbursement for all reasonable,
documented and necessary expenses incurred by the Executive in performing his services hereunder in accordance with the policies of the Company, provided that the Executive properly accounts therefor in accordance with the policies and procedures
established by the Company. 
 5. Termination of Employment by the Company. 
 5.1 Termination by the Company Other Than For Disability or Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment at any time other than
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the Executive’s Disability (as defined in Section 5.2) or (ii) for Cause (as defined in Section 5.3), by giving the Executive a written
notice of termination at least 30 days before the date of termination (or such lesser notice period as the Executive may agree to). In the event of such a termination of employment pursuant to this Section 5.1, the Executive shall be entitled
to receive (i) the benefits described in Section 8 if such termination of employment does not occur within 18 months following a “Change of Control” (as defined in Section 10), or (ii) the benefits described in
Section 9 if such termination of employment occurs within 18 months following a Change of Control. 
 5.2 Termination Due to
Disability. If the Executive incurs a Disability, as defined below, the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment by giving the Executive written notice of termination at least 30 days before the date of such termination (or such
lesser notice period as the Executive may agree to). In the event of such termination of the Executive’s employment because of Disability, the Executive shall be entitled to receive (i) his base salary pursuant to Section 3.1 through
the date which is twelve months following the date of such termination of employment, reduced by any amounts paid to the Executive under any disability program maintained by the Company, such base salary, as reduced, to be paid in accordance with
the standard payroll practices of the Company; (ii) a prorata bonus for the calendar year of termination, calculated as the product of (x) the annual performance-based bonus that would have been payable to the Executive for the calendar
year of termination (determined as of the end of such calendar year) and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current calendar year through the date of termination and the denominator of which is 365 (366 if a
leap year), to be paid at the normal time for payment of such bonus in the calendar year following the calendar year to which the bonus relates; (iii) any other compensation and benefits to the extent actually earned by the Executive under any
other benefit plan or program of the Company as of the date of such termination of employment, such compensation and benefits to be paid at the normal time for payment of such compensation and benefits to the extent not previously paid, and
(iv) any reimbursement amounts owing under Section 4. In addition, if the Executive elects to continue coverage under the Company’s health plan pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA’), then
for the period beginning on the date of the Executive’s termination of employment and ending on the earlier of (i) the date which is 12 months after the date of such termination of employment or (ii) the date the Executive becomes
eligible for health insurance benefits under the group health plan of another employer, the Company will pay the same percentage of the Executive’s premium for COBRA coverage for the Executive and, if applicable, his spouse and dependent
children, as the Company paid at the applicable time for coverage under such plan for actively employed members of senior management generally. For the period beginning on the date of the Executive’s termination of employment and ending on the
earlier of (i) the date which is 12 months after the date of such termination of employment or (ii) the date on which the Executive becomes eligible for life insurance benefits from another employer, the Company will continue to provide
the life insurance benefits that the Company would have provided to the Executive if the Executive had continued in employment with the Company for such period, but only if the Executive timely pays the portion of the premium for such coverage that
members of senior management of the Company generally are required to pay for such coverage, if any. The Executive shall notify the Company promptly if he, while eligible for benefits under this Section 5.2, becomes eligible to receive health
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benefits from another employer. In the event that the Executive’s participation in the Company’s group life insurance plan is barred, the Company
shall arrange to provide the Executive with comparable life insurance coverage to the extent available at a cost not to exceed 125% of the cost of the group life insurance coverage offered to the Executive through the Company’s group life
insurance plan; provided that the Executive shall pay the same proportionate share of the premium for such coverage that members of senior management of the Company generally are required to pay for group life insurance coverage under the
Company’s group life insurance plan, if any. 
 For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive shall be considered to have incurred a
Disability if and only if the Executive is by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months (i) unable to
engage in any substantial gainful activity, or (ii) receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company. 
 5.3 Termination for Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment immediately for Cause for any of the following reasons:
(i) an act or acts of dishonesty or fraud by the Executive relating to the performance of his services to the Company; (ii) a breach by the Executive of his duties or responsibilities under this Agreement resulting in significant
demonstrable injury to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) the Executive’s conviction of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude; (iv) the Executive’s material failure (for reasons other than death or
Disability) to perform his duties under this Agreement or insubordination (defined as refusal to execute or carry out directions from the Board or its duly appointed designees) where the Executive has been given written notice of the acts or
omissions constituting such failure or insubordination and the Executive has failed to cure such conduct, where susceptible to cure, within ten days following such notice; or (v) a breach by the Executive of any provision of any material policy
of the Company or of his obligations under the confidentiality, non-competition and invention ownership agreement executed by the Executive and attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Confidentiality Agreement”). The Company shall exercise its
right to terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause by giving the Executive written notice of termination specifying in reasonable detail the circumstances constituting such Cause. In the event of such termination of the Executive’s
employment for Cause, the Executive shall be entitled to receive only (i) his base salary pursuant to Section 3.1 earned through the date of such termination of employment plus his base salary for the period of any vacation time earned but
not taken for the year of termination of employment, such base salary to be paid in a lump sum no later than the next payroll date following the Executive’s date of termination to the extent not previously paid, (ii) any other compensation
and benefits to the extent actually earned by the Executive under any other benefit plan or program of the Company as of the date of such termination of employment, such compensation and benefits to be paid at the normal time for payment of such
compensation and benefits to the extent not previously paid and (iii) any reimbursement amounts owing under Section 4. 
  

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 6. Termination of Employment by the Executive. 
 (a) Good Reason. The Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason by giving the Company a written notice of termination at least 30 days
before the date of such termination (or such lesser notice period as the Company may agree to) specifying in reasonable detail the circumstances constituting such Good Reason. In the event of the Executive’s termination of his employment for
Good Reason, the Executive shall be entitled to receive (i) the benefits described in Section 8 if such termination of employment does not occur within 18 months following a Change of Control, or (ii) the benefits described in
Section 9 if such termination of employment occurs within 18 months following a Change of Control. For purposes of this Agreement, Good Reason shall mean, without the Executive’s written consent, (i) a significant reduction in the
scope of the Executive’s authority, functions, duties or responsibilities from that which is contemplated by this Agreement; provided that a change in scope solely as a result of the Company no longer being public or becoming a subsidiary of
another corporation shall not constitute Good Reason, (ii) any reduction in the Executive’s base salary, other than an across-the-board reduction affecting substantially all members of senior management of the Company on substantially the
same proportional basis, or (iii) any material breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement without the Executive having committed any material breach of the Executive’s obligations hereunder or under the Confidentiality
Agreement, in each case, which breach is not cured within thirty days following written notice thereof to the Company of such breach. In addition, in the case of a termination of employment within 18 months following a Change of Control, Good Reason
shall also include the relocation of the Executive’s office location to a location more than 50 miles away from the Executive’s then current principal place of employment. If an event constituting a ground for termination of employment for
Good Reason occurs, and the Executive fails to give notice of termination within 30 days after the occurrence of such event, the Executive shall be deemed to have waived his right to terminate employment for Good Reason in connection with such event
(but not for any other event for which the 30-day period has not expired). 
 (b) Other. The Executive may terminate his employment at
any time and for any reason, other than pursuant to subsection (a) above, by giving the Company a written notice of termination to that effect at least 30 days before the date of termination (or such lesser notice period as the Company may
agree to); provided, however, that the Company following receipt of such notice from the Executive may elect to have the Executive’s employment terminate immediately following its receipt of such notice. In the event of the Executive’s
termination of his employment pursuant to this subsection (b), the Executive shall be entitled to receive only (i) his base salary pursuant to Section 3.1 earned through the date of such termination of employment plus his base salary
for the period of vacation time earned but not taken for the year of termination of employment, such base salary to be paid in a lump sum no later than the next payroll date following the Executive’s date of termination to the extent not
previously paid, (ii) any other compensation and benefits to the extent actually earned by the Executive under any other benefit plan or program of the Company as of the date of such termination of employment, such compensation and benefits to
be paid at the normal time for payment of such compensation and benefits to the extent not previously paid, and (iii) any reimbursement amounts owing under Section 4. 
  

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 7. Termination of Employment By Death. In the event of the death of the Executive during the
course of his employment hereunder, the Executive’s estate (or other person or entity having such entitlement pursuant to the terms of the applicable plan or program) shall be entitled to receive (i) the Executive’s base salary
pursuant to Section 3.1 earned through the date of the Executive’s death plus the Executive’s base salary for the period of vacation time earned but not taken for the year of the Executive’s death, such base salary to be paid in
a lump sum no later than the next payroll date following the Executive’s date of termination to the extent not previously paid, (ii) a bonus for the year of the Executive’s death (to be paid within 90 days after the Executive’s
death) in an amount equal to a pro rata portion of the average of the three highest annual bonuses earned by the Executive under the Company’s annual bonus plan for any of the five calendar years preceding the calendar year of the
Executive’s death (or, if the Executive was not eligible for a bonus for at least three calendar years in such five-year period, then the average of such bonuses for all of the calendar years in such five-year period for which the Executive was
eligible), with any deferred bonuses counting for the year earned rather than the year paid and with the pro rata portion being determined by dividing the number of days of the Executive’s employment during such calendar year up to his death by
365 (366 if a leap year), (iii) any other compensation and benefits to the extent actually earned by the Executive under any other benefit plan or program of the Company as of the date of such termination of employment, such compensation and
benefits to be paid at the normal time for payment of such compensation and benefits to the extent not previously paid, and (iv) any reimbursement amounts owing under Section 4. In addition, in the event of such death, the Executive’s
beneficiaries shall receive any death benefits owed to them under the Company’s employee benefit plans. If the Executive’s spouse and/or dependent children elect to continue coverage under the Company’s health plan following the
Executive’s death pursuant to COBRA, the Company for a period of 12 months following the Executive’s death will pay the same percentage of the premium for COBRA coverage for the Executive’s spouse and/or dependent children, as
applicable, as the Company would have paid in respect of the Executive’s coverage under such plan if the Executive had continued in employment with the Company for such period. 
 8. Benefits Upon Termination Without Cause or For Good Reason (No Change of Control). If (a) the Executive’s employment hereunder shall
terminate (i) because of termination by the Company pursuant to Section 5.1, or (ii) because of termination by the Employee for Good Reason pursuant to Section 6(a), and (b) such termination of employment does not occur
within 18 months following a Change of Control of the Company, the Executive shall be entitled to the following: 
 (a) The Company shall pay
to the Executive his base salary pursuant to Section 3.1 earned through the date of such termination of employment in a lump sum no later than the next payroll date following the Executive’s date of termination to the extent not previously
paid, and any other compensation and benefits to the extent actually earned by the Executive under any benefit plan or program of the Company as of the date of such termination of employment, any such compensation and benefits to be paid at the
normal time for payment of such compensation and benefits to the extent not previously paid. 
  

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 (b) The Company shall pay the Executive any reimbursement amounts owing under Section 4. 

(c) The Company shall pay to the Executive in equal installments spread over the period of 12 months beginning on the date of the Executive’s
termination of employment an amount equal in the aggregate to the sum of (i) the Executive’s annual rate of base salary in effect immediately preceding his termination of employment, and (ii) the average of his annual bonuses earned
under the Company’s annual bonus plan for the three calendar years preceding his termination of employment (or, if the Executive was not eligible for a bonus in each of those three calendar years, then the average of such bonuses for all of the
calendar years in such three-year period for which he was eligible), with any deferred bonuses counting for the year earned rather than the year paid (the “Severance Benefit”). The Severance Benefit installments shall be paid at the times
that salary payments are normally made by the Company; provided that, if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment, the Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations and guidance issued thereunder (a “Specified Employee”), then fifty percent (50%) of the Severance Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum on the first payroll date that occurs
six (6) months after the date of the Executive’s termination of employment, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the Severance Benefit shall be paid in equal installments spread over six (6) months at the times that salary
payments are normally made by the Company, beginning on the second payroll date that occurs six (6) months after the date of the Executive’s termination of employment. 
 (d) If the Executive elects to continue coverage under the Company’s health plan pursuant to COBRA, then for the period beginning on the date of the
Executive’s termination of employment and ending on the earlier of (i) the date which is 12 months after the date of such termination of employment or (ii) the date the Executive becomes eligible for health insurance benefits under
the group health plan of another employer, the Company will pay the same percentage of the Executive’s premium for COBRA coverage for the Executive and, if applicable, his spouse and dependent children, as the Company paid at the applicable
time for coverage under such plan for actively employed members of senior management generally. In addition, for the period beginning on the date of the Executive’s termination of employment and ending on the earlier of (i) the date which
is 12 months after the date of such termination of employment or (ii) the date on which the Executive becomes eligible for life insurance benefits from another employer, the Company will continue to provide the life insurance benefits that the
Company would have provided to the Executive if the Executive had continued in employment with the Company for such period, but only if the Executive timely pays the portion of the premium for such coverage that members of senior management of the
Company generally are required to pay for such coverage, if any. The Executive shall notify the Company promptly if he, while eligible for benefits under this subsection (d), becomes eligible to receive health and/or life insurance benefits
from another employer. In the event that the Executive’s participation in the Company’s group life insurance plan is barred, the Company shall arrange to provide the Executive with comparable life insurance coverage to the extent available
at a cost not to exceed 125% of the cost of the group life insurance coverage offered through the Company’s group life insurance plan; provided that the Executive shall pay the same proportionate share of the premium for such coverage that
members of senior management of the Company generally are required to pay for group life insurance coverage under the Company’s group life insurance plan, if any. 
  

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 (e) The Company will pay to the outplacement services provider reasonably selected by the Executive an
amount not to exceed $10,000 for outplacement services costs incurred by Executive within the twelve months following the Executive’s termination of employment. 
 (f) The Company’s obligation to provide the severance benefits set forth in Sections 8(c), (d) and (e) upon the Executive’s termination of employment without Cause or for Good Reason, which does
not occur within 18 months following a Change of Control, is subject to the Executive’s execution without revocation of a valid release in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B (the “Release”). 
 9. Benefits Upon Termination Without Cause or For Good Reason (Change of Control). If (a) the Executive’s employment hereunder shall
terminate (i) because of termination by the Company pursuant to Section 5.1, or (ii) because of termination by the Employee for Good Reason pursuant to Section 6(a), and (b) such termination of employment occurs within 18
months following a Change of Control of the Company, the Executive shall be entitled to the following: 
 (a) The Company shall pay to the
Executive his base salary pursuant to Section 3.1 earned through the date of such termination of employment in a lump sum no later than the next payroll date following the Executive’s date of termination to the extent not previously paid,
and any other compensation and benefits to the extent actually earned by the Executive under any benefit plan or program of the Company as of the date of such termination of employment, any such compensation and benefits to be paid at the normal
time for payment of such compensation and benefits to the extent not previously paid. 
 (b) The Company shall pay the Executive any
reimbursement amounts owing under Section 4. 
 (c) The Company shall pay to the Executive as a severance benefit an amount equal to two
(2) times the sum of (i) his annual rate of base salary in effect immediately preceding his termination of employment, and (ii) the average of his three highest annual bonuses earned under the Company’s annual bonus plan for any
of the five calendar years preceding his termination of employment (or, if the Executive was not eligible for a bonus for at least three calendar years in such five-year period, then the average of such bonuses for all of the calendar years in such
five-year period for which the Executive was eligible), with any deferred bonuses counting for the year earned rather than the year paid (the “COC Severance Benefit”). The COC Severance Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum within 30 days
after the date of such termination of employment; provided that, if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment, the Executive is a Specified Employee, then the COC Severance Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum on the date that is
six (6) months after the date of such termination of employment. 
  

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 (d) The Company shall pay to the Executive as a bonus for the year of termination of his employment an
amount equal to a portion (determined as provided in the next sentence) of the Executive’s target bonus opportunity under the Company’s annual bonus plan for the calendar year of termination of the Executive’s employment or, if none,
such portion of the bonus awarded to the Executive under the Company’s annual bonus plan for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year of the termination of the Executive’s employment, with deferred bonuses counting for the
year earned rather than the year paid. Such portion shall be determined by dividing the number of days of the Executive’s employment during such calendar year up to his termination of employment by 365 (366 if a leap year). Such payment shall
be made in a lump sum within 30 days after the date of such termination of employment, and the Executive shall have no right to any further bonuses under said plan; provided that, if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment, the
Executive is a Specified Employee, then such payment shall be made in a lump sum on the date that is six (6) months after the date of such termination of employment, and the Executive shall have no right to any further bonuses under said plan.

 (e) For the period beginning on the date of the Executive’s termination of employment and ending on the earlier of (i) the date
which is 24 months after the date of such termination of employment or (ii) the date the Executive becomes eligible for comparable benefits from another employer, the Executive (and, if applicable, the Executive’s spouse and dependent
children) shall remain covered by the medical, dental, life insurance, and, if reasonably commercially available through nationally reputable insurance carriers, long-term disability plans of the Company that covered the Executive immediately prior
to his termination of employment as if the Executive had remained in employment for such period; provided, however, that the coverage under any such plan is conditioned on the timely payment by the Executive (or his spouse or dependent children) of
the portion of the premium for such coverage that actively employed members of senior management of the Company generally are required to pay for such coverage. In the event that the Executive’s participation in any such plan is barred, the
Company shall arrange to provide the Executive (and, if applicable, his spouse and dependent children) with comparable benefits to the extent available at a cost not to exceed 125% of the cost of providing benefits to the Executive under the
Company’s plan or plans. The Executive shall notify the Company promptly if he, while eligible for benefits under this subsection (e) becomes eligible to receive benefits from another employer. 
 (f) Each stock option granted by the Company to the Executive and outstanding immediately prior to termination of his employment shall be fully vested
and immediately exercisable and may be exercised by the Executive (or, following his death, by the person or entity to which such option passes) at any time prior to the expiration date of the applicable option (determined without regard to any
earlier termination of the option that would otherwise occur by reason of termination of his employment). Each restricted stock award granted by the Company to the Executive and outstanding immediately prior to termination of the Executive’s
employment shall be fully vested upon such termination of employment. 
 (g) The Company will pay to the outplacement services provider
reasonably selected by the Executive an amount not to exceed $10,000 for outplacement services costs incurred by Executive within the twelve months following the Executive’s termination of employment. 
  

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 (h) The Company shall promptly pay all reasonable attorneys’ fees and related expenses incurred by
the Executive in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit under this Section 9 or to defend against any claim or assertion in connection with this Section 9, but only if and to the extent that the Executive substantially prevails.

 (i) The Company will pay to the Executive an automobile allowance, in an amount equal to the Executive’s monthly lease allowance at
the time of termination, each month for 24 months following termination of the Executive’s employment to replace the Company-leased automobile, which leased automobile will be returned to the Company by the Executive on the date of termination
of the Executive’s employment; provided that, if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment, the Executive is a Specified Employee, then twenty-five percent (25%) of the automobile allowance shall be paid in a lump sum
on the date that is six (6) months after the date of termination, and the remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the automobile allowance shall be paid in eighteen (18) equal monthly installments, beginning in the seventh month
following the date of termination. 
 (j) The Company’s obligation to provide the severance benefits set forth in Sections 9(c), (d),
(e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) upon the Executive’s termination of employment without Cause or for Good Reason within 18 months following a Change of Control is subject to the Executive’s execution of the Release. 
 10. Change of Control. For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the consummation of any
of the following events: (a) any person or persons acting together which would constitute a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), (other than the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company) shall beneficially own (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, at least 25% of the total voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally
in the election of the Board; (b) Current Directors (as herein defined) shall cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board (for this purpose, a “Current Director” shall mean any member of the
Board as of the date hereof and any successor of a Current Director whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by at least a majority of the Current Directors then on the Board); (c) (i) the
complete liquidation of the Company or (ii) the merger or consolidation of the Company, other than a merger or consolidation in which (x) the holders of the common stock of the Company immediately prior to the consolidation or merger have,
directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the common stock of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger or (y) the Board immediately prior to the merger or consolidation would, immediately after
the merger or consolidation, constitute a majority of the board of directors of the continuing or surviving corporation, which liquidation, merger or consolidation has been approved by the shareholders of the Company; or (d) the sale or other
disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company pursuant to an agreement (or agreements) which has (have) been approved by the shareholders of the Company. 
  

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 11. Golden Parachute Excise Tax. 
 (a) In the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the Executive pursuant to this Agreement or any other plan, program or
arrangement of the Company or any of its affiliates would constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (“Excess Parachute Payment”), then the payments under this Agreement shall be
reduced (by the minimum possible amounts) until no amount payable to the Executive under this Agreement constitutes an Excess Parachute Payment; provided, however, that no such reduction shall be made if the net after-tax payment (after taking into
account Federal, state, local or other income and excise taxes) to which the Executive would otherwise be entitled without such reduction would be greater than the net after-tax payment (after taking into account Federal, state, local or other
income and excise taxes) to the Executive resulting from the receipt of such payments with such reduction. If, as a result of subsequent events or conditions (including a subsequent payment or absence of a subsequent payment under this Agreement or
other plan, program or arrangement of the Company or any of its affiliates), it is determined that payments under this Agreement have been reduced by more than the minimum amount required to prevent any payments from constituting an Excess Parachute
Payment, then an additional payment shall be promptly made to the Executive in an amount equal to the additional amount that can be paid without causing any payment to constitute an Excess Parachute Payment. 
 (b) All determinations required to be made under this Section 11 shall be made by a nationally recognized independent accounting firm mutually
agreeable to the Company and the Executive (the “Accounting Firm”) which shall provide detailed supporting calculations to the Company and the Executive as requested by the Company or the Executive. All fees and expenses of the Accounting
Firm shall be borne solely by the Company and shall be paid by the Company upon demand of the Executive as incurred or billed by the Accounting Firm. All determinations made by the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 11 shall be final and
binding upon the Company and the Executive. 
 (c) To the extent any payment or benefit is to be reduced pursuant to this Section 11,
the severance payment described in Section 8(c) or 9(c) will first be reduced and then the bonus described in Section 9(d), in each case only to the extent necessary. 
 12. Entitlement to Other Benefits. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not be construed as limiting in any way
any rights or benefits that the Executive or his spouse, dependents or beneficiaries may have pursuant to any other plan or program of the Company; provided that the Executive shall not be eligible to receive any benefits under any circumstances
under any severance plan or policy of the Company, including, without limitation, the Lydall, Inc. Severance Plan. 
 13. General
Provisions. 
 13.1 No Duty to Seek Employment. The Executive shall not be under any duty or obligation to seek or
accept other employment following termination of employment, and no amount, payment or benefits due to the Executive hereunder shall be reduced or suspended if the Executive accepts subsequent employment, except as expressly set forth herein.

  

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 13.2 Deductions and Withholding. All amounts payable or which become payable under any provision
of this Agreement shall be subject to any deductions authorized by the Executive and any deductions and withholdings required by law. 
 13.3
Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively “Notices”) required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission with a copy deposited in the United States mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or sent by overnight mail addressed as follows: 
  

			
	To the Company:	  	Lydall, Inc.
		  	P.O. Box 151
		  	One Colonial Road
		  	Manchester, CT 06045-0151
		  	Attn: Chief Executive Officer
		
	To the Executive:	  	Dale G. Barnhart
		  	(Address)

 or such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Notice mailed as
provided herein shall be deemed given when so delivered personally or sent by facsimile transmission, or, if sent by overnight mail, on the day after the date of mailing. 
 13.4 No Disparagement. The Executive shall not during the period of his employment with the Company, nor following the date of termination of his employment for any reason, publish or communicate to any person
or entity any Disparaging (as defined below) remarks, comments or statements concerning the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any of their shareholders, directors, officers, employees or agents. “Disparaging” remarks,
comments or statements are those that impugn the character, honesty, integrity or morality or business acumen or abilities in connection with any aspect of the operation of business of the individual or entity being disparaged. The Executive agrees
that the terms of this Section 14.4 shall survive the term of this Agreement and the termination of the Executive’s employment. 
 13.5 Proprietary Information and Inventions. The Confidentiality Agreement is incorporated by reference in this Agreement, and the Executive agrees to continue to be bound thereby. 
 13.6 Covenant to Notify Management. The Executive agrees to abide by the ethics policies of the Company as well as the Company’s other rules,
regulations, policies and procedures. The Executive agrees to comply in full with all governmental laws and regulations as well as ethics codes applicable. In the event that the Executive is aware or suspects the Company, or any of its officers or
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codes, rules, regulations, policies or procedures, the Executive agrees to bring all such actual and suspected violations to the attention of the Company
immediately so that the matter may be properly investigated and appropriate action taken. The Executive understands that the Executive is precluded from filing a complaint with any governmental agency or court having jurisdiction over wrongful
conduct unless the Executive has first notified the Company of the facts and permits it to investigate and correct the concerns. 
 13.7
Amendments and Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by the Executive and the Company. No waiver by either Party hereto at
any time of any breach by the other Party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other Party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at
any prior or subsequent time. 
 13.8 Beneficial Interests. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
(a) the Company’s successors and assigns and (b) the Executive’s personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If the Executive shall die while any amounts
are still payable to his hereunder, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Executive’s devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if there be no such designee, to the
Executive’s estate. 
 13.9 Successors. The Company will require any successors (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform.

 13.10 Assignment. This Agreement and the rights, duties, and obligations hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by any Party
without the prior written consent of the other Party and any attempted assignment or delegation without such prior written consent shall be void and be of no effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 14.10, the Company
may assign or delegate its rights, duties and obligations hereunder to any affiliate or to any person or entity which succeeds to all or substantially all of the business of the Company or one of its subsidiaries through merger, consolation,
reorganization, or other business combination or by acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or one of its subsidiaries without the Executive’s consent. 
 13.11 Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut without regard to
the conflicts of law provisions thereof. 
 13.12 Statute of Limitations. The Executive and the Company hereby agree that there shall
be a one year statute of limitations for the filing of any requests for arbitration or any lawsuit relating to this Agreement or the terms or conditions of Executive’s employment by the Company. If such a claim is filed more than one year
subsequent to the Executive’s last day of employment it shall be precluded by this provision, regardless of whether or not the claim has accrued at that time. 
  

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 13.13 Right to Injunctive and Equitable Relief. The Executive’s obligations under
Section 13.4 are of a special and unique character, which gives them a peculiar value. The Company cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated for damages in an action at law in the event the Executive breaches such obligations. Therefore,
the Executive expressly agrees that the Company shall be entitled to injunctive and other equitable relief without bond or other security in the event of such breach in addition to any other rights or remedies which the Company may possess or be
entitled to pursue. Furthermore, the obligations of the Executive and the rights and remedies of the Company under Section 13.4 and this Section 13.13 are cumulative and in addition to, and not in lieu of, any obligations, rights, or
remedies as created by applicable law. The Executive agrees that the terms of this Section 13.13 shall survive the term of this Agreement and the termination of the Executive’s employment. 
 13.14 Severability or Partial Invalidity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. 
 13.15 Entire Agreement. This
Agreement, along with the Confidentiality Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings, and negotiations between the Parties with respect
to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be changed orally and may only be modified in writing signed by both Parties. This Agreement, along with the Confidentiality Agreement, is intended by the Parties as the final expression of their
agreement with respect to such terms as are included herein and therein and may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior or contemporaneous agreement. The Parties further intend that this Agreement, along with the Confidentiality Agreement,
constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of their terms and that no extrinsic evidence may be introduced in any judicial proceeding involving such agreements. 
 13.16 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer and the Employee has
hereunto set her hand as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	LYDALL, INC.	    	 
			
	By:	 	/s/ W. Leslie Duffy	    	July 31, 2007
		 	 	    	 
		 	W. Leslie Duffy, Esquire	    	Date
		 	Chairman of the Board	    	
			
		 	/s/ Dale G. Barnhart	    	July 31, 2007
		 	 	    	 
		 	Dale G. Barnhart	    	Date

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 Lydall, Inc. 
 (Also referred to as the “Company”) 
 Confidentiality, Invention and Non-Compete Agreement 
 (For Domestic Employees Only) 

In consideration of my employment by the Company, or future employment with an affiliate to whom I am transferred (together the “Company”), the compensation
and other benefits to be received by me from the Company, I agree that: 
  

	1.	Definitions 

 The term “Confidential
Information” as used in this Agreement includes all business information and records which relate to the Company or to parties working with the Company under a confidentiality agreement, and which are not known to the public generally,
including, but not limited to, technical notebook records, technical reports, patent applications, machine equipment, computer software, models, process and product designs including any drawings and descriptions, unwritten knowledge and
“know-how”, operating instructions, training manuals, production and development processes, production or other schedules, customer lists, customer buying records, product sales records, sales requests, territory listings, market surveys,
plans including marketing plans and long-range plans, salary information, contracts, supplier lists, product costs, policy statements, policy procedures, policy manuals, flowcharts, computer printouts, program listings, reproductions and
correspondence. 
 The term “Invention” as used in this Agreement includes any discovery, improvement, design or idea, patentable,
copywriteable or otherwise, which relates to any activity or business in which the Company is engaged or any process, equipment, material, product or method (including computer software) in which the Company has any direct or indirect interest.

  

	2.	Inventions 

 I will disclose promptly to the Company
any Invention conceived, developed or perfected by me, either alone or jointly with another or others, while I am an employee, whether or not such conception, development or perfection occurs during the hours of my employment. 
  

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 I grant to the Company without further compensation, all my right, title and interest in and to any such
Invention for the sole use and benefit of the Company, together with all U.S. and foreign patents, trademarks or copyrights that may at any time be granted, and all reissues, renewals and extensions of such patents, trademarks or copyrights. At the
request and expense of the Company, I will at any time do what the Company reasonably believes to be necessary to assist the Company to vest full right and title to each such Invention in the Company, enable the Company to obtain and maintain full
right and title in any country, prosecute applications for and secure patents (including their reissue, renewal and extension), trademarks, copyrights and any other form of protection for each such Invention, and prosecute or defend any interference
or opposition which may be declared involving any such application or patent and any litigation in which the Company may be involved concerning any such Invention. This will include preparing, executing and delivering any written document, drawings,
flowcharts, or computer printouts. The provisions of this section will continue after I stop working for the Company and shall be binding on my executors, administrators and assigns, unless waived in writing by the Company. 
  

	3.	Confidential Information 

 I have not disclosed and
will not disclose to the Company, and I will not use, in the discharge of my duties as an employee of the Company, any trade secret or confidential information belonging to a former employer or other person and which has been classified by the
former employer or other person as a trade secret or confidential information. The limitation set forth in this section shall not apply to matters which (a) are or become public knowledge, (b) were previously known to the Company,
(c) are subsequently received by the Company from a third party, or (d) are independently derived by the Company. 
 I will not,
directly or indirectly, during or at any time after the period of my employment by the Company, use for myself or others, or disclose to others, any Confidential Information, no matter how such information becomes known to me, unless I first obtain
the Company’s written consent. 
 When I leave the Company’s employ, or at any other time upon request by the Company, I will
promptly deliver to the Company all documents and records, including but not limited to those listed under the definition of Confidential Information, which are in my possession or under my control and which pertain to the Company, any of its
activities or any of my activities while in the course of my employment and all copies thereof. I will not retain or deliver to any others copies of these documents or records. 
 The following section 4 only relates to salaried exempt and non-exempt employees: 
  

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	4.	Non-Competition 

 I acknowledge and agree that the Company’s business competes upon a worldwide basis, and that the degree of competition in that business is high. I recognize that the Company may assign me to duties in a
geographic area or specific market. I agree that, unless I first obtain the Company’s written consent, I will not during my employment with the Company and for a period of two (2) years following the termination of my employment (provided,
however, that if I am employed by the Company for less than two (2) years, the post-employment period to which this section applies shall be the greater of six (6) months or the length of my employment in any capacity), directly or
indirectly or through others, individually, or as a member, officer, director, employee, agent, or investor of any partnership or entity (except ownership of not more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding publicly traded stock of any
company): 
 (i) participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or work for (as an employee, consultant or independent
contractor) or have any material financial interest in, any business competitive with the Company in (a) any market in which the company for which I have worked in the two (2) preceding years has sold or attempted to sell any of its
product in the two (2) years preceding my termination or (b) if the Company has assigned me to duties in a geographic area, within two hundred fifty (250) miles of any such geographic area in which I have worked in the two
(2) years preceding my termination, 
 (ii) induce or encourage any employee of the Company to terminate his or her employment with the
Company, or 
 (iii) solicit, induce or encourage any person, business or entity which is a supplier of, a purchaser from, or a contracting
party with, the Company to terminate any written or oral agreement, order or understanding with the Company or to conduct business in a way that results in an adverse impact to the Company. 
 I further understand and agree that the remedy at law for any breach or threatened breach of my agreement not to compete contained in this section would
be inadequate and that any breach or attempted breach would result in irreparable damage to the Company, the monetary amount of which would be impossible to ascertain. Thus, I agree that in the event of any breach or threatened breach of my
agreement not to compete, in addition to all other available legal or equitable remedies, the Company may obtain injunctive relief to remedy damage caused by such breach or threatened breach, and that the Company shall be entitled to recover from me
its costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred in remedying such breach or threatened breach. 
  

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	5.	General Terms 

 I represent and agree that I have
and will assume no obligations to others inconsistent with any of my obligations to the Company under this Agreement. 
 In consideration of
my employment, I agree to conform to the policies of the Company. I understand that my employment is for an indefinite period and can be terminated at any time, with or without cause or prior notice by either the Company or me, and will remain so
unless a written agreement for a specific term is entered into and executed by me and the Company’s CEO or CFO. No other representations or agreements have been made regarding the term or termination of my employment. I understand that no
employee of the Company other than its CEO or CFO has the authority to enter into any agreement, commitment or guarantees binding on the Company regarding my employment and then only by a signed, written document. 
 This Agreement, which is ancillary to any other agreement I may have with the Company, (a) is intended as the complete and exclusive statement of my
agreement with the Company with respect to its subject matter, (b) shall be binding upon my heirs, executors and administrators, (c) shall be assignable by the Company to its successors; (d) shall not be modified unless in writing and
signed by me and the Company, (e) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Connecticut, the Company ‘s home office state, and (f) if any part of this Agreement is found invalid by any court, the
remainder shall be valid and enforceable in law and equity. 
  

									
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Lydall, Inc.
					
	Employee Name:	 	 /s/ Dale G. Barnhart
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ W. Leslie Duffy, Esquire

	Name printed:	 	Dale G. Barnhart	 		 	Name printed:	 	W. Leslie Duffy, Esquire
	Date:	 	July 31, 2007	 		 	Title:	 	Chairman of the Board

  

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 EXHIBIT B 
 TERMINATION, VOLUNTARY RELEASE AND WAIVER OF RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 I, Dale G. Barnhart, unqualifiedly
accept and agree to the relinquishment of my title, responsibilities and obligations as an employee of Lydall, Inc. (“the Company”), and concurrently and unconditionally agree to sever my relationship as an employee of the Company, in
consideration for the voluntary payment to me by the Company of the separation benefits set forth in Section      of the Employment Agreement dated as of
                 , 2007 by and between me and the Company (the “Employment Agreement”), which is made a part hereof. 
 1. In exchange for this consideration, which I understand that the Company is not otherwise obligated to provide to me, I voluntarily agree to waive and
forego any and all claims, rights, interests, covenants, contracts, warranties, promises, undertakings, actions, suits, causes of action, obligations, debts, attorneys’ fees or other expenses, accounts, judgments, fines, fees, losses and
liabilities, of any kind, nature or description, in law, equity or otherwise (collectively, “Claims”) that I may have against the Company and to release the Company and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors,
employees, representatives, agents, successors and assigns (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Releasees”) from any obligations any of them may owe to me, accepting the aforestated consideration as full settlement of any monies or
obligations owed to me by Releasees that may have arisen at any time prior to the date of my execution of this Termination, Voluntary Release and Waiver of Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”), except as specifically provided below in the
following paragraph number 2. 
 2. I do not waive, nor has the Company asked me to waive, any rights arising exclusively under the Fair
Labor Standards Act, except as such waiver may henceforth be made in a manner provided by law. I do not waive, nor has the Company asked me to waive, any vested benefits that I may have or that I may have derived from the course of my employment
with the Company. I understand that such vested benefits will be subject to and administered in accordance with the established and usual terms governing same. I do not waive any rights which may in the future, after the execution of this Agreement,
arise exclusively from a substantial breach by the Company of a material obligation of the Company expressly undertaken in consideration of my entering into this Agreement. 
 3. Except as set forth in paragraph 2, I do fully, irrevocably and forever waive, relinquish and agree to forego any and all Claims whatsoever, whether
known or unknown, that I may have or may hereafter have against the Releasees or any of them arising out of or by reason of any cause, matter or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the date hereof, including without limitation any
and all matters relating to my employment with the Company and the cessation thereof and all matters arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000 et seq., the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.,
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Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., all as amended, or under any other laws, ordinances, executive
orders, regulations or administrative or judicial case law arising under the statutory or common laws of the United States, the State of Connecticut or any other applicable county or municipal ordinance. 
 4. As a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, I, the undersigned, recognize that I may have been privy to certain
confidential, proprietary and trade secret information of the Company which, if known to third parties, could be used in a manner that would reduce the value of the Company for its shareholders. In order to reduce the risk of that happening, I, the
undersigned, agree that for a period of two (2) years after termination of employment, I, the undersigned, will not, directly or indirectly, assist, or be part of or have any involvement in, any effort to acquire control of the Company through
the acquisition of its stock or substantially all of its assets, without the prior consent of the Board of Directors of the Company. This provision shall not prevent the undersigned from owning up to not more than one percent (1%) of the
outstanding publicly traded stock of any company. 
 5. I further acknowledge pursuant to the Older Worker’s Benefit Protection Act (29
U.S.C. § 626(f)), I expressly agree that the following statements are true: 
 a. The payment of the consideration described in Section
     of the Employment Agreement is in addition to the standard employee benefits and anything else of value which the Company owes me in connection with my employment with the Company or the separation of employment.

 b. I have [twenty-one days] days from [date of receipt] to consider and sign this agreement. If I choose to sign this Agreement before the
end of the [twenty-one] day period, that decision is completely voluntary and has not been forced on me by the Company. 
 c. I will have
seven (7) days after signing the Agreement in which to revoke it, and the Agreement will not become effective or enforceable until the end of those seven (7) days. 
 d. I am now being advised in writing to consult an attorney before signing this Agreement. 
 I acknowledge that I have been given sufficient time to freely consult with an attorney or counselor of my own choosing and that I knowingly and
voluntarily execute this Agreement, after bargaining over the terms hereof, with knowledge of the consequences made clear, and with the genuine intent to release claims without threats, duress, or coercion on the part of the Company. I do so
understanding and acknowledging the significance of such waiver. 
 6. Further, in view of the above-referenced consideration voluntarily
provided to me by the Company, after due deliberation, I agree to waive any right to further litigation or claim against any or all of the Releasees except as specifically provided in paragraph number 

  

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2 above. I hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Releasees and their respective agents or representatives from and against any and all losses,
costs, damages or expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys fees incurred by said parties, or any of them, arising out of any breach of this Agreement by me or by any person acting on my behalf, or the fact that any representation made
herein by the undersigned was false when made. 
 7. As a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, I, the
undersigned, understand and agree that if I should fail to comply with the conditions hereof or to carry out the agreement set forth herein, all amounts previously paid under this Agreement shall be immediately forfeited to the Company and that the
right or claim to further payments and/or benefits hereunder would likewise be forfeited. 
 8. As a further material inducement to the
Company to enter into this Agreement, the undersigned provides as follows: 
 First. I represent that I have not filed any complaints
or charges against the Company, or any of the Releasees relating to the relinquishment of my former titles and responsibilities at the Company or the terms of my employment with the Company and that if any agency or court assumes jurisdiction of any
complaint or charge against the Company or any of the Releasees on behalf of me concerning my employment with the Company, I understand and agrees that I have, by my knowing and willing execution of this Agreement waived my rights to any form of
recovery or relief against the Company, or any of the Releasees, including but not limited to, attorney’s fees. Provided, however, that this provision shall not preclude the undersigned from pursuing appropriate legal relief against the Company
for redress of a substantial breach of a material obligation of the Company expressly undertaken in consideration of my entering into this Agreement. 
 Second. I acknowledge and understand that the consideration for this release shall not be in any way construed as an admission by the Company or any of the Releasees of any improper acts or any improper
employment decisions, and that the Company, specifically disclaims any liability on the part of itself, the Releasees, and their respective agents, employees, representatives, successors or assigns in this regard. 
 Third. I acknowledge and agree that this Agreement shall be binding upon me, upon the Company, and upon our respective administrators,
representatives, executives, successors, heirs and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of said parties and each of them. 
 Fourth.
I represent, understand and agree that this Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the parties hereto, and fully supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, except
for the confidentiality and non-competition agreement previously executed by me, the terms of which retain their full force and effect, and which are in no way limited or curtailed by this Agreement. (A copy of that agreement is attached to the
Employment Agreement as Exhibit A and is made a part hereof.) 
  

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 Fifth. Modification. This Agreement may not be altered or changed except by an agreement in
writing that has been properly executed by the party against whom any waiver, change, modification or discharge is sought. 
 Sixth.
Severability. All provisions and terms of this Agreement are severable. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision(s) or term(s) of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions and
such other provisions shall be enforceable in law or equity in all respects as if such particular invalid or unenforceable provision(s) or term(s) were omitted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the language of all parts of this Agreement shall, in all
cases, be construed as a whole, according to its fair meaning, and not strictly for or against any of the parties. 
 Seventh. No
Disparagement. Unless otherwise required by a court of competent jurisdiction or pursuant to any recognized subpoena power, I agree and promise that I will not make any oral or written statements or reveal any information to any person, company,
or agency which is disparaging or damaging to the reputation or business of the Company, its subsidiaries, directors, officers or affiliates, or which would interfere in any way with the business relations between the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates and any of their customers, suppliers or vendors whether present or in the future. 
 Eighth.
Confidentiality. The Company and the undersigned agree to refrain from disclosing to third parties and to keep strictly confidential all details of this Agreement and any and all information relating to its negotiation, except as necessary to
each party’s accountants or attorneys. 
 Ninth. Termination of Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company and all further payment obligations of the Company will cease, if: (a) the undersigned is terminated for “Cause” prior to the undersigned’s separation date; or
(b) facts are discovered after the undersigned’s separation date that would have supported a termination for “Cause” had such facts been discovered prior to the undersigned’s separation date. 
 AFFIRMATION OF RELEASOR 
 I, Dale G.
Barnhart, warrant that I am competent to execute this Termination, Voluntary Release and Waiver of Rights Agreement and that I accept full responsibility thereof. 
 I, Dale G. Barnhart, warrant that I have had the opportunity to consult with an attorney of my choosing with respect to this matter and the consequences of my executing this Termination, Voluntary Release and Waiver
of Rights Agreement. 
 I, Dale G. Barnhart, have read this Termination, Voluntary Release and Waiver of Rights Agreement carefully and I
fully understand its terms. I execute this document voluntarily with full and complete knowledge of its significance. 
  

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 Executed this              day
of                     , 2007 at
                                       
                     . 
  

									
	 	 	 	  	 	  	 	  	NAME
					
	STATE OF	 	  
	  	)	  	 	  	 
		 		  	)	  		  	SS:
	COUNTY OF	 	  
	  	)	  		  	

 Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, this
             day of                     , 2007 under the
pains and penalties of perjury. 
  

			
		 	, Notary Public

 My Commission Expires: 
 County of Residence: 
  

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