Document:

EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

$200,000,000

BELDEN INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2019

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

June 24, 2009

 

 

June 24, 2009

Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

Banc of America Securities LLC

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

As Representatives for the several Initial Purchasers

One Wachovia Center

301 South College Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28288

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Belden Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several
purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are acting as
Representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of its 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”), which will be unconditionally
guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis as to principal, premium, if any, and interest (the
“Guarantees”) by the subsidiaries of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (each individually, a
“Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture
(the “Indenture”) dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2) among the Company, the
Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”). This Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated the Closing Date, between the Initial Purchasers, the
Company and the Guarantors (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) and the Indenture are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents” and the execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein and therein are hereinafter referred
to as the “Transactions”.

          The Notes (and the related Guarantees) will be offered and sold through the Initial Purchasers
without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to
qualified institutional buyers in compliance with the exemption from registration provided by Rule
144A under the Securities Act, and in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the
Securities Act (“Regulation S”). The Initial Purchasers have advised the Company that they will
offer and sell the Notes purchased by them hereunder in accordance with Section 3 hereof as soon as
the Representatives deem advisable.

          In connection with the sale of the Notes, the Company has prepared a preliminary offering
memorandum, dated June 23, 2009 (including the information incorporated by reference therein, the
“Preliminary Memorandum”), the Offering Memorandum (as defined below) and a Final Memorandum (as
defined below), dated the date hereof. The Final Memorandum, the Preliminary Memorandum, and the
Offering Memorandum are referred to herein as a “Memorandum”. Each Memorandum sets forth certain
information concerning the Company, the Guarantors, the Notes, the Transaction Documents and the
Transactions. The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Preliminary
Memorandum and the Offering

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Memorandum, and any amendment or supplement thereto, in connection with the offer and sale of the
Notes by the Initial Purchasers.

          Prior to the time when the sales of the Notes were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the
Company has prepared and delivered to the Initial Purchasers a pricing supplement (the “Pricing
Supplement”) dated June 24, 2009. In connection with the sale of the Notes, the Company has
prepared an electronic road show (the “Company Additional Written Information”). The Pricing
Supplement together with the Preliminary Memorandum is referred to herein as the “Offering
Memorandum.”

          Promptly after the Time of Sale and in any event no later than the second Business Day
following the Time of Sale, the Company will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a Final
Offering Memorandum (including the information incorporated by reference therein, the “Final
Memorandum”), which will consist of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum with such changes therein
as are required to reflect the information contained in the Pricing Supplement, and from and after
the time such Final Memorandum is delivered to each Initial Purchaser, all references herein to the
Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to be a reference to both the Offering Memorandum and the Final
Memorandum.

          1. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and
the Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the Initial
Purchasers that:

     (a) The Preliminary Memorandum does not contain; the Offering Memorandum at the Time of
Sale will not contain; and the Final Memorandum, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as
of its date and as of the Closing Date will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or, in each case, omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that the representations or warranties set forth in this paragraph shall not apply
to statements in or omissions from any Memorandum made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Initial Purchasers expressly for
use therein, as specified in Section 12. The statistical and industry data included in each
Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and
accurate in all material respects.

     (b) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing
would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse change in or effect on (i) the
business, operations, properties, assets, liabilities, earnings, condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations or management of the Company and its subsidiaries,
considered as one enterprise, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) the

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ability of the Company and each Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Notes or
the Transaction Documents.

     (c) Each of the Company and each Guarantor has full power (corporate and other) to own
or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in each Memorandum; and each
of the Company and each Guarantor has full power (corporate and other) to enter into the
Transaction Documents and to carry out all the terms and provisions hereof and thereof to be
carried out by it.

     (d) The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Offering Memorandum under
the caption “Capitalization”. All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have
been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and none of
the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the
preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Company.

     (e) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has
the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as
described in the Offering Memorandum and is duly qualified to transact business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or
leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be
so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the
issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned directly or through
wholly owned subsidiaries by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims, except as otherwise described in the Offering Memorandum.

     (f) No subsidiary of the Company is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital
stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the
Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or
any other subsidiary of the Company, except as provided by applicable laws or regulations,
by the Indenture or as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum.

     (g) [Reserved.]

     (h) Ernst & Young LLP, who has certified the historical consolidated financial
statements included in the Offering Memorandum and delivered its report with respect to the
audited historical consolidated financial statements in the Offering Memorandum, is an
independent public accountant with respect to the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.

     (i) The historical consolidated financial statements (including the notes thereto) of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries in the Offering Memorandum fairly present the
financial position, results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates and

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for the periods specified therein; since the date of the latest of such financial
statements, there has been no change nor any development or event involving a prospective
change which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; such financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods
involved (except as otherwise expressly disclosed in the notes thereto) and comply in all
material respects as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act (other than as provided under the heading “Securities and Exchange
Commission Review” in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum); the information set
forth under the captions “Offering Memorandum Summary – Summary Historical Consolidated
Financial Information” in the Offering Memorandum has been fairly extracted from the
financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, fairly presents the
information included therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the
audited financial statements included in the Offering Memorandum.

     (j) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Offering
Memorandum, (i) none of the Company and its subsidiaries have incurred any material
liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transaction in
each case not in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Company has not purchased any of
its outstanding capital stock, and, except for regular quarterly dividends on the common
stock, par value $0.01 of the Company in amounts per share that are consistent with past
practice, has not declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind
on any class of its capital stock; and (iii) there has not been any change in the capital
stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, except as
disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or as would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (k) Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences.

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

     (m) The Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly authorized by
the Company and each Guarantor and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and each Guarantor, and will constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and
each Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms,

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except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and
the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement will conform in all material respects to
the description thereof in the Offering Memorandum.

     (n) On the Closing Date, the Indenture will conform to the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and to the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) applicable to an
indenture that is qualified thereunder.

     (o) The Notes have been duly authorized and, on the Closing Date, when executed and
authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by
the Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, will constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and
will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement; the
Guarantees have been duly authorized and, on the Closing Date, upon the due issuance and
delivery of the related Notes and the due endorsement of the Guarantees thereon, will have
been duly executed, endorsed and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of each of the Guarantors, and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture; the Exchange Notes (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) have been
duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in the manner provided for in the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture, will constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and
will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement; and
the Notes and the Exchange Notes will conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof in the Offering Memorandum.

     (p) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each Guarantor of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the
compliance by the Company and each Guarantor with all of the provisions of the Notes, the
Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not: (i) violate or conflict with the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii)
conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or loan agreement, stockholders’ agreement or any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its

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subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or any
of their respective properties are subject, or any statute, rule or regulation or any
judgment, order or decree of any governmental authority or court or any arbitrator
applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except in the case of this clause (ii)
for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) (assuming, as
to matters of fact, the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial
Purchasers contained herein) require the consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or filing or qualification with, any governmental authority or court, or body
or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except (x)
such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in
connection with the offer or sale of the Notes and by Federal and state securities laws with
respect to the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under the Registration Rights
Agreement or (y) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations,
orders, registrations, filings or qualifications would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (q) No legal or governmental proceedings or investigations are pending or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party
or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject,
other than proceedings accurately described in the Preliminary Memorandum and the Offering
Memorandum and such proceedings or investigations that would not, singly or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     (r) There are no relationships, direct or indirect, between or among the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the respective directors, officers, stockholders,
customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other hand, that
would be required by the Securities Act to be disclosed in a prospectus were the Notes being
issued and sold in a public offering registered on Form S-1 under the Securities Act that
are not so disclosed in the Offering Memorandum; and there are no contracts or other
documents that would be required by the Securities Act to be disclosed in a prospectus were
the Notes being issued and sold in a public offering registered on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act that are not so disclosed in the Offering Memorandum.

     (s) Each of the Company and each Guarantor is not now nor after giving effect to the
issuance of the Notes and the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby or described in the
Preliminary Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, will be (in each case on a consolidated
basis) (i) insolvent, (ii) left with unreasonably small capital with which to engage in its
anticipated business or (iii) incurring debts or other obligations beyond its ability to pay
such debts or obligations as they become due.

     (t) The Company and its Affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act (“Regulation D”)) have not distributed and, prior to the later of (i) the
Closing Date and (ii) the completion of the distribution of the Notes, will not

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distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes
other than the Preliminary Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or
supplement thereto.

     (u) The Company and its subsidiaries have not sustained, since the date of the latest
audited historical consolidated financial statements included in the Offering Memorandum
(exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), any loss or interference with its
business or properties from fire, explosion, flood, accident or other calamity, whether or
not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order
or decree (whether domestic or foreign) otherwise than as set forth in the Offering
Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) or, in each case, as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     (v) The statements set forth in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description
of Notes”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Notes, and
under the captions “Description of Certain Indebtedness”, “Certain United States Federal
Income Tax Considerations”, and “Exchange Offer; Registration Rights”, insofar as they
purport to summarize the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, fairly
and accurately summarize the subject matter thereof in all material respects.

     (w) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
all items of real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by
each of them, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other
defect or claim of any third party, except as (x) set forth in the Offering Memorandum or
(y) to the extent the failure to have such title or the existence of such pledges, liens,
encumbrances, security interests or other defects or claims would not, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and would not materially interfere
with the use thereof by the Company and its subsidiaries. Any property leased by the Company
and its subsidiaries is held under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, and there is no
default under any such lease or any other event that with notice or lapse of time or both
would constitute a default thereunder, except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (x) No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time (the “Code”)) or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined
in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA (other
than events with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA
has been waived) has occurred, exists or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any
employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries maintains, contributes to or has any obligation to contribute to, or with
respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has any liability, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise (a “Plan”), except in

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each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with
applicable law, including ERISA and the Code; none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
has incurred or expects to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of, or withdrawal from, any Plan; and each Plan that is intended to be qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has
occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which could reasonably be expected to cause
the loss of such qualification.

     (y) Except as disclosed in each Memorandum, no labor dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is imminent or is
threatened which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.

     (z) No proceedings for a merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of the
Company or any Guarantor or a sale of all or a material part of the assets of the Company
and its subsidiaries; and, other than as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, no probable
material acquisition by the Company or any Guarantor is pending or contemplated.

     (aa) The Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or otherwise possesses adequate
rights to use all material patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights,
all applications and registrations for each of the foregoing, and all other material
proprietary rights and confidential information necessary to conduct their respective
businesses as currently conducted; none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice, or is otherwise aware, of any infringement of or conflict with the
rights of any third party with respect to any of the foregoing, which infringement or
conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially interfere
with the use by the Company and its subsidiaries thereof.

     (bb) The Company and each of its subsidiaries is insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts and
with such deductibles as are prudent in the business in which it is engaged; and none of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be
able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue their respective
businesses at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (cc) Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries has complied with all laws,
ordinances, regulations and orders applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, and their
respective businesses, and none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any
notice to the contrary; and each of the Company and its subsidiaries possesses all
certificates, authorizations, permits, licenses, approvals, orders and franchises
(collectively, “Licenses”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses in the manner
and to the full extent now operated or proposed to be operated as described in the Offering
Memorandum, in each case issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign

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governmental or regulatory authorities (collectively, the “Agencies”), except where the
failure to so comply or to possess such Licenses would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Licenses are in
full force and effect and no proceeding has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge,
is threatened or contemplated which in any manner affects or calls into question the
validity or effectiveness thereof, except where such invalidity or ineffectiveness thereof
would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Licenses contain no restrictions, except for restrictions applicable to the cable and
connectivity products industry generally, that are materially burdensome to the Company.

     (dd) The operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries in the manner
and to the full extent now operated or proposed to be operated as described in the Offering
Memorandum is in accordance with the Licenses, and all orders, rules and regulations of the
Agencies, and no event has occurred which permits (nor has an event occurred which with
notice or lapse of time or both would permit) the revocation or termination of any necessary
Licenses or which might result in any other impairment of the rights of the Company therein
or thereunder, and each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries is in compliance with
all statutes, orders, rules and regulations of the Agencies relating to or affecting its
operations, except where the failure to so comply or the revocation or termination would
not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (ee) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the
Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material
respects with any provision of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes Oxley Act”), including Section 402
related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

     (ff) (i) Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries is and has been in
compliance with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders,
judgments, decisions, decrees, standards, and requirements relating to: human health and
safety; pollution; management, disposal or release of any chemical substance, product or
waste; and protection, cleanup, remediation or corrective action relating to the environment
or natural resources (“Environmental Law”);

     (ii) Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries has obtained and is in compliance
with the conditions of all permits, authorizations, licenses, approvals and variances
necessary under any Environmental Law for the continued conduct in the manner now conducted
of their respective businesses (“Environmental Permits”);

     (iii) There are no past or present conditions or circumstances, including but not
limited to pending changes in any Environmental Law or Environmental Permits, that are
likely to interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries in
the manner now conducted or which would interfere with compliance with any Environmental Law
or Environmental Permits; and

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     (iv) There are no past or present conditions or circumstances at, or arising out of,
their respective businesses, assets and properties of the Company and each of its
subsidiaries or any business, assets or properties formerly leased, operated or owned by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, including but not limited to on-site or off-site
disposal or release of any chemical substance, product or waste, which may give rise to: (i)
liabilities or obligations for any cleanup, remediation or corrective action under any
Environmental Law; (ii) claims arising under any Environmental Law for personal injury,
property damage, or damage to natural resources; (iii) liabilities or obligations incurred
by the Company or its subsidiaries to comply with any Environmental Law; or (iv) fines or
penalties arising under any Environmental Law;

except in each case for any noncompliance or conditions or circumstances that, singly or in the
aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect or as disclosed in the Offering
Memorandum.

     (gg) (i) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is in violation of its certificate of
incorporation or its bylaws, and (ii) no default or breach exists, and no event has occurred
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default in the due
performance and observation of any term, covenant or condition of any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, lease, loan agreement, stockholders’ agreement or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of their respective properties
are subject, except in the case of clause (ii) would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (hh) Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries has filed all foreign, federal,
state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions
thereof and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or
penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable,
except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good
faith and for which the Company and its subsidiaries retains adequate reserves or as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     (ii) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there are no contracts, agreements
or understandings between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any person granting
such person the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to file a
registration statement under the Securities Act or to require the Company to include any
securities held by any person in any registration statement filed by the Company under the
Securities Act.

     (jj) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is, nor after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Offering Memorandum will be, an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the “Investment Company Act”).

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     (kk) Within the preceding six months, none of the Company or any of its Affiliates has,
directly or through any agent, made offers or sales of any security of the Company, or
solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of any securities of the Company
of the same or a similar class as the Notes, other than the Notes offered or sold to the
Initial Purchasers hereunder.

     (ll) None of the Company or any of its Affiliates has, directly or through any person
acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no statement
is made), offered, solicited offers to buy or sold the Notes by any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) or in any manner
involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

     (mm) None of the Company, any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their
behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no statement is made), has engaged in
any directed selling efforts with respect to the Notes, and each of them has complied with
the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation
S”). Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

     (nn) None of the Company or any of its Affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes; nor has the
Company or any of its Affiliates paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for
soliciting another to purchase any securities of the Company (except as contemplated by this
Agreement).

     (oo) The Notes satisfy the eligibility requirements of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the
Securities Act.

     (pp) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial
Purchasers in Section 3 hereof and compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the procedures
set forth in Section 3 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and
delivery of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement
and disclosed in each Memorandum to register the Notes or the related Guarantees under the
Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

     (qq) None of the Transactions (including, without limitation, the use of proceeds from
the sale of the Notes) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange
Act or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T,
U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

     (rr) There are, and during the last 12 months there have been, no material disputes
between the Company and any of its ten largest suppliers (as measured by dollar volume of
goods purchased by the Company) (“Material Suppliers”) or ten largest customers (as measured
by dollar volume of goods sold by the Company) (“Material Customers”). The Company’s
relations with its Material Suppliers and Material Customers

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are, in the Company’s reasonable belief, good; and the Company has received no notice,
and is not otherwise aware, of any anticipated material dispute with any of its Material
Suppliers and Material Customers, or that (i) any Material Supplier intends to cease or
materially reduce its supply to the Company or (ii) any Material Customer intends to cease
or materially reduce its purchases from the Company.

     (ss) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there are no agreements,
arrangements or understandings that will require the payment of any commissions, fees or
other remuneration to any investment banker, broker, finder, consultant or intermediary in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     (tt) The Company does not intend to treat any of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents as being a “reportable transaction” (within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4). In the event the Company determines to take any action
inconsistent with such intention, it will promptly notify the Representatives thereof. If
the Company so notifies the Representatives, the Company acknowledges that one or more of
the Initial Purchasers may treat their purchase and resale of Notes as part of a transaction
that is subject to Treasury Regulation Section 301.6112-1, and such Initial Purchaser or
Initial Purchasers, as applicable, will maintain the lists and other records required by
such Treasury Regulation.

     (uu) There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar
fees or charges required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the issuance or sale by the Company of the Notes.

     (vv) None of the Company, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation
by such Persons of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails
or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer,
payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property,
gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign
official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official
thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the
Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its Affiliates have
conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain
policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to
ensure, continued compliance therewith.

     (ww) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money
laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the U.S. PATRIOT Act, the rules and regulations
thereunder, and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued,
administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or

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governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any
of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened.

     (xx) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will
not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Notes, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture
partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company or the Guarantors and delivered to the
Initial Purchasers or their counsel shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the
Company or the Guarantors, as the case may be, to the Initial Purchasers as to the matters covered
thereby.

          2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Notes. On the basis of the representations,
warranties, agreements and covenants herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions
herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Notes, and each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the
Company the principal amount of Notes set forth opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser in
Schedule I hereto at the purchase price set forth on Schedule III hereto (the “Purchase Price”).
One or more certificates in definitive form or global form, as instructed by the Representatives
for the Notes that the Initial Purchasers have severally agreed to purchase hereunder, and in such
denomination or denominations and registered in such name or names as the Representatives request
upon notice to the Company not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date (as
defined below), shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives for the
respective accounts of the Initial Purchasers, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with
the transfer of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers duly paid, against payment by or on behalf of
the Initial Purchasers of the Purchase Price therefor by wire transfer in Federal or other funds
immediately available to the account of the Company. Such delivery of and payment for the Notes
shall be made at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (“Counsel for the Issuer”), 601 Lexington
Avenue, New York, New York 10022 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on June 29, 2009, or at such
other place, time or date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon, such time and date
of delivery against payment being herein referred to as the “Closing Date”. The Company will make
such certificate or certificates for the Notes available for examination by the Initial Purchasers
at the New York, New York offices of Counsel for the Issuer not later than 10:00 A.M., New York
City time on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

          3. Offering of the Notes and the Initial Purchasers’ Representations and Warranties.
Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to and agrees
with the Company and the Guarantors that:

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     (a) It is a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act (a “QIB”).

     (b) It will solicit offers for such Notes only from, and will offer such Notes only to,
persons that it reasonably believes to be (A) in the case of offers inside the United
States, QIBs (B) in the case of offers outside the United States, to persons other than U.S.
persons (“foreign purchasers”, which term shall include dealers or other professional
fiduciaries in the United States acting on a discretionary basis for foreign beneficial
owners (other than an estate or trust)) in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities
Act that, in each case, in purchasing such Notes are deemed to have represented and agreed
as provided in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Notice to Investors”.

     (c) It will not offer or sell the Notes using any form of general solicitation or
general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) or in any manner involving a public
offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) under the Securities Act.

     (d) With respect to offers and sales outside the United States:

     (i) at or prior to the confirmation of any sale of any Notes sold in reliance
on Regulation S, it will have sent to each distributor, dealer or other person
receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Notes from
it during the distribution compliance period (as defined in Regulation S) a
confirmation or notice substantially to the following effect:

          “The Notes covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or
for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, (i) as part of their distribution at any time; or
(ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Notes and
June 29, 2009, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A under the
Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.”; and

     (ii) such Initial Purchaser has offered the Notes and will offer and sell the
Notes (A) as part of its distribution at any time and (B) otherwise until 40 days
after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in
accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S or as otherwise permitted in Section 3(b);
accordingly, such Initial Purchaser has not engaged nor will engage in any directed
selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Notes, and
such Initial Purchaser has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions
requirements of Regulation S.

Terms used in this Section 3(d) have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

          4. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Initial
Purchasers that:

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     (a) The Company will prepare the Offering Memorandum in the form approved by the
Representatives and will not amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum or the Final
Memorandum without first furnishing to the Representatives a copy of such proposed amendment
or supplement and will not use or file any amendment or supplement to which the
Representatives may reasonably object.

     (b) The Company will furnish to the Initial Purchasers and to Counsel for the Initial
Purchasers concurrently with the Time of Sale and during the period referred to in paragraph
(c) below, without charge, as many copies of the Offering Memorandum and any amendments and
supplements thereto as they reasonably may request.

     (c) At any time prior to the completion of the distribution of the Notes by the Initial
Purchasers, if any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which the Offering
Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it should be
necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum, to comply with applicable law, the
Company will promptly (i) notify the Initial Purchasers of the same; (ii) subject to the
requirements of paragraph (a) of this Section 4, prepare and provide to the Initial
Purchasers, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement to the Offering Memorandum, so
that the statements in the Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in
the light of the circumstances when the Offering Memorandum, is delivered to a purchaser, be
misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply with
applicable law; and (iii) supply any supplemented or amended Offering Memorandum, to the
Initial Purchasers and Counsel for the Initial Purchasers, without charge, in such
quantities as may be reasonably requested.

     (d) The Company will (i) qualify the Notes and the Guarantees for sale by the Initial
Purchasers under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably
designate and (ii) maintain such qualifications for so long as required for the sale of the
Notes by the Initial Purchasers; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required
to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general
service of process or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not
presently qualified or so subject. The Company will promptly advise the Initial Purchasers
of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of
any proceeding for such purpose.

     (e) At any time prior to the completion of the distribution of the Notes by the Initial
Purchasers, (x) the Company will deliver to the Initial Purchasers such additional
information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Initial
Purchasers may from time to time reasonably request and (y) whenever it or any of its
subsidiaries publishes or makes available to the public (by filing with any regulatory
authority or securities exchange or by publishing a press release or otherwise) any
information that would reasonably be expected to be material in the context of the issuance
of the Notes under this Agreement, shall promptly notify the Initial Purchasers as to the
nature

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of such information or event. At any time prior to the first anniversary of the
Closing Date, the Company will notify the Initial Purchasers of (i) any decrease in the
rating of the Notes or any other debt securities of the Company by any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act) or
(ii) any notice or public announcement given of any intended or potential decrease in any
such rating or that any such securities rating agency has under surveillance or review, with
possible negative implications, its rating of the Notes, as soon as reasonably practicable
after the Company becomes aware of any such decrease, notice or public announcement.

     (f) The Company will not, will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, and will use
commercially reasonable effort not to permit its Affiliates to, resell any of the Notes that
have been acquired by any of them, other than pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act or in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

     (g) Except as contemplated in the Registration Rights Agreement, none of the Company or
any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial
Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates, as to which no statement is made) will,
directly or indirectly, make offers or sales of any security, or solicit offers to buy any
security, under circumstances that would require the registration of the Notes under the
Securities Act.

     (h) None of the Company or any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their
behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates, as to which
no statement is made), will solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell the Notes by means of
any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D)
or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act.

     (i) None of the Company or any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their
behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates, as to which
no statement is made), will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of
Regulation S) with respect to the Notes, and each of them will comply with the offering
restrictions requirements of Regulation S.

     (j) None of the Company or any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their
behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates, as to which
no statement is made), will sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any securities of the same or a similar class as the Notes, other
than the Notes offered or sold to the Initial Purchasers hereunder in a manner which would
require the registration under the Securities Act of the Notes.

     (k) So long as any of the Notes are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule
144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, at any time that the Company is not then subject to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will provide at its expense to each
holder of the Notes and to each prospective purchaser (as designated by such

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holder) of the Notes, upon the request of such holder or prospective purchaser, any
information required to be provided by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. (This
covenant is intended to be for the benefit of the holders, and the prospective purchasers
designated by such holders from time to time, of the Notes.)

     (l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes as set forth
under “Use of Proceeds” in the Offering Memorandum.

     (m) Until completion of the distribution, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates
will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has
constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of
the Notes.

     (n) For so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company and its subsidiaries will
conduct its operations in a manner that will not subject the Company or any subsidiary to
registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

     (o) Each Note will bear a legend substantially to the following effect until such
legend shall no longer be necessary or advisable because the Notes are no longer subject to
the restrictions on transfer described therein:

     THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER,
OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF, THE SECURITIES ACT, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR
ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THE
INDENTURE UNDER WHICH THIS NOTE WAS ISSUED AND THE OFFERING MEMORANDUM PURSUANT TO
WHICH THIS NOTE WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD. THE HOLDER OF THE NOTE WILL, AND EACH
SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY A PROPOSED TRANSFEREE OF THE NOTICE OF THE
RESALE RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTE.

     (p) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company or warrants to purchase debt
securities of the Company substantially similar to the Notes (other than the Notes offered
pursuant to this Agreement) for a period of 90 days after the date hereof, without the prior
written consent of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC.

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     (q) The Company will, promptly after it has notified the Representatives of any
intention by the Company to treat the Transactions as being a “reportable transaction”
(within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4), deliver a duly completed copy
of IRS Form 8886 or any successor form to the Representatives.

     (r) Each of the Company and each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the Initial
Purchasers are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to
the Company and each Guarantor with respect to the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees
contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and
not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, any Guarantor or
any other person. Additionally, no Initial Purchaser is advising the Company, any Guarantor
or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in
any jurisdiction. Each of the Company and each Guarantor shall consult with its own
advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent
investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Initial
Purchasers shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or any Guarantor with
respect thereto. Any review by the Initial Purchasers of the Company, any Guarantor, the
transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be
performed solely for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and shall not be on behalf of the
Company or any Guarantor.

          5. Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are
consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and the Guarantors will pay or cause to be
paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including:
(i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes and all other fees or expenses in connection
with the preparation of each Memorandum and all amendments and supplements thereto, including all
printing costs associated therewith, and the delivering of copies thereof to the Initial
Purchasers, in the quantities herein above specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the
transfer and delivery of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers, including any transfer or other taxes
payable thereon, (iii) the cost of producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in
connection with the offer and sale of the Notes under state securities laws and all expenses in
connection with the qualification of the Notes for offer and sale under state securities laws as
provided in Section 4(d) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of
Counsel for the Initial Purchasers in connection with such qualification and in connection with the
Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of
the Notes, (v) the costs and charges of the Trustee and any transfer agent, registrar or
depositary, (vi) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Notes, (vii) all costs
and expenses relating to investor presentations, including any “road show” presentations undertaken
in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Notes, including, without limitation,
expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any
consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of
the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any
aircraft chartered in connection with the road show (other than the travel and lodging expenses of
the Initial Purchasers, which shall be borne by the Initial Purchasers), and (viii) all other costs
and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of

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the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is
understood, however, that except as provided in Section 5(b) of this Agreement, the Initial
Purchasers will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their
counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Notes by them and any advertising expenses
connected with any offers they may make.

          (b) If the sale of the Notes provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to
the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any failure, refusal or
inability on the part of the Company to perform all obligations and satisfy all conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied hereunder other than by reason of a default by any of the Initial
Purchasers, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers upon demand for all reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements) that shall
have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Notes;
provided, however, that the obligations of the Company under this Section 5(b)
shall be in addition to, and not in place of, the provisions for expense reimbursement set forth in
the Engagement Letter.

          6. Conditions to the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligations of the several
Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Notes shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company in Section 1 hereof, in each case as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date, as if made on and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the
statements of the Company’s officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by
the Company of its covenants and agreements hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

     (a) The Initial Purchasers shall have received (i) an opinion, dated the Closing Date,
of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, counsel for the Company, (ii) an opinion, dated the Closing Date,
of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Washington counsel for the Company, and (iii) an opinion,
dated the Closing Date, of Kevin L. Bloomfield, internal counsel for the Company, in each
case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers.

     (b) The Initial Purchasers shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of
Cahill Gordon& Reindel LLP, Counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to the issuance
and sale of the Notes and such other related matters as the Initial Purchasers may
reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as
it may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon such matters.

     (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on each of the date hereof and the
Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and Counsel for the
Initial Purchasers, from Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters”
to underwriters with respect to the historical consolidated financial statements and certain
financial information contained in the Offering Memorandum; provided that the

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letter shall use a “cut-off date” within three days of the date of such letter and that
their procedures shall extend to financial information in the Final Memorandum not contained
in the Preliminary Memorandum. References to the Offering Memorandum in this paragraph (c)
with respect to either letter referred to above shall include any amendment or supplement
thereto at the date of such letter.

     (d) (i) None of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, shall have sustained, since
the date of the latest audited historical consolidated financial statements included in the
Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), any loss or
interference with their respective businesses or properties from fire, explosion, flood,
accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute
or court or governmental action, order or decree (whether domestic or foreign) otherwise
than as set forth in the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement
thereto); and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in each
Memorandum, there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of
the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or any change in or effect
on or any development having a prospective change in or effect on the business, operations,
properties, assets, liabilities, earnings, condition (financial or otherwise), results of
operations or management of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise,
whether or not in the ordinary course of business, otherwise than as set forth in each such
Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), the effect of which, in any
such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives,
so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Notes on
the terms and in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment
or supplement thereto).

     (e) None of the information set forth in the sections of the Offering Memorandum
entitled “Use of Proceeds” and “Offering Memorandum Summary—Recent Developments” shall have
changed, if the effect of any such change, individually or in the aggregate, in the sole
judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
offering or the delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner described in the
Offering Memorandum, exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto.

     (f) The Initial Purchasers shall have received certificates dated the Closing Date and
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, of (i) the Chief
Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and (ii) each Guarantor:
as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors
in this Agreement at and as of the Closing Date; that the Company and or the applicable
Guarantor(s), as the case may be, have performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied
all conditions on its or their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing
Date; and as to the matters set forth in Sections 6(d) (in the case of the certificate from
the Company’s officers only) and 6(e).

     (g) The Notes shall have received initial ratings by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s,
and, subsequent to the date hereof, there shall not have been any decrease in

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the rating of the Notes or any of the Company’s other debt securities by any
“nationally recognized statistical rating agency”, as that term is defined by the Commission
for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, and no such organization shall have
publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review its ratings of the Notes or any
of the Company’s other debt securities or any notice or public announcement given of any
intended or potential decrease in any such rating or that any such securities rating agency
has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of the
Notes.

     (h) The Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through the Depository
Trust Company.

     (i) On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and Counsel for the Initial
Purchasers shall have received such further certificates, documents or other information as
they may have reasonably requested from the Company.

          7. Conditions to the Company’s Obligations. The obligation of the Company to issue
and sell the Notes to the Initial Purchasers shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver, on or
prior to the Closing Date, of all material conditions to effectiveness of the Fourth Amendment to
Credit Agreement by and among the Company, the guarantor parties thereto and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as administrative agent, other than the issuance of the Notes and application
of the net proceeds thereof as described in the section of the Offering Memorandum entitled “Use of
Proceeds.”

               If the conditions specified in this Section 7 are not satisfied when and as required to be
satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company by notice to the Initial Purchasers at
any time prior to the Closing Date, in accordance with Section 13, which termination pursuant to
this Section 7 shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in
Sections 5 and 8 hereof.

          8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and
severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors
and officers and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Initial Purchaser against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Initial Purchaser or such other person may
become subject, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company
Additional Written Information or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto; or
(ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Pricing
Supplement, any Company Additional Written Information or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or
supplement thereto a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse, as incurred, each
Initial Purchaser and each such other person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such Initial Purchaser or such other person in connection with investigating, defending against or
appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action; provided, however, that the Company and the

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Guarantors will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any
Company Additional Written Information or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement
thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives specifically for use therein as set forth in
Section 12 hereof.

          (b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and the Guarantors and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, and each person,
if any, who controls any of the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
to which the Company, the Guarantors, any such affiliates, directors or officers or such
controlling person may become subject, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Preliminary Memorandum or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Preliminary
Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Information or the Final
Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by the Initial Purchasers through the Representatives specifically for use
therein as set forth in Section 12 hereof and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately
preceding this clause, will reimburse as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by the Company or the Guarantors or any such affiliates, directors or officers or such controlling
person in connection with investigating, defending against or appearing as a third-party witness in
connection with, any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof.

          (c) Promptly after receipt by any person to whom indemnity may be available under this Section
8 (the “indemnified party”) of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any person from whom indemnity may be
sought under this Section 8 (the “indemnifying party”), notify such indemnifying party in writing
of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify such indemnifying party will not relieve
such indemnifying party from (i) any liability which it may have under this Section 8 to the extent
it is not materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) as a
proximate result of the failure or (ii) any other liability which it may have to such indemnified
party. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and such indemnified
party notifies the relevant indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, such indemnifying party
will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, to assume the defense
thereof, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that if the named
parties in any such action (including impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have concluded, based on advice of outside
counsel, that there may be one or more legal defenses

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available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying
party or that representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to
actual or potential differing interests between them, the indemnifying party shall not have the
right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such
indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to defend such action
on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. After notice from an indemnifying party to an
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified
party of counsel appointed to defend such action, such indemnifying party will not be liable to
such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable
costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the
defense thereof, unless (i) such indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however,
that in connection with such action the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the reasonable
expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to one local counsel in any jurisdiction)
for any indemnified person in any one action or separate but substantially similar actions in the
same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances) or (ii) such
indemnifying party does not promptly retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified
party or (iii) such indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for such
indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. After such notice from an indemnifying
party to an indemnified party, such indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and
expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party without the written
consent of such indemnifying party. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an
indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for
fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by (i), (ii) or (iii) of the third sentence of this
paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (x) such settlement is entered into more than 30
days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (y) such indemnifying
party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the
date of such settlement. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or
threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party or any other person that may be entitled to
indemnification hereunder is a party to such claim, action, suit or proceeding) unless such
settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party and
such other persons from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and
does not contain any statement as to or finding of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on
behalf of any indemnified party.

          (d) (i) In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in the preceding
paragraphs of this Section 8 is unavailable or insufficient, for any reason, to hold harmless an
indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including, without
limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with defending or investigating any
action or claim) (or actions in respect thereof) (“Losses”), the Company and the Guarantors, on the
one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, in order to provide for just and equitable
contribution, agree to contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such Losses to which the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and

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the Initial Purchasers, on the other, may be subject, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Initial Purchasers, on the other, from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided
by the foregoing clause (i) is unavailable for any reason, not only such relative benefits but also
the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers,
on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions
that resulted in such Losses. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses, but, for the
avoidance of doubt, net of the Initial Purchasers’ discounts) received by the Company bear to the
total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers from the Company in connection
with the purchase of the Notes hereunder as set forth in the Final Memorandum. The relative fault
of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers, the
parties’ intent, relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the
circumstances. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) that does
not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph (d), no Initial Purchaser shall be obligated to make contributions
hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by
such Initial Purchaser from the Company in connection with the purchase of the Notes hereunder, and
no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ respective obligations to contribute
hereunder are several in proportion to their respective obligations to purchase Notes as set forth
on Schedule I hereto and not joint. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who
controls an Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act and each other person listed in Section 8(a) hereof shall have the same rights
to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, and each affiliate, director or officer of the Company
or any Guarantor and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution
as the Company and the Guarantors.

          (e) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any obligations or liabilities which the Company and the Guarantors may otherwise have
and the obligations of the respective Initial Purchasers under this Section 8 shall be in addition
to any obligations or liabilities which the Initial Purchasers may otherwise have.

          9. Survival. The respective representations, warranties, agreements, covenants,
indemnities and other statements of the Company, the Guarantors, their respective officers, and the
several Initial Purchasers set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of (i)
any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors, their respective

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officers or directors or any controlling person referred to in Section 8 hereof or any Initial
Purchaser and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Notes. The respective agreements, covenants,
indemnities and other statements set forth in Sections 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15 and 16 hereof shall
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

          10. Termination. (a) The Representatives may terminate this Agreement with respect to
the Notes by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date in the event that
the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform in any material respect all
obligations and satisfy in any material respect all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder at or prior thereto or if, at or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ National Market or in the
over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or minimum or maximum prices shall have been
established on any such exchange or market; (ii)  there has been a material disruption in
commercial banking or securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States;
(iii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by New York, North Carolina or United States
authorities or (iv) there shall have been (A) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities between the
United States and any foreign power, (B) an outbreak or escalation of any other insurrection or
armed conflict involving the United States, (C) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis
involving the United States or (D) any change in general economic, political or financial
conditions which has an effect on the U.S. financial markets or the international financial markets
that, in the case of any event described in this clause (iv), in the sole judgment of the
Representatives, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale and delivery
of the Notes as disclosed in the Preliminary Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, exclusive of
any amendment or supplement thereto.

          (b) Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability of
any party to any other party except as provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof.

          11. Defaulting Initial Purchasers. If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser
defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the non-defaulting Initial
Purchasers shall be obligated to purchase the Notes that such defaulting Initial Purchaser or
Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date (the “Remaining Notes”) in the
respective proportions that the principal amount of the Notes set opposite the name of each
non-defaulting Initial Purchaser in Schedule I hereto bears to the total number of the Notes set
opposite the names of all the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers in Schedule I hereto;
provided, however, that the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be
obligated to purchase any of the Notes on the Closing Date if the total amount of Notes which the
defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on such date
exceeds 10% of the total amount of Notes to be purchased on the Closing Date, and no non-defaulting
Initial Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the amount of Notes that it
agreed to purchase on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement. If the foregoing maximums are
exceeded, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or those other purchasers satisfactory to the
Initial Purchasers who so agree, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase, in such
proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Remaining Notes. If the non-defaulting
Initial Purchasers or other Initial Purchasers satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers do not elect
to purchase the Remaining

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Notes, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Initial Purchaser or the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the
payment of expenses to the extent set forth herein.

          Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any
liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its default. If other purchasers are
obligated or agree to purchase the Notes of a defaulting or withdrawing Initial Purchaser, the
Company or the Representatives may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in
order to effect any changes in the Transaction Documents or in any other document or arrangement
that, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or Counsel for the Initial Purchasers, may be
necessary.

          12. Information Supplied by Initial Purchasers. The statements set forth in (i) the
penultimate sentence in the third paragraph, (ii) the second sentence of the sixth paragraph, (iii)
the seventh paragraph and (iv) the eighth paragraph under the heading “Plan of Distribution” in the
Preliminary Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, to the extent such statements relate to the
Initial Purchasers, constitute the only information furnished by the Initial Purchasers to the
Company for the purposes of Sections 1(a) and 8 hereof.

          13. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if sent to any of
the Initial Purchasers, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission and
confirmed in writing to Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, One Wachovia Center, 301 South College
Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0604, Attention: High Yield Capital Markets, with a copy to
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Luis Penalver
and if sent to the Company or any Guarantor, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission and confirmed in writing to the Company at Belden Inc, 7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite
800, St. Louis, Missouri 63105, Attention: Kevin L. Bloomfield, with a copy to Kirkland & Ellis
LLP, 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022-4611, Attention: Andrew E. Nagel.

          14. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding
upon the several Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors and their respective successors
and legal representatives, and nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or
shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or
in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions
and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
several Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors and their respective successors and
legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, except that (i) the indemnities of
the Company contained in Section 8 of this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of any person or
persons who control any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act and (ii) the indemnities of the Initial Purchasers contained in
Section 8 of this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the affiliates, directors and officers
of the Company and the Guarantors, and any person or persons who control the Company or the
Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act. No purchaser of Notes from any Initial Purchaser shall be deemed a successor to such Initial
Purchaser because of such purchase.

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          15. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New
York without giving effect to any conflicts of law provisions that would apply the laws of another
jurisdiction.

          16. Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) All
judicial proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement may be brought in any state or
federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State of New York, which jurisdiction is exclusive,
and the Company and the Guarantors hereby consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.

          (b) Each party agrees that any service of process or other legal summons in connection with
any Proceeding may be served on it by mailing a copy thereof by registered mail, or a form of mail
substantially equivalent thereto, postage prepaid, addressed to the served party at its address as
provided for in Section 13 hereof. Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of the parties
to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

          (c) Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby waives all right to trial by jury in any
proceeding (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating
to this Agreement. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees that a final judgment in any such
proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced in
any other courts in the jurisdiction of which it is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.

          17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

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          If the foregoing correctly sets forth our understanding, please indicate your acceptance
thereof in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute an
agreement binding the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

BELDEN INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Kevin L. Bloomfield
	 
	 	 	Name:  	Kevin L. Bloomfield	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President, Secretary and 
General
Counsel	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY

BELDEN CDT NETWORKING, INC.

NORDX CDT CORP.

THERMAX/CDT, INC.

BELDEN HOLDINGS, INC.

BELDEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CDT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC.

BELDEN 1993, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Stephen H. Johnson
	 
	 	 	Name:  	Stephen H. Johnson	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer	 
	 

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Accepted as of the date hereof.

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

Acting on behalf of themselves and as Representatives

of the several Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule I

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/ Jacob Petkovich	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Jacob Petkovich
	 	 
	 

	 	Title: Director	 	 

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/ Andrew Gordon	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Andrew Gordon
	 	 
	 

	 	Title: Principal	 	 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/ James M. Walsh	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: James M. Walsh
	 	 
	 

	 	Title: Managing Director	 	 

S-III-1EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

          This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT is dated as of June 29, 2009 (the “Agreement”), by and
among Belden Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the guarantors listed on the
signature pages hereof (the “Guarantors” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”), on the one
hand, and the several purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are
acting as Representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), on the other hand.

          The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement
dated June 24, 2009 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the
Initial Purchasers of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 9.25% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”) guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by the
Guarantors (the “Guarantees”). References herein to the “Securities” refer to the Notes and the
Guarantees collectively. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase
Agreement, the Issuers have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement
for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and any subsequent holder or holders of the Securities.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial Purchasers’ obligations
under the Purchase Agreement.

          In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:

          “Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

          “Closing Date” shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement.

          “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the
Company’s successors.

          “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

          “Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

          “Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantors of Exchange
Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

          “Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected
pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

 

 

          “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on
Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and supplements to
such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits
thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

          “Exchange Securities” shall mean senior subordinated notes issued by the Company and the
guarantees thereof by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the
Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or
to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be
offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

          “FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

          “Freely Tradable” means with respect to any Securities, a Security that at any time of
determination (i) may be resold to the public in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act
(“Rule 144”) by a person that is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities
Act) of the Issuers during the preceding 90 days without any volume limitations, (ii) does not bear
any restrictive legends relating to the Securities Act and (iii) does not bear a restricted CUSIP
number.

          “Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include any
Guarantor’s successors and each other party that guarantees or is required to guarantee the Notes
pursuant to the Indenture.

          “Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable
Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become
owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of
Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.

          “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of June 29, 2009
among the Issuers and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, and as the same may be amended
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

          “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          “Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(m).

          “Issuers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          “Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder,

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Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such
consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount.

          “Participating Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

          “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust
or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

          “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including any
preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus
supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other
amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated
by reference therein.

          “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          “Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall
cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such
Securities has been declared effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been
exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Securities become
Freely Tradable or (iii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding.

          “Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.

          “Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or
compliance by the Issuers with this Agreement, including, without limitation, (i) all SEC, stock
exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection
with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements
of one counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any
Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or
assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales
agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and
compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements
relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees and
disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Issuers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and disbursements of one
counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders and which counsel
may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the
independent

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public accountants of the Issuers, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort”
letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but
excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth
in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes,
if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

          “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Issuers that covers any
of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement
and all amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective
amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any
document incorporated by reference therein.

          “Registration Trigger Date” shall mean the fifteenth Business Day following the one-year
anniversary of the Closing Date.

          “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

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

          “Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

          “Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

          “Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Issuers that
covers all the Registrable Securities (but no other securities unless approved by the Holders whose
Registrable Securities are to be covered by such Shelf Registration Statement) on an appropriate
form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC,
and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective
amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any
document incorporated by reference therein.

          “Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC.

          “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to
time.

          “Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

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          “Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.

          “Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an
Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

          2. Registration Under the Securities Act. (a) If any of the Notes are not Freely
Tradable on the Registration Trigger Date, the Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to (i) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the
Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and, (ii) keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act for not less than 20
Business Days after (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the
Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (as described below).

          If an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required to be filed and kept effective
pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Issuers shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the
related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to each
Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law,

(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable
Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange;

(ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business
Days from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Exchange Dates”);

(iii) that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to
accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement;

(iv) that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the
Exchange Offer will be required to surrender such Registrable Security, together with the
appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address (located in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) and in the manner specified in the notice, prior
to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and

(v) that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of
business on the last Exchange Date, by sending to the institution and at the address (located
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice, a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal
amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged.

          As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent
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acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of the commencement of the
Exchange Offer it is not engaged in, does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or
understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act,
(iii) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under Securities Act) of the Issuers
and (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own
account in exchange for Registrable Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or
other trading activities, then such Holder will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale
or other transfer of such Exchange Securities.

          As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Issuers shall:

(i) accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and

(vi) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable
Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Issuers and issue, and cause
the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in
principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities surrendered by such
Holder.

          The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as
provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The
Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not
violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff.

          Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2(a) to the contrary, the requirements to file and
the requirements to consummate the Exchange Offer shall terminate at such time as all the Notes
become Freely Tradable.

          (b) If the Issuers are required to effect an Exchange Offer Registration pursuant to Section
2(a) hereof and in the event that (i) the Issuers determine that the Exchange Offer Registration
provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be completed as soon as reasonably
practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable
interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by the
45th day following the Registration Trigger Date and would otherwise be required pursuant to
Section 2(a) hereof, (iii) any Holder notifies the Issuers on or prior to the 20th day following
the consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) it is not permitted under law or SEC policy to
participate in the Exchange Offer, (B) it cannot publicly resell new Exchange Securities (and such
Notes are not otherwise Freely Tradable) that it acquires in the Exchange Offer without delivering
a Prospectus, and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
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Holder or (C) it is a broker-dealer and holds Registrable Securities (and such Notes are not
otherwise Freely Tradable) that it has not exchanged and that it acquired directly from the Issuers
or one of their affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), or (iv) any Initial
Purchaser so requests with respect to the Notes that constitute any portion of such Initial
Purchaser’s unsold allotment that cannot be sold by the Initial Purchasers in reliance on Rule 144
of the Securities Act, then in addition to or in lieu of conducting the Exchange Offer, and only to
the extent the Notes are not otherwise Freely Tradable, the Issuers shall be required to file a
Shelf Registration Statement with the SEC to cover resales of the Registrable Securities or the
Exchange Securities, as the case may be. In that case, the Issuers will use their commercially
reasonable efforts to (a) file the Shelf Registration Statement by the 30th day after they become
obligated to make the filing, (b) maintain the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement
for one year or such lesser period after which all of the Notes registered therein have been sold
or can be resold without limitation under the Securities Act (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”).
In the event that the Issuers are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement solely as a
result of the matters referred to in clause (ii) of this paragraph, but the Exchange Offer is
subsequently completed, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Issuers will no longer be
required to file, have declared effective or continue the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to such clause (ii) (without prejudice to its obligations under clause (i) or
(iii) of this paragraph). In the event that the Issuers are required to file a Shelf Registration
Statement solely as a result of the matters referred to in clause (iii) of this paragraph, the
Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file and have declared effective by the
SEC both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all
Registrable Securities (only to the extent such Notes are not otherwise Freely Tradable) and a
Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities (only to
the extent such Notes are not otherwise Freely Tradable) held by any such Holder that has notified
the Issuers pursuant to such clause (iii) after completion of the Exchange Offer.

          To the extent the Issuers are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement and have it
declared effective pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Issuers agree to use their commercially
reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the
earliest of (i) the date on which the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the
SEC, until the expiration of the one-year referred to in Rule 144 applicable to securities held by
non-affiliates under the Securities Act (or shorter period that will terminate when all the
Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such
Shelf Registration Statement) and (ii) when all the Notes covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement are Freely Tradable, in the case of clauses (i) through (iii) in the preceding paragraph,
or can be sold in reliance on Rule 144 by the Initial Purchasers in the case of clause (iv) in the
preceding pargraph. The Issuers further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration
Statement and the related Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions
applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by
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thereunder for shelf registration or if reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities
with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use their commercially reasonable
efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective and such Shelf Registration Statement and
Prospectus to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantors
agree to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or
amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

          Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2(b) to the contrary, the requirements to file a
Shelf Registration Statement and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective and
remain effective shall terminate at such time as all of the Notes are Freely Tradable.

          (c) The Issuers shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the registration
pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts
and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

          (d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or a Shelf
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective
unless it has been declared effective by the SEC.

          In the event that any of the Notes are not Freely Tradable on the Registration Trigger Date
and either (i) (x) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC
on or prior to the 45th day after the Registration Trigger Date or (y) the Exchange Offer is not
consummated within 45 days after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective; (ii)
any Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, is not declared effective by the SEC on or
prior to the 90th day following the circumstances in Section 2(b) hereof that give rise to the need
for such Shelf Registration Statement; or (iii) either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
the Shelf Registration Statement is declared (or becomes automatically) effective, but thereafter,
subject to certain exceptions, such Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration
Statement ceases to be effective or usable in connection with the Exchange Offer or resales of any
Registrable Securities registered under the Shelf Registration Statement (each such event referred
to in clauses (i) through (iii) a “Registration Default”), the interest rate on the Registrable
Securities will be increased by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following
one or more Registration Defaults and an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent
90-day period, up to a maximum of 1.00% per annum of additional interest (all such amounts,
“Additional Interest”), until the earlier of (i) the cure of all the Registration Defaults relating
to the Registrable Securities or (ii) the particular Registrable Securities having become Freely
Tradable, at which time the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will revert to the original
interest rate on the Notes.

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          Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Registration Default referred to in clauses (i)(x) of the
foregoing paragraph shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration Default
has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post effective amendment to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to
the Company where such post effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared
effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events with respect
to the Company that would need to be described in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the
related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding promptly and in
good faith to amend or supplement the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and related
prospectuses to describe such events; provided, however, if such Registration Default occurs for
more than 30 days in any twelve month period, the interest rate on the Notes shall be increased in
accordance with the preceding sentence and shall be payable in accordance with the above from the
day such Registration Default actually occurs (without giving effect to the text preceding this
paragraph) until such Registration Default is actually cured.

          (e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the
Issuers acknowledge that any failure by the Issuers to comply with their obligations under Section
2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or
the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure
damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial
Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the
Issuers’ obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.

          3. Registration Procedures. In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section
2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Issuers shall as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

          (a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the
Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Issuers, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf
Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders
thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and
use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective
and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

          (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each
Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented
by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospec-

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tus current during the period described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act
that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities
or Exchange Securities;

          (c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, to
counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Holders and to each Underwriter of an
Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies as such
Person may reasonably request in writing of each Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus,
and any amendment or supplement thereto, in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of
the Registrable Securities thereunder; and the Issuers consent to the use of such Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the selling
Holders of Registrable Securities and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and
sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

          (d) use their commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable
Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any
Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in
writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC;
cooperate with the Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and do
any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable such Holder to
complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such
Holder; provided that the Issuers shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign
corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would
not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any
such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so
subject;

          (e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, one
counsel for such Holders (which shall be selected by the holders of a majority in principal amount
of Registrable Securities, notice of which shall be provided to the Company) and counsel for the
Initial Purchasers promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in
writing (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective
amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state
securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or
for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the
issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose,
(iv) if, between the effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and the closing of any sale
of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of any Issuer
contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if
any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Se-

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curities cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if any Issuer receives any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for
sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening
of any event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective that makes any statement
made in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect
or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to
make the statements therein not misleading and (vi) of any determination by any Issuer that a
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate;

          (f) use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending
the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment and provide immediate
notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order;

          (g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities,
without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Shelf Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein by reference or
exhibits thereto, unless requested);

          (h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such
Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent
with the provisions of the Indenture) as the selling Holders may reasonably request at least one
Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

          (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
Section 3(e)(v) hereof, use their commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC
a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or the related
Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; and the Issuers shall notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to suspend use of
the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Holders
hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus until the Issuers have amended or supplemented the
Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission;

          (j) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any
amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or of any document
that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after initial
filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of

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such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, to the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel) and make such of the
representatives of the Issuers as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their
counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities
or their counsel) available for discussion of such document; and the Issuers shall not, at any time
after the initial filing of a Registration Statement, file any Prospectus or free-writing
prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), any amendment of or supplement to a
Registration Statement or a Prospectus, or any document that is to be incorporated by reference
into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel
(and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities and
their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial
Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders or
their counsel) shall have reasonably objected;

          (k) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case
may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement;

          (l) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the
registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be; cooperate
with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the
Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute,
and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may
be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the
SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

          (m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make reasonably available for inspection by a
representative of the Holders of the Registrable Securities (an “Inspector”), any Underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, and attorneys and
accountants designated by the Holders, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all
pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the Issuers, and cause the
respective officers, directors and employees of the Issuers to supply all information reasonably
requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf
Registration Statement to the same extent that any financial or other records, documents and
properties and all other information was provided to the Initial Purchasers in connection with the
initial issuance of the Notes; provided that if any such information is identified by the
Issuers as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take
such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information (and
shall, if requested by the Company, sign a customary confidentiality agreement in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to such Person and the Company);

          (n) [reserved];

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          (o) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement, promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such
information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein
and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as
soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such filing; and

          (p) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all
such other actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate
the disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, an Underwritten
Offering and in such connection, (i) to the extent possible, make such representations and
warranties to the Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the
business of the Company and its subsidiaries, the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents
incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form,
substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings
and confirm the same if and when requested, (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Issuers (which
counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holders
and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and
Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions
requested in underwritten offerings, (iii) obtain “comfort” letters from the independent certified
public accountants of the Issuers (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any
subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or any
Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in
the Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable
Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily
covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings and (iv) deliver such
documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily
delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and
warranties of the Issuers made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any
customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement.

          In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of
Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the
proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Issuers may from time to
time reasonably request in writing. No Holder of Registrable Securities may include any of its
Registrable Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement if such
Holder fails to furnish such information in writing to the Company within 20 days after receipt of
the request therefore.

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          In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees
that, upon receipt of any notice (a “Blackout Notice”) from the Issuers of (i) the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(e)(iii), 3(e)(v) or 3(e)(vi) hereof or
(ii) the Company’s determination to suspend use of the Prospectus to avoid premature public
disclosure of a pending corporate transaction, including pending acquisitions or divestitures of
assets, mergers and combinations or similar events, such Holder will forthwith discontinue
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder’s
receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof
(and, if applicable, the earlier of (x) the effectiveness of the post-effective amendment described
in Section 3(e)(vi) hereof and (y) the end of the Blackout Period in accordance with the
limitations set forth in the next paragraph) and, if so directed by the Issuers, such Holder will
deliver to the Issuers all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such
Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the
time of receipt of such notice.

          If the Issuers shall give any Blackout Notice, the Issuers shall extend the period during
which the Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the
number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such Blackout Notice
to and including the date when the Holders shall have received copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions (the “Blackout Period”). The
Issuers may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period and any such suspensions
shall not exceed 30 days for each suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in
effect during any 365-day period. The interest rate on the Notes shall not be increased in
accordance with Section 2(d) hereof during the Blackout Period (subject to the limitations in the
preceding sentence) (it being understood that if Additional Interest is already accruing at the
beginning of the Blackout Period in respect of a Registration Default, such Additional Interest
shall continue to accrue unless and until such Registration Default has been cured).

          The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement who desire to
do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten
Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers (the “Underwriters”)
that will administer the offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of the Registrable
Securities included in such offering.

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          4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.
(a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange
Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired
by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating
Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and
must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any
resale of such Exchange Securities.

          The Issuers understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the
above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange
Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange
Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to
satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of
Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the
requirements of the Securities Act.

          (b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the
Issuers agree to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to 180 days after
the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of
Section 3 of this Agreement), if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more
Participating Broker-Dealers, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange
Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in
Section 4(a) above. The Issuers further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall be
authorized to deliver such Prospectus during such period in connection with the resales
contemplated by this Section 4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuers shall not be obligated
to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement if the
Company determines, in its reasonable judgment, that there is a material event as described in
Section 2(d) hereof, provided that the failure to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
effective and usable for such business reason shall last no longer than 30 days in any twelve month
period.

          (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, any Guarantor or any Holder
with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.

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          5. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Issuers, jointly and severally, agree
to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates,
directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls the Initial Purchaser or any Holder
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal
fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or
any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of,
or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any Registration Statement or any Prospectus or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse,
as incurred, the Initial Purchasers and each Holder for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the Initial Purchasers or such Holder in connection with investigating, defending
against or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action (subject, if applicable, to the limitations set forth in Section 5(c));
provided, however, that the Issuers will not be liable in any such case except
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or any Holder furnished to the
Company in writing through the Representatives or any selling Holder expressly for use therein. In
connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Issuers, jointly and
severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar
securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their respective affiliates
and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the
Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement.

          (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, their respective affiliates,
the directors of the Issuers, each officer of the Issuers who signed the Registration Statement and
each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any other
selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such
Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement and any Prospectus.

          (c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation),
claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification
may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”)
shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying
Person”) in writing; provided that the failure

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to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under
this Section 5 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure. If any
such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have
notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled
to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such
proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to
retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have
mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time
to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person
shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different
from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any
such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the
Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed (A) that
the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding, be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one firm (in addition to one local counsel in each
applicable jurisdiction) for the Initial Purchasers and one firm (in addition to one local counsel
in each applicable jurisdiction) for all other Indemnified Persons and (B) that all such reasonable
fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any
Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial
Purchaser shall be designated in writing by the Representatives, (y) for any Holder, its
affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in
writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the
Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for
the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against
any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person
reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this
paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt
by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have
reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person,
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified
Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such
Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from
all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such

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proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a
failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

          (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an
Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying
such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuers from the
offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from
receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand,
or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
but also the relative fault of the Issuers on the one hand and the Holders on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the
Issuers on the one hand and the Holders on the other shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers or by the
Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.

          (e) The Issuers and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount
paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was
not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

          (f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any
rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

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          (g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii)
any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or any Holder, their respective
affiliates or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the
Issuers, their respective affiliates or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the
Issuers, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

          6. General.

          (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers represent, warrant and agree that (i) the rights
granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the
rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the
Company or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor any Guarantor
has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

          (b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Issuers have obtained the written consent of
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable
Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent;
provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure
from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable
Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications,
supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by
each of the parties hereto.

          (c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall
be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such
Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section
6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in
the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Issuers, initially at the address of the Company set forth
in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at their
respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address,
notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such notices
and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given at the time delivered by hand, if
personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if
mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the
next Business Day if timely delivered to an

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air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other
communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the
address specified in the Indenture.

          (d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and
without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing
herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable
Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee
of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or
otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement,
and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to
have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and
such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their
capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company or the
Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of,
any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.

          (e) Purchases and Sales of Securities. The Issuers shall not, and shall use their reasonable
best efforts to cause their affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) not to,
purchase and then resell or otherwise transfer any Registrable Securities.

          (f) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the
agreements made hereunder between the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the
other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems
such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders
hereunder.

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

          (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a
part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

          (i) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any conflicts of law provisions that would
apply the laws of another jurisdiction.

          (j) Miscellaneous. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating
to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior

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writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this
Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or
against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained
herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated. The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to
replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of
which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BELDEN INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Kevin L. Bloomfield	 
	 	 	Name:  	Kevin L. Bloomfield	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel	 
	 
	 	BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY

BELDEN CDT NETWORKING, INC.

NORDX/CDT CORP.

THERMAX/CDT, INC.

BELDEN HOLDINGS, INC.

BELDEN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

BELDEN 1993 INC.

CDT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Stephen H. Johnson	 
	 	 	Name:  	Stephen H. Johnson	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer	 

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	Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above

written:

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

Acting on behalf of themselves and as

Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers

listed on Schedule I

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

 	 
	By  	/s/ Jake Petkovich	 
	 	Name: 	Jake Petkovich	 
	 	Title:  	Director	 
	 	  	 	 
	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

 	 
	By  	/s/ Andrew Gordon	 
	 	Name: 	Andrew Gordon	 
	 	Title:  	Principal	 
	 	  	 	 
	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS

 	 
	By  	/s/ Ross Levitsky	 
	 	Name: 	Ross Levitsky	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director	 

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SCHEDULE I

INITIAL PURCHASERS

Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

Banc of America Securities LLC

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Comerica Securities, Inc.

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

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