Document:

Exhibit 10.1
    

    

    

    
      AMENDMENT NO. 3

    

    
      This AMENDMENT NO. 3, dated as of April 9, 2009 (“Amendment No.
      3”), is entered into by and among DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPORATION, a
      Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the persons
      designated as “Lenders” on the signature pages hereto (the “Lenders”),
      and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION (“GE Capital”), a
      Delaware corporation, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
      Agent”).
    

    
      WHEREAS, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Lenders and GE
      Capital, as administrative agent and collateral agent, are party to the
      Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 3, 2008 (as amended by
      Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 16, 2009 and Amendment No. 2, dated
      as of March 23, 2009, the “Original Credit Agreement”; all
      capitalized terms defined in the Original Credit Agreement and not
      otherwise defined herein to have the meanings assigned thereto in the
      Original Credit Agreement); and
    

    
      WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to amend the Original Credit Agreement in
      the manner set forth below; and
    

    
      WHEREAS, the Lenders, subject to the terms and conditions of this
      Amendment No. 3, are willing to amend the Original Credit Agreement as
      provided herein.
    

    
      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
      provisions and covenants herein contained, the Borrower and the Lenders
      agree as follows:
    

    
      SECTION 1.
AMENDMENT

    

    

    

    
      Subject to the satisfaction of the condition to effectiveness referred
      to in Section 2 below, the Original Credit Agreement is
      hereby amended as follows:
    

    
      (a)  The definition of the term “Scheduled Maturity
      Date” appearing in Section 1.1 of the Original Credit
      Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
    

    
      “‘Scheduled Maturity Date’ means April 20, 2009.”
    

    
      (b)  Section 2.1(c) of the Original Credit Agreement is
      amended by changing each reference therein to the date “April 9, 2009”
      to the date “April 20, 2009”.
    

    
      (c)  Section 2.21 of the Original Credit Agreement is
      amended, effective as of March 23, 2009, by adding immediately after the
      phrase “constitute a part of the principal outstanding amount of the
      Loans” appearing therein, the following: “or other Obligations (other
      than Special Overadvances), Special Overadvances (other than Additional
      Special Overadvances) or Additional Special Overadvances, as the case
      may be, on which such interest accrued,”.
    

    
      (d)  Section 9.1(j) of the Original Credit Agreement is
      amended by changing the date appearing therein from “April 9, 2009” to
      “April 20, 2009”.           
    

    
      (e)  Section 9.1(k) of the Original Credit Agreement is
      amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        

        

        
          

        

      

      
        

        

      

    

    

    

    
      “the Borrower shall fail to pay, on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York
      time) on April 9, 2009 to the Administrative Agent, Macquarie Capital
      Advisors or King & Spalding LLP, in each case, in immediately available
      funds, the  fees and expenses and deposit described in Section
      4(k) of Amendment No. 3.”.
    

    
      SECTION 2.
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

    

    
      This Amendment No. 3 shall be effective as of April 9, 2009 (the “Amendment
      No. 3 Effective Date”) subject to and upon satisfaction on or prior
      to such date of the following conditions: (i) receipt by the
      Administrative Agent of one or more counterparts of this Amendment No. 3
      executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
      Lenders, and (ii) receipt by the Administrative Agent of evidence
      satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Term Loan Credit
      Agreement has been amended (or is concurrently being amended) pursuant
      to an amendment in the form of Annex I hereto (the “Term
      Loan Facility Amendment”).
    

    

    

    
      SECTION 3.
LIMITATION ON SCOPE
    

    
      Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations,
      warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Loan Documents shall
      remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective
      terms.  The amendment set forth herein shall be limited precisely as
      provided for herein and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of, amendment
      of, consent to or modification of any term or provision of the Loan
      Documents or any other document or instrument referred to therein or of
      any transaction or further or future action on the part of the Borrower
      or any other Loan Party requiring the consent of the Administrative
      Agent or Lenders except to the extent specifically provided for
      herein.  The Administrative Agent and Lenders have not and shall not be
      deemed to have waived any of their respective rights and remedies
      against the Borrower or any other Loan Party for any existing or future
      Defaults or Event of Default.
    

    
      SECTION 4.
MISCELLANEOUS
    

    
      (a)  The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Amendment
      No. 3 has been duly authorized and executed by it, and the Original
      Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment No. 3, is its legal,
      valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
      except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
      moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors in
      general; and (ii) this Amendment No. 3 is being delivered in the State
      of New York.
    

    
      (b)  The Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms the Original Credit
      Agreement as amended hereby, and agrees that, as amended hereby, the
      Original Credit Agreement remains in full force and effect.
    

    
      (c)  The Borrower hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that, as of
      the date hereof, the security interests and liens granted to the
      Administrative Agent on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties under
      the Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents securing the
      Obligations are in full force and effect, are properly perfected and are
      enforceable in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the
      other Loan Documents.
    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        
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      (d)  The Borrower hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that as of
      the open of business on April 9, 2009, the Borrower was in the aggregate
      indebted to the Administrative Agent and Lenders for Loans under the
      Loan Documents in the aggregate principal amount (including PIK Loans)
      of $101,815,590.43 plus Letter of Credit Obligations in the aggregate
      amount of $8,924,107.50 and that all such obligations under the Credit
      Agreement owing by the Borrower together with interest accrued and
      accruing thereon, and all fees, costs, expenses and other charges now or
      hereafter payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and each
      Lender pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents and this Amendment
      No. 3, are unconditionally owing by the Borrower to each Lender, without
      offset, defense or counterclaim of any kind, nature or description
      whatsoever.
    

    
      (e)  The Administrative Agent and each Lender party to this Amendment
      No. 3 hereby consents to the amendments and modifications set forth in
      that certain Term Loan Facility Amendment attached hereto as Annex I.
    

    
      (f)  The Borrower hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof
      in favor of the Administrative Agent and each Lender that each and every
      representation and warranty heretofore made by the Borrower in the
      Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents is true and
      correct as if made on the date hereof (except to the extent such
      representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date in
      which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in
      all material respects as of such earlier date) and with specific
      reference to this Amendment No. 3 and all other Loan Documents executed
      and/or delivered in connection herewith, provided that the
      representation and warranty contained in this paragraph (f) shall not
      apply to the representation and warranty contained in Section 4.5
      of the Original Credit Agreement or the representation and warranty
      contained in Section 4.6 of the Original Credit Agreement, except
      to the extent that the representation and warranty contained in Section
      4.6 of the Original Credit Agreement constitutes a representation
      and warranty that the Borrower is Solvent within the meaning of clause
      (c) of the definition of the term ‘Solvent’.
    

    
      (g)  The Borrower agrees that all Loan Documents remain in full force
      and effect notwithstanding the execution and delivery of this Amendment
      No. 3.
    

    
      (h)  This Amendment No. 3 may be executed by the parties hereto in
      separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
      shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts together
      shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
    

    
      (i)  All references in the Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” and
      in the Original Credit Agreement as amended hereby to “this Agreement,”
      “hereof,” “herein” or the like shall mean and refer to the Original
      Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 3 (as well as by all
      subsequent amendments, restatements, modifications and supplements
      thereto).
    

    
      (j)  Each of the following provisions of the Original Credit Agreement
      is hereby incorporated herein by this reference with the same effect as
      though set forth in its entirety herein, mutatis mutandis, and as
      if “this Agreement” in any such provision read “this Amendment No. 3”: Section 11.11
      (Notices), Section 11.13 (Governing Law), Section 11.14
      (Jurisdiction), Section 11.15 (Waiver of Jury Trial), Section 11.16
      (Severability) and Section 11.18 (Entire Agreement).
    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        
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      (k)  On or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on April 9, 2009, Borrower
      shall promptly pay to Administrative Agent all reasonable costs,
      expenses and charges incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with
      the preservation of its and the Lenders’ rights and any potential
      restructuring (including those of Macquarie Capital Advisors) and the
      preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and
      any documents and instruments relating hereto pursuant to and consistent
      with Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement.  Without duplication
      of the foregoing, on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on April 9,
      2009, the Borrower shall deposit with King & Spalding LLP, counsel for
      Administrative Agent, an amount such that after payment of all fees and
      expenses incurred by firm and billed to date, such firm shall hold
      unapplied a retainer of $37,500 (not including the retainer held by such
      firm in its capacity as counsel to the Term Loan Administrative Agent)
      to be applied toward payment of legal fees and expenses of King &
      Spalding LLP, in each case as incurred, in representation of the
      Administrative Agent in connection with this Amendment No. 3, and the
      preservation of their rights and any potential restructuring, as
      provided under Section 11.3(a) of the Original Credit Agreement;
      and the Borrower agrees to pay all such fees and expenses, if any, in
      excess of such amount, to the extent payable under Section 11.3(a)
      of the Original Credit Agreement, upon demand by such Lenders or the
      Administrative Agent, as the case may be.  Borrower also confirms its
      obligation under Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement to
      reimburse all reasonable costs, fees and expenses of an independent
      financial consultant selected by the Administrative Agent and the Term
      Loan Administrative Agent (as retained by independent counsel to the
      Administrative Agent and the Term Loan Administrative Agent); provided,
      that the Required Lenders may, in their sole discretion, on behalf of
      the Lenders, select an independent financial consultant to the Lenders
      to be retained by one or more of the Lenders or counsel to one of more
      of the Lenders, in any case, as determined by the Required Lenders, and
      notwithstanding anything in Section 11 of the Credit Agreement to
      the contrary, Borrower shall reimburse all reasonable costs, fees and
      expenses of such financial consultant, and Administrative Agent shall
      not be entitled to reimbursement by Borrower for the costs or expenses
      of a separate financial consultant to Administrative Agent, in its
      capacity as such.  
    

    

    

    
      SECTION 5.
RELEASE

    

    
      Borrower hereby releases, acquits, and forever discharges the
      Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and each past or present
      affiliate, officer, director, agent, servant, employee, representative
      and attorney of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from any and
      all claims, causes of action, suits, debts, liens, obligations,
      liabilities, demands, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys’
      fees) of any kind, character, or nature whatsoever, known or unknown,
      fixed or contingent, which Borrower may have or claim to have now or
      which may hereafter arise out of or connected with any act of commission
      or omission of the Administrative Agent or any Lender existing or
      occurring prior to the date of this Amendment No. 3 or any instrument
      executed prior to the date of this Amendment No. 3 including, without
      limitation, any claims, liabilities or obligations arising with respect
      to the Original Credit Agreement or the other of the Loan
      Documents.  The provisions of this Section 5 shall
      be binding upon Borrower and shall inure to the benefit of the
      Administrative Agent and the Lenders and each past or present affiliate,
      officer, director, agent, servant, employee, representative and attorney
      of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
    

    
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      WITNESS the due execution hereof by the respective duly
      authorized officers of the undersigned as of the date first written
      above.
    

    

    

    
    	
           
        	
          
            BORROWER:
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPORATION, a
          

        
	

        	
          
            Delaware corporation
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            By:
          

        	
          
            /s/ Edward J. Puisis
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Name:  Edward J. Puisis
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Title: Executive Vice President and CFO
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            LENDERS:
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
          

        
	

        	
          
            CORPORATION,
          

        
	

        	
          
            as Administrative Agent and a Lender
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            By:
          

        	
          
            /s/ Michelle Handy
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Name: Michelle Handy
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Title:  Its Duly Authorized Signatory
          

        

    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        
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      Annex I

    

    

    

    
      Please see attached.

    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        

        

        
          

        

      

      
        

        

      

    

    

    

    
      Please see Exhibit 10.2Exhibit 10.2
    

    

    

    
      AMENDMENT NO. 4

    

    

    

    
      This AMENDMENT NO. 4, dated as of April 9, 2009 (“Amendment No.
      4”), is entered into by and among DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPORATION, a
      Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the persons
      designated as “Lenders” on the signature pages hereto (the “Lenders”),
      and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION (“GE Capital”), a
      Delaware corporation, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
      Agent”).
    

    
      WHEREAS, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Lenders and GE
      Capital, as administrative agent and collateral agent, are party to the
      Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of March 3, 2008 (as amended by
      Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 4, 2008, Amendment No. 2, dated as of
      March 16, 2009 and Amendment No. 3, dated as of March 23, 2009, the “Original
      Credit Agreement”; all capitalized terms defined in the Original
      Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein to have the meanings
      assigned thereto in the Original Credit Agreement); and
    

    
      WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to amend the Original Credit Agreement in
      the manner set forth below; and
    

    
      WHEREAS, the Lenders, subject to the terms and conditions of this
      Amendment No. 4, are willing to amend the Original Credit Agreement as
      provided herein.
    

    
      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
      provisions and covenants herein contained, the Borrower and the Lenders
      agree as follows:
    

    
      SECTION 1.
AMENDMENT

    

    
      Subject to the satisfaction of the condition to effectiveness referred
      to in Section 2 below, the Original Credit Agreement is hereby
      amended as follows:
    

    
      (a)  The definition of “Scheduled Maturity Date”
      appearing in Section 1.1 of the Original Credit Agreement is
      amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
    

    
      “‘Scheduled Maturity Date’ means April 20, 2009.”
    

    
      (b)  Section 9.1(i) of the Original Credit Agreement is
      amended by changing the date appearing therein from “April 9, 2009” to
      “April 20, 2009”.
    

    
      (c)  Section 9(j) of the Original Credit Agreement is
      amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
    

    
      “the Borrower shall fail to pay, on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York
      time) on April 9, 2009 to the Administrative Agent, Macquarie Capital
      Advisors, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP or King & Spalding LLP, in each
      case, in immediately available funds, the  fees and expenses and deposit
      described in Section 4(k) of Amendment No. 4.”.
    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        

        

        
          

        

      

      
        

        

      

    

    

    

    
      SECTION 2
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

    

    
      This Amendment No. 4 shall be effective as of April 9, 2009 (the “Amendment
      No. 4 Effective Date”) subject to and upon satisfaction on or prior
      to such date of the following conditions: (i) receipt by the
      Administrative Agent of one or more counterparts of this Amendment No. 4
      executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
      Lenders, and (ii) receipt by the Administrative Agent of evidence
      satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Revolving Credit
      Agreement has been amended (or is concurrently being amended) pursuant
      to an amendment in the form of Annex I hereto (the “Revolving
      Credit Facility Amendment”).
    

    
      SECTION 3.
LIMITATION ON SCOPE

    

    
      Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations,
      warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Loan Documents shall
      remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective
      terms.  The amendment set forth herein shall be limited precisely as
      provided for herein and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of, amendment
      of, consent to or modification of any term or provision of the Loan
      Documents or any other document or instrument referred to therein or of
      any transaction or further or future action on the part of the Borrower
      or any other Loan Party requiring the consent of the Administrative
      Agent or Lenders except to the extent specifically provided for
      herein.  The Administrative Agent and Lenders have not and shall not be
      deemed to have waived any of their respective rights and remedies
      against the Borrower or any other Loan Party for any existing or future
      Defaults or Event of Default.
    

    
      SECTION 4.
MISCELLANEOUS

    

    
      (a)  The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Amendment
      No. 4 has been duly authorized and executed by it, and the Original
      Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment No. 4, is its legal,
      valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
      except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
      moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors in
      general; and (ii) this Amendment No. 4 is being delivered in the State
      of New York.
    

    
      (b)  The Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms the Original Credit
      Agreement as amended hereby, and agrees that, as amended hereby, the
      Original Credit Agreement remains in full force and effect.
    

    
      (c)  The Borrower hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that, as of
      the date hereof, the security interests and liens granted to the
      Administrative Agent on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties under
      the Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents securing the
      Obligations are in full force and effect, are properly perfected and are
      enforceable in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the
      other Loan Documents.
    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        
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      (d)  The Borrower hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that as of
      the open of business on  April 9, 2009, the Borrower was in the
      aggregate indebted to the Administrative Agent and Lenders for Term
      Loans under the Loan Documents (including PIK Loans) in the principal
      amount of $102,313,554.15 and that all such obligations under the Credit
      Agreement owing by the Borrower together with interest accrued and
      accruing thereon, and all fees, costs, expenses and other charges now or
      hereafter payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and each
      Lender pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents and this Amendment
      No. 4, are unconditionally owing by the Borrower to each Lender, without
      offset, defense or counterclaim of any kind, nature or description
      whatsoever.
    

    
      (e)  The Administrative Agent and each Lender party to this Amendment
      No. 4 hereby consents to the amendments and modifications set forth in
      that certain Revolving Credit Facility Amendment attached hereto as Annex
      I.
    

    
      (f)  The Borrower hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof
      in favor of the Administrative Agent and each Lender that each and every
      representation and warranty heretofore made by the Borrower in the
      Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents is true and
      correct as if made on the date hereof (except to the extent such
      representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date in
      which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in
      all material respects as of such earlier date) and with specific
      reference to this Amendment No. 4 and all other Loan Documents executed
      and/or delivered in connection herewith, provided that the
      representation and warranty contained in this paragraph (f) shall not
      apply to the representation and warranty contained in Section 4.5
      of the Original Credit Agreement or the representation and warranty
      contained in Section 4.6 of the Original Credit Agreement, except
      to the extent that the representation and warranty contained in Section
      4.6 of the Original Credit Agreement constitutes a representation
      and warranty that the Borrower is Solvent within the meaning of clause
      (c) of the definition of the term ‘Solvent’.
    

    
      (g)  The Borrower agrees that all Loan Documents remain in full force
      and effect notwithstanding the execution and delivery of this Amendment
      No. 4.
    

    
      (h)  This Amendment No. 4 may be executed by the parties hereto in
      separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
      shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts together
      shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
    

    
      (i)  All references in the Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” and
      in the Original Credit Agreement as amended hereby to “this Agreement,”
      “hereof,” “herein” or the like shall mean and refer to the Original
      Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 4 (as well as by all
      subsequent amendments, restatements, modifications and supplements
      thereto).
    

    
      (j)  Each of the following provisions of the Original Credit Agreement
      is hereby incorporated herein by this reference with the same effect as
      though set forth in its entirety herein, mutatis mutandis, and as
      if “this Agreement” in any such provision read “this Amendment No. 4”: Section
      11.11 (Notices), Section 11.13 (Governing Law), Section
      11.14 (Jurisdiction), Section 11.15 (Waiver of Jury Trial), Section
      11.16 (Severability) and Section 11.18 (Entire Agreement).
    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        
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      (k)  On or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on April 9, 2009, Borrower
      shall promptly pay to Administrative Agent all reasonable costs,
      expenses and charges incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with
      the preservation of its and the Lenders’ rights and any potential
      restructuring (including those of Macquarie Capital Advisors) and in
      connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of
      this Agreement and any documents and instruments relating hereto
      pursuant to and consistent with Section 11.3 of the Credit
      Agreement.  Without duplication of the foregoing, on or prior to 5:00
      p.m. (New York time) on April 9, 2009, the Borrower shall deposit with
      (i) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, counsel for Davidson Kempner Capital
      Management LLC and Silverpoint Capital LLP, as Lenders, an amount such
      that after payment of all fees and expenses owing to such firm in
      connection with the Credit Agreement, such firm shall hold an unapplied
      retainer of $75,000 to be applied toward payment of legal fees and
      expenses of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP as incurred, in representation of
      the Lenders other than the Administrative Agent in connection with this
      Amendment No. 4, and the preservation of their rights and any potential
      restructuring and (ii) King & Spalding LLP, counsel for Administrative
      Agent, an amount such that after payment of all fees and expenses
      incurred by firm and billed to date in connection with the Credit
      Agreement, such firm shall hold an unapplied retainer of $37,500 (not
      including the retainer held by such firm in its capacity as counsel to
      the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent) to be applied toward payment
      of legal fees and expenses of King & Spalding LLP, in each case as
      incurred, in representation of the Administrative Agent in connection
      with this Amendment No. 4, and the preservation of their rights and any
      potential restructuring, as provided under Section 11.3(a) or Section
      11.3(c), as applicable, of the Original Credit Agreement; and the
      Borrower agrees to pay all such fees and expenses, if any, in excess of
      such amount, to the extent payable under Section 11.3(a) or Section
      11.3(c), as applicable, of the Original Credit Agreement, upon
      demand by such Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may
      be.  Borrower also confirms its obligation under Section
      11.3 of the Credit Agreement to reimburse all reasonable costs, fees
      and expenses of an independent financial consultant selected by the
      Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent (as
      retained by independent counsel to the Administrative Agent and the
      Revolving Credit Administrative Agent); provided, that the
      Required Lenders may, in their sole discretion, on behalf of the
      Lenders, select an independent financial consultant to the Lenders to be
      retained by one or more of the Lenders or counsel to one of more of the
      Lenders, in any case, as determined by the Required Lenders, and
      notwithstanding anything in Section 11 of the Credit Agreement to
      the contrary, Borrower shall reimburse all reasonable costs, fees and
      expenses of such financial consultant, and Administrative Agent shall
      not be entitled to reimbursement by Borrower for the costs or expenses
      of a separate financial consultant to Administrative Agent, in its
      capacity as such.
    

    

    

    
      SECTION 5.
RELEASE

    

    
      Borrower hereby releases, acquits, and forever discharges the
      Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and each past or present
      affiliate, officer, director, agent, servant, employee, representative
      and attorney of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from any and
      all claims, causes of action, suits, debts, liens, obligations,
      liabilities, demands, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys’
      fees) of any kind, character, or nature whatsoever, known or unknown,
      fixed or contingent, which Borrower may have or claim to have now or
      which may hereafter arise out of or connected with any act of commission
      or omission of the Administrative Agent or any Lender existing or
      occurring prior to the date of this Amendment No. 4 or any instrument
      executed prior to the date of this Amendment No. 4 including, without
      limitation, any claims, liabilities or obligations arising with respect
      to the Original Credit Agreement or the other of the Loan
      Documents.  The provisions of this Section 5 shall be binding upon
      Borrower and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and
      the Lenders and each past or present affiliate, officer, director,
      agent, servant, employee, representative and attorney of the
      Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
    

    
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      WITNESS the due execution hereof by the respective duly
      authorized officers of the undersigned as of the date first written
      above.
    

    
    	
           
        	
          
            BORROWER:
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPORATION, a
          

        
	

        	
          
            Delaware corporation
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            By:
          

        	
          
            /s/ Edward J. Puisis
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Name:  Edward J. Puisis
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Title: Executive Vice President and CFO
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            LENDERS:
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
          

        
	

        	
          
            CORPORATION,
          

        
	

        	
          
            as Administrative Agent and a Lender
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            By:
          

        	
          
            /s/ Michelle Handy
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Name: Michelle Handy
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Title:  Its Duly Authorized Signatory
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            DK ACQUISITION PARTNERS, LP, as a Lender
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            By: M.H. DAVIDSON & CO., its general partner
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            By:
          

        	
          
            /s/ Tony Yoseloff
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Name: Tony Yoseloff
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Title:  General Partner
          

        

    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        
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            FIELD POINT III, LTD., as a Lender
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            By:
          

        	
          
            /s/ Michael A. Gatto
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Name: Michael A. Gatto
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Title:  Authorized Signatory
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            FIELD POINT IV, LTD., as a Lender
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            By:
          

        	
          
            /s/ Michael A. Gatto
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Name: Michael A. Gatto
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Title:  Authorized Signatory
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            GRAND CENTRAL ASSET TRUST, SIL
          

        
	

        	
          
            SERIES, as a Lender
          

        
	

        	

        	
           
        
	

        	
          
            By:
          

        	
          
            /s/ Brian Schott
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Name: Brian Schott
          

        
	

        	

        	
          
            Title:  Attorney-in-fact
          

        

    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        
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      Annex I

    

    

    

    
      Please see attached.

    

    
      
        

        

      

      
        

        

        
          

        

      

      
        

        

      

    

    

    

    
      Please see Exhibit 10.1

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