Document:

Kinder Morgan, Inc. Exhibit 4.1

	Exhibit 4.1

	

	

	$5,755,000,000

	CREDIT AGREEMENT

	Dated as of May 30, 2007

	among

	KINDER MORGAN, INC. and
KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO.
(to be merged with and into KINDER MORGAN, INC.),
as the Borrower

	The Several Lenders
from Time to Time Parties Hereto

	CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

	GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Tranche A Co-Lead Arrangers

	GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Tranche B Co-Lead Arrangers

	GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Tranche C Co-Lead Arrangers

	GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC,
as Revolving Credit Facility Co-Lead Arrangers

	GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC and
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
as Joint Bookrunners

	GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Co-Syndication Agents

	and

	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
as Co-Documentation Agents

	Cahill Gordon & Reindel
	LLP
80 Pine Street
New York, NY  10005

	
	

	

	

	

	

	TABLE OF CONTENTS

	
	
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	SECTION 1.

	
	DEFINITIONS

	
	2

	
	1.1.

	
	Defined Terms

	
	2

	
	1.2.

	
	Other Interpretive Provisions

	
	41

	
	1.3.

	
	Accounting Terms

	
	42

	
	1.4.

	
	Rounding

	
	42

	
	1.5.

	
	References to Agreements, Laws, etc.

	
	42

	
	1.6.

	
	Exchange Rates

	
	42

	
	1.7.

	
	Classification of Loans and Borrowings

	
	42

	
	SECTION 2.

	
	AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT

	
	43

	
	2.1.

	
	Commitments

	
	43

	
	2.2.

	
	Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings

	
	45

	
	2.3.

	
	Notice of Borrowing

	
	45

	
	2.4.

	
	Disbursement of Funds

	
	46

	
	2.5.

	
	Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

	
	46

	
	2.6.

	
	Conversions and Continuations

	
	49

	
	2.7.

	
	Pro Rata Borrowings

	
	50

	
	2.8.

	
	Interest

	
	50

	
	2.9.

	
	LIBOR Interest Periods

	
	51

	
	2.10.

	
	Increased Costs, Illegality, etc.

	
	52

	
	2.11.

	
	Compensation

	
	53

	
	2.12.

	
	Change of Lending Office

	
	54

	
	2.13.

	
	Notice of Certain Costs

	
	54

	
	2.14.

	
	Incremental Facilities

	
	54

	
	SECTION 3.

	
	LETTERS OF CREDIT

	
	56

	
	3.1.

	
	Letters of Credit

	
	56

	
	3.2.

	
	Letter of Credit Requests

	
	56

	
	3.3.

	
	Letter of Credit Participations

	
	57

	
	3.4.

	
	Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings

	
	59

	
	3.5.

	
	Increased Costs

	
	60

	
	3.6.

	
	New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer

	
	61

	
	3.7.

	
	Role of Letter of Credit Issuer

	
	62

	
	3.8.

	
	Cash Collateral

	
	62

	
	3.9.

	
	Applicability of ISP and UCP

	
	63

	
	3.10.

	
	Conflict with Issuer Documents

	
	63

	
	3.11.

	
	Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries

	
	63

	
	SECTION 4.

	
	FEES; COMMITMENTS

	
	63

	
	4.1.

	
	Fees

	
	63

	
	4.2.

	
	Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments

	
	64

	

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	4.3.

	
	Mandatory Termination of Commitments

	
	64

	
	SECTION 5.

	
	PAYMENTS

	
	64

	
	5.1.

	
	Voluntary Prepayments

	
	64

	
	5.2.

	
	Mandatory Prepayments

	
	65

	
	5.3.

	
	Method and Place of Payment

	
	67

	
	5.4.

	
	Net Payments

	
	68

	
	5.5.

	
	Computations of Interest and Fees

	
	70

	
	5.6.

	
	Limit on Rate of Interest

	
	70

	
	SECTION 6.

	
	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL BORROWING

	
	71

	
	6.1.

	
	Credit Documents

	
	71

	
	6.2.

	
	Collateral

	
	71

	
	6.3.

	
	Legal Opinions

	
	72

	
	6.4.

	
	Debt Repayment

	
	72

	
	6.5.

	
	Equity Investments

	
	72

	
	6.6.

	
	Closing Certificates

	
	72

	
	6.7.

	
	Corporate Proceedings of Each Credit Party

	
	72

	
	6.8.

	
	Corporate Documents

	
	72

	
	6.9.

	
	Fees

	
	72

	
	6.10.

	
	Representations and Warranties

	
	73

	
	6.11.

	
	Related Agreements

	
	73

	
	6.12.

	
	Solvency Certificate

	
	73

	
	6.13.

	
	Financial Statements

	
	73

	
	6.14.

	
	Merger

	
	73

	
	6.15.

	
	Insurance

	
	73

	
	6.16.

	
	Pro Forma Financial Statements

	
	73

	
	SECTION 7.

	
	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL CREDIT EVENTS

	
	73

	
	7.1.

	
	No Default; Representations and Warranties

	
	73

	
	7.2.

	
	Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request

	
	74

	
	SECTION 8.

	
	REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS

	
	74

	
	8.1.

	
	Corporate Status; Compliance with Laws

	
	74

	
	8.2.

	
	Corporate Power and Authority

	
	74

	
	8.3.

	
	No Violation

	
	74

	
	8.4.

	
	Litigation

	
	75

	
	8.5.

	
	Margin Regulations

	
	75

	
	8.6.

	
	Governmental Approvals

	
	75

	
	8.7.

	
	Investment Company Act

	
	75

	
	8.8.

	
	True and Complete Disclosure

	
	75

	
	8.9.

	
	Financial Condition; Financial Statements

	
	75

	
	8.10.

	
	Tax Returns and Payments

	
	76

	
	8.11.

	
	Compliance with ERISA

	
	76

	
	8.12.

	
	Subsidiaries

	
	77

	
	8.13.

	
	Intellectual Property

	
	77

	

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	8.14.

	
	Environmental Laws

	
	77

	
	8.15.

	
	Properties

	
	77

	
	8.16.

	
	Solvency

	
	77

	
	SECTION 9.

	
	AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

	
	77

	
	9.1.

	
	Information Covenants

	
	78

	
	9.2.

	
	Books, Records and Inspections

	
	80

	
	9.3.

	
	Maintenance of Insurance

	
	81

	
	9.4.

	
	Payment of Taxes

	
	81

	
	9.5.

	
	Consolidated Corporate Franchises

	
	81

	
	9.6.

	
	Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, etc.

	
	81

	
	9.7.

	
	ERISA

	
	81

	
	9.8.

	
	Maintenance of Properties

	
	82

	
	9.9.

	
	Transactions with Affiliates

	
	82

	
	9.10.

	
	End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters

	
	83

	
	9.11.

	
	Additional Guarantors and Grantors

	
	83

	
	9.12.

	
	Pledges of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness

	
	83

	
	9.13.

	
	Use of Proceeds

	
	84

	
	9.14.

	
	Further Assurances

	
	84

	
	SECTION 10.

	
	NEGATIVE COVENANTS

	
	85

	
	10.1.

	
	Limitation on Indebtedness

	
	85

	
	10.2.

	
	Limitation on Liens

	
	90

	
	10.3.

	
	Limitation on Fundamental Changes

	
	92

	
	10.4.

	
	Limitation on Sale of Assets

	
	93

	
	10.5.

	
	Limitation on Investments

	
	96

	
	10.6.

	
	Limitation on Dividends

	
	98

	
	10.7.

	
	Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments

	
	99

	
	10.8.

	
	Limitations on Sale Leasebacks

	
	100

	
	10.9.

	
	Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio

	
	100

	
	10.10.

	
	Changes in Business

	
	100

	
	SECTION 11.

	
	EVENTS OF DEFAULT

	
	100

	
	11.1.

	
	Payments

	
	100

	
	11.2.

	
	Representations, etc.

	
	100

	
	11.3.

	
	Covenants

	
	100

	
	11.4.

	
	Default Under Other Agreements

	
	101

	
	11.5.

	
	Bankruptcy, etc.

	
	101

	
	11.6.

	
	ERISA

	
	101

	
	11.7.

	
	Guarantee

	
	102

	
	11.8.

	
	Pledge Agreement

	
	102

	
	11.9.

	
	Security Agreement

	
	102

	
	11.10.

	
	Mortgages

	
	102

	
	11.11.

	
	Judgments

	
	102

	
	11.12.

	
	Change of Control

	
	103

	
	SECTION 12.

	
	INVESTORS’ RIGHT TO CURE

	
	104

	

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	SECTION 13.

	
	THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

	
	104

	
	13.1.

	
	Appointment

	
	104

	
	13.2.

	
	Delegation of Duties

	
	105

	
	13.3.

	
	Exculpatory Provisions

	
	105

	
	13.4.

	
	Reliance by Agents

	
	105

	
	13.5.

	
	Notice of Default

	
	106

	
	13.6.

	
	Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Other

	
	Agents and Other Lenders

	
	106

	
	13.7.

	
	Indemnification

	
	107

	
	13.8.

	
	Agents in Their Individual Capacity

	
	107

	
	13.9.

	
	Successor Agents

	
	107

	
	13.10.

	
	Withholding Tax

	
	108

	
	13.11.

	
	Trust Indenture Act

	
	108

	
	SECTION 14.

	
	MISCELLANEOUS

	
	108

	
	14.1.

	
	Amendments and Waivers

	
	108

	
	14.2.

	
	Notices

	
	111

	
	14.3.

	
	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

	
	112

	
	14.4.

	
	Survival of Representations and Warranties

	
	112

	
	14.5.

	
	Payment of Expenses

	
	112

	
	14.6.

	
	Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments

	
	113

	
	14.7.

	
	Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances

	
	117

	
	14.8.

	
	Adjustments; Set-off

	
	117

	
	14.9.

	
	Resignation of Swingline Lender

	
	118

	
	14.10.

	
	Counterparts

	
	118

	
	14.11.

	
	Severability

	
	118

	
	14.12.

	
	Integration

	
	118

	
	14.13.

	
	GOVERNING LAW

	
	118

	
	14.14.

	
	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers

	
	119

	
	14.15.

	
	Acknowledgments

	
	119

	
	14.16.

	
	WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL

	
	120

	
	14.17.

	
	Confidentiality

	
	120

	
	14.18.

	
	Direct Website Communications

	
	120

	
	14.19.

	
	USA Patriot Act

	
	122

	
	14.20.

	
	Judgment Currency

	
	122

	
	14.21.

	
	Effectiveness of the Merger

	
	122

	

	

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	SCHEDULES

	Schedule 1.1(a)

	Existing Letters of Credit

	Schedule 1.1(b)

	Mortgaged Properties

	Schedule 1.1(c)

	Commitments and Addresses of Lenders

	Schedule 1.1(d)

	Excluded Subsidiaries

	Schedule 1.1(e)

	Pari Passu Notes

	Schedule 1.1(f)

	Existing Notes

	Schedule 1.1(g)

	Non-Core Asset Sale

	Schedule 1.1(h)

	Debt Repayment

	Schedule 1.1(i)

	Hedge Banks

	Schedule 6.3

	Local Counsel Jurisdictions

	Schedule 8.12

	Subsidiaries

	Schedule 9.9

	Closing Date Affiliate Transactions

	Schedule 9.14(c)

	Post Closing Actions

	Schedule 10.1

	Closing Date Indebtedness

	Schedule 10.2

	Closing Date Liens

	Schedule 10.5

	Closing Date Investments

	Schedule 14.2

	Notice Addresses

	
	EXHIBITS

	Exhibit A

	[Reserved]

	Exhibit B

	[Reserved]

	Exhibit C

	Form of Guarantee

	Exhibit D

	Form of Mortgage (Real Property)

	Exhibit E

	Form of Perfection Certificate

	Exhibit F

	Form of Pledge Agreement

	Exhibit G

	Form of Security Agreement

	Exhibit H

	Form of Letter of Credit Request

	Exhibit I-1

	Form of Legal Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

	Exhibit I-2

	Form of Legal Opinion of General Counsel

	Exhibit J

	Form of Closing Certificate

	Exhibit K

	Form of Assignment and Acceptance

	Exhibit L-1

	Form of Promissory Note (Tranche A Term Loans)

	Exhibit L-2

	Form of Promissory Note (Tranche B Term Loans)

	Exhibit L-3

	Form of Promissory Note (Tranche C Term Loans)

	Exhibit L-4

	Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans)

	Exhibit M

	Form of New Loan Increase Joinder
	

	

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	CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 30, 2007, among KINDER MORGAN, INC., a Kansas corporation (the “Company”), KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO., a Kansas corporation (“MergerCo”), the lending institutions from time to time parties hereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as Co-Lead Arrangers, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, and MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as Joint Bookrunners, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Co-Syndication Agents (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this introductory statement having the meaning provided in
	Section 1.1), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as Co-Documentation Agents, and CITIBANK, N.A., as Letter of Credit Issuer.

	WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time in accordance therewith, the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of August 28, 2006, among Knight Holdco LLC (“Holdings”), MergerCo and the Company, MergerCo will merge with and into the Company with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”; as used herein, the “Borrower” refers to (i) on the Closing Date immediately prior to giving effect to the Merger, MergerCo and (ii) thereafter, the Company as the corporation surviving the Merger);

	WHEREAS, to fund, in part, the Merger, the Sponsors and certain other investors will contribute an amount in cash to the Borrower and/or a direct or indirect parent thereof in exchange for Stock (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) (which cash, if received by a parent company, will be contributed to the Borrower in exchange for common Stock), which together with the amount of any rollover equity issued to existing shareholders of the Company (such contribution and rollover, collectively, the “Equity Investments”), Loans borrowed hereunder and cash on hand shall be sufficient to consummate the Merger and the Debt Repayment and to pay related fees and expenses;
	

	WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, (I) the Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit in the form of (a) Tranche A Term Loans, in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000, (b) Tranche B Term Loans, in an aggregate principal amount of $3,300,000,000, (c) Tranche C Term Loans, in an aggregate principal amount of $455,000,000 and (D) Revolving Credit Loans made available to the Borrower at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $1,000,000,000 less the sum of (i) the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time; (II) the Borrower has requested (a) the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the L/C Maturity Date, in an aggregate face amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $300,000,000 and (b) to deem the letters of credit identified on
	Schedule 1.1(a) hereto (the “Existing Letters of Credit”) to be Letters of Credit for all purposes under this Agreement; and (III) the Borrower has requested the Swingline Lender to extend credit in the form of Swingline Loans at any time and from time to time prior to the Swingline Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $50,000,000;

	WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Term Loans and up to $250,000,000 of Revolving Credit Loans will be used by the Borrower, together with the net proceeds of the Equity Investments, on the Closing Date solely to effect the Merger and to pay Transaction Expenses.  Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans will be used by the Borrower on or after the Closing Date for general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions).  Letters of Credit will be used by the Borrower for general corporate purposes; and

	

	

	

	

	

	

	WHEREAS, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer are willing to make available to the Borrower such term loans, revolving credit and letter of credit facilities upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

	NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 1.

	
	Definitions

	
	
	1.1.

	
	Defined Terms.  As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this
	Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires (it being understood that defined terms in this Agreement shall include in the singular number the plural and in the plural the singular):

	“ABR” shall mean, for any day, a rate
	per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the U.S. Prime Rate in effect on such day or (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day
	plus 1⁄2 of 1%.  Any change in the ABR due to a change in the U.S. Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the U.S. Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

	“ABR Loan” shall mean each Loan bearing interest at the rate provided in
	Section 2.8(a) and, in any event, shall include all Swingline Loans.

	“Acquired EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a “Pro Forma Entity”) for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined using such definitions as if references to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Pro Forma Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.

	“Acquired Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

	“Adjusted LIBOR Rate” means, with respect to any LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

	“Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean at any time the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.

	“Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment” shall mean at any time the Total Term Loan Commitment less the Term Loan Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.

	“Administrative Agent” shall mean Citibank N.A., as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent pursuant to
	Section 13.

	“Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on
	Schedule 14.2 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

	

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	“Administrative Questionnaire” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.6(b)(iii).

	“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person.  A Person shall be deemed to control a corporation if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such corporation, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

	“Agent Parties” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.18(c).

	“Agents” shall mean each Co-Lead Arranger, each Joint Bookrunner, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Co-Syndication Agent and each Co-Documentation Agent.

	“Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 5.2(b).

	“Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

	“Applicable ABR Margin” shall mean at any date, with respect to each ABR Loan that is a Tranche A Term Loan, Tranche B Term Loan, Tranche C Term Loan, Revolving Credit Loan or a Swingline Loan, the applicable percentage
	per annum set forth below based upon the Status in effect on such date:

								
	
			Type of Loan

				
			 
	
			Level I Status

				
			 
	
			Level II Status

				
			 
	
			Level III Status

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans
			
	
			 
	
			0.375%

				
			 
	
			0.250%

				
			 
	
			0.125%

			
	
			Tranche A Term Loans

				
			 
	
			0.375%

				
			 
	
			0.250%

				
			 
	
			0.125%

			
	
			Tranche B Term Loans

				
			 
	
			0.500%

				
			 
	
			0.375%

				
			 
	
			0.375%

			
	
			Tranche C Term Loans

				
			 
	
			0.375%

				
			 
	
			0.375%

				
			 
	
			0.375%

			

	

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, Level I Status shall apply during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Trigger Date.

	“Applicable Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Reference Time”), an amount equal to (a) the sum, without duplication, of:

	(i)

	an amount equal to (A) the cumulative amount of Excess Cash Flow for all fiscal years completed after the Closing Date (commencing with and including the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007) and prior to the Reference Time,
	minus (B) the portion of such Excess Cash Flow that has been (or will be) applied after the Closing Date and prior to the Reference Time to the prepayment of Loans in accordance with
	Section 5.2(a)(ii), provided that, for the purposes of Sections 10.6(c)(ii) and
	10.7(a)(i)(B) only, the amount in this clause (i) shall only be available if the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period is less than 6.00:1.00, determined on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any dividend or prepayment, repurchase or redemption actually made pursuant to
	Section 10.6(c)(ii) or 10.7(a)(i); and

	

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	(ii)

	the amount of any capital contributions (other than (A) the Equity Investments, (B) any Cure Amount, (C) any amount added back in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to
	clause (a)(ix) thereof, (D) any contributions in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests and (E) any amount applied to redeem Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower pursuant to
	Section 10.6(a)) made in cash to, or any proceeds of an equity issuance received by, the Borrower from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Time, including proceeds from the issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower,

	
	minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of:

	(i)

	the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to
	Section 10.5(g)(ii)(y) or 10.5(i)(ii)(y) since the Closing Date and prior to the Reference Time;
	

	(ii)

	the aggregate amount of dividends pursuant to
	Section 10.6(c)(ii) since the Closing Date and prior to the Reference Time; and

	(iii)

	the aggregate amount of prepayments, repurchases and redemptions of Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to
	Section 10.7(a)(i)(B) since the Closing Date and prior to the Reference Time.

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, in making any calculation or other determination under this Agreement involving the Applicable Amount, if the Applicable Amount at such time is less than zero, then the Applicable Amount shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of such calculation or determination.
	

	“Applicable LIBOR Margin” shall mean at any date, with respect to each LIBOR Loan that is a Tranche A Term Loan, Tranche B Term Loan, Tranche C Term Loan or Revolving Credit Loan, the applicable percentage
	per annum set forth below based upon the Status in effect on such date:

								
	
			Type of Loan

				
			 
	
			Level I Status

				
			 
	
			Level II Status

				
			 
	
			Level III Status

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans
			
	
			 
	
			1.375%

				
			 
	
			1.250%

				
			 
	
			1.125%

			
	
			Tranche A Term Loans

				
			 
	
			1.375%

				
			 
	
			1.250%

				
			 
	
			1.125%

			
	
			Tranche B Term Loans

				
			 
	
			1.500%

				
			 
	
			1.375%

				
			 
	
			1.375%

			
	
			Tranche C Term Loans

				
			 
	
			1.375%

				
			 
	
			1.375%

				
			 
	
			1.375%

			

	

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, Level I Status shall apply during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Trigger Date.

	“Applicable Margin” shall mean, as the case may be, the Applicable ABR Margin or the Applicable LIBOR Margin.

	“Approved Fund” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages such Lender.

	“Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall mean any Disposition of any business units, assets or other property of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business (including any Specified Disposition and any Disposition of any Stock or Stock Equivalents of any
	

	

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	Subsidiary of the Borrower owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and any issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents by any Restricted Subsidiary).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall not include:  (i) any Specified Tranche C Prepayment Event;
	provided that (x) if at the time of such Specified Tranche C Prepayment Event, no Tranche C Term Loans are outstanding, then the term “Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall include such Specified Tranche C Prepayment Event and (y) if as a result of such Specified Tranche C Prepayment Event, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom exceed the amount needed to prepay all outstanding Tranche C Term Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, an Asset Sale Prepayment Event shall be deemed to have occurred resulting in such excess Net Cash Proceeds; or (ii) any transaction permitted by
	Section 10.4, other than transactions permitted by Sections 10.4(b),
	(e), (j) and (k).

	“Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of
	Exhibit K or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent.

	“Authorized Officer” shall mean the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, any Vice President or any other senior officer of the Borrower designated as such in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.

	“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 3.2(c).

	“Available Commitment” shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans (but not Swingline Loans) then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time.

	“Bankruptcy Code” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 11.5.

	“benefited Lender” shall have the meaning given in
	Section 14.8(a).

	“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

	“Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

	“Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.18(d).

	“Borrowing” shall mean and include (a) the incurrence of Swingline Loans from the Swingline Lender on a given date, (b) the incurrence of one Type of Term Loan on the Closing Date (or resulting from conversions on a given date after the Closing Date) having, in the case of LIBOR Term Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans incurred pursuant to
	Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of LIBOR Term Loans) and (c) the incurrence of one Type of Revolving Credit Loan on a given date (or resulting from conversions on a given date) having, in the case of LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans incurred pursuant to
	Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans).

	“Business Day” shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day that in the City of New York is a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close;
	provided, however, that when used in connection with a LIBOR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealing in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

	

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	“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Leases) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as capital expenditures on a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

	“Capital Lease” shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

	“Capitalized Lease Obligations” shall mean, as applied to any Person, all obligations under Capital Leases of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as liabilities in accordance with GAAP.

	“Cash Collateralize” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 3.8(b).

	“Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement or arrangement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

	“Cash Management Bank” shall mean any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

	“Casualty Event” shall mean, with respect to any property of any Person, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking by a Governmental Authority of, such property for which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds, or proceeds of a condemnation award or other compensation.

	“CGMI” shall mean Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

	“Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by the Lender with any guideline, request or directive issued or made after the date hereof by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law).

	“Change of Control” shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if (a) the Sponsors, the Kinder Shareholders and the Management Investors shall at any time not own, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least 35% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower (other than as the result of one or more widely distributed public offerings of the common Stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof, in each case whether by the Borrower, such parent, the Sponsors, the Kinder Shareholders or the Management Investors); or (b) any person, entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership of a percentage of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower that exceeds the percentage of the voting power of such Voting Stock then beneficially owned, in the aggregate, by the Sponsors, the Kinder Shareholders and the Management Investors, unless, in the case of either
	clause (a) or (b) above, the Sponsors, the Kinder Shareholders and the Management Investors have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of direc-

	

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	tors of the Borrower; or (c) Continuing Directors shall not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower; or (d) the Borrower shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, at least 80% of the Stock and Stock Equivalents of KM Delaware
	 or shall not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to (i) elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of directors of KM Delaware
	 or (ii) cause KM Delaware to pay dividends or make distributions on its Stock and Stock Equivalents; or (e) the Borrower shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, at least 80% of the Stock and Stock Equivalents of KMGP
	 or shall not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of directors of KMGP
	 , or the partnership agreement of KMP (as in effect on the Closing Date) shall be amended in a manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders .

	“Class” when used in reference to any Loans or Borrowing shall refer to whether such Loans or the Loans comprising such Borrowing are Revolving Credit Loans, Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans, Tranche C Term Loans or New Term Loans (that are not Tranche A Loans, Tranche B Loans or Tranche C Loans) and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, Swingline Commitment, Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B Term Loan Commitment, Tranche C Term Loan Commitment or New Term Loan Commitment (unless the Loans in respect thereof are to be of an existing Class).

	“Closing Date” shall mean May 30, 2007, the date of the initial Borrowing hereunder.

	“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.  Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect at the date of this Agreement, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

	“Co-Documentation Agents” shall mean each of Wachovia Bank and MLPF&S, in their respective capacities as Co-Documentation Agents under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

	“Co-Lead Arrangers” shall mean, collectively, the Tranche A Co-Lead Arrangers, the Tranche B Co-Lead Arrangers, the Tranche C Co-Lead Arrangers and the Revolving Credit Facility Co-Lead Arrangers.

	“Collateral” shall mean all assets pledged to secure Obligations, including all assets pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, any Mortgage or any other Security Document, as applicable.

	“Collateral Account” shall mean a cash collateral account established with the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

	“Collateral Agent”
	shall mean Citibank, N.A., as collateral agent for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties.

	

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	“Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean, with respect to the Available Commitment on any day, the rate
	per annum set forth below opposite the Status in effect on such day:

				
	
			
			Status
	
			 
	
			
			Commitment Fee Rate

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			Level I Status

				
			

	
			0.35%

			
	
			Level II Status

				
			

	
			0.25%

			
	
			Level III Status

				
			

	
			0.25%

			

	

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean 0.35% during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Trigger Date.

	“Commitments” shall mean, with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B Term Loan Commitment, Tranche C Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment, New Revolving Credit Commitment and New Term Loan Commitment.

	“Communications” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.18(a).

	“Company” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

	“Confidential Information” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.17.

	“Confidential Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated April 2007, made available to certain of the Lenders in connection with this Agreement.

	“Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period,
	plus:

	(a)

	without duplication and to the extent already deducted (and not added back) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period:

	(i)

	total interest expense and to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations, and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities,

	(ii)

	provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including federal, foreign, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period,

	(iii)

	depreciation and amortization,

	(iv)

	Non-Cash Charges,

	(v)

	extraordinary losses and unusual or non-recurring charges, severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans,

	

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	(vi)

	restructuring charges or reserves (including restructuring costs related to acquisitions after the date hereof and to closure and/or consolidation of facilities),

	(vii)

	the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (excluding KMP and KMR),

	(viii)

	the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees and related expenses paid to the Sponsors,

	(ix)

	any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower (provided such capital contributions are not included in the Cure Amount and have not been applied to increase the Applicable Amount pursuant to
	clause (ii) of the definition thereof), and

	(x)

	the amount of net cost savings projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions taken by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions,
	provided that (A) such cost savings are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (B) such actions are taken on or prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, (C) no cost savings shall be added pursuant to this
	clause (x) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings that are included in
	clause (vi) above with respect to such period and (D) the aggregate amount of cost savings added pursuant to this
	clause (x) shall not exceed $150,000,000 for any period consisting of four consecutive quarters,
	less

	(b)

	without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:

	(i)

	extraordinary gains and unusual or non-recurring gains,

	(ii)

	non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA (directly or through a reduction to Consolidated Net Income) in any prior period),

	(iii)

	gains on asset sales (other than asset sales in the ordinary course of business),

	(iv)

	any net after-tax income from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or hedging obligations or other derivative instruments, and

	(v)

	the amount of any minority interest income consisting of Subsidiary losses attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (excluding KMP and KMR),

	

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	in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP;
	provided that, 

	(i)

	to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness or intercompany balances (including the net loss or gain resulting from Hedge Agreements for currency exchange risk),

	(ii)

	to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133,

	(iii)

	there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period (to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income), without duplication, (A) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred, abandoned or otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) and (B) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) as specified in a Pro Forma Adjustment Certificate and delivered to the Administrative Agent, and

	(iv)

	to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred, abandoned or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”) based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition or conversion).

	“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding, without duplication,
	

	(a)

	extraordinary items for such period,
	

	(b)

	the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income,
	

	(c)

	in the case of any period that includes a period ending prior to or during the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2007, Transaction Expenses,
	

	

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	(d)

	any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, recapitalization, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction,

	(e)

	any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedge Agreements, and

	(f)

	accruals and reserves required to be established or adjusted
	as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of adoption of or modification of accounting policies in each case, within twelve months after the Closing Date.

	There shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income for any period the purchase accounting effects of adjustments to inventory, property and equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the Transactions, any consummated acquisition whether consummated before or after the Closing Date, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.

	“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.

	“Consolidated Total Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) the sum of (i) all Indebtedness of the types described in
	clause (a) and clause (e) of the definition thereof actually owing by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date to the extent appearing on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (provided that the amount of any Capitalized Lease Obligations or any such Indebtedness issued at a discount to its face value shall be determined in accordance with GAAP)
	minus (b) the aggregate cash included in the cash accounts listed on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at such date to the extent the use thereof for application to payment of Indebtedness is not prohibited by law or any contract to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party.

	“Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of the relevant Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

	“Consolidated Working Capital” shall mean, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of all amounts (other than cash and Permitted Investments) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date over (b) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, including deferred revenue but excluding, without duplication, (i) the current portion of any Funded Debt and (ii) all Indebtedness consisting of Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure to the extent otherwise included therein.

	“Continuing Director” shall mean, at any date, an individual (a) who is a member of the board of directors of the Borrower on the date hereof, (b) who, as at such date, has been a member of such
	

	

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	board of directors for at least the twelve preceding months, (c) who has been nominated to be a member of such board of directors, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Holder or Persons nominated by a Permitted Holder or (d) who has been nominated to be a member of such board of directors by a majority of the other Continuing Directors then in office.

	“Contract Consideration” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Excess Cash Flow”.

	“Contractual Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
	

	“Controlled Investment Affiliate” shall mean, as to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly is in Control of, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such person and is organized by such person (or any person Controlling such person) primarily for making equity or debt investments in Holdings or other portfolio companies.  For purposes of this definition, “Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

	“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

	“Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

	“Co-Syndication Agents” shall mean each of GSCP and DBSI, in their respective capacities as Co-Syndication Agents for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

	“Credit Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Security Documents, each Letter of Credit and any promissory notes issued by the Borrower hereunder.

	“Credit Event” shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and the issuance of a Letter of Credit.

	“Credit Facilities” shall mean, collectively, each category of Commitments and each extension of credit hereunder.

	“Credit Facility” shall mean a category of Commitments and extensions of credit thereunder.

	“Credit Party” shall mean the Borrower, the Guarantors and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to a Credit Document.

	“Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 12.  

	“Cure Right” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 12.  

	“DBSI” shall mean Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

	

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	“Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall mean any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness, excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred under
	Section 10.1 other than Section 10.1(o).

	“Debt Repayment” shall mean the repayment, prepayment, repurchase or defeasance of the Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is identified on
	Schedule 1.1(h) that is to be repaid, prepaid, repurchased or defeased on the Closing Date.
	

	 “Default” shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

	“Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.

	“Deferred Net Cash Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”.

	“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to
	Section 10.4(b) and Section 10.4(c) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition).
	

	“Designated Obligations” shall mean all obligations of the Borrower with respect to (a) principal of and interest on the Loans, (b) Unpaid Drawings and interest thereon and (c) accrued and unpaid fees under the Credit Documents.

	“Disposed EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP.

	“Disposition” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 10.4.

	“Disqualified Equity Interests” shall mean any Stock or Stock Equivalent which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Stock or Stock Equivalent into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Stock or Stock Equivalent that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 180 days after the Final Maturity Date.

	

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	“Dividends” or “dividends” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 10.6.

	“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Foreign Currency, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent using the applicable Exchange Rate.

	“Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

	“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or the District of Columbia.

	“Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 3.4(b).

	“Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Status”.

	“Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance, violation or potential responsibility or investigation (other than internal reports prepared by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or disposition of real estate) or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, “Claims”), including, without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief relating to the presence, release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to property or to health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands.

	“Environmental Law” shall mean any applicable Federal, state, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code and rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, or human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or Hazardous Materials.

	“Equity Investments” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

	“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.  Section references to ERISA are to ERISA as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

	“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) that together with the Borrower or a Subsidiary would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

	

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	“Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 11.

	“Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of

	(a)

	the sum, without duplication, of

	(i)

	Consolidated Net Income for such period,

	(ii)

	an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,

	(iii)

	an amount equal to the provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including state, federal, foreign, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,

	(iv)

	decreases in Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable for such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period),
	

	(v)

	an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
	

	(vi)

	cash receipts in respect of Hedge Agreements during such fiscal year to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, over

	(b)

	the sum, without duplication, of

	(i)

	an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges included in
	clauses (a) through (g) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income (other than cash charges in respect of Transaction Expenses paid on or about the Closing Date to the extent financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness incurred on the Closing Date or the Equity Investments),

	(ii)

	[Reserved]

	(iii)

	without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to
	clause (xii) below in prior years, the amount of Capital Expenditures made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures were financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,

	(iv)

	the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries made during such period (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases, (B
	 ) principal payments in respect of any Existing Notes having a final maturity (as of the Closing Date) prior to the Final Maturity Date, (C) principal payments in respect of any Existing Notes
	excluded from Net Cash Proceeds as a result of the operation of clause (b)(vi) of the definition of Net Cash Proceeds
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	such increase, (D) the amount of any repayment of Term Loans pursuant to
	Section 2.5 and (E) the amount of a mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to
	Section 5.2(a) to the extent required due to a Disposition that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase, but excluding (w) all other prepayments of Term Loans, (x) all prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, (y) prepayments in respect of any other revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder and (z) all other principal payments in respect of the Existing Notes), except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,

	(v)

	an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,

	(vi)

	increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period and long-term accounts receivable for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period),

	(vii)

	payments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness,

	(viii)

	without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to
	clause (xii) below in prior fiscal years, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) in connection with Investments (including acquisitions) made during such period pursuant to
	Section 10.5 (other than Section 10.5(b)) to the extent that such Investments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,

	(ix)

	the amount of dividends paid during such period (on a consolidated basis) by the Borrower to the extent such dividends were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,

	(x)

	the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period,
	

	(xi)

	the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness,

	(xii)

	without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Permitted Acquisitions, other Investments or Capital Expenditures to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period,
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	such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
	

	(xiii)

	the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash in such period, and
	

	(xiv)

	cash expenditures in respect of Hedge Agreements during such fiscal year to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.

	“Exchange Rate” shall mean on any day with respect to any Foreign Currency, the rate at which such Foreign Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page for such Foreign Currency; in the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such Foreign Currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such date for the purchase of Dollars for delivery two Business Days later.

	“Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (a) each Subsidiary listed on
	Schedule 1.1(d) hereto, (b) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (c) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable Requirement of Law from guaranteeing the Obligations, (d) any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (e) any Domestic Subsidiary that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. tax purposes and substantially all of the assets of which consists of Stock or Stock Equivalents of Foreign Subsidiaries, (f) any Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with secured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
	Section 10.1(j) or Section 10.1(k) and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such Indebtedness to the extent and so long as the financing documentation relating to such Permitted Acquisition to which such Restricted Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Restricted Subsidiary from guaranteeing, or granting a Lien on any of its assets to secure, the Obligations, (g) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (h) each Unrestricted Subsidiary and (i) any Receivables Subsidiary.

	“Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Agent or any Lender, (a) (i) net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on any Agent or any Lender, (ii) any taxes imposed on any Agent or Lender as a result of any current or former connection between such Agent or Lender and the jurisdiction or Governmental Authority imposing such tax (other than any such connection arising from such Agent or Lender having executed, delivered, or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or having been a party to or having enforced, this Agreement or any other Credit Documents) and (iii) any branch profits tax under Section 884 of the Code, or any similar tax, imposed by a jurisdiction described in
	clause (ii) and (b) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender (i) any U.S. federal withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Non-U.S. Lender under the law in effect at the time such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Participant, on the date such Non-U.S. Participant became a Participant hereunder);
	provided that this clause (b)(i) shall not apply to the extent that (x) the indemnity payments or additional amounts any Lender (or Participant) would be entitled to receive (without regard to this
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	to such Lender (or Participant) would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment, participation or transfer or (y) any Tax is imposed on a Lender in connection with an interest or participation in any Loan or other obligation that such Lender was required to acquire pursuant to
	Section 14.8(a) or that such Lender acquired pursuant to Section 14.7 (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that any withholding tax imposed on a Lender as a result of a Change in Law occurring after the time such Lender became a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) shall not be an Excluded Tax) or (ii) any Tax to the extent attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with
	Section 5.4(d) or Section 5.4(e).

	“Existing Letters of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement, and shall in any event include amendments, extensions and renewals thereof.

	“Existing Notes” shall mean each series of notes listed on
	Schedule 1.1(f).

	“Existing Notes Indentures” shall mean the indentures pursuant to which the Existing Notes were issued.

	“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York;
	provided that (a) if the day for which such rate is to be determined is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate for such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

	“Fees” shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in,
	Section 4.1.

	“Final Maturity Date” shall mean the latest of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Swingline Maturity Date, the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date, the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date and Tranche C Maturity Date.

	“Foreign Asset Sale” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 5.2(h).

	“Foreign Currencies” shall mean any currency other than Dollars.

	“Foreign Plan” shall mean any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to employees employed outside the United States.

	“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

	“Fronting Fee” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 4.1(c).

	“Fund” shall mean any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.

	

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	“Funded Debt” shall mean all indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date and is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all amounts of Funded Debt required to be paid or prepaid within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
	

	“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time;
	provided, however, that if there occurs after the date hereof any change in GAAP that affects in any respect the calculation of any covenant contained in
	Section 10, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that relate to the calculation of such covenant with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and the Borrower after such change in GAAP conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon, the covenants in
	Section 10 shall be calculated as if no such change in GAAP has occurred.

	“Governmental Authority” shall mean any nation, sovereign or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank or stock exchange.

	“GSCP” shall mean Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.

	“Guarantee” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Guarantee, made by each Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of
	Exhibit C, and (b) any other guarantee of the Obligations made by a Restricted Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

	“Guarantee Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof;
	provided, however, that the term “Guarantee Obligations” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness).  The amount of any Guarantee Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.

	“Guarantors” shall mean (a) each Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) existing on the Closing Date and (b) each Domestic Subsidiary that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.11 or otherwise.

	

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	“Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, natural gas, natural gas liquids, radioactive materials, asbestos, asbestos containing material, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances”, “hazardous waste”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous waste”, “restricted hazardous waste”, “toxic substances”, “toxic pollutants”, “contaminants”, or “pollutants”, or words of similar import, under any applicable Environmental Law; and (c) any other waste, pollutant, contaminant, chemical, material  compound or substance in any form, which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Environmental Law.

	“Hedge Agreements” shall mean interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts, commodity price protection agreements or other commodity price hedging agreements, and other similar agreements entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business (and not for speculative purposes) for the primary purpose of protecting the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices.
	

	“Hedge Bank” shall mean (a) any Person that, at the time it enters into a Hedge Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender , (b) solely with respect to any commodity Hedge Agreement in effect on the Closing Date, the counterparties listed on
	Schedule 1.1(i) or (c) with respect  to any Hedge Agreement entered into prior to the Closing Date, any person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender on the Closing Date.

	“Historical Financial Statements” shall mean as of the Closing Date, the audited financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for the immediately preceding three fiscal years, consisting of balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal years.

	“Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

	“Increased Amount Date” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.14(a).

	“Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) the deferred purchase price of assets or services that in accordance with GAAP would be included as a liability in the balance sheet of such Person, (c) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder, (d) all Indebtedness of a second Person secured by any Lien on any property owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed, (e) the principal component of all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person under interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts, commodity price protection agreements or other commodity price hedging agreements, and other similar agreements, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests and (h) without duplication, all Guarantee Obligations of such Person,
	provided that Indebtedness shall not include (i) trade and other ordinary-course payables and accrued expenses, in each case (A) (1) payable directly or through a bank clearing arrangement or (2) payable by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary and (B) arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) deferred or prepaid revenue, (iii) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller
	 and (iv) all Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extension of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business
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	“indemnified liabilities” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.5.

	“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean all Taxes (including Other Taxes) other than (a) Excluded Taxes and (b) any interest, penalties, or expenses caused by an Agent’s or Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

	“Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to
	Section 2.9.

	“Investment” shall mean, for any Person:  (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services or securities or otherwise) of Stock, Stock Equivalents (or any other capital contribution), bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests or other securities of any other Person (including any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such sale); (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such property to such Person)
	 , but excluding (i) any such advance, loan or extension or credit of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary having a term not exceeding 364 days arising in the ordinary course of business
	 and (ii) any ordinary course trade or other payables and ordinary course accrued expenses in each case not constituting Indebtedness; (c) the entering into of any guarantee of, or other contingent obligation with respect to, Indebtedness; or (d) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person.

	“Investors” shall mean the Sponsors, the Management Investors and each other investor providing a portion of the Equity Investments on the Closing Date.

	“ISP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

	“Issuer Documents” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

	“Joint Bookrunners” shall mean each of GSCP, CGMI, DBSI, Wachovia Capital Markets and MLPF&S, in their respective capacities as Joint Bookrunners.

	“Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning set forth in
	Section 14.20.

	“Kinder Shareholders” shall mean (i) Richard D. Kinder and any executor, administrator, guardian, conservator or similar legal representative thereof, (ii) any member of the immediate family of Richard D. Kinder, (iii) any person directly or indirectly controlled by one or more of the immediate family members of Richard D. Kinder, and (iv) any Person acting as agent for any Person described in the foregoing
	clauses (i) through (iii).

	“KM Delaware” shall mean Kinder Morgan (Delaware), Inc.

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	“KMP” shall mean Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

	“KMR” shall mean Kinder Morgan Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

	“L/C Borrowing” shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.  All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.

	“L/C Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

	“L/C Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit
	plus the aggregate of all Unpaid Drawings, including all L/C Borrowings.

	“L/C Participant” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 3.3(a).

	“L/C Participation” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 3.3(a).

	“Lender” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

	“Lender Default” shall mean (a) the failure (which has not been cured) of a Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing or to fund its portion of any unreimbursed payment under
	Section 3.3, (b) a Lender having notified the Administrative Agent and/or the Borrower that it does not intend to comply with the obligations under
	Section 2.1(a), 2.1(b), 2.1(d) or 3.3, or (c) a Lender being deemed insolvent or becoming the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.

	“Letter of Credit” shall mean each letter of credit issued pursuant to
	Section 3.1 and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit.

	“Letter of Credit Commitment” shall mean $300,000,000, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to
	Section 3.1.

	“Letter of Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (a) the amount of any Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such Lender has made (or is required to have made) payments to the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to
	Section 3.4(a) at such time and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Unpaid Drawings in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) payments to the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to
	Section 3.4(a)).

	“Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 4.1(b).

	“Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean (a) Citibank, N.A., any of its Affiliates or any replacement or successor pursuant to
	Section 3.6, (b) in the case of Existing Letters of Credit, the letter of credit issuers identified on
	Schedule 1.1(a) and (c) any letter of credit issuer added by the Borrower pursuant to
	Section 3.6.  The Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Letter of Credit Issuer, and in each such case the term “Letter of Credit Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.  In the event that there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the
	

	

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	other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.

	“Letter of Credit Request” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 3.2.

	“Letters of Credit Outstanding” shall mean, at any time, the sum of, without duplication, (a) the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of all Unpaid Drawings in respect of all Letters of Credit.

	“Level I Status” shall mean, on any date, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is greater than or equal to 5.50 to 1.00 as of such date.

	“Level II Status” shall mean, on any date, the circumstance that Level I Status does not exist and the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is greater than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 as of such date.

	“Level III Status” shall mean, on any date, the circumstance that neither Level I Status nor Level II Status exists.

	“LIBOR Loan” shall mean any LIBOR Term Loan or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loan.

	“LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for Dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.  In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBOR Rate” with respect to such LIBOR Loan for such Interest Period shall be the rate supplied to the Administrative Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Lenders in the London interbank market as of the day two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the rate for Dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.

	“LIBOR Revolving Credit Loan” shall mean any Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.

	“LIBOR Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.

	“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof).

	“Loan” shall mean any Revolving Credit Loan, Swingline Loan, Term Loan, New Revolving Loan or New Term Loan made by any Lender hereunder.

	“Management Investors” shall mean the directors, management officers and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries who are investors in the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) on the Closing Date;
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	“Mandatory Borrowing” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.1(d).

	“Material Adverse Change” shall mean any event or circumstance which has resulted or is reasonably likely to result in a material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or that would materially adversely affect the ability of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their respective payment obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents.

	“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) any event or circumstance which has resulted or is reasonably likely to result in a material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (b) a circumstance or condition affecting the business, assets, operations, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would materially adversely affect (i) the ability of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their respective payment obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or (ii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents.

	“Material Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, (a) each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (i) whose total assets at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (ii) whose gross revenues during such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP and (b) for the purpose of
	Sections 11.5, 11.7, 11.8 and 11.9, each other Restricted Subsidiary that is the subject of an Event of Default under one or more of such Sections and that, when such Restricted Subsidiary’s total assets and revenues are aggregated with the total assets or revenues, as applicable, of each other Restricted Subsidiary that is the subject of an Event of Default under one or more of such Sections, would constitute a Material Subsidiary under
	clause (i) above.

	“Maturity Date” shall mean the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date, the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, the Tranche C Term Loan Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Swingline Maturity Date, as applicable.

	“Merger” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

	“Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

	“MergerCo” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

	“Minimum Borrowing Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to a Borrowing of Term Loans, $5,000,000, (b) with respect to a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, $1,000,000, and (c) with respect to a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, $500,000.

	“MLPF&S” shall mean Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

	“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

	“Mortgage” shall mean a Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement or other security document entered into by the owner of a Mortgaged
	

	

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	Property and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in respect of that Mortgaged Property, substantially in the form of
	Exhibit D, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

	“Mortgaged Property” shall mean, initially, each parcel of real estate and the improvements thereto owned by a Credit Party and identified on
	Schedule 1.1(b), and includes each other parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to
	Section 9.14.

	“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event, (a) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment obligations, if applicable) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event, less (b) the sum of:

	(i)

	the amount, if any, of all taxes paid or estimated to be payable by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event,

	(ii)

	the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to
	clause (i) above) (x) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries,
	provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction,

	(iii)

	the amount of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event,

	(iv)

	in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event (other than a transaction permitted by
	Section 10.4(e)(ii)), Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, the amount of any proceeds of such Prepayment Event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest within the Reinvestment Period or has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest) in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to
	Section 10.10), provided that any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested within such Reinvestment Period (with respect to such Prepayment Event, the “Deferred Net Cash Proceeds”) shall, unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such proceeds, (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback occurring on the last day of such Reinvestment Period or 180 days after the date the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into such binding commitment, as applicable, and (y) be applied to the repayment of Term Loans in accordance with
	Section 5.2(a)(i), 

	(v)

	[Reserved],

	(vi)

	in the case of any
	 Specified Disposition relating to NGPL
, the amount of any proceeds applied toward the payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of
	 Existing Notes (A) with a stated final maturity (as of the Closing Date) prior to the Final Maturity Date or (B) which the board of directors of the Borrower determines in good faith would require the Borrower’s transferee or successor resulting from such Specified Disposition
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	tions under
	 such Existing Notes (in each case,
including principal, accrued interest and any fees or premiums paid in connection therewith),

	(vii)

	in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback by a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this
	clause (vii)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof, and

	(viii)

	reasonable and customary fees paid by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any of the foregoing,

	in each case only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in
	clause (a) above.

	“New Loan Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.14(a).

	“New Loan Increase Joinder” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.14(e).

	“New Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.14(a).

	“New Revolving Loan” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.14(b).

	“New Revolving Loan Lender” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.14(b).

	“New Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.14(c).

	“New Term Loan Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.14(a).

	“New Term Loan Lender” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.14(c).

	“New Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the date on which a New Term Loan matures.

	“New Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.5(d).

	“New Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.5(d).

	“NGPL” shall mean Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, a Colorado corporation.

	“Non-Cash Charges” shall mean (a) losses on asset sales, disposals or abandonments, (b) any impairment charge or asset write-off related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, and investments in debt and equity securities pursuant to GAAP, (c) all losses from investments recorded using the equity method, (d) stock-based awards compensation expense (including any such charges arising from stock options, restricted stock grants or other equity incentive grants, and any cash compensation charges associated with the rollover or acceleration of stock-based awards or payment of stock options in connection with the Transactions), and (e) other non-cash charges (provided that if any non-cash charges referred to in this
	clause (e) represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Con-

	

	

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	solidated EBITDA to such extent), excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period.

	“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.7(b).

	“Non-Core Asset Sales” shall mean the potential Dispositions described in
	Schedule 1.1(g).

	“Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

	“Non-Extension Notice Date” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 3.2(c).

	“Non-U.S. Lender” shall mean any Agent or Lender that is not, for United States federal income tax purposes, (a) a citizen or resident of the United States, (b) a corporation or partnership or entity treated as a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, (c) an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source or (d) a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust or a trust that has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person.

	“Non-U.S. Participant” shall mean any Participant that if it were a Lender would qualify as a Non-U.S. Lender.

	“Notice of Borrowing” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.3(a).

	“Notice of Conversion or Continuation” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.6.

	“Obligations” shall means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit or under any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

	“Organization Documents” shall mean, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

	“Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp, documentary or any other excise, property or similar taxes (including interest, fines, penalties, additions to tax and related expenses
	

	

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	with regard thereto) arising directly from any payment made or required to be made under this Agreement or from the execution or delivery of, registration or enforcement of, consummation or administration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

	“Pari Passu Liens” shall mean any Lien on the Collateral granted for the benefit of the holders of the Pari Passu Notes.

	“Pari Passu Notes” shall mean each series of notes listed on
	Schedule 1.1(e).

	“Participant” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.6(c).

	“Patriot Act” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.19.

	“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

	“Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate of the Borrower in the form of
	Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

	“Permitted Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition, by merger or otherwise, by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of assets or Stock or Stock Equivalents, so long as (a) such acquisition and all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable law; (b) such acquisition shall result in the issuer of such Stock or Stock Equivalents becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and a Guarantor, to the extent required by
	Section 9.11; (c) such acquisition shall result in the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, being granted a security interest in any Stock, Stock Equivalent or any assets so acquired, to the extent required by
	Sections 9.11, 9.12 and/or 9.14; (d) after giving effect to such acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (e) the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of all Investments funded or financed in any Persons that do not become Guarantors in connection with all such acquisitions following the Closing Date in reliance on
	Section 10.5(h) shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 (it being understood that additional Investments in Persons that are not Credit Parties may be made in connection with Permitted Acquisitions in reliance on any exception in
	Section 10.5 other than clause (h) thereof); and (f) the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition (including any Indebtedness assumed or permitted to exist or incurred pursuant to
	Sections 10.1(j) and 10.1(k), respectively, and any related Pro Forma Adjustment), with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9, as such covenant is recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended Test Period under such Section as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of such Test Period.

	“Permitted Additional Debt” shall mean senior unsecured or senior subordinated notes, or other Indebtedness or, subject to compliance with
	Section 10.2, second lien secured notes or other second lien secured Indebtedness, issued by the Borrower or a Guarantor, (a) the terms of which (i) do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation prior to the date that is six months and one day after the Final Maturity Date (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) and (ii) to the extent the same are senior subordinated notes, provide for customary subordination to the Obligations under the Credit Documents, (b) the covenants, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of which (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries than those contained herein;
	provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower is delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of
	

	

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	such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower prior to such incurrence that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (c) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Guarantor) is an obligor.

	“Permitted Holders” shall mean the Sponsors and the Kinder Shareholders.

	“Permitted Investments” shall mean:

	(a)

	securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
	

	(b)

	securities issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an investment grade rating generally obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, then from another nationally recognized rating service);
	

	(c)

	commercial paper issued by any Lender or any bank holding company owning any Lender;
	

	(d)

	commercial paper maturing no more than 12 months after the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);
	

	(e)

	domestic and LIBOR certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing no more than two years after the date of acquisition thereof issued by any Lender or any other bank having combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000 in the case of domestic banks and $100,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) in the case of foreign banks;
	

	(f)

	repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the type described in
	clauses (a), (b) and (e) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in
	clause (e) above or securities dealers of recognized national standing;
	

	(g)

	marketable short-term money market and similar funds (i) either having assets in excess of $250,000,000 or (ii) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);
	

	(h)

	shares of investment companies that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and substantially all the investments of which are one or more of the types of securities described in
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	(i)

	in the case of Investments by any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, other customarily utilized high-quality Investments in the country where such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary is located.

	“Permitted Liens” shall mean:

	(a)

	Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
	

	(b)

	Liens in respect of property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, in each case so long as such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business and do not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;
	

	(c)

	Liens arising from judgments or decrees in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under
	Section 11.11; 

	(d)

	Liens incurred or deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;

	(e)

	ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;
	

	(f)

	easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
	

	(g)

	any interest or title of a lessor or secured by a lessor’s interest under any lease permitted by this Agreement;
	

	(h)

	Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
	

	(i)

	Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
	provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit to the extent permitted under
	Section 10.1; 

	(j)

	leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
	

	(k)

	Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement or similar filings made in respect of operating leases entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; and

	(l)

	Liens created in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks and other financial institutions over credit balances of any bank accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries held at such banks or financial institutions, as the case may be, to facilitate the opera-

	

	

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	tion of cash pooling and/or interest set-off arrangements in respect of such bank accounts in the ordinary course of business.

	“Permitted Receivables Financing” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 10.4(e)(ii).

	“Permitted Sale Leaseback” shall mean any Sale Leaseback consummated by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date,
	provided that any such Sale Leaseback not between (i) a Credit Party and another Credit Party or (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party Subsidiary and another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, is consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by (a) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and (b) in the case of any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sales Leasebacks) the aggregate proceeds of which exceed $100,000,000, the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account any retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).

	“Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.

	“Plan” shall mean any multiemployer or single-employer plan, as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA and subject to Title IV of ERISA, that is or was within any of the preceding six plan years maintained or contributed to by (or to which there is or was an obligation to contribute or to make payments to) the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate.

	“Platform” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.18(b).

	“Pledge Agreement” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Pledge Agreement, entered into by the relevant pledgors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and other Secured Parties, substantially in the form of
	Exhibit F, on the Closing Date and (b) any other pledge agreement delivered pursuant to
	Section 9.12, in each case, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

	“Post-Acquisition Period” shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and ending on the last day of the sixth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is consummated.

	“Prepayment Event” shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Specified Tranche C Prepayment Event, Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, Casualty Event or any Permitted Sale Leaseback.

	“Pro Forma Adjustment” shall mean, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (a) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (b) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
	provided that, so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, it may be assumed, for
	

	

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	purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period;
	provided further that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, for such Test Period.

	“Pro Forma Adjustment Certificate” shall mean any certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered pursuant to
	Section 9.1(d) or Section 9.1(h).

	“Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant:  (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all Stock in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of  “Specified Transaction”, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination;
	provided that, without limiting  the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to (A) above (but without duplication thereof), the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions) that are (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction, (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (ii) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.

	“Pro Forma Entity” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Acquired EBITDA”.

	“Qualified Equity Interest” shall mean any Stock or Stock Equivalent that does not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest.

	“Real Estate” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 9.1(f).

	“Receivables Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing that is not permitted by the terms of such Permitted Receivables Financing to guarantee the Obligations.

	“Reference Lender” shall mean:

	(a)

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	(b)

	in respect of the LIBOR Rate in all other cases, the principal London office of Citibank, N.A. and such two other banks as may be appointed by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.

	“Reference Time” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Applicable Amount”.

	“Refinanced Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.1.

	“Register” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.6(b)(iv).

	“Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing reserve requirements.

	“Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

	“Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

	“Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

	“Reimbursement Date” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 3.4(a). 

	“Reinvestment Period” shall mean 15 months following the date of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Event.

	“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

	“Repayment Amount” shall mean a Tranche A Repayment Amount, a Tranche B Repayment Amount, a Tranche C Repayment Amount or a New Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Series, as applicable.

	“Replacement Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.1.

	“Reportable Event” shall mean an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder.

	“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any date, (a) Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date, (ii) the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (iii) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date or (b) if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Term Loan Commitment have been terminated or for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to
	Section 11, the holders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.

	

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	“Required Revolving Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).

	“Required Tranche A Term Loan Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (a) the portion of the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment that relates to Tranche A Term Loan Commitments at such date and (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans (excluding Tranche A Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.

	“Required Tranche B Term Loan Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (a) the portion of the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment that relates to Tranche B Term Loan Commitments at such date and (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans (excluding Tranche B Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.

	“Required Tranche C Term Loan Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (a) the portion of the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment that relates to Tranche C Term Loan Commitments at such date and (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche C Term Loans (excluding Tranche C Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.

	“Requirement of Law” shall mean, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.

	“Restricted Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.

	“Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

	“Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender that is a Lender on the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
	Schedule 1.1(c) as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment” and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, in each case of the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to terms hereof.  The aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment as of the Closing Date is $1,000,000,000.

	“Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” shall mean at any time, for each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment by (b) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment,
	provided that at any time when the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure by (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders.

	

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	“Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure at such time and (c) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans.

	“Revolving Credit Facility Co-Lead Arrangers” shall mean each of GSCP and Wachovia Capital Markets, in their respective capacities as Revolving Credit Facility Co-Lead Arrangers.

	“Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.

	“Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.1(b).

	“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is six years after the Closing Date, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.

	“Revolving Credit Termination Date” shall mean the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated, no Revolving Credit Loans shall be outstanding and the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.

	“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

	“Sale Leaseback” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed.

	“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

	“Section 9.1 Financials” shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to
	Section 9.1(a) or (b) together with the accompanying officer’s certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to
	Section 9.1(d).

	“Secured Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank.

	“Secured Hedge Agreement” shall mean any Hedge Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank;
	provided that in the case of a Hedge Bank that is considered a Hedge Bank solely as a result of the operation of clause (b) of the definition thereof, the only Hedge Agreements with such Hedge Bank that shall be considered Secured Hedge Agreements are those set forth on
	Schedule 1.1(i)
	 except as such Hedge Bank may otherwise be considered a Hedge Bank after the Closing Date in accordance with clause (a) of the definition thereof
	 .

	“Secured Parties” shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, each Lender, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Hedge Agreement, each Cash Management Bank that is party to a Secured Cash Management Agreement and each sub-agent pursuant to
	Section 13 appointed by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Credit Facilities or the Collateral Agent with respect to any Security Document.

	

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	“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

	“Security Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreement entered into by the Borrower, the other grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, substantially in the form of
	Exhibit G, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

	“Security Documents” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Guarantee, (b) the Pledge Agreement, (c) the Security Agreement, (d) the Mortgages and (e) each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to
	Section 9.11, 9.12 or 9.14 or pursuant hereto or to any of the Security Documents to secure any of the Obligations.

	“Series” shall have the meaning as provided in
	Section 2.14(a).

	“Sold Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

	“Solvent” shall mean, with respect to the Company as of the Closing Date, that as of the Closing Date, both (a) (i) the sum of the Company’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the Company’s present assets; (ii) the Company’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on the such date; and (iii) the Company has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe that it will incur, debts including current obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (b) the Company is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances.  For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).

	“Specified Disposition” shall mean any of:

	(i)

	an underwritten public offering of the common Stock of NGPL;

	(ii)

	a distribution of the common Stock of NGPL thereof to the holders of the Stock of the Borrower; or

	(iii)

	the sale of all or any portion of the Stock or assets of NGPL.

	“Specified Tranche C Prepayment Event” shall mean the consummation, whether in whole or in part, of any Non-Core Asset Sale.

	“Specified Transaction” shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment, any sale, transfer or other Disposition of assets that would constitute an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or a Specified Tranche C Prepayment Event, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Dividend, Subsidiary designation, New Term Loan, New Revolving Credit Commitment or other event that by the terms of this Agreement requires “Pro Forma Compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis”.

	

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	“Sponsor” shall mean any of American International Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, Riverstone Holdings LLC and The Carlyle Group and their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates.

	“Stated Amount” of any Letter of Credit shall mean the maximum amount from time to time available to be drawn thereunder, determined without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met;
	provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the Stated Amount shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

	“Status” shall mean, as to the Borrower as of any date, the existence of Level I Status, Level II Status or Level III Status, as the case may be on such date.  Changes in Status resulting from changes in the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective (the date of such effectiveness, the “Effective Date”) as of the first day following each date that (a) Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent under
	Section 9.1 and (b) an officer’s certificate is delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent setting forth, with respect to such Section 9.1 Financials, the then-applicable Status, and shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this definition,
	provided that each determination of the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio pursuant to this definition shall be made with respect to the Test Period ending at the end of the fiscal period covered by the relevant financial statements.

	“Statutory Reserve Rate” shall mean for any day as applied to any LIBOR Loan, a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages that are in effect on that day (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves), expressed as a decimal, as prescribed by the Board and to which the Administrative Agent is subject, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board).  Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  LIBOR Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

	“Stock” shall mean shares of capital stock or shares in the capital, as the case may be (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock or ordinary shares or preferred shares, as the case may be), beneficial, partnership or membership interests, participations or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity, whether voting or non-voting.

	“Stock Equivalents” shall mean all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

	“Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness of a Credit Party that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Credit Party under this Agreement.

	“Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any con-

	

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	tingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries and (b) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture or other entity of which such Person (i) directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries owns or controls more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partner interests or (ii) is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity at such time.  Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

	“Successor Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 10.3(a).

	“Swingline Commitment” shall mean $50,000,000.

	“Swingline Lender” shall mean Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder or any replacement or successor pursuant to
	Section 14.9.

	“Swingline Loans” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.1(c).

	“Swingline Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Swingline Loan, the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

	“Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or other basis and any and all interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax with respect to the foregoing.

	“Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B Term Loan Commitment, Tranche C Term Loan Commitment and, if applicable, New Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series.

	“Term Loans” shall mean the Tranche A Term Loans, the Tranche B Term Loans, Tranche C Term Loans and any New Term Loans, collectively.

	“Test Period” shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then last ended.

	“Total Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Total Term Loan Commitment and the Total Revolving Credit Commitment.

	“Total Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any date, the sum of (a) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date, (b) the Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (c) the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.

	“Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders.

	“Total Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, the Tranche B Term Loan Commitments, the Tranche C Term Loan Commitments and New Term Loan Commitments, if applicable, of all the Lenders.

	“Tranche A Co-Lead Arrangers” shall mean each of GSCP and CGMI, in their respective capacities as Tranche A Co-Lead Arrangers.

	

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	“Tranche A Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.5(b).

	“Tranche A Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.5(b).

	“Tranche A Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.1(a).

	“Tranche A Term Loan Commitment” shall mean (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
	Schedule 1.1(c) as such Lender’s “Tranche A Commitment” and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Tranche A Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the total Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.  The aggregate amount of the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $1,000,000,000.

	“Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is six and one-half years after the Closing Date or, if such date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.

	“Tranche B Co-Lead Arrangers” shall mean each of GSCP and CGMI, in their respective capacities as Tranche B Co-Lead Arrangers.

	“Tranche B Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.5(c).

	“Tranche B Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.5(c).

	“Tranche B Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.1(a).

	“Tranche B Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
	Schedule 1.1(c) as such Lender’s “Tranche B Commitment” and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Tranche B Term Loan Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the total Tranche B Term Loan Commitments, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.  The aggregate amount of the Tranche B Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $3,300,000,000.

	“Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is seven years after the Closing Date or, if such date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.

	“Tranche C Co-Lead Arrangers” shall mean each of GSCP and DBSI, in their respective capacities as Tranche C Co-Lead Arrangers.

	“Tranche C Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 2.1(a).

	“Tranche C Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
	Schedule 1.1(c) as such Lender’s “Tranche C Commitment” and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Tranche C Term Loan Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the total Tranche C Term Loan Commitments, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.  The aggregate amount of the Tranche C Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $455,000,000.

	

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	“Tranche C Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the date which is three years after the Closing Date or, if such date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.

	“Transaction Expenses” shall mean any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

	“Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Merger, the Debt Repayment and the Equity Investments.

	“Transferee” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 14.6(e).

	“Trigger Date” shall mean the date on which Section 9.1 Financials are delivered under
	Section 9.1 for the fiscal quarter ending on September 30, 2007.

	“Trust Indenture Act” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 13.11.

	“Type” shall mean (a) as to any Term Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a LIBOR Term Loan and (b) as to any Revolving Credit Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a LIBOR Revolving Credit Loan.

	“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.

	“Unfunded Current Liability” of any Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the Accumulated Benefit Obligation (as defined under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87 (“SFAS 87”) under the Plan as of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in accordance with SFAS 87 as in effect on the date hereof, exceeds the fair market value of the assets allocable thereto.

	“Unpaid Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in
	Section 3.4(a).

	“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is formed or acquired after the Closing Date,
	provided that at such time (or promptly thereafter) the Borrower designates such Subsidiary an Unrestricted Subsidiary in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, (b) any Restricted Subsidiary subsequently re-designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent,
	provided that in the case of (b), no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it previously had been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
	provided, further, in the case of (a) and (b), (x) such designation or re-designation shall be deemed to be an Investment on the date of such re-designation in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Borrower’s direct or indirect equity ownership percentage of the net worth of such designated or re-designated Restricted Subsidiary immediately prior to such designation or re-designation (such net worth to be calculated without regard to any guarantee provided by such designated or re-designated Restricted Subsidiary) and (ii) without duplication, the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness owed by such designated or re-designated Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary immediately prior to such designation or re-designation, all calculated, except as set forth in the parenthetical to
	clause (i), on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (y) no Default or Event of Default would result from such designation or re-designation after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto and the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9 determined on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such designation and (c) each Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
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	an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent no Default or Event of Default would result from such designation or re-designation.  On the Closing Date, each of KMP and KMR and each of their respective Subsidiaries shall be deemed Unrestricted Subsidiaries and no Investment in KMP or KMR shall be deemed to have been made on the Closing Date as a result thereof.  On or promptly after the date of its formation, acquisition, designation or re-designation, as applicable, each Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary) shall have entered into a tax sharing agreement containing terms that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, provide for an appropriate allocation of tax liabilities and benefits.

	“U.S.
	Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A. as its reference rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the U.S. Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by Citibank, N.A. in connection with extensions of credit to debtors) (any change in such rate announced by the Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change).

	“Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Stock or Stock Equivalents having the right to vote for the election of directors of such Person under ordinary circumstances.

	“Wachovia Bank” shall mean Wachovia Bank, National Association.

	“Wachovia Capital Markets” shall mean Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.

	“Wholly-Owned” shall mean, with respect to the ownership by a Person of a Subsidiary, that all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person.

	
	
	1.2.

	
	Other Interpretive Provisions.  With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:

	(a)

	The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

	(b)

	The words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit  Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

	(c)

	Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.

	(d)

	The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

	(e)

	The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

	

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	(f)

	In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including”.

	(g)

	Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

	
	
	
	1.3.

	
	Accounting Terms.  

	(a)

	All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP.

	(b)

	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.

	
	
	
	1.4.

	
	Rounding.  Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

	
	
	
	1.5.

	
	References to Agreements, Laws, etc.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other Contractual Obligations shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Requirement of Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Requirement of Law.

	
	
	
	1.6.

	
	Exchange Rates.  For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 10.4,
	10.5 (other than with respect to determining the amount of any Indebtedness),
	10.6 and 10.9 with respect to any amount in a Foreign Currency, such amount shall be deemed to equal the Dollar Equivalent thereof based on the average Exchange Rate for a Foreign Currency for the most recent twelve-month period immediately prior to the date of determination determined in a manner consistent with that used in calculating Consolidated EBITDA for the related period.  For purposes of determining compliance with
	Sections 10.1, 10.2 and 10.5, with respect to any amount of Indebtedness in a Foreign Currency, compliance will be determined at the time of incurrence or advancing thereof using the Dollar Equivalent thereof at the Exchange Rate in effect at the time of such incurrence or advancement.

	
	1.7.

	
	Classification of Loans and Borrowings.  For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving Credit Loan”).  Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Borrowing”, “Borrowing of Tranche A Term Loans”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving Credit Borrowing”).  A Credit Facility also may be classified by Type (e.g., the “Tranche A Term Loan Credit Facility”).

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	

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	SECTION 2.

	
	Amount and Terms of Credit

	
	
	
	2.1.

	
	Commitments.  

	(a)

	Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth,
	

	(i)

	each Lender having a Tranche A Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans (each a “Tranche A Term Loan”) on the Closing Date to the Borrower in Dollars, which Tranche A Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Tranche A Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and in the aggregate shall not exceed $1,000,000,000;
	

	(ii)

	each Lender having a Tranche B Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans (each a “Tranche B Term Loan”) on the Closing Date to the Borrower in Dollars, which Tranche B Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Tranche B Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and in the aggregate shall not exceed $3,300,000,000; and

	(iii)

	each Lender having a Tranche C Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans (each a “Tranche C Term Loan”) on the Closing Date to the Borrower in Dollars, which Tranche C Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Tranche C Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and in the aggregate shall not exceed $455,000,000.

	The Term Loans described above:  (A) shall be made on the Closing Date; (B) may at the option of the Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Term Loans or LIBOR Term Loans;
	provided that all such Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term Loans of the same Type; (C) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid, may not be reborrowed; (D) shall not exceed for any such Lender the Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B Term Loan Commitment or Tranche C Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, of such Lender; and (E) shall not exceed in the aggregate the total of all Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, Tranche B Term Loan Commitments or Tranche C Term Loan Commitments, as applicable.  

	On the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date, all then unpaid Tranche A Term Loans shall be repaid in full.  On the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, all then unpaid Tranche B Term Loans shall be repaid in full.  On the Tranche C Term Loan Maturity Date, all then unpaid Tranche C Term Loans shall be repaid in full.

	(b)

	(i)  Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having a Revolving Credit Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans denominated in Dollars (each a “Revolving
	Credit Loan” and, collectively, the “Revolving Credit Loans”) to the Borrower which Revolving Credit Loans:  (A) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; (B) may, at the option of the Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Revolving Credit Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans,
	provided that all Revolving Credit Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type; (C) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof; (D) shall not, for any such Lender at any time, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; and (E) shall not, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures at such time exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect.

	

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	(ii)

	Each Lender may at its option make any LIBOR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan;
	provided that (A) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan and (B) in exercising such option, such Lender shall use its reasonable efforts to minimize any increased costs to the Borrower resulting therefrom (which obligation of the Lender shall not require it to take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in increased costs for which it will not be compensated hereunder or that it determines would be otherwise disadvantageous to it and in the event of such request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agreement, the provisions of
	Section 3.5 shall apply).  On the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, all Revolving Credit Loans shall be repaid in full.

	(c)

	Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Swingline Lender in its individual capacity agrees, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Swingline Maturity Date, to make a loan or loans (each a “Swingline Loan” and, collectively, the “Swingline Loans”) to the Borrower in Dollars, which Swingline Loans:  (i) shall be ABR Loans; (ii) shall have the benefit of the provisions of
	Section 2.1(d); (iii) shall not exceed at any time outstanding the Swingline Commitment; (iv) shall not, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures at such time exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; and (v) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.  Each outstanding Swingline Loan shall be repaid in full on the Swingline Maturity Date.  The Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan after receiving a written notice from the Borrower or any Lender stating that a Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing until such time as the Swingline Lender shall have received written notice of (i) rescission of all such notices from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (ii) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of
	Section 14.1.

	(d)

	On any Business Day, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion, give notice to the Lenders with a Revolving Credit Commitment that all then-outstanding Swingline Loans shall be funded with a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, in which case Revolving Credit Loans constituting ABR Loans (each such Borrowing, a “Mandatory Borrowing”, and each such Borrowing shall be deemed to have been made by the Borrower) shall be made on the immediately succeeding Business Day by all Lenders with a Revolving Credit Commitment
	pro rata based on each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied directly to the Swingline Lender to repay the Swingline Lender for such outstanding Swingline Loans.  Each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment hereby irrevocably agrees to make such Revolving Credit Loans upon one Business Day’s notice pursuant to each Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the manner specified in the preceding sentence and on the date specified to it in writing by the Swingline Lender notwithstanding (i) that the amount of the Mandatory Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for each Borrowing specified in
	Section 2.2, (ii) whether any conditions specified in Section 7 are then satisfied, (iii) whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (iv) the date of such Mandatory Borrowing or (v) any reduction in the Total Commitment after any such Swingline Loans were made.  In the event that, in the sole judgment of the Swingline Lender, any Mandatory Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code in respect of the Borrower), each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase from the Swingline Lender (without recourse or warranty) such participation of the outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause the Lenders to share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages;
	provided that all principal and interest payable on such Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the Swingline Lender until the date the respective participation is purchased and, to the extent attributable to the purchased participation, shall be payable to the Lender purchasing same from and after such date of purchase.

	
	
	
	

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	2.2.

	
	Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings.  The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $1,000,000 and Swingline Loans shall be in a multiple of $100,000 and, in each case, shall not be less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount with respect thereto (except that Mandatory Borrowings shall be made in the amounts required by
	Section 2.1(d)).

	
	
	
	2.3.

	
	Notice of Borrowing.  

	(a)

	The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office (i) prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) at least three Business Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of the Borrowing of Term Loans if all or any of such Term Loans are to be initially LIBOR Loans, and (ii) prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of the Borrowing of Term Loans if all such Term Loans are to be ABR Loans.  Such notice (together with each notice of a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to
	Section 2.3(b) and each notice of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans pursuant to
	Section 2.3(c), a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans to be made, (ii) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be the Closing Date) and (iii) whether the Term Loans shall consist of ABR Loans and/or LIBOR Term Loans and, if the Term Loans are to include LIBOR Term Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of the proposed Borrowing of Term Loans, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

	(b)

	Whenever the Borrower desires to incur Revolving Credit Loans (other than Mandatory Borrowings or borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings), it shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, (i) prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City Time) at least three Business Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Borrowing of LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans, and (ii) prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) at least one Business Day’s prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Borrowing of ABR Loans.  Each such Notice of Borrowing, except as otherwise expressly provided in
	Section 2.10, shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (ii) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (iii) whether the respective Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans and, if LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

	(c)

	Whenever the Borrower desires to incur Swingline Loans hereunder, it shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Borrowing of Swingline Loans prior to 2:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing.  Each such notice shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing and (ii) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day).  The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Swingline Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Borrowing of Swingline Loans and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

	(d)

	Mandatory Borrowings shall be made upon the notice specified in
	Section 2.1(d), with the Borrower irrevocably agreeing, by its incurrence of any Swingline Loan, to the making of Mandatory Borrowings as set forth in such Section.

	

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	(e)

	Borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings shall be made upon the notice specified in
	Section 3.4(a).

	(f)

	Without in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in writing any notice it may give hereunder by telephone, the Administrative Agent may act prior to receipt of written confirmation without liability upon the basis of such telephonic notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.  In each such case, the Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of the terms of any such telephonic notice.

	
	
	
	2.4.

	
	Disbursement of Funds.  

	(a)

	No later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing (including Mandatory Borrowings), each Lender will make available its
	pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below;
	provided that all Swingline Loans shall be made available in the full amount thereof by the Swingline Lender no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date requested.

	(b)

	Each Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments, and in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office and the Administrative Agent will (except in the case of Mandatory Borrowings and Borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings) make available to the Borrower, by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent the aggregate of the amounts so made available in Dollars.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of any such Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the Administrative Agent has made available same to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender.  If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate
	per annum equal to (i) if paid by such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest or fees, calculated in accordance with
	Section 2.8, for the respective Loans.

	(c)

	Nothing in this
	Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder).

	
	
	
	2.5.

	
	Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.  

	(a)

	The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, (i) on the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date, the then-unpaid Tranche A Term Loans, in Dollars, (ii) on the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, the then-unpaid Tranche B Term Loans, in Dollars,
	

	

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	and (iii) on the Tranche C Term Loan Maturity Date, the then-unpaid Tranche C Term Loans, in Dollars.  The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then-unpaid Revolving Credit Loans made to the Borrower.  The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of the Swingline Lender, on the Swingline Maturity Date, the then-unpaid Swingline Loans.

	(b)

	The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the benefit of the Lenders of Tranche A Term Loans, on each date set forth below (each, a “Tranche A Repayment Date”), the principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans equal to (x) the outstanding principal amount of Tranche A Term Loans immediately after closing on the Closing Date
	multiplied by (y) the percentage set forth below opposite such Tranche A Repayment Date (each, a “Tranche A Repayment Amount”)1:

			
	
			
			Date
	
			
			Tranche A
Repayment Amount

	
			September 30, 2007

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2007

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2008

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2008

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2008

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2008

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2009

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2009

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2009

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2009

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2010

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2010

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2010

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2010

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2011

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2011

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2011

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2011

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2012

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2012

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2012

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2012

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2013

				
			23.625%

			
	
			June 30, 2013

				
			23.625%

			
	
			September 30, 2013

				
			23.625%

			
	
			Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date

				
			23.625%

			

	

	(c)

	The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the benefit of the Lenders of Tranche B Term Loans, on each date set forth below (each a “Tranche B Repayment Date”), the principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans equal to (x) the outstanding principal amount
	

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	1

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	of Tranche B Term Loans immediately after closing on the Closing Date
	multiplied by (y) the percentage set forth below opposite such Tranche B Repayment Date (each a “Tranche B Repayment Amount”):

			
	
			
			Date
	
			
			Tranche B
Repayment Amount

	
			September 30, 2007

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2007

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2008

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2008

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2008

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2008

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2009

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2009

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2009

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2009

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2010

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2010

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2010

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2010

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2011

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2011

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2011

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2011

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2012

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2012

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2012

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2012

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2013

				
			0.25%

			
	
			June 30, 2013

				
			0.25%

			
	
			September 30, 2013

				
			0.25%

			
	
			December 31, 2013

				
			0.25%

			
	
			March 31, 2014

				
			0.25%

			
	
			Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date

				
			93.25%

			

	

	(d)

	In the event that any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall, subject to
	Section 2.14(d), be repaid by the borrower thereof in the amounts (each, a “New Term Loan Repayment Amount”) and on the dates (each a “New Term Loan Repayment Date”) set forth in the applicable New Loan Increase Joinder.

	(e)

	Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

	(f)

	The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to
	Section 14.6(b), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is a Term Loan, a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swingline Loan, as applicable, the Type of each Loan made and the Interest Period ap-

	

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	plicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender or the Swingline Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.

	(g)

	The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to
	paragraphs (e) and (f) of this Section 2.5 shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded;
	provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or such subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the
	Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

	(h)

	Any Lender by written notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in the form of
	Exhibit L-1, L-2, L-3 or L-4, as the case may be.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to
	Section 14.6) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

	
	
	
	2.6.

	
	Conversions and Continuations.  

	(a)

	The Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to convert all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans made to the Borrower (as applicable) of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount of any LIBOR Term Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans as LIBOR Term Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, for an additional Interest Period,
	provided that (i) no partial conversion of LIBOR Term Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of LIBOR Term Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into LIBOR Term Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans if a Default or Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversion, (iii) LIBOR Loans may not be continued as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions pursuant to this
	Section 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2.  Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) at least three Business Days’ (or one Business Day’s notice in the case of a conversion into ABR Loans) prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) (each, a “Notice of Conversion or Continuation”) specifying the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans to be converted or continued into and, if such Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted into or continued as LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto.  The Administrative Agent shall give each Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of its Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans.

	

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	(b)

	If any Default or Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any LIBOR Loans and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such LIBOR Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans.  If upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of LIBOR Loans the Borrower has failed to elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in
	paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to continue such Borrowing of LIBOR Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans, effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.

	(c)

	No Loan may be converted into or continued as a Loan denominated in a different currency.

	
	
	
	2.7.

	
	Pro Rata Borrowings.  Each Borrowing of Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans and Tranche C Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders
	pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, Tranche B Term Loan Commitments and Tranche C Term Loan Commitments, respectively.  Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders
	pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Revolving Credit Commitments.  Each Borrowing of New Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders
	pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable New Term Loan Commitments.  It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder and (b) other than as expressly provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligation under any Credit Document.

	
	
	
	2.8.

	
	Interest.  

	(a)

	The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate
	per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable ABR Margin plus the ABR in effect from time to time.

	(b)

	The unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate
	per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable LIBOR Margin in effect from time to time
	plus the relevant Adjusted LIBOR Rate.

	(c)

	If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan or (ii) any interest payable thereon shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate
	per annum that is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto
	plus 2% or (y) in the case of any overdue interest, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate described in
	Section 2.8(a) plus 2% from and including the date of such non-payment to but excluding the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).

	(d)

	Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof and shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, (ii) in respect of each LIBOR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period, (iii) in respect of each Loan (except, other than in the case of prepayments,
	

	

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	any ABR Loan), on any prepayment (on the amount prepaid), at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand.

	(e)

	All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with
	Section 5.5.

	(f)

	The Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders thereof.  Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

	(g)

	In the event that any financial statement or officer’s certificate delivered pursuant to
	Section 9.1 is shown to be inaccurate, and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable ABR Margin or Applicable LIBOR Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable ABR Margin or Applicable LIBOR Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent a correct officer’s certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable ABR Margin or Applicable LIBOR Margin, as the case may be, shall be determined as if the correct officer’s certificate had been delivered for such Applicable Period and (iii) the Borrower shall
	 within 15 days of the delivery of such officer’s certificate
pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Rate for such Applicable Period.  This
	Section 2.8(g) shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to
	Section 2.8(c) or Section 11.

	
	
	
	2.9.

	
	LIBOR Interest Periods.  At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into or continuation as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans in accordance with
	Section 2.3(a) or Section 2.6(a), the Borrower shall have the right to elect, by giving the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing), the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower be a one, two, three, six or (if available to all the Lenders making such Loans as determined by such Lenders in good faith), nine or twelve month period;
	provided that the initial Interest Period may be for a period of less than one month if agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  

	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:

	(a)

	the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;

	(b)

	if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;

	(c)

	if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day,
	provided that if any Interest Period in respect of a LIBOR Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day; and

	

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	(d)

	the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any LIBOR Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date of such Loan.

	
	
	
	2.10.

	
	Increased Costs, Illegality, etc.  

	(a)

	In the event that (x) in the case of
	clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent or (y) in the case of
	clauses (ii) and (iii) below, any Lender shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):

	(i)

	on any date for determining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for any Interest Period that (x) deposits in the principal amounts of the Loans comprising such LIBOR Borrowing are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the interbank LIBOR market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate; or

	(ii)

	at any time, that such Lender shall incur increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any LIBOR Loans (other than any such increase or reduction attributable to Taxes) because of (x) any change since the date hereof in any applicable law, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or in the interpretation or administration thereof and including the introduction of any new law or governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order), such as, for example, without limitation, a change in official reserve requirements, and/or (y) other circumstances affecting the interbank LIBOR market or the position of such Lender in such market; or

	(iii)

	at any time, that the making or continuance of any LIBOR Loan has become unlawful by compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the date hereof that materially and adversely affects the interbank LIBOR market;

	then, and in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of
	clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give notice (if by telephone, confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders).  Thereafter (x) in the case of
	clause (i) above, LIBOR Term Loans and LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist (which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion given by the Borrower with respect to LIBOR Term Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans that have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower (y) in the case of
	clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, promptly after receipt of written demand therefor such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lender shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) and (z) in the case of
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	the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in
	Section 2.10(b) as promptly as possible and, in any event, within the time period required by law.

	(b)

	At any time that any LIBOR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in
	Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii), the Borrower may (and in the case of a LIBOR Loan affected pursuant to
	Section 2.10(a)(iii) shall) either (x) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel said Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed promptly in writing) thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by a Lender pursuant to
	Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (y) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such LIBOR Revolving Credit Loan and LIBOR Term Loan into an ABR Loan,
	provided that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this
	Section 2.10(b).

	(c)

	If, after the date hereof, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by a Lender or its parent with any request or directive made or adopted after the date hereof regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, association, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or its parent’s or its Affiliate’s capital or assets as a consequence of such Lender’s commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent or its Affiliate could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or its parent’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time, promptly after demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for such reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lender’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such law, rule or regulation as in effect on the date hereof.  Each Lender, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this
	Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to
	Section 2.13, release or diminish the Borrower’s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this
	Section 2.10(c) upon receipt of such notice.

	(d)

	It is understood that this
	Section 2.10 shall not apply to (i) Taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (ii) net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on any Agent or Lender or (iii) Taxes included under clause (b) of the definition of Excluded Taxes.

	
	
	
	2.11.

	
	Compensation.  If (a) any payment of principal of any LIBOR Loan is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to
	Section 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 14.8, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to
	Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing, (c) any ABR Loan is not converted into a LIBOR Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation, (d) any LIBOR Loan is not continued as an LIBOR Loan, as the case may be, as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of any LIBOR Loan is not made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment pursuant to
	Section 5.1 or 5.2, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender
	

	

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	may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, failure to convert, failure to continue or failure to prepay, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such LIBOR Loan.

	
	
	
	2.12.

	
	Change of Lending Office.  Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of
	Section 2.10(a)(ii), 2.10(a)(iii), 2.10(b), 3.5 or
	5.4 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event,
	provided that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such Section.  Nothing in this
	Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in
	Section 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4.

	
	
	
	2.13.

	
	Notice of Certain Costs.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by
	Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4 is given by any Lender more than 180 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, tax or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under
	Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the 181st day prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower.

	
	
	
	2.14.

	
	Incremental Facilities.  

	(a)

	The Borrower may by written notice to Administrative Agent elect to request the establishment of one or more (x) additional tranches of term loans (the commitments thereto, the “New Term Loan Commitments”) and/or (y) increases in Revolving Credit Commitments (the “New Revolving Credit Commitments” and, together with the New Term Loan Commitments, the “New Loan Commitments”), by an aggregate amount not in excess of $1,500,000,000 in the aggregate and not less than $50,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount which shall be approved by Administrative Agent or such lesser amount that shall constitute the difference between $1,500,000,000 and all such New Loan Commitments obtained prior to such date).  Each such notice shall specify the date (each, an “Increased Amount Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the New Loan Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than ten Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to Administrative Agent;
	provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the New Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Loan Commitment.  Such New Loan Commitments shall become effective, as of such Increased Amount Date;
	provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Loan Commitments, as applicable; (ii) both before and after giving effect to the making of any Series of New Term Loans or New Revolving Loans, each of the conditions set forth in
	Section 7 shall be satisfied; (iii) the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9 as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter after giving effect to such New Loan Commitments and any Investment to be consummated in connection therewith; (iv) the New Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more New Loan Increase Joinders executed and delivered by the Borrower and Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and shall be subject to the requirements set forth in
	Section 5.4(d) and (e); (v) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to
	Section 2.11 in connection with the New Loan Commitments, as applicable; (vi) any New Loan Commitments and any New Term Loans and New Revolving Loans shall be denominated in Dollars; and (vii) the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction. Any
	

	

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	New Term Loans made on an Increased Amount Date shall be designated a separate series (a “Series”) of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.

	(b)

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

	(c)

	On any Increased Amount Date on which any New Term Loan Commitments of any Series are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each Lender with a New Term Loan Commitment (each, a “New Term Loan Lender”) of any Series shall make a Loan to the Borrower (a “New Term Loan”) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment of such Series and the New Term Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto.

	(d)

	The terms and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein or in the applicable New Loan Increase Joinder, identical to the existing Tranche B Term Loans;
	provided that (i) the applicable New Term Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no earlier than the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date and mandatory prepayment and other payment rights (other than scheduled amortization) of the New Term Loans and the existing Tranche B Term Loans shall be identical, (ii) the rate of interest and the amortization schedule applicable to the New Term Loans of each Series shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable new Lenders and shall be set forth in each applicable New Loan Increase Joinder and (iii) all other terms applicable to the New Term Loans of each Series that differ from the existing Tranche B Term Loans shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (as evidenced by its execution of the applicable New Loan Increase Joinder).  The terms and provisions of the New Revolving Loans and New Revolving Credit Commitments shall be identical to the Revolving Credit Loans and the Revolving Credit Commitments.

	(e)

	The New Loan Commitments shall be effected by a joinder agreement (the “New Loan Increase Joinder”) substantially in the form of
	Exhibit M executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender making such New Loan Commitment, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each of them.  Each New Loan Increase Joinder may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provision of this
	Section 2.14.

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	

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	SECTION 3.

	
	Letters of Credit

	
	
	
	3.1.

	
	Letters of Credit.  

	(a)

	Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date and prior to the L/C Maturity Date, the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this
	Section 3, to issue from time to time from the Closing Date through the L/C Maturity Date upon the request of, and for the benefit of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries a letter of credit or letters of credit in Dollars (the “Letters of
	Credit” and each, a “Letter of Credit”) in such form as may be approved by the Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion;
	provided that the Borrower shall be a co-applicant, and jointly and severally liable with respect to, each Letter of Credit issued for the account of a Restricted Subsidiary.

	(b)

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time, would exceed the Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect; (ii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which would cause the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures at such time to exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; (iii) each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer,
	provided that in no event shall such expiration date occur later than the L/C Maturity Date; (iv) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (v) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any applicable law for the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit to have a Letter of Credit issued in its favor; and (vi) no Letter of Credit shall be issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer after it has received a written notice from any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders stating that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of
	Section 14.1.

	(c)

	Upon at least one Business Day’s prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the applicable Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Letter of Credit Commitment in whole or in part,
	provided that, after giving effect to such termination or reduction, the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Commitment.

	(d)

	The parties hereto agree that the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed Letters of Credit for all purposes under this Agreement, without any further action by the Borrower.

	
	
	
	3.2.

	
	Letter of Credit Requests.  

	(a)

	Whenever the Borrower desires that a Letter of Credit be issued for its account, it shall give the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer at least five (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days’ written notice thereof.  Each notice shall be executed by the Borrower and shall be in the form of
	Exhibit H (each a “Letter of Credit Request”).  The Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit copies of each Letter of Credit Request to each Lender.

	

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	(b)

	The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of,
	Section 3.1(b).

	(c)

	If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Request, the Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”);
	provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the L/C Maturity Date;
	provided, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if the Letter of Credit Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of
	clause (b) of Section 3.1 or otherwise pursuant to the terms hereof).

	(d)

	Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit (including any Existing Letter of Credit) to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.  On the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit (including any Existing Letter of Credit) issued by it that are outstanding at such time.

	
	
	
	3.3.

	
	Letter of Credit Participations.  

	(a)

	Immediately upon the issuance by the Letter of Credit Issuer of any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each other Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment (each such other Lender, in its capacity under this
	Section 3.3, an “L/C Participant”), and each such L/C Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each an “L/C Participation”), to the extent of such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in such Letter of Credit, each substitute letter of credit, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto;
	provided that the Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the L/C Participants as provided in
	Section 4.1(b) and the L/C Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any Fronting Fees.

	(b)

	In determining whether to pay under any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the L/C Participants other than to confirm that any documents required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit.  Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall not create for the Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.

	

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	(c)

	In the event that the Letter of Credit Issuer makes any payment under any Letter of Credit issued by it and the Borrower shall not have repaid such amount in full to the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to
	Section 3.4(a), the Letter of Credit Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each applicable L/C Participant of such failure, and each such L/C Participant shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the amount of such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such unreimbursed payment in Dollars and in immediately available funds;
	provided, however, that no L/C Participant shall be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such unreimbursed amount arising from any wrongful payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under a Letter of Credit as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Letter of Credit Issuer.  If the Letter of Credit Issuer so notifies, prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, any L/C Participant required to fund a payment under a Letter of Credit, such L/C Participant shall make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment on such Business Day in immediately available funds.  If and to the extent such L/C Participant shall not have so made its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, such L/C Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer at the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing.  The failure of any L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other L/C Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under such Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no L/C Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any such payment.

	(d)

	Whenever the Letter of Credit Issuer receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation as to which the Administrative Agent has received for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer any payments from the L/C Participants pursuant to
	paragraph (c) above, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each L/C Participant that has paid its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded by such L/C Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all L/C Participants) of the principal amount of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective L/C Participations.

	(e)

	The obligations of the L/C Participants to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances, including under any of the following circumstances:

	(i)

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	(ii)

	the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such Letter of Credit);

	(iii)

	any draft, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

	(iv)

	the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Credit Documents; or

	(v)

	the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

	
	provided, however, that no L/C Participant shall be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any unreimbursed amount arising from any wrongful payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under a Letter of Credit as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Letter of Credit Issuer.

	
	
	
	3.4.

	
	Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings.  

	(a)

	The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer, by making payment in Dollars to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for any payment or disbursement made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit (each such amount so paid until reimbursed, an “Unpaid Drawing”) no later than the date that is one Business Days after the date on which the Borrower receives notice of such payment or disbursement (the “Reimbursement Date”), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, to the extent not reimbursed prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Reimbursement Date, from and including the Reimbursement Date to but excluding the date the Letter of Credit Issuer is reimbursed therefor at a rate
	per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable ABR Margin plus the ABR Rate as in effect from time to time,
	provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Reimbursement Date that the Borrower intends to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Notice of Borrowing requesting that, with respect to Letters of Credit, the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments make Revolving Credit Loans (which shall be ABR Loans) on the Reimbursement Date in the amount of such drawing and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant L/C Participant of such drawing and the amount of its Revolving Credit Loan to be made in respect thereof, and each L/C Participant shall be irrevocably obligated to make a Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in the manner deemed to have been requested in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the applicable Unpaid Drawing by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such Reimbursement Date by making the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent.  Such Revolving Credit Loans shall be made without regard to the Minimum Borrowing Amount.  The Administrative Agent shall use the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans solely for purpose of reimbursing the Letter of Credit Issuer for the related Unpaid Drawing.  In the event that the Borrower fails to Cash Collateralize any Letter of Credit that is outstanding on the L/C Maturity Date, the full amount of the Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be
	

	

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	deemed to be an Unpaid Drawing subject to the provisions of this
	Section 3.4 except that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall hold the proceeds received from the L/C Participants as contemplated above as cash collateral for such Letter of Credit to reimburse any Drawing under such Letter of Credit and shall use such proceeds:  first, to reimburse itself for any Drawings made in respect of such Letter of Credit following the L/C Maturity Date;
	second, to the extent such Letter of Credit expires or is returned undrawn while any such cash collateral remains, to the repayment of obligations in respect of any Revolving Credit Loans that have not paid at such time; and
	third, to the Borrower or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.  Nothing in this
	Section 3.4(a) shall affect the Borrower’s obligation to repay all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans when due in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

	(b)

	The obligations of the Borrower under this
	Section 3.4 to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Unpaid Drawings (including, in each case, interest thereon) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower or any other Person may have or have had against the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including in its capacity as an L/C Participant), including any defense based upon the failure of any drawing under a Letter of Credit (each a “Drawing”) to conform to the terms of the Letter of Credit or any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of such Drawing,
	provided that the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under the Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Letter of Credit Issuer.

	
	
	
	3.5.

	
	Increased Costs.  If after the date hereof, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or actual compliance by the Letter of Credit Issuer or any L/C Participant with any request or directive made or adopted after the date hereof (whether or not having the force of law), by any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall either (a) impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer, or any L/C Participant’s L/C Participation therein, or (b) impose on the Letter of Credit Issuer or any L/C Participant any other conditions affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit or L/C Participations therein or any Letter of Credit or such L/C Participant’s L/C Participation therein, and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant of issuing, maintaining or participating in any Letter of Credit, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant hereunder (other than any such increase or reduction attributable to (i) taxes indemnified under
	Section 5.4, (ii) net income taxes and franchise and excise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on any Agent or Lender or (iii) Taxes included under clause (b) of the definition of Excluded Taxes) in respect of Letters of Credit or L/C Participations therein, then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant, as the case may be, (a copy of which notice shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent (with respect to Letter of Credit issued on account of the Borrower)) the Borrower shall pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer or a L/C Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Person’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such law, rule or regulation as in effect on the date hereof.  A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or a L/C Participant, as the case may be, (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent (with respect to Letters of Credit issued on account of the Borrower)) setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determi-

	

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	nation of such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error.

	
	
	
	3.6.

	
	New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer.  

	(a)

	The Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as a Letter of Credit Issuer upon 60 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower. The Borrower may replace the Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer.  The Borrower may add Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent.  If the Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint from among the Lenders a successor issuer of Letters of Credit or a new Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), another successor or new issuer of Letters of Credit, whereupon such successor issuer shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, and the term “Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean such successor or such new issuer of Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment.  At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to
	Sections 4.1(c) and (d).  The acceptance of any appointment as a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit, in a form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall become a “Letter of Credit Issuer” hereunder.  After the resignation or replacement of the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.  In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this
	clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of Letters of Credit or (ii) the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue “back-stop” Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer, which new Letters of Credit shall have a face amount equal to the Letters of Credit being back-stopped and the sole requirement for drawing on such new Letters of Credit shall be a drawing on the corresponding back-stopped Letters of Credit.  After any resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer’s resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer.

	(b)

	To the extent that there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in
	clause (a) above, any outstanding Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of Fees or the reimbursement
	

	

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	or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding Letters of Credit described in
	clause (a) above.

	3.7.

	
	Role of Letter of Credit Issuer.  Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document.  None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document.  The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit;
	provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.  None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in
	Section 3.3(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

	
	3.8.

	
	Cash Collateral.

	(a)

	Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, if, as of the L/C Maturity Date, there are any Letters of Credit Outstanding, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then Letters of Credit Outstanding.

	(b)

	For purposes hereof, “Cash Collateralize” shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances in an amount equal to 100% of the amount of the Letters of Credit Outstanding required to be Cash Collateralized pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders).  Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings.  The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing.  Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked accounts with the Administrative Agent and may be invested in Permitted Investments at the
	

	

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	option and sole discretion of (and at the direction of) (i) for so long as an Event of Default shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent and (ii) at any other time, the Borrower, in each case, at the risk and expense of the Borrower.

	
	3.9.

	
	Applicability of ISP and UCP.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

	
	3.10.

	
	Conflict with Issuer Documents.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

	
	3.11.

	
	Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit.  The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries.

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 4.

	
	Fees; Commitments

	
	
	4.1.

	
	Fees.  

	(a)

	(i)  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of each Lender having a Revolving Credit Commitment (in each case
	pro rata according to the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of all such Lenders), a commitment fee for each day from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date.  Such commitment fee shall be payable in arrears (x) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (for the three-month period (or portion thereof) ended on such day for which no payment has been received) and (y) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to
	clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate
	per annum equal to the Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day on the Available Commitments in effect on such day.

	(ii)

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any amounts to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to this
	Section 4.1.

	(b)

	The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of the Lenders
	pro rata on the basis of their respective Letter of Credit Exposure, a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit (the “Letter of Credit Fee”), for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the termination date of such Letter of Credit computed at the
	per annum rate for each day equal to the Applicable LIBOR Margin for Revolving Credit Loans,
	minus the Fronting Fee, on the average daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit.  Such Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the date upon which the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.

	

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	(c)

	The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it (the “Fronting Fee”), for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the termination date of such Letter of Credit, computed at the rate for each day equal to 0.125%
	per annum on the average daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit.  Such Fronting Fees shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the date upon which the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.

	(d)

	The Borrower agrees to pay directly to the Letter of Credit Issuer in Dollars upon each issuance of, drawing under, and/or amendment of, a Letter of Credit issued by it such amount as the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower shall have agreed upon for issuances of, drawings under or amendments of, letters of credit issued by it.

	
	
	
	4.2.

	
	Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments.  Upon at least one Business Day’s prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower (on behalf of itself) shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments in whole or in part,
	provided that (a) any such reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment of each of the Lenders, (b) any partial reduction pursuant to this
	Section 4.2 shall be in the amount of at least $5,000,000 and (c) after giving effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of the Loans made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment.

	
	
	
	4.3.

	
	Mandatory Termination of Commitments.  

	(a)

	(i)  The Tranche A Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date.

	(ii)

	The Tranche B Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date.

	(iii)

	The Tranche C Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date.

	(b)

	The Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

	(c)

	The Swingline Commitment shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Swingline Maturity Date.

	(d)

	The New Term Loan Commitment for any Series shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Increased Amount Date for such Series (unless otherwise provided in the applicable New Loan Increase Joinder).

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 5.

	
	Payments

	
	
	5.1.

	
	Voluntary Prepayments.  The Borrower shall have the right to prepay Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, in each case, without premium or penalty, in whole
	

	

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	or in part from time to time on the following terms and conditions:  (a) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of such prepayment and (in the case of LIBOR Loans) the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made, which notice shall be given by the Borrower no later than (i) in the case of LIBOR Loans, 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) three Business Days prior to, (ii) in the case of ABR Loans (other than Swingline Loans), 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) one Business Day prior to, or (iii) in the case of Swingline Loans, 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on, the date of such prepayment and shall promptly be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to each of the Lenders or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be; (b) each partial prepayment of any Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $1,000,000 and in an aggregate principal amount of at least $10,000,000 and each partial prepayment of Swingline Loans shall be in a multiple of $100,000 and in an aggregate principal amount of at least $500,000,
	provided that no partial prepayment of LIBOR Term Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding LIBOR Term Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount for LIBOR Term Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans; and (c) any prepayment of LIBOR Term Loans or LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this
	Section 5.1 on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto shall be subject to compliance by the Borrower with the applicable provisions of
	Section 2.11.  Each prepayment in respect of any tranche of Term Loans pursuant to this
	Section 5.1 shall be (x) applied to Term Loans in such manner as the Borrower may determine and (y) applied to reduce Tranche A Repayment Amounts, Tranche B Repayment Amounts, Tranche C Repayment Amounts and/or any New Term Loan Repayment Amounts, as the case may be, in such order as the Borrower may determine.  At the Borrower’s election in connection with any prepayment pursuant to this
	Section 5.1, such prepayment shall not be applied to any Term Loan or Revolving Credit Loan of a Defaulting Lender.

	
	
	
	5.2.

	
	Mandatory Prepayments.

	(a)

	
	Term Loan Prepayments.  (i)  On each occasion that a Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within one Business Day after the occurrence of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event and within five Business Days after the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event (or, in the case of Deferred Net Cash Proceeds, within five Business Days after the Reinvestment Period relating to such Prepayment Event or 180 days thereafter, as applicable), prepay, in accordance with
	paragraphs (c) and (h) below, the principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event;
	provided that, at the option of the Borrower, all or any portion the Net Cash Proceeds of any Permitted Receivables Financing may be used to make a reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments in an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds (or such lesser amount equal to the amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments so long as any remaining Net Cash Proceeds are used to prepay Term Loans in accordance with this
	paragraph (a)).

	(ii)

	Not later than the date that is ninety days after the last day of any fiscal year (commencing with and including the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008), the Borrower shall prepay, in accordance with
	paragraph (c) below, the Term Loans in the principal amount equal to (x) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year,
	provided that (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(ii) shall be reduced to 25% if the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) to Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year is no greater than 5.50 to 1.00 but greater than 5.00 to 1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this
	Section 5.2(a)(ii) if the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) to Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year is no greater than 5.00 to 1.00),
	minus (y) the principal amount of Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to
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	(b)

	
	Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans.  If on any date the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings”) for any reason exceeds 100% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment as then in effect, the Borrower shall forthwith repay on such date the principal amount of Swingline Loans and, after all Swingline Loans have been paid in full, Revolving Credit Loans in an amount equal to such excess.  If, after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Swingline Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations.

	(c)

	
	Application to Repayment Amounts.  (i)  Each prepayment of Term Loans required by
	Section 5.2(a) (other than as a result of a Specified Tranche C Repayment Event unless and until such event becomes an Asset Sale Prepayment Event) shall be allocated as directed by the Borrower among the Term Loans and, in the case of any prepayments of Tranche A Term Loans or Tranche B Term Loans, shall be applied as directed by the Borrower to reduce the applicable Repayment Amounts.  With respect to each such prepayment, the Borrower shall, not later than the date specified in
	Section 5.2(a) for making such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (promptly confirmed in writing) requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each Term Loan Lender, as applicable.

	(ii)

	Each prepayment of Term Loans required by
	Section 5.2(a)(i) as a result of a Specified Tranche C Repayment Event unless and until such event becomes an Asset Sale Prepayment Event shall be allocated to the Tranche C Term Loans.  With respect to each such prepayment, the Borrower shall, not later than the date specified in
	Section 5.2(a) for making such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (promptly confirmed in writing) requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each Term Loan Lender, as applicable.

	(d)

	
	Application to Term Loans.  With respect to each prepayment of Loans required by
	Section 5.2(a), the Borrower may, if applicable, designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made.  In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under
	Section 2.11.

	(e)

	
	Application to Revolving Credit Loans.  With respect to each prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans elected by the Borrower pursuant to
	Section 5.2(a) or required by Section 5.2(b), the Borrower may designate (i) the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made and (ii) the Revolving Credit Loans to be prepaid,
	provided that (y) each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied
	pro rata among such Loans, and (z) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding
	clause (y), no prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to
	Section 5.2(a) or Section 5.2(b) shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Loans of any Defaulting Lender unless otherwise consented to by the Borrower.  In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under
	Section 2.11.

	(f)

	
	LIBOR Interest Periods.  In lieu of making any payment pursuant to this
	Section 5.2 in respect of any LIBOR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period therefor so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower at its option may deposit with the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the amount of the LIBOR Loan to be prepaid and such LIBOR Loan shall be repaid on the last day of the Interest Period therefor in the required amount.  Such de-

	

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	posit shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a corporate time deposit account established on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, earning interest at the then customary rate for accounts of such type.  Such deposit shall constitute cash collateral for the Obligations,
	provided that the Borrower may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make the applicable payment required pursuant to this
	Section 5.2.

	(g)

	
	Minimum Amount.  No prepayment shall be required pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) unless and until the amount at any time of Net Cash Proceeds from Prepayment Events required to be applied at or prior to such time pursuant to such Section and not yet applied at or prior to such time to prepay Term Loans pursuant to such Section exceeds (i) $10,000,000 for a single Prepayment Event or (ii) $50,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Prepayment Events.

	(h)

	
	Foreign Asset Sales.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
	Section 5.2, to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds from a Casualty Event or any asset sale by a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary giving rise to an Asset Sale Prepayment Event (a “Foreign Asset Sale”) or any amount included in Excess Cash Flow and attributable to Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries are prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this
	Section 5.2 but may be retained by the applicable Restricted Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be immediately effected and such repatriated Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than two Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this
	Section 5.2 and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Asset Sale or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax consequence, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Restricted Foreign Subsidiary,
	provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to
	Section 5.2(a), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary.

	
	
	
	5.3.

	
	Method and Place of Payment.  

	(a)

	Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders entitled thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender entitled thereto, as the case may be, not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office or at such other office as the Administrative Agent shall specify for such purpose by notice to the Borrower, it being understood that written or facsimile notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to make a payment from the funds in the Borrower’s account at the Administrative Agent’s Office shall con-

	

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	stitute the making of such payment to the extent of such funds held in such account.  All repayments or prepayments of Loans (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) hereunder shall be made in the currency in which such amounts are denominated and all other payments under each Credit Document shall be made in Dollars.  The Administrative Agent will thereafter cause to be distributed on the same day (if payment was actually received by the Administrative Agent prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or Fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto and, if not made by such time, on the immediately following Business Day.

	(b)

	Any payments under this Agreement that are made later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day.  Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.

	
	
	
	5.4.

	
	Net Payments.  

	(a)

	Any and all payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor under this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, the Indemnified Taxes;
	provided that if the Borrower or any Guarantor shall be required by applicable Requirements of Law to deduct or withhold any Indemnified Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this
	Section 5.4) any Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) the Borrower or any Guarantor shall make such deductions or withholdings and (iii) the Borrower or any Guarantor shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.  Whenever any Indemnified Taxes are payable by the Borrower or such Guarantor, as promptly as possible thereafter, the Borrower or such Guarantor shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of any Agent or Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt (or other evidence acceptable to such Lender, acting reasonably) received by the Borrower or such Guarantor showing payment thereof.

	(b)

	The Borrower shall timely pay and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and each Lender (whether or not such Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority) with regard to any Other Taxes.

	(c)

	The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and each Lender within 15 Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes imposed on such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Credit Document (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this
	Section 5.4) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or by an Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

	

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	(d)

	Each Non-U.S. Lender shall to the extent it may lawfully do so:

	(i)

	deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two copies of either (x) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (together with a certificate representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), or (y) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, in each case properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or reduced rate of, U.S. Federal withholding tax on payments by the Borrower under this Agreement; and

	(ii)

	deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such form or certification (or any applicable successor form) on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower;

	unless in any such case any Change in Law has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required that renders any such form inapplicable or would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such Lender so advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  Each Person that shall become a Participant pursuant to
	Section 14.6 or a Lender pursuant to Section 14.6 shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer, be required to provide all the forms and statements required pursuant to this
	Section 5.4(d), provided that in the case of a Participant such Participant shall furnish all such required forms and statements to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased.

	(e)

	Each Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any Guarantor is organized, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement or any other Credit Document by the Borrower or such Guarantor shall deliver to the Borrower or such Guarantor (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), as applicable, at the time or times prescribed by applicable law and reasonably requested by the Borrower, such Guarantor or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without such withholding or at such reduced rate,
	provided that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and such documentation is necessary in order for such exemption or reduction to apply.

	(f)

	If any Lender or Agent determines, in its sole discretion, that it had received a refund of an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax for which a payment has been made by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, which refund in the good faith judgment of such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, is attributable to such payment made by the Borrower, then the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall reimburse the Borrower for such amount (together with any interest received thereon) as the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, determines in its sole discretion to be the proportion of the refund as will leave it, after such reimbursement, in no better or worse position (taking into account expenses or any taxes imposed on the refund) than it would have been in if the payment had not been required;
	provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Lender or Agent, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Lender or Agent in the event the Lender or Agent is required to repay such refund to such Governmental
	

	

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	Authority.  A Lender or Agent shall claim any refund that it determines is available to it, unless it concludes in its sole discretion that it would be adversely affected by making such a claim.  Neither any Lender nor any Agent shall be obliged to disclose any information regarding its tax affairs or computations or any other information it reasonably deems confidential to any Credit Party in connection with this
	paragraph (f) or any other provision of this Section 5.4.

	(g)

	If the Borrower determines that a reasonable basis exists for contesting an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax, each Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower as it may reasonably request in challenging such Indemnified Tax or Other Tax.  Subject to the provisions of
	Section 2.12, each Lender and Agent agrees to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower as it may reasonably request to minimize any amount payable by the Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant to this
	Section 5.4.  The Borrower shall indemnify and hold each Lender and Agent harmless against any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Person in connection with any request made by the Borrower pursuant to this
	Section 5.4(g).  Nothing in this Section 5.4(g) shall obligate any Lender or Agent to take any action that such Person, in its sole judgment, determines may result in a material detriment to such Person.

	(h)

	To the extent that it is legally entitled to do so, each Lender and Agent that is a United States Person under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall, at the reasonable request of the Borrower or such Agent, deliver to the Borrower two United States Internal Revenue Service Forms W-9 (or substitute or successor form), properly completed and executed, certifying that such Lender or Agent is exempt from United States backup withholding;
	provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver such forms shall not subject any Lender that may be treated as an exempt recipient based on the indicators described in Treasury Regulation 1.6049-4(c)(i)(ii) to backup withholding.

	(i)

	The agreements in this
	Section 5.4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

	
	
	
	5.5.

	
	Computations of Interest and Fees.  

	(a)

	Interest on LIBOR Loans and, except as provided in the next succeeding sentence, ABR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed.  Interest on ABR Loans in respect of which the rate of interest is calculated on the basis of the U.S. Prime Rate and interest on overdue interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.

	(b)

	Fees and the average daily Stated Amount of Letters of Credit shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed.

	
	
	
	5.6.

	
	Limit on Rate of Interest.

	(a)

	
	No Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate.  Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obliged to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in respect of the Obligations in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any applicable law, rule or regulation.
	

	(b)

	
	Payment at Highest Lawful Rate.  If the Borrower is not obliged to make a payment which it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of
	Section 5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

	

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	(c)

	
	Adjustment if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate.  If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender under
	Section 2.8.

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent to obtain reimbursement from that Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by that Lender to the Borrower.

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 6.

	
	Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing

	The initial Borrowing under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, except as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

	
	
	
	6.1.

	
	Credit Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received:

	(a)

	this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Borrower and each Lender as of the Closing Date;

	(b)

	the Guarantee, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Guarantor;

	(c)

	the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each pledgor party thereto;

	(d)

	the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each grantor party thereto; and

	(e)

	a Mortgage in respect of each Mortgaged Property to be Mortgaged on the Closing Date, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each mortgagor party thereto.

	
	
	
	6.2.

	
	Collateral.

	(a)

	All outstanding equity interests in whatever form of each Restricted Subsidiary (directly owned by or on behalf of any Credit Party and required to be pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement shall have been pledged pursuant thereto (except that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to pledge more than 65% of the outstanding Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary) and the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates representing securities pledged under the Pledge Agreement to the extent certificated, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers endorsed in blank.

	(b)

	All documents and instruments, including UCC or other applicable personal property and fixture security financing statements, reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by any Security Document and per-

	

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	fect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, such Security Document and each Mortgage, as applicable, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or recording.

	(c)

	The Collateral Agent shall have received, in respect of each Mortgaged Property:  (i) a valid, issued and binding policy or policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by
	Section 10.2 or the Collateral Agent, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) evidence reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment of all title insurance premiums, search and examination charges, escrow charges and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgages and issuance of the title insurance policies referred to above, in each case except to the extent delivered pursuant to
	Section 9.14(c).

	(d)

	The Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed Perfection Certificate, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated.

	
	
	
	6.3.

	
	Legal Opinions.  The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinions of (a) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower, substantially in the form of
	Exhibit I-1, (b) Joe Listengart, General Counsel to the Borrower, substantially in the form of
	Exhibit I-2, and (c) local counsels to the Borrower in the jurisdictions listed on
	Schedule 6.3 in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  The Borrower, the other Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinions.

	
	6.4.

	
	Debt Repayment.  The Debt Repayment shall have been consummated substantially contemporaneously with the initial Borrowing hereunder.

	
	
	
	6.5.

	
	Equity Investments.  The Equity Investments shall have been consummated.

	
	
	
	6.6.

	
	Closing Certificates.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Credit Party, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of
	Exhibit J, with appropriate insertions, executed by the President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Credit Party, and attaching the documents referred to in
	Sections 6.7 and 6.8.

	
	
	
	6.7.

	
	Corporate Proceedings of Each Credit Party.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the board of directors or other managers of each Credit Party (or a duly authorized committee thereof) authorizing (a) the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder.

	
	
	
	6.8.

	
	Corporate Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received true and complete copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or equivalent organizational documents) of each Credit Party.

	
	
	
	6.9.

	
	Fees.  The Agents and their Affiliates shall have received the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing by the Agents and their Affiliates to be received on the Closing Date and all expenses (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) for which invoices have been presented prior to the Closing Date shall have been paid.

	
	
	
	

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	6.10.

	
	Representations and Warranties.  On the Closing Date, the representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties in
	Section 8.1, Section 8.2, Section 8.5 and Section 8.7, as they relate to the Credit Parties at such time, shall be true and correct in all material respects.

	
	
	
	6.11.

	
	Related Agreements.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed or conformed copy of the Merger Agreement, which shall be in full force and effect.

	
	6.12.

	
	Solvency Certificate.  On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower with appropriate attachments and demonstrating that after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries is Solvent.

	
	
	
	6.13.

	
	Financial Statements.  The Administrative Agent shall have received the Historical Financial Statements.

	
	6.14.

	
	Merger.  The Merger shall have been consummated, or substantially simultaneously with the initial Credit Event made hereunder shall be consummated, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement (and no provision of the Merger Agreement shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner material and adverse to the Lenders without the reasonable consent of the Administrative Agent).  

	
	
	6.15.

	
	Insurance.  Certificates of insurance evidencing the existence of insurance to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to
	Section 9.3 and the designation of the Collateral Agent as an additional insured and loss payee as its interest may appear thereunder, or solely as the additional insured, as the case may be, thereunder (provided that if such endorsement as additional insured cannot be delivered by the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent may consent to such endorsement being delivered at such later date as it deems appropriate in the circumstances).
	

	
	6.16.

	
	Pro Forma Financial Statements.  The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) a pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2006 and (b) a pro forma statement of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, in each case adjusted to give effect to the Transactions, the other transactions related thereto and any other transactions that would be required to be given pro forma effect by Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act.  

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 7.

	
	Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events

	The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date (excluding Mandatory Borrowings) and the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue Letters of Credit on any date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

	
	
	
	7.1.

	
	No Default; Representations and Warranties.  At the time of each Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (other than any Credit Event on the Closing Date) (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Event (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

	
	
	
	

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	7.2.

	
	Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request.  

	(a)

	Prior to the making of each Term Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing (whether in writing or by telephone) meeting the requirements of
	Section 2.3.

	(b)

	Prior to the making of each Revolving Credit Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to
	Section 3.4(a)) and each Swingline Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing (whether in writing or by telephone) meeting the requirements of
	Section 2.3.

	(c)

	Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of
	Section 3.2(a).

	The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that all the applicable conditions specified above have been satisfied as of that time.

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 8.

	
	Representations, Warranties and Agreements

	In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, to make the Loans and issue or participate in Letters of Credit as provided for herein, the Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to, and agreements with, the Lenders, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit:

	
	
	
	8.1.

	
	Corporate Status; Compliance with Laws.  The Borrower and each Material Subsidiary (a) is a duly organized and validly existing corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged, (b) has been duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where it is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (c) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law, except to the extent that the failure to be in compliance could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

	
	
	
	8.2.

	
	Corporate Power and Authority.  Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party.  Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered each Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.

	
	
	
	8.3.

	
	No Violation.  Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions will (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidi-

	

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	aries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture (including the Existing Notes Indentures), loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument to which such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.

	
	
	
	8.4.

	
	Litigation.  There are no actions, suits or proceedings (including Environmental Claims) pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

	
	
	8.5.

	
	Margin Regulations.  Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.

	
	
	8.6.

	
	Governmental Approvals.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Agreement or any Credit Document does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings and recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and (iii) such licenses, approvals, authorizations or consents the failure to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

	
	
	8.7.

	
	Investment Company Act.  The Borrower is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

	
	
	8.8.

	
	True and Complete Disclosure.  

	(a)

	None of the factual information and data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives in writing to the Administrative Agent, any Co-Lead Arranger, any other Agent and/or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all information contained in (i) the Confidential Information Memorandum (as updated prior to the Closing Date and including the information incorporated therein by reference) and (ii) the Credit Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this
	Section 8.8(a), such factual information and data shall not include projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information) and information of a general economic or general industry nature.
	

	(b)

	The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the information and data referred to in
	paragraph (a) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results.

	
	
	
	8.9.

	
	Financial Condition; Financial Statements.  The (a) unaudited historical consolidated financial information of the Company as set forth in the Confidential Information Memorandum, and (b) the Historical Financial Statements, in each case present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the respective dates of said information, statements and results of operations for the respective periods covered thereby.  The financial statements referred to in
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	applied except to the extent provided in the notes to said financial statements.  After the Closing Date, there has been no Material Adverse Change since December 31, 2006.

	
	
	8.10.

	
	Tax Returns and Payments.  The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has timely  filed all federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns, domestic and foreign, required to be filed by it (taking into account any applicable extensions) and all such tax returns are true and correct in all material respects and has paid all material Taxes payable by it that have become due, other than those (a) not yet delinquent or (b) contested in good faith as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries have paid, or have provided adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) in accordance with GAAP for the payment of, all material federal, state, provincial and foreign income taxes applicable for all prior fiscal years and for the current fiscal year to the Closing Date.

	
	
	8.11.

	
	Compliance with ERISA.

	(a)

	Each Plan is in compliance with ERISA, the Code and any applicable Requirement of Law; no Reportable Event has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur) with respect to any Plan; no Plan is insolvent or in reorganization (or is reasonably likely to be insolvent or in reorganization), and no written notice of any such insolvency or reorganization has been given to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate; no Plan (other than a multiemployer plan) has a failure (or is reasonably likely to have a failure) to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code (whether or not waived); none of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or is reasonably likely expected to incur) any liability to or on account of a Plan pursuant to Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code or has been notified in writing that it will incur any liability under any of the foregoing Sections with respect to any Plan; no proceedings have been instituted (or are reasonably likely to be instituted) to terminate or to reorganize any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, and no written notice of any such proceedings has been given to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate; and no lien imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate exists (or is reasonably likely to exist) nor has the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate been notified in writing that such a lien will be imposed on the assets of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate on account of any Plan, except to the extent that a breach of any of the representations, warranties or agreements in this
	Section 8.11 would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in an amount of liability that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No Plan (other than a multiemployer plan) has an Unfunded Current Liability that would, individually or when taken together with any other liabilities referenced in this
	Section 8.11, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.  With respect to Plans that are multiemployer plans (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), the representations and warranties in this
	Section 8.11(a), other than any made with respect to (i) liability under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or (ii) liability for termination or reorganization of such Plans under ERISA, are made to the best knowledge of the Borrower.

	(b)

	All Foreign Plans are in compliance with, and have been established, administered and operated in accordance with, the terms of such Foreign Plans and applicable law, except for any failure to so comply, establish, administer or operate the Foreign Plans as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  All contributions or other payments which are due with respect to each Foreign Plan have been made in full and there are no funding deficiencies thereunder, except to the extent any such events would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

	
	
	
	
	

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	8.12.

	
	Subsidiaries.  Schedule 8.12 lists each Subsidiary of the Borrower (and the direct and indirect ownership interest of the Borrower therein), in each case existing on the Closing Date.  Each Material Subsidiary (under
	clause (a) of the definition thereof) as of the Closing Date has been so designated on
	Schedule 8.12.

	
	
	8.13.

	
	Intellectual Property.  The Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries have obtained all intellectual property, free from burdensome restrictions, that is necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to obtain any such rights could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

	
	
	
	8.14.

	
	Environmental Laws.  

	(a)

	Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:  (i) the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries and all Real Estate are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Environmental Claim or any other liability under any Environmental Law; (iii) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is conducting any investigation, removal, remedial or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location; and (iv) no underground storage tank or related piping, or any impoundment or other disposal area containing Hazardous Materials is located at, on or under any Real Estate currently owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
	

	(b)

	Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported, released or disposed or arranged for disposal or transport for disposal of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any currently or formerly owned or leased Real Estate or facility in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

	
	
	
	8.15.

	
	Properties.  

	(a)

	The Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to or leasehold interest in all properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than any Liens permitted by this Agreement) and except where the failure to have such good title could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) no Mortgage encumbers improved Real Estate that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 unless flood insurance available under such Act has been obtained in accordance with
	Section 9.3.

	
	8.16.

	
	Solvency.  On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions), immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries will be Solvent.

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 9.

	
	Affirmative Covenants

	The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Commitments, the Swingline Commitment and each Letter of Credit have terminated and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, Fees and all other Obligations (other than in respect of contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) accrued hereunder, are paid in full:

	
	
	
	

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	9.1.

	
	Information Covenants.  The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):

	(a)

	
	Annual Financial Statements.  As soon as available and in any event on or before the date
	 that is five days after the date
on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC
	 (after giving effect to any permitted extensions)
or delivered to the holders of any Existing Notes or Permitted Additional Debt (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC or delivered to the holders of any Existing Notes or Permitted Additional Debt, on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each such fiscal year), the consolidated balance sheet of (i) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year (or, in lieu of such audited financial statements of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (a) a detailed reconciliation reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the other hand or (b) unaudited financial statements of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower), and certified by independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing whose opinion shall not be qualified as to the scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Material Subsidiary) as a going concern, together in any event with a certificate of such accounting firm stating that in the course of either (i) its regular audit of the consolidated business of the Borrower, which audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards or (ii) performing certain other procedures permitted by professional standards, such accounting firm has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default relating to
	Section 10.9 that has occurred and is continuing or, if in the opinion of such accounting firm such a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof.

	(b)

	
	Quarterly Financial Statements.  As soon as available and in any event on or before the date
	 that is five days after the date
on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC
	 (after giving effect to any permitted extensions)
or delivered to the holders of any Existing Notes or Permitted Additional Debt with respect to each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC or delivered to the holders of any Existing Notes or Permitted Additional Debt, on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each such quarterly accounting period), the consolidated balance sheet of (i) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated statements of operations for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated statement of cash flows for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet, for the last day of the prior fiscal year (or, in lieu of such unaudited financial statements of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, a detailed reconciliation reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the other hand), all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments.

	

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	(c)

	
	Budgets.  (i) Within 90 days after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in reasonable detail for such fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use consistent in scope with the financial statements provided pursuant to
	Section 9.1(a), setting forth the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based and (ii) promptly upon filing thereof with the SEC, copies of any budgets of KMP filed with the SEC
	 (it being understood that the Borrower shall have no obligation to file any such budgets with the SEC)
	 .

	(d)

	
	Officer’s Certificates.  At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in
	Sections 9.1(a) and (b), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, which certificate shall set forth (i) the calculations required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with the provisions of
	Section 10.9 as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, (ii) a specification of any change in the identity of the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be, (iii) the then applicable Status and (iv) the amount of any Pro Forma Adjustment not previously set forth in a Pro Forma Adjustment Certificate or any change in the amount of a Pro Forma Adjustment set forth in any Pro Forma Adjustment Certificate previously provided and, in either case, in reasonable detail, the calculations and basis therefor.  At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in
	Section 9.1(a), (i) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the Applicable Amount as at the end of the fiscal year to which such financial statements relate and (ii) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth the information required pursuant to Section 1(a) of the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this
	clause (d)(ii), as the case may be.

	(e)

	
	Notice of Default or Litigation.  Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Credit Parties propose to take with respect thereto and (ii) any litigation or governmental proceeding pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

	(f)

	
	Environmental Matters.  Promptly after obtaining knowledge of any one or more of the following environmental matters, unless such environmental matters would not, individually or when aggregated with all other such matters, be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect notice of:

	(i)

	any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against any Credit Party or any Real Estate;

	(ii)

	any condition or occurrence on any Real Estate that (x) could reasonably be expected to result in noncompliance by any Credit Party with any applicable Environmental Law or (y) could reasonably be anticipated to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against any Credit Party or any Real Estate;

	

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	(iii)

	any condition or occurrence on any Real Estate that could reasonably be anticipated to cause such Real Estate to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, use or transferability of such Real Estate under any Environmental Law; and

	(iv)

	the conduct of any investigation, or any removal, remedial or other corrective action in response to the actual or alleged presence, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any Real Estate.

	All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, investigation, condition, occurrence or removal or remedial action and the response thereto.  The term “Real Estate” shall mean land, buildings and improvements owned or leased by any Credit Party, but excluding all operating fixtures and equipment, whether or not incorporated into improvements.

	(g)

	
	Other Information.  Promptly upon filing thereof, copies of any filings (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) or registration statements with, and reports to, the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8) and copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices and reports that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall send to the holders of any publicly issued debt of the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries in their capacity as such holders (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement) and, with reasonable promptness, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request in writing from time to time.

	(h)

	
	Pro Forma Adjustment Certificate.  Not later than each date on which financial statements are delivered with respect to any Test Period in which a Pro Forma Adjustment is made as a result of the consummation of the acquisition of any Acquired Entity or Business by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for which there shall be a Pro Forma Adjustment, a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth the amount of such Pro Forma Adjustment and, in reasonable detail, the calculations and basis therefor.

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in
	paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.1 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable) by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or (B) the Borrower’s (or its direct or indirect parent’s, as applicable) Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC;
	provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B) above, to the extent such information relates to a parent of the Borrower, such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable) on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

	
	
	
	9.2.

	
	Books, Records and Inspections.  The Borrower (i) will maintain proper books of record and account of it and its Material Subsidiaries, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to visit and inspect any of the properties or assets of the Borrower and any such Restricted Subsidiary in whomsoever’s possession to the extent that it is within such party’s control to permit such inspection, and to examine the books and records of the Borrower and any such Restricted Subsidiary and discuss the af-

	

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	fairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and of any such Restricted Subsidiary with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may desire;
	provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this
	Section 9.2 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than two times during any calendar year and only one such visit in any calendar year shall be at the Borrower’s expense;
	provided further that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants.  

	
	
	9.3.

	
	Maintenance of Insurance.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Material Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business; and will furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried.
	

	
	9.4.

	
	Payment of Taxes.  The Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which material interest or penalties attach thereto, and all lawful material claims that, if unpaid, could reasonably be expected to become a material Lien upon any properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries,
	provided that neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and the failure to pay could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

	
	
	9.5.

	
	Consolidated Corporate Franchises.  The Borrower will do, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, corporate rights and authority, except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
	provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under
	Section 10.3, 10.4 or 10.5.

	
	
	9.6.

	
	Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, etc.  The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to it or its property, including all governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, and maintain all such governmental approvals or authorizations in full force and effect, in each case except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

	
	
	9.7.

	
	ERISA.  Promptly after the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any of the following events that, individually or in the aggregate (including in the aggregate such events previously disclosed or exempt from disclosure hereunder, to the extent the liability therefor remains outstanding), would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized
	

	

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	Officer or any other senior officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any, that the Borrower, such Subsidiary or such ERISA Affiliate is required or proposes to take, together with any notices (required, proposed or otherwise) given to or filed with or by the Borrower, such Subsidiary, such ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC, a Plan participant (other than notices relating to an individual participant’s benefits) or the Plan administrator with respect thereto:  that a Reportable Event has occurred; that a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code has occurred or an application is to be made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding standard (including any required installment payments) or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code with respect to a Plan; that a Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability has been or is to be terminated, reorganized, partitioned or declared insolvent under Title IV of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); that a Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that has or will result in a lien under ERISA or the Code; that proceedings will be or have been instituted to terminate a Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability (including the giving of written notice thereof); that a proceeding has been instituted against the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Plan; that the PBGC has notified the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of its intention to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; that the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make a required installment or other payment pursuant to Section 412 of the Code with respect to a Plan; or that the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or will incur (or has been notified in writing that it will incur) any liability (including any contingent or secondary liability) to or on account of a Plan pursuant to Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code.

	
	
	9.8.

	
	Maintenance of Properties.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

	
	
	9.9.

	
	Transactions with Affiliates.  The Borrower will conduct, and cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct, all transactions with any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries) on terms that are substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate,
	provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:

	
	(a)

	(i) the payment of customary fees to the Sponsors for management, consulting and financial services rendered to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (ii) customary investment banking fees paid to the Sponsors for services rendered to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in connection with divestitures, acquisitions, financings and other transactions,
	

	(b)

	transactions permitted by
	Section 10.6, 

	(c)

	the payment of Transaction Expenses,
	

	(d)

	the issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) to the management of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions or pursuant to arrangements described in
	clause (f) of this Section 9.9, 

	(e)

	loans and advances by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under
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	(f)

	employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business,
	

	(g)

	payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such parent) and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,
	provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable, would be required to pay in respect of federal, state and/or local taxes for such fiscal year were the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) to pay such taxes separately from any such parent entity, less any taxes payable directly by the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
	

	(h)

	the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, managers, consultants, officers and employees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and
	

	(i)

	transactions pursuant to agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on
	Schedule 9.9 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse, taken as a whole, to the Lenders in any material respect.

	
	
	9.10.

	
	End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters.  The Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause (a) each of its, and each of its Subsidiaries’, fiscal years to end on December 31 of each year and (b) each of its, and each of its Subsidiaries’, fiscal quarters to end on dates consistent with such fiscal year-end and the Borrower’s past practice;
	provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change the financial reporting convention specified above to any other financial reporting convention reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting.

	
	
	9.11.

	
	Additional Guarantors and Grantors.  Except as set forth in Section 10.1(j) or
	10.1(k) and subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents, the Borrower shall cause each direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the date hereof (including pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition and each other Domestic Subsidiary that ceases to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to any category set forth in the definition thereof) to execute a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement (in each case pursuant to the forms provided as exhibits thereto) in order to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee and a grantor and pledgor under the Security Documents or, to the extent reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, enter into a new guarantee or Security Document in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Collateral Agent and take all other action required by the Security Agreement and Pledge Agreement or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant a perfected security interest in its assets to substantially the same extent as the Credit Parties on the Closing Date.

	
	
	
	9.12.

	
	Pledges of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness.  

	(a)

	Except as set forth in
	Section 10.1(j) or 10.1(k) and subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents or with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the cost
	

	

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	or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of doing so shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, the Borrower will pledge, and, if applicable, will cause each Guarantor to pledge, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (i) all the Stock of each Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary held by the Borrower or any Guarantor and the Stock of any Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary held directly by the Borrower or any Guarantor (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of any such Foreign Subsidiary or any Domestic Subsidiary described in clause (e) of the definition of Excluded Subsidiary be so pledged), in each case, formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the date hereof, in each case pursuant to the Pledge Agreement (or a supplement thereto) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, (ii) all evidences of Indebtedness in excess of the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 received by the Borrower or any of the Guarantors in connection with any Disposition of assets pursuant to
	Section 10.4(b), in each case pursuant to the Pledge Agreement (or a supplement thereto) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and (iii) any promissory notes executed after the date hereof evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower and each Subsidiary that is owing to the Borrower or any Guarantor, in each case pursuant the Pledge Agreement (or a supplement thereto) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

	(b)

	The Borrower agrees that all Indebtedness in excess of $10,000,000 of the Borrower and each Subsidiary that is owing to any Credit Party shall be evidenced by one or more promissory notes.

	
	
	
	9.13.

	
	Use of Proceeds.  

	(a)

	The Borrower will use the proceeds of all Term Loans and up to $250,000,000 of the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans to effect the Merger, Debt Repayment and the payment of Transaction Expenses; and

	(b)

	The Borrower will use Letters of Credit and the proceeds of all other Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans for general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions).

	
	
	
	9.14.

	
	Further Assurances.  

	(a)

	The Borrower will, and will cause each other Credit Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents), which may be required under any applicable law, or which the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement or any Mortgage, all at the expense of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

	(b)

	Except with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (confirmed in writing by written notice to the Borrower), the cost or other consequences (including any tax consequence) of doing so shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom and subject to applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents, if any assets (including any real estate or improvements thereto or any interest therein) with a book value or fair market value in excess of the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 are acquired by the Borrower or any Guarantor after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under the Security Agreement that become subject to the Lien of the Security Agreement upon acquisition thereof) that are of the nature secured by the Security Agreement or any Mortgage, as the case may be, the Borrower will notify the Collateral Agent, and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, the Borrower will cause such assets
	

	

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	to be subjected to a Lien securing the applicable Obligations and will take, and cause the other Credit Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect such Liens consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in
	clause (a) of this Section 9.14, all at the expense of the Borrower.  Any Mortgage delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be accompanied by (x) a policy or policies (or unconditional binding commitment therefor) of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid Lien (with the priority described therein) on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by
	Section 10.2, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (y) an opinion of local counsel to the mortgagor in substantially the same form as the local mortgage-related opinions delivered on the Closing Date (as modified for local law considerations) or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

	(c)

	
	Post-Closing Real Property Requirements.  The Borrower agrees that it will, or will cause its relevant Subsidiaries to, complete each of the actions described on
	Schedule 9.14(c). 

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 10.

	
	Negative Covenants

	The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date (immediately after consummation of the Merger) and thereafter, until the Commitments, the Swingline Commitment and each Letter of Credit have terminated and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, Fees and all other Obligations (other than in respect of contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) accrued hereunder, are paid in full:

	
	
	
	10.1.

	
	Limitation on Indebtedness.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

	(a)

	Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents;

	(b)

	subject to compliance with
	Section 10.5, Indebtedness of the Borrower or of any Restricted Subsidiary owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
	provided that, in each case, all such Indebtedness of any Credit Party owed to any Person that is not a Credit Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations of such Credit Party on customary terms;

	(c)

	Indebtedness in respect of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letter of credit, warehouse receipt or similar facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims);

	(d)

	subject to compliance with
	Section 10.5, Guarantee Obligations incurred by (i) Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or other Restricted Subsidiaries that is permitted to be incurred under this Agreement,
	provided that, except as provided in clauses (j) and (k) below, there shall be no guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor of any Indebtedness of any Credit Party and (ii) the Borrower in respect of Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiaries that is permitted to be incurred under this Agreement;

	(e)

	Guarantee Obligations (i) incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of (or to) suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors and licensees or (ii) otherwise constituting Investments permitted by
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	(f)

	(i) Indebtedness (including Indebtedness arising under Capital Leases) incurred within 270 days of the acquisition, construction, expansion or improvement of fixed or capital assets to finance the acquisition, construction, expansion or improvement of such fixed or capital assets, (ii) Indebtedness arising under Capital Leases entered into in connection with Permitted Sale Leasebacks and (iii) Indebtedness arising under Capital Leases, other than Capital Leases in effect on the date hereof and Capital Leases entered into pursuant to
	subclauses (i) and (ii) above, provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this
	subclause (iii) shall not exceed $300,000,000 at any time outstanding, and (iv) any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in
	subclause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, the principal amount thereof does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension;

	(g)

	(i) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof listed on
	Schedule 10.1 (other than Existing Notes with a stated final maturity (as of the Closing Date) prior to the Final Maturity Date) and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof,
	provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, in the case of any such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (w) the principal amount thereof does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (x) the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Indebtedness are not changed, (y) no portion of such Indebtedness matures prior to the Final Maturity Date and (z) if the Indebtedness being refinanced, or any guarantee thereof, constituted Subordinated Indebtedness, then such replacement or refinancing Indebtedness, or such guarantee, respectively, shall be subordinated to the Obligations to substantially the same extent and (ii) Indebtedness in respect of Existing Notes with a stated final maturity (as of the Closing Date) prior to the Final Maturity Date and any modification, refinancing, refunding renewal or extension thereof;
	provided that in the case of any such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (A) the principal amount thereof does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (B) no portion of such Indebtedness matures prior to the stated final maturity of such Existing Notes as of the Closing Date, (C) the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Indebtedness are not changed and (D) if the Indebtedness being refinanced, or any guarantee thereof, constituted Subordinated Indebtedness, then such replacement or refinancing Indebtedness, or such guarantee, respectively, shall be subordinated to the Obligations to substantially the same extent;

	(h)

	Indebtedness in respect of Hedge Agreements;

	(i)

	[Reserved];

	(j)

	(i)  Indebtedness of a Person or Indebtedness attaching to assets of a Person that, in either case, becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a
	

	

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	merger with such Person) or Indebtedness attaching to assets that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the Closing Date as the result of a Permitted Acquisition,
	provided that

	(w)

	such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time such assets were acquired and, in each case, was not created in anticipation thereof, and

	(x)

	such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in any respect by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than by any such Person that so becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is the survivor of a merger with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries), and

	(y)

	(A) the Stock and Stock Equivalents of such Person are pledged to secure the Obligations to the extent required under
	Section 9.12, and (B) such Person executes a supplement to the Guarantee and the Security Documents (or alternative guarantee and security agreements in relation to the Obligations reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to the extent required under
	Section 9.11 or 9.12, as applicable; provided that the requirements of this
	subclause (y) shall not apply to (I) an aggregate amount at any time outstanding of up to $250,000,000 of the sum of (1) such Indebtedness (and modifications, replacements, refinancings, refundings, renewals and extensions thereof pursuant to
	subclause (ii) below) and (2) all Indebtedness as to which the proviso to
	clause (k)(i)(y) below then applies and (II) any Indebtedness of the type that could have been incurred under
	subclause (i) or (ii) of Section 10.1(f); and

	(z)

	(A) after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of proceeds thereof, the Borrower is in compliance with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9 for the most recently ended Test Period and (B) except for Indebtedness consisting of Capital Lease Obligations, revenue bonds, purchase money Indebtedness or mortgages on specific assets (1) no portion of such Indebtedness matures prior to the Final Maturity Date, and (2) no portion of such Indebtedness is issued or guaranteed by a Person that is, or as a result of such acquisition becomes, a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (except as permitted by
	subclause (y) above); and

	(ii)

	any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in
	subclause (i) above, provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon
	plus other reasonable amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (y) the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Indebtedness are not changed and (z) if the Indebtedness being refinanced, or any guarantee thereof, constituted Subordinated Indebtedness, then such replacement or refinancing Indebtedness, or such guarantee, respectively, shall be subordinated to the Obligations to substantially the same extent;

	(k)

	(i)  (A) Permitted Additional Debt incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition and (B) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to finance a Permitted Acquisition as to which the proviso to
	subclause (y) below applies and that is not incurred or guaranteed in any respect by any Restricted Subsidiary (other than by any Person acquired as a result of such Permitted Acquisition or the Restricted Subsidiary incurring such Indebtedness) or, in the case of Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, by the Borrower;
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	(y)

	(A) the Borrower or another Credit Party pledges the Stock and Stock Equivalents of such acquired Person to secure the Obligations to the extent required under
	Section 9.12 and (B) such acquired Person executes a supplement to the applicable Guarantee and the Security Documents (or alternative guarantee and security arrangements in relation to the Obligations reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to the extent required under
	Section 9.11 or 9.12, as applicable; provided that the requirements of this
	subclause (y) shall not apply to (I) an aggregate amount at any time outstanding of up to $250,000,000 of the sum of (1) such Indebtedness (and modifications, replacements, refinancings, refundings, renewals and extensions thereof pursuant to
	subclause (ii) below) and (2) all Indebtedness as to which clause (I) of the proviso to
	clause (j)(i)(y) above then applies; and 

	(z)

	(A) after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of proceeds thereof, the Borrower is in compliance with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9 for the most recently ended Test Period, (B) except for Indebtedness permitted by the proviso to
	subclause (y) above, no portion of such Indebtedness matures prior to the Final Maturity Date, and (C) except for Indebtedness permitted by the proviso to
	subclause (y) above, no portion of such Indebtedness is issued or guaranteed by a Person that is, or as a result of such acquisition becomes, a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor; and

	(ii)

	any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in
	subclause (i) above, provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, (w) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon
	plus other reasonable amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (x) the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Indebtedness are not changed, (y) there is no scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation with respect to such Indebtedness prior to the Final Maturity Date (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) and (z) such Indebtedness satisfies the definition of Permitted Additional Debt;

	(l)

	Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations not in connection with money borrowed, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

	(m)

	(i) Indebtedness incurred in connection with any Permitted Sale Leaseback (provided that the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are promptly applied to the prepayment of the Term Loans to the extent required by
	Section 5.2) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in
	subclause (i) above, provided that, except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and (y) the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Indebtedness are not changed;

	

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	(n)

	(i) additional Indebtedness and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in
	subclause (i) above; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred and remaining outstanding pursuant to this
	clause (n) shall not at any time exceed $1,250,000,000 (of which amount no more than $500,000,000 shall be Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor);

	(o)

	Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Additional Debt to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are, immediately after the receipt thereof, applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with
	Section 5.2 and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in
	subclause (i) above, provided that, except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and (y) such Indebtedness satisfies the definition of Permitted Additional Debt;

	
	(p)

	Indebtedness in respect of overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other cash management and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

	(q)

	unsecured Indebtedness in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services,
	provided that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or Hedge Agreements;

	(r)

	Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case entered into in connection with the Disposition of any business, assets or Stock permitted hereunder, other than Guarantee Obligations incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Stock for the purpose of financing such acquisition,
	provided that (i) such Indebtedness is not reflected or required to be reflected on the balance sheet of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this
	subclause (i)) and (ii) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds, including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value), actually received by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Disposition;

	(s)

	Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) obligations to pay insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or Hedge Agreements;

	(t)

	Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;

	(u)

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	(v)

	Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by the Borrower or any Guarantor to current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees (or their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) to finance the purchase or redemption of Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by
	Section 10.6(b); 

	(w)

	Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with the Transactions and Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder; and

	(x)

	all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in
	clauses (a) through (w) above.

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall KMGP be permitted to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness under the Credit Documents and Indebtedness in respect of overdraft facilities or similar overnight credit and other ordinary course cash management arrangements.

	
	
	10.2.

	
	Limitation on Liens.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

	(a)

	Liens arising under the Credit Documents;

	(b)

	Permitted Liens;

	(c)

	(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to
	Section 10.1(f), provided that (x) such Liens attach at all times only to the assets so financed except for accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof and (y) that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender, and (ii) Liens on the assets of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to
	Sections 10.1(n), (p), (w) and (x); 

	(d)

	Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on
	Schedule 10.2;

	(e)

	the replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by
	clauses (a) through (d) above and clause (f) of this Section 10.2 upon or in the same assets (other than after acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien) theretofore subject to such Lien or the replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount or change in any direct or contingent obligor except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder) of the Indebtedness secured thereby;

	(f)

	Liens existing on the assets of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger with such Person), or existing on assets acquired, pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to the extent the Liens on such assets secure Indebtedness permitted by
	Section 10.1(j), provided that such Liens attach at all times only to the same assets to which such Liens attached (and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated
	

	

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	into the property covered by such Lien and proceeds and products thereof), and secure only the same Indebtedness or obligations that such Liens secured, immediately prior to such Permitted Acquisition and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof permitted by
	Section 10.1(j);

	(g)

	(i) Liens placed upon the Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
	Section 10.1(k) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and (ii) Liens placed upon the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or a guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, incurred pursuant to
	Section 10.1(k), in each case, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount permitted by the proviso to
	subclause (y) of such Section 10.1(k);

	(h)

	Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of (i) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any Guarantor and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;

	(i)

	Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

	(j)

	Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to
	Section 10.5 to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment, and (ii) consisting of an agreement to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under
	Section 10.4, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, disposition, transfer or lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

	(k)

	Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement;

	(l)

	Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under
	Section 10.5;

	(m)

	Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

	(n)

	Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
	

	

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	(o)

	Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
	

	(p)

	Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto incurred in the ordinary course of business;

	(q)

	Liens on accounts receivable and related assets in connection with Permitted Receivables Financings;

	(r)

	additional Liens so long as the aggregate principal amount of the obligations so secured does not exceed $1,250,000,000 at any time outstanding; and

	(s)

	Pari Passu Liens.

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall KMGP be permitted to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets other than (x) Liens created pursuant to the Credit Documents, (y) Liens of the type permitted by
	Section 10.2(i)(i), (i)(iii), (n)(i) or (n)(ii), or (z) non-consensual Permitted Liens arising by operation of law and Liens of the type described in
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	10.3.

	
	Limitation on Fundamental Changes.  Except as expressly permitted by
	Section 10.4 or 10.5, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all its business units, assets or other properties, except that:

	(a)

	so long as no Default or Event of Default would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person may be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower,
	provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or consolidation is not the Borrower (such other Person, a “Successor Borrower”), (A) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (B) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Guarantee confirmed that its guarantee shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (D) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Security Agreement and/or the Pledge Agreement, as applicable, confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (E) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (F) the Successor Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9 for the most recent Test Period, and (G) the Successor Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) an officer’s certificate stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplements to this Agreement preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents and (y) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such
	

	

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	merger or consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document, and
	provided further that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement;

	(b)

	[Reserved.]

	(c)

	any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower,
	provided that (i) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (B) the Borrower shall take all steps necessary to cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Guarantors, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Guarantor) shall execute a supplement to the Guarantee and the applicable Security Documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in order to become a Guarantor and pledgor, mortgagor and grantor, as applicable, thereunder for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (iii) no Default or Event of Default would result from the consummation of such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, (iv) the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9, as such covenant is recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended Test Period under such Section as if such merger or consolidation had occurred on the first day of such Test Period, and (v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) an officer’s certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and such supplements to any Security Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents and (y) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger or consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document;

	(d)

	any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower, a Guarantor or any other Restricted Subsidiary;

	(e)

	any Guarantor may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Guarantor; and

	(f)

	any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if (i) the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to any of the Lenders and (ii) to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is a Guarantor, any assets or business not otherwise disposed of or transferred in accordance with
	Section 10.4 or 10.5, or, in the case of any such business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted by, another Credit Party after giving effect to such liquidation or dissolution.

	
	
	
	10.4.

	
	Limitation on Sale of Assets.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, (i) convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose (“Dispose”) of any of its property, business or assets (including receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired (other than any such sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition resulting from any casualty or condemnation, of any assets of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries) or (ii) sell to
	

	

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	any Person any shares owned by it of any Restricted Subsidiary’s Stock and Stock Equivalents (each a “Disposition”), except that:

	(a)

	the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Dispose of (i) used or surplus equipment, vehicles, inventory and other assets in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Permitted Investments;

	(b)

	the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Dispose of other assets (other than (i) accounts receivable, (ii) assets of KMGP or (iii) in connection with any Sale Leaseback) for fair value;
	provided that:

	(i)

	with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this
	clause (b) for a purchase price in excess of $100,000,000, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Permitted Investments;
	provided that for the purposes of this subclause (i) the following shall be deemed to be cash:

	(A)

	any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing,
	

	(B)

	any securities received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition, and

	(C)

	any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this Section 10.4(b) and
	Section 10.4(c) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value;

	(ii)

	any non-cash proceeds received are pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under
	Section 9.12; 

	(iii)

	with respect to any such sale, transfer or disposition (or series of related sales, transfers or dispositions), the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such sale, transfer or disposition, with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9, as such covenant is recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended Test Period under such Section as if such sale, transfer or disposition had occurred on the first day of such Test Period;
	

	

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	(iv)

	to the extent applicable, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are promptly applied to the prepayment as provided for in
	Section 5.2; and 

	(v)

	after giving effect to any such sale, transfer or disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

	(c)

	the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions to the Borrower or to any Restricted Subsidiary,
	provided that (i) with respect to any such Disposition from Credit Parties to Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties or from Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties to Credit Parties, such Disposition shall be for fair value, (ii) with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this
	clause (c) for a purchase price in excess of $100,000,000, the seller shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Permitted Investments;
	provided that for the purposes of this subclause (ii) the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, (B) any securities received by such seller from the purchaser that are converted by such seller into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition, and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the seller in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this
	Section 10.4(c) and Section 10.4(b) that is at that time outstanding, shall not be in excess of 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), and (iii) any non-cash proceeds received are pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under
	Section 9.12;

	(d)

	the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may effect any transaction permitted by
	Section 10.3, 10.5 or 10.6; 

	(e)

	in addition to selling or transferring accounts receivable pursuant to the other provisions hereof, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) sell or discount without recourse accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof;
	provided that the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are promptly applied pursuant to
	Section 5.2(a) and (ii) sell or transfer accounts receivable and related rights pursuant to customary receivables financing facilities (a “Permitted Receivables Financing”) so long as the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are promptly applied to prepayment of Loans and/or reductions of Commitments (and not for reinvestment) pursuant to
	Section 5.2(a);

	(f)

	the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may lease, sublease, license or sublicense (on a non-exclusive basis with respect to any intellectual property) real, personal or intellectual property in the ordinary course of business;

	(g)

	sales, transfers and other dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

	

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	(h)

	sales, transfers and other dispositions of property pursuant to Permitted Sale Leaseback transactions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000,000;

	(i)

	sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

	(j)

	the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may consummate any Non-Core Asset Sale,
	provided that for so long as any Tranche C Term Loans are outstanding, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied to prepay Tranche C Term Loans (and not for reinvestment) in accordance with
	Section 5.2(a); and

	(k)

	the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may consummate any Specified Disposition,
	provided that the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied in accordance with
	Section 5.2(a), and provided further that the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Specified Disposition, with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9, as such covenant is recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended Test Period under such Section as if such Specified Disposition had occurred on the first day of such Test Period.

	
	
	
	10.5.

	
	Limitation on Investments.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any Investment except:

	(a)

	extensions of trade credit and asset purchases in the ordinary course of business;

	(b)

	Permitted Investments;

	(c)

	loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes (including employee payroll advances), (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) to the extent that the amount of such loans and advances are contributed to the Borrower in cash and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing
	clauses (i) and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $15,000,000;

	(d)

	Investments existing on, or contemplated as of, the date hereof and listed on
	Schedule 10.5 and any extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this
	clause (d) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investments set forth on such Schedule;

	(e)

	Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers or customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;

	(f)

	Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof);

	(g)

	Investments (i) (a) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Credit Party and (b) between or among Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties, (ii) (a) by Credit Parties in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in an aggregate amount pur-

	

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	suant to this
	subclause (ii) that, at the time each such Investment is made, would not to exceed (x) the excess of (A) $1,500,000,000 over (B) the amount of Investments outstanding at such time in reliance on
	Section 10.5(i)(ii)(x) at such time plus (y) the Applicable Amount at such time and (iii) by Restricted Subsidiaries in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors so long as such Investment is part of a series of simultaneous Investments by Restricted Subsidiaries in other Restricted Subsidiaries that result in all of the proceeds of the initial Investment being invested in one or more Guarantors;

	(h)

	Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;

	(i)

	(i) Investments (including Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries) and (ii) Investments in joint ventures or similar entities that do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, valued at the fair market value (determined by the Borrower acting in good faith) of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made, in an amount that, at the time such Investment is made, would not exceed the sum of (x) the excess of (A) $1,500,000,000 over (B) the amount of Investments outstanding at such time in reliance on
	Section 10.5(g)(ii), plus (y) the Applicable Amount at such time
	plus (z) an amount equal to any repayments, interest, returns, profits, distributions, income and similar amounts actually received in cash in respect of any such Investment (which amount shall not exceed the amount of such Investment valued at the fair market value of such Investment at the time such Investment was made);

	(j)

	Investments constituting non-cash proceeds of sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by
	Section 10.4;

	(k)

	Investments made to repurchase or retire Stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof owned by any employee stock ownership plan or key employee stock ownership plan of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof);

	(l)

	Investments permitted under
	Section 10.6;

	(m)

	loans and advance to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of, dividends to the extent permitted to be made to such parent in accordance with
	Section 10.6; provided that the aggregate amount of such loans and advances shall reduce the ability of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to make dividends under the applicable clause of
	Section 10.6 by such amount; 

	(n)

	Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;

	(o)

	Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

	(p)

	advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
	

	(q)

	Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than Capitalized Leases)
	 or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness
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	(r)

	Investments arising as a result of Permitted Receivables Financings; and

	(s)

	Investments held by a Person acquired (including by way of merger or consolidation) after the Closing Date or of any Person merged into the Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with
	Section 10.3 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation.

	
	
	
	
	10.6.

	
	Limitation on Dividends.  The Borrower will not declare or pay any dividends or return any capital to its stockholders or make any other distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to its stockholders as such, or redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration, any shares of any class of its Stock or Stock Equivalents or the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect parent now or hereafter outstanding, or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes, or permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration (other than in connection with an Investment permitted by
	Section 10.5) any Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower, now or hereafter outstanding (all of the foregoing “dividends”),
	provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto:

	(a)

	the Borrower may (or may make dividends to permit any direct or indirect parent thereof to) redeem in whole or in part any of its Stock or Stock Equivalents for another class of its (or such parent’s) Stock or Stock Equivalents or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Stock or Stock Equivalents,
	provided that such new Stock or Stock Equivalents contain terms and provisions at least as advantageous to the Lenders in all respects material to their interests as those contained in the Stock or Stock Equivalents redeemed thereby;

	(b)

	the Borrower may (or may make dividends to permit any direct or indirect parent thereof to) repurchase shares of its (or such parent’s) Stock or Stock Equivalents held by officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, so long as such repurchase is pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, management and/or employee stock plans, stock subscription agreements or shareholder agreements;
	provided that the aggregate amount of dividends made pursuant to this
	clause (b) shall not exceed $100,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower;

	(c)

	the Borrower may pay dividends on its Stock or Stock Equivalents,
	provided that the amount of any such dividends pursuant to this clause (c), together with any amounts used to repay, prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with
	Section 10.7(a)(i), shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of (i) $450,000,000 plus (ii) the Applicable Amount at such time;

	(d)

	the Borrower may pay dividends:

	(i)

	the proceeds of which will be used to pay (or to make dividends to allow any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to pay) the tax liability to each relevant jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated income tax returns for the relevant jurisdiction of such parent attributable to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries determined as if the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries filed separately;
	provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of federal, state and/or local income taxes (as applicable) for such fiscal
	

	

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	year were the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) to pay such taxes separately from any such parent entity, less the amount of any such taxes payable directly by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

	(ii)

	the proceeds of which shall be used to allow any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to pay (A) its operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, in all such cases only to the extent attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
	 or the maintenance of existence of any such Parent of the Borrower
, (B) any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors or officers of the Borrower (or any parent thereof) attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (C) fees and expenses otherwise (x) due and payable by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) permitted to be paid by the Borrower or such Subsidiary under this Agreement;

	(iii)

	the proceeds of which shall be used to pay franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain the corporate existence of any of its direct or indirect parent of the Borrower; and

	(iv)

	to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to finance any Investment permitted to be made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to
	Section 10.5; provided that (A) such dividend shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (B) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets, Stock or Stock Equivalents) to be contributed to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the merger (to the extent permitted in
	Section 10.5) of the Person formed or acquired into the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Acquisition and (C) the Borrower shall comply with
	Sections 9.11 and 9.12 to the extent applicable; and

	(e)

	the Borrower may consummate any Specified Disposition,
	provided that the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied in accordance with
	Section 5.2(a), and provided further that the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Specified Disposition, with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9, as such covenant is recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended Test Period under such Section as if such Specified Disposition had occurred on the first day of such Test Period.

	
	
	10.7.

	
	Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments.  

	(a)

	The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, prepay, repurchase or redeem or otherwise defease or acquire any Subordinated Indebtedness;
	provided, however, that so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the date of such prepayment, repurchase, redemption or other defeasance or would result therefrom, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may prepay, repurchase or redeem Subordinated Indebtedness (i) for an aggregate price that, together with the amount of dividends paid pursuant to
	Section 10.6(c), does not exceed an amount equal to the sum of (A) $450,000,000 plus (B) the Applicable Amount at the time of such prepayment, repurchase or redemption or (ii) with the proceeds of Subordinated Indebtedness that (A) is permitted by
	Section 10.1 (other than Section 10.1(o)) and (B) has terms material to the interests of the Lenders not materially less advantageous to the Lenders than those of such Subordinated Indebtedness being refinanced.

	

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	(b)

	The Borrower will not waive, amend, modify, terminate or release any Subordinated Indebtedness to the extent that any such waiver, amendment, modification, termination or release would be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect.

	
	
	
	10.8.

	
	Limitations on Sale Leasebacks.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into or effect any Sale Leasebacks, other than Permitted Sale Leasebacks.

	
	
	10.9.

	
	Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio.  The Borrower will not permit the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for any Test Period ending during any period set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth below opposite such period:

	
				
	
				
				Period
	
				
				Ratio

	
				Test Period ending December 31, 2007

					
				8.75 to 1.00

				
	
				January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008

					
				8.00 to 1.00

				
	
				January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009

					
				7.00 to 1.00

				
	
				Thereafter

					
				6.00 to 1.00

				

	

	Any provision of this Agreement that contains a requirement for the Borrower to be in compliance with the covenant contained in this
	Section 10.9 prior to the time that this covenant is otherwise applicable shall be deemed to require that the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the applicable Test Period not be greater than 8.75 to 1.00.

	
	
	
	10.10.

	
	Changes in Business.  The Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date and other business activities incidental or related to any of the foregoing.

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 11.

	
	Events of Default

	Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an “Event of
	Default”):

	
	
	11.1.

	
	Payments.  The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the Loans or (b) default, and such default shall continue for five or more days, in the payment when due of any interest or stamping fees on the Loans or any Fees or any Unpaid Drawings or of any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document; or

	
	
	11.2.

	
	Representations, etc.  Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any Credit Document or any certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made; or

	
	
	11.3.

	
	Covenants.  Any Credit Party shall:

	(a)

	default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in
	Section 9.1(e) or Section 10; or 

	(b)

	default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in
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	contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

	
	
	11.4.

	
	Default Under Other Agreements.  (a)  The Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) default in any payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) in excess of $75,000,000 in the aggregate, for the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiaries, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements), the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or (b) without limiting the provisions of
	clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or as a mandatory prepayment (and, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, other than due to a termination event or equivalent event pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements), prior to the stated maturity thereof; or

	
	
	11.5.

	
	Bankruptcy, etc.  The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding or action concerning itself under (a) Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary, any domestic or foreign law relating to bankruptcy, judicial management, insolvency reorganization or relief of debtors legislation of its jurisdiction of incorporation, in each case as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto (collectively, the “Bankruptcy
	Code”); or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and the petition is not controverted within 10 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), judicial manager, receiver, receiver manager, trustee or similar person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary; or the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary commences any other proceeding or action under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary; or there is commenced against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary any such proceeding or action that remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; or the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian receiver, receiver manager, trustee or the like for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any corporate action is taken by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

	
	
	
	11.6.

	
	ERISA.  (a) Any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standard or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code; any Plan is or shall have been terminated or is the subject of termination proceedings under ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); an event shall have occurred or a condition shall exist in either case entitling the PBGC to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan (including the giving of written notice thereof); the Borrower or
	

	

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	any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is likely to incur a liability to or on account of a Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code (including the giving of written notice thereof); (b) there could result from any event or events set forth in
	clause (a) of this Section 11.6 the imposition of a lien, the granting of a security interest, or a liability, or the reasonable likelihood of incurring a lien, security interest or liability; and (c) such lien, security interest or liability will or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

	
	
	
	
	11.7.

	
	Guarantee.  Any Guarantee provided by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent or any Lender) or any such Guarantor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any such Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee (or any of the foregoing shall occur with respect to a Guarantee provided by a Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary and shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders); or

	
	
	
	11.8.

	
	Pledge Agreement.  The Pledge Agreement pursuant to which the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Material Subsidiary are pledged or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent or any Lender) or any pledgor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any pledgor’s obligations under the Pledge Agreement (or any of the foregoing shall occur with respect to a pledge of the Stock or Stock Equivalents of a Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary and shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders); or

	
	
	
	11.9.

	
	Security Agreement.  The Security Agreement pursuant to which the assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary are pledged as Collateral or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent or any Lender) or any grantor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any grantor’s obligations under the Security Agreement (or any of the foregoing shall occur with respect to Collateral provided by a Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary and shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders); or

	
	
	
	11.10.

	
	Mortgages.  Any Mortgage or any material provision of any Mortgage relating to any material portion of the Collateral shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent or any Lender) or any mortgagor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any mortgagor’s obligations under any Mortgage; or

	
	
	11.11.

	
	Judgments.  One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries involving a liability of $75,000,000 or more in the aggregate for all such judgments and decrees for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not paid or fully covered by insurance provided by a carrier not disputing coverage) and any such judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or

	
	
	

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	11.12.

	
	Change of Control.  A Change of Control shall occur;

	then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall then be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement (provided that, if an Event of Default specified in
	Section 11.5 shall occur with respect to the Borrower, KMP or KMGP, the result that would occur upon the giving of written notice by the Administrative Agent as specified in
	clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) below shall occur automatically without the giving of any such notice):  (i) declare the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the Swingline Commitment terminated, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitments and Swingline Commitment, if any, of each Lender or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind; (ii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in respect of all Loans and all Obligations owing hereunder and thereunder to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; (iii) terminate any Letter of Credit that may be terminated in accordance with its terms; and/or (iv) direct the Borrower to Cash Collateralize (and the Borrower agrees that upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in
	Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower, KMP or KMGP, it will Cash Collateralize) all Letters of Credit issued and then outstanding.

	Any amount received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from any Credit Party following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under
	Section 11.5 shall be applied:

	
	(i)

	
	first, to the payment of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with any Credit Document, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf of any Credit Party and any other reasonable and documented costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document;

	
	(ii)

	
	second, to the Secured Parties, an amount equal to all interest and other amounts constituting Obligations owing to them on the date of any distribution (other than (x) principal, (y) reimbursements of Unpaid Drawings and (z) any obligation to Cash Collateralize all Letters of Credit Outstanding) on the date of any distribution, and any interest accrued thereon and any fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments due under Secured Hedge Agreements or Secured Cash Management Agreements constituting Obligations and any interest accrued thereon, in each case equally and ratably in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due and owing;

	
	(iii)

	
	third, to the Secured Parties, an amount (x) equal to the principal amount of all Obligations and premium thereon and any reimbursement obligations in respect of Unpaid Drawings, in each case owing to them on the date of any distribution, (y) sufficient to Cash Collateralize all Letters of Credit Outstanding on the date of any distribution, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full and Cash Collateralize all Letters of Credit Outstanding, then ratably (without priority of any one over any other) to such Secured Parties in proportion to the unpaid amounts thereof and to Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit Outstanding and
	

	

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	(z) any breakage, termination or other payments under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements constituting Obligations and any interest accrued thereon; and

	
	(iv)

	
	fourth, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the applicable Credit Parties or their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct;

	
	provided that (x) the foregoing shall be subject to any obligation under the Security Documents to make payments to holders of Pari Passu Notes and (y) any amount applied to Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit Outstanding that has not been applied to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for Unpaid Drawings under the applicable Letters of Credit at the time of expiration of all such Letters of Credit shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the order specified in
	clauses (i) through (iv) above.

	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 12.

	
	Investors’ Right to Cure

	(a)

	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
	Section 11.3(a), in the event that the Borrower fails to comply with the requirement of the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9, until the expiration of the tenth day after the date on which Section 9.1 Financials with respect to the Test Period in which the covenant set forth in such Section is being measured are required to be delivered pursuant to
	Section 9.1, any of the Investors shall have the right to make a direct or indirect equity investment (other than in the form of Disqualified Equity Interests) in the Borrower in cash (the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by such Person of net cash proceeds pursuant to the exercise of the Cure Right (including through the capital contribution of any such net cash proceeds to such person, the “Cure Amount”), the covenant set forth in such Section shall be recalculated, giving effect to a pro forma increase to Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period in an amount equal to such net cash proceeds;
	provided that such pro forma adjustment to Consolidated EBITDA shall be given solely for the purpose of determining the existence of a Default or an Event of Default under the covenant set forth in such Section with respect to any Test Period that includes the fiscal quarter for which such Cure Right was exercised and not for any other purpose under any Credit Document.

	(b)

	If, after the exercise of the Cure Right and the recalculations pursuant to
	clause (a) above, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9 during such Test Period (including for purposes of Section 7.1), the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of such covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable Default or Event of Default under
	Section 11.3 that had occurred shall be deemed cured; provided that (i) in each Test Period there shall be at least one fiscal quarter in which no Cure Right is exercised, and (ii) with respect to any exercise of the Cure Right, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the covenant set forth in
	Section 10.9.

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 13.

	
	The Administrative Agent

	
	
	
	13.1.

	
	Appointment.  

	(a)

	Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative
	

	

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	Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.  

	(b)

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

	(c)

	Each of the Co-Syndication Agents, Co-Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners and Co-Documentation Agents, each in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this
	Section 13.

	
	13.2.

	
	Delegation of Duties.  The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

	
	
	13.3.

	
	Exculpatory Provisions.  No Agent or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Borrower, any Guarantor, any other Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for any failure of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party.  The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party.

	
	
	13.4.

	
	Reliance by Agents.  The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or con

	

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	versation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent.  The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.  The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

	
	
	13.5.

	
	Notice of Default.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (as applicable) has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”.  In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders,
	provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders (except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable).

	
	
	13.6.

	
	Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Other Agents and Other Lenders.  Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to any Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer.  Each Lender, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer represents to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower, each Guarantor and each other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party.  Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets,
	

	

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	operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.

	
	
	13.7.

	
	Indemnification.  The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each other Agent, each in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing,
	provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent’s, the Collateral Agent’s or any other Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  The agreements in this
	Section 13.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

	
	
	13.8.

	
	Agents in Their Individual Capacity.  The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each other Agent and their respective Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party as though the Agents were not Agents hereunder and under the other Credit Documents.  With respect to the Loans made by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include any Agent in its individual capacity.

	
	
	13.9.

	
	Successor Agents.  Any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the other Agents, the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall have the right to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may (with the consent of the Borrower, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), on behalf of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank;
	provided that if such Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (x) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties under any of the Credit Documents, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (y) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through such Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders with (except after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default) the consent of the Borrower (not to be unrea-

	

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	sonably withheld) appoint successor Agents as provided for above in this paragraph.  Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.  After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section and
	Section 14.5 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent.

	Without limitation to
	Sections 3.6(a) or 14.9, any resignation by Citibank, N.A. as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as the Letter of Credit Issuer and Swing Line Lender.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (b) the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents, and (c) the successor Letter of Credit Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.

	
	
	13.10.

	
	Withholding Tax.  To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax.  If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses.

	
	13.11.

	
	Trust Indenture Act.  In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Credit Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Lender under any Credit Document (other than Citibank, N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Credit Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	SECTION 14.

	
	Miscellaneous

	
	
	14.1.

	
	Amendments and Waivers.  Neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this
	Section 14.1.  The Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, from time to time, (a) enter into with the relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Credit Parties
	

	

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	hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences;
	provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall directly:

	(i)

	forgive or reduce any portion of any Loan or extend the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or reduce the stated rate (it being understood that any change to the definition of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate and only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the “default rate” or amend
	Section 2.8(c)), or forgive any portion, or extend the date for the payment, of any interest or fee payable hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or extend the final expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment or extend the final expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the L/C Maturity Date, or increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments of any Lender, or amend or modify any provisions of
	Sections 5.3(a) (with respect to the ratable allocation of any payments only) and
	14.8(a) and 14.20, or make any Loan, interest, Fee or other amount payable in any currency other than expressly provided herein, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or
	

	(ii)

	amend, modify or waive any provision of this
	Section 14.1 or reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of the terms “Required Lenders”, “Required Revolving Lenders”, “Required Tranche A Term Loan Lenders”, “Required Tranche B Term Loan Lenders” or “Required Tranche C Term Loan Lenders” or consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to
	Section 10.3) or alter the order of application set forth in the final paragraph of
	Section 11, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or
	

	(iii)

	amend, modify or waive any provision of
	Section 13
	 in a manner that adversely affects the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent
	 without the written consent of the then-current Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as the case may be, or impose any duties or remove any rights of any Agent without the consent of each Agent affected thereby, or
	

	(iv)

	amend, modify or waive any provision of
	Section 3 with respect to any Letter of Credit
	 in a manner that adversely affects
any Letter of Credit Issuer without the written consent of such Letter of Credit Issuer, or
	

	(v)

	amend, modify or waive any provisions hereof relating to Swingline Loans
	 in a manner that adversely affects the
Swingline Lender without the written consent of the Swingline Lender, or 

	(vi)

	change any Revolving Credit Commitment to a Term Loan Commitment, or change any Term Loan Commitment to a Revolving Credit Commitment, in each case without the prior written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or
	

	(vii)

	release all or substantially all of the Guarantors under the Guarantees (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantees or this Agreement) or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents or this Agreement), in each case without the prior written consent of each Lender, or
	

	

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	(viii)

	amend
	Section 2.9 (or any related definitions) so as to permit Interest Periods with greater intervals without regard to availability to Lenders, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or
	

	(ix)

	decrease any Tranche A Repayment Amount, extend any scheduled Tranche A Repayment Date or decrease the amount or allocation of any mandatory prepayment to be received by any Lender holding any Tranche A Term Loans, in each case without the written consent of the Required Tranche A Term Loan Lenders, or
	

	(x)

	decrease any Tranche B Repayment Amount, extend any scheduled Tranche B Repayment Date or decrease the amount or allocation of any mandatory prepayment to be received by any Lender holding any Tranche B Term Loans, in each case without the written consent of the Required Tranche B Term Loan Lenders, or
	

	(xi)

	extend the Tranche C Term Loan Maturity Date or decrease the amount or allocation of any mandatory prepayment to be received by any Lender holding any Tranche C Term Loans without the written consent of the Required Tranche C Term Loan Lenders.

	Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the affected Lenders and shall be binding upon the Borrower, such Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the affected Loans.
	

	In the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing (unless otherwise specified in such waiver), it being understood that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders, except as expressly provided for herein).

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to any credit extensions and related New Loan Increase Joinder(s) effectuated without the consent of Lenders in accordance with
	Section 2.14, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and other definitions related to such new Term Loans.

	In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of any Class (“Refinanced Term Loans”) with a replacement term loan tranche (“Replacement
	Term Loans”) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans, (b) the Applicable Margin for
	

	

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	such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term Loans, (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the applicable Term Loans) and (d) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than, those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans of such Class in effect immediately prior to such refinancing and (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend, modify or supplement any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document (with, to the extent applicable, the consent of the Collateral Agent) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights or obligations of any Lender.

	The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) in full, upon the termination of this Agreement, (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with this
	Section 14.1), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee (in accordance with the second following sentence) and (vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents.  Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents.  Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantors shall be released from the Guarantees upon consummation of any transaction resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary.  The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender.  Any release of Collateral permitted by this Agreement or any of the Security Documents will be deemed not to impair the Liens created by the Security Documents in contravention thereof and any person that is required to deliver an officer's certificate or opinion of counsel pursuant to Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of such certificate or opinion.

	
	
	
	14.2.

	
	Notices.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission).  All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

	

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	(a)

	if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on
	Schedule 14.2 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and

	(b)

	if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender.

	All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three (3) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail, when delivered;
	provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to
	Sections 2.3, 2.6, 2.9, 4.2 and 5.1 shall not be effective until received.

	
	
	
	14.3.

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

	
	
	14.4.

	
	Survival of Representations and Warranties.  All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.

	
	
	14.5.

	
	Payment of Expenses.  The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Agents and the Letter of Credit Issuers for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of Cahill Gordon & Reindel
	LLP and one counsel in each local jurisdiction, (b) to pay or reimburse each Agent and Letter of Credit Issuer for all its reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agents, (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold harmless each Lender, Agent and Letter of Credit Issuer from, any and all recording and filing fees and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold harmless each Lender, Agent and Letter of Credit Issuer and their respective directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever, including reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel, with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Docu-

	 

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	ments and any such other documents, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law
	 (other than by such indemnified person or any of its Related Parties)
or to any actual or alleged presence, release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials involving or attributable to the operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to any of the Real Estate (all the foregoing in this
	clause (d), collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”),
	provided that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Letter of Credit Issuer nor any of their respective Related Parties with respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent attributable to (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of or any material breach of the Credit Documents by the party to be indemnified or any of its Related Parties or (ii) disputes solely among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuers and/or their transferees (and not arising out of any act or omission by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates).  All amounts payable under this
	Section 14.5 shall be paid within ten Business Days of receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expense in reasonable retail.  The agreements in this
	Section 14.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

	
	
	14.6.

	
	Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.  

	(a)

	The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) except as expressly permitted by
	Section 10.3, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower or without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this
	Section 14.6.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in
	paragraph (c) of this Section 14.6) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

	(b)

	(i)  Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans (including participations in L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; it being understood that, without limitation, the Borrower shall have the right to withhold or delay its consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with applicable law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority) of:

	(A)

	the Borrower,
	provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (x) for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender
	 (unless increased costs would result therefrom except if any Event of Default under
	 
	 Section 11.1

	 or

	 Section 11.5

	 has occurred and is continuing)
, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or
	Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee or (y) in connection with the initial syndication of the Commitments and the Loans; and

	(B)

	the Administrative Agent, and, in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Loans only, the Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer,
	provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, shall be required for an assignment of (1) any Commitment to an assignee that is a
	

	

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	Lender with a Commitment of the same Class immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment or (2) any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such assignment shall be made to a natural person.

	(ii)

	Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

	(A)

	except (i) in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, (ii) an assignment to a Federal Reserve Bank or (iii) in connection with the initial syndication of the Commitments and Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall (x) in the case of Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments, not be less than $5,000,000 and increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (y) in the case of Term Loans and Term Loan Commitments, not be less than $1,000,000 and increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, in each case unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
	provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under
	Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing;
	provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments to a single assignee made by Affiliates of Lenders and related Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above;

	(B)

	each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement,
	provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;

	(C)

	the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500;
	provided that only one such fee shall be payable in the event of contemporaneous assignments to two or more Lender Affiliates by a Lender or by two or more Lender Affiliates to a Lender;

	(D)

	the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Questionnaire”); and

	(E)

	notwithstanding the foregoing, unless an Event of Default under
	Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing, no assignment by any Lender of all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall be permitted without the consent of the Borrower if, after giving effect to such assignment, the assignee in respect thereof, taken together with its Affiliates and Approved Funds, would hold in the aggregate more than 25% of the Total Credit Exposure.

	(iii)

	Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to
	paragraph (b)(v) of this Section 14.6, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a
	

	

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	party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
	Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5, 5.4 and 14.5).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this
	Section 14.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
	paragraph (c) of this Section 14.6.

	(iv)

	The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  Further, the Register shall contain the name and address of the Administrative Agent and the lending office through which each such Person acts under this Agreement.  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

	(v)

	Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in
	paragraph (b) of this Section 14.6 and any written consent to such assignment required by
	paragraph (b) of this Section 14.6, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register.

	(c)

	(i)  Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it),
	provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document,
	provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to
	Section 14.1 that affects such Participant.  Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this
	Section 14.6, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
	Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender) and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to
	paragraph (b) of this Section 14.6.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
	Section  14.8(b) as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
	Section 14.8(a) as though it were a Lender.

	(ii)

	A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
	Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

	

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	(iii)

	Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts of each participant’s interest in the Loans (or other rights or obligations) held by it (the “Participant Register”).  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such Loan or other obligation hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  Any such Participant Register shall be available for inspection by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

	(d)

	Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this
	Section 14.6 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest,
	provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.  In order to facilitate such pledge or assignment, the Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after the Borrower has made its initial borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrower’s own expense, a promissory note, substantially in the form of
	Exhibit L-1, L-2, L-3 or L-4, as applicable, owing to such Lender.

	(e)

	Subject to
	Section 14.17, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.

	(f)

	By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows:  (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that its Commitment, and the outstanding balances of its Loans and participations in Swingline Loans, in each case without giving effect to assignments thereof which have not become effective, are as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) except as set forth in (i) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements, if any, delivered pursuant to
	Section 9.1 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon any Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes each Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to such Agent by the
	

	

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	terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (viii) Schedule 1.1(c) shall be deemed to be amended to reflect the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder after giving effect thereto.

	
	
	
	14.7.

	
	Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.  

	(a)

	The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to
	Section 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4, (b) is affected in the manner described in
	Section 2.10(a)(iii) and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such Section is required to be taken or (c) becomes a Defaulting Lender, with a replacement bank or other financial institution,
	provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts (other than any disputed amounts), pursuant to
	Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be) owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (iv) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (v) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of
	Section 14.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein) and (vi) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.

	(b)

	If any Lender (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that pursuant to the terms of
	Section 14.1 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then provided no Event of Default then exists, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent,
	provided that (a) all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, and (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.  In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with
	Section 14.6.

	
	14.8.

	
	Adjustments; Set-off.  

	(a)

	If any Lender (a “benefited Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in
	Section 11.5, or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Loans, or interest thereon, such benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Loan, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders;
	provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

	

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	(b)

	After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender,
	provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

	
	14.9.

	
	Resignation of Swingline Lender.  The Swingline Lender may resign as Swingline Lender upon 60 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower.  If the Swingline Lender shall resign, then the Borrower may appoint from among the Lenders a successor Swingline Lender, whereupon such successor Swingline Lender shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Swingline Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and the term “Swingline Lender” shall mean such successor or such new Swingline Lender effective upon such appointment.  The acceptance of any appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such successor, in a form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  If the Swingline Lender resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Loans and fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans.
	

	
	
	14.10.

	
	Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

	
	
	14.11.

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

	
	
	14.12.

	
	Integration.  This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

	
	
	14.13.

	
	GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

	
	
	

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	14.14.

	
	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers.  The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

	(a)

	submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

	(b)

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

	(c)

	agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address set forth on
	Schedule 14.2 at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant to
	Section 14.2;

	(d)

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

	(e)

	waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this
	Section 14.14 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

	
	
	
	14.15.

	
	Acknowledgments.  The Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

	(a)

	it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;

	(b)

	(i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Agents on the other hand, and the Borrower and the other Credit Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the Administrative Agent and the other Agents, is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower or any other Credit Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or other Agent has advised or is currently advising the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent or other Agent has any obligation to the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents; (iv)
	

	

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	the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the other Agents and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its respective Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the other Agents has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has provided and none will provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) and the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate.  The Borrower hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent or any other Agent with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty; and

	(c)

	no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among any of the Agents, the Lenders or the Credit Parties.

	
	
	
	14.16.

	
	WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL.  THE BORROWER, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

	
	
	
	14.17.

	
	Confidentiality.  The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall hold all non-public information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Lender’s evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained by such Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (“Confidential Information”), confidential in accordance with its customary procedure for handling confidential information of this nature and (in the case of a Lender that is a bank) in accordance with safe and sound banking practices and in any event may make disclosure as required or requested by any governmental agency or representative thereof or pursuant to legal process or to such Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s attorneys, professional advisors or independent auditors or Affiliates,
	provided that unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any request made to such Lender or the Administrative Agent by any governmental agency or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with an examination of the financial condition of such Lender by such governmental agency) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information, and
	provided, further, that in no event shall any Lender or the Administrative Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.  Each Lender and the Administrative Agent agrees that it will not provide to prospective Transferees or to any pledgee referred to in
	Section 14.6 (other than a Federal Reserve Bank) or to prospective direct or indirect contractual counterparties in swap agreements to be entered into in connection with Loans made hereunder any of the Confidential Information unless such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this
	Section 14.17.

	
	
	14.18.

	
	Direct Website Communications.  

	(a)

	(i)  The Borrower may, at its option, provide to the Administrative Agent any information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents, including, without limitation, all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (A) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, borrowing or other extension
	

	

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	of credit (including any election of an interest rate or interest period relating thereto), (B) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (C) provides notice of any default or event of default under this Agreement or (D) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other extension of credit thereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as “Communications”), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to
	oploanswebadmin@citigroup.com.  Nothing in this
	Section 14.18 shall prejudice the right of the Borrower, any Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document.

	(ii)

	The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Credit Documents.  Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents.  Each Lender agrees (A) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (B) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.

	(b)

	The Borrower further agrees that the Administrative Agent may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”), so long as the access to such Platform is limited (i) to the Agents and the Lenders and (ii) remains subject the confidentiality requirements set forth in
	Section 14.17.

	(c)

	The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available”.  The Agent Parties do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the Communications, or the adequacy of the platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications.  No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by the Agent Parties in connection with the Communications or the platform.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any of its affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (collectively, “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Credit Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Communications through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party resulted from such Agent Party’s (or any of its Related Parties) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or material breach of the Credit Documents.

	(d)

	The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information (including Communications) provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on the Platform and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities).  The Borrower hereby agrees that so long as the Borrower or any of its Affiliates thereof is the issuer of any outstanding debt or equity securities that are registered or issued pursuant to a private offering or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities (i) the Borrower shall act in good faith to ensure that all Bor-

	

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	rower Materials that contain only publicly available information regarding the Borrower and its business are clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (ii) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor”; and (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be responsible for keeping any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” outside the portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor”.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (y) the Borrower shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC” and (z) neither the Borrower nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable, or responsible in any manner, for the use by any Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Related Parties of any Borrower Materials.

	
	
	
	14.19.

	
	USA Patriot Act.  Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.

	
	14.20.

	
	Judgment Currency.  If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Credit Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.  The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).

	
	14.21.

	
	Effectiveness of the Merger.  The Company shall have no rights or obligations hereunder until the consummation of the Merger and any representations and warranties of the Company hereunder shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of MergerCo under this Agreement and all representations and warranties of the Company shall become effective as of the date hereof, without any further action by such Person.

	[Signature page follows]

	

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	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

				
	
			 
	
			KINDER MORGAN, INC.

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ JOSEPH
			LISTENGART

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Joseph Listengart

			Title:

			Vice President

			
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO.

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ KENNETH
			PONTARELLI

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Kenneth Pontarelli

			Title:

			Secretary

			

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

				
	
			 
	
			CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, as Collateral Agent, as Letter of Credit Issuer, as Swingline Lender and as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ ROSS
			A. MACINTYRE

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Ross A. MacIntyre

			Title:

			Vice President

			

	

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			CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as Tranche A
Co-Lead Arranger, Tranche B Co-Lead Arranger and
as Joint Bookrunner

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ ROSS
			A. MACINTYRE

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Ross A. MacIntyre

			Title:

			Vice President

			

	

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			GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as
Tranche A Co-Lead Arranger, Tranche B Co-Lead
Arranger, Tranche C Co-Lead Arranger, Revolving
Credit Facility Co-Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner
and Co-Syndication Agent

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ WALTER
			JACKSON

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Walter Jackson

			Title:

			Managing Director

			

	

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			DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as a
			
Tranche C Co-Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner 
and Co-Syndication Agent

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ STEVE
			CUNNINGHAM

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Steve Cunningham

			Title:

			Managing Director

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ KEVIN
			SHERLOCK

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Kevin Sherlock

			Title:

			Managing Director

			

	

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			DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY OF
AMERICAS, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ STEVE
			CUNNINGHAM

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Stephen Cunningham

			Title:

			Managing Director

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ KEVIN
			SHERLOCK

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Kevin Sherlock

			Title:

			Managing Director

			

	

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			MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED, as Joint Bookrunner and Co-Documentation Agent

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ CAROL
			J. E. FEELEY

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Carol J. E. Feeley

			Title:

			Director

			

	

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			MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ CAROL
			J. E. FEELEY

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Carol J. E. Feeley

			Title:

			Vice President

			

	

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			WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
			
as Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ SHANNAN
			TOWNSEND

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Shannan Townsend

			Title:

			Director

			

	

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			WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as
			
Revolving Credit Facility Co-Lead Arranger and 
Joint Bookrunner

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ ROBERT
			H. JOHNSON, JR.

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Robert H. Johnson, Jr.

			Title:

			Managing Director

			

	

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			THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ ANDREW
			OSTROV

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Andrew Ostrov

			Title:

			Director

			

	

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			THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
			
as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ KELTON
			GLASSCOCK

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Kelton Glasscock

			Title:

			Vice President and Manager

			

	

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			BAYERISCHE HYPO-UND VEREINSBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ YORARN
			DANKNER

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Yorarn Dankner

			Title:

			Managing Director

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ SHANNON
			BATCHMAN

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Shannon Batchman

			Title:

			Director

			

	

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			BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ MARK
			COX

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Mark Cox

			Title:

			Managing Director

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ LARRY
			ROBINSON

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Larry Robinson

			Title:

			Director

			

	

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			CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ CATHERINE
			BROSSARD

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Catherine Brossard

			Title:

			Investment Manager

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ JAMES
			B. MCMULLAN

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			James B. McMullan

			Title:

			Vice President

			

	

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			COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK, B.A. "RABOBANK NEDERLAND", NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ PAMELA
			BEAL

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Pamela Beal

			Title:

			Vice President

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ BRETT
			DELFINO

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Brett Delfino

			Title:

			Executive Director

			

	

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			DNB NOR BANK ASA, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ SANJIV
			NAYAR

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Sanjiv Nayar

			Title:

			Senior Vice President

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ NIKOLAI
			A. NACHAMKIN

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Nikolai A. Nachamkin

			Title:

			Senior Vice President

			

	

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			FORTIS CAPITAL CORP., as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ DARRELL
			HOLLEY

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Darrell Holley

			Title:

			Managing Director

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ CASEY
			LOWARY

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Casey Lowary

			Title:

			Senior Vice President

			

	

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			ING CAPITAL LLC, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ RICHARD
			ENNIS

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Richard Ennis

			Title:

			Managing Director

			

	

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			MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ JAMES
			R. FAYEN

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			James R. Fayen

			Title:

			Deputy General Manager

			

	

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			NATIXIS, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ RENAUD D'HERBES

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Renaud d'Herbes

			Title:

			Senior Managing Director

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ LOUIS
			P. LAVILLE, III

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Louis P. Laville, III

			Title:

			Managing Director

			

	

	-21-

	

	

	

	

	

				
	
			 
	
			RAYMOND JAMES BANK, FSB, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ ANDREW
			D. HAHN

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Andrew D. Hahn

			Title:

			Vice President

			

	

	-22-

	

	

	

	

	

				
	
			 
	
			ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ DAVID
			A. MCCLUSKEY

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			David A. McCluskey

			Title:

			Authorized Signatory

			

	

	-23-

	

	

	

	

	

				
	
			 
	
			THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a
Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ MATTHEW
			MAIN

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Matthew Main

			Title:

			Managing Director

			

	

	-24-

	

	

	

	

	

				
	
			 
	
			SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN AB (PUBL), as a Lender
			

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ KRISTIAN
			ANDERSSON

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Kristian Andersson

			Title:

			Director

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ BERND
			NEUERER 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Bernd Neuerer

			Title:

			Vice President

			

	

	-25-

	

	

	

	

	

				
	
			 
	
			SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ MASAKAZU
			HASEGAWA

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Masakazu Hasegawa
			

			Title:

			Joint General Manager

			

	

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			SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ JOE
			MCCREERY

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Joe McCreery

			Title:

			Director

			

	

	-27-

	

	

	

	

	

				
	
			 
	
			TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ DEBBI
			L. BRITO

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Debbi L. Brito

			Title:

			Authorized Signatory

			

	

	-28-

	

	

	

	

	

				
	
			 
	
			UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC, as a Lender

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ IRJA
			R. OTSA

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Irja R. Otsa

			Title:

			Associate Director

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

			  

	
			 
	
			By:

				
			/S/ MARY
			E. EVANS

	
			 
	
			 
	
			Name:

			Mary E. Evans

			Title:

			Associate Director

			

	

	

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	EXHIBIT C

	

	GUARANTEE

	GUARANTEE dated as of May 30, 2007, by each of the signatories listed on the signature pages hereto and each of the other entities that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 19 (the “Guarantors” and individually, a “Guarantor”), in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

	

	W I T N E S S E T H:

	WHEREAS, the Borrower (as defined herein) are party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among KINDER MORGAN, INC., a Kansas corporation (the “Company”), KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO., a Kansas corporation (“MergerCo”; as used herein, the “Borrower” refers to (i) on the Closing Date immediately prior to giving effect to the Merger, MergerCo and (ii) thereafter, the Company as the corporation surviving the Merger), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, the other agents and entities party thereto, pursuant to which, among other things, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuers have agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower (collectively, the “Extensions of Credit”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein and Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements;

	WHEREAS, each Guarantor is a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower;

	WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to the Guarantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

	WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the Extensions of Credit; and

	WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Guarantee to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;

	NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the respective Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements, the Guarantors hereby agree with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

	

	

	1.

	
	Defined Terms.

	(a)

	Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

	(b)

	The following terms have the
	
following meanings:

	“Guarantee Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(e).

	“Limited Guarantors” shall mean each of Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, a Colorado corporation, Kinder Morgan Illinois Pipeline, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and NGPL Canyon Compression Co., a Colorado corporation, in each case only for so long as such entity is regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

	“Maximum Cap” shall mean, with respect to a Limited Guarantor at any time, a dollar amount that when added to all other long-term indebtedness of such Limited Guarantor at such time, would cause such Limited Guarantor’s “proprietary capital ratio” to be equal to 40% at such time.

	(c)

	As used herein, the terms “Credit Agreement Obligations”, “Credit Agreement Secured Parties”, “Existing Notes”, “Existing Notes Indentures”, “Existing Notes Obligations”, “Existing Notes Secured Parties”,  “Existing Notes Trustees”, “Obligations” and “Secured Parties” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Security Agreement.

	(d)

	The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Guarantee shall refer to this Guarantee as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Guarantee, and Section references are to Sections of this Guarantee unless otherwise specified.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.

	(e)

	The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

	2.

	
	Guarantee.

	(a)

	Subject to the provisions of Section 2(b), each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations.

	(b)

	Anything herein or in any other Credit Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and the Existing Notes Indentures shall in no event exceed (i) the amount that can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable laws relating to fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers or the insolvency of debtors or (ii) in the case of the Limited Guarantors, the Maximum Cap.

	(c)

	Each Guarantor further agrees to pay any and all expenses (including all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect
	

	

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	of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, such Guarantor under this Guarantee.

	(d)

	Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.

	(e)

	No payment or payments made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment or payments, other than payments made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or payments received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations, remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until all Credit Agreement Obligations (other than any contingent indemnity obligations not then due) are paid in full, the Commitments are terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding or all Letters of Credit shall have been fully cash collateralized or otherwise back stopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuers (the “Guarantee Termination Date”).

	(f)

	Each Guarantor agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party on account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Administrative Agent in writing that such payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose.

	3.

	
	Right of Contribution.  Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder (including by way of set-off rights being exercised against it), such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment.  Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5 hereof.  The provisions of this Section 3 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.

	4.

	
	Right of Set-off.  In addition to any rights and remedies of the Secured Parties provided by law, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each Credit Agreement Secured Party at any time and from time to time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, without notice to such Guarantor or any other Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor, upon any amount becoming due and payable by such Guarantor hereunder (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Credit Agreement Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor.  Each Credit Agreement Secured Party shall notify such Guarantor promptly of any such set-off and the appropriation and application made by such Credit Agreement Secured Party, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

	

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	5.

	
	No Subrogation.  Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any of the Guarantors hereunder or any set-off or appropriation and application of funds of any of the Guarantors by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights (or if subrogated by operation of law, such Guarantor hereby waives such rights to the extent permitted by applicable law) of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of any of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until the Guarantee Termination Date.  If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the Guarantee Termination Date, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether due or to become due, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine.

	6.

	
	Amendments, etc. with Respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights.  Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by such party and any of the Obligations continued, (b) the Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, (c) the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Letters of Credit and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith and the Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, or, in the case of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, the party thereto) may deem advisable from time to time, (d) any Existing Notes Indenture and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance with their respective terms and (e) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of any of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for this Guarantee or any property subject thereto.  When making any demand hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the Borrower or any Guarantor or any other person, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any Guarantor or any other person or any release of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any other person shall not relieve any Guarantor in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or any Guarantor not so released of its several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party against any Guarantor.  For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

	7.

	
	Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional.

	

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	(a)

	Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, contraction, incurrence, renewal, extension, amendment, waiver or accrual of any of the Obligations, and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives diligence, promptness, presentment, protest and notice of protest, demand for payment or performance, notice of default or nonpayment, notice of acceptance and any other notice in respect of the Obligations or any part of them, and any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations.  Each Guarantor understands and agrees that this Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Letter of Credit, any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, any Existing Notes Indenture, any of the Obligations or any collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) that may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower against the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party or (c)  any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Obligations, or of such Guarantor under this Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.  When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any such other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower or any such other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve such Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties against such Guarantor.

	(b)

	This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Guarantor and the successors and assigns thereof and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns until the Guarantee Termination Date, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement the Credit Parties may be free from any Obligations.

	(c)

	A Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall be automatically released under the circumstances described in Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement.

	8.

	
	Reinstatement.  This Guarantee shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

	9.

	
	Payments.  Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in U.S. Dollars.  Each Guarantor agrees
	

	

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	that the provisions of Section 5.4 and 14.20 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to such Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee.

	10.

	
	Representations and Warranties; Covenants.

	(a)

	Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as they relate to such Guarantor as of the Closing Date and the representations and warranties set forth in the other Credit Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, all of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct in all material respects (and, in the case of any such representation or warranty that by its terms is qualified by materiality, by reference to a “Material Adverse Effect” or by any term of similar import, true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing Date (or, where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, as of such earlier date), and the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein.

	(b)

	Each Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party that, from and after the date of this Guarantee until the Guarantee Termination Date, such Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, all actions that are necessary to be taken or not taken so that no violation of any provision, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9 or Section 10 of the Credit Agreement and so that no Default or Event of Default, is caused by any act or failure to act of such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.

	11.

	
	Authority of the Administrative Agent.

	(a)

	The Administrative Agent enters into this Guarantee in its capacity as agent for the Secured Parties from time to time.  The rights and obligations of the Administrative Agent under this Guarantee at any time are the rights and obligations of the Secured Parties at that time.  Each of the Secured Parties has (subject to the terms of the Credit Documents and the Existing Notes Indenture) a several entitlement to each such right, and a several liability in respect of each such obligation, in the proportions described in the Credit Documents and the Existing Notes Indenture.  The rights, remedies and discretions of the Secured Parties, or any of them, under this Guarantee may be exercised by the Administrative Agent.  No party to this Guarantee is obliged to inquire whether an exercise by the Administrative Agent of any such right, remedy or discretion is within the Administrative Agent’s authority as agent for the Secured Parties.

	(b)

	Each party to this Guarantee acknowledges and agrees that any changes in the identity of the persons from time to time comprising the Secured Parties gives rise to an equivalent change in the Secured Parties, without any further act.  Upon such an occurrence, the persons then comprising the Secured Parties are vested with the rights, remedies and discretions and assume the obligations of the Secured Parties under this Guarantee.  

	12.

	
	Notices.  All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement;
	provided that (i) any notice to an Existing Notes Trustee may be made to its address as set forth in the most recent copy of applicable Existing Notes Indenture provided to the Collateral Agent by the Company and (ii) notice to any Existing Notes Trustee shall be deemed sufficient notice to the holders of the applicable Existing Notes for all purposes hereunder.  All communications and notices hereunder to any Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement.

	

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	13.

	
	Counterparts.  This Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Guarantee on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  A set of the copies of this Guarantee signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Administrative Agent, the Existing Notes Trustees and the Company.

	14.

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

	15.

	
	Integration.  This Guarantee together with the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of each Guarantor and the Administrative Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

	16.

	
	Amendments in Writing; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

	(a)

	None of the terms or provisions of this Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the affected Guarantors and the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement;
	provided, however, that the requisite written consent of the holders of the applicable Existing Notes and/or the applicable Existing Notes Trustee under the applicable Existing Notes Indenture shall be required with respect to any release, waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement that would materially and adversely affect the guarantee by the Guarantors of the due and punctual payment and performance of the Existing Notes Obligations.  Except as set forth in this Section 16(a), neither the holders of any of the Existing Notes nor any of the Existing Notes Trustees shall have any rights to approve any release, waiver, amendment, modification, charge, discharge or termination with respect to this Agreement.

	(b)

	Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 16(a)), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof.  No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof.  No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion.

	(c)

	The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

	17.

	
	Section Headings.  The Section headings used in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

	

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	18.

	
	Successors and Assigns.  This Guarantee shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns except that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

	19.

	
	Additional Guarantors.  Each Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a party to this Guarantee pursuant to Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Guarantor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein, for all purposes of this Guarantee upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a written supplement substantially in the form of Annex A hereto.  The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee shall not require the consent of any other Guarantor hereunder.  The rights and obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee.

	20.

	
	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE, ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

	21.

	
	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers; Service of Process.  Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

	(a)

	submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Guarantee and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

	(b)

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

	(c)

	agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Guarantor in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in the Credit Agreement, and such Person hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Borrower to accept such service on its behalf;

	(d)

	agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

	(e)

	waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 21 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

	22.

	
	GOVERNING LAW.  THIS GUARANTEE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
	

	

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	CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer or other representative as of the day and year first above written.

	INTERENERGY CORPORATION

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN (DELAWARE), INC.

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN ILLINOIS PIPELINE LLC

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN TRANSCOLORADO LLC

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN TRANSCOLORADO, INC.

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KM INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

	KN GAS GATHERING, INC.

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	KN NATURAL GAS, INC.

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KN TRANSCOLORADO, INC.

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	MIDCON CORP.

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	NGPL CANYON COMPRESSION COMPANY

	By:

	_______________________________

	

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	Title:

	

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	CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent
	

	By:

	_______________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	 

	

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	ANNEX A TO
THE GUARANTEE

	

	SUPPLEMENT NO. [  ] dated as of [                    ] to the GUARANTEE dated as of ________ __, 2007, among each of the Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto (each such subsidiary individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”), and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for Lenders from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below.

	

	A.

	Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among KINDER MORGAN, INC., a Kansas corporation, KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO., a Kansas corporation, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other agents and entities party thereto.

	

	

	B.

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

	

	

	C.

	The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee in order to induce the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements.

	

	D.

	Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement and Section 19 of the Guarantee provide that additional Subsidiaries may become Guarantors under the Guarantee by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement.  Each undersigned Subsidiary (each a “New Guarantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee in order to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make additional Extensions of Credit and as consideration for Extensions of Credit previously made.

	

	

	Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and each New Guarantor agrees as follows:

	

	SECTION 1.

	In accordance with Section 19 of the Guarantee, each New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guarantee with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and each New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof (or, where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, as of such earlier date).  Each reference to a Guarantor in the Guarantee shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor.  The Guarantee is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

	

	SECTION 2.
	

	Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

	

	

	

	SECTION 3.

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

	

	SECTION 4.

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

	

	
	SECTION 5.

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

	

	SECTION 6.

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

	

	SECTION 7.

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

	

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

	_________________________________

	as Guarantor

	By:

	_____________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

	By:

	_____________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

	
	EXHIBIT F

	

	PLEDGE AGREEMENT

	PLEDGE AGREEMENT dated as of May 30, 2007, among Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Company”), each of the Subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature pages hereto or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 9 hereof (each such Subsidiary being a “Subsidiary Pledgor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Pledgors”; the Subsidiary Pledgors and the Company are referred to collectively as the “Pledgors”) and Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined below).

	

	
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	WHEREAS, (i) the Company is party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, Knight Acquisition Co., the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”),
	Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent and the other agents and entities party thereto; and (ii) the Pledgors are party to the Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”) among the Pledgors and the Collateral Agent;

	

	WHEREAS, (a) pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuers have agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower (collectively, the “Extensions of Credit”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (b) one or more Cash Management Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and (c) one or more Hedge Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Hedge Agreements;

	

	WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guarantee (the “Guarantee”) dated as of the date hereof, each Subsidiary Pledgor has unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Credit Agreement Obligations;

	

	WHEREAS, each Subsidiary Pledgor is a Subsidiary Guarantor;

	

	WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to the Subsidiary Pledgors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

	

	WHEREAS, each Pledgor acknowledges that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the Extensions of Credit;

	

	WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Company and the Subsidiary Pledgors shall have executed and delivered this Pledge Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
	

	 

	

	

	

	WHEREAS, the Company has issued the KMI Existing Notes pursuant to the KMI Existing Notes Indentures;

	WHEREAS, the Company has guaranteed the KMFC Existing Notes, which KMFC issued pursuant to the KMFC Existing Notes Indenture;

	WHEREAS, the Existing Notes Indentures restrict the ability of the Grantors to grant a security interest in the Collateral to secure the Credit Agreement Obligations, unless the Grantors grant an equal and ratable security interest in the Collateral to secure the Existing Notes Obligations; and

	WHEREAS, (a) the Pledgors are the legal and beneficial owners of the Equity Interests, as described under Schedule 1 hereto and issued by the entities named therein (the pledged Equity Interests are, together with any Equity Interests of the issuer of such Equity Interests or any other Subsidiary held by any Pledgor in the future (the “After-acquired Shares”), referred to collectively herein as the “Pledged Shares”) and (b) each of the Pledgors is the legal and beneficial owner of the Indebtedness as described under Schedule 1 hereto (together with any other Indebtedness owed to any Pledgor hereafter and required to be pledged pursuant to Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement, the “Pledged Debt”);

	NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce each Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the respective Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and to induce each Hedge Bank to enter into Secured Hedge Agreements and to induce each Cash Management Bank to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements, the Pledgors hereby agree with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

	1.

	
	Defined Terms.

	(a)

	Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

	(b)

	“Proceeds” and any other term used herein without definition that is defined in the UCC has the meaning given to it in the UCC.

	(c)

	As used herein, the term “Equity Interests” shall mean, collectively, Stock and Stock Equivalents.

	(d)

	As used herein, the term “3-16 Reporting Subsidiaries” shall mean, collectively, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Kinder Morgan (Delaware), Inc. and Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.

	(e)

	As used herein, the terms “Credit Agreement Obligations”, “Credit Agreement Secured Parties”, “Existing Notes”, “Existing Notes Indentures”, “Existing Notes Obligations”, “Existing Notes Secured Parties”,  “Existing Notes Trustees”, “Obligations” and “Secured Parties” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Security Agreement.

	

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	(f)

	As used herein, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York;
	provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.

	(g)

	References to “Lenders” in this Pledge Agreement shall be deemed to include Cash Management Banks and Hedge Banks.

	(h)

	The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Pledge Agreement shall refer to this Pledge Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Pledge Agreement, and Section references are to Sections of this Pledge Agreement unless otherwise specified.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.

	(i)

	The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

	2.

	
	Grant of Security.  Each Pledgor hereby transfers, assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and a security interest in (“Security Interest”) all of such Pledgor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether now owned or existing or at any time hereafter acquired or existing (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations:

	(a)

	the Pledged Shares held by such Pledgor and the certificates representing such Pledged Shares and any interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of the issuer of the Pledged Shares or any financial intermediary pertaining to the Pledged Shares and all dividends, cash, warrants, rights, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Shares;

	(b)

	the Pledged Debt and the instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt owed to such Pledgor, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Pledged Debt; and

	(c)

	to the extent not covered by clauses (a) and (b) above, respectively, all Proceeds of any or all of the foregoing Collateral.  For purposes of this Pledge Agreement, the term “Proceeds” includes whatever is receivable or received when Collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes proceeds of any indemnity or
	

	

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	guarantee payable to any Pledgor or the Collateral Agent from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral;
	

	
	provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (A) any Equity Interests in any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (B) any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition which is financed with Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 10.1(j)(i)(y) or 10.1(k)(i)(y) of the Credit Agreement as to which the provisos therein applies, (C) Equity Interests representing more than 65% of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary, (D)  Equity Interests of any Person that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Pledgor, (E) Equity Interests with respect to which the Administrative Agent has confirmed in writing to the Borrower its determination that the costs or other consequences (including adverse tax consequences) of providing a security interest in is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders and (F) any Equity Interest to the extent that it gives rise to additional subsidiary reporting requirements under Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act;
	provided further that in the case of clause (F), if any such additional subsidiary reporting requirement shall arise, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree to negotiate in good faith to find and implement a mutually agreed solution to such additional subsidiary reporting
	requirement (it being understood that in the case of the 3-16 Reporting Subsidiaries, the Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within 90 days of the additional subsidiary reporting requirement taking effect with respect to any 3-16 Reporting Subsidiary or such longer period that the Collateral Agent may agree to, file the required financial statements of such 3-16 Reporting Subsidiary with the SEC and re-pledge the Equity Interests of such 3-16 Reporting Subsidiary  hereunder).

	3.

	
	Security for Obligations.  This Pledge Agreement secures the payment of all Obligations of each Credit Party.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Pledge Agreement secures the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the Obligations and would be owed by any of the Credit Parties to Secured Parties under the Credit Documents, the Existing Notes or the Existing Notes Indentures but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving any Credit Party.

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	Delivery of the Collateral.  All certificates or instruments, if any, representing or evidencing the Collateral shall be promptly delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent shall have the right, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and with notice to the relevant Pledgor, to transfer to or to register in the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its nominees any or all of the Pledged Shares.  Each delivery of Collateral (including any After-acquired Shares) shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities theretofore and then being pledged hereunder, which shall be attached hereto as Schedule 1 and made a part hereof, provided that the failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such securities.  Each schedule so delivered shall supersede any prior schedules so delivered.

	

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	5.

	
	Representations and Warranties.  Each Pledgor represents and warrants as follows:

	(a)

	Schedule 1 hereto (i) correctly represents as of the Closing Date (A) the issuer, the certificate number, the Pledgor and the record and beneficial owner, the number and class and the percentage of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such class of all Pledged Shares and (B) the issuer, the initial principal amount, the Pledgor and holder, date of and maturity date of all Pledged Debt and (ii) together with the comparable schedule to each supplement hereto, includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes required to be pledged hereunder.  Except as set forth on Schedule 1, the Pledged Shares represent all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each class of Equity Interests in each such issuer on the Closing Date.

	(b)

	Such Pledgor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral pledged or assigned by such Pledgor hereunder free and clear of any Lien, except for the Lien created by this Pledge Agreement and any non-consensual Permitted Liens arising by operation of law.

	(c)

	As of the Closing Date, the Pledged Shares pledged by such Pledgor hereunder have been duly authorized and validly issued and, in the case of Pledged Shares issued by a corporation, are fully paid and non-assessable.

	(d)

	The execution and delivery by such Pledgor of this Pledge Agreement and the pledge of the Collateral pledged by such Pledgor hereunder pursuant hereto create a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in such Collateral and, upon delivery of such Collateral to the Collateral Agent in the State of New York, shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on and security interest in the Collateral, securing the payment of the Obligations, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.

	(e)

	Such Pledgor has full power, authority and legal right to pledge all the Collateral pledged by such Pledgor pursuant to this Pledge Agreement and this Pledge Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Pledgor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.

	6.

	
	Certification of Limited Liability Company, Limited Partnership Interests and Pledged Debt.

	(a)

	The Equity Interests in any Domestic Subsidiary that is organized as a limited liability company or limited partnership and pledged hereunder shall be represented by a certificate and in the organizational documents of such Domestic Subsidiary, the applicable Pledgor shall cause the issuer of such interests to elect to treat such interests as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of its jurisdiction of organization or formation, as applicable, by including in its organizational documents language
	

	

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	substantially similar to the following and, accordingly, such interests shall be governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code:

	“The Partnership/Company hereby irrevocably elects that all membership interests in the Partnership/Company shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of [jurisdiction of organization or formation, as applicable].  Each certificate evidencing partnership/membership interests in the Partnership/Company shall bear the following legend:  “This certificate evidences an interest in [name of Partnership/LLC] and shall be a security for purposes of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code.”  No change to this provision shall be effective until all outstanding certificates have been surrendered for cancellation and any new certificates thereafter issued shall not bear the foregoing legend.”

	(b)

	Each Pledgor will comply with Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement.

	7.

	
	Further Assurances.  Each Pledgor agrees that at any time and from time to time, at the expense of such Pledgor, it will execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents), which may be required under any applicable law, or which the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order (x) to perfect and protect any pledge, assignment or security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby  (including the priority thereof) or (y) to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral.

	8.

	
	Voting Rights; Dividends and Distributions; Etc.

	(a)

	So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

	(i)

	Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Pledge Agreement or the other Credit Documents.

	(ii)

	The Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to each Pledgor all such proxies and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and other rights that it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (i) above.

	(b)

	Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain and use, free and clear of the Lien of this Pledge Agreement, any and all dividends, distributions, principal and interest made or paid in respect of the Collateral to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement;
	provided, however, that any and all noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Shares or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Shares or received in exchange for Pledged Shares or Pledged Debt or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent to hold as, Collateral
	

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	and shall, if received by such Pledgor, be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, be segregated from the other property or funds of such Pledgor and be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).

	(c)

	Upon written notice to a Pledgor by the Collateral Agent following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:

	(i)

	all rights of such Pledgor to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights that it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 8(a)(i) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise or refrain from exercising such voting and other consensual rights during the continuance of such Event of Default,
	provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights.  After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, each Pledgor will have the right to exercise the voting and consensual rights that such Pledgor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of Section 8(a)(i) (and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under Section 8(a)(ii) shall be reinstated);

	(ii)

	all rights of such Pledgor to receive the dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that such Pledgor would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 8(b) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to receive and hold as Collateral such dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments during the continuance of such Event of Default.  After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Collateral Agent shall repay to each Pledgor (without interest) all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to receive, retain and use pursuant to the terms of Section 8(b);

	(iii)

	all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that are received by such Pledgor contrary to the provisions of Section 8(b) shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Pledgor and shall forthwith be delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsements); and

	(iv)

	in order to permit the Collateral Agent to receive all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments to which it may be entitled under Section 8(b) above, to exercise the voting and other consensual rights that it may be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 8(c)(i) above, and to receive all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that it may be entitled to under Sections 8(c)(ii) and (c)(iii) above, such Pledgor shall, if necessary, upon written notice from the Collateral Agent, from time to time execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, appropriate proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request.

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	Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Collateral; Etc.  Each Pledgor shall:

	

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	(a)

	not (i) except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, sell or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option or warrant with respect to, any of the Collateral or (ii) create or suffer to exist any consensual Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, except for the Lien under this Pledge Agreement,
	provided that in the event such Pledgor sells or otherwise disposes of assets permitted by the Credit Agreement, and such assets are or include any of the Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall release such Collateral to such Pledgor free and clear of the Lien under this Pledge Agreement concurrently with the consummation of such sale;

	(b)

	pledge and, if applicable, cause each Domestic Subsidiary to pledge, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, immediately upon acquisition thereof, all the Equity Interests and all evidence of Indebtedness held or received by such Pledgor or Domestic Subsidiary required to be pledged hereunder pursuant to Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement, in each case pursuant to a supplement to this Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Annex A hereto (it being understood that the execution and delivery of such a supplement shall not require the consent of any Pledgor hereunder and that the rights and obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Subsidiary Pledgor as a party to this Pledge Agreement); and

	(c)

	defend its and the Collateral Agent’s title or interest in and to all the Collateral (and in the Proceeds thereof) against any and all Liens (other than the Lien of this Pledge Agreement), however arising, and any and all Persons whomsoever.

	10.

	
	Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.  Each Pledgor hereby appoints, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, the Collateral Agent as such Pledgor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor or otherwise, to take any action and to execute any instrument, in each case after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and with notice to such Pledgor, that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Pledge Agreement, including to receive, indorse and collect all instruments made payable to such Pledgor representing any dividend, distribution or principal or interest payment in respect of the Collateral or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same.

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	The Collateral Agent’s Duties.

	(i)

	The Collateral Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account.  The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property.  Neither the Collateral Agent, any Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Pledgor or any other Person or to take any other action
	

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	whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof.  The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any such powers.  The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  By acceptance of the benefits under this Agreement and the other Security Documents, the Existing Notes Secured Parties and the Existing Notes Trustees will be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the provisions of the preceding sentence are intended to induce the Lenders to permit such Persons to be Secured Parties under this Agreement and certain of the other Security Documents and are being relied upon by the Lenders as consideration therefor.

	(b)

	The obligations of the Collateral Agent to the Existing Notes Secured Parties hereunder shall be limited solely to (i) holding the Collateral for the benefit of the Existing Notes Secured Parties for so long as (A) any Existing Notes Obligations remain outstanding and (B) any Existing Notes Obligations are secured by such Collateral and (ii) distributing any proceeds received by the Collateral Agent from the sale, collection or realization of the Collateral to the Existing Notes Secured Parties in respect of the Existing Notes Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Neither the holders of the Existing Notes nor any Existing Notes Trustee shall be entitled to exercise (or direct the Collateral Agent to exercise) any rights or remedies hereunder with respect to the Existing Notes Obligations, including without limitation the right to enforce the security interest in the Collateral, request any action, institute proceedings, give any instructions, make any election, give any notice to account debtors, make collections, sell or otherwise foreclose on any portion of the Collateral or execute any amendment, supplement, or acknowledgment hereof.  This Agreement shall not create any liability of the Collateral Agent or the Credit Agreement Secured Parties to any of the Existing Notes Secured Parties by reason of actions taken with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of the security interest on the Collateral, actions with respect to the occurrence of an Event of Default, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, sale, release, or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Collateral or action with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the Secured Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party or the valuation, use or protection of the Collateral.

	(c)

	The Collateral Agent shall not be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance by the Borrower or any other obligor of the Existing Notes Obligations.

	(d)

	The Collateral Agent may execute any of the powers granted under this Agreement and perform any duty hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact, and shall not be responsible for the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care and without gross negligence or willful misconduct.

	(e)

	The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have actual, constructive, direct or indirect notice or knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received a notice of Event of Default or a notice from the
	

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	Administrative Agent, a Pledgor or any Secured Party to the Collateral Agent in its capacity as Collateral Agent indicating that an Event of Default has occurred.  The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation either prior to or after receiving such notice to inquire whether an Event of Default has, in fact, occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any notice so furnished to it.

	(f)

	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Agreement shall or shall be construed to (i) result in the security interest in the Collateral  securing the Existing Notes Obligations less than equally and ratably with the Credit Agreement Obligations pursuant to the Existing Notes Indentures to the extent required or (ii) modify or affect the rights of the Existing Notes Secured Parties to receive the pro rata share specified in Section 12(b)(ii) of any proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral.

	(g)

	The parties hereto agree that the Existing Notes Obligations and the Credit Agreement Obligations are, and will be, equally and ratably secured with each other by the Liens on the Collateral, and that it is their intention to give full effect to the equal and ratable provisions of the Existing Notes Indentures, as in effect on the date hereof.  To the extent that the rights and benefits herein or in any other Security Document conferred on the Existing Notes Secured Parties shall be held to exceed the rights and benefits required so to be conferred by such provisions, such rights and benefits shall be limited so as to provide such Existing Notes Secured Parties only those rights and benefits that are required by such provisions.  Any and all rights not herein expressly given to the Existing Notes Trustees are expressly reserved to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties other than the Existing Notes Secured Parties.

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	Remedies.  If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

	(a)

	The Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and also may with notice to the relevant Pledgor, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange broker’s board or at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, at such price or prices and upon such other terms as are commercially reasonable irrespective of the impact of any such sales on the market price of the Collateral.  The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers of Collateral to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and, upon consummation of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold.  Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal that it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.  The Collateral Agent or any Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, and the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party may pay the
	

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	purchase price by crediting the amount thereof against the Obligations.  Each Pledgor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days’ notice to such Pledgor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification.  The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given.  The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.  To the extent permitted by law, each Pledgor hereby waives any claim against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price that might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree.

	(b)

	The Collateral Agent shall apply the Proceeds of any collection or sale of the Collateral at any time after receipt as follows:

	(i)

	
	first, to the payment of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Pledge Agreement, the other Credit Documents or any of the Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf of any Pledgor and any other reasonable and documented costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document;

	(ii)

	
	second, to the Secured Parties, an amount equal to all Obligations owing to them on the date of any distribution, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full, then ratably as between the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and the Existing Note Secured Parties (without priority of any one over any other) in proportion to the unpaid amounts of Credit Agreement Obligations and Existing Notes Obligations, which such proceeds applied (x) as among the Existing Notes Secured Parties, to such Secured Parties in proportion to the unpaid amounts thereof and (y) as among the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, as set forth in Section 11 of the Credit Agreement (or, if the Credit Agreement is amended such that Section 11 no longer sets forth the priorities for such application, as may be set forth elsewhere in the Credit Agreement); and

	(iii)

	
	third, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the Pledgors or their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

	Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

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	(c)

	If at any time any moneys collected or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement are distributable pursuant to paragraph (a) above to any Existing Notes Trustee, and if such Existing Notes Trustee shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing that no provision is made under the applicable Existing Notes Indenture for the application by such Existing Notes Trustee of such moneys and that the applicable Existing Notes Indenture does not effectively provide for the receipt and the holding by such Existing Notes Trustee of such moneys pending the application thereof, then the Collateral Agent, after receipt of such moneys pending the application thereof, and after receipt of such notification, shall at the direction of such Existing Notes Trustee, invest such amounts in Permitted Investments maturing within 90 days after they are acquired by the Collateral Agent or, in the absence of such direction, hold such moneys uninvested and shall hold all such amounts so distributable and all such investments and the net proceeds thereof in trust solely for such Existing Notes Trustee (in its capacity as trustee) and for no other purpose until such time as such Existing Notes Trustee shall request in writing the delivery thereof by the Collateral Agent for application pursuant to the applicable Existing Notes Indenture.  The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any diminution in funds resulting from any such investment or any liquidation or any liquidation thereof prior to maturity.

	(d)

	The Collateral Agent may exercise any and all rights and remedies of each Pledgor in respect of the Collateral.

	(e)

	All payments received by any Pledgor in respect of the Collateral after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Pledgor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).

	(f)

	In making the determination and allocations required by this Section 12, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied by each Existing Notes Trustee as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Existing Notes Obligations and information supplied by the Administrative Agent as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Credit Agreement Obligations, and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information;
	provided that nothing in this sentence shall prevent any Pledgor from contesting any amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any information so supplied.  All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 12 shall be (subject to any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final (absent manifest error), and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by the Administrative Agent or any Existing Notes Trustee of any amounts distributed to them.

	(g)

	If, despite the provisions of this Agreement, any Secured Party shall receive any payment or other recovery in excess of its portion of payments on account of the Secured Obligations to which it is then entitled in accordance with this Agreement, such Secured Party shall hold such payment or other recovery in trust for the benefit of all Secured Parties hereunder for distribution in accordance with this Section 12.

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	13.

	
	Amendments, etc. with Respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights.  Each Pledgor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Pledgor and without notice to or further assent by any Pledgor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by such party and any of the Obligations continued, (b) the Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (c) the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Letters of Credit and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith and any Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, or, in the case of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank) may deem advisable from time to time, (d) any Existing Notes Indenture and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith and may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance with their respective terms, and (e) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.  Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for this Pledge Agreement or any property subject thereto.  When making any demand hereunder against any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the Borrower or any Pledgor or any other Person, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any Pledgor or any other Person or any release of the Borrower or any Pledgor or any other person shall not relieve any Pledgor in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or any Pledgor not so released of its several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against any Pledgor.  For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

	14.

	
	Continuing Security Interest; Assignments Under the Credit Agreement; Release.

	(a)

	This Pledge Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Pledgor and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns until all Credit Agreement  Obligations (other than any contingent indemnity obligations not then due) shall have been satisfied by payment in full, the Commitments shall be terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding (or all such Letters of Credit shall have been fully cash collateralized or otherwise back-stopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer), notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement and any Secured
	

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	Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement the Credit Parties may be free from any Obligations.

	(b)

	A Subsidiary Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Pledgor shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under the Credit Agreement, as a result of which such Subsidiary Pledgor ceases to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.

	(c)

	Upon any sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement, the obligations of such Pledgor with respect to such Collateral shall be automatically released and such Collateral sold free and clear of the Lien and Security Interests created hereby.  Any release of Collateral permitted by this clause (c) and clause (b) above will be deemed not to impair the Liens created by the Security Documents in contravention thereof and any person that is required to deliver an officer's certificate or opinion of counsel pursuant to Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of such certificate or opinion.

	(d)

	In the event that Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X of the Exchange Act is amended, modified or interpreted by the SEC or any other relevant Governmental Authority to require (or is replaced with another rule or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted, which would require) the filing with the SEC (or any other Governmental Authority) of separate financial statements of any Subsidiary of the Borrower due to the fact that the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary are pledged under this Agreement, then the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary shall automatically be deemed not to be part of the Collateral to the extent necessary not to be subject to such requirement;
	provided that in any such case the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree to negotiate in good faith to find and implement a mutually agreed solution to such additional subsidiary reporting requirement (it being understood that in the case of the 3-16 Reporting Subsidiaries, the Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within 90 days of the additional subsidiary reporting requirement taking effect with respect to any 3-16 Reporting Subsidiary or such longer period that the Collateral Agent may agree to, file the required financial statements of such 3-16 Reporting Subsidiary with the SEC and re-pledge the Equity Interests of such 3-16 Reporting Subsidiary hereunder).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Equity Interests of any Subsidiary are not required to be pledged under this Agreement because Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X of the Exchange Act would require the filing of separate financial statements of such Subsidiary if its Equity Interests were so pledged, in the event that Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X of the Exchange Act is amended, modified or interpreted by the SEC or any other relevant Governmental Authority to no longer require (or is replaced with another rule or regulation that would not require) the filing of separate financial statements of such Subsidiary if some or all of its Equity Interests are pledged under this Agreement, then such Equity Interests of such Subsidiary shall automatically be deemed part of the Collateral and pledged under this Agreement.

	(e)

	In connection with any termination or release pursuant to the foregoing paragraph (a), (b) (c) or (d), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor, at such Pledgor’s expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence
	

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	such termination or release.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

	15.

	
	Reinstatement.  Each Pledgor further agrees that, if any payment made by any Credit Party or other Person and applied to the Obligations is at any time annulled, avoided, set aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the Proceeds of Collateral are required to be returned by any Secured Party to such Credit Party, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other party, including any Pledgor, under any bankruptcy law, state, federal or foreign law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, any Lien or other Collateral securing such liability shall be and remain in full force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never been made or, if prior thereto the Lien granted hereby or other Collateral securing such liability hereunder shall have been released or terminated by virtue of such cancellation or surrender), such Lien or other Collateral shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect any Lien or other Collateral securing the obligations of any Pledgor in respect of the amount of such payment.

	16.

	
	Notices.  All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement;
	provided that (i) any notice to an Existing Notes Trustee may be made to its address as set forth in the most recent copy of applicable Existing Notes Indenture provided to the Collateral Agent by the Company and (ii) notice to any Existing Notes Trustee shall be deemed sufficient notice to the holders of the applicable Existing Notes for all purposes hereunder.  All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement.

	17.

	
	Counterparts.  This Pledge Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Pledge Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  A set if copies of this Security Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Collateral Agent, the Existing Notes Trustees and the Company.

	18.

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

	19.

	
	Integration.  This Pledge Agreement together with the other Credit Documents represents the agreement of each of the Pledgors with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

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	20.

	
	Amendments in Writing; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.  

	(a)

	None of the terms or provisions of this Pledge Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the affected Pledgor and the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement;
	provided, however, that the requisite written consent of the holders of the applicable Existing Notes and/or the applicable Existing Notes Trustee under the applicable Existing Notes Indenture shall be required with respect to any release, waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement that would materially and adversely affect the rights of the holders of one or more series of the Existing Notes to equally and ratably share in the security provided for herein with respect to the Collateral.  Except as set forth in this Section 20, neither the holders of any of the Existing Notes nor any of the Existing Notes Trustees shall have any rights to approve any release, waiver, amendment, modification, charge, discharge or termination with respect to this Agreement.  

	(b)

	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 20(a) hereof), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof.  No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof.  No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion.

	(c)

	The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

	21.

	
	Collateral Agent as Agent.  Section 7 of the Security Agreement is incorporated herein,
	mutatis mutandis (to apply to this Agreement rather than to the Security Agreement).

	22.

	
	Section Headings.  The Section headings used in this Pledge Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

	23.

	
	Successors and Assigns.  This Pledge Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Pledgor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Pledgor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Pledge Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

	24.

	
	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
	

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	LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

	25.

	
	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers.  Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally:

	(a)

	submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Pledge Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

	(b)

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

	(c)

	agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address referred to in Section 16 or at such other address of which the Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

	(d)

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

	(e)

	waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 25 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

	26.

	
	Acknowledgments.  Each party hereto hereby acknowledges that:

	(i)

	it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Pledge Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party;

	(ii)

	neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Pledgor arising out of or in connection with this Pledge Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between the Pledgors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

	(iii)

	no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders and any other Secured Party or among the Pledgors and the Lenders and any other Secured Party.

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	27.

	
	GOVERNING LAW.  THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

	
	
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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	EXHIBIT F

	

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Pledge Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

	KINDER MORGAN, INC.

	By:

	_____________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	INTERENERGY CORPORATION

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN (DELAWARE), INC.

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN ILLINOIS PIPELINE LLC

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

	

	

	KINDER MORGAN TRANSCOLORADO LLC

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN TRANSCOLORADO, INC.

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KM INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KN GAS GATHERING, INC.

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KN NATURAL GAS, INC.

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	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KN TRANSCOLORADO, INC.

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	MIDCON CORP.

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

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	NGPL CANYON COMPRESSION COMPANY

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

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	CITIBANK, N.A., as
	
 Collateral Agent

	By:

	__________________________

	Name:  

	Title:  

	

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	Schedule 1

	
	Pledged Shares and Pledged Debt

	
	Pledged Shares

						
	
			Record Owner
	
			Issuer
	
			Certificate No.
	
			Number and Class of Shares

				
			% of Shares Owned

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	
	Pledged Debt

						
	
			Payee
	
			Issuer
	
			Principal Amount
	
			Date of Instrument
	
			Maturity Date

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	ANNEX A
TO THE PLEDGE AGREEMENT

	SUPPLEMENT NO. [    ] dated as of [            ] to the PLEDGE AGREEMENT dated as of May 30, 2007, among Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Company”), each of the Subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature pages thereto (each such Subsidiary being a “Subsidiary Pledgor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Pledgors”; the Subsidiary Pledgors and the Company are referred to collectively as the “Pledgors”) and Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

	A.

	Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, Knight Acquisition Co., the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”),
	Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent and the other agents and entities party thereto.

	B.

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

	C.

	The Pledgors have entered into the Pledge Agreement in order to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the respective Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks and/or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements.

	D.

	The undersigned [Pledgors][Subsidiary Guarantors] (each an “Additional Pledgor”) are (a) the legal and beneficial owners of the Equity Interests described under Schedule 1 hereto and issued by the entities named therein  (such Equity Interests, together with any Equity Interests of the issuer of such Pledged Shares or any other Subsidiary obtained in the future by any Additional Pledgor (the “After-acquired Additional Pledged Shares”), and in each case to the extent such Equity Interests are not subject to one of the exceptions set forth in the proviso to Section 2 of the Pledge Agreement, referred to collectively herein as the “Additional Pledged Shares”) and (b) the legal and beneficial owners of the Indebtedness described under Schedule 1 hereto (together with any other Indebtedness owed to any Additional Pledgor hereafter and required to be pledged pursuant to Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement, the “Additional Pledged Debt”).

	E.

	Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement and Section 9(b) of the Pledge Agreement provide that additional Subsidiaries may become Subsidiary Pledgors under the Pledge Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of
	

	

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	this Supplement.  Each undersigned Additional Pledgor is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of Section 9(b) of the Pledge Agreement to pledge to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties the Additional Pledged Shares and the Additional Pledged Debt [and to become a Subsidiary Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement] in order to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make additional Extensions of Credit and as consideration for Extensions of Credit previously made and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks and/or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements.

	Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and each undersigned Additional Pledgor agree as follows:

	SECTION 1.  In accordance with Section 9(b) of the Pledge Agreement, each Additional Pledgor by its signature hereby transfers, assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Additional Pledgor’s right, title and interest in the following, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or existing (collectively, the “Additional Collateral”):

	(a)

	the Additional Pledged Shares held by such Additional Pledgor and the certificates representing such Additional Pledged Shares and any interest of such Additional Pledgor in the entries on the books of the issuer of the Additional Pledged Shares or any financial intermediary pertaining to the Additional Pledged Shares and all dividends, cash, warrants, rights, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Additional Pledged Shares;

	(b)

	the Additional Pledged Debt and the instruments evidencing the Additional Pledged Debt owed to such Additional Pledgor, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Additional Pledged Debt; and

	(c)

	to the extent not covered by clauses (a) and (b) above, respectively, all Proceeds of any or all of the foregoing Additional Collateral.  For purposes of this Supplement, the term “Proceeds” includes whatever is receivable or received when Additional Collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes proceeds of any indemnity or guarantee payable to any Additional Pledgor or the Collateral Agent from time to time with respect to any of the Additional Collateral.

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	[SECTION 2.  Each Additional Pledgor by its signature below becomes a Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Pledgor and each Additional Pledgor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Pledge Agreement applicable to it as a Pledgor thereunder.  Each reference to a “Subsidiary Pledgor” or a “Pledgor” in the Pledge Agreement shall be deemed to include each Additional Pledgor.  The Pledge Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.]1

	SECTION [2][3].  Each Additional Pledgor represents and warrants as follows:

	(a)

	Schedule 1 hereto (i) correctly represents as of the date hereof (A) the issuer, the certificate number, the Pledgor and registered owner, the number and class and the percentage of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such class of all Additional Pledged Shares and (B) the issuer, the initial principal amount, the Pledgor and holder, date of and maturity date of all Additional Pledged Debt and (ii) together with Schedule 1 to the Pledge Agreement, the comparable schedules to each other Supplement to the Pledge Agreement, includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes required to be pledged by Section 9.12 of  the Credit Agreement.  Except as set forth on Schedule 1, the Pledged Shares represent all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each class of Equity Interests of the issuer on the date hereof.

	(b)

	Such Additional Pledgor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Additional Collateral pledged or assigned by such Additional Pledgor hereunder free and clear of any Lien, except for the Lien created by this Supplement to the Pledge Agreement.

	(c)

	As of the date of this Supplement, the Additional Pledged Shares pledged by such Additional Pledgor hereunder have been duly authorized and validly issued and, in the case of Additional Pledged Shares issued by a corporation, are fully paid and non-assessable.

	(d)

	The execution and delivery by such Additional Pledgor of this Supplement and the pledge of the Additional Collateral pledged by such Additional Pledgor hereunder pursuant hereto create a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Additional Collateral and, upon delivery of such Additional Collateral to the Collateral Agent in the State of New York, shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on and security interest in the Additional Collateral, securing the payment of the Obligations, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.

	______________________________

	
	1

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	(e)

	Such Additional Pledgor has full power, authority and legal right to pledge all the Additional Collateral pledged by such Additional Pledgor pursuant to this Supplement and this Supplement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Additional Pledgor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.

	SECTION [3][4].  This Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  A set of the copies of this Supplement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Collateral Agent, the Existing Notes Trustees and the Company.  This Supplement shall become effective as to each Additional Pledgor when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of such Additional Pledgor and the Collateral Agent.

	SECTION [4][5].  Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Pledge Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

	
	SECTION [5][6].  THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER  SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

	SECTION [6][7].  Any provision of this Supplement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and in the Pledge Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

	SECTION [7][8].  All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 16 of the Pledge Agreement.  All communications and notices hereunder to each Additional Pledgor shall be given to it in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement.

	SECTION [8][9].  Each Additional Pledgor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its respective reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.

	

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	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Additional Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Pledge Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

	_____________________, as
	
Additional Pledgor

	By:

	___________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	_____________________, as
Collateral Agent

	By:

	___________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

	

	

	

	

	
	Schedule 1

	
	Pledged Shares and Pledged Debt

	
	Pledged Shares

						
	
			Record Owner
	
			Issuer
	
			Certificate No.
	
			Number and Class of Shares

				
			% of Shares Owned

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	
	Pledged Debt

						
	
			Payee
	
			Issuer
	
			Principal Amount
	
			Date of Instrument
	
			Maturity Date

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	

	

	

	
	EXHIBIT G

	

	
	SECURITY AGREEMENT

	THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of May 30, 2007, among Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Company”), each of the Subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature pages hereto or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.13 (each such entity being a “Subsidiary Grantor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Grantors”; the Subsidiary Grantors and the Company are referred to collectively as the “Grantors”) and Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined below).

	
	W I T N E S S E T H:

	WHEREAS, the Company is party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, Knight Acquisition Co., the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”),
	Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other agents and entities party thereto;

	WHEREAS, (a) pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuers have agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower (collectively, the “Extensions of Credit”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (b) one or more Cash Management Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and (c) one or more Hedge Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Hedge Agreements;

	WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guarantee (the “Guarantee”) dated as of the date hereof, each Subsidiary Grantor party thereto has unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Credit Agreement Obligations;

	WHEREAS, each Subsidiary Grantor is a Subsidiary Guarantor;

	WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to the Subsidiary Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

	WHEREAS, each Grantor acknowledges that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the Extensions of Credit;
	

	WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Security Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;

	

	

	

	

	

	

	WHEREAS, the Company has issued the KMI Existing Notes pursuant to the KMI Existing Notes Indentures;

	WHEREAS, the Company has guaranteed the KMFC Existing Notes, which KMFC issued pursuant to the KMFC Existing Notes Indenture; and

	WHEREAS, the Existing Notes Indentures restrict the ability of the Grantors to grant a security interest in the Collateral to secure the Credit Agreement Obligations, unless the Grantors grant an equal and ratable security interest in the Collateral to secure the Existing Notes Obligations;

	NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the respective Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, to induce each Cash Management Bank to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and to induce each Hedge Bank to enter into Secured Hedge Agreements with the Borrower, the Grantors hereby agree with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

	1.

	
	Defined Terms.

	(a)

	Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

	(b)

	Terms used herein without definition that are defined in the UCC have the meanings given to them in the UCC, including the following terms (which are capitalized herein): Account, As-Extracted Collateral, Certificated Securities, Chattel Paper, Commodity Account, Commodity Contract, Documents, Fixtures, Instruments, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Right, Securities, Securities Account, Security Entitlement, Supporting Obligations, and Tangible Chattel Paper.

	(c)

	The following terms shall have the following meanings:

	“Collateral” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.

	“Collateral Account” shall mean any collateral account established by the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 5.1 or Section 5.3.

	“Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Security Agreement.

	“Copyright License” shall mean any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any third party under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor (including all Copyrights) or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to any Grantor under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.

	

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	“copyrights” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person:  (i) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (ii) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office.

	“Copyrights” shall mean all copyrights now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including those referred to on Schedule 1.

	“Credit Agreement Obligations” shall mean the “Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement.

	“Credit Agreement Secured Parties” shall mean the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Credit Agreement.

	“equipment” shall mean all “equipment,” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or to which any Grantor has rights and, in any event, shall include all machinery, equipment, furnishings, movable trade fixtures and vehicles now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or to which any Grantor has rights and any and all Proceeds, additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing, wherever located, together with all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto; but excluding equipment to the extent it is subject to a Lien, in each case permitted by clauses (c)(i) or (f) of Section 10.2 of the Credit Agreement and the terms of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien prohibit assignment of, or granting of a security interest in, such Grantor’s rights and interests therein (other than to the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law),
	provided, that immediately upon the repayment of all Indebtedness secured by such Lien, such Grantor shall be deemed to have granted a Security Interest in all the rights and interests with respect to such equipment.

	“Existing Notes” shall mean (A) the KMI Existing Notes and the KMFC Existing Notes and (B) any Secured Refinancing Notes.

	“Existing Notes Indentures” shall mean (A) the KMI Existing Notes Indentures and the KMFC Existing Notes Indenture and (B) any indenture, credit agreement or similar document governing any Secured Refinancing Notes.
	

	“Existing Notes Obligations” shall mean the collective reference to the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at the applicable rate provided in the Existing Notes Indentures and the Existing Notes (including interest at the contract rate applicable upon default accrued or accruing after the commencement of any proceeding, under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable provision of comparable state or foreign law, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding), when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary,
	

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	secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable provision of comparable state or foreign law, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding), of any Grantor to any of the Existing Notes Secured Parties under the Existing Notes Indentures and the Existing Notes.

	“Existing Notes Secured Parties” shall mean the holders of the Existing Notes and the Existing Notes Trustees.

	“Existing Notes Trustees” shall mean the trustees under the Existing Notes Indentures, and their respective successors and assigns.

	“Extensions of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

	“General Intangibles” shall mean all “general intangibles” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC and, in any event, including with respect to any Grantor, all contracts, agreements, instruments and indentures in any form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, including (a) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (b) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guarantee with respect thereto, (c) all claims of such Grantor for damages arising out of any breach of or default thereunder and (d) all rights of such Grantor to terminate, amend, supplement, modify or exercise rights or options thereunder, to perform thereunder and to compel performance and otherwise exercise all remedies thereunder, in each case to the extent the grant by such Grantor of a Security Interest pursuant to this Security Agreement in its right, title and interest in any such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture (i) is not prohibited by such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture without the consent of any other party thereto (other than a Credit Party), (ii) would not give any other party (other than a Credit Party) to any such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture the right to terminate its obligations thereunder or (iii) is permitted with consent if all necessary consents to such grant of a Security Interest have been obtained from the other parties thereto (other than to the extent that any such prohibition referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law) (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate such Grantor to obtain such consents),
	provided that the foregoing limitation shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by such Grantor of a Security Interest pursuant to this Security Agreement in any Account or any money or other amounts due or to become due under any such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture.

	“Grantor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

	“Guarantors” shall mean the Subsidiary Guarantors.

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	“Intellectual Property” shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (A) all Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents, and (B) all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise now owned or hereafter acquired, including (a) all information used or useful arising from the business including all goodwill, trade secrets, trade secret rights, know-how, customer lists, processes of production, ideas, confidential business information, techniques, processes, formulas and all other proprietary information, and (b) rights, priorities and privileges relating to the Copyrights, the Patents, the Trademarks and the Licenses and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom, in each case to the extent the grant by such Grantor of a Security Interest pursuant to this Security Agreement in any such rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property (i) is not prohibited by any contract, agreement or other instrument governing such rights, priorities and privileges without the consent of any other party thereto (other than a Credit Party), (ii) would not give any other party (other than a Credit Party) to any such contract, agreement or other instrument the right to terminate its obligations thereunder or (iii) is permitted with consent if all necessary consents to such grant of a Security Interest have been obtained from the relevant parties (other than to the extent that any such prohibition referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law) (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate such Grantor to obtain such consents).
	

	“Investment Property” shall mean all Securities (whether certificated or uncertificated), Security Entitlements, Securities Accounts, Commodity Contracts and Commodity Accounts of any Grantor (other than as pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement), whether now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, except, in each case to the extent the grant by a Grantor of a Security Interest therein pursuant to this Security Agreement in its right, title and interest in any such Investment Property (i) is prohibited by any contract, agreement, instrument or indenture governing such Investment Property without the consent of any other party thereto (other than a Credit Party or a wholly owned Subsidiary of a Credit Party) unless such consent has been expressly obtained, or (ii) would give any other party (other than a Credit Party or a wholly owned Subsidiary of a Credit Party) to any such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than to the extent that any such prohibition referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law) (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate any Grantor to obtain such consents referred to in clauses (i) and (ii)).

	“KMFC” Kinder Morgan Finance Company, ULC, an Alberta unlimited liability corporation.

	“KMFC Existing Notes” shall mean (i) KMFC’s 5.35% Senior Notes due 2011, (ii) KMFC’s 5.70% Senior Notes due 2016, and (iii) KMFC’s 6.40% Senior Notes due 2036, in each case issued pursuant to the KMFC Existing Notes Indenture and outstanding as of the date hereof.

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	“KMFC Existing Notes Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of December 9, 2005, among KMFC, the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association.

	“KMI 1988 Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1988, between the Company (as successor to K N Energy, Inc.) and Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, as trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time.

	“KMI 1993 Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of November 20, 1993, between the Company (as successor to K N Energy, Inc.) and Continental Bank, National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time.

	“KMI 2002 Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of August 27, 2002, between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time.

	“KMI 2003 Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2003, between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time.

	“KMI Existing Notes” shall mean (i) the Company’s 6.50% Debentures due 2013 issued pursuant to the KMI 1988 Indenture, (ii) the Company’s 6.67% Debentures due 2027 issued pursuant to the KMI 1993 Indenture, (iii) the Company’s 7.25% Debentures due 2028 issued pursuant to the KMI 1993 Indenture, (iv) the Company’s 7.45% Debentures due 2098 issued pursuant to the KMI 1993 Indenture, (v) the Company’s 6.50% Senior Notes due 2012 issued pursuant to the KMI 2002 Indenture, and (vi) the Company’s 5.15% Senior Notes due 2015 issued pursuant to the KMI 2003 Indenture, in each case outstanding as of the date hereof.

	“KMI Existing Notes Indentures” shall mean the KMI 1988 Indenture, the KMI 1993 Indenture, the KMI 2002 Indenture and the KMI 2003 Indenture.

	 “License” shall mean any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other license or sublicense to which any Grantor is a party.

	“Obligations” shall mean the collective reference to the Credit Agreement Obligations and the Existing Notes Obligations.

	“Patent License” shall mean any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a patent, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor (including all Patents) or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or granting to any Grantor any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.

	“patents” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person:  (a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent
	

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	thereof in any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any other country, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.

	“Patents” shall mean all patents now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including those referred to on Schedule 2.

	“Proceeds” shall mean all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC and, in any event, shall include with respect to any Grantor, any consideration received from the sale, exchange, license, lease or other disposition of any asset or property that constitutes Collateral, any value received as a consequence of the possession of any Collateral and any payment received from any insurer or other Person or entity as a result of the destruction, loss, theft, damage or other involuntary conversion of whatever nature of any asset or property that constitutes Collateral, and shall include (a) all cash and negotiable instruments received by or held on behalf of the Collateral Agent, (b) any claim of any Grantor against any third party for (and the right to sue and recover for and the rights to damages or profits due or accrued arising out of or in connection with) (i) past, present or future infringement of any Patent now or hereafter owned by any Grantor, or licensed under a Patent License, (ii) past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Trademark now or hereafter owned by  any Grantor or licensed under a Trademark License or injury to the goodwill associated with or symbolized by any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor, (iii) past, present or future breach of any License and (iv) past, present or future infringement of any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or licensed under a Copyright License and (c) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.

	“Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and the Existing Notes Secured Parties.

	“Secured Refinancing Notes” shall mean any Indebtedness that is a modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of all or part of the KMI Existing Notes or the KMFC Existing Notes or any other Secured Refinancing Notes (such portion, the “Reference Notes”);
	provided that (w) the principal amount thereof does not exceed the principal amount of Reference Notes outstanding immediately prior to such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (x) the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Indebtedness (as compared to the Reference Notes) are not changed, (y) in the case of any Reference Note that matures after the Final Maturity Date, no portion of such Indebtedness matures prior to the Final Maturity Date and (z) if the Reference Notes being refinanced, or any guarantee thereof, constituted Subordinated Indebtedness, then such replacement or refinancing Indebtedness, or such guarantee, respectively, shall be subordinated to the Credit Agreement Obligations to substantially the same extent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Indebtedness shall constitute Secured Refinancing Notes
	

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	unless, prior to or contemporaneous with the incurrence thereof, the Borrower so designates such Indebtedness by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

	“Security Agreement” shall mean this Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

	“Security Interest” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.

	“Trademark License” shall mean any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor (including any Trademark) or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.

	“trademarks” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person:  (i) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof, (ii) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby and (iii) all other assets, rights and interests that uniquely reflect or embody such goodwill.

	“Trademarks” shall mean all trademarks now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including those referred to on Schedule 3;
	provided that any “intent to use” Trademark applications for which a statement of use has not been filed (but only until such statement is filed) are excluded from this definition.

	“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York;
	provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.

	(d)

	The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Security Agreement shall refer to this Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Security Agreement, and Section, subsection, clause and Schedule references are to this Security Agreement unless otherwise specified.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.

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	(e)

	The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

	(f)

	Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

	(g)

	References to “Lenders” in this Security Agreement shall be deemed to include Cash Management Banks and Hedge Banks.

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	Grant of Security Interest.

	(a)

	Each Grantor hereby bargains, sells, conveys, assigns, sets over, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates and transfers to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties a lien on and security interest in (the “Security Interest”), all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations:

	(i)

	all Accounts;

	(ii)

	all cash;

	(iii)

	all Chattel Paper;

	(iv)

	all Documents;

	(v)

	all equipment and Fixtures;

	(vi)

	all General Intangibles;

	(vii)

	all Instruments;

	(viii)

	all Intellectual Property;

	(ix)

	all Inventory;

	(x)

	all Investment Property;

	(xi)

	all Letters of Credit (as defined in the UCC) and Letter-of-Credit Rights;

	(xii)

	all Supporting Obligations;

	(xiii)

	all Collateral Accounts;

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	(xiv)

	all minerals, oil, gas and As-Extracted Collateral;

	(xv)

	books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and

	(xvi)

	the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing;

	
	provided  that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (A) motor vehicles the perfection of a security interest in which is excluded from the UCC in the relevant jurisdiction, (B) any Equity Interests pledged (or specifically excluded from the pledge) pursuant to the Pledge Agreement (other than publicly-traded Equity Interests in Unrestricted Subsidiaries), and (C) any asset with respect to which the Administrative Agent has confirmed in writing to the Borrower its determination that the costs or other consequences (including adverse tax consequences) of providing a security interest in is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders.

	(b)

	Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent and its Affiliates, counsel and other representatives, at any time and from time to time, to file or record financing statements, amendments to financing statements and, with notice to the Company, and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral in such form and in such offices as the Collateral Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the Collateral Agent under this Security Agreement, and such financing statements and amendments may described the Collateral covered thereby as “all assets”, “all personal property” or words of similar effect;
	provided that, with respect to Fixtures and As-Extracted Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall only file or record financing statements in the jurisdiction of organization of a Grantor except in connection with a Mortgage.  Each Grantor hereby also authorizes the Collateral Agent and its Affiliates, counsel and other representatives, at any time and from time to time, to file continuation statements with respect to previously filed financing statements.  A photographic or other reproduction of this Security Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction to the Collateral Agent.

	Each Grantor hereby agrees to provide to the Collateral Agent, promptly upon request, any information reasonably necessary to effectuate the filings or recordings authorized by this Section 2(b).

	The Collateral Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), as the case may be, as secured party.

	The Security Interests are granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.

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	Representations and Warranties.

	Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each Secured Party that:

	3.1.

	
	Title; No Other Liens.  Except for (a) the Security Interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Security Agreement, (b) the Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement and (c) any Liens securing Indebtedness which is no longer outstanding or any Liens with respect to commitments to lend which have been termi-nated, such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others.  No security agreement, financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral that evidences a Lien securing any material Indebtedness is on file or of record in any public office, except such as (i) have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Security Agreement or (ii) are permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	3.2.

	
	Perfected First Priority Liens.

	(a)

	This Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Security Interests in the Collateral, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles.

	(b)

	Subject to the limitations set forth in clause (c) of this Section 3.2, the Se-curity Interests granted pursuant to this Security Agreement (i) will constitute valid and perfected Security Interests in the Collateral (as to which perfection may be obtained by the filings or other actions described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of this paragraph and other than with respect to any As-Extracted Collateral that requires the filing or recording of financing statements other than in the office of the Secretary of State or other central filing office in the jurisdiction of organization of the applicable Guarantor in order to perfect) in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Obligations, upon (A) the completion of the filing in the applicable filing offices of all financing statements, in each case, naming each Grantor as “debtor” and the Collateral Agent as “secured party” and describing the Collateral, (B) delivery of all Instruments, Chattel Paper, Certificated Securities and negotiable Documents in each case, properly endorsed for transfer to the Collateral Agent or in blank and (C) completion of the filing and recording of fully executed agreements in the form hereof (or a supplement hereto) and containing a description of all Collateral constituting registered Patents and Trademarks in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (or any successor office) within a three month period (commencing as of the date hereof) or, with respect to Collateral constituting United States Patents and United States registered Trademarks acquired after the date hereof, within three months thereafter, and all Collateral constituting registered Copyrights in the United States Copyright Office (or any successor office) within a one month period (commencing as of the date hereof) or, with respect to Collateral constituting registered United States Copyrights acquired after the date hereof, within one month thereafter pursuant to 35 USC § 261, 15 USC § 1060 or 17 USC § 205 and the regulations thereunder, and otherwise as may be required pursuant to the laws of any other necessary jurisdiction to the extent that a security interest may be
	

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	perfected by such filings and recordings, and (ii) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 10.2 of the Credit Agreement.

	(c)

	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Grantor shall be required to perfect the Security Interests granted by this Security Agreement (including Security Interests in cash, cash accounts and Investment Property) by any means other than by (i) filings pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant State(s), (ii) filings approved by United States government offices with respect to Intellectual Property or (iii) delivery to the Collateral Agent to be held in its possession of all Collateral consisting of Tangible Chattel Paper, Instruments, Certificated Securities or Negotiable Documents;
	provided that the Grantors shall not be required to deliver to the Collateral Agent any Tangible Chattel Paper, Instruments, Certificated Securities or Negotiable Documents with an individual fair market value of less than $10,000,000.

	(d)

	It is understood and agreed that the Security Interests in cash and Investment Property created hereunder shall not prevent the Grantors from using such assets in the ordinary course of their respective businesses.

	4.

	
	Covenants.

	Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Security Agreement until the Credit Agreement Obligations are paid in full, the Commitments are terminated and no Letters of Credit thereunder remain outstanding:

	4.1

	
	Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.

	(a)

	Such Grantor shall maintain the Security Interest created by this Security Agreement as a perfected Security Interest having at least the priority described in Section 3.1 and shall defend such Security Interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, in each case subject to Section 3.2(c).

	(b)

	Such Grantor will furnish to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and property of such Grantor and such other reports in connection therewith as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request.  In addition, within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, such Grantor will deliver to the Collateral Agent a written supplement substantially in the form of Annex A hereto with respect to any additional Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks registered or applied for with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office and acquired by such Grantor after the date hereof, all in reasonable detail.

	(c)

	Subject to clause (d) below and Section 3.2(c), each Grantor agrees that at any time and from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, it will execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents, including all applicable documents required under Section 3.2(b)(i)(C)), which may be required under any applicable law, or which the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in
	

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	order (i) to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the Security Interests created or intended to be created hereby or (ii) to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral, including the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the Security Interests created hereby and all applicable documents required under Section 3.2(b)(i)(C), all at the expense of such Grantor.

	(d)

	Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.1 to the contrary, (i) with respect to any assets acquired by such Grantor after the date hereof that are required by the Credit Agreement to be subject to the Lien created hereby or (ii) with respect to any Person that, subsequent to the date hereof, becomes a Domestic Subsidiary that is required by the Credit Agreement to become a party hereto, the relevant Grantor after the acquisition or creation thereof shall promptly take all actions required by the Credit Agreement or this Section 4.1.

	4.2.

	
	Changes in Locations, Name, etc.  Each Grantor will furnish to the Collat-eral Agent promptly (an in any event within 30 days of such change) a written notice of any change (i) in its legal name, (ii) in its jurisdiction of organization or location for purposes of the UCC, (iii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure or (iv) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number.  Each Grantor agrees promptly to provide the Collateral Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this paragraph.  Each Grantor also agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.

	4.3.

	
	Notices.  Each Grantor will advise the Collateral Agent and the Lenders promptly, in reasonable detail, of any Lien of which it has knowledge (other than the Security Interests created hereby or Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral which would adversely affect, in any material respect, the ability of the Collateral Agent to exer-cise any of its remedies hereunder.

	5.

	
	Remedial Provisions.

	5.1.

	
	Certain Matters Relating to Accounts.

	(a)

	At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after giving reasonable notice to the Company and any other relevant Grantor, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, but not the obligation, to instruct the Collateral Agent to (and upon such instruction, the Collateral Agent shall) make test verifications of the Accounts in any manner and through any medium that such Agent reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as such Agent may require in connection with such test verifications.  Such Agent shall have the absolute right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.

	(b)

	The Collateral Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s Accounts and the Collateral Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.  If required in writing by the Collateral Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of De-

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	fault, any payments of Accounts, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent if required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of and on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Collateral Agent for the account of the Secured Parties only as provided in Section 5.5, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor.  Each such deposit of Proceeds of Accounts shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.

	(c)

	At the Collateral Agent’s request at any time after the occurrence and dur-ing the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Accounts, including all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.

	(d)

	Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, a Grantor shall not grant any extension of the time of payment of any of the Accounts, compro-mise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any Person liable for the payment thereof, or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon if the Collateral Agent shall have instructed the Grantors not to grant or make any such extension, credit, discount, compromise or settlement under any circumstances during the continuance of such Event of Default.

	5.2.

	
	Communications with Credit Parties; Grantors Remain Liable.

	(a)

	The Collateral Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after giving reason-able notice to the relevant Grantor of its intent to do so, communicate with obligors under the Accounts to verify with them to the Collateral Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Accounts.  The Collateral Agent shall have the absolute right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.

	(b)

	Upon the written request of the Collateral Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify obligors on the Accounts that the Accounts have been assigned to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Collateral Agent.

	(c)

	Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall re-main liable under each of the Accounts to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto.  Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Security Agreement or the receipt by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or
	

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	the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

	5.3.

	
	Proceeds to be Turned Over to Collateral Agent.  In addition to the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties specified in Section 5.1 with respect to payments of Accounts, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent so requires by notice in writing to the relevant Grantor (it being understood that the exercise of remedies by the Secured Parties in connection with an Event of Default under Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a request by the Collateral Agent for the purposes of this sentence and in such circumstances, no such written notice shall be required), all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required).  All Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its dominion and control and on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.  All Pro-ceeds while held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 5.4.

	5.4.

	
	Application of Proceeds.  (a)  The Collateral Agent shall apply the Proceeds of any collection or sale of the Collateral as well as any Collateral consisting of cash, at any time after receipt as follows:

	(i)

	
	first, to the payment of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Security Agreement, the other Credit Documents or any of the Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf of any Grantor and any other reasonable and documented costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document;

	(ii)

	
	second, to the Secured Parties, an amount equal to all Obligations owing to them on the date of any distribution, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full, then ratably as between the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and the Existing Note Secured Parties (without priority of any one over any other) in proportion to the unpaid amounts of Credit Agreement Obligations and Existing Notes Obligations, which such proceeds applied (x) as among the Existing Notes Secured Parties, to such Secured Parties in proportion to the unpaid amounts thereof and (y) as among the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, as set forth in Section 11 of the Credit Agreement (or,
	

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	if the Credit Agreement is amended such that Section 11 no longer sets forth the priorities for such application, as may be set forth elsewhere in the Credit Agreement); and

	(iii)

	
	third, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the Grantors or their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

	Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

	(b)

	If at any time any moneys collected or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement are distributable pursuant to paragraph (a) above to any Existing Notes Trustee, and if any Existing Notes Trustee shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing that no provision is made under the applicable Existing Notes Indenture for the application by such Existing Notes Trustee of such moneys and that the applicable Existing Notes Indenture does not effectively provide for the receipt and the holding by such Existing Notes Trustee of such moneys pending the application thereof, then the Collateral Agent, after receipt of such moneys pending the application thereof, and after receipt of such notification, shall at the direction of such Existing Notes Trustee, invest such amounts in Permitted Investments maturing within 90 days after they are acquired by the Collateral Agent or, in the absence of such direction, hold such moneys uninvested and shall hold all such amounts so distributable and all such investments and the net proceeds thereof in trust solely for such Existing Notes Trustee (in its capacity as trustee) and for no other purpose until such time as such Existing Notes Trustee shall request in writing the delivery thereof by the Collateral Agent for application pursuant to the applicable Existing Notes Indenture.  The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any diminution in funds resulting from any such investment or any liquidation or any liquidation thereof prior to maturity.

	(c)

	In making the determination and allocations required by this Section 5.4, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied by each Existing Notes Trustee as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Existing Notes Obligations and information supplied by the Administrative Agent as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Credit Agreement Obligations, and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information;
	provided that nothing in this sentence shall prevent any Grantor from contesting any amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any information so supplied.  All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 5.4 shall be (subject to any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final (absent manifest error), and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by the Administrative Agent or any Existing Notes Trustee of any amounts distributed to them.

	(d)

	If, despite the provisions of this Agreement, any Secured Party shall receive any payment or other recovery in excess of its portion of payments on account of the Secured Obligations to which it is then entitled in accordance with this Agreement, such Secured
	

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	Party shall hold such payment or other recovery in trust for the benefit of all Secured Parties hereunder for distribution in accordance with this Section 5.4.

	5.5.

	
	Code and Other Remedies.  If an Event of Default shall occur and be con-tinuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to all other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC or any other applicable law and also may, with no-tice to the relevant Grantor, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at one or more public or private sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Collateral Agent or any Lender or elsewhere for cash or on credit or for future delivery at such price or prices and upon such other terms as are commercially reasonable irrespective of the impact of any such sales on the market price of the Collateral.  The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers of Collateral to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and, upon consummation of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold.  Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal that it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.  The Collateral Agent and any Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, and the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party may pay the purchase price by crediting the amount thereof against the Obligations.  Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days’ notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification.  The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given.  The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.  To the extent permitted by law, each Grantor hereby waives any claim against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price that might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree.  Each Grantor further agrees, at the Collateral Agent’s request to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent, at places which the Collateral Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere.  The Collateral Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 5.5 in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.4.

	5.6.

	
	Deficiency.  Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent or any Se-cured Party to collect such deficiency.

	5.7.

	
	Amendments, etc. with Respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights.  

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	Each Grantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Grantor and without notice to or further assent by any Grantor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by such party and any of the Obligations continued, (b) the Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (c) the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Letters of Credit and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith and any Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, or, in the case of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank) may deem advisable from time to time, (d) any Existing Notes Indenture and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance with their respective terms and (e) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.  Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for this Security Agreement or any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder against any Grantor, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the Borrower or any Grantor or any other Person, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any Grantor or any other person or any release of the Borrower or any Grantor or any other Person shall not relieve any Grantor in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or any Grantor not so released of its several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against any Grantor.  For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

	6.

	
	The Collateral Agent.

	6.1.

	
	Collateral Agent’s Appointment as Attorneys-in-Fact, etc.

	(a)

	Each Grantor hereby appoints, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Security Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Security Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
	

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	Grantor hereby gives the Collateral Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, without assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following, in each case after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after written notice by the Collateral Agent of its intent to do so:

	(i)

	take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Account or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Account or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

	(ii)

	in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may request to evidence the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ Security Interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

	(iii)

	pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral;

	(iv)

	execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 5.5, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral;

	(v)

	obtain and adjust insurance required to be maintained by such Grantor pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Credit Agreement;

	(vi)

	direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent or as the Collateral Agent shall direct;

	(vii)

	ask or demand for, collect and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral;

	(viii)

	sign and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral;

	(ix)

	commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral;

	(x)

	defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral (with such Grantor’s consent to the extent such action or its
	

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	resolution could materially affect such Grantor or any of its affiliates in any manner other than with respect to its continuing rights in such Collateral);

	(xi)

	settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate (with such Grantor’s consent to the extent such action or its resolution could materially affect such Grantor or any of its affiliates in any manner other than with respect to its continuing rights in such Collateral);
	

	(xii)

	assign any Intellectual Property (along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Intellectual Property pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Collateral Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and

	(xiii)

	generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Collateral Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things that the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ Security Interests therein and to effect the intent of this Security Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

	Anything in this Section 6.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Collateral Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 6.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

	(b)

	If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Collateral Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.

	(c)

	The expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 6.1, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the highest rate per annum at which interest would then be payable on any category of past due ABR Loans under the Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by the Collateral Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent on demand.

	(d)

	Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Security Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Security Agreement is terminated and the Security Interests created hereby are released.

	6.2.

	
	Duty of Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account.  The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to
	

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	have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property.  Neither the Collateral Agent, any Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof.  The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any such powers.  The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

	6.3.

	
	Authority of Collateral Agent.  Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Security Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Security Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, be governed by the Credit Agreement, and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Collateral Agent and the Grantors, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the applicable Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

	6.4.

	
	Security Interest Absolute.  All rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the security interest and all obligations of the Grantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional.

	6.5.

	
	Continuing Security Interest; Assignments Under the Credit Agreement; Release.

	(a)

	This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Grantor and the successors and assigns thereof and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns until all Credit Agreement Obligations (other than any contingent indemnity obligations not then due) and the obligations of each Grantor under this Security Agreement shall have been satisfied by payment in full, the Commitments shall be terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding (or all such Letters of Credit shall have been fully cash collateralized or otherwise back-stopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuers), notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement the Credit Parties may be free from any Obligations.

	(b)

	A Subsidiary Grantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Grantor shall be auto-

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	matically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under the Credit Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Grantor ceases to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.

	(c)

	Upon any sale or other transfer by any Grantor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Security Interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released and such Collateral sold free and clear of the Lien and Security Interests created hereby.  Any release of Collateral permitted by this clause (c) and clause (b) above will be deemed not to impair the Liens created by the Security Documents in contravention thereof and any person that is required to deliver an officer's certificate or opinion of counsel pursuant to Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of such certificate or opinion.

	(d)

	In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

	6.6.

	
	Reinstatement.  Each Grantor further agrees that, if any payment made by any Credit Party or other Person and applied to the Obligations is at any time annulled, avoided, set aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the Proceeds of Collateral are required to be returned by any Secured Party to such Credit Party, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other party, including any Grantor, under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, any Lien or other Collateral securing such liability shall be and remain in full force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never been made or, if prior thereto the Lien granted hereby or other Collateral securing such liability hereunder shall have been released or terminated by virtue of such cancellation or surrender), such Lien or other Collateral shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect any Lien or other Collateral securing the obligations of any Grantor in respect of the amount of such payment.

	7.

	
	Collateral Agent as Agent.

	(a)

	Citibank, N.A. has been appointed to act as the Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement, by the Lenders under the Credit Agreement and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties.  The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement,
	provided that the Collateral Agent shall exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for in Section 5 in accordance with the instructions of Required Lenders.  In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section 7(a), each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies here-

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	under may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section 7(a).

	(b)

	The Collateral Agent shall at all times be the same Person that is the Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement.  Written notice of resignation by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 13.9 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as Collateral Agent under this Security Agreement; removal of the Collateral Agent shall also constitute removal under this Security Agreement; and appointment of a Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 13.9 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute appointment of a successor Collateral Agent under this Security Agreement.  Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent under Section 13.9 of the Credit Agreement by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Security Agreement, and the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Security Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Collateral Agent all sums, securities and other items of Collateral held hereunder, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Collateral Agent under this Security Agreement, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Collateral Agent or otherwise authorize the filing of such amendments to financing statements and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Collateral Agent of the Security Interests created hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Security Agreement.  After any retiring or removed Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Security Agreement shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Security Agreement while it was Collateral Agent hereunder.

	(c)

	The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have any duty whatsoever with respect to any Secured Party that is a counterparty to a Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations, unless it shall have received written notice in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent from a Grantor or any such Secured Party as to the existence and terms of the applicable Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement.

	(d)

	The obligations of the Collateral Agent to the Existing Notes Secured Parties hereunder shall be limited solely to (i) holding the Collateral for the benefit of the Existing Notes Secured Parties for so long as (A) any Existing Notes Obligations remain outstanding and (B) any Existing Notes Obligations are secured by such Collateral and (ii) distributing any proceeds received by the Collateral Agent from the sale, collection or realization of the Collateral to the Existing Notes Secured Parties in respect of the Existing Notes Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Neither the holders of the Existing Notes nor any Existing Notes Trustee shall be entitled to exercise (or direct the Collateral Agent to exercise) any rights or remedies hereunder with respect to the Existing Notes Obligations, including without limitation the right to enforce the security interest in the Collateral, request any action, institute proceedings, give any instructions, make any election, give any notice to account debtors, make collections, sell or otherwise foreclose on any portion of the Collateral or execute any amendment, supplement, or acknowledgment hereof.  This Agreement shall not create any liability of the Col-

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	lateral Agent or the Credit Agreement Secured Parties to any of the Existing Notes Secured Parties by reason of actions taken with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of the security interest on the Collateral, actions with respect to the occurrence of an Event of Default, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, sale, release, or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Collateral or action with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the Secured Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party or the valuation, use or protection of the Collateral.  By acceptance of the benefits under this Agreement and the other Security Documents, the Existing Notes Secured Parties and the Existing Notes Trustees will be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the provisions of the preceding sentence are intended to induce the Lenders to permit such Persons to be Secured Parties under this Agreement and certain of the other Security Documents and are being relied upon by the Lenders as consideration therefor.

	(e)

	The Collateral Agent shall not be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance by the Borrower or any other obligor of the Existing Notes Obligations.

	(f)

	The Collateral Agent may execute any of the powers granted under this Agreement and perform any duty hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact, and shall not be responsible for the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care and without gross negligence or willful misconduct.

	(g)

	The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have actual, constructive, direct or indirect notice or knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received a notice of Event of Default or a notice from the Administrative Agent, a Grantor or any Secured Party to the Collateral Agent in its capacity as Collateral Agent indicating that an Event of Default has occurred.  The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation either prior to or after receiving such notice to inquire whether an Event of Default has, in fact, occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any notice so furnished to it.

	(h)

	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Agreement shall or shall be construed to (i) result in the security interest in the Collateral securing the Existing Notes Obligations less than equally and ratably with the Credit Agreement Obligations pursuant to the Existing Notes Indentures to the extent required or (ii) modify or affect the rights of the Existing Notes Secured Parties to receive the pro rata share specified in Section 5.4(a)(ii) of any proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral.

	(i)

	The parties hereto agree that the Existing Notes Obligations and the Credit Agreement Obligations are, and will be, equally and ratably secured with each other by the Liens on the Collateral, and that it is their intention to give full effect to the equal and ratable provisions of the Existing Notes Indentures, as in effect on the date hereof.  To the extent that the rights and benefits herein or in any other Security Document conferred on the Existing Notes Secured Parties shall be held to exceed the rights and benefits required so to be conferred by such provisions, such rights and benefits shall be limited so as to provide such Existing Notes Secured Parties only those rights and benefits that are required by such provisions.  Any and all rights not
	

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	herein expressly given to the Existing Notes Trustees are expressly reserved to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties other than the Existing Notes Secured Parties.

	8.

	
	Miscellaneous.

	8.1.

	
	Amendments in Writing.  None of the terms or provisions of this Security Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the affected Grantor and the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement;
	provided, however, that the requisite written consent of the holders of the applicable Existing Notes and/or the applicable Existing Notes Trustee under the applicable Existing Notes Indenture shall be required with respect to any release, waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement that would materially and adversely affect the rights of the holders of one or more series of the Existing Notes to equally and ratably share in the security provided for herein with respect to the Collateral.  Except as set forth in this Section 8.1, neither the holders of any of the Existing Notes nor any of the Existing Notes Trustees shall have any rights to approve any release, waiver, amendment, modification, charge, discharge or termination with respect to this Agreement.

	8.2.

	
	Notices.  All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement;
	provided that (i) any notice to an Existing Notes Trustee may be made to its address as set forth in the most recent copy of applicable Existing Notes Indenture provided to the Collateral Agent by the Company and (ii) notice to any Existing Notes Trustee shall be deemed sufficient notice to the holders of the applicable Existing Notes for all purposes hereunder.  All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement.

	8.3.

	
	No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.  Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof.  No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof.  No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

	8.4.

	
	Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification.

	(a)

	Each Grantor agrees to pay any and all expenses (including all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by any Secured Party in enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or
	

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	all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, such Grantor under this Security Agreement.

	(b)

	Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Security Agreement.

	(c)

	Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Security Agreement to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 14.5 of the Credit Agreement.

	(d)

	The agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Existing Notes and the Existing Notes Indentures.

	8.5.

	
	Successors and Assigns.  The provisions of this Security Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Security Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent except pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	8.6.

	
	Counterparts.  This Security Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Security Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  A set of the copies of this Security Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Collateral Agent, the Existing Notes Trustees and the Company.

	8.7.

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

	8.8.

	
	Section Headings.  The Section headings used in this Security Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

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	8.9.

	
	Integration.  This Security Agreement together with the other Credit Documents represents the agreement of each of the Grantors with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

	8.10.

	
	GOVERNING LAW.  THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

	8.11.

	
	Submission to Jurisdiction Waivers.  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

	(a)

	submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Security Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

	(b)

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

	(c)

	agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address referred to in Section 8.2 or at such other address of which the Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

	(d)

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

	(e)

	waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 8.11 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

	8.12.

	
	Acknowledgments.  Each party hereto hereby acknowledges that:

	(a)

	it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Security Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party;

	(b)

	neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Security
	

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	Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

	(c)

	no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders and any other Secured Party or among the Grantors and the Lenders and any other Secured Party.

	8.13.

	
	Additional Grantors.  Each Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a party to this Security Agreement pursuant to Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein, for all purposes of this Security Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a written supplement substantially in the form of Annex B hereto.  The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Grantor as a party to this Security Agreement shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder.  The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Security Agreement.

	8.14.

	
	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

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	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

	KINDER MORGAN, INC.

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	INTERENERGY CORPORATION

	
	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN (DELAWARE), INC.

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN ILLINOIS PIPELINE LLC

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN TRANSCOLORADO LLC

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KINDER MORGAN TRANSCOLORADO, INC.

	

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	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KM INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KN GAS GATHERING, INC.

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KN NATURAL GAS, INC.

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	KN TRANSCOLORADO, INC.

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	MIDCON CORP.

	

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	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	NGPL CANYON COMPRESSION COMPANY

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

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	CITIBANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent

	By:

	________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

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	Schedule 1

	
	Copyrights

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	Schedule 2

	
	Patents

	[The patent registrations and applications listed on Schedule 8(b) of the Perfection Certificate are incorporated by reference herein.]

	

	

	

	

	

	

	
	Schedule 3

	
	Trademarks

	[The trademark registrations and applications listed on Schedule 8(c) of the Perfection Certificate are incorporated by reference herein.]

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	ANNEX A TO
	
THE SECURITY AGREEMENT

	SUPPLEMENT NO. [  ], dated as of [                    ], to the SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of May 30, 2007, among each of the Grantors listed on the signature pages thereto (each such subsidiary individually, a “Grantor” and, collectively, the “Grantors”), and Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined therein).

	A.

	Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the “Company”), Knight Acquisition Co., the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other agents and entities party thereto.

	B.

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

	C.

	The Grantors have entered into the Security Agreement in order to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the respective Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and to induce the Cash Management Banks and Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements.

	D.

	Pursuant to Section 4.1(b) of the Security Agreement, within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, each Grantor has agreed to deliver to the Collateral Agent a written supplement substantially in the form of this Supplement with respect to any additional Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks acquired by such Grantor after the date of the Credit Agreement.  The Grantors have identified on Schedule I, II and III hereto the additional Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks registered or applied for with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office acquired by such Grantors after the date of the Credit Agreement.  The undersigned Grantors are executing this Supplement in order to facilitate supplemental filings to be made by the Collateral Agent with the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

	Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the Grantors agree as follows:

	SECTION 1.  (a) Schedule 1 of the Security Agreement is hereby supplemented, as applicable, by the information (if any) set forth in the Schedule I hereto, (b) Schedule 2 of the Security Agreement is hereby supplemented, as applicable, by the information (if any) set forth in the Schedule II hereto and (c) Schedule 3 of the Security Agreement is hereby supplemented, as applicable, by the information (if any) set forth in the Schedule III hereto.

	SECTION 2.  Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in the Intellectual Property set forth in Schedules I, II
	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	and III hereto.  Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants that the information set forth on Schedules I, II and III hereto is true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof.

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

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

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

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

	SECTION 7.  All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 8.2 of the Security Agreement.

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

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	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

	_____________________, as New Grantor

	By:

	___________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	_________________________, as Collateral Agent

	By:

	___________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

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	Schedule I

	
	Copyrights

	UNITED STATES COPYRIGHTS:

	Registrations:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			TITLE

				
			 
	
			REGISTRATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	Applications:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			DESCRIPTION

				
			 
	
			APPLICATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	
	Schedule II

	
	Patents

	UNITED STATES PATENTS:

	Registrations:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			TITLE

				
			 
	
			REGISTRATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	Applications:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			DESCRIPTION

				
			 
	
			APPLICATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	

	

	

	

	

	
	Schedule III

	
	Trademarks

	UNITED STATES TRADEMARKS:

	Registrations:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			TRADEMARK

				
			 
	
			REGISTRATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	Applications:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			TRADEMARK

				
			 
	
			APPLICATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	ANNEX B TO
	
THE SECURITY AGREEMENT

	SUPPLEMENT NO. [  ], dated as of [                    ], to the SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of May 30, 2007, among each of the Grantors listed on the signature pages thereto (each such subsidiary individually, a “Grantor” and, collectively, the “Grantors”), and Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined therein).

	A.

	Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the “Company”), Knight Acquisition Co., the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other agents and entities party thereto.

	B.

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

	C.

	The Grantors have entered into the Security Agreement in order to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the respective Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and to induce the Cash Management Banks and Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements.

	D.

	Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement and Section 8.13 of the Security Agreement provide that additional Subsidiaries may become Grantors under the Security Agreement by execution and delivery of this Supplement.  Each undersigned Domestic Subsidiary (each a “New Grantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Security Agreement to become a Subsidiary Grantor under the Security Agreement in order to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make additional Extensions of Credit and as consideration for Extensions of Credit previously made.

	Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Grantors agree as follows:

	SECTION 1.  In accordance with subsection 8.13 of the Security Agreement, each New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Security Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and each New Grantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof.  In furtherance of the foregoing, each New Grantor, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations, does hereby bargain, sell, convey, assign, set over, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate and transfer to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a Security Interest in all of the Collateral of such New Grantor, in each case whether now or hereafter existing or in which now has or hereafter
	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	acquires an interest.  Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Security Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Grantor.  The Security Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

	SECTION 2.  Each New Grantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

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

	SECTION 4.  Each New Grantor hereby represents and warrants that (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of the location of any and all Collateral of such New Grantor, (b) set forth under its signature hereto is (i) the legal name of such New Grantor, (ii) the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of such New Grantor, (iii) the true and correct location of the chief executive office and principal place of business and any office in which it maintains books or records relating to Collateral owned by it, (iv) the identity or type of organization or corporate structure of such New Grantor and (v) the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number and organizational number of such New Grantor and (c) as of the date hereof (i) Schedule II hereto sets forth, in proper form for filing with the United States Copyright Office, all of each New Grantor’s Copyrights registered or applied for with the United States Copyright Office, (ii) Schedule III hereto sets forth, in proper form for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, all of each New Grantor’s Patents registered or applied for with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (iii) Schedule IV hereto sets forth, in proper form for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, all of each New Grantor’s Trademarks (and all applications therefor).

	SECTION 5.  Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

	SECTION 6.  THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

	SECTION 7.  Any provision of this Supplement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and in the Security Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with
	

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	valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

	SECTION 8.  All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 8.2 of the Security Agreement.

	SECTION 9.  Each New Grantor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its respective reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.

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

	_____________________, as New Grantor

	By:

	______________________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	[INSERT INFORMATION FROM SECTION 4(b)]

	_________________________, as Collateral Agent

	By:

	______________________________________

	

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

	[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPLEMENT NO. [__] TO SECURITY AGREEMENT]

	

	

	

	

	
	Schedule I

	
	Location of Collateral

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	
	Schedule II

	
	Copyrights

	UNITED STATES COPYRIGHTS:

	Registrations:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			TITLE

				
			 
	
			REGISTRATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	Applications:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			DESCRIPTION

				
			 
	
			APPLICATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	
	Schedule III

	
	Patents

	UNITED STATES PATENTS:

	Registrations:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			TITLE

				
			 
	
			REGISTRATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	Applications:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			DESCRIPTION

				
			 
	
			APPLICATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	
	Schedule IV

	
	Trademarks

	UNITED STATES TRADEMARKS:

	Registrations:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			TRADEMARK

				
			 
	
			REGISTRATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	Applications:

						
	
			OWNER

				
			 
	
			TRADEMARK

				
			 
	
			APPLICATION NUMBER

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	EXHIBIT H

	FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT REQUEST

	Dated _____________1

	To:

	Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and, Citibank, N.A., any of its Affiliates or any replacement or successor pursuant to the Credit Agreement, as Letter of Credit Issuers under the Credit Agreement, dated as of [__________], 2007 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among KINDER MORGAN, INC., a Kansas corporation, KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO., a Kansas corporation, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, the other Agents named therein and the Letter of Credit Issuers named therein.  Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

	Ladies and Gentlemen:

	The undersigned hereby requests that the Letter of Credit Issuer [issue] [amend2
] a Letter of Credit on _____________________
3
	(the “Date of Issuance”) in the aggregate stated amount of _____________________
4
	in Dollars.

	For purposes of this Letter of Credit Request, unless otherwise defined, all capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the respective meanings provided therein.

	The beneficiary of the requested Letter of Credit [will be] [is]
	5
, and such Letter of Credit  [will be] [is] in support of ________________
6
	and  [will have] [has] a stated expiration date of __________________
7.
	
	_______________________________________

	
	1

	Date of standby Letter of Credit Request (at least five Business Days prior to the Date of Issuance or such lesser number of Business Days as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Letter of Credit Issuer).

	
	2

	If an amendment, describe the proposed amendment.

	
	3

	Date of Issuance.

	
	4

	Aggregate initial stated amount of Letter of Credit.

	
	5

	Insert name and address of beneficiary.

	
	6

	Insert description of supported obligations and name of agreement to which it relates, if any.

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	The undersigned hereby certifies that:

	(a)

	All representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained in the Credit Agreement or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Date of Issuance (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

	(b)

	No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof nor, after giving effect to the issuance of the Letter of Credit requested hereby, would such a Default or Event of Default occur.

	(c)

	Attached hereto as
	Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the documents to be presented by the beneficiary of the requested Letters of Credit in the case of any drawing thereunder.

	(d)

	Attached hereto as
	Exhibit B is the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder.

	Copies of all documentation with respect to the supported transaction are attached hereto.

		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
			
			
			[_________________________]

			
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
			By:

				
			 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
			 
	
			Name:

			
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
			 
	
			Title:

			

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

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	Footnote continued from previous page.

	
	7

	Insert last date upon which drafts may be presented.

	

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	EXHIBIT J

	FORM OF CLOSING CERTIFICATE

	_________ ___, 2007

	

	Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of [________], 2007 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among KINDER MORGAN, INC., a Kansas corporation, KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO., a Kansas corporation, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, the other Agents named therein and the Letter of Credit Issuers named therein.  Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

	1.

	The undersigned, in the capacities set forth on
	Schedule II hereto (in such capacity with respect to any Certifying Credit Party (as defined herein), the “Authorized Officer”) of each Credit Party listed on
	Schedule II hereto (each such Credit Party being referred to as a “Certifying Credit Party” and collectively as the “Certifying Credit Parties”), hereby certifies as follows:

	(a)

	(i)  The representations and warranties made by each Certifying Credit Party in each of the Credit Documents, in each case as they relate to such Certifying Credit Parties on the date hereof, are true and correct in all material respects (and, in the case of any such representation or warranty that by its terms is qualified by materiality, by reference to a “Material Adverse Effect” or by any term of similar import, true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date hereof and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof; and

	(b)

	[__________] is the duly elected and qualified [Secretary] [Assistant Secretary] [Insert other applicable officer pursuant to local law] of the Certifying Credit Party and the signature set forth on the signature line for such officer below is such officer’s true and genuine signature, and such officer is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Certifying Credit Party each Credit Document to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be delivered by the Certifying Credit Party pursuant to such Credit Documents.

	2.

	The undersigned [Secretary] [Assistant Secretary] of each Certifying Credit Party hereby certifies as follows:

	(a)

	There are no liquidation or dissolution proceedings pending or to my knowledge threatened against any Certifying Credit Party, nor to my knowledge has any other event occurred affecting or threatening the corporate existence of any Certifying Credit Party;

	(b)

	Each Certifying Credit Party is the type of business organization identified on
	Schedule II and is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization as set forth in
	Schedule II;

	(c)

	Attached hereto as
	Exhibit A is a complete and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors, Board of Managers or General Partner (or a duly authorized committee thereof) of each Certifying Credit Party on [___________], 2007 authorizing (i)
	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (ii) the extensions of credit contemplated by the Credit Agreement; such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded and have been in full force and effect since their adoption to and including the date hereof such Certifying Credit Party now in force relating to or affecting the matters referred to therein;

	(d)

	Attached hereto as
	Exhibit B is a true and complete copy of the certificate of incorporation or certificate of formation of each Certifying Credit Party certified by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of organization of such Certifying Credit Party as of a recent date, as in effect at all times since the date shown on the attached certificate of incorporation or certificate of formation;

	(e)

	Attached hereto as
	Exhibit C is a true and complete copy of the by-laws, limited liability Company agreement or limited partnership agreement of each Certifying Credit Party as in effect at all times since the adoption thereof to and including the date hereof; and

	(f)

	The persons identified in
	Schedule I hereto are now duly elected and qualified officers of each Certifying Credit Party holding the offices for each Certifying Credit Party indicated next to their respective names on
	Schedule II, and the signatures appearing opposite their respective names below are the true and genuine signatures of such officers, and each of such officers is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of each Certifying Credit Party each Credit Document to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be delivered by the Certifying Credit Party pursuant to such Credit Documents.

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	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereto set our names as of the date first written above.

				
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			Name:
Title:

				
			 
	
			Name:
Title:

			

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	
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	EXHIBIT K

	FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

	This Assignment and Acceptance (this “Assignment and Acceptance”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”).  [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]3 hereunder are several and not joint.]4  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Acceptance as if set forth herein in full.

	For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities5 identified below [(including, without limitation, the Letters of Credit and the Swingline Loans included in such facilities, as applicable)]6 and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based
	
_______________________________

	
	1 
	

	For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language.  If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language.

	
	2 
	

	For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language.  If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language.

	
	3 
	

	Select as appropriate.

	
	4 
	

	Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees.

	
	5 

	
	Include all applicable subfacilities.

	
	6

	Include only if assignment involves a Revolving Credit Commitment.

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”).  Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

	1.

	
	Assignor[s]:

	______________________________

	______________________________

	2.

	
	Assignee[s]:

	______________________________

	______________________________

	[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]]

	3.

	
	Borrower(s):

	______________________________

	4.

	
	Administrative Agent:  Citibank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement

	5.

	
	Credit Agreement:

	Credit Agreement, dated as of [             ], 2007, among Kinder Morgan, Inc., Knight Acquisition Co., the Lenders from time to time parties thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, the other Agents named therein and the Letter of Credit Issuers named therein and the other parties named therein  

	6.

	Assigned Interest:

	

								
	
			

			

			

			
			Assignor[s]7
	
			

			

			

			
			Assignee[s]8
	
			

			

			Facility

			
			Assigned9
	
			Aggregate

			Amount of

			Commitment/Loans

			
			for all Lenders10
	
			Amount of

			Commit-ment/Loans

			
			Assigned
	
			Percentage

			Assigned of

			Commitment/

			
			Loans11
	
			

			

			CUSIP

			
			 Number

	
			  

				
			  

				
			  

				
			  

				
			  

				
			  

				
			  

			
	
			 
	
			 
	
			____________

				
			$__________

				
			$__________

				
			____________%

				
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			____________

				
			$__________

				
			$__________

				
			____________%

				
			 

	
			 
	
			 
	
			____________

				
			$__________

				
			$__________

				
			____________%

				
			 

	

	[7.

	Trade Date:

	__________________]12

	_________________________________

	
	7 

	List each Assignor, as appropriate.

	
	8 

	List each Assignee, as appropriate.

	
	9 

	Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g. “Revolving Credit Commitment”, “Tranche A Term Loan Commitment”, etc.).

	
	10 

	Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.

	
	11 

	Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

	Footnote continued on next page.

	

	

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	Effective Date:  __________________, 20__ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

	The terms set forth in this Assignment and Acceptance are hereby agreed to:

	
	ASSIGNOR

	[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

	By:  _____________________________

	Title:

	
	ASSIGNEE

	[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

	By:  _____________________________

	Title:

	Consented to and Accepted:

	Citibank, N.A., as
 Administrative Agent

	By:

	_________________________________

	Title:

	[Consented to:  Kinder Morgan, Inc.

	By:

	_________________________________

	Title:] 13

	

	

	

	

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	Footnote continued from previous page.

	
	12 

	
	To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be deter-

	mined as of the Trade Date.

	
	13 
	

	Insert for the Borrower when its consent is required under the Credit Agreement.

	

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	ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

	STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

	ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

	1.

	
	Representations and Warranties.

	1.1.

	
	Assignor.  [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.

	1.2.

	
	Assignee.  [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under
	Section 14.6(b)(iii) and (v) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under
	Section 14.6(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to
	Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

	2.

	
	Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

	3.

	
	General Provisions.  

	

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	3.1.   In accordance with
	Section 14.6 of the Credit Agreement, upon execution, delivery, acceptance and recording of this Assignment and Acceptance, from and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement with a Credit Commitment as set forth herein and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent of the Assigned Interest assigned pursuant to this Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement (and, in the case of this Assignment and Acceptance covers all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Assignor shall cease to be a party to the Credit Agreement but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
	Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5, 5.4, 14.5, 14.20 and
	14.21 thereof).

	3.2.

	This Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Acceptance.  This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

	

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	EXHIBIT L-1

	

	
	FORM OF TRANCHE A TERM NOTE1

	___________, ____

	FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO., a Kansas corporation (the “Initial Borrower”), and upon the consummation of the Merger, KINDER MORGAN, INC., a Kansas corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to _____________________ or registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of (a) [AMOUNT] [($[_______])], or, if less, (b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of [              ], 2007 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the Initial Borrower, the Company, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the other Agents named therein and the Letter of Credit Issuers named therein, and the other parties named therein.

	The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan made by the Lender from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement.  All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s office or such other place as the Administrative Agent shall have specified.  If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.

	This promissory note (this “Promissory Note”) is one of the promissory notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein.  The Tranche A Term Loan evidenced hereby is guaranteed and secured as provided therein and in the other Credit Documents.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Promissory Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement.  The Tranche A Term Loan made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business.  The Lender may also attach schedules to this Promissory Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

	The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Promissory Note.

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	1

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	THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

	

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	[KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO.

	By:

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	KINDER MORGAN, INC.

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	EXHIBIT L-4

	 

	
	
	FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE

	
	(REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS AND SWINGLINE LOANS)

	
	

	
		
			
			
			$_____________________
	
			New York, New York

			[________, 200_]

	FOR VALUE RECEIVED, KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO., a Kansas corporation (the “Initial Borrower”), and upon the consummation of the Merger, KINDER MORGAN, INC., a Kansas corporation (the “Company”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Lender or its registered assign (the “[Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Lender”), at the Administrative Agent’s office or such other place as Citibank, N.A. (the “Administrative Agent”) shall have specified, in immediately available funds, in accordance with Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement (as defined below; capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement) on the [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Maturity Date (a) [Amount] [($[         ])] or, (b) if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all advances made by the Lender to the Company in respect of [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Loans pursuant to the Credit Agreement.  The Company further unconditionally promises to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates per annum and on the dates specified in Section 2.8 of the Credit Agreement.

	This promissory note (this “Promissory Note”) is one of the promissory notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, dated as of [________, 2007] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Initial Borrower, the Company, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the other Agents named therein and the Letter of Credit Issuers named therein and the other parties named therein.  This Promissory Note is subject to, and the [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Lender is entitled to the benefits of, the provisions of the Credit Agreement, and the [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Loans evidenced hereby are guaranteed and secured as provided therein and in the other Credit Documents.  The [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Loans evidenced hereby are subject to prepayment prior to the [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Maturity Date, in whole or in part, as provided in the Credit Agreement.

	All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Promissory Note, whether maker, principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive diligence, presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind whatsoever in connection with this Promissory Note.  No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Administrative Agent or the [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the Credit Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  A waiver by any Administrative Agent or the [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Lender of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any Credit Document on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that any Administrative Agent or the [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

	All payments in respect of the principal of and interest on this Promissory Note shall be made to the Person recorded in the Register as the holder of this Promissory Note, as described more fully in Section 2.5(g) of the Credit Agreement, and such Person shall be treated as the [Revolving Credit] [Swingline] Lender hereunder for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.

	

	

	

	

	

	

	THIS PROMISSORY NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

	[Signature Page Follows]

	

	-2-

	

	

	

	

	KNIGHT ACQUISITION CO.1

	By:

	____________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

	KINDER MORGAN, INC.

	By:

	____________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	_________________________________

	
	
	
	1           
	
	
	If executed on the Closing Date.

	

	

	

	

	

	

	TRANSACTIONS ON
[REVOLVING CREDIT] [Swingline] LOAN NOTE

	

						
	
			Date
	
			Amount of [Revolving 

			Credit][Swingline] Loan Made This 

			Date
	
			Amount of Principal Paid This Date
	
			Outstanding Princi-

			pal Balance This 

			Date
	
			Notation
Made By

	
			  
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			  
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	
			  
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 
	
			 

	

	

	

	-2-

	

	

	

	

	EXHIBIT M

	FORM OF NEW LOAN INCREASE JOINDER

	JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of [____________, 200__] (this “Agreement”), by and among [NEW LOAN LENDERS] (each, a “New Loan Lender” and, collectively, the “New Loan Lenders”), Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Company”) and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

	R E C I T A L S:

	WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of [_______, 2007] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Knight Acquisition Co., a Kansas corporation, Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation, the Lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement); and

	WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may establish New Revolving Credit Commitments and/or New Term Loan Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Joinder Agreements with New Term Loan Lenders and/or New Revolving Loan Lenders (each a “New Loan Lender”), as applicable;

	NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

	Each New Loan Lender party hereto hereby agrees to commit to provide its respective New Revolving Credit Commitment (in the case of each New Loan Lender that is a New Revolving Loan Lender) and/or New Term Loan Commitment (in the case of each New Loan Lender that is a New Term Loan Lender), as set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below.

	Each New Loan Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the exhibits thereto, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other New Loan Lender or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a New Term Loan Lender and/or New Revolving Loan Lender, as the case may be.

	

	

	

	

	

	

	Each New Loan Lender hereby agrees to make its respective Commitment on the following terms and conditions:1

	1.

	
	Applicable Margin.  The Applicable ABR Margin or Applicable LIBOR Margin for each Series [_] New Term Loan shall mean, as of any date of determination, the applicable percentage per annum as set forth below based on the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio in effect on such date2:

	
					
	
				Series [__] New Term Loans

				
	
				 Consolidated Total

				 Debt to Consolidated

				 EBITDA

					
				 LIBOR Loans

					
				 ABR Loans

				
	
				 ___:___

					
				 %

					
				 %

				

	

	2.

	
	Principal Payments.  The Borrower shall make principal payments on the Series [__] New Term Loans in installments on the dates and in the amounts set forth below:

	

	
				
	
				  
 (A)
  
  
 Payment

				 Date

					
				
				  
 (B)
  
 Scheduled

				 Repayment of Series [__]
				

				 New Term Loans

				
	
				 
	
				$____________

				
	
				 
	
				$____________

				
	
				 
	
				$____________

				
	
				 
	
				$____________

				
	
				 
	
				$____________

				
	
				 
	
				$____________

				
	
				 
	
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				$____________

				

	

	

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	1 

	Insert completed items 1-7 as applicable, with respect to New Term Loans with such modifications as may be agreed to by the parties hereto to the extent consistent with the Credit Agreement.

	
	2 

	Include reserve amount if applicable.

	

	

	

	

	

	

	3.

	
	Voluntary and Mandatory Prepayments.  Scheduled installments of principal of the Series [__] New Term Loans set forth above shall be reduced in connection with any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Series [__] New Term Loans in accordance with Sections 5.1 and 5.2 of the Credit Agreement respectively.

	4.

	
	Prepayment Fees.  Borrower agrees to pay to each New Term Loan Lender the following prepayment fees, if any:  [_________________].

	[Insert other additional prepayment provisions with respect to Series [__] New Term Loans]

	5.

	
	Other Fees.  Borrower agrees to pay each [New Term Loan Lender] [New Revolving Loan Lender] its pro rata share (determined based upon each [New Term Loan Lender’s] [New Revolving Loan Lender’s] share of the [New Term Loan Commitments] [New Revolving Credit Commitments]) of an aggregate fee equal to [_____________] on [____________, ____].

	6.

	
	Proposed Borrowing.  This Agreement represents Borrower’s request to borrow Series [    ] New Term Loans from the New Term Loan Lenders as follows (the “Proposed Borrowing”):

	(a)

	Business Day of Proposed Borrowing:  _____________, _____

	(b)

	Amount of Proposed Borrowing:  $___________________

	(c)

	Interest rate option:

	ABR Loan(s)  __

	LIBOR Loans __

	with an initial Interest
Period of ____ month(s)

	7.

	[New Loan Lenders.  Each New Loan Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement and the making of New Revolving Loans and/or Series [___] New Term Loans, as the case may be, that such New Loan Lender shall become a “Lender” under, and for all purposes of, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a Lender thereunder.]3

	8.

	
	Credit Agreement Governs.  Except as set forth in this Agreement, the New Revolving Loans and/or Series [___] New Term Loans shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

	9.

	
	Borrower’s Certifications.  By its execution of this Agreement, each of the undersigned officer, to the best of his or her knowledge, and Borrower hereby certifies that:

	i.

	The representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof to the same extent as though made on and as of the date hereof,
	

	_________________________________

	
	3 

	Insert bracketed language if the lending institution is not already a Lender.

	

	

	

	

	

	

	except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; and

	ii.

	No event has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the proposed Borrowing contemplated hereby that would constitute a Default or an Event of Default.

	10.

	
	Borrower Covenants.  By its execution of this Agreement, Borrower hereby covenants that:

	i.

	[Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement in connection with the New Revolving Credit Commitments;]4

	ii.

	Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following legal opinions and documents: [___________], together with all other legal opinions and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement; and

	iii.

	Set forth on the attached Officers’ Certificate are the calculations (in reasonable detail) demonstrating compliance with the financial tests described in Section 10.9 of the Credit Agreement.

	11.

	
	Notice.  For purposes of the Credit Agreement, the initial notice address of each New Loan Lender shall be as set forth below its signature below.

	12.

	
	Tax Forms.  For each relevant New Loan Lender, delivered herewith to the Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as such New Loan Lender may be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(d) and/or Section 5.4(e) of the Credit Agreement.

	13.

	
	Recordation of the New Loans.  Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative Agent will record the Series [___] New Term Loans and/or New Revolving Loans, as the case may be, made by each New Loan Lender in the Register.

	14.

	
	Amendment, Modification and Waiver.  This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

	15.

	
	Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.

	16.

	
	GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE
	

	________________________________

	
	4 

	Select this provision in the circumstance where the Lender is a New Revolving Loan Lender.

	

	

	

	

	

	

	CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

	17.

	
	Severability.  Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable.

	18.

	
	Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Joinder Agreement as of [_______________, _____].

	[NEW LENDER]

	By:

	____________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	Notice Address:
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:

	KINDER MORGAN, INC.

	By:

	____________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

	

	

	

	

	
	Consented to by:

	CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

	By:

	____________________________

	Name:

	Title:

	

	

	

	

	

	

	SCHEDULE A
TO JOINDER AGREEMENT

	

	

	
					
	
				 Name of New Loan
				

				 Lender

					
				 Type of Commitment

					
				 Amount

				
	
				 [__________________]

					
				 [New Term Loan Commitment]

				 [New Revolving Credit

				 Commitment]

					
				 $______________

				
	
				 [__________________]

					
				 [New Term Loan Commitment]

				 [New Revolving Credit

				 Commitment]

					
				 $______________

				
	
				 
	
				 
	
				 Total:  $___________exv4w1

 

EXHIBIT 4.1

 

TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A

Class A-1 5.3032% Asset Backed Notes

Class A-2 5.35% Asset Backed Notes

Class A-3 5.28% Asset Backed Notes

Class A-4 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 30, 2007

 

CITIBANK, N.A.

Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	 	 	2	 
	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1.1
	 	Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1.2
	 	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	12	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1.3
	 	Rules of Construction
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II THE NOTES	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.1
	 	Form
	 	 	12	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.2
	 	Execution, Authentication and Delivery
	 	 	13	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.3
	 	Temporary Notes
	 	 	13	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.4
	 	Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	14	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.5
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
	 	 	15	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.6
	 	Persons Deemed Owner
	 	 	16	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.7
	 	Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest
	 	 	16	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.8
	 	Cancellation
	 	 	17	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.9
	 	Release of Collateral
	 	 	17	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.10
	 	Book-Entry Notes
	 	 	18	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.11
	 	Notices to Clearing Agency
	 	 	18	 
	 

	 	SECTION 2.12
	 	Definitive Notes
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.1
	 	Payment of Principal and Interest
	 	 	19	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.2
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	19	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.3
	 	Money for Payments to be Held in Trust
	 	 	20	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.4
	 	Existence
	 	 	21	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.5
	 	Protection of Trust Estate
	 	 	21	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.6
	 	Opinions as to Trust Estate
	 	 	22	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.7
	 	Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables
	 	 	23	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.8
	 	Negative Covenants
	 	 	24	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.9
	 	Annual Statement as to Compliance
	 	 	24	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.10
	 	Issuer May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms
	 	 	25	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.11
	 	Successor or Transferee
	 	 	27	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.12
	 	No Other Business
	 	 	27	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.13
	 	No Borrowing
	 	 	27	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.14
	 	Servicer’s Obligations
	 	 	27	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.15
	 	Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities
	 	 	27	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.16
	 	Capital Expenditures
	 	 	27	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.17
	 	Compliance with Laws
	 	 	28	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.18
	 	Restricted Payments
	 	 	28	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.19
	 	Notice of Events of Default
	 	 	28	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.20
	 	Further Instruments and Acts
	 	 	28	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.21
	 	Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement
	 	 	28	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.22
	 	Income Tax Characterization
	 	 	28	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.23
	 	Representations and Warranties
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 4.1
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	30	 
	 

	 	SECTION 4.2
	 	Application of Trust Money
	 	 	31	 
	 

	 	SECTION 4.3
	 	Repayment of Moneys Held by Note Paying Agent
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	ARTICLE V REMEDIES	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.1
	 	Events of Default
	 	 	31	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.2
	 	Rights Upon Event of Default
	 	 	33	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.3
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee
	 	 	34	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.4
	 	Remedies
	 	 	36	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.5
	 	Optional Preservation of the Receivables
	 	 	37	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.6
	 	Priorities
	 	 	38	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.7
	 	Limitation of Suits
	 	 	39	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.8
	 	Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest
	 	 	39	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.9
	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	40	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.10
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	40	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.11
	 	Delay or Omission Not a Waiver
	 	 	40	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.12
	 	Control by Noteholders
	 	 	40	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.13
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	41	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.14
	 	Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	41	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.15
	 	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
	 	 	41	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.16
	 	Action on Notes
	 	 	42	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.17
	 	Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.1
	 	Duties of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	42	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.2
	 	Rights of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	44	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.3
	 	Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	46	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.4
	 	Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	46	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.5
	 	Notice of Defaults
	 	 	46	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.6
	 	Reports by Indenture Trustee
	 	 	46	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.7
	 	Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	47	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.8
	 	Replacement of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	48	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.9
	 	Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger
	 	 	49	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.10
	 	Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee
	 	 	50	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.11
	 	Eligibility: Disqualification
	 	 	51	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.12
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer
	 	 	51	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.13
	 	Representations and Warranties of the Indenture Trustee
	 	 	51	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.14
	 	Waiver of Setoffs
	 	 	52	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.15
	 	Control by the Controlling Party
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 7.1
	 	Issuer To Furnish To Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders
	 	 	52	 
	 

	 	SECTION 7.2
	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders
	 	 	52	 
	 

	 	SECTION 7.3
	 	Reports by Issuer
	 	 	53	 
	 

	 	SECTION 7.4
	 	Reports by Indenture Trustee
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 8.1
	 	Collection of Money
	 	 	53	 
	 

	 	SECTION 8.2
	 	Release of Trust Estate
	 	 	54	 
	 

	 	SECTION 8.3
	 	Opinion of Counsel
	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	 	 	55	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 9.1
	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	55	 
	 

	 	SECTION 9.2
	 	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	56	 
	 

	 	SECTION 9.3
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	58	 
	 

	 	SECTION 9.4
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indenture
	 	 	58	 
	 

	 	SECTION 9.5
	 	Conformity With Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	58	 
	 

	 	SECTION 9.6
	 	Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	58	 

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	 	 	 	 	 	 	Page
	ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES	 	 	58	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 10.1
	 	Redemption
	 	 	58	 
	 

	 	SECTION 10.2
	 	Form of Redemption Notice
	 	 	59	 
	 

	 	SECTION 10.3
	 	Notes Payable on Redemption Date
	 	 	59	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.1
	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc
	 	 	60	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.2
	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee
	 	 	61	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.3
	 	Acts of Noteholders
	 	 	62	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.4
	 	Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies
	 	 	63	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.5
	 	Notices to Noteholders; Waiver
	 	 	64	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.6
	 	[Reserved]
	 	 	64	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.7
	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	64	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.8
	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	 	 	65	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.9
	 	Successors and Assigns
	 	 	65	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.10
	 	Separability
	 	 	65	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.11
	 	Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	65	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.12
	 	Legal Holidays
	 	 	66	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.13
	 	Governing Law
	 	 	66	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.14
	 	Counterparts
	 	 	66	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.15
	 	Recording of Indenture
	 	 	66	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.16
	 	Trust Obligation
	 	 	66	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.17
	 	Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee
	 	 	66	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.18
	 	No Petition
	 	 	67	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.19
	 	Inspection
	 	 	67	 
	 

	 	SECTION 11.20
	 	Nonpublic Personal Information
	 	 	67	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBITS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	EXHIBIT A-1
	 	Form of Class A-1 Note	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	EXHIBIT A-2
	 	Form of Class A-2 Note	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	EXHIBIT A-3
	 	Form of Class A-3 Note	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	EXHIBIT A-4
	 	Form of Class A-4 Note	 	 	 	 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

     Cross-reference sheet showing the location in the Indenture of the provisions inserted
pursuant to Sections 310 through 318(a) inclusive of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.1

	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture Act of 1939	 	Indenture Section
	Section 310
	 	 
	(a) (1)
	 	6.11
	(a) (2)
	 	6.11
	(a) (3)
	 	6.10, 6.11
	(a) (4)
	 	Not Applicable
	(a) (5)
	 	6.11
	(b)
	 	6.11
	(c)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 311
	 	 
	(a)
	 	6.12
	(b)
	 	6.12
	(c)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 312
	 	 
	(a)
	 	7.1, 7.2(a)
	(b)
	 	7.2(b)
	(c)
	 	7.2(c)
	Section 313
	 	 
	(a)
	 	7.4
	(b)
	 	7.4
	(c)
	 	7.4
	(d)
	 	7.4
	Section 314
	 	 
	(a)(1) 
	 	7.3(a)
	(a)(2) 
	 	7.3(a)
	(a)(3) 
	 	7.3(a)
	(a)(4) 
	 	3.9
	(b)(1) 
	 	3.6(a)
	(b)(2) 
	 	3.6(b)
	(c)(1) 
	 	4.1, 8.2, 11.1
	(c)(2) 
	 	4.1, 8.2, 11.1
	(c)(3) 
	 	8.2
	(d)(1) 
	 	11.1(b)
	(d)(2) 
	 	11.1(b)
	(d)(3) 
	 	11.1(b)
	(e)
	 	11.1(a)

 

			
	1	 	This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the
Indenture.

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	Trust Indenture Act of 1939	 	Indenture Section
	Section 315
	 	 
	(a)
	 	6.1(b), 6.1(c)(i)
	(b)
	 	6.5, 11.5
	(c)
	 	6.1(a)
	(d)(1) 
	 	6.1(b), 6.1(c)
	(d)(2) 
	 	6.1(c)(ii)
	(d)(3) 
	 	6.1(c)(iii)
	(e)
	 	5.14
	Section 316
	 	 
	(a)
	 	5.12, 5.13
	(b)
	 	5.8
	(c)
	 	2.6
	Section 317
	 	 
	(a)(1) 
	 	5.3(a)
	(a)(2) 
	 	5.3(e)
	(b)
	 	3.3
	Section 318
	 	 
	(a)
	 	11.7

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          INDENTURE dated as of May 30, 2007, between TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association
organized under the laws of the United States, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture
Trustee”).

          Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the benefit of the
Holders of the Issuer’s Class A-1 5.3032% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”), the
Class A-2 5.35% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-2 Notes”), the Class A-3 5.28% Asset
Backed Notes (the “Class A-3 Notes), the Class A-4 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes (the
“Class A-4 Notes”, and collectively with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the
Class A-3 Notes, the “Class A Notes” or the “Notes”).

          As security for the payment and performance by the Issuer of its obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes, the Issuer has agreed to assign the Collateral (as defined below) as
collateral to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and the Insurer.

          Financial Security Assurance Inc. (the “Insurer”) has issued and delivered a financial
guaranty insurance policy, dated the Closing Date (with endorsements, the “Note Policy”),
pursuant to which the Insurer guarantees Scheduled Payments, as defined in the Note Policy.

          As an inducement to the Insurer to issue and deliver the Note Policy, the Issuer and the
Insurer have executed and delivered the Insurance and Indemnity Agreement, dated as of May 30,
2007 (as amended from time to time, the “Insurance Agreement”), among the
Insurer, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, Triad Financial Corporation and Triad Financial Special
Purpose LLC.

          As an additional inducement to the Insurer to issue the Note Policy, and as security for the
performance by the Issuer of the Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations and as security for the
performance by the Issuer of the Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations, the Issuer has
agreed to assign the Collateral (as defined below) as collateral to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties, as their respective interests may appear.

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GRANTING CLAUSE

          The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, for the benefit of the
Issuer Secured Parties, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or
existing or hereafter acquired or arising, in and to (a) the Receivables and all money received
thereon after the Cutoff Date; (b) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by
Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of the Issuer in the Financed Vehicles;
(c) with respect to the Receivables, the right to cause the related Dealer or Third-Party Lender to
repurchase such Receivables pursuant to a Dealer Agreement or an Auto Purchase and Sale Agreement,
respectively as a result of a breach of representation or warranty in the related Dealer Agreement
or the related Auto Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement, respectively; (d) all rights, if any, to
refunds for the costs of Service Contracts on the related Financed Vehicles; (e) any proceeds and
the right to receive proceeds with respect to the Receivables from claims on any physical damage,
credit life or disability insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors and any
proceeds from the liquidation of the Receivables; (f) the Trust Accounts and all funds on deposit
from time to time in the Trust Accounts, and in all investments and proceeds thereof and all rights
of the Issuer therein (including all income thereon); (g) the Issuer’s rights and benefits, but
none of its obligations or burdens, under the Purchase Agreement, including the Issuer’s rights
under the Purchase Agreement, to enforce the delivery requirements, representations and warranties
and the cure and repurchase obligations of Triad under the Purchase Agreement; (h) all the related
Receivable Files; (i) the Issuer’s rights and benefits, but none of its obligations or burdens,
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including all rights of the Depositor under the Purchase
Agreement); (j) the Issuer’s rights and benefits, but none of its obligations or burdens, under the
Swap Agreement (the “Swap Collateral”) and (k) all present and future claims, demands,
causes and choses of action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under
and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing,
including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid
property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel
paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any
and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which
at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing
(collectively, the “Collateral”).

          The foregoing Grant is made in trust to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and
for the benefit of the Insurer and the Swap Counterparty. The Indenture Trustee hereby
acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture to the end that the
interests of such parties, recognizing the priorities of their respective interests, may be
adequately and effectively protected.

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Incorporation by Reference

          SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth
below for all purposes of this Indenture.

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          “Act” has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a).

          “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling
or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing. A Person will not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any
person solely because such other Person has the contractual right or obligation to manage such
Person unless such other Person controls such Person through equity ownership or otherwise.

          “Authorized Officer” means, with respect to the Issuer and the Servicer, any officer
or agent acting pursuant to a power of attorney of the Owner Trustee or the Servicer, as
applicable, who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, in
matters relating to the Issuer or the Servicer, as applicable, and who is identified on the list of
Authorized Officers delivered by each of the Owner Trustee and the Servicer to the Indenture
Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time
thereafter).

          “Basic Documents” means this Indenture, the Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement,
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Swap Agreement, the Purchase
Agreement and other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.

          “Benefit Plan Entity” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4.

          “Book-Entry Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers
of which will be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10. The
Class A Notes will initially be Book-Entry Notes.

          “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks located in the states of Delaware, California or New York are authorized or
obligated to be closed.

          “Certificate” means a trust certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of a
Certificateholder in the Trust.

          “Certificateholder” means the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered on the
Certificate Register.

          “Certificate of Trust” means the certificate of trust of the Issuer substantially in
the form of Exhibit B to the Trust Agreement.

          “Class A Notes” means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.

          “Class A-1 Interest Rate” means 5.3032% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year and the actual number of days in the related Interest Period).

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          “Class A-1 Notes” means the Class A-1 5.3032% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1.

          “Class A-2 Interest Rate” means 5.35% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months).

          “Class A-2 Notes” means the Class A-2 5.35% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-2.

          “Class A-3 Interest Rate” means 5.28% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months).

          “Class A-3 Notes” means the Class A-3 5.28% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-3.

          “Class A-4 Notes” means the Class A-4 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-4.

          “Class A-4 Interest Rate” means LIBOR plus 0.06% per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days in the related Interest Period).

          “Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to
Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

          “Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry
transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.

          “Closing Date” means May 30, 2007.

          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

          “Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this Indenture.

          “Controlling Party” means the Insurer, provided that if an Insurer Default has
occurred and is continuing, then the Controlling Party means the Indenture Trustee acting at the
direction of the Majority Noteholders.

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business will be administered which office at the date
of the execution of this Agreement is located at 388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor, New
York, New York, 10013, (facsimile number 212-816-5527, Attention: Structured Finance Agency and
Trust – Triad 2007-A, and for purposes only of transfer, surrender or exchange of the Class A
Notes, 111 Wall Street, 15th Floor Window, New York, New York, 10005),
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Triad 2007-A, or at such other address as the Indenture
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Insurer, the Servicer and
the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee (the

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address
of which the successor Indenture Trustee will notify the Noteholders, the Insurer, the Servicer and
the Issuer).

          “Default” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default.

          “Definitive Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.

          “Distribution Date” means, with respect to each Collection Period, the 12th day of the
following Collection Period, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately following
Business Day, commencing June 12, 2007.

          “ERISA” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4.

          “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

          “Executive Officer” means, with respect to any corporation, the Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President,
any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation; and with respect to any
partnership, any general partner thereof.

          “Grant” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey,
assign, transfer, create, grant a lien upon and a security interest in and right of set-off
against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of
any other agreement or instrument will include all rights, powers and options (but none of the
obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to
claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the
Collateral and all other moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other
communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything
that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.

          “Holder” or “Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered
on the Note Register.

          “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any time, (a) indebtedness or
liability of such Person for borrowed money whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other instruments, or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (including trade
obligations); (b) obligations of such Person as lessee under leases which should have been or
should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital leases;
(c) current liabilities of such Person in respect of unfunded vested benefits under plans covered
by Title IV of ERISA; (d) obligations issued for or liabilities incurred on the account of
such Person; (e) obligations or liabilities of such Person arising under acceptance
facilities; (f) obligations of such Person under any guarantees, endorsements (other than for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) and other contingent obligations to
purchase, to

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provide funds for payment, to supply funds to invest in any Person or otherwise to
assure a creditor against loss; (g) obligations secured by any lien on property or assets of such
Person, whether or not the obligations have been assumed by such Person; or (h) obligations of such
Person under any interest rate or currency exchange agreement.

          “Indenture” means this Indenture as amended and supplemented from time to time.

          “Indenture Trustee” means Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized
under the laws of the United States, not in its individual capacity but as Indenture Trustee under
this Indenture, or any successor Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

          “Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations” means all amounts and obligations which
the Issuer may at any time owe to or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders under this Indenture, the Notes or any Basic Document.

          “Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the person
(a) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor and any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any
material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Depositor or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (c) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other
obligor, the Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee,
promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions.

          “Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the
applicable requirements of Section 11.1, prepared by an Independent appraiser or other expert
appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable
care, and such opinion or certificate will state that the signer has read the definition of
“Independent” in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.

          “Insurer Default” means the occurrence and continuance of any of the following events:

	 	(a)	 	the Insurer failing to make a payment required under the Note Policy in
accordance with its terms;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Insurer (i) filing a petition or commencing any case or proceeding under
any provision or chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other similar
federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation or
reorganization, (ii) making a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(iii) having an order for relief entered against it under the United States Bankruptcy
Code or any other similar federal or state law relating to insolvency,
bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation or reorganization which is final and
nonappealable; or

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	 	(c)	 	a court of competent jurisdiction, the New York State Department of Insurance
or other competent regulatory authority has entered a final and nonappealable order,
judgment or decree (i) appointing a custodian, trustee, agent or receiver for the
Insurer or for all or any material portion of its property or (ii) authorizing the
taking of possession of all or any material portion of the property of the Insurer by a
custodian, trustee, agent or receiver.

          “Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations” means all amounts and obligations which the
Issuer may at any time owe to or on behalf of the Insurer under this Indenture, the Insurance
Agreement or any other Basic Document.

          “Interest Rate” means, with respect to the (i) Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Interest
Rate, (ii) Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, (iii) Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-3
Interest Rate, and (iv) Class A-4 Notes, the Class A-4 Interest Rate.

          “Issuer” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it
and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and
required by the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.

          “Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” means a written order or request signed in
the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee.

          “Issuer Secured Obligations” means the Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations, the
Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations and the Swap Counterparty Issuer Secured Obligations.

          “Issuer Secured Parties” means each of the Indenture Trustee in respect of the
Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations, the Insurer in respect of the Insurer Issuer Secured
Obligations and the Swap Counterparty in respect of the Swap Counterparty Issuer Secured
Obligations.

          “LIBOR” means the rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars for a period of one month which
appears on the Reuters Telerate Successor Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, as reported by
Bloomberg Financial Markets Commodities News, on the day that is two LIBOR Business Days prior to
the preceding Distribution Date or, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, on the day that
is two LIBOR Business Days prior to the Closing Date. If that rate does not appear on the Reuters
Telerate Successor Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, as reported by Bloomberg Financial
Markets Commodities News or any other page as may replace that page on Bloomberg Financial Markets
Commodities News, or if that service is no longer offered on Bloomberg Financial Markets
Commodities News, any other service for displaying LIBOR or comparable rates as may be selected by
the Indenture Trustee after consultation with the Depositor, then LIBOR will be the Reference Bank
Rate.

          “LIBOR Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on
which banks in London are required or authorized to be closed.

          “Majority Noteholders” means the holders of a majority of the Class A Notes, measured
by Outstanding Amount.

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          “Note” means a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a Class A-3 Note or a Class A-4 Note.

          “Note Owner” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the owner of
such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person
maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as
an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).

          “Note Paying Agent” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the
eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 and is authorized by the
Issuer to make the payments to and distributions from the Collection Account and the Note
Distribution Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the
Issuer.

          “Note Policy” means the insurance policy issued by the Insurer with respect to the
Class A Notes, including any endorsements thereto.

          “Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 2.4.

          “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the
Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable
requirements of Section 11.1 and TIA § 314 (unless signed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Issuer), and delivered to the Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this
Indenture to an Officer’s Certificate will be to an Officer’s Certificate of any Authorized Officer
of the Issuer.

          “Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be employees of or counsel to the Issuer and who is
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and, if addressed to the Insurer, satisfactory to the
Insurer, and which will comply with any applicable requirements of Section 11.1, and will be in
form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and if addressed to the Insurer,
satisfactory to the Insurer.

          “Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:

     (i) Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar
for cancellation;

     (ii) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Note Paying Agent in trust for
the Noteholders (provided, however, that if such Notes are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee has been made); and

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     (iii) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes which have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is
presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser;

provided, however, that Class A Notes which have been paid with proceeds of the
Note Policy will continue to remain Outstanding for purposes of this Indenture until the Insurer
has been paid as subrogee hereunder or reimbursed pursuant to the Insurance Agreement as evidenced
by a written notice from the Insurer delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and the Insurer will be
deemed to be the Holder thereof to the extent of any payments thereon made by the Insurer;
provided, further, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Outstanding Amount of the Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, any other
obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing
Persons will be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether
the Indenture Trustee will be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee either actually knows to be so owned or has received written notice thereof will be so
disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act
with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the
Notes, the Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.

          “Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or class of
Notes, as applicable, Outstanding at the date of determination.

          “Person” means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

          “Predecessor Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for
the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.5 in lieu of a
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note will be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.

          “Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or
administrative proceeding.

          “Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, that (i) each Rating
Agency has been given ten (10) days (or such shorter period as will be acceptable to each Rating
Agency) prior notice thereof and, (ii) that each of the Rating Agencies has notified the Depositor,
the Servicer, the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Issuer in writing that
such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of the Notes,
provided, however, that the notifications described in clause (ii) shall not
be required from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

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          “Record Date” means, with respect to a Distribution Date, Redemption Date or other
date of determination, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date, Redemption Date or other date of determination.

          “Redemption Date” means in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section
10.1(a), the Distribution Date specified by the Servicer or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.1(a).

          “Redemption Price” means in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section
10.1(a), an amount equal to the then outstanding principal amount of each class of Notes being
redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date.

          “Reference Bank Rate” means, for any distribution date, a rate determined on the basis
of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by reference banks as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on the day that is two LIBOR Business Days prior to the immediately preceding
Distribution Date to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period of one month, in
amounts approximately equal to the then outstanding principal amount of the applicable class or
tranche of floating rate notes. The reference banks will be four major banks that are engaged in
transactions in the London interbank market, selected by the Indenture Trustee after consultation
with the depositor. The Indenture Trustee will request the principal London office of each of the
reference banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided, the
rate will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations, rounded upwards to the nearest one-sixteenth of
one percent. If on that date fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate will be
the arithmetic mean, rounded upwards to the nearest one-sixteenth of one percent, of the rates
quoted by one or more major banks in New York City, selected by the indenture trustee after
consultation with the depositor, as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that date to leading
European banks for U.S. dollar deposits for a period of one month in amounts approximately equal to
the principal amount of the then outstanding floating rate notes. If no quotation can be obtained,
then LIBOR will be the rate from the prior Distribution Date.

          “Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 — Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17
C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time and subject to such
clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release
(Asset Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518.70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7,
2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from
time to time.

          “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer within
the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, Trust Officer or any other officer of the
Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and in each case, having direct responsibility for the administration of this
agreement, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.

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          “Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of May
30, 2007, among the Issuer, the Depositor, the Custodian, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and
the Backup Servicer, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

          “Scheduled Payments” has the meaning specified in the Note Policy.

          “State” means any one of the 50 states of the United States of America or the District
of Columbia.

          “Swap Agreement” means the ISDA Master Agreement, dated May 30, 2007, between the
Issuer and the Swap Counterparty, including the Schedule thereto, the Confirmation relating to the
Class A-4 Notes, together with any replacement swap agreement (which replacement swap agreement has
been approved by the Insurer in accordance with Section 12.17 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement);
provided, that no additional swap agreement shall be a “Swap Agreement” under the Basic
Documents for so long as the Swap Agreement is outstanding without the prior, written consent of
the Swap Counterparty unless the Swap Agreement has terminated.

          “Swap Counterparty” means Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P., with respect to the
Class A-4 Notes, together with any replacement Swap Counterparty (which must be approved by the
Insurer in accordance with Section 12.17 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement).

          “Swap Counterparty Issuer Secured Obligations” means all amounts and obligations which
the Issuer may at any time owe to or on behalf of the Swap Counterparty under this Indenture, the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Swap Agreement or any other Basic Document.

          “Swap Policy” means the interest swap insurance policy issued by the Insurer to the
Swap Counterparty with respect to the Swap Agreement, including any endorsements thereto.

          “Termination Date” means the latest of (i) the expiration of the Note Policy and the
return of the Note Policy to the Insurer for cancellation, (ii) the expiration of the Swap Policy
and the return of the Swap Policy to the Insurer for cancellation, (iii) the date on which the
Insurer has received payment and performance of all Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations and (iv) the
date on which the Indenture Trustee has received payment and performance of all Indenture Trustee
Issuer Secured Obligations.

          “Trust Estate” means all money, instruments, rights and other property that are
subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of this Indenture for the
benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties (including all property and interests Granted to the
Indenture Trustee), including all proceeds thereof.

          “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended and as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.

          “UCC” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code, as in
effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.

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          Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement.

          SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of
this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

          “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “indenture securities” means the Notes.

          “indenture security holder” means a Noteholder.

          “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

          “trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee.

          “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer.

          All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meaning assigned to them by
such definitions.

          SECTION 1.3 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

     (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

     (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the
date of this Agreement;

     (iii) “or” is not exclusive;

     (iv) “including” means including without limitation; and

     (v) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include
the singular.

ARTICLE II

The Notes

          SECTION 2.1 Form. The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes, in each case together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication,
will be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4, respectively, with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be

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determined by the
officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the
text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on
the face of the Note.

          The Definitive Notes will be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the
officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

          Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in
Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4 are part of the terms of this Indenture.

          SECTION 2.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes will be executed on behalf
of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on
the Notes may be manual or facsimile.

          Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized
Officers of the Issuer will bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Notes.

          The Indenture Trustee will, upon receipt of the Note Policy and Issuer Order, authenticate and
deliver Class A-1 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000, Class
A-2 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $278,000,000, Class A-3 Notes for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $127,000,000, and Class A-4 Notes for original
issue in an aggregate principal amount of $220,110,000. The Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes,
Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such amounts except as
provided in Section 2.5.

          The Notes will be issuable as registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in
integral multiples thereof (except for one Note of each class which may be issued in a denomination
other than an integral multiple of $1,000).

          No Note will be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note will be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.

          SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, the Issuer may
execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee will authenticate and deliver,
temporary Notes which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced,
of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not
inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine,
as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

          If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause Definitive Notes to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary

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Notes will be
exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of
the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, without charge to the Noteholder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer will execute and the
Indenture Trustee will authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes will in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.

          SECTION 2.4 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer will cause to
be kept a register (the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Issuer will provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of
transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee will be “Note Registrar” for the purpose of
registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note
Registrar, the Issuer will promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an
appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.

          If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the
Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note
Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the
Indenture Trustee will have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to
obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee will have the right to conclusively rely upon a
certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer thereof as to the
names and addresses of the Noteholders of the Notes and the principal amounts and number of such
Notes.

          Subject to Sections 2.10 and 2.12, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at
the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, if the requirements
of Section 8-401(a)(1) of the UCC are met the Issuer will execute and upon its request the
Indenture Trustee will authenticate and the Noteholder will obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes, in any authorized
denominations, of the same class and a like aggregate principal amount.

          At the option of the Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes in any authorized
denominations, of the same class and a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes
to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange,
subject to Sections 2.10 and 2.12, if the requirements of Section 8-401(a)(1) of the UCC are met
the Issuer will execute and upon its request the Indenture Trustee will authenticate and the
Noteholder will obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.

          All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes will be the valid
obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

          Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange will be (i) duly
endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form attached to Exhibits
A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4 duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such

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Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or
participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such
other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any sale or other transfer of a Definitive Note,
the transferee of such Definitive Note will be required to represent and warrant in writing that
the prospective transferee either (a) is not (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in section
3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)), which
is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan (as defined in section 4975(e)(1) of
the Code), which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii) an entity whose underlying assets
are deemed to be assets of a plan described in (i) or (ii) above by reason of such plan’s
investment in the entity (including, without limitation, an insurance company general account) (any
such entity described in clauses (i) through (iii), a “Benefit Plan Entity”) or (b) is a
Benefit Plan Entity, which is purchasing a Class A Note and the acquisition and holding of such
Definitive Note by such prospective transferee will be eligible for, and satisfy all requirements
of, a Department of Labor prohibited transaction class exemption. Each transferee of a Book-Entry
Note will be deemed to have made one of the foregoing representations.

          No service charge will be made to a Noteholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes, but the Note Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.3 or 9.6 not involving any transfer.

          The preceding provisions of this Sections 2.4 notwithstanding, the Issuer will not be required
to make and the Note Registrar will not register transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for
redemption or of any Note for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with
respect to the Note.

          SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i) any mutilated Note is
surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) such
security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture
Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, and provided that the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer will execute and upon its request the
Indenture Trustee will authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note; provided, however, that if any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, has become or within seven days will
be due and payable, or has been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the
Issuer may direct the Indenture Trustee, in writing, to pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note
when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after the
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proviso to the preceding sentence, a bona fide purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such
replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer will be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from
the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to
whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a bona fide
purchaser, and will be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the
extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the
Insurer, if applicable, in connection therewith.

          Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 2.5, the Issuer may require the
payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the
fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee) connected therewith.

          Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.5 in replacement of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note will constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note will be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and will be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

          The provisions of this Section 2.5 are exclusive and will preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Notes.

          SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of
any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, and
the Insurer may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the Record Date) as
the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any,
on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none
of the Issuer, the Insurer,
the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer, the Insurer or the Indenture Trustee will be
affected by notice to the contrary.

          SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.

          (a) The Notes will accrue interest as provided in the forms of the Class A-1 Note, the Class
A-2 Note, the Class A-3 Note and the Class A-4 Note set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4,
respectively, and such interest will be due and payable on each Distribution Date, as specified
therein. Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note which is punctually
paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Distribution Date will be paid to the
Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date,
by wire transfer or check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to such Person’s address as it
appears on the Note Register on such Record Date, except that, unless Definitive Notes have been
issued pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of
the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment will be made
by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee and
except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Distribution
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Distribution Date (and except for the Redemption Price
for any Note called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.1(a)) which will be payable as provided
below. The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered will be held in accordance
with Section 3.3.

          (b) The principal of each Note will be payable in installments on each Distribution Date, as
applicable, as provided in the forms of the Class A-1 Note, the Class A-2 Note, the Class A-3 Note
and the Class A-4 Note set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4, respectively. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable, if not
previously paid, on the date on which an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the
Notes have been declared immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.2. All
principal payments on each class of Notes will be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such class
entitled thereto. Upon written notice from the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee will notify the
Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the
Distribution Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and
interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice will be mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior
to such final Distribution Date and will specify that such final installment will be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of such Note and will specify the place where such Note may be
presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. Notices in connection with redemptions
of Notes will be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.2.

          (c) Promptly following the date on which all principal of and interest on the Notes has been
paid in full and the Notes have been surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
will, if the Insurer has paid any amount in respect of the Notes under the Note Policy or otherwise
which has not been reimbursed to it, deliver such surrendered Notes to the Insurer.

          SECTION 2.8 Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption will, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee
and will be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which
the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered will be promptly
canceled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes will be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any Notes canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.
All canceled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its
standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer will timely direct
by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided that such Issuer Order is
timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.

          SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral. The Indenture Trustee will, on or after the Termination
Date, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate from the lien created by this Indenture and
deposit in the Collection Account any funds then on deposit in any other Trust Account. The
Indenture Trustee will release property from the lien created by this Indenture pursuant to this
Section 2.9 only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an
Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA) Independent Certificates in

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accordance with TIA §§
314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.1.

          SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes. The Class A Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued
in the form of typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on
behalf of, the Issuer. Such Notes will initially be registered on the Note Register in the name of
Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a Definitive
Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 2.12.
With respect to the Book-Entry Notes, unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the
“Definitive Notes”) have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:

     (i) the provisions of this Section 2.10 will be in full force and effect;

     (ii) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to deal with the
Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of
and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the
sole Holder of the Notes, and has no obligation to the Note Owners;

     (iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.10 conflict with any other
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section will control;

     (iv) the rights of Note Owners will be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and
will be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the
Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Unless and until Definitive Notes
are issued pursuant to Section 2.12, the initial Clearing Agency
will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and
transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency
Participants;

     (v) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon
instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Clearing Agency will be deemed to represent such
percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note
Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such
required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such
instructions to the Indenture Trustee; and

     (vi) Note Owners may receive copies of any reports sent to Noteholders pursuant to this
Indenture, upon written request, together with a certification that they are Note Owners and
payment of reproduction and postage expenses associated with the distribution of such
reports, from the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office.

          SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency. With respect to the Book-Entry Notes, whenever a
notice or other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until
Definitive Notes have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12, the Indenture Trustee
will give all such notices and communications specified

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herein to be given to the Noteholders to
the Clearing Agency, and has no obligation to the Note Owners.

          SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes. If (i) the Servicer advises the Indenture Trustee in
writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes, and the Servicer is unable to locate a
qualified successor, (ii) the Servicer at its option advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that
it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (iii) after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, Note Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating at
least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Book-Entry Notes advise the Indenture Trustee
through the Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Owners of the Book-Entry Notes, then the
Clearing Agency will notify all Owners of Book-Entry Notes and the Indenture Trustee of the
occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to such Owners requesting
the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Note or Notes representing
the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer
will execute and the Indenture Trustee will authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with
the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture
Trustee will be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on,
and will be fully protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Notes, the Indenture Trustee will recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders.

ARTICLE III

Covenants, Representations and Warranties

          SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer will duly and punctually
pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this
Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing, the Issuer will cause to be distributed all amounts on
deposit in the Note Distribution Account on a Distribution Date deposited therein pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement (i) for the benefit of the Class A-l Notes, to Class A-1 Noteholders,
(ii) for the benefit of the Class A-2 Notes, to Class A-2 Noteholders, (iii) for the benefit of the
Class A-3 Notes, to Class A-3 Noteholders and (iv) for the benefit of the Class A-4 Notes, to Class
A-4 Noteholders. Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any
Noteholder of interest and/or principal will be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to
such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.

          SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will maintain in New York,
New York, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as
its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Indenture
Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at
any time the Issuer will fail to maintain any such office or agency or will fail to furnish the
Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints

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the Indenture Trustee as its
agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands. Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture
Trustee as paying agent for the Certificates.

          SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments to be Held in Trust. On or before each Distribution
Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer will deposit or cause to be deposited in the Note Distribution
Account from the Collection Account (and cause all other transfers to and from the accounts
provided for herein to be made) an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due
under the Notes, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto and
(unless the Note Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) will promptly notify the Indenture Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.

          The Issuer will cause each Note Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and
deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an instrument in which such Note Paying Agent will
agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Note Paying Agent, it hereby
so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Note Paying Agent will:

     (i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums will be paid to
such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such
Persons as herein provided;

     (ii) give the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer notice of any default by the Issuer (or
any other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any
payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;

     (iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request
of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust
by such Paying Agent;

     (iv) immediately resign as a Note Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture
Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if at any time it ceases to
meet the standards required to be met by a Note Paying Agent at the time of its appointment;
and

     (v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any
payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and
with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.

          The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Note Paying Agent to pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Note Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Note Paying
Agent; and upon such a payment by any Note Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Note Paying
Agent will be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

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          Subject to applicable laws with respect to the escheat of funds, any money held by the
Indenture Trustee or any Note Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect
to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable will
be discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request with the consent of the
Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) and will be deposited by the
Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter, as an
unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of
the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Note Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money will thereupon cease; provided, however,
that if such money or any portion thereof had been previously deposited by the Insurer or the
Indenture Trustee for the payment of principal or interest on the Notes, to the extent any amounts
are owing to the Insurer, such amounts will be paid promptly to the Insurer upon the Indenture
Trustee’s receipt of a written request by the Insurer to such effect; and provided,
further, that the Indenture Trustee or such Note Paying Agent, before being required to
make any such repayment, will at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a
newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of
general circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after
a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication,
any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. The Indenture
Trustee will also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of
notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to
Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to
or interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the
Indenture Trustee or of any Note Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder).

          SECTION 3.4 Existence. Except as otherwise permitted by the provisions of Section
3.10, the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust
under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or
becomes, organized under the laws of any other state or of the United States of America, in which
case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of
such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is or will be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement
included in the Trust Estate.

          SECTION 3.5 Protection of Trust Estate. The Issuer intends the security interest
Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the Issuer Secured Parties to be prior to all other
liens in respect of the Trust Estate, and the Issuer will take all actions necessary to obtain and
maintain, in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties, a first
lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the Trust Estate, which security
interest will be enforceable against third-party creditors. The Issuer will from time to time
prepare (or will cause to be prepared), execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments
hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance
and other instruments, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to:

     (i) Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Trust Estate;

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     (ii) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) in
favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties created by this
Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;

     (iii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be
made by this Indenture;

     (iv) enforce any of the Collateral;

     (v) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture
Trustee in such Trust Estate against the claims of all Persons and parties;

     (vi) pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon the Trust Estate when due;
and

     (vii) maintain or preserve all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in its rights
and benefits, but none of its obligations or burdens, under the Purchase Agreement and the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the Issuer’s rights under the Purchase Agreement and
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to enforce the delivery requirements, representations and
warranties and the cure and repurchase obligations of Triad under the Purchase Agreement and
the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any
financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument required by and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section.

          SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Trust Estate.

          (a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the
Swap Counterparty an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such
action has been taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures
supplemental hereto, and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the execution and
filing of any financing statements and continuation statements, as are necessary to perfect and
make effective the first priority lien and security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for
the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties, created by this Indenture and reciting the details of
such action, or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make
such lien and security interest effective.

          (b) Within 120 days after the beginning of each calendar year, beginning with the first
calendar year beginning after the Closing Date, the Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee,
the Insurer and the Swap Counterparty an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and
refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents
and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation
statements as are necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture
and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such
action is necessary to maintain such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel will also
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supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing
statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to
maintain the lien and security interest of this Indenture until April 30 in the following calendar
year.

          SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.

          (a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to permit any action
to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such Person’s material covenants or
obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate or that would result in
the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or
effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as ordered by any bankruptcy or other
court or as expressly provided in the Basic Documents or such other instrument or agreement.

          (b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons acceptable to the Insurer (so long as no
Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) to assist it in performing its duties under this
Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee and
the Insurer in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer will be deemed to be action taken by the
Issuer; provided that the Issuer will remain liable for performing these duties hereunder.
Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer to assist the Issuer in performing its
duties under this Indenture.

          (c) The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements
contained in the Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Trust
Estate, including, preparing (or causing to be prepared) and filing (or causing to be filed) all
UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this
Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods
provided for herein and therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer will
not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Basic Document or any provision thereof
without the consent of the Controlling Party.

          (d) If a responsible officer of the Issuer has actual knowledge of the occurrence of a
Servicer Termination Event under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer will promptly notify
the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Rating Agencies thereof in accordance with Section 11.4,
and will specify in such notice the action, if any, the Issuer is taking in respect of such
default. If a Servicer Termination Event arises from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of
its duties or obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Receivables,
the Issuer will take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.

          (e) The Issuer agrees that it will not waive timely performance or observance by the Servicer
or the Depositor of their respective duties under the Basic Documents (x) without the prior consent
of the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) or (y) if the effect
thereof would adversely affect the Holders of the Notes.

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          SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer will
not:

     (i) except as expressly permitted by the Basic Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or
otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included
in the Trust Estate, unless directed to do so by the Controlling Party;

     (ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable
in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the
Code) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment
of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate; or

     (iii) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or
permit the lien in favor of the Indenture Trustee created by this Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be
released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes under this
Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge, excise,
claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this
Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate
or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens,
mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in each case on a Financed
Vehicle and arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related Obligor), (C)
permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with
respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security interest in the Trust Estate, or
(D) amend, modify or fail to comply with the provisions of the Basic Documents without the
prior written consent of the Controlling Party.

          SECTION 3.9 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will deliver to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer
(commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007), and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements of TIA Section 314(a)(4) an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized
Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that

     (i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of its performance
under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s supervision; and

     (ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the
Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under the Basic Documents throughout
such year, or, if there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or
covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and
status thereof.

     (iii) If the Issuer is not required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act or
any other law, the reports referred to in this Section 3.9 may be delivered within
120 days after the end of the calendar year, beginning April 30, 2008.

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          SECTION 3.10 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms.

          (a) The Issuer will not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless

     (i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or
merger will be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any state and will expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred
and is continuing), the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all
Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on
the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;

     (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing;

     (iii) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect to such transaction;

     (iv) the Issuer has received an Opinion of Counsel (and has delivered copies thereof to
the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default
has occurred and is continuing)) to the effect that such transaction will not have any
material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, the Insurer, any Noteholder or the
Certificateholder;

     (v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by
this Indenture has been taken;

     (vi) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and the Swap Counterparty an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation or
merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with
(including any filing required by the Exchange Act); and

     (vii) so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer will
have given the Insurer written notice of such consolidation or merger at least 20 Business
Days prior to the consummation of such action and will have received the prior written
approval of the Insurer of such consolidation or merger and the Issuer or the Person (if
other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger has a net worth,
immediately after such consolidation or merger, that is (a) greater than zero and (b) not
less than the net worth of the Issuer immediately prior to giving effect to such
consolidation or merger.

          (b) The Issuer will not convey or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or
assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to any Person, unless

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     (i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the
Issuer the conveyance or transfer of which is hereby restricted will (A) be a United States
citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or
any state, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered
to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the Swap
Counterparty and the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing),
the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the
performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of each of the Basic Documents on
the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly
agree by means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed
or transferred will be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders of the Notes, (D)
unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or expense arising
under or related to this Indenture and the Notes
and (E) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if
a group of persons, then one specified Person) will prepare (or cause to be prepared) and
make all filings with the Commission (and any other appropriate Person) required by the
Exchange Act in connection with the Notes;

     (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing;

     (iii) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect to such transaction;

     (iv) the Issuer has received an Opinion of Counsel (and will have delivered copies
thereof to the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the Insurer (so long as no
Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing)) to the effect that such transaction will
not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, the Insurer, any Noteholder or
the Certificateholder;

     (v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by
this Indenture has been taken;

     (vi) the Issuer will have delivered to the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and
the Insurer an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III and that
all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act); and

     (vii) so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer will
have given the Insurer written notice of such conveyance or transfer at least 20 Business
Days prior to the consummation of such action and will have received the prior written
approval of the Insurer of such conveyance or transfer and the transferee has a net worth,
immediately after such conveyance or transfer, that is (a) greater than zero and (b)

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not
less than the net worth of the Issuer immediately prior to giving effect to such conveyance
or transfer.

          (c) The Issuer will not change its jurisdiction of organization without notifying the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and taking any actions necessary to maintain a first priority
perfected security interest in the Collateral under this Indenture.

          SECTION 3.11 Successor or Transferee.

          (a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a),
the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) will
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.

          (b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the Issuer pursuant to
Section 3.10 (b), Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2007-A will be released from
every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the
Issuer with respect to the Notes immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture
Trustee stating that Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2007-A is to be so released.

          SECTION 3.12 No Other Business. The Issuer will not engage in any business other than
financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the Receivables in the manner contemplated by
the Basic Documents and activities incidental thereto.

          SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing. The Issuer will not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any Indebtedness except for (i) the Notes,
(ii) obligations owing from time to time to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement and (iii) any
other Indebtedness permitted by or arising under the Basic Documents. The proceeds of the Notes
will be used exclusively to fund the Issuer’s purchase of the Receivables and the other assets
specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to fund the Spread Account and to pay the Issuer’s
organizational, transactional and start-up expenses.

          SECTION 3.14 Servicer’s Obligations. The Issuer will cause the Servicer to comply
with Sections 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 and 5.10 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          SECTION 3.15 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except as
contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture, the Issuer will not make any
loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the
effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or
otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection
with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree
contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in,
or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.

          SECTION 3.16 Capital Expenditures. The Issuer will not make any expenditure (by
long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).

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          SECTION 3.17 Compliance with Laws. The Issuer will comply with the requirements of
all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would, individually or in the aggregate,
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the
Notes, this Indenture or any Basic Document.

          SECTION 3.18 Restricted Payments. The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, (i) pay any dividend or make any distribution
(by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination
thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with
respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer,
(ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest
or security or (iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose;
provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, distributions to
the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee and the
Certificateholders as permitted by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under,
the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Trust Agreement. The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly,
make payments to or distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance with the Basic
Documents.

          SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of Default. Upon a responsible officer of the Issuer
having actual knowledge thereof, the Issuer agrees to give the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and
the Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each Default or Event of Default hereunder and each
default on the part of the Servicer or the Depositor of its obligations under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

          SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture Trustee or
the Insurer, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts
as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this
Indenture.

          SECTION 3.21 Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement. The
Issuer will not agree to any amendment to Section 12.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement
or Section 10.1 of the Trust Agreement to eliminate the requirements thereunder that the
Indenture Trustee, the Insurer or the Holders of the Notes consent to amendments thereto as
provided therein.

          SECTION 3.22 Income Tax Characterization. For purposes of federal income, state and
local income and franchise and any other income taxes, the Issuer will treat the Notes as
indebtedness and each Noteholder (or beneficial Note Owner) will be deemed, by virtue of
acquisition of its interest in such Note, to have agreed, to treat the Notes as indebtedness for
all applicable tax reporting purposes.

          SECTION 3.23 Representations and Warranties. The Issuer represents and warrants that:

          (a) Security Interest. This Indenture creates a valid and continuing security
interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Indenture Trustee,
which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against
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of and purchasers from the Seller. The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the
Receivables free and clear of any Lien (other than the Lien in favor of the Indenture Trustee),
claim or encumbrance of any Person. The Issuer is not aware of any judgments or tax liens filed
against the Issuer.

          (b) All Filings Made. The Issuer has taken all steps necessary to perfect the
Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the property securing the Receivables, provided that, if
not done as of the Closing Date, the Issuer will cause, within ten days of the Closing Date, the
filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Receivables
granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder. All financing statements filed or to be filed by the
Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection herewith that describes the Collateral
contain a statement to the following effect:

(A purchase or taking of a security interest in any collateral
described in this financing statement except as permitted by the
Indenture will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee).

          (c) No Impairment. The Issuer has not done anything to convey any right to any Person
that would result in such Person having a right to payments due under the Receivables or otherwise
to impair the rights of the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in any Receivable or
the proceeds thereof. Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or
otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description of collateral
covering the Receivables other than any financing statement relating to the security interest
granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder or that has been terminated. The Issuer is not aware of
any judgment or tax lien filings against it.

          (d) The Receivables. The Receivables constitute “tangible chattel paper” within the
meaning of the applicable UCC. Triad Financial Corporation, as the Custodian under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, has in its possession all original copies of the receivable files that
constitute or evidence the Receivables. The receivable files that constitute or evidence the
Receivables do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or
conveyed by the Issuer to any person.

          (e) Good Title. Immediately prior to the pledge of the Receivables to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer was the sole owner thereof and had good and
indefeasible title thereto, free of any Lien and, upon execution and delivery of the Basic
Documents, the Issuer shall have good and indefeasible title to and will be the sole owner of such
Receivables, free of any Lien. No dealer or third-party lender has a participation in, or other
right to receive, proceeds of any Receivable. The Issuer has not taken any action to convey any
right to any Person that would result in such Person having a right to payments received under the
related Insurance Policies, Auto Loan Purchase and Sale Agreements, Dealer Assignments or
Third-Party Lender Assignments or to payments due under such Receivables.

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ARTICLE IV

Satisfaction and Discharge

          SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture will cease to be
of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and
exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of
Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Sections
3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13,
3.20, 3.21 and 3.22, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the
Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7 and
the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.2) and (vi) the rights of
Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture
Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense
of the Issuer, will execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to the Notes, when

     (A) either

     (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes
that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 2.5 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Indenture Trustee and
thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 3.3) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation and the
Note Policy has expired and been returned to the Insurer for cancellation; or

     (2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation

     (i) have become due and payable,

     (ii) will become due and payable at their respective Final Scheduled
Distribution Dates within one year, or

     (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,

and the Issuer, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited
or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America (which will
mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due to their
respective Final Scheduled Distribution Dates or Redemption Date (if
Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.1(a)), as the case may
be;

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     (B) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all Insurer Issuer Secured
Obligations, all Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations and all Swap
Counterparty Issuer Secured Obligations; and

     (C) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an
Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and, if required by the TIA, the Issuer
has delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer (so long as no Insurer
Default has occurred and is continuing) an Independent Certificate from a firm of
certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section
11.1(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

          SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money. All moneys deposited with the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 will be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Notes and the Basic Documents, to the payment, either directly or through any
Note Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes
for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee,
of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such moneys need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or required by law.

          SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Note Paying Agent. In connection with the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all moneys then held by any
Note Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with
respect to such Notes will, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held
and applied according to Section 3.3 and thereupon such Note Paying Agent will be released from all
further liability with respect to such moneys.

ARTICLE V

Remedies

          SECTION 5.1 Events of Default. “Event of Default” means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or
involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

     (i) default by the Issuer in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same
becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of five days; or

     (ii) default by the Issuer in the payment of the principal of any Note on its Final
Scheduled Distribution Date; or

     (iii) if the Insurer is the Controlling Party, a Trigger Event (as defined under the
Insurance Agreement) has occurred and is continuing; or

     (iv) a claim has been made on the Note Policy; or

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     (v) so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, a claim has been made
on the Swap Policy; or

     (vi) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust Estate in an
involuntary case under any applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial
part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s affairs,
and such decree or order remains unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or

     (vii) the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under any applicable federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the
consent by the Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any
such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the
Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to
pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by the Issuer in furtherance
of any of the foregoing; or

     (viii) the Issuer becoming taxable as an association or a publicly traded partnership
taxable as a corporation for federal or state income tax purposes; or

     (ix) on any Distribution Date, after taking into account the application of the sum of
Available Funds for the related calendar month plus any available amounts from the Spread
Account for the related Distribution Date, any amounts listed in clauses (i) through (vi) of
Section 5.7(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement have not been paid in full; or

     (x) default in the observance or performance in any material respect of any covenant or
agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a
default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with), or any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture, in any
Basic Document or in any certificate or any other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time
when the same has been made, and such default will continue or not be cured, or the
circumstance or condition in respect of which such representation or warranty was incorrect
will not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of
30 days (or for such longer period, not in excess of 90 days, as may be reasonably
necessary to remedy such default) after there has been given, by registered or certified
mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by
the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, a written notice
specifying such default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder.

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          The Issuer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, within five days after
knowledge of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any
event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an Event of Default, its
status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

          SECTION 5.2 Rights Upon Event of Default.

          (a) In the event of any acceleration of any Notes by operation of this Section 5.2, the
Indenture Trustee will continue to be entitled to make claims under the Note Policy pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement for Scheduled Payments on the Notes and the Swap Counterparty will
continue to be entitled to make claims under the Swap Policy pursuant to the terms of the Swap
Policy. Payments under the Note Policy following acceleration of any Notes will be applied by the
Indenture Trustee:

     FIRST: to Class A Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Class A Notes for
interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due
and payable on the Class A Notes for interest; and

     SECOND: first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid for principal,
then to Holders of the other Classes of Class A Notes for amounts due and unpaid on such
Class A Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on such Class A Notes for principal.

          Payments under the Swap Policy following acceleration of the Notes will be applied to pay the
Swap Counterparty amounts due and unpaid pursuant to the Swap Agreement and the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          (b) In the event any Notes are accelerated due to an Event of Default, the Insurer has the
right (in addition to its obligation to pay Scheduled Payments on the Notes in accordance with the
Note Policy and to pay amounts due under the Swap Policy), but not the obligation, to make payments
under the Note Policy or otherwise of interest and principal due on such Notes, in whole or in
part, on any date or dates following such acceleration as the Insurer, in its sole discretion, will
elect.

          (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing (other than Events of Default specified in
Section 5.1(vi) and (vii)), the Indenture Trustee may, with consent of the Insurer (if the Insurer
is the Controlling Party), and will, at the direction of the Controlling Party, declare by written
notice to the Issuer that the Notes become, whereupon they will become, immediately due and payable
at par, together with accrued interest thereon. If an Event of Default specified in Section
5.1(vi) or (vii) occurs, the Notes will automatically become due and
payable at par, together with interest thereon, without any declaration or other act on the
part of its Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder or the Controlling Party.

          (d) If at any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before
a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article V provided, the Controlling Party, by written notice to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

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          (i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay:

     (A) all payments of principal of and interest on all Notes and all
other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes and under
the Swap Agreement if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration
had not occurred and all amounts then owing under the Swap Agreement as a
result of such Event of Default; and

     (B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel; and

     (ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes
that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 5.13.

          No such rescission will affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.

          SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.

          (a) The Issuer covenants that, notwithstanding any rights of any other party herein to
exercise any of its remedies as provided herein, if (i) default is made in the payment of any
interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period
of five days, or (ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the
principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable, the Issuer will pay to the Indenture
Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Notes for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and, to the extent
payment at such rate of interest will be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of
interest, at the applicable Interest Rate and in addition thereto such further amount as will be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.

          (b) Each Issuer Secured Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally appoints the Controlling
Party as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of such Issuer Secured Party, with full power of
substitution, to execute, acknowledge and deliver any notice, document,
certificate, paper, pleading or instrument and to do in the name of the Controlling Party as
well as in the name, place and stead of such Issuer Secured Party such acts, things and deeds for
or on behalf of and in the name of such Issuer Secured Party under this Indenture (including
specifically under Section 5.4) and under the other Basic Documents which such Issuer Secured Party
could or might do or which may be necessary, desirable or convenient in such Controlling Party’s
sole discretion to effect the purposes contemplated hereunder and under the Basic Documents and,
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full right, power and
authority to take, or defer from taking, any and all acts with respect to the administration,
maintenance or disposition of the Trust Estate.

          (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may with the
consent of the Controlling Party and will, at the direction of the Controlling Party, proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders by such appropriate Proceedings as
the Indenture Trustee or the Controlling Party will deem most effective to protect and enforce any
such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or
in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal
or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

          (d) [Reserved].

          (e) In case there will be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes
or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Trust Estate, proceedings under Title
11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization,
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official has been appointed for or taken possession of the
Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial
proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property
of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal
of any Notes will then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee has made any demand pursuant to the provisions of
this Section, will be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise to,
and may with the Insurer’s consent (so long as the Insurer is the Controlling Party), and will, at
the direction of the Controlling Party:

     (i) file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest
owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any
claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture
Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all
expenses and indemnities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each
predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct) and of the Noteholders allowed in such proceedings;

     (ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, vote on behalf of the
Noteholders in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing similar
functions in any such proceedings;

     (iii) collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the
Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and

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     (iv) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders allowed in
any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;

and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding
is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in
the event that the Indenture Trustee will consent to the making of payments directly, to such
Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as will be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and indemnities incurred, and all advances
made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of
negligence or bad faith.

          (f) Nothing herein contained will be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or
consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or
to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such
Proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar
person.

          (g) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture or under any of the
Notes may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the
production thereof in any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or
Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee will be brought in its own name as Indenture
Trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses,
disbursements, indemnities and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor trustee and
their respective agents and attorneys, will be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

          (h) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving
the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture), the Indenture Trustee will be held to
represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it will not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party
to any such proceedings.

          SECTION 5.4 Remedies.

          (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Notes have been declared due
and payable and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded, the Indenture
Trustee may, with the consent of the Insurer (so long as the Insurer is
the Controlling Party) and will, at the direction of the Controlling Party, do one or more of
the following (subject to Section 5.5):

     (i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the
collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect
thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect
from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes moneys adjudged due;

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     (ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of
this Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate;

     (iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other
appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee
and the Holders of the Notes; and

     (iv) sell the Trust Estate or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one
or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law;
provided, however, that

     (A) if the Insurer is the Controlling Party, the Insurer may not direct the
sale or other liquidation of the Trust Estate unless (1) an “Event of Default” under
the Insurance Agreement has occurred due to an “Event of Default” under Clause
5.1(iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix) or (x) hereof or an “Event of Default” under
Section 5.1 (g) of the Insurance Agreement has occurred which arose from a claim
being made on the Note Policy, from a termination of the Swap Agreement or from the
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or liquidation of the Issuer or the Depositor,
or (2) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the Noteholders are
sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Notes for
principal and interest; or

     (B) if the Indenture Trustee is the Controlling Party, the Indenture Trustee
may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Trust Estate following an Event of Default
unless either

     (x) Noteholders representing not less than 100% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes consent thereto, or

     (y) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to
the Noteholders are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then
due and unpaid upon such Notes for principal and interest, or

     (z) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Trust Estate will
not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal
of and interest on the Notes as they would have become due if the
Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture
Trustee provides prior written notice to the Rating Agencies and
obtains the consent of Holders of 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount
of the Notes.

          In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clause (y) and (z), the
Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and conclusively rely upon an opinion of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed
action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.

          SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Receivables. If the Indenture Trustee is the
Controlling Party and if the Notes have been declared to be due and payable under

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Section 5.2
following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and
annulled, the Indenture Trustee may but need not maintain possession of the Trust Estate. It is
the desire of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds
for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee will take such
desire into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In
determining whether to maintain possession of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may, but need
not, obtain and conclusively rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or
accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the
sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.

          SECTION 5.6 Priorities.

          (a) Following (1) the acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2 or (2) the receipt of
Insolvency Proceeds pursuant to Section 10.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee will apply the following amounts from (i) Available Funds on deposit in the Collection
Account, including any money or property collected pursuant to Section 5.4 of this Indenture and
any such Insolvency Proceeds, after the payment of all amounts owing to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.7 of this Indenture, and (ii) amounts on deposit in the Spread Account on the
related Distribution Date in the following order of priority:

     FIRST: amounts due and owing and required to be distributed to the Servicer (provided
there is no Servicer Termination Event), the Swap Counterparty (other than any Swap
Termination Payments due under the Swap Agreement), the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
and Backup Servicer, respectively, pursuant to priorities (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section
5.7(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and not previously distributed, in the order of
such priorities as set forth therein and without limitation, preference or priority of any
kind within such priorities;

     SECOND: to the Holders of the Class A Notes, for amounts due and unpaid on such Class A
Notes for interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Class A Notes for interest;

     THIRD: to the Class A-1 Noteholders, for amounts due and unpaid on the Class A-1 Notes
for principal, then, to the Holders of the other classes of Class A Notes, for amounts due
and unpaid on such Class A Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority of
any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Class A Notes for principal;

     FOURTH: amounts due and owing and required to be distributed to the Insurer pursuant to
priority (vii), (viii) and (xi) of Section 5.7(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and not
previously distributed;

     FIFTH: to the Swap Counterparty, any other amounts owed under the Swap Agreement,
including Swap Termination Payments, if any, then due; and

     SIXTH: any remainder to the Holders of the Certificates.

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          (b) The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Noteholders pursuant to this Section 5.6. At least 15 days before such record date the Issuer will
mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment
date and the amount to be paid.

          SECTION 5.7 Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note has any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

     (i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default;

     (ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes have made
written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;

     (iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying
with such request;

     (iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings;

     (v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture
Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes; and

     (vi) the Insurer is not the Controlling Party;

it being understood and intended that no one or more Noteholders has any right in any manner
whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of any other Noteholders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided.

          In the event the Indenture Trustee receives conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity
from two or more groups of Noteholders, each representing less than a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee will act at the direction of the group
of Noteholders with the greater Outstanding Amount of Notes, provided, however, that in the event
the Indenture Trustee receives conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more
groups of Noteholders representing an equal Outstanding Amount of Notes, the Indenture Trustee in
its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, will be taken, notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any such determination
made in good faith.

          SECTION 5.8 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note has the right, which
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any, on such
Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this Indenture (or,
in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such right will not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.

          SECTION 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Controlling Party or any
Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and
such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely
to the Controlling Party or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the
Controlling Party and the Noteholders will, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be
restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights
and remedies of the Controlling Party and the Noteholders will continue as though no such
Proceeding had been instituted.

          SECTION 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon
or reserved to the Controlling Party or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy will, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or
in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, will not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right
or remedy.

          SECTION 5.11 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture
Trustee, the Controlling Party or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing
upon any Default or Event of Default will impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of
any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article V or by law to the Indenture Trustee, the Controlling Party or to the Noteholders may
be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee,
the Controlling Party or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.

          SECTION 5.12 Control by Noteholders. If the Indenture Trustee is the Controlling Party, the Majority Noteholders will have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to
the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Indenture Trustee; provided that:

     (i) such direction will not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;

     (ii) any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate is
subject to the express terms of Section 5.4;

     (iii) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.5 have been satisfied and the Indenture
Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to such Section, then any direction to
the Indenture Trustee by Noteholders representing less than 100% of the

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Outstanding Amount
of the Notes to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate will be of no force and effect; and

     (iv) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction;

provided, however, that, subject to Article VI, the Indenture Trustee need not take
any action that it determines might involve it in liability, financial or otherwise, without
receiving indemnity satisfactory to it, or might materially adversely affect the rights of any
Noteholders not consenting to such action.

          SECTION 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Insurer may, or if an Insurer Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Majority Noteholders may, prior to the declaration of the
acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.4, waive any past Default or
Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (a) in payment of principal of or interest
on any of the Notes or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In the case of any such waiver, the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Holders of the Notes will be restored to their
former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver will extend to any
subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

          Upon any such waiver, such Default will cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and
not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed to have been cured
and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver will extend to
any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

          SECTION 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each
Holder of any Note by such Holder’s acceptance thereof will be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture
Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such
suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section
will not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee or the Controlling Party, (b)
any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the
aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or (c) any suit instituted by any
Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after
the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

          SECTION 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any manner
whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby

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expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

          SECTION 5.16 Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover
judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture will not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or
application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this
Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders will be impaired
by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any
execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the
Issuer.

          SECTION 5.17 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.

          (a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the Servicer’s
expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to
compel or secure the performance and observance by the Servicer of its obligations to the Issuer
under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof,
and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the
Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the extent and in the manner
directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the institution of legal or administrative actions or
Proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Servicer of its obligations under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

          (b) If the Indenture Trustee is the Controlling Party and if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at the written direction of the Majority
Noteholders will, subject to Article VI, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges
and claims of the Issuer against the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure
performance or observance by the Servicer of its obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give
any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such action will be suspended.

ARTICLE VI

The Indenture Trustee 

          SECTION 6.1 Duties of Indenture Trustee.

          (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee will
exercise, subject to the provisions of Article V, the rights and powers vested in it by the Basic
Documents to which it is a Party and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own
affairs.

          (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

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     (i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations will be
read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and

     (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture; however, the Indenture Trustee will examine the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the
requirements of this Indenture.

          (c) The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

     (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 6.1 (b);

     (ii) the Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

     (iii) the Indenture Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to
Section 5.12.

          (d) The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except
as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

          (e) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          (f) No provision of this Indenture will require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its
own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it has reasonable grounds to believe that
repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability
is not assured to it.

          (g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Indenture Trustee will be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1
and to the provisions of the TIA.

          (h) The Indenture Trustee will, upon two Business Days’ prior notice to the Indenture Trustee,
permit any representative of the Insurer at the expense of the Trust, during the Indenture
Trustee’s normal business hours, to examine all books of account, records, reports and other papers
of the Indenture Trustee relating to the Notes, to make copies and extracts therefrom and to
discuss the Indenture Trustee’s affairs and actions, as such affairs and actions relate to the
Indenture Trustee’s duties with respect to the Notes, with the Indenture Trustee’s officers and
employees responsible for carrying out the Indenture Trustee’s duties with respect to the Notes.

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          (i) The Indenture Trustee will, and hereby agrees that it will, perform all of the obligations
and duties required of it under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          (j) The Indenture Trustee will, and hereby agrees that it will, hold the Note Policy in trust,
and will hold any proceeds of any claim on the Note Policy in trust solely for the use and benefit
of the Noteholders.

          (k) Without limiting the generality of this Section 6.1, the Indenture Trustee will have no
duty (i) to see to any recording, filing or depositing of this Indenture or any agreement referred
to herein or any financing statement evidencing a security interest in the Financed Vehicles, or to
see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any recording, refiling
or redepositing of any thereof, (ii) to see to any insurance of the Financed Vehicles or Obligors
or to effect or maintain any such insurance, (iii) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge or any Lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect
to, assessed or levied against any part of the Trust Estate, (iv) to confirm or verify the contents
of any reports or certificates delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture or the
Sale and Servicing Agreement believed by the Indenture Trustee to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties, or (v) to inspect the Financed Vehicles at any
time or ascertain or inquire as to the performance of observance of any of the Issuer’s, the
Depositor’s or the Servicer’s representations, warranties or covenants or the Servicer’s duties and
obligations as Servicer and as custodian of the Receivable Files under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          (l) In no event will Citibank, N.A., in any of its capacities hereunder, be deemed to have
assumed any duties of the Owner Trustee under the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute, common law, or
the Trust Agreement.

          SECTION 6.2 Rights of Indenture Trustee.

          (a) The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on any report, certificate, opinion, statement
or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

          (b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel.

          (c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee,
and the Indenture Trustee will not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of,
or for the supervision of, Triad Financial Corporation, or any other such agent, attorney,
custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.

          (d) The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided,

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however, that the Indenture Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith.

          (e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with
respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes will be full and complete
authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by
it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

          (f) The Indenture Trustee will be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any
litigation under this Indenture or in relation to this Indenture, at the request, order or
direction of any of the Noteholders or the Controlling Party, pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Noteholders or the Controlling Party has offered to the Indenture Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred
therein or thereby; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee will, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured), exercise the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture, subject to Article V, with reasonable care and skill.

          (g) The Indenture Trustee will not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to
do so by the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) or (if an
Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) by the Noteholders evidencing not less than 25% of
the Outstanding Amount thereof; provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable
time to the Indenture Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by
it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee, not reasonably
assured to the Indenture Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture or
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against
such cost, expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every
such examination will be paid by the Person making such request, or, if paid by the Indenture
Trustee, will be reimbursed by the Person making such request upon demand.

          (h) The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any losses on investments except for losses
resulting from the failure of the Indenture Trustee to make an investment in accordance with
instructions given in accordance hereunder. If the Indenture Trustee acts as the Note Paying Agent
or Note Registrar, the rights and protections afforded to the Indenture Trustee will be afforded to
the Note Paying Agent and Note Registrar.

          (i) The Indenture Trustee will not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or
knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or Servicer Termination Event unless a Responsible
Officer of the Indenture Trustee has received written notice or obtained actual knowledge thereof.
In the absence of receipt of such notice or actual knowledge, the Indenture Trustee may
conclusively assume that there is no Default or Event of Default or Servicer Termination Event.

          (j) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event will the Indenture
Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any

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kind whatsoever
(including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Indenture Trustee has been advised of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

          SECTION 6.3 Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal
with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture
Trustee. Any Note Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-Note Paying Agent may do the
same with like rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12.

          SECTION 6.4 Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee will not be
responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the
Trust Estate or the Notes, it will not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the
Notes, and it will not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any
document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Indenture
Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

          SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and
if it is either known by, or written notice of the existence thereof has been delivered to, a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee will mail to each Noteholder
and the Insurer notice of the Default within 90 days after such knowledge or notice occurs. Except
in the case of a
Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the
mandatory redemption provisions of such Note), the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice if and
so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of
Noteholders.

          SECTION 6.6 Reports by Indenture Trustee.

          (a) The Indenture Trustee will deliver to each Noteholder such information as may be
reasonably required to enable such Holder to prepare its federal and State income tax returns to
the extent not previously provided.

          (b) If required under Regulation AB, the Indenture Trustee will:

     (i) deliver to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer, a report, dated as of
December 31 of the preceding calendar year, on its assessment of compliance with the
minimum servicing criteria regarding cash and collection administration and investor
remittances reporting as set forth on Exhibit B hereto during the preceding calendar year,
including disclosure of any material instance of non-compliance identified by the Indenture
Trustee, as required by Rule 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and the sections of Item
1122 of Regulation AB under the Securities Act as set forth on Exhibit B hereto, and such
additional provisions of Item 1122 as may be agreed among the Depositor, the Servicer and
the Indenture Trustee to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB.

     (ii) cause a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent
within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to deliver to the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer an attestation report that

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satisfies the
requirements of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 under the Exchange Act, as applicable, on the
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria with respect to the prior calendar year.
Such attestation report will be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3), 2-01 and 2-02(g) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

     (iii) The reports referred to in this Section 6.6(b) will be delivered on or before
March 15 of each year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed in connection with the
Issuer, beginning March 15, 2008.

          (c) The Indenture Trustee will furnish to the Depositor or the Issuer, in writing, the
necessary disclosure describing the legal proceedings required to be disclosed under Item 1117 of
Regulation AB with respect to the Indenture Trustee, for inclusion in reports, so long as such
reports are required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act. The Depositor or the Issuer will
provide such reports to the Insurer promptly upon receipt thereof.

          SECTION 6.7 Compensation and Indemnity.

          (a) Pursuant to Section 5.7(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer will, or will
cause the Servicer to, pay to the Indenture Trustee and the Backup Servicer from
time to time compensation for its services as per a separate fee schedule. The Indenture
Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust. The Issuer will, or will cause the Servicer to, reimburse the Indenture Trustee and the
Backup Servicer for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs
of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the
reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s and the
Backup Servicer’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer will, or will cause the
Servicer to, indemnify the Indenture Trustee and the Backup Servicer and their respective officers,
directors, employees and agents against any and all loss, liability or expense (including
attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by each of them in connection with the acceptance or the
administration of this Trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Indenture Trustee or
the Backup Servicer will notify the Issuer, the Insurer and the Servicer promptly of any claim for
which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee or the Backup Servicer to so notify
the Issuer, the Insurer and the Servicer will not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder
or the Servicer of its obligations under Section 8.2 and Article XI of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Issuer will, or will cause the Servicer to, defend the claim, and if failure to
provide separate counsel will result in a conflict of interest, the Indenture Trustee or the Backup
Servicer may have separate counsel and the Issuer will cause the Servicer to pay the fees and
expenses of such counsel. Neither the Issuer nor the Servicer need reimburse any expense or
indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee or the Backup
Servicer through the Indenture Trustee’s or the Backup Servicer’s own willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith.

          (b) The Issuer’s payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee and the Backup Servicer pursuant
to this Section 6.7 will survive the discharge of this Indenture or the respective earlier
resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or the Backup Servicer. When the Indenture Trustee
or the Backup Servicer incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section
5.1(vi) or (vii) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to

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constitute expenses of
administration under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law. Notwithstanding anything else set forth in the Basic
Documents, the Indenture Trustee agrees that the obligations of the Issuer (but not the Servicer)
to the Indenture Trustee under the Basic Documents will be recourse to the Trust Estate only and
specifically will not be recourse to the assets of the Certificateholder or any Noteholder. In
addition, the Indenture Trustee agrees that its recourse to the Issuer, the Trust Estate, the
Depositor and amounts held in the Spread Account will be limited to the right to receive the
distributions referred to in Section 5.7(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 5.6
hereof.

          SECTION 6.8 Replacement of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may resign at any
time by so notifying the Issuer and the Insurer. The Issuer may, with the consent of the
Controlling Party, and will at the request of the Controlling Party, remove the Indenture Trustee,
if:

     (i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;

     (ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Indenture Trustee in
an involuntary case or proceeding under federal or State banking or bankruptcy laws, as now
or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law, has entered a decree or order granting relief or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, conservator, sequestrator (or similar official)
for the Indenture Trustee or for any substantial part of the Indenture Trustee’s property,
or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Indenture Trustee’s affairs;

     (iii) an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in
effect, or another present or future federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law
is commenced with respect to the Indenture Trustee and such case is not dismissed within 60
days;

     (iv) the Indenture Trustee commences a voluntary case under any federal or state
banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or consents to the appointment of or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, conservator,
sequestrator (or other similar official) for the Indenture Trustee or for any substantial
part of the Indenture Trustee’s property, or makes any assignment for the benefit of
creditors or fails generally to pay its debts as such debts become due or takes any
corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or

     (v) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

          If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of
Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as
the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer will promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee
acceptable to the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing).
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Issuer fails to appoint such a successor Indenture Trustee, the Insurer may appoint a successor
Indenture Trustee.

          A successor Indenture Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the
retiring Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty, the Insurer and to the Issuer. Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee will become effective, subject to
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition and the successor Indenture Trustee will have all the
rights, powers and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor
Indenture Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The retiring Indenture
Trustee, at the expense of the Trust, will promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture
Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.

          If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring
Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed (notwithstanding that such resignation or removal is not
effective), the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in Outstanding
Amount of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Indenture Trustee.

          If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder with the Insurer’s
consent (unless an Insurer Default exists) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

          Any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment of a successor Indenture
Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section will not become effective until
acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.8 and
payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Indenture Trustee.

          Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section, the
Issuer’s and the Servicer’s obligations under Section 6.7 will continue for the benefit of the
retiring Indenture Trustee.

          SECTION 6.9 Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. If the Indenture Trustee
consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate
trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving
or transferee corporation without any further act will be the successor Indenture Trustee;
provided, that the surviving corporation must satisfy the eligibility criteria set forth in
Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee will provide the Rating Agencies prior written notice of any
such transaction.

          In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the
Indenture Trustee will succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes will have
been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the
certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated;
and in case at that time any of the Notes will not have been authenticated, any successor to the
Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in
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in all such cases such certificates will
have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the
certificate of the Indenture Trustee will have.

          SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee.

          (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of
meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may at the
time be located, the Indenture Trustee with the consent of the Insurer (so long as no Insurer
Default has occurred and is continuing) will have the power and may execute and deliver all
instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate
trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person or
Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Trust Estate,
or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties,
obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No
co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder will be required to meet the terms of
eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the
appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee will be required under Section 6.8 hereof.

          (b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee will, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed
and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

     (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture
Trustee will be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture
Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such
separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture
Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in
which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Indenture Trustee will be
incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) will be exercised and performed singly by such separate
trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;

     (ii) no trustee hereunder will be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of
any other trustee hereunder, including acts or omissions of predecessor or successor
trustees; and

     (iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any
separate trustee or co-trustee.

          (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee will be deemed to have
been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to
each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee will refer to this
Agreement and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of the trusts conferred, will be vested with the estates or property specified in its
instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be
provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including

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every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument will be filed with the Indenture
Trustee.

          (d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee, its
agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do
any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any
separate trustee or co-trustee will die, dissolve, become insolvent, become incapable of acting,
resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts will invest in
and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment
of a new or successor trustee.

          (e) Any and all amounts relating to the fees and expenses of the co-Indenture Trustee or
separate Indenture Trustee will be borne by the Trust Estate.

          SECTION 6.11 Eligibility: Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee will at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a). The
Indenture Trustee will have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in
its most recent published annual report of condition and it will have a long term debt rating of
BBB-, or an equivalent rating, or better by the Rating Agencies. The Indenture Trustee will
provide copies of such reports to the Insurer upon request. The Indenture Trustee will comply with
TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that there will be excluded from the operation of
TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are
outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

          SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. The Indenture Trustee
will comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). An
Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed will be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent
indicated.

          SECTION 6.13 Representations and Warranties of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture
Trustee represents and warrants to the Issuer and to each Issuer Secured Party as follows:

          (a) Due Organization. The Indenture Trustee is a national banking association duly
organized under the laws of the United States and is duly authorized and licensed under applicable
law to conduct its business as presently conducted.

          (b) Corporate Power. The Indenture Trustee has all requisite right, power and
authority to execute and deliver this Indenture and to perform all of its duties as Indenture
Trustee hereunder.

          (c) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery by the Indenture Trustee of the
Basic Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by the Indenture Trustee of its duties
hereunder and thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate proceedings and no
further approvals or filings, including any governmental approvals, are required for the valid
execution and delivery by the Indenture Trustee, or the performance by the Indenture Trustee, of
the Basic Documents.

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          (d) Valid and Binding Indenture. The Indenture Trustee has duly executed and
delivered this Indenture and each other Basic Document to which it is a party, and each of this
Indenture and each such other Basic Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Indenture Trustee, enforceable against the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its terms,
except as (i) such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the
availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability.

          SECTION 6.14 Waiver of Setoffs. The Indenture Trustee hereby expressly waives any and
all rights of setoff that the Indenture Trustee may otherwise at any time have under applicable law
with respect to any
Trust Account and agrees that amounts in the Trust Accounts will at all times be held and
applied solely in accordance with the provisions hereof.

          SECTION 6.15 Control by the Controlling Party. The Indenture Trustee will comply with
notices and instructions given by the Issuer only if accompanied by the written consent of the
Controlling Party, except that if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Indenture Trustee will act upon and comply with notices and instructions given by the Controlling
Party alone in the place and stead of the Issuer.

ARTICLE VII

Noteholders’ Lists and Reports

          SECTION 7.1 Issuer To Furnish To Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders.
The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five
days after each Record Date, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Record Date, (b) at such other times as the
Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 10 days prior to the time
such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is
the Note Registrar, no such list will be required to be furnished. The Indenture Trustee or, if
the Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar, the Issuer will furnish to the Insurer in writing
at such times as the Insurer may request a copy of the list.

          SECTION 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders.

          (a) The Indenture Trustee will preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the names and addresses of the Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture
Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Indenture
Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to
it as provided in such Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

          (b) Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect
to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes.

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          (c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar will have the protection of TIA §
312(c).

          SECTION 7.3 Reports by Issuer.

          (a) The Issuer will:

     (i) deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to
file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the
Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Issuer may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

     (ii) deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission such additional information,
documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and
covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations; and

     (iii) deliver to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee will transmit by mail
to all Noteholders described in TIA § 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents
and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this
Section 7.3(a) as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
the Commission.

          (b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer will end on December
31 of each year.

          SECTION 7.4 Reports by Indenture Trustee. If required by TIA § 313(a), within 60 days
after each May 31, beginning with May 31, 2008, the Indenture Trustee will mail to each Noteholder
as required by TIA § 313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA § 313(a).
The Indenture Trustee also will comply with TIA § 313(b).

          A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders will be filed by the Indenture
Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed. The
Issuer will notify the Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

ARTICLE VIII

Accounts, Disbursements and Releases

          SECTION 8.1 Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and will receive and collect, directly and
without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other
property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture and the Sale
and Servicing
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money received by it as provided in this
Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Indenture or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of any
payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Trust Estate, the
Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or
performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings. Any such action
will be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture
and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.

          SECTION 8.2 Release of Trust Estate.

          (a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses and other amounts pursuant to Section 6.7,
the Indenture Trustee may (with the Insurer’s consent, so long as the Insurer is the Controlling
Party), and will at the Controlling Party’s direction, execute instruments to release property from
the lien of this Indenture, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture
Trustee as provided in this Article VIII will be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s
authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of
any moneys.

          (b) The Indenture Trustee will, at such time as there are no Notes outstanding, all sums due
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 and all sums due the Insurer under the Insurance
Agreement have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes
from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any
funds then on deposit in the Trust Accounts. The Indenture Trustee will release property from the
lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.2(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request
accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA)
Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA §§ 314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the applicable
requirements of Section 11.1.

          SECTION 8.3 Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee will receive at least seven
days’ notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.2(a),
accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee may also require, as a
condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the
same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied
with and such action will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Notes or the
rights of the Noteholders in contravention of the provisions of this Indenture; provided,
however, that such Opinion of Counsel will not be required to express an opinion as to the
fair value of the Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent
investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the
Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action.

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ARTICLE IX

Supplemental Indentures

          SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.

          (a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with the consent of the Insurer
(unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) and the consent of the Swap Counterparty
(unless such indenture supplemental hereto could not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Swap Counterparty); provided, that such consent shall be deemed to
have been given if the Swap Counterparty does not object in writing within ten (10) Business Days
after receipt of a written request of such consent, and with prior notice to the Rating Agencies by
the Issuer, as evidenced to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when
authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto (which will conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as
in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for
any of the following purposes; provided that such action will not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Holders of the Notes or of the Insurer:

     (i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the
lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee
any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to
subject to the lien of this Indenture additional property;

     (ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof,
of another Person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants
of the Issuer herein and in the Notes contained;

     (iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;

     (iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the
Indenture Trustee;

     (v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any
supplemental indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any
supplemental indenture or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture; provided, that such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes;

     (vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a
successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as will be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder
by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI; or

     (vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as
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under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such
other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA.

          (b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, also
without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes but with the consent of the Insurer (unless
an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) and the consent of the Swap Counterparty, as
evidenced to the Indenture Trustee (unless such indenture supplemental hereto could not reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Swap Counterparty); provided, that
such consent shall be deemed to have been given if the Swap Counterparty does not object in writing
within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a written request of such consent, and with prior
notice to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental
hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of
the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the
Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Noteholder or the Insurer.

          The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental
indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein
contained.

          SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. The Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior notice to the Rating
Agencies, with the consent of the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is
continuing), with the consent of the Swap Counterparty (unless such indenture supplemental hereto
could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Swap Counterparty);
provided, that such consent shall be deemed to have been given if the Swap Counterparty
does not object in writing within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a written request of such
consent, and with the consent of the Majority Noteholders, by Act of such Holders delivered to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this
Indenture; provided, however, that, if an Insurer Default has occurred and is
continuing, such supplemental indenture will not materially and adversely affect the interests of
the Insurer; provided further, that subject to the express rights of the Insurer under the
Basic Documents, no such supplemental indenture will, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Note affected thereby:

     (i) change the date of payment of any installment of principal of or interest on any
Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the interest rate thereon or the Redemption
Price with respect thereto, change the provision of this Indenture relating to the
application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Trust Estate to payment
of principal of or interest on the Notes, or change any place of payment where, or the coin
or currency in which, any Note or the interest thereon is payable;

     (ii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this
Indenture requiring the application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article

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V,
to the payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after the respective due dates
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);

     (iii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the consent of the
Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the
Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this
Indenture;

     (iv) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term
“Outstanding”;

     (v) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to direct the
Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4;

     (vi) modify any provision of this Section except to increase any percentage specified
herein or to provide that certain additional provisions of the Basic Documents cannot be
modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected
thereby;

     (vii) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such manner as to affect the
calculation of the amount of any payment of interest or principal due on any Note on any
Distribution Date (including the calculation of any of the individual components of such
calculation) or to affect the rights of the Noteholders to the benefit of any provisions for
the mandatory redemption of the Notes contained herein; or

     (viii) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of
this Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or, except as otherwise
permitted or contemplated in any of the Basic Documents, terminate the lien of this
Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note of
the security provided by the lien of this Indenture.

          The Indenture Trustee may determine whether or not any Notes would be affected by any
supplemental indenture and any such determination will be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes,
whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture Trustee
will not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.

          It will not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section 9.2 to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it will be sufficient if such Act will
approve the substance thereof.

          Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Section 9.2, the Indenture Trustee will mail to the Holders of the Notes
to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a notice (to be provided by the Issuer
and at the Issuer’s expense) setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any
defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such
supplemental indenture.

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          SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or permitting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the
amendments or modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee
will be entitled to receive, and will be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but will not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

          SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture will be and be deemed to be modified
and amended in accordance therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective
rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture
of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes will thereafter be determined,
exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and
all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture will be and be deemed to be part of
the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

          SECTION 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this Indenture
and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX will conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as this Indenture will then be
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

          SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if
required by the Indenture Trustee will, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee
as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee will so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture
Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE X

Redemption of Notes

          SECTION 10.1 Redemption.

          (a) The Notes are subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, at the direction of the
Servicer pursuant to Section 10.1(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, on any
Distribution Date on which the Servicer exercises its option to purchase the Owner Trust
Estate, other than the Trust Accounts (with the consent of the Insurer if such purchase would
result in a claim on the Note Policy or would result in any amount owing to the Insurer under the
Insurance Agreement remaining unpaid), which Distribution Date shall be after the last day of any
Collection Period as of which the Pool Balance will be less than or equal to 10% of the Original
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furnish the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Rating Agencies notice of such election to
redeem not later than 35 days prior to the Redemption Date and the Issuer will cause the Servicer
to deposit with the Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account the Redemption Price of the Notes
to be redeemed at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date whereupon all such Notes
will be due and payable on the Redemption Date upon the furnishing of a notice complying with
Section 10.2 to each Holder of Notes.

          (b) In the event that the assets of the Trust are distributed pursuant to Section 8.1 of the
Trust Agreement, all amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account will be paid to the
Noteholders up to the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
If amounts are to be paid to Noteholders pursuant to this Section 10.1(b), the Servicer or the
Issuer will, to the extent practicable, furnish notice of such event to the Indenture Trustee not
later than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date whereupon all such amounts will be payable on the
Redemption Date.

          SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice.

          Notice of redemption under Section 10.1 will be given by the Indenture Trustee electronically
or by facsimile, confirmed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, transmitted or mailed promptly
following receipt of election from the Issuer or Servicer pursuant to Section 10.1(a), but not
later than 30 days prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes, at such
Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register.

          All notices of redemption will state:

     (i) the Redemption Date;

     (ii) the Redemption Price;

     (iii) that payments will be made only upon presentation and surrender of such Notes and
the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price (which
will be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2); and

     (iv) that interest on the Notes will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date.

          Notice of redemption of the Notes will be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name and at
the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein, to any
Holder of any Note will not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note.

          SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes to be redeemed will, following notice of redemption as required by Section 10.2
(in the case of redemption pursuant to Section 10.1(a)), on the Redemption Date become due and
payable at the Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer will default in the payment of the
Redemption Price) no interest will accrue on the Redemption Price for any period after the date to
which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.

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ARTICLE XI

Miscellaneous

          SECTION 11.1 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. Upon any application or
request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this
Indenture, the Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee and to the Insurer (i) an Officer’s
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating
to the proposed action have been complied with, (ii) if requested by the Indenture Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if
any, have been complied with and (iii) (if required by the TIA) an Independent Certificate from a
firm of certified public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section, except
that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.

          (a) Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture will include:

     (i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has
caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

     (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

     (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

     (iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.

          (b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with the
Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of any property or securities
subject to the lien of this Indenture, other than in connection with a release of any Purchased
Receivable or Liquidated Receivable, the Issuer will, in addition to any obligation imposed in
Section 11.1(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee and
the Insurer an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing
such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the
Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited.

     (ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as
to the matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer will also deliver to the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer an Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value

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to the Issuer of the securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made the
basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal
year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) above
and this clause (ii), is 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, but such a
certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the fair
value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than
$25,000 or less than 1% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.

     (iii) Other than with respect to the release of any Purchased Receivables or Liquidated
Receivables, whenever any property or securities are to be released from the lien of this
Indenture, the Issuer will also furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an
Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing such
certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such release) of the property or
securities proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such Person the
proposed release will not impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the
provisions hereof.

     (iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as
to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer will also furnish to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the
fair value of the property or securities and of all other property other than Purchased
Receivables and Liquidated Receivables, or securities released from the lien of this
Indenture since the commencement of the then current calendar year, as set forth in the
certificates required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv), equals 10% or more of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of
any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related
Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than 1% of the then Outstanding Amount of
the Notes.

     (v) Notwithstanding Section 2.9 or any other provision of this Section 11.1(b), the
Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables as and to the
extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents and (B) make cash payments out of the
Trust Accounts as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents.

          SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person,
it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or
covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by
only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters
and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

          Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless
such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her

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certificate or opinion
is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be
based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Issuer, stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the
Depositor or the Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.

          Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

          Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the
Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer will deliver any document as a condition of the
granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is
intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the
effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated
in such document will in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such
application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing will not,
however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy
of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI.

          SECTION 11.3 Acts of Noteholders.

          (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by
one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by
agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action
will become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee,
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
“Act” of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent will be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 11.3.

          (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved in any customary manner of the Indenture Trustee.

          (c) The ownership of Notes will be proved by the Note Register.

          (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by
the Holder of any Notes will bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration thereof or
in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be
done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Note.

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          SECTION 11.4 Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies. All
demands, notices and communications hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed to have been
duly given to the addressee if mailed, by first-class registered mail, postage prepaid service,
confirmed facsimile transmission, or a nationally recognized express courier, as follows:

	 	 	 
	If to the Indenture Trustee:

	 	Citibank, N.A.
	 

	 	388 Greenwich Street
	 

	 	14th Floor
	 

	 	New York, New York 10013
	 

	 	Attention: Structured Finance Agency and
	 

	 	     Trust – Triad 2007-A
	 
	 	 
	If to the Issuer:

	 	Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2007-A
	 

	 	in care of Wilmington Trust Company
	 

	 	1100 N. Market Street
	 

	 	Wilmington, Delaware 19890
	 
	 	 
	with a copy to:

	 	Triad Financial Corporation
	 

	 	7711 Center Avenue, Suite 100
	 

	 	Huntington Beach, CA 92647
	 

	 	Attention: Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 	with a separate copy mailed to the
	 

	 	attention of: General Counsel

The Issuer will promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the Indenture
Trustee.

	 	 	 
	If to the Insurer:

	 	Financial Security Assurance Inc.
	 

	 	31 West 52nd Street
	 

	 	New York, New York 10019

In each case in which notice or other communication to the Insurer refers to an Event of Default, a
claim on the Note Policy or the Swap Policy or with respect to which failure on the part of the
Insurer to respond will be deemed to constitute consent or acceptance, then a copy of such notice
or other communication should also be sent to the attention of the General Counsel “URGENT
MATERIAL ENCLOSED.”

	 	 	 
	If to the Swap Counterparty:

	 	Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
	 

	 	85 Broad Street
	 

	 	New York, New York 10004
	 

	 	Attention: Swap Administration
	 
	 	 
	If to Moody’s:

	 	Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
	 

	 	99 Church Street, 4th Floor
	 

	 	New York, New York 10007
	 

	 	Attention: ABS Monitoring Department

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	If to Standard & Poor’s:

	 	Standard & Poor’s
	 

	 	A Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
	 

	 	55 Water Street, 40th Floor
	 

	 	New York, New York 10041
	 

	 	Attention of Asset Backed Surveillance Department

          or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as will be designated by written notice
to the other parties. Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder will be deemed to have
been received on the date delivered to or received at the premises of the addressee as evidenced by
the date noted on the return receipt.

          SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice
to Noteholders of any event, such notice will be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder
affected by such event, at his address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the
latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor
any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder will affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner here in
provided will conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.

          Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
will be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders will be filed with the
Indenture Trustee but such filing will not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such a waiver.

          In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work
stoppage or similar activity, it will be impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders
when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture,
then any manner of giving such notice as will be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee will be
deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

          Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice
will not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and will not under any
circumstance constitute a Default or Event of Default.

          SECTION 11.6 [Reserved].

          SECTION 11.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this
Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision will
control.

          The provisions of TIA §§ 310 through 317 that impose duties on any Person (including the
provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly excluded by

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this Indenture) are a
part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein.

          SECTION 11.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and will not affect the
construction hereof.

          SECTION 11.9 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture
and the Notes by the Issuer will bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All
agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors.

          SECTION 11.10 Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes
will be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the
remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

          SECTION 11.11 Benefits of Indenture. The Insurer and its successors and assigns will
be a third-party beneficiary to the provisions of this Indenture, and will be entitled to rely upon
and directly to enforce such provisions of this Indenture so long as no Insurer Default has
occurred and is continuing. The Swap Counterparty will be a third party beneficiary to the
provisions of this Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, will
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Swap
Counterparty the Insurer, and the Noteholders, and any other party secured hereunder, and any other
Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Trust Estate, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. The Insurer may disclaim any of its rights
and powers under this
Indenture (in which case the Indenture Trustee may exercise such right or power hereunder),
but not its duties and obligations under the Note Policy, upon delivery of a written notice to the
Indenture Trustee.

          In exercising any of its voting rights, rights to direct or consent or any other rights as the
Insurer under this Indenture or any other Basic Document, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Indenture, the Insurer will not have any obligation or duty to any Person to consider or take
into account the interests of any Person and will not be liable to any Person for any action taken
by it or at its discretion or any failure by it to act or to direct that any action be taken,
without regard to whether such inaction or action benefits or adversely affects any Noteholder, the
Issuer or any other Person.

          Without limiting the generality of this Section 11.11, the Insurer, so long as it is the
Controlling Party, will be entitled to instruct the Indenture Trustee, by delivery of a written
direction in the form of an Enforcement Direction (as defined in Section 2.3 of the Intercreditor
Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2006 among Triad Financial Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Agent, Citibank, N.A., and the other parties thereto including the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
an Accession Agreement dated as of May 30, 2007), to remove the Servicer in accordance with such
direction if the Insurer has terminated the Servicer pursuant to the terms of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, and the Indenture Trustee will, upon receipt of such Enforcement Direction
from the Insurer, act in accordance with the instructions of the Insurer and in accordance with the
procedures as set forth in Section 2.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

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          SECTION 11.12 Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any payment is due
will not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes or this
Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date an which nominally due, and no interest
will accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.

          SECTION 11.13 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER WILL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUCH LAWS.

          SECTION 11.14 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed will be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
will together constitute but one and the same instrument.

          SECTION 11.15 Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to recording in
any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its
expense accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel (which may be counsel to the Issuer or any other counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer) to the effect that such recording is necessary
either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person secured hereunder or for the
enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

          SECTION 11.16 Trust Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly,
with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the
Backup Servicer or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture, any other Basic
Document or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against
(i) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer or the Owner Trustee
(including in its individual capacity), (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or
(iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer or the Owner Trustee (including
in its individual capacity), any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Backup Servicer or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or
assign of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer and the Owner Trustee have no such
obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary
will be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for
stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.
For all purposes of this Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee will be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and
provisions of Article VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

          SECTION 11.17 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed by Wilmington Trust Company not
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Issuer and in no
event will Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity or, except as expressly provided in
the Trust Agreement, as Owner Trustee have any liability for the representations, warranties,
covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates,
notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse will be had solely to
the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or
obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder,
the Owner Trustee will be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of
Articles V, VI and VII of the Trust Agreement.

          SECTION 11.18 No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture,
and each Noteholder, by accepting a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not, prior to
the date that is one year and one day after the termination of this Indenture, institute against
the Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Depositor or the Issuer of, any
bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United
States federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to
the Notes, any of the Basic Documents.

          SECTION 11.19 Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will
permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee or of the Insurer, during the Issuer’s normal
business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports, and other papers of the
Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent
certified public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the
Issuer’s officers, employees, and independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable
times and as often as may be reasonably requested.

          SECTION 11.20 Nonpublic Personal Information

          In the course of carrying out their duties under this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer shall develop or receive certain information regarding the “consumers” and “customers” of
the Servicer, including but not limited to “nonpublic personal information,” (as those terms are
defined in Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the privacy regulations adopted thereunder).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, with respect to nonpublic personal
information about the customers and consumers of the Servicer, each of the Indenture Trustee and
the Issuer agrees as follows: (i) except as may be reasonably necessary in the ordinary course of
business to carry out the activities to be performed by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer under
this Indenture or as may be required by law or legal process, it will not disclose any such
nonpublic personal information to any third party; (ii) it will not use any such nonpublic personal
information other than to carry out the purposes for which it was disclosed to the Indenture
Trustee or the Issuer, as applicable, unless such other use is expressly permitted by a written
agreement executed by the Servicer or required by law or legal process; (iii) it shall restrict
disclosure of the information solely to those of its employees with a need to know and will advise
employees who receive the information of the obligation of confidentiality hereunder; and (iv) it
will take all reasonable measures, including without limitation such measures as it takes to
safeguard its own confidential information, to ensure the security and confidentiality of all such
nonpublic personal information, to protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security
or integrity of such nonpublic personal information and to protect against unauthorized access to
or use of such nonpublic personal information. The

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Servicer shall have access (during normal
business hours, upon reasonable prior notice) to review such books and records of the Indenture
Trustee and the Issuer as may be necessary to assess compliance with the requirements of this
Section 11.20. All costs and expenses of such a review shall be borne solely by the Servicer,
unless the results of such review indicate a breach of this Section 11.20 by the Indenture Trustee
or the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee or the Issuer, as applicable, shall promptly notify the
Servicer if it receives any complaint or notice concerning a violation of privacy rights or becomes
aware of a breach of customer data security. Upon termination of this Indenture, the Indenture
Trustee and the Issuer shall return or destroy all nonpublic personal information, without
retaining any copies of such documents and records.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed by their respective officers, hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first
above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the
Trust	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Robert J. Perkins
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Robert J. Perkins	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Senior Financial Services Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CITIBANK, N.A.,

not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ John Hannon	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: John Hannon	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President	 	 

[Indenture]

 

 

EXHIBIT A-1

			
	 	 	 
	REGISTERED
	 	$150,000,000

No. RB-A-1

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP NO. 89579A AA9

          Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company,
a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Note issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other
name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co.
or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

          NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WILL BE PERMITTED TO BE MADE TO ANY PERSON UNLESS [THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM SUCH TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT] [FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES]
EITHER (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF (A) AN
“EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN”
(AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”))
THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO
BE ASSETS OF A PLAN DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE BY REASON OF SUCH PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT) OR (II) THE TRANSFEREE’S
ACQUISITION AND CONTINUED HOLDING OF THIS NOTE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR, AND SATISFY ALL REQUIREMENTS
OF, A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION. [EACH TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ONE OF THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS.] [FOR
GLOBAL NOTES]

          THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE
HEREOF.

TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A

CLASS A-1 5.3032% ASSET BACKED NOTE

A-1-1

 

          Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2007-A, a statutory trust organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
MILLION DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result obtained by
multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the initial principal amount hereof and the
denominator of which is the aggregate initial principal amount of such Class A-1 Notes, by (ii) the
aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Note Distribution Account in respect of principal on the
Class A-1 Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however, that the entire
unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on June 12, 2008 (the “Final
Scheduled Distribution Date”). The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum
shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available
for payment. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from the most recent
Distribution Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such Distribution Date or, if no
interest has yet been paid, from May 30, 2007. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year and the actual number of days in the related Interest Period. Such principal of and interest
on this Note will be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

          The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note will be applied first to interest
due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

          The Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty insurance policy (the “Note
Policy”) issued by Financial Security Assurance Inc. (the “Insurer”), pursuant to which
the Insurer has unconditionally guaranteed payments of Scheduled Payments with respect to each
Distribution Date, all as more fully set forth in the Note Policy, the Indenture and the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

          Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which will have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee
whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

A-1-2

 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in
facsimile, by its Authorized Officer as of the date set forth below.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A

 	 
	 	By:  	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the Trust
 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

          This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: May 30, 2007 	CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but

solely as Indenture Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 

A-1-3

 

	 	 	 	 	 

[REVERSE OF NOTE]

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Class
A-1 5.3032% Asset Backed Notes (herein called the “Class A-1 Notes”), all issued under an
Indenture dated as of May 30, 2007 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called
the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee (the
“Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture) to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All
terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, will have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

          The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes
(together, the “Notes”) are and will be secured by the collateral pledged as security
therefor as provided in the Indenture.

          Principal of the Class A-1 Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount
described on the face hereof. “Distribution Date” means the 12th day of each month, or, if
any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing June 12, 2007.
The term “Distribution Date,” will be deemed to include the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date.

          As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on
the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to
the Indenture. As described above, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note will be
due and payable on each Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Indenture Trustee has declared the Notes to be immediately due
and payable or the Notes have automatically become due and payable, in each case, in the manner
provided in the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-1 Notes will be made pro rata to
the Class A-1 Noteholders entitled thereto.

          Payments of interest and principal on this Note on each Distribution Date will be made by
check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date or by wire
transfer in immediately available funds pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. Any reduction in
the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments
made on any Distribution Date will be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or
not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment
in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the
Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed prior to such
Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable will be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal

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Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such
purposes located in New York, New York.

          The Issuer will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-1 Interest
Rate to the extent lawful.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the
transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or
participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such
other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of
authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of
transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such
registration of transfer or exchange.

          Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a
beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (a) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their
individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary will be fully liable,
to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity, and (ii) to treat the
Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise and any
other income taxes.

          Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Insurer
may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other
date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer nor
any such agent will be affected by notice to the contrary.

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          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the
Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Insurer and of the
Majority Noteholders. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Noteholders
representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) will be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.

          The term “Issuer” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the
Indenture.

          The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or
consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders under the
Indenture.

          The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture,
subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

          This Note and the Indenture will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies
of the parties hereunder and thereunder will be determined in accordance with such laws.

          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture will
alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency
herein prescribed.

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents, neither Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers,
directors, employees or successors or assigns will be personally liable for, nor will recourse be
had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission
to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the
Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have
been made for the sole purposes of binding the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Note by
the acceptance hereof agrees that except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case
of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder will have no claim against any of the
foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein will be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement

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against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings
contained in the Indenture or in this Note.

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ASSIGNMENT

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto                                                            

(name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints,
attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated

	 	 	 	1	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Signature Guaranteed:
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	1	 	NOTE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of
the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any
change whatsoever.

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EXHIBIT A-2

			
	 	 	 
	REGISTERED
	 	$278,000,000

No. RB-A-2

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP NO. 89579A AB7

          Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company,
a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Note issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other
name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co.
or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

          NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WILL BE PERMITTED TO BE MADE TO ANY PERSON UNLESS [THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM SUCH TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT] [FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES]
EITHER (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF (A) AN
“EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN”
(AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”))
THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO
BE ASSETS OF A PLAN DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE BY REASON OF SUCH PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT) OR (II) THE TRANSFEREE’S
ACQUISITION AND CONTINUED HOLDING OF THIS NOTE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR, AND SATISFY ALL REQUIREMENTS
OF, A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION. [EACH TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ONE OF THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS.] [FOR
GLOBAL NOTES]

          THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE
HEREOF.

TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A

CLASS A-2 5.35% ASSET BACKED NOTE

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          Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2007-A, a statutory trust organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED
SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result
obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the initial principal amount
hereof and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial principal amount of such Class A-2
Notes, by (ii) the aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Note Distribution Account in respect
of principal on the Class A-2 Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however,
that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on March 14, 2011 (the
“Final Scheduled Distribution Date”). The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the
rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or
made available for payment. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from and
including the twelfth day of the prior calendar month (or in the case of the first Distribution
Date, from and including the Closing Date) to, but excluding, the twelfth day of the calendar month
in which such Distribution Date occurs. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. Such principal of and interest on this Note will be paid in
the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

          The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note will be applied first to interest
due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

          The Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty insurance policy (the “Note
Policy”) issued by Financial Security Assurance Inc. (the “Insurer”), pursuant to which
the Insurer has unconditionally guaranteed payments of the Scheduled Payments with respect to each
Distribution Date, all as more fully set forth in the Note Policy, the Indenture and the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

          Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which will have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee
whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in
facsimile, by its Authorized Officer as of the date set forth below.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A

 	 
	 	By:  	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the Trust
 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

          This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:  May 30, 2007 	CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but

solely as Indenture Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Class
A-2 5.35% Asset Backed Notes (herein called the “Class A-2 Notes”), all issued under an
Indenture dated as of May 30, 2007 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called
the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee (the
“Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture) to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All
terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, will have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

          The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes
(together, the “Notes”) are and will be secured by the collateral pledged as security
therefor as provided in the Indenture.

          Principal of the Class A-2 Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount
described on the face hereof. “Distribution Date” means the 12th day of each month, or, if
any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing June 12, 2007.
The term “Distribution Date,” will be deemed to include the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date.

          As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on
the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to
the Indenture. As described above, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note will be
due and payable on each Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Indenture Trustee has declared the Notes to be immediately due
and payable or the Notes have automatically become due and payable, in each case, in the manner
provided in the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-2 Notes will be made pro rata to
the Class A-2 Noteholders entitled thereto.

          Payments of interest and principal on this Note on each Distribution Date will be made by
check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date or by wire
transfer in immediately available funds pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. Any reduction in
the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments
made on any Distribution Date will be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or
not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment
in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the
Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed prior to such
Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable will be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal

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Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such
purposes located in New York, New York.

          The Issuer will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-2 Interest
Rate to the extent lawful.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the
transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or
participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such
other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of
authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of
transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such
registration of transfer or exchange.

          Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a
beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (a) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their
individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary will be fully liable,
to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity, and (ii) to treat the
Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise and any
other income taxes.

          Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Insurer
may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other
date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer nor
any such agent will be affected by notice to the contrary.

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          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the
Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Insurer and of the
Majority Noteholders. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Noteholders
representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) will be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.

          The term “Issuer” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the
Indenture.

          The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or
consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders under the
Indenture.

          The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture,
subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

          This Note and the Indenture will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies
of the parties hereunder and thereunder will be determined in accordance with such laws.

          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture will
alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency
herein prescribed.

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents, neither Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers,
directors, employees or successors or assigns will be personally liable for, nor will recourse be
had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission
to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the
Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have
been made for the sole purposes of binding the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Note by
the acceptance hereof agrees that except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case
of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder will have no claim against any of the
foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein will be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement

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against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings
contained in the Indenture or in this Note.

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ASSIGNMENT

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto                                                            

(name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints,
attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated

	 	 	 	1	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Signature Guaranteed:
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	1	 	NOTE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of
the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any
change whatsoever.

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EXHIBIT A-3

			
	 	 	 
	REGISTERED
	 	$127,000,000

No. RB-A-3

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP NO. 89579A AC5

          Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company,
a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Note issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other
name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co.
or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

          NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WILL BE PERMITTED TO BE MADE TO ANY PERSON UNLESS [THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM SUCH TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT] [FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES]
EITHER (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF (A) AN
“EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN”
(AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”))
THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO
BE ASSETS OF A PLAN DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE BY REASON OF SUCH PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT) OR (II) THE TRANSFEREE’S
ACQUISITION AND CONTINUED HOLDING OF THIS NOTE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR, AND SATISFY ALL REQUIREMENTS
OF, A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION. [EACH TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ONE OF THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS.] [FOR
GLOBAL NOTES]

          THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE
HEREOF.

TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A

CLASS A-3 5.28% ASSET BACKED NOTE

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          Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2007-A, a Delaware statutory trust organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the
result obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the initial principal
amount hereof and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial principal amount of such Class
A-3 Notes, by (ii) the aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Note Distribution Account in
respect of principal on the Class A-3 Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided,
however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on
February 13, 2012 (the “Final Scheduled Distribution Date”). The Issuer will pay interest
on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of
this Note is paid or made available for payment. Interest on this Note will accrue for each
Distribution Date from and including the twelfth day of the prior calendar month (or in the case of
the first Distribution Date, from and including the Closing Date) to, but excluding, the twelfth
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Interest will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Such principal of and interest on this
Note will be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

          The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note will be applied first to interest
due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

          The Class A Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty insurance policy (the
“Note Policy”) issued by Financial Security Assurance Inc. (the “Insurer”),
pursuant to which the Insurer has unconditionally guaranteed payments of Scheduled Payments with
respect to each Distribution Date, all as more fully set forth in the Note Policy, the Indenture
and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which will have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee
whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in
facsimile, by its Authorized Officer as of the date set forth below.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A

 	 
	 	By:  	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the Trust
 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

          This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:  May 30, 2007 	CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but

solely as Indenture Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

[REVERSE OF NOTE]

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Class
A-3 5.28% Asset Backed Notes (herein called the “Class A-3 Notes”), all issued under an
Indenture dated as of May 30, 2007 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called
the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee (the
“Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture) to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All
terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, will have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

          The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes
(together, the “Notes”) are and will be secured by the collateral pledged as security
therefor as provided in the Indenture.

          Principal of the Class A-3 Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount
described on the face hereof. “Distribution Date” means the 12th day of each month, or, if
any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing June 12, 2007.
The term “Distribution Date,” will be deemed to include the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date.

          As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on
the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to
the Indenture. As described above, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note will be
due and payable on each Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Indenture Trustee has declared the Notes to be immediately due
and payable or the Notes have automatically become due and payable, in each case, in the manner
provided in the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-3 Notes will be made pro rata to
the Class A-3 Noteholders entitled thereto.

          Payments of interest and principal on this Note on each Distribution Date will be made by
check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date or by wire
transfer in immediately available funds pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. Any reduction in
the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments
made on any Distribution Date will be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or
not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment
in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the
Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed prior to such
Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable will be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal

 

 

Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such
purposes located in New York, New York.

          The Issuer will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-3 Interest
Rate to the extent lawful.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the
transfer of this Note will be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or
participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such
other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of
authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of
transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such
registration of transfer or exchange.

          Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a
beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (a) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their
individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary will be fully liable,
to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity, and (ii) to treat the
Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise and any
other income taxes.

          Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Insurer
may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other
date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer nor
any such agent will be affected by notice to the contrary.

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          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the
Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Insurer and of the
Majority Noteholders. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Noteholders
representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) will be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.

          The term “Issuer” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the
Indenture.

          The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or
consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders under the
Indenture.

          The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture,
subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

          This Note and the Indenture will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies
of the parties hereunder and thereunder will be determined in accordance with such laws.

          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture will
alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency
herein prescribed.

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents, neither Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers,
directors, employees or successors or assigns will be personally liable for, nor will recourse be
had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission
to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the
Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have
been made for the sole purposes of binding the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Note by
the acceptance hereof agrees that except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case
of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder will have no claim against any of the
foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein will be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement

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against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings
contained in the Indenture or in this Note.

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ASSIGNMENT

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto                                                            

(name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints,
attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated

	 	 	 	1	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Signature Guaranteed:
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	1	 	NOTE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of
the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any
change whatsoever.

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EXHIBIT A-4

			
	 	 	 
	REGISTERED
	 	$220,110,000

No. RB-A-4

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP NO. 89579A AD3

          Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company,
a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Note issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other
name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co.
or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

          NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WILL BE PERMITTED TO BE MADE TO ANY PERSON UNLESS [THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM SUCH TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT] [FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES]
EITHER (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF (A) AN
“EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN”
(AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”))
THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO
BE ASSETS OF A PLAN DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE BY REASON OF SUCH PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT) OR (II) THE TRANSFEREE’S
ACQUISITION AND CONTINUED HOLDING OF THIS NOTE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR, AND SATISFY ALL REQUIREMENTS
OF, A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION. [EACH TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ONE OF THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS.] [FOR
GLOBAL NOTES]

          THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE
HEREOF.

TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A

CLASS A-4 FLOATING RATE ASSET BACKED NOTE

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          Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2007-A, a Delaware statutory trust organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO
HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION, ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an
amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
initial principal amount hereof and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial principal
amount of such Class A-4 Notes, by (ii) the aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Note
Distribution Account in respect of principal on the Class A-4 Notes pursuant to the Indenture;
provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due
and payable on February 12, 2014 (the “Final Scheduled Distribution Date”). The Issuer
will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 0.06% on each Distribution
Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment. Interest on this Note
will accrue for each Distribution Date from the most recent Distribution Date on which interest has
been paid to but excluding such Distribution Date or, if no interest has yet been paid, from May
30, 2007. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
in the related Interest Period. Such principal of and interest on this Note will be paid in the
manner specified on the reverse hereof.

          The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note will be applied first to interest
due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

          The Class A Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty insurance policy (the
“Note Policy”) issued by Financial Security Assurance Inc. (the “Insurer”),
pursuant to which the Insurer has unconditionally guaranteed payments of Scheduled Payments with
respect to each Distribution Date, all as more fully set forth in the Note Policy, the Indenture
and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which will have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee
whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in
facsimile, by its Authorized Officer as of the date set forth below.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A

 	 
	 	By:  	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the Trust
 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

          This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: May 30, 2007 	CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but

solely as Indenture Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

[REVERSE OF NOTE]

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Class
A-4 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes (herein called the “Class A-4 Notes”), all issued
under an Indenture dated as of May 30, 2007 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein
called the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee (the
“Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture) to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All
terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, will have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

          The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes
(together, the “Notes”) are and will be secured by the collateral pledged as security
therefor as provided in the Indenture.

          Principal of the Class A-4 Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount
described on the face hereof. “Distribution Date” means the 12th day of each month, or, if any such
date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing June 12, 2007. The term
“Distribution Date,” will be deemed to include the Final Scheduled Distribution Date.

          As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on
the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to
the Indenture. As described above, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note will be
due and payable on each Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Indenture Trustee has declared the Notes to be immediately due
and payable or the Notes have automatically become due and payable, in each case, in the manner
provided in the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-4 Notes will be made pro rata to
the Class A-4 Noteholders entitled thereto.

          Payments of interest and principal on this Note on each Distribution Date will be made by
check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date or by wire
transfer in immediately available funds pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. Any reduction in
the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments
made on any Distribution Date will be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or
not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment
in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the
Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed prior to such
Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable will be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal

 

 

Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such
purposes located in New York, New York.

          The Issuer will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-4 Interest
Rate to the extent lawful.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the
transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or
participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such
other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of
authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of
transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such
registration of transfer or exchange.

          Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a
beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (a) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their
individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary will be fully liable,
to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity, and (ii) to treat the
Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise and any
other income taxes.

          Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Insurer
may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other
date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer nor
any such agent will be affected by notice to the contrary.

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          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the
Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Insurer and of the
Majority Noteholders. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Noteholders
representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) will be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.

          The term “Issuer” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the
Indenture.

          The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or
consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders under the
Indenture.

          The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture,
subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

          This Note and the Indenture will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies
of the parties hereunder and thereunder will be determined in accordance with such laws.

          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture will
alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency
herein prescribed.

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents, neither Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers,
directors, employees or successors or assigns will be personally liable for, nor will recourse be
had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission
to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the
Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have
been made for the sole purposes of binding the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Note by
the acceptance hereof agrees that except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case
of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder will have no claim against any of the
foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein will be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement

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against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings
contained in the Indenture or in this Note.

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ASSIGNMENT

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto                                                            

(name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints,
attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated

	 	 	 	1	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Signature Guaranteed:
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	1	 	NOTE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of
the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any
change whatsoever.

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EXHIBIT B

Servicing Criteria To Be Addressed In Assessment Of Compliance

          The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee, shall address, at a
minimum, the criteria identified as below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria”:

	 	 	 
	Reference	 	Criteria
	 

	 	Cash Collection and Administration
	 
	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(ii)

	 	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an
obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized
personnel.
	 
	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(iv)

	 	The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash
reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of
overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g.,
with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the
transaction agreements.
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Investor Remittances and Reporting
	 
	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(ii)

	 	Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in
accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and
other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.1
	 
	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(iii)

	 	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two
business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such
other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
	 
	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(iv)

	 	Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports
agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or
custodial bank statements.

 

			
	1	 	Solely with respect to remittances.

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